The Springdale news., 1888-09-07
ELECTION "BABL0YS.
short Items in Regard to the state and
 County Elections.
We mashed their taiis.

NaShln9toa county has ~ Aotth! precincts.
 Eagles majority in thls coulty will be about 1l25.
 Carroll county, the home of Pow ell Clayton went Democratic.
 The Republicans were gloriously "did up," and the Prohibinoaists, Oh. where are they?
 The township officers elected here wcro A J. Hale and H. G. Hart Icy for Justices and F C. Ritter for Constable.
 Messrs Erin and Woods were elected Justices Of Elm Springs township, and Mr. Mckcnuon for Constable.
 The race in thls county between Baker and Walker is close, aud as yet it is impossible to tell which has carried It, but indications are that Walker wall get it.
 Lonoke county, the home of J. P. Eagle, is reported IS being solid for him. His own township, which heretofore had I50 Republican ma jortty, gave Eagle 200 majority.
 The day was not entirely devold of amusing incidents. A great many voted for license and for Car aahan for State Senate. We learn that this was the ease all over the county.
 We learn that West Fork, the Republican stronghold of Washing ton county voted for license. The next thing Tn order is for Da'non Clark to shoulder this onto the zig norant Democrats.
 The Judges of the election here were Jno. ". Philips, Sam Seyicr and (. Petross. The Clerks were C. " Baker and E. <. Horton These .tre all conscientlo1 smcn, ami per. formed heir duty to the best of their ability.
 The news tram Bsrton county is tbat the entire Democratic ticket was elected and that Eagles major. fty is l665. Benton county voted for license. We have not learned how the vote WAS for Pros zeuting Attorney in thls county.
 We are unable to give our read CTS the statistical vote of the county owing to the fact that the returns come in so slowly that 1t was i'm possible to compile the tab}l for this issue, but we will publish it in our next. It IS generally con ccded, though, that the Democratic county ticket was elected by a larg- CT majority than at any previous election.
 During the count here Tuesday the Judges came across two Prohi- bition tickets folded together and voted as one ticket. From this il would seem that the prohlbitionists are not entirely freo from "ballot- box stufing." We don't exactly F .ow tbe name of the gentleman, who voted the ticket but little bird whisperea Tn eur car M. Ohphant.o
 The report from Madison county says that the race for Prosecuting Attorney there k close between Baker and Johnson The Demo erats dropped Walker and centred on Baker as the stronger of the two. Madison county being Johnsan's 8 home, it is very probable that he will carry that county.
 Nors- Since writing the above news was received that Johnson carried the county by very small majority.
 Wednesday morning ats o'clock at Millbrook, q small railroad sta tiou four miles south of Forest City in St Francis county some un- known parties in ambush fired up- on thirty white men, woJndin4 seven ot them, and one of them probably fatally so. It seems that information was telephoned to Millbrook from Forest City that q party of armed men hal passed through there, and il was feared that they intended to torcibIy take the ballot,box of that precinct whct contained a heavy Democratic ma iority. This put the cluzons on their guard and a crowd of armed men wtre stationed outside the building where the counting WAS going on, and while there they were