New-York tribune., 1892-01-09
LIFE IN LINWOOD.

Tho times seem TO be lively in Linwooo' Ar
| kansas: so lively, in fact. that we hopc ~ ~
hardened for glancing at the sltua'ioh Wv
in passing. Various accounts OF the sta'e VI
fairs in I.nwood have reached the outsioe WIZ
all more or less interesting. These accounts va ;
somewhat but all aIrcc that there II " W
mob of negroes. led by one or TWO "hi'e "'
that they want the railroad station mo'e"' W.
the citizens are wild with terror thae one -
Drran has onposed the mob and that IN rc-
venge IT, has burned the Doctors gin ih's
il indeed serious No donbt DR.. Bryan neeoeu
tIc cin in his practice Gin is valuable IN hie"-
icinr and though owing to Its hleh percen"'.
Of alcohol il probably makes an excellent hre' IL
secms wrong TO use it IN that way. especiai's
during the prevalence of the grip epidemic "
sides. the Doctor may have had great need OIL "i'
stock of yin for his own personal use IN the way
Of izzes. and so forth. 1t may, perhaps, DE sohc
consolation to him TO know that the hoiiah'
Society Of this city has Just imported 6oo s'one
iucs Of gin, to be used at It's forthcoming anhua'
dinner
But leaving out the question ot the gin "e
struction. there are still many entertaining ie'1
urrs of life at present in Llnwood. fii'y ni' Il
are said to be implicated in the proceedings Oh
rho mob They have been terrorizing the com
* 70 ride about town and shoot at doors and
windows, their object being to keep the villagers
in their houses" In this endcavor they have
hcen eminently successful. They have burned
the railroad station, after petitioning the company
70 move it and being refused. just why they
desired the removal of the station does not appear
at this distance The companyS refusal TO COM
ply with their request may have been because OF
tLo exnaricnce of an East Tennessee railroad COM
pany last spring, which moved It's station and was
promptly sued for damages by prominent Citizen
who was leaning against it at the time and fell
over and injured his back when the building was
suddenly crtcd away. His counsel argued learn
cdly that the company knew or ought 10 have
known that his client was in the habit of leaning
against its station from a. m to 6 p M. but still
it sent its servants at noon with team of mules
and attached them to the opposite side of the
building from which his client stood and pulled it
away suddenly. his client, OF course. falling, his
natural support being removed Verdict rem
dcred in favor Of the plaintiff. This, We say, may
have deferred The Arkansas company from NOV
ing it's station at the demand of the mob In
any case the station is now burned up, along with
the Bryan gin and one or two warehouses. Whether
the stubborn railroad company will rebuild the
station in the old place or let Linwood
90 without n station at all is not yet known. The
county sheriff, assisted by the Mayor OF Pine
Bluff, has organized posse and has captured SIX
Of the negroes and one Of the white men. This
posse is, as we may say, still posseng, and hopes
10 bring in the Others before many days. In the
meantime we offer the sympathy Of New-fork to
Linwood Such mob seems to be an even worse
thing 10 have in town than Tammapy, which is
saying n great deal