The Osceola times., 1886-05-01
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

Of the Baptist college.
A small station known a. Buffalo Lick,
sn the Helena branch of the Iron Noun
tain and Southern railway, six miles north
Of Harrisburg, was recently the scene Of
q most deliberate and cold-blooded mur-
der. The facts, as far as can be learned,
are as follows: Two men, named respect
lively Hays and Chamberlin, were engaged
In making cross-ties. A tree had been
felled, and both went TO work TO make IT
into ties. In short time Hays remarked
that he must go and attend to some
business. but would return In few
hours. Chamberlin continued at work,
and when Hays returned Cham
berlin had made the tree up
into ties. A dispute then arose about
division of the ties; hot words followed,
when Hays stepped Off few feet
to where his gun was standing by
tree, took it up, and taking deliberate
aim at Chamberlin, killed him on the
spot. Hays then shouldered his gun
and walked few yards to where a young
man (whose name was not learned) was
at work, ordered him not to move, and
at the same time commenced to reload his
gun. The young man being an eye
witness to the shooting of Chamberlin,
and fearing he might share the same fate,
started to run and escaped to tie camp
few hundred yards distant, where he
gave the alarm, when posse Of tie men
started in search of Hays. On receipt Of
the news of the killing Sheriff Sparks
started several deputies in pursuit of
Hays. but up to this writing nothing had
been heard of him. Little is known of
either Hays or Chamberlin. They came
TO Buffalo Lick some two months ago as
tie men.
Large quantities of lumber are being
shipped from Prescott and Bierne now
The saw-mills are doing big business.
The Sunday schools Of Prescott will
join in big May day celebration, and all
the children are happy, anticipating a nice
time.
The base ball mania has again struck
Prescott. Two clubs have been organized,
one among the young men and one among
the boys. Each club contemplates playing
match games with clubs in neighboring
towns.
Mr.. JEFF Baldwin, an old citizen and
well-known river man, died recently In
Little Rock of erysipelas.
In the case of the State VS.. J. w. Parker
| In the Pulaski County Circuit Court for
| forging d. +. Jones' name to check some
time since, Parker was found guilty and
sentenced to two years in the pententiary.
The Iron Mountain railroad at Little
| Rock Is now receiving freight to and from
| all points on the road, and freight traffic
| has been as completely resumed as it was
| before the strike.
The Marion County Wheelers have de-
clined to put county ticket In the field
and pervert the objects of the order by
being drawn into party politics.
Barnes, who murdered the wheel-of.
fortune men in Conway County, has been
convicted of murder, the jury having been
out only five minutes.
The people of Morrilton are moving in
the matter of transferring the money
raised there for the Baptist College, which
went to Arkadelphia, to some other ed
ucational enterprise, probably the public
fund, for high school at Morrilton.
Mrs. A. NJ. Vail and her two children
were killed by lightning during storm in
lizard County recently. The lightning
struck the house, and passing down the
chimney killed Mrs. Vail instantly. The
children survived but short time.
The Democratic judicial committee for
the Sixth Judicial District met at Little
Rock few days ago and fixed June % as
The time, and Conway, Franklin County, as
the place for holding the Democratic con-
venton to nominate a judge and prosecut.
ing attorney for the district.
In conformity with an order from de-
partment headquarters, the fourth annual
encampment, Department of Arkansas,
Grand Army of the Republic, met at Lit
tie Rock last week and remained in session
two days. The encampment comprises
about forty posts. On the evening of the
second day the comrades of Mcpherson
and Ord Posts gave an entertainment to
their visiting comrades.
The following patents have been recent
ly granted to Arkansas inventors: Eli c.
Scarborough, Lead Hill, combined washing
and wringing machine; Geo. :. Benedict,
Mayfower, device for taking down, put
ting up and stretching wire.
A Dardanelle (Yell County, correspond.
ent says the people of that place are "won-
iering if the Governors of this and other
States are waiting for some more widows
and orphans to be made before attempting
to arrest and put down the strike"
Mr.. Ham Williams, who was wounded In
the recent fight at Barring Cross, is said
10 be much improved, and the physicians
believe he has a chance to recover.
A man thought to be Frank Klein, the
leader of the gang of train robbers who
captured a Valley Route train near Little
Rock about year ago has been captured
at Dewitt, and Sheriff Worthen of Pulaski
County was notified to go the and identify
him. Klein, 1t will lie remembered, was the
only one of the party who escaped arrest
at the time, and the others are all doing
time.
The Cumberland Presbyterians Of Dar-
ianelle, Yell County, have been holding a
series of revival meetings recently, in
which much good work has been accom-
plished.
The Pulaski County grand jury in their
recent report to Judge Vaughan say,
among other things: "The disclose breed
ing cell, sixteen by sixteen feet with an
eight-foot ceiling, which the grand jury of
sixteen men has been forced to occupy for
over three weeks, is disgrace to any civ
ilzed community"
Easter Sunday April %.
Governor Hughes has fixed the time for
the execution of George Carroll, the White
County wife murderer, on April 30. The
principal evidence against Carroll was