The Osceola times., 1886-08-28
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

The following prisoners were placed in
the penitentiary few days since: j. w.
Balch, larceny, two years; VIM. Cham.
bers, grand larceny, one year; Ambrose
shinn, one year; Jack Hill, assault to
kill, three years; W. F. Ball, forgery,
three years. All from Desha County.
The Governor recently issued a requisi-
tion for w. II. Staples, who is charged
with forgery in Denton County, Texas.
Staples was arrested in Prescott and the
requisition for him was obtained by C. f.
Mcdonald. who came for the purpose OF
taking the prisoner to Texas.
A crowd of young people of Atkins visit
ed the residence of Hon. c. +. Tobey,
about three miles south of town recently.
Among the crowd was young man
named Absolom Peck On their return
home young Peck was attacked by n mob.
The intention of the mob was to frighten
young Peck and make him run to town.
but Peck at first refused TO run, and a
shooting scrape took place. Among the
injured were j. McCorley, C. Goble and
Abe Rock. All are only slightly injured.
Several of the boys have not vet been
found, and are supposed to have fed.
A most dabolcal outrage is reported
from the neighborhood of the Conway
Scott plantation in Pulaski County. Ned
Edwards, popular, deserving colored
man working on that place, few days
since advertised one of his horses as hav.
ing been stolen. Subsequently he found
the animal a few miles from his home, his
throat cut and body riddled with bull cts
He has no idea as to who committed the
deed. The horse was worth S125 and the
loss falls heavily on "A hard working man.
A little son of Mr.. Sullins, living two
and half miles east of Jonesboro, was
out hunting few days ago, and stopped
at the house of T. NJ. Barnett TO get
drink of water. He was standing near
the well with his gun Ia short shotgun,
loaded with bird shot) leaning against
his side, when a little child Of Mr.. Bar
nett's came up to him, and, in working
with the hammer, pulled it back far
enough to burst a cap and carelessly
turned it loose, the whole load entering
the boy's side near the heart, killing him
instantly.
The first session of the Bethel Univer-
sity, an Afro American institution of
learning lately established in Little Rock,
will commence September Is.
Governor Hughes has pardoned Alex
letter, convicted of burglary in Phillips
County November, 1881, and sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary.
A telegram was received at Little Rock
faxt pft "
the sudden death in that city of Reuben
White, the porter of the colored Baptist
Church in Little Rock.
I. ID. McRae was unanimously renom-
mated by the Democratic convention for
representative from the Third congress
sional district.
The State Land Commissioner recently
sold the following tracts of land; Forty
acres in Clay County to A. J. Langley for
S2l; twenty three acres in Independence
County to Chas. T. Terrill for Sl2j0; 100
acres in Cross County to John Parham
for >Sl.
A new post-oflice has been established
IN Cleburne County, to be known as Gin,
eight miles from Heber. Samuel c. Davis
has been appointed postmaster. The post
office heretofore known as Cvpert, in
Phillips County, has been discontinued,
and the mail will hereafter go to Coffee
Creek.
Williams, who robbed the post office at
Hensley, Saline County, last February,
was examined by United States Commits
sioner Waters in Little Rock a few days
ago, and in default Of 81 900 bond was held
TO await the action of the grand jury.
D. c. Hinson, a farmer living near
Clarksville, aged forty five years, dropped
dead on the streets a few days ago from
apoplexy, brought on by the intense heat.
Tick picnics are common, If not fashion,
able, amusement just now. A quick eye
and n steady hand are far superior TO a
shotgun in hunting this kind of game.
They are exceedingly plentiful this year
and are found in all kinds of out of the.
way places.
The residence of Alden Woodruff, in
Little Rock, was entirely destroyed by
fire few days ago. No one was at home
and the house caught from a kitchen flue.
Loss, - 600; partially ins ured. NJ ost OF
the household goods were saved
A few DAYS since Mrs. w m. Daniels, OF
Drew County, in raising the old home
stead to erect new building, found
secreted in the walls Of the house 500 in
gold, which was deposited there during
the war by her mother. 1t was known
that the old lady had secreted treasure,
hut she died suddenly without revealing
any information as to the place. II was a
lucky discovery to Mrs. Daniels, as she is
not endowed with much Of this worlds
goods.
Joe II. Goodwin, an old and respected
citizen Of Union County, who has been in
III tle Rock for several weeks undergoing
medical treatment, died a few evenings
since where he was stopping. The de-
cease was in bis fifty eighth year at the
time Of his death. During the first year OF
the war Mr.. Goodw in was a Captain in the
Sixth Arkansas regiment. Confederate
army, and there are many persons resid-
ing in Little Rock who have known him for
wears. His remains were shipped to Union
County for burial
A convention of the Industrial party OF
the Twenty first senatorial district net al
Buckner, on the st. Louis, Arkansas &
Texas railway, a fow days ago. and nOmi'
mated W. W. Corliss, prom nent mer
chant of Texarkana, for Senator. Mr.,
Corliss is an original Greenbacker, in sym
pathv with the Wheel movement, and 10 9
prominent Knight of Labor.
The political pot is at boiling point.
John Lane, of Marshall, Searcy County,
was fatally injured few days ago bv the
premature explosion of a blast. He, go'
gether with James King, was engaged in
digging a well for c. A. Horn. They were
preparing a blast, and were nearly ready
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