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Lynclled.
Correspondence Chicago Tribune.


AT $50 last Sunday evening the
closing scene of most thrilling TRACE
dy was played at Silverton, Col. Some
days before promiscuous shooting
match had occurred in saloon several
miles north of Durango, on the Duran
go and Silverton toll-road. During the
melee the saloonkeeper was killed, but
no one knew who fired the fatal shot.
Bert Wilkinson and "coon" named
Jim Catrin, both Of whom had figured
prominently in the row, Immediately
made themselves scarce, and shortly
afterwards turned up, in company with
Olson Eskridge, on the streets of Silver
ton. Eskridge, who had been at Rico
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terests, had started for Durango the
morning of the day on which the shoot
ing occurred. 1t Is claimed that he
was not present when the saloonkeeper
was killed. The marshal Of Silverton,
Clate Ogsbury, attempted to arrest the
party. and was killed almost instantly,
living only long enough to state that
Wilkinson was the one to whom he
owed his death. The three at once
fled, but nearly 100 men were upon
their track within few minutes. Cat
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in the Silverton Jail, from which he
was taken the same evening and lynch
law most effectively dealt out to him.
A reward of S. 500 was offered for the
delivery, dead or alive, to the sheriff of
San joan county, of Wilkinson and
Eskridge. The latter is still at liberty.
The latter was captured by the motor
ious Ike Stockton, for whom Wilkin-
son would have risked his life at any
time, Of which fact Stockton was per-
fectly aware. The following account
Of the capture was given by Mrs. Flora
w. Pyle, the sister of Wilkinson, who
resides at Castle Rock Springs. The
statement of Mrs. Pyle was taken YER
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-29

was Tor many years member of the
Indiana Legislature. His father, who
dlea some years ago, was u cousin of
the Hon. James +. Harlan, of Iowa,
and occupied observation-disclosures
ment positions. Mrs Wilkinson Bert's
mother-married ~ Mr.. Hendrickson
about five years ago, and is now resid
ing with her daughter Mrs. Pyle, at
Castle Rock Springs, between Durango
and SilvertOn.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-29
Iient. Flinner'S Case.
Galveston News.

Some additional facts have come to
light in regard to the Lieut. Flipper
matter. Col. Shafter, commanding the
post Of Fort Davis, had reposed the
greatest confidence in the integrity of
Lieut.. Flipper, and, when Maj. Small,
Chief Commissary of Subsistence of this
department. telegraphed him that the
remittance due from Flipper had not
come to hand, he went to Flipper, who
said he did not know where it was, but
that he had sent it. 1t was only after
the third telegram, and when the Lieu
tenant began to prevaricatc, that sus-
picion Of something wrong was aroused,
and that the true state of affairs began
to draw npon the mind ofhi comman-
der. Flipper finally owned that he was
short, but said that his servent girl had
stolen the money and checks. The
papers We're found with the girl, who
asserts that Flipper had given her the
papers, with instructions to keep the
same until he called for them. He was
in the guard house be-
cause, when arrested at first, he was
on his horse, with his saddle
bags on the saddle, which was an unus-
ual thing for him when riding about the
post, and which led to the belief that
he contemplated desertion. Friends
have made up the deficiency, and he is
now released from close confinement.
Gen. Augur, commanding this de-
partment, has not yet taken any action
in this matter, and is awaiting the pa
pers in the case. 1t is the general opin-
ion in army circles that a clear case
will be made against the colored Lieu
tenant, and if he escapes the Leaven-
worth Prison he will be very fortunate.
The Government loses nothing in any
event.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-29
LOVE IL A HUNTER. BOY

Love Is hunter-boy,
Who makes young hearts his prey,
And in his nets of joy
Ensnares them night and day.
In vain concealed they lie
Love tracks them everywhere;
In vain aloft they fly
Love shoots them flying there
But It's his joy most sweet
At early dawn to trace
The print of Beauty's feet,
And give the trembler chase.
And most he loves through snow
To trace those footsteps fair,
For then the boy doth know
None tracked before him there,
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27
Think Os'TIIiS.

