Sharp County record., 1896-06-12
STATE News:


died last Monday.
Lulu Waters, a negro woman, was
killed By lightning In Little Rock
Monday.
Major Joseph A. Hardage, a citizen !
of Arkadelphla, died last week, aged /
50 years,
Last week Hot Springs had a fire
that destroyed five buildings. Loss
about $4,000 !
Mary Williams, colored, so years
old, was killed by freight train at .
Beebe last week.
John Franklin was. drowned in
Long Creek, Boone County, on the !
9th ult., while in swimming,
A man by the name of Harlln !
dropped dead at South McAlester
Monday morning. Heart disease.
Paul Autman of Little Rock, com.
mltted suicide last week by taking
poison. Domestic difficulties was
the cause,
At Little Rock Martin Olsen, a |
telephone repairer, fell twenty feet,
landing on a picket fence and pierc |
lrg himself in four places.
Enoch Baldwin and John Mus
grove were drowned Saturday eyen-
ing while swimming in the Arkansas
river near Pine Bluff.
The State Journal says that Mrs
Rudolph Herman, of South McAles-
ter, was severely bitten BY a centi-
pede one day last week,
Bale SeagriSt SHOT and killed Will
Mcleod at Cypress, Phillips county,
Monday. The tragedy had Its origin |
in a dispute about settlement.
In a fit of anger VIM. Muse, of
Carroll county, threw a stone at a
mule AMI struck his own little daugh-
ter over the right eye, lnflcting a
severe injury.
At Arkadelphla last Friday a
quarrel between Tilden Galloway
and Bunk Miller resulted in Calla~
way shooting Miller three times and
killing him.
In Bradley county last week Met
L, Aoseley, negro who had ASSAULT
ed a white woman, fred upon a posse
who were IN pursuit OF him and kill
ed one o. them.
At the insane asylum last week
Charles Dapree, a negro patient,
was killed by another patient named
Brown, who struck him on the head
with a club.
The hotel at Parkda!e, belonging
to Mrs. Meyer, burned Saturday
night. Loss $4,000, with no insur.
ance, The fire was caused by the
explosion Of coal oil lamp.
The residence of Professor and
Mrs. w. p. johnson burned at NAL
vern last week. Their 9>year-old
son, Willie, was unable 70 escape
from Che building and lost his life,
Robert L. Dollahide, well known
business man of Southwest Arkan>
sas, killed himself at Texarkana last
Monday with morphine, His death
was the result of dissipation.
Last Sunday Ed Cross, who lives
ten miles from Camden, killed his
mo,her.lu.law by striking her on the
head with hoe. He also tried to
kill his wife and slster>ln.law.
A queer freak Of nature is on ex.
hibitlon at Thomason's drug store.
A chicken with two well developed
bodies, four legs, four wings and
only one head.-Arkadelphia Her.
add
Col. John T. lIamblett died at
Augusta Sunday, He was one of
the oldest residents OF the town, ar
rivlng there from Memphis in ls4S,
and was highly respected wherever
known,
Walter Gammell, a young drug
pist, was drowned at Camden Sun.
day evening while bathing in the
Ouachita, 1t Is thought he was
stricken with heart. failure or seized
with cramps
A horse belonging to J, J.. Shlnn
mot with the unusual accident last
week of getting his hind foot fasten-
cd in his mouth in such way that 1t
required considerable effort TO ex.
trlcate it, -RusselylIle Democrat.
The brase over the SABINE River,