The Russellville Democrat., 1888-07-26
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

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 An election has been ordered for Sep- .ember 2, to determine whether the coun- Sy seat of the western district of Carroll County shall be removed from Berryville 70 Green Forest.
 Hon. T. J. Stubbs, of Independence County, several times member of the State Legislature, has been elected to the shair of mathematics in William and Henry College at Williamsburg, Va
 A jail de ivery occurred at Pocahontas, few nights ago, four prisoners escap- ing. A hole was burned through the jail aoor and the flames and smoke were con- ,ealed so we'll as to arouse no suspicion.
 W. A. Furguson, the colored clerk of Crittenden County, has sent in bis resig- nation to the Governor, to take effect i'm mediately. @
 Jos|oh Wells and his twin sister, Mrs. Margaret Kelly, were returning to their home in Tomlinson, Pulaski County, in buggy, a few days ago, and attempted to ford stream. They were caught In the current and both drowned. The bodies were recovered
 Captain John Strange, a we'll l-known Miller County official and brother to Deputy United States Marshal s. W. Strange,s died at Texarkana recently, He was the father of twenty -one children.
 In the Howard Circuit Court $. D. Baggs was acquitted of the-charge of murder in the first degree, the jury having been out two days. The crime was committed in Clark County last December and the venue was changed to Howard County. W. NJ. Green, prosecuting attorney. rep- resented the State and General McMillan, of Philadelphia, and Hon. w. E. Atkinson, of Prescott, defended.
 Mir. Theodore Johnson, a much re- spected citizen of Texarkana, died re- gently of congestion of the brain. 2 The large lumber mill of W. T. Fogan, near Texarkana, inclu ling several hun- dred thousand feet of lumber, was con- sumed by fire few nights ago. Loss es- timated at S15, 900 to S2o,0o0; partially in- srfred by local underwriters.
 The store -house Of J. E. Martin of Con- way, was broken into a few days since and y35 taken from the safe. As the safe was locked the person who did the deed was certainly in possession Of the conbina- iton Suspicion points to Ed Groves, whose father once owned the safe,
  sion of Mir Martin the combination had not beer changed. Groves left town the night of the robbery, and has since only been heard of once.
 Foreman Scott, of the M. Q. Townsend's place, ,aabout five miles north of Little Rock, who had been missing several days, was round dead in the woods about three miles from home. He had S100 when he ft ty,. o;f fn, ;a zad that he was murdered for his money. A posse of twenty secured the woods, and when the body of the missing man was found it was decayed almost beyond rec- ognition. Scott had been in the State only about three years, coming here from Mississippi. The matter will be thoroughly investigated by the officers.
 ! A Mrs, Strickland, living in the extreme western portion of Little Rocky was struck by lightning, a few days ago, and serious sly, if not fatally, injured. She was stand- ing on front porch, when the bolt struck a tree in the yard and shattered it to pieces. A few moments later she was picked up in an insensible condition and carried into the house, where it was found that she was bruised and blackened in several places. Her eyebrows and lashes < ad been singed entirely off by the electrical current and her eyes were badly injured, If not entirely out, The very best medical attention was secured immediately, but slight hopes were enter tained of her recovery. iA
 There is an old man in the insane asy- lum, at Little Rock, whose brother was once a Congress man from Ohio. He was committed at the instigation Of his young wife, who then lived in Clay County. She has since disappeared, carrying with her an only son, and her whereabouts is un- known, nor can any trace or clue be found. She was of English descent, and it is believed that she has crossed the At- lantic to the home of her ancestors. She disposed of her husbands property be . fore leaving and carried with her con- siderable sum of money.
 While leaning against an electric light post in Texarkana afew nights ago, some charge of buckshot at Tobe Barefeld, three shots lodging in his side and right shoulder. In the early part of the day Barefield and another party had a diffi- culty, in which the latter was badly beat en, and at late hour in the night Bare- field had difficulty with members of the police of the Texas side, in which pistol shots were exchanged. He left the St Louis, Arkansas & Texas depot, where the last difficulty took place, and came across into Arkansas, where he was shot in ambush. There is no definite clew as to who did the shooting Barefeld's wounds may prove fatal. He is the last of the Barefeids The careers of the fam fly in Bowie County, Tex, and Miller County, Ark, have been very unfortunate. The father of Tobe and two brothers have been killed within the past eighteen months. a.4s
 F. NJ Love, about twenty-four years old, was found in dreadfully mutilated condition, just south of the river road about two hundred yards west of Con- way, few days ago. He left town in a somewhat intoxicated condition to at tend primary in Tupelo township, and was seen by Ligo Clifton to get down at the spot where he was afterward found. An inquest revealed the fact that his skull had been fractured, and the seam of the skull bone opened for several inches. A bullet-hole was also found in his hat, but it was not seen where it had entered his skull, as he was in a state of decom- position, and a very close examination could not be made. The verdict of the jury was that deceased came to his death by being struck on the head by a billet of wood or some other blunt instrument in the hands of some unknown person.
 Miners are wanted in Pope County
 Dick " alker. colored man, attempt ing to steal ride on the Iron Mountain & Southern railway, a few days ago, was put of by the conductor at a small station seven miles from Texarkana The next day he was picked up by some negro es and taken to his home. On investigation 1t was discovered that his skull was broken, and consequently he died. A coroner's inquest resulted in a verdict that the company is responsible for his death. res
 Robert Fleming, well-known must clan who recently arrived at Texarkana from London, England, died few nights ago from overheat
 There are seven murder cases on the