The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 3, 1883, Page 4

1 BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES | rE | at which vocation he was very suc- ltucky, August 37 1837. Ii the year | cessful, and was never a candidate | 1859 he went to Augusta Georgia, for any office till he ran for County where he remained till the spring of THE NEW OFFICIALS. do in remote portions of the cou we were unable in the briet pe: Bates County's New Officers In- MINING REPORT. shown good sense and judgment in; was deputy sheriff of Cole county, ——E ane brought other things than the usual Wednesday, will be sent to any edaress one vear, postage paid, for $1.25. Se BUTLER MISSOURI. emigrated to ‘Yexas where he re-| 44 JNTERESTI? mained three years. In 1871 he re-} turned te Augusta Georgia, remain- | ing there one vear andthen coming | Hon. J. H. Spaunnorst, young gentlemen were paying their] Maj. Dick Allenof New Home. respects to the ladies who kept open | Too much can not be said in eulogy house, and the stern business ped 2 Jake Allen. His record, char- APER be ‘at Geo. ted Monday. i Clerk. Mr. Starke 1s a man pos- 1861, when he returned to Kentucky | alloted to the purpose. t» see them ree op a 3 ee | augura’ i sessing good business and social | and married. He wes elected! and get the facts necessary for a no- = ant | BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: | habits, and is fully qualified. He! county clerk of Wolte county in 1S- tice. We may publish their biogra- ! Chas. T. McE ariand. | j has a wife ahd five children, three | 61, # position he filled till 1863, | phies at another time. uiToR AND PROPRIETOR, | The incoming of the new year! poys and two girls. Mr. Starke has {when he removed to Illinois. He, TERMS OF SU? SCRIPTION: | compliments of the season and the} choosing tor his deputy that gallant, | Illinois two years. In 1866 he Te ob. Wolfe. Mine Inspector of Bates proverbial resolution of good be-! honorable and efficient young gentle- | tu: ned to Kentucky, lecating in County Files His Annual Report The Weety Times, published every | havior tor the future. While the} man, Capt. J. D. Allen, sen of ; Montgomery county, and in 1868 ditted ie , Better, Mo. Jan. 1, 1883. two in thickness. ——_ M. Cunningham in section 29 S.@ ; ar of the s. e. qr tp 39 r 39 18 work | ing a vein 5 feet 2 inches, stone roag Townships 41, r 32, tp arr 330% | 40 r 33, shows a vein of coal 36 & | 38 inches thick, of good quality wi | geod roofing in 37 different places | the most of these being worked ona small scale. | On the ne nty, | riod | } qrsec2itp 40 r z DOCUMENT. | is a coal bank in operation 3 fee thick, 8 feet below the surface, of fair quality, while i nearly { = : ue ‘tune and Ritchey. Living as they i ing from three to five feet WEDNESDAY, JAN, 3, 1333- TO SUBSCRIBERS. The first of the new year 1s upon us, and custom as well as necessity prempts us to call upon our patrons for the little balance due. We have upon our subscription book a number of names of parties owing for the Times from one to four years. We have aimed to get along during the close period of the past year without calling upon our sub- scribers for money, and thus having favored you we feel that the compli- ment should now be returned. If you are not able to pay us up in ful! pay what you can afford, thereby showing your good will, and we will be contented to wait on you for the remainder till your purses are more replete with gold, silver and green- backs. Persons not taking the Times will bear in mind that it is an eightpage, paper and only $1,325 per year. SSE THE MINE INSPEUTORS REPORT t id We publish elsewhere this week, the annual report of Marsh L. Wolfe, Mine Inspector of Bates county. It is a very thorough and exaustiye review of the ceal interests ot the county, and does great credit te its author, Mr. Wolfe. It shows that he hat taken much care in compil- ing the facts and figures of this very important industry, which will re- down very considerably to the “inter- ests of the whole county. A noticable feature of the report is very flattering showing the ex- istence of coal in several sections of the cownty. Especially is ihis the case in Walaut, Elkhart, Mt. Pleas- ant- and West Point township’s, where a strata of coal'ss found at a reasonable distance below the ‘sur- face trom three to four feet in thick- aess. The report states regarding the vein in Walnut township, that it is-by far the most uniform im the county, and as yet practically unde- veloped. The chiet mining opera- tions arein progress in the vicinity of Rich Hill, while the exhibit shows a vem fully as paying, it proper ttansportation was had, inthe town- fii o b S: w th co ye siti is tion. county officers for a general turning over ot the effects of the various of- fices to their respective successors, on