The Osceola times., 1885-11-21
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

AiueI OOuuty, Wno uuTuoiou w M hohioAs
In that county, on the night Of October
10Th.
A negro en- route to Little Rock from
Coal Hill, in charge of officers, was taken
from the train at Mulberry q few nights
ago by . mob Of about fifty masked men,
and has not since been seen. The negro
attempted crime ON young white lady
Of johnson County. II Is believed he was
lynched.
Robert Simmons, a young man Of Jack.
son County, while out fishing q few days
ago, was using dynamite as bait, and had
just attached Q match to the fuse Of .
joint, and threw It into the river. In doing
70 the fuse Of another joint in his pocket
ignited. He discovered the sputtering
fuse, knew the danger he was in, and at.
tempted to escape by pulling his coat of.
While he had his arms elevated, the dyna.
mite exploded. His right arm was so
fractured that amputation between the
sho ulder and elbow was necessary.
Hon. Thomas Fletcher, of Little Rock,
the United States Marshal for the Eastern
District Of Arkansas, and Hon. ]. w. House
the new United States District Attorney,
have entered upon the discharge of their
duties.
Governor Hughes has appointed the fol.
lowing delegates to the Farmers National
Congress to be held at indianapolis. The
Vice.P President for Arkansas is Mr.. H. L.
Fletcher First District, John j. Horner, Of
Helena, and Nathan Gregory, of Augusta;
Second District, j. P. Eagle, of Lonoke,
and William Murrell, Of Austin; Third Dis.
trict, B. M. Garretson, Of Warren, Bradley
County, and W. F. Wright, of Fulton;
Fourth District, VIM. Young, of Galloway,
and c. H. Gregory, Of Altus; Fifth Dis
trict, Lafayette Gregg, of Fay etteN iile, and
h. d. Weaver, Of Boone County.
Nine criminals, charged with various
crimes, from murder down, burned their
way out of the Jail at Arkansas City few
days ago and made their way out of the
jail yard over a fence fifteen feet high,
surmounted with barb wire, and made
good their escape.
Rev. Harry May, the converted Hebrew,
10 doing revival work at Hope.
Trouble has broken out among the con.
ductors on the Arkansas Valley Route, but
of q character not yet made public. Con.
ductors p. II. Rice, Smith and Bradt have
been relieved from duty, no reason being
given further than "for cause" Conduc-
tors YuRnah and Campbell, who sided
with the other conductors, declined to take
out their trains, and other men have been
put In their places. Detectives have been
working the road for several weeks past.
Lark Hickerson, . well-to-do colored
farmer Of Woodruff County, was called to
his gate few nights ago by Alexander
Edmunds, another colored man, when he
was badly shot, two loads of squirrel shot
being emptied into his body. It's thought
the wounded man will recover. Edmunds
made an attempt to shoot Hickerson about
three months ago, but was then prevented.
John Peyton, William Windham and
Belay Hicks, three young men who live q
few miles from Hope, have been arrested as
the persons who committed the robbery Of
X. c. Alsabrooks.
Dave Robinson was tried and found
guilty In the Pulaski Circuit Court of bur-
glariEing W. w. Dickey's store in Eagle
Township, Pulaski County, and his pun.
ishment fxed at three years in the State
Penitentiary.
Two cottages belonging to a man named
Hewitt at Kansas City, Mo-, were burned
at Argenta q few days since.
Governor Simon 7. Hughes has issued
his proclamation enjoining the people to
set aside Thursday, the 26th inst, as day
Of Thanksgiving and prayer to Almighty
God for blessing the people Of Arkansas
during the past year, and for showering
prosp Gritty upon the whole land.
Joe Taylor, who was tried recently at
Little Rock for the murder of Henry Hill
at Bowman's Switch September 18th last,
was found guilty in the second degree and
he was given fourteen years in the Peni.
tentiary.
William Hastings and Peter Snooks were
arrested few days ago by Detective
Jesse B. McGee at Knobel Station for hav.
ing robbed . passenger of SS5 on an Iron
Mountain train. They were examining
their booty when arrested.
Cornelius Holden has arrived at the
State Penitentiary from Lee County. He
will stay one year for larceny.
A special election for Assessor has been
ordered in Fulton County for December
9th, to fill the vacancy in that county,
caused by the death of William c. An.
derson.
The annual meeting of the Tri- State Med.
ical Association of Mississippi, Arkansas
and Tennessee was held In the new Gayoso
Hotel in Memphis, Tenn, on the 18th and
18th inst.
Mr.. w. L. Whitehead, OF Columbia
County, was seriously injured few days
since by being caught in a cotton gin. His
taft .,xA ,~ll hon ka lsaI
and nearly all the flesh torn off the left side
of his breast. His face was badly sawed
upon both sides, and 1t is believed he re-
ceived internal injuries that win prove
fatal.
Martin Mitchell, the "Swamp Angel" Of
Blacklist Bayou, is again at liberty. He
was recently captured by the Federal off,
GERS, convicted Of being an Illicit distiller,
and sentenced to term of Imprisonment.
The Court permitted him to select his place
Of confinement, and he named the Cross
County Jail, at Wittsburg. He has many
friends in that part of the State, and for
thai reason desired to go there. Those
friends have aided him to escape. Every
body knows that Mitchell is dangerous
man, and he is greatly feared, especially
by number Of men Of Memphis who in.
CURED his enmity while hunting game in
the Blacklist swamps. The poorer class OF
people are friendly with him because they
believe him to be prosecuted. He has but
little property, but is the husband Of q
handsome wife, and is the father Of two
uncommonly lovely children.
Judge Battle was elected Chief-Justice.
A fatal ARRAY took place four miles from
Morrilton few days ago, between Hank
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