If the drought has been as extern
sive and as destructive as it is re-
ported from all quarters of the Union,
scarcity during the next year is inev,
table, 1t would be bitter lesson
if the American people should actu-
ally suffer for the grain converted in.
to Alcohol. Suppose there should
happen, say next year, a total failure
of crops in this country, and such a
thing might happen, and has happen
ed in other parts Of the world, would
it not be a melancholy thought, in
the midst Of starving people, to re-
fleet that we had drank up, in whis-
ky, the year before, enough corn to
have supported our entire population
until another crop could be gathered:
In the midst of such calamity, the
true inwardness of temperance fanat-
icism might be fully understood The
earth yields us GRAIN, not whiskey;
and those of our readers who believe
in the Providence of God should re-
fleet upon this, and ask themselves
the question whether we are making
a right use of His blessings, Moth
ing less than a starving belly would
teach an atheist to look up. a hog
eats the acorns under his nose, but
man looks up to see where they come
from
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27
OsCEoLA, ARKANSAS SATURDAY, AUGUST 81, 1881

The recent trouble in Perry coun-
ty illustrates the importance of filling
positions of trust and responsibility
with competent men-men of cour-
age, will and determination, who will
fulfill their duty regardless of conse-
quences. There are good people in
every community who are ever ready
to lend assistance to right, and aid in
putting down wrong, lawlessness and
oppression, whose help is always at
the command of the officer Of the law
in executing his duty. When Off
cial positions are filed with the pro.
per degree of integrity aud fearless
ness, there is scarcely, if ever, occa-
sion for the aid of the militia in quell-
ing disturbances Fort Smith Daily
Herald.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27

Greet, energetic mans worth his
weight in gold to any county. Ar
kansas has had and has now con
siderable number of sherif's who fill
this description. Take such men as
John Hammock of Drew, John Par
ham of st. Francis, Williams of Hem
stead, Cole of Yell, Cabell of Logan,
McClinton of Benton, Roberts of
Miller, Lee of Ouachita, Nichols of
Garland, lIogins of Pope and quite
"a number of others who might be
mentioned. They are standing ter
ror to evil doers. When men COM
NIT crime in the territory of such Of
iicials they expect to take desperate
chances. They know that they will
be hunted down. Criminals ,eU
soon form a correct judgment as to
the character Of peace officers.
When sherills, constahles and town
marshals are easy, good natured.
"clever fellows" there will be little
regard for the majesty Of the law;
where they are vigiIant, active, brave
and determined in the performance
Of their duties, the good effects on
society will he ri once seen l.. II.
Democrat.
Sheriff W. B. Haskins might be
added to the list OF those who need
no posse to arrest any or all violators
Of the law. Since his induction into
office, Mississippi County has been
comparatively free from evil doers;
and whenever am unlawful deed has
been committed the perpctrator has
had 10 hunt tall timber if he escaped
capture. For the suppression of
the epidemic Of crime which is now
sweeping over the land, brave, dis
Greet and energetic men for sheriils
is what the country needs,
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27
The Office Of sheriff.

The Hcmstcad Eagle, in discuss
ing the great question Of the hour,
the suppression of crime, has this to
say:
at is not that a large majority, or
even a respectable number, of the
citizens are disposed to wantonly
violate the law and cvade justice, that
offenders cannot be brought to trial,
but the timidity and incompctency
of the officers whose duty il is to ex-
ecute the laws. We do not believe
that the militia will ever be needed
in Hampstead, or Miller, or Colum-
bia, or Ouachita counties with the
present officers. Our own sheriff
would scarcely need a posse to arrest
any and all who attempt TO defy his
authority, and if he did Hemstead
county has enough of good men to
arrest every man in the county he
might point out"
"The timidity and incompctency"
of peace officers is a great evil. \
good sheriff a brave rcsolutc, dis
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27

If the drought has actually caused
failure Of crops throughout almost
the entire State as reported by the
papers, the question of tax-paying
next year will be one of vital impor-
tance. A wise man looks ahead; bv
present economy-increases his encr-
gy, and reduces his expenditures.
Waste not, want not, is the only road
to plenty. A fortune that is not the
result Of industry, sobricty and econ
omy, must either be inherited or sto-
len. The hand Of the diligent max
eth rich, and pays taxes in droughty
year. When the crops are droughty
a whisky drought is in order to bal
lance it.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27

SEsAroR REID of Columbia oopn-
W is dead. He was a good man,
honest and patriotic, and was one Of
the immortal minority in the famous
Legislature of 1873. The loss Of such
a man is loss to our state. In the
dark and stormy session of 1873,
when the minority in that body rep
resented fifty thousand majority Of
the people, he was behind none in
loyalty and devotion to the cause of
free ballot, and making effective
the motto of the state, Regnam Popu6.
Let the people whom he served so
nell cherish his memory, and emulate
his patriotism.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27
Read This!