Monday the first day of January. shall take possession. cessor W. F. Hanks on the first ot December. assumed control of his office on Fri- day ot last week, but was not for- mally installed till Monday. Friday, Dec. 29th, and adjourned capacity. old county officers, and some other important business, an account of which is published else- of the new officers should come some briet biographical mention of each as they are now public servants and all. affairs of Circuit graph. John Rudolph Jenkins, was born in Nelson county Virginia, Oct. 7th 1840. was preparing his books for the annual collection, there was going on at the court house a change in the official management of the coun- ty, a sort of stepping down and out on the one hand, anda stepping up and in on the other. Al was done according to custom and law, amid perfect good humor, pleasant words and New Year’s geeeting. As the law of Missouri requires, new officers elected must take the place of the old ones on the first day of January following ther elec- Accordingly ull arrange- ments were made +by the Bates There is not, however, any stipu- ated time when the new Sheriff This being he case Sheriff Simpson turned over he effectsot the office to his suc- Treasurer clect Catron A change took place in every of: ce but two. circuit clerk and cor- Mer, sn these cases the old incum- ents were re-elected. The o!d county court convened aturday to meet no more in that They settled with the transacted here in to-day’s Times. Aprepos with the inauguration eir career is a matter of interest to ty. JOHN RUDOLPH JENKINS. The man who has conducted the Clerk of Bates unty so efficiently for the past four ars, and re-elected without oppo- ion for amother tour years term, the name that heads this para- At the age of seven a gentleman wherever you find him. He was born in West Port, Jackson county, Mo. June, 24 1843. When four years old his tather. moved to Cass county where he remained sev- en years, and then meved to Bates, locating in the east vart of the coun- James R. joined the cenfederate army and under the tamous Joe Shel- by, fought the battles ef the war a brave and trusty soldier. Mr. Simpson was elected sheriff of Bates county and re-elected to the same place in 1880. Simpson was marned to Miss A, L. Lutsenhizer, a native of Bates county. Mr. Simpson has twe little girls liv- ing, haying lost an only boy several acter, sterling good sense and gen- erous heart commend him to the world in terms beyond the power of | our yocabulary. ROBT. 5 CATRON. County Treasurer, Frank Trimble, will be superceeded by thé above named gentleman. Mr. Catron was born in Lafayette county, Missouri, August 25th 1839. His youth and early manhood was spent in Lafay- ette county. Hiseducationaad per- manent habits of lite were acquired Ithere. He served three years sup- porting tte Stars and Bars under Gen. foe Shelby, casting his all with the destiny of the Lost Cause. In 1869 he came to Bates county and located in West Point township, purchasing a farm which he owns to this day. He was: candidate be- fore the Democratic county conven- tion of 1878 for county clerk, at the time Judge E. A. Henry was elect- ed. In 1880 he was the choice ofthe Democrats for . Collec- tor, and was elected to and filled the office creditably till it was abol- ished by virtue of the adoption of township organization. Mr. Catron} is a sound business man of honor | and good character. He has ‘a wife and four children, two boys‘and two girls, making a happy family. } JAMES R. SIMPSON. The gentleman who succeeds, Mr. Pace as Recorder of deeds, has. few superiors as a buisness man and is At the breaking out of the war In 1878 In 1870 Mr. } t the duties of Presiding Justice of to come, is favorably known as a man ot buisness and ability, thorough- lyembued with public enterprise. He was born in Richmond Indiana, January 16, 1836. seventeen he emigrate] to Ohta, and at the expiration ot two years came te Linn county. Kansas. ; to Bates county, Missouri. Helived } St. Lours Mo. on afarm inthe east part of the} Dear Sir:—Having completed, county till he became sherft Simp- | my annual report of the coal mines | sons deputy in 1878, a position he | and coal ficlds of Bates county, as filled with marked efficiency and | required by law. [ herewith have faithfulness up to the time of his | the honor of forwarding the same to own eection to the position. We | you. venture the statement that there is Annual production ot coal in tons, Number ; of «cres ot workable coal lands. Number of mines operation in the county, 195 A number of these banks have | been worked only a few days during j the year, and many ot them haye | been worked by parties owning them | for their private use. The roofing lof these mines in most cases, are slate or rock. Mine or Slope No. 1, operated by