The Springdale news., 1888-07-27
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

nHkaNShS . lAi E NEWS.
 The family and friends of Mrs. Alton, of Independence County, celebrated that venerable lady's one hundred and second birthday recently. Her direct descend ants number 406
 An election has been ordered for Sep tember 9, to determine whether the coun- ty seat of the western district of Carroll County shall be removed from Berryville to Green Forest.
 Hon T. J. Stubbs, of Independence County, several times member of the State Legislature, has been elected to the chair of mathematics in William and Henry College at Williamsburg, Va. A jail delivery occurred at Pocahontas, a few nights ago, tour prisoners escap- ing A hole was burned through the jail floor and the flames and smoke were con- cealed so we'll as to arouse no suspicion.
 w. A. Furguson, the colored clerk ei Crittenden County, has sent in his resig- nation to the Governor, to take effect i'm mediatelY.
 Joseph Wells and his twin sister Mrs. Margaret Kelly, were returning to their home i'll Tomlinson, Pulaski County, in buggy, a few days ago, and attempted to ford A stream. They were caught in the current and both drowned The bodies were recovered
 Captain John Strange, a ellknown Miller County official and brother to Deputy Uaited States Marshal $. ". Strange, died at Texarkana recently, He was the father of twenty one children.
 In the Howard Circuit Court S. D. Bags 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 Arkadelphla, and Hon. ". E, Atkinson, of Prescott, defended.
 Mir. Theodore Johnson, a much re- spected citizen of Texarkana, died re- gently of congestion of the brain.
 The large lumber mill of W. T. Fogau, near Texarkana, including several hun dred thousand feet of lumber, was con- sumed by fire few nights ago. Loss es- timated at S15,000 to S20, 900; partially in- sured by local underwriters.
 The store- house of J. F, Martin of Con- way, was broken into few days since and $35 taken from the safe. AS the safe was locked the person who did the deed was
  iton. Suspicion points to Ed Groves, whose father once owned the safe, and since it came into the possess sion of Mir. Martin the combination had not been changed. Groves left town the night of the robbery, and has since only been heard of once.
 Foreman Scott, of the Nj. Q. Townsend's place, about five miles north of Little Rock, who had been missing several days, was found dead in the woods about three miles from home. He had Yl00 when he left the city for home, and it is supposed that he was murdered for his money. A l posse of twenty secured the woods and i when the body of the missing man was found 1t was deeayed almost beyond rec 1 oguition. Scott had been in the State 1 only about three years, coming here from Mississippi. The matter will be thoroughly i investigated by the officers.
 A Mrs Strickland. living in the extreme western portion of Little Rock,was struck l by lightning, a few days ago, and serious i ly, if not fatally, injured. She was stand = i ing on a front porch, when the bolt struck tree in the yard and shattered It to l pieces few moments later she was picked up in an insensible condition and carried into the house, where 1t was found that she was bruised and blackened in several places. Her eyebrows and lashes had 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 l tained of her recovery.
 There is an old man in the insane asy- lum, at Little Rock, whose brother was 1 once Congressman 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 HR- known, nor can any trace or clue be found. She was of English descent, and it is believed that she has crossed the Att | lantic to the home of her ancestors. She disposed of her husbands property be fore leaving and carried with her a con- siderable sum of money.
 While leaning against an electric light post in Texarkana afew nights ago, some i one concealed on the Texas side fired 8 charge of buckshot at Tobe Barefield, three shots lodging in his side and right shoulder. In the early part of the day 1 Bal efeld and another party had a diff culty, in which the latter was badly beat en, and at late hour in the night Bare- l field had a 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 Barefield's $ wounds may prove fatal. He is the last of the Barefieds. 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.
 F. NJ. Love, about twenty-four years 1 old, was found in dreadfully mutilated condition, just south of the river road, about two hundred yards west of Con- i way, few days ago. He left town in a somewhat intoxicated condition to at tend primary in Tupelo township, and was seen by Lige 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. 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 very close examination could not be made. The verdict of the jury was that deceased came to his Heath by being struck on the hea.
 wood or some c...s--zss.d by a billet of t s : sssy-5 tner blunt instrument Tn the hands of some unknown person.
 Miners are wanted in Pope County
 Dick W alker, colored man, attempt | ing to steal ride on the Iron Mountain | S Southern railway, a few days ago, was