The enemies of the temperance
cause say that those who oppose Ii
ccnsc are poor, weak men who are
afraid to trust themselves in a COM
munity where saloons are allowed,
from fear of their not being able to
resist the temptation of drinking to
excess. OF course this is "A lie. The
sober and innocent are generally the
victims of saloons. as the criminal re-
cords show, and here in Osccola all
during the past week, sober business
men have been consulting lawyers
how to protect themselves against the
destruction of their business houses
by fire, in consequence of one man
who lays in his bed, crazy from whis-
key and a protractcd spree, with a
burning lamp in room containing
coal-oil. The sober men, for their
protection notified the saloon-keepers
to sell him no more whiskcy, and the
town marshal sat up all Tuesday
night last to watch and guard him
and keep him from burning up him
self and the adjacent houses, We
hope the state press will copy this
article for the benefit of the readers
OF the Gazette.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27

As NEXT year bids fair to be a
year of scarcity in consequence of
the drought, it will be happy thing
for those communities which will
have closed the saloons. People who
will have to hustle around for meat
and bread for wife and kids, will be
exempted from the saloon tax of time
and money, and have clear heads to
wrcstle with hard times.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27

tsT- Advertisers by the year win be restricted
( o their legitimate business.
.sy" Yearly advertisements NAV be changed oi
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charged for as other advertisements
sscIn all legitimate demands of the demo-
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tcrests of the general public upon our columns,
The TIMES will not fail of its duty,
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The Osceola times., 1881-08-27

We read not long since an article
in Our Union entitled "Will it be
Enforced" 1t was am article of so
much force and point, that We would
gladly have given you all Of it, but
space forbids, We clip the follow
ing:
"Will it be enforced?" Upon the
appearance of a new and stringent
Temperance law, like that lately en-
acted in Vermont, this question is of
ten heard. 1t is our dishonor as
Americans that there should be any
doubt ON this point. Enforced?
What are laws for il not TO be en-
forced?
In this particular we may learn to
advantage from the English. They
have a great reverence for law. What
Parliament enacts is sure to 90 into
effect. The resistance to any law
comes before its passage, not after
wards. When it was proposed to
close the dram-shops at a certain hour
in the evening, and otherwise to place
restrictions on the liquor traffic, the
brewers and retailers spent plenty of
money in cndeavoring to prevent the
passage of the act. The fight was in
the halls Of legislation. When once
the measures had been passed, oppo-
sition was at an end, and no resistance
was offered TO what had become the
law of the land. No one in England
questions whether a contemplated
law 'will be enforced.n It is univer-
sally considered that until repealed,
laws must be obeyed,"
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27

TUE work of temperance reform
has been inauguratcd in Cross coun-
ty, and the Wittsburg Chronicle is
helping on the good work We have
no personal acquaintance with the
people of Cross county, but from re-
ports of our citizens who are acquaint-
ed with them, they are a chiyalrous,
high-minded, warm-hearted people,
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27

The Monitor Journal, published
at Seymour, Ind, is one of the ablcst
and most thorough going Temper
ance papers in the Union. 1t is edit
ed by Ed. Shell, one of natures no.
blemen, and if our Temperance peo-
pile want to keep posted as to the
grand contest now going on in mdi-
ana, they ought to subscribe. Sub
scription only dollar.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27

THE Prescott Dispatch man is
kicking like work steer because the
Secretary of the press association
failed to let ont the contract for print
ing its proceedings to the lowest bid
der, according to resolution adopted
at the last meeting. No notice was
given, nor bids solicited from MEM
bers of the association, and says fur
thor that the association has been run
about long enough in the interest of
outsiders, and calls tpr a halt at the
next meeting of the gang; to which
we say, amen.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27

the very kind of people to take hold
and make the cause success. 1t is
a singular feature in the temperance
work that nearly all the country press
of the State favor it as matter of
course, and we rejoice to find the in
nuence of the Chronicle, which cir
culates in this county, in favor of the
movement in Cross county.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27

From the official reports, grave
fears have been entertained regard
ing the condition of the President,
who was reported as rapidly sinking
during the fore part of the week
Since then, he seems to have rallied,
and is again steadily improving, re-
tanning food and discharging a heal
thy pus.
The Osceola times., 1881-08-27

ORE RED has been made Maiah,
and is now out of journalism. This
fact was painfully apparent in his re-
ports of affairs at Perryville-they
were as full of "pomp and circum-
stance" as were the military orders
which cmanatcd from Headquarters.
'Tis strange what effect a military
title does have on some men.