the Rich Hill Coal company, | locat- edonne. qr sec 36, tp 39, r 33, employ 1g0 men; thickness of vein, 4 feet 10 inches, rvofing hard slate, the immediate superintendent of this mine is Edward Fitzsimmond, a man thoroughly acquainted with his buisness, and keeps more air in his mine than the law requires; he - also keeps it well distributed. Mine No. 4, operated ly same company located on the n. qr sec 31, tp 39131. Shows a vein of coal in several places where a tape line was applied, to be 6 feet 2 inch- es thick This mine is leased, and operated, by T. McCombs an expe- rienced miner, he has the lawful amount 2f air mn his mine, but it not as well distributed as in mine No. 1. He pays 3 cts a bushel tor mining coal. A number of miners informed me that they took out and loaded m hoxes on an average, 110 bushels of coal per day. Mr. McCormbs informed me that some of the men who had left lim were mak- ing $120,00 « month, This.minze is operated by shatt, andcmpleys ahout 80 men, roofing hard slate. Mine No. 5, Rich Hill coal com- pany is leased and operated by A. Wilson and is located en n. qr sec 36 tp 39 r 32, coal 4 1-2 feet thick ; roofing hard slate, and operat- ed by shaft, thisss a new opening no man inthe State who can trans- act more business pertaining to the | sheriffs office in one day than that man Bill Hanks. He has a consti- } tution of iron and a spirit that never He has «a wite and one child, ot age, 1,040,000 95,000 | in flags. a boy about twelve years having lost a daughter. SIMEON P. FRANCISCO, The successor ot that excellent county official, Prosecuting Attorney : Thos. W. Silvers, is the youngest officerin§ the house. What may be lacking in experience is made up tn his splendid acquirements as a lawyer, and his native ability as an orator. He was born in Saline coun- ty, Mo. June 14 1859, and is, there- fore, inhis twenty-fourth year. In 1873, he went to Waverly, Layfay- ette county, where he was a clerk in a dry goods store for his brother two years. He then attended the Kirks- ville Normal school eight months, after which he wen®@to Warrensburg and graduated at the Normal school there two years later. He then went to the Literary department of the Michigan Uniyersity where he grad- uated with distinguished honors. He read law under O. L. Houts of Warrensburg, and was admitted to the bar in 1379. He then return- ed to the Michigan University and graduated in the law department. He came to Butler in June 1881 court e. JOHN A LEFKER. The gentlman who will pertorm Bates county for the next four years t Ar the age of w. He livea here on afarm from 1857 till 1866, trom 18 inches to 2 feet and below is the 5 foot vein. and Peter Gommett (Bros.) while at work in mine No, 2. Rich Hill coal company works, «were serious- ly injused by the premature discharge of a blast. John Gommett, on Feb. 11th following, died trom said juries, while Peter Gommett is a cripple for life, both, I was told were at the head ot families. best information I-could gather the cause of the accident is as follows: The two men were at work room together, had drilled a hole in was throwing in dirt fer packing while the with sn iron headed rod, ceming in centact with a band of selpher that exists in all coals here made fire which was communicated to the powder. by the premature discharge et « section in the township, a vem has atsome time been worked on » small scale trom 18 inches to 4 thick. Sec. 35 tp 42 r 31 shows a vein of coal 36 inches thick twelve feet be. low the surtace, was mined quite ex. tensively a few years ago by Johy Moudy and found sale among the surrounding farmers and north ip Cass county. Drilling is now ip progress at Adrian about 3 mile south west of this point on the Me. P. R. R. the purpose ef which is to tap this vein and others, supposed te be lower down. In sec 22 tp 42 r 32 on the landsof W. R. Marshall a fine article of il 1s found, prenounced by expert: genuinekerosine oil. Itis used m the Butler mills for lubricating” pus poses a..d indicates, some experts clain, heavy coal deposits near by, In sec 6 n. €. qr, tp 41 r 30, J. McCombs has worked a veia of coal 3 feet thick8 feet below the surface with geod reofing of slate. Mr. G. Inyard in digging a well onn I-2sec5 tp 41 r 30 passed through 3 feet of'coal, also om a 130 lands ef Mrs. Totty sec 2g tp 42 1s a vein of coal 3 foot thick. The entire county seems to be underlaid with this 3 foot yein, while above it, in many places is a vein runsing On Februrary 8th,°18%2, John in- the From in a he coal and put in the powder, ene other was packing it said rod Also on Feb. 21st the court house, having veen born April 6 1826, is’ Franklin county tion ot 1876, but was outrivaled by judge John H. Sullens. He was force stripping and lifting coal sections 25 and 36 tp 39 r 32, and Mr. Chas. T. McFarland, editor vf this paper, left for Jefierson City cepted a position in a wholesale house, remaini th four y 5 : é - Saturday evening to be present at | In 1869 ns sae Bs = ‘ oy oat Kentucky. He remained a resident | clected Mayor of the city of Butler] sec 31 and 32 tp 39 r31- = Pi = vent in SS 2n = ¢ : - ie eS meabiiling “of the pasha Paitin # i shea ae of the county till 1857 when he a year ago. Mr. Lefker has been A large amount of coal is bemg to-day. His wife accompanied him | in eye rchamed tolHeace Giant, moved to Johnson county, Missouri, { married the second time. Ilis first stripped and lifted m sec 25 tp 39 1 then home year and where his stopping there one coming to Bates, wite died in 1870, by whom he had four children, and only one of which 32, by Keith and Perry also in sec 4and 5 tp38r3t coal 4 to 6 fect xs far as Nevada where she will re- : : this State, and in the year tollowing ‘main with her parents during his located in Batés county, where he absence. ied exer-stacs ils elecieCAc par yh ae jae higsaale period. rs — hving. a second marriage thick. This company employs about eiesineteeeeeaen Glee’ $358. 2M. Jenkiod we a uring fhe war which he spent in took place in 187g. Three children 250 men and go teams paying fer “The new year begins yith a prom- | married ee witli one Galas Eni Knob Noster, Johnson county. He] has been the result of the second | laborers $1,50 per day and tor man of 4 E child, a little} Joo 4: ; . j eS SS - cea sae = jsing outlook. Though in some eal, hea leet anoaty boy was ticket agent for the Mo. Pacific union, oniy one of which is living. | and team $3,00. The depth below and an! Railroxd Co., at Knob Noster dur- would be super- The people nine member of the | tenths of the bauks in operation from Judge Letker is an upright christian | the surface from 1 to 100 feet. gentleman. being Presbyterian church. quarters business may seem dull and dreary now but by march rst there will be a perceivable an eulogy on our part fluous mn 1881. id gratifying | Mr. Jenkins. | ing the last two years of the war. know | after the war had closed he return- i j four to ten feet. in change. ; ; ed to this county where he has re- DRURY D. Woop. M. Db. | Ne. of Men employed Dec. 30 Sz | ; ————— | RETURN j. STARKE. } mained ever since. Col. Hawkins Who will be his own successor as / 1625. Amouni of capual em- -Jacob Blitz, a well known musi The _new county clerk of this | was a married man his wife dying | Coroner of Bates county, was born | ployed mining $250.coo. nine- cian, committed suicide by shooting county is Return J. Starke com- in 1881, butno children blessed the | in Arrow Rock. Saline county, Mo, ; tenths of the coal shipped out of the hithself in Kansas City, on Christ-| only known as “‘Bud’’ Starke. | union. In 1876, he was a candidate | May 9, 1842. Dr, Wood isa gradu- | county is mined within three miles eas raorning, cause -too much wo- men, - ee E . ing less pop- wlar in Missoun day by day, but its advocates still clamor for an amend- ment, ee The Missoun “Bar Association, convened in annual i at Sct where he remained till Rich Hill | filled by his predecessor Judge D.| Asa physician he is unversally re- ‘ly. lays with more regularity. ‘The | Ra on the ayth Se mI = | SPraRe- wD; when he cast his fortunes { V. Brown. spectedand very successtul. He 1s ; coal is ot anexcelicatqu city and has ' Stigebiieiciincanciacidan: wi city. He was twice | WM. F, HANKS. a high-toned, socixble gentleman, | fine roofing. The A. T. &S.F.R. The Missouri Valley Teachers -Association, met at Sedalia on Dec 28th. A good attendance was pres- ent.” ; Was tarming and handling stock, ' Mergan-now Mr. Starke is anative Missourian, having been bern in Cooper county, November, gth, 1846. Unlike some for the Legislature betore the Demo- craticconventio: which nominated Judge Sullens. He is a man ot ed- ot his fellow officers, he has lived | ucation and refinement, being ot pretty much.all his life in one place. | that type of Kentucky gentle.nen He came direct from Cooper coun- | that inst.ll’s confidence, respect and ty to Bates in 1867, amd located on a} admiration. He isa fit person to farm in the east part of the county | succeed to the position so efficiently elected Marshal of Rich Hill, a po-| The Shenff elect of Bates county. sition he resigned betor his second | is neither 2 stranger to the duties he term had expired. His occupation | was called to perform, or the people up to the time of going to Rich Hill, | wno-choesc him. - He was born "an Wolfe county Ken-| Hon. Levi Moler. and Judges Nep- ate of University of Iowa, and Mis- ef Rich Hil is located on souri Medical College of St. Louts. | pari of sections 4. 5, 3, 9. tp 3835 51- He began the practice of medicine | Township 39 r 33 shows a vein of in his native county in 1865. where | coal threc to five feet in