The Osceola times., 1886-02-27
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

The Governors new rooms in the State
house are now being fitted up. He will oc-
cupy the rooms formerly occupied by the
Secretary of State, and they are being
thoroughly overhauled. They will be light
and nicely furnished, and will be quite
contrast to the dingy apartments so long
occupied by the Governor of the State.
An old lady went into the Pulaski Coun-
" sheriff's office a few days ago to pay her
taxes. She strenuously objected to paying
school tax on some land she owned, and
gave as reason: 81 amt got no children
myself an don't low't | should pay fer TO
eddicate other peoples chillun."
Robbers effected an entrance into the
general merchandising establishment of
Proctor & Head at Holly Springs recently,
blew open the safe and extracted about
81 800 in different kinds of funds. There
is no clew to the robbers.
There is constant flow of travel to and
from The Bear Mountain country, and the
class of those who are prospecting and
interesting themselves is of the higher
order. T.. II. Mofrett, the Joplin (Mo.)
lead man, has pronounced the lead veins
the largest ever discovered, and he will
take early steps to erect smelling works
at Bear Mountain. One OF the principal
mines is the celebrated old Spanish dig
ging, or Lost Louisiana. which is owned
and operated by Nebraska capitalists,
and of which plats are on file in the
City of Mexico and the capital of Spain.
Matters In and about the camp are as
suming much life, and it is confidently ex-
pected the good reports sent out by vis-
iting prospectors and capitalists will re-
suit in an unprecedented influx in the
spring.
Section of the game law approved Feb
ruary %, 1885, declares that it is unlawful
to kill or pursue with intent to catch deer
and prairie chickens, between February l
aud September and it is also unlawful
for transportation companies to carry
such game within these periods. Deer and
prairie chickens must be left undisturbed
during the next seven months.
Billy Flynn, tried at Conway recently
for sh ooting at Bob Pruitt in Little Rock
about two years ago, was. fined 800 and
discharged. The jury was out twelve
hours.
Asa Chandless, of Crawford County, was
placed in the Van Buren, Jail few days
ago for assaulting his wife with knife in
At of jealousy. He made bad cash in her
neck and side and her physician said she
could not recover.
Some ten miles south of Magnolia man
named Grant Turner was so severely
stabbed a few days ago that he died of his
wounds. No one seems to have been pres
ent at the row anu Turner refused to give
his adversary away. Turner was a col
ored man Of good reputation.
A box-car and thirty zone bales of cotton
were destroyed by fire few days ago be-
tween Washington and Hope on the Ar
kansas & Louisiana railroad. The proper
ty was fully insured,
young lady signing herself Sadie
Thacker, writes from Winnemucca, Hum
boldt County. Nevada, asking il anybody
knows the whereabouts of Albert Parker.
relative of hers lie was heard from in
Little Rock about year ago.
A patent has been awarded to Hurger
Hunnicutt, of Malvern, for an erial ship;
to Jesse b. Moore, of Eldorado, for a back
band hook, and to Carl Audirsch, of Cur
don, for combined plow, culIivator and
harrow.
Three retorts in the Little Rock Gas
works, situated on the river bank. explod.
ed a few days ago, iniuring the machinery
and building to the extent of about two
thousand dollars. John ROLAND, n col.
ored fireman, was standing near the re-
torts when the explosion took place and
received injuries that may prove fatal.
Guy Vaughan, helper, was struck with
pieces of flying masonry, but was not seri
ously injured. The cause of the explosion
is a mystery, as the retorts We're almost
new and fire had been built in them
during the night.
Particulars of crime most horrible,
committed on the Roy place, seven miles
south of Forrest City, are at hand A ne
gro, named johnson, recently married a
mulatto woman who had little four-year-
old daughter. The child he considered 10
be sin the way" and deliberately held her
in front of an open fireplace until life was
extinct. The officers of the county were
In pursuit of the inhuman monster, and IL
is safe to say II captured he will be
lynched.
A deadly encounter occurred few days
ago DtIWttfi TWO tOu ms. Duillfn 'fNIt'b-
lively Ore and Bryant, near Hackett City,
Choctaw Nation. Ore shot Bryant. killing
him instantly, and surrendered at once to
the United States authorities, claiming
that he acted purely in self defence. Ore
Is Tennesseean and Bryant is native OF
Arkansas.
A shocking murder occurred at Arbole, a
little village seven miles north of Van Bu-
rem, Crawford County, few days ago. j.
B. Bullock. the murdered man, was the
owner Of a gin and grist-mill, was post
master OF the town and a well known man
throughout the country. 1t seems that his
brother in law. Jerry Biswell, who made
his home with Bullock, had a difficulty
with him. but il had been amicably settled.
Bullock slept in one bed, his wife and
child in another in the same room. and
Biswell in an adjoining room. When Bull
.ocks wife called him the other morning
he did not respond, and when she went TO
his bedside she found that his skull had
been crushed with heavy stick which was
kept lying by the bed and that Biswel had
gone, and in his haste had left his hat.
Biswell was tracked to the Cherokee Ma
tion line, three miles away, when pursuit
was given up and he is still at large.
The manual training school Of the Ar
kansas University is being rapidly pushed
to completion. The machinery is nearly
all in, and it will be very thoroughly
equipped II is the intention this year to
carry on some training in farming and
make experiments in analysis Of soils and
fertilization.
The rivers are mostly full OF ice.
IL Waters postma ster at Ouincy n