The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 25, 1882, Page 2

i EDITORIAL NOTES. Nevada has quarantined against towns infested with the small pox. Milo Blair, of the Sedalia Eagle, \ has been appointed postmaster of | that city. A bill has been introduced in the Senate providing for a pension for Mrs. Garfield. Col. Frank Y. Nesbitt, of St. Clair county is spoken of as a proba- ble candidate for State Senator from this district. —_—_—— Congressman Hazeltine has intro- duced a bill in the house bringing fractional Creenback currency again into circulation. —==— The probabilities are the next Democratic Congressional Con- vention will be held at Nevada. and the Senatorial Convention at But- ler. The Executive Committee of the Missouri State Press Association met at St. Joseph on the 16th,and fixed the date of the next Editorial Con- vention for Tuesday May gth, inthat city. —_——SS The people of Cooper county voted on the 17th on the propo- sition to fcompromise and re- fund the Cooper county Tebo & Neosho railway bonds, at 90 per cent of principal and interest. The jury in the case of Mary ioe Harper, tried last week in Clinton for the killing of her stepson, disa- greed and was dismissed. Eight of the jury were for murder 1m the first degree, and four for acquittal. Avery disgraceful scene occur- red in the House at Washington on the 17th, caused by the introduction of a resolution by Robeson to am- end the rules increasing the num- ber of several of the most important committees. Sedalia Democrat: Judge Cre- sap, of Vernon county, is being brought forward for State Senator. A personal acquaintance with Judge Cresap, and his abilities as a gentJeman and public official, would enable us to support him most heart- ily in the event of Iris nomination. Oscar Wilde, the “too utterly utter’? English xsthete, etc., who is just now leading New York society around bythe nose, says in a recent i. the ‘‘secret of life is art.” h may be, according to Mr. Wilde’s teaching, but it impres- ses us with the belief that he other English fool in America on a fool’s errand. is an- The followmg is a httle magnani- mous, coming from so pronounced a Republican paper as the Appleton tice men who commit crime, and when an honest and intelligent jury find a man guilty he will not inter- tere. In this respect he is like Hon John S. Phelps. whose rule was, ‘*what twelye men have done I will not undo.’’ = During the illness of the late President Garfield, the press ot the country, irrespective of party affilia- tion, teemed with fulsome praise of what it called the sublime devotion and constancy of Mrs. Garfield to her dying husband. While we ad- mit that Mrs. Garfield by her con- stant attention to the father and hus- band, proved herself to be a kind and affectionate wife, we know that her devotion has been equaled a thous- and times by the peasant’s wife in the hovel. It required no muiracu- lous amount of conjugal sublime devotion for a woman to sit | beside the couch of her | supported and sustained by the tea | and sympathy of the civilized world. | i | | t ection or husband, We honor Mrs. Garfield for the heroism she displayed in her deep affliction, but there is another griet- stricken woman who has enlisted our sympathy. That woman is to- day standing by the side, and will continue to do so, of a brother, as firm as the eternal mountains—amid the deserved jeers, hisses and im- precations of an outraged people— whose sublime love almost unparal- leled, is suffered to pass unnoticed by the press. We refer to Mrs. Scoville, sister to the slayer of the | know Fournal: Governor Crittenden uses the full power of the law in bringing to jus- late president. Witha love unsub- | dued by the most trying surround- | ings, she clings to the culprit brother | with a tenacity that should challenge | the admiration of the world. ce = | That New Ocunty. | The Nevada Democrat wants to | ‘‘when the Rich Hill Review | will get its new county.”” We will inform it. January 1, 18384. the time to a dot and prepare to sing “Oh, Susannah, don’t you cry for me!’’—[Rich Hill Review. The Review has talked a good deal on this new county question, but has never ventured on the modus operan- dé by which Rich Hill expects to ac- complish this feat of county making. The Review admits of course that, in order to form a new county with Rich Hill as the seat and metropolis, some terntory beside that existing in the editor’s mind will be necessary ; and this territory they evpect to get from the south of Bates and the north of Vernon. But what does the consti- tution of the State have to say on this most material question of territory for new counties? Section three of Article nine of the new Constitution says: ‘*No county shall be divided or have any portion stricken there- from, without submitting the ques- tion to a vote of the people of the county, nor unless a majority of all the qnalified voters of the county or counties thus affected, voting on the question, shall vote therefor; nor shall any new county be established, any line of which shall run within ten miles of any county seat of any county then established.’? Now, as four hundred and ten square miles form the least territory 2a new county can be composed of and as the new county lines cannot run within ten miles ot a county seat; the Review’s new county cannot be sliced off Bates county alone, and the Carbon county projectors would have to look to Vernon for a part of their territory and to her people for votes in favor ot the chopping off business. This provision not only applies to the people in the extreme north of this county, some of whom might favor the project, but to the people of Nevada and tke southern part of the county; not only to the people of the south of Bates, but to those of Butler and the north part of the county. Ot course all the peo- ple, except possibly those in a small circle contiguous to Rich Hill, would vote against such a proposition.— Hence the question arises ‘how does that town, supported by asmall patch of country, expect to out-vote ail the rest of both counties with Butler and Nevada thrown in? Wesee the Re- view places the date at_ which this new county will be born, January rst, 1884. It is evidently expected that Rich Hill will be quite a large cit: by that time, and probably it will be, but what will Nevada and Butler be doing in the interim? We expect to see Nevada with a population of six to ten thousand and Vernon county with trom thirty to forty thousand in three years from now, and can’t see how Rich Hiil will be proportionate- ly strong enougb to carry its poimt in 1884. We want to accord our pros- perous sister city all honor tor enter- prise, and extend the hand of friend- liest congratulations on her astonish- ing growth and prosperity; but can- didly we regard the new county pro- ject as existing rather in the mind than in tact, and think our people have no substantial cause tor fear of losing a rib to go toward making the new body politic ot Carbon count Rich Hill may become strong enough to demand a branch court or to take the county seat away from Butler, but that is about all that need be feared. Vernon and Nevada are in no danger.—[Nevada Democrat. Monday evening, the 16th inst., between six and seven o’clock. five prisoners were successful in making their escape from the Carthage jail. The quintette comprised E. C. Smith, under sentence ot three years for grand larceny ; Hugh Kinmouth sen tenced to county jail for three months ; Bert Nixon, sentenced two years for grand larceny; Al. Patton sentenced six years tor grand larceny but await- ing a new trial, and Jim Cooper sen- tenced two years for grand larceny. —[Joplin Herald. - Skin Diseases Cured. Frazier’s Magic Ointr as if by magic, Pimples, BI. heads or grubs, blotches and Eruptions on the face, leaving the skin clear, hez t nd beautiful. Also cures itch, ba: ch, salt rheum, tetter, ringworn d head, chapped hands, sore nipples, | sore lips, old, obstinate ulcers and sores. in Disease. F. Drake, esq., Clev, land, O., suffered beyond all description troma skin disease which appeared on his hands, head and tace, and nearly des- | troyed his eves. The most careful doc- toring failed to help him, and after ail had failed he used Dr. Frazier’s Magi Ointment and was cured by a few appli- cations. The first and only positive cure for skin onsen Blind, bleeding, ftchi ‘or A > it ‘or ulcerat- ed Piles Dr. William's indian Pile Oint. ment is a sure cure. Price $1.00, by mail- Sent by mail on receipt -of price, fifty HENRY & CO, Sole Propr’ > 62 Veser SsTrReEtT, New York City sale by J. G. Walker. nso-daw ry. For Mark/ On Conkling, Grant, Arthur & Co., | nately he } ALMOST FINISHED! | | The National Farce Drawing to a| trial isconcludecd. There are politi- - Close—Guiteau’s Jabber. And the Responsibility of the | President’s Death Nailed By the Defense. Washir.gton, D. C., Jan. 17— Scoville resumed h.s argument ata little after ten and was at once inter- rupted by Guiteau, who had been looking over towards the jury for some minutes, in an anxious, ex- pectant manner, ‘“‘Haden’t I better deliver it now,”’ he called out. “Oh, yes,’’ replied Scocille, TF had forgotten.” Then turning to Judge Cox—‘‘He desires, to prefer a request, that he \P +I have asked for, a fair a back Of this prosecution 1s an influ- | ence which I have felt 1 which felt, and you may feel, gentlemen, betore thi hide their own disgrace of this | oor prisone make him scape goat for thei I did not intend to take up this feature of the case, | but when I find the po nd influ- | ence of this Governme ed against | me in denying the small pittance that <S cians who seck t shame behi cri tial trial, and the smal} needed for proper defense, 1 do propose to keep quiet. I ! such men as GRANT, AND CONKLING, AND ARTHUR are morally and _ intellectually re-j sponsible for the crime. Mr. Conk- | ling shall not escape and_ shall not | shirk the responsibility ot the state of things that led to this act.’’ Washington, January 19.——Court opened at the usual hour. As soon} as Guiteau reached his seat he de- livered himselt of the following speech, with a pompous effort at or- have looked over the paper which he | atorical effect: desires to read. There is nothing i it of an objectionable character. GUITEAU’S SPEECH. Judge Cox nodded assent, and Guiteau said: “J have written down what I wish to say. I will read it’’ He then read, with considerable emphasi ‘+I intend no disrespect to this hon- orable court. I intend no contro- versy with this honorable court. In gencral I am satisfied with the law as propounded by your honor, but I have suggested a still broader view, which I ask your honor to follow: That if the jury be reve that I believed it was right to remove the President because I had special d.vine authori- ty so to do, and was forcedto do it by the Deity, that they will acquit on the ground of TRANSITORY MANIA. Sickles, McFarland and Hiscock were acquitted on the ground ot transitory mania. In my speech, published in all the leading Ameri- can papers yesterday, and which I presume you have read, I gave my reasons for asking your honor so to charge. Reed made a brilliant and lawyer-Itke plea tor the defense, and Scoviile is making a ‘strong ar- gument for his theory. But neither Reed nor Scoville represent me in this defense. Tam here as MY OWN COUNSEL and as I stated at the opening of the case, no one can represent me to that jury. Iknow my feeling and my inspiration in removing the Presi- dent, andi I have set it forth to my satistaction in my speech, as pub- lished yesterday, and Task your hon- or, in the name of j and American people, to be allowed to address the jury of my countrymen when my life may be at stake, and if a man of that jury has adoubt as to his duty IN ACQUITTING ME, be ailowed to address the jury. my speech will probably settle him in my favor, and t' fore in the in- terest of jus itis of the greatest importance that they here me in my defense and your honor can decide the matter. WANTS TO TALK. Washington, Jan. 15.—Guiteau came into court this morning with a quick, confident step. He saluted his friends and as soon as_he had taken his seat turned to Judge Cox and said—‘‘I presume your honor will allow me to address the jury when Scoyille gets through ?’’ Judge Cox—We will consider that when Scoville gets through. Scoville, in reply to an inquiry, stated that he hardly expected to conclude his speech to-day. SCOVILLE RESUMED his address taking up and discussing the statistics of msane criminals in- treduced in the evidence by the prosecution. He had noticed that tables produced by Dr. Gray omitted | some essential features in this re- spect. Corkhill—Dr. Gray didn’t prepare any tables especially tor this trial. Scoville—Dr. Gray was hired to come here to HELP HANG THIS MAN. He was or in the conspi trict attorney of the co-conspirators icv. of which the dis- was chief, but fertu- and before f get through I can con- tradict him out of his own mouth. Scoville Continues. | Washington, J 18.—Scoville | nted out in the cc of Guiteau | parallels to, the illustrations given by } Dr. Gray and then went on to deny | that the prisoner had been playing a; part. Discussing the horrors of crime | s often shown in the acts of insane | criminals, Scoville said: ‘*There is | nothing 1n this act to compare with | some of the acts of these insane crim- { inals. Gentlemen of the jury, in my | opinion if there were not reasons, and powerful ones, back of this pros- ecution this prisoner never would } have been BROUGHT TO TRIAL, but I tell you, gen tlemen of the jury, | du pe the | | left his footprints here, | | The decision of the New York court of appeals comes with so much ferce at the present moment that I desire to call attention to it.— | It comes with great grace from the Empire State; from that grand old State of the Republic; the State that sends forth the brains, the money the commerce of the nation. It great step forward. THE LAW OF INSANITY. Hitherto the law of insanity has been, that the burden of proof was on the defendant, but the court of appeals, with grand unanimity, says that the burden of proof is on this prosecution to prove that the man not only committed the act, but also that he was sane at the time he com- mitted it. In the name of justice, and inthe name of the American j | “TELEGRAPHIC. , A Rumor That There Will Be a Hang Jury in the Guiteau Trial. Scoville’s Libei Suit—Murder Kansas City--Bridge Gives Way, etc. in A $25.000 Fire at Mexico. St. Louis, Jan. 16.—A fire at Mex- . Mo., Saturday night, destroyed t} Canoll & Botts’ dry goods store and ral small shops and the Daily In- telligencer office. Loss about $25,- 000 ; insurance $15,000. Scovill’s 41>) 32. Washington, January 16,.—Sco- ville, counsel for Guiteau, has or- dered a libel suit commenced against the Chicago Herald company for re- cent publications concerniag _ his bankruptcy proceedings several years ago. Will Hang the Jury. = CHEAP LANDS CALL BEN. B. CANTERBURY. ON FOR INSURANCE, -IN- RELIABLE COMPANIES, Go TO Ben. B. Canterbury, For Money, On FIVE years time. AT THE LOWEST RATES OF INTEREST Call on BEN, B. CANTERBURY, Butler, Mo, 50-tf- Washington, January 16.— Among the on dits in connection with the Guiteau trial, is the prediction that Juryman Bright will hang the jury on the ground that Guiteau is insane Bright’s tather was for some y the inmate of the government insane asylum here, and died in that institu- tion. The same authority ayers that the son has always been considered by his intimates a very peculiar man. Another Bridge Gives Away. Chicago, January 16.—Saturday morning, according to mail advices from Lacrosse, Wisconsin, a freight train on the Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, while on a bridge across the Mississippi river, was run into by a wild treight train. The second span of the bridge ye way, precipita- ting five loaded cars into the rive people, and in the name of the Amer- icrn judiciary, I desire to thank those gentlemen of the court of appeals of he State of New York. Scoville immediately resumed his argument, reading from the evidence of several who were at the depot and saw the shooting and subsequent arrest of Guiteau, his object being to show that the prisoner was perfectly calm and cool and in a condition at variance with the hypothesis of in- sanity under such circumstances. Living Witnesses, The hnndreds ot hearty and healthy looking men, woman and children, that have been rescued trom beds of pain, sick- ness and well nigh death by Parker’s Gin- ger Tonic are the best evidences in the world of its sterling merit and worth You will findsuch in almost every com- munity no6-1m Suppose a proposition was sub- mitted to the monied men of Butler that by contributing three or five per cent. of the value cf their property to an hanced say ten or fifteen per cent., would they not plank down the money? Most assuredly they would. Every mother’s son of them would be eager to avail themsclyes of the opportunity to make the investment. Then why not invest in the Fort Scott, St. Louis & Chicago road, or at least evince a willingness to con- tribute to the enterprise by confer- enterprise it would be en- in a position to act when the time comes for business. The very mo- ment the fact of the roads coming to Butler is assured, that moment the value of property will go up, we venture to say, twenty per cent. This is no fancy picture of ours. We know it to be true. We can’t get | the road unless we pay for it, and } you may as well make up your minds to shell out. “A Girl’s Choice.” It was ina drug store of course All interesting incidents occur in drug stores, that is nearly all She was pretty, with | blue eves and golden hair, one of that | kind of beauties the poet would have | | called an ‘angel,’’ but for the fact that a colony of pimples on her fair tronti ing together and putting yourselves | | lon piece precluded all thought of a celestial being Bowing timidly to the handsome | clerk, she asked for ““Swayne’s Ointment | tor skin diseases,”’ and upon receiving it i vanished like the morning dew before the summer sun. Janzd&wim The instruments for the new brass band have been Now, received. music, won’t you. ee i skinny Men. | Wells’ Health Renewer. Absolute | cure for nervous debility and weakness ! of the generative functions. $1 at drug gists, West’n Mo. Depot, Meyers Bro: « Co., Kansas City, Mo. 200-7-ly | There will be several large brick buildings erected on North Main street this spring. “Buehupaiba.” New, quick, complete cure 4 days, uri f or difficult urination, kidney diseases. $1 / at dru: . _West’n_ Mo. pepot, Meyers Bros. & Co., Kansas City, Mo. — 200-7-ly | boys, pitch in, and toot us out some | contrary be | day of the next term of | held on the second Mon | some affections, smarting, frequent | day of November, A. D. 1881. Nobody was killed. The damage to the train and bridge amounts to $40,000. Atrocious Murder. St. Louis, January 16. A Post- Dispatch special from Kansas City says: An atrocious murder was brought to light this morning by a hackman, who, on going into the store of Frank Simons, 410 West Fifth street, to make a purchase, found the proprictor on the floor near the stove, with two terrible gashes in his head. An ax was ly- ing near with the butt end covered with blood. Simons had considerable money and a receipt on a note found on h desk showed the probability of his being in the act of making a loan when he was killed. His pockets were turned inside out. A Missouri Horror. St. Louis. Mo., Jan. 19.—The} house of Geo. C. Smith, at the little mining town of Lewis, five miles from Clinton, occupied by himself, wife and five children, took fire yes- terday morning, and was consumed, together with Mrs. Smith and tour of the children; abeth, aged 17: Rachel, aged 13; Ella. aged 6; Theodore, aged 16, and the mother aged 43. HOW IT OCCURRED. Mrs. Smith was the first of the family to awaken. She aroused her husband, who seized one of his little daughters and a child ot a neighbor, who was spending the night there, and rushed out of the house, but be < | fore he could render any further as- sistance the egress of the remainder of the family v cut off by the fire, and they were suffocated and burned with the building. The house was one-and-a-half story, and the family were all sleeping up stairs. The fire is supposed to have been caused by clothes hanging near the kitchen stove taking fire, or by a lamp ex- plsion. ORDER OF PUBLICATION. STATE OF MISSOURI, } County of Bates. Joss. In the Probate Court for the county of Bates, November Term, 1881. ~ Johnson Hili administrator of John Ma- -y, deceased, presents to the court his petition, praying for an order for the sale of so much of the real estate of said de- ceased as will pay and sa the remain- | ing debts due by saidestate, and yet un- | aid. for t of sufficient assetts, accom- | panied the accounts, lists snd invento- | ries required by law in su vhereof it is orde erested in the estat notified that $s been made next, an order will be mad aid deceased as will be sufficient fo payment of said debts; and it is furt ordered, that this notice be published in newspaper in this State, for four s before the next term of this court. state of Missouri, County of Bates—ws. i, D. V. Brown, Judge and Clerk of the Probate court, held in said county, hereby certify that the foregoingis a true copy of | the original order of publication therein referred to, as the same appears of record in my office. ° Witness my hand and seal of said court. (Seal) Done at office in Butler, this 29th D. V. Brown, Ju and ex-officio Clerk of ete. ni-4w Mone to Loan On Real Estate Security in Sums ts suit and on time trom 3 months to 5 years, At Low Rates of Interest. MONEY FURNISHED ON DAY OF A ICATION. Abstracts of Title. I have a complete and reliable ab- stract of title to each tract of land in Bates county, showing all transfers and liens from the Government Entry to date. Abstracts furnished on short notice. 13-tf W. E. WALTON. HIDES Wanted! S. HIRSCH & CO.. Southeast corner of Lhe square, wil pay the highest price in CASH tor HIDES, WOOL, PEL TALLOW, FEATHE RAGS, Don't forget the place, ( Sout Ineat ner of the square.) Spot ASHougzta 40 grumbling. THE NEW DRUC STORE! W. J. LANSDOWN, Prop’r. Good Stock of Pure, Fresh Drugs. | ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SQUARE | . IN BUTLER, MO, I will give my personal attention to compounding prescriptions, day or night. Give me a trial trip. W. J. LANSDOWN. OLIVE HOUSE, W. J. LANSDOWN Prop’r. BUTLER - -- - outhwest corner of MISOUIR Public Squar 49 0. Satterlee, Dealer in Furniture and Undertaking, ALSO Burial Robes, FOR EVERY SIZE AGE AND SEX. ll and get prices ADRIAN MO. 5. 6m FREIGHT LINE CITY DELIVERY. Having purchased the freight wagon of J. M. Guyant and a ad- dition started a city delivery wagom, I respectfully solicit the patronage of Butler’s business hoping by punct- ual attention and fair practice to merit. 166-1m. Cc. B. LEWIS. te - i