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turning, p. J. Copeland playfully
threw him under the water, when
Meehan cut his throat, killing him.
Meehan was arrested, and while in the
custody of an officer was shot down
by S. Reese, cousin of Copeland, and
lived something over an hour.
ARKANSAS
The wife of DR.. j. NJ. Dawson, of
Sharp county, was thrown from a
horse aud killed a few days since.
Mrs. j. w. Glidewell died a few
days since, at Searcy, from lockjaw,
produced by stepping on rusty nail.
Thirty United States convicts from
Fort Smith were sent to the House of
Correction at Detroit Mich, on the
End inst.
A number of White county farmers,
being unable to free their cotton from
grass, have plowed the fields and
planted them in corn.
A Mr.. Chism, of Newton. county,
was kicked by horse and killed. He
was recently from Mississippi, and
leaves a wife and two children.
AT Fort Smith, Mrs, Alyina Howe
was sentenced by Judge Parker, of
the United States district court, to ten
years in the Detroit penitentiary, for
the murder of Albert Church.
Reports from fifteen counties in the
State represent the cotton crop as
promising. Plantsrs are bringing the
crop to stand and otherwise pushing
the cultivation as fast as possible.
AT Newport, Lewis B. Hutchinson
was accidentally killed by falling off
wagon on the double-tree, where he
became entangled in the lines an, the
team kicked him to death, mangling
him in a frightful manner. ::
Last week near Dardanelle, Charles
Linke, man subject to fits, went into
a field where man named Ramsey
was blowing, and cut him dangerous
ly with knife and without provoca-
ton. Linke was sent to Jail.
At Greasy Grove. near the head
waters of the Little Missouri, stran-
ger who was farming with Richard
Morrow, was found in the field, dead.
and his body riddled with shot and
his head mashed in with hoe.
The town of Harrison, in Boone
county, was almost totally destroyed
by fire a few nights since. The fire
was the work of an incendiary, and
the mayor offers reward of $500 for
the arrest of the guilty parties.
At Enola, w. Matthews, saloon
keeper, was killed by a blow on the
head with chair, inflicted by VIM.
Shock, his brother-in-law, upon whom
Matthews had drawn knife. Both
had been drinking. The deceased
was twenty-fOur years old, and leaves
a wife and child. Shock was az
rested.
Intelligence received, reports the
shooting of George Latimer, a colored
Baptist minister. at Taylor's creek, st.
Francis county, by VIM. NewsOm,
desperate. NewsOm was drunk and
demanded that Latimer should kneel
and pray, and when Latimer refused
NewsOm shot him. Latimer is old
and almost helpless, hence the assault
occasions greatindignation. Newsom
gave bail and fled.
A shocking accident occurred near
White Oak Shoals, Miller county,
Two boys, gedrespectively 10 and 10.
sons of prominent farmer named Will
liams, undertook TO fill burning lamp
during the temporary absence of their
parents; while thus engaged the oil
ignited, exploding the lamp and set
ting fire to the clothing of the boys.
The eldest ran out of the house into
the open air and was burned to death
before assistance could be procured.
The Youngest was burned so badly
that his death is momentarily eX
pected.
A duel with knives is reported from
Scott county. The combatants were
two young men named Trent and
Strickland, who live in the interior of
the county. While on their way home
from Waldro, a county seat, they quar-
relied about some trivial matter.
Trent asked Strickland to take a drink
and let by-gones be by-gones. The
latter refused, when Trent attacked
him with a big knife he carried,
Strickland meeting the assault with
similar weapon. Both were badly
cut Strickland will probably die. The
flesh on his arms was cut into shoe
strings and portions of his legs were
cut away. Trent is also in a critical
condition.
The details of a horrible tragedy are
reported from Woodruff county. A
little boy named Bonnie johnson, 7
years old, was sent by his parents on
an errand to a neighbours house, two
miles distant. When half way to his
intended destination, and while CT oss-
ing a lonely, unfrequented strip of
country the little fellow was attacked
by couple of vicious dogs. He stried
to run, but the brutes quickly over
took him, knocked him down, lacera-
ted his flesh in a shocking manner,
causing speedy death. The dogs then
dragged the dead boy some fifty yards
to the edge of thicket, where they
ate off one ear, and the greater part
of the face and devoured a considera-
BILE portion of the body. When found
they were still engaged in their horri-
bic feast, from which they were driV-
en- with difficulty and dispatched.
GEORGIA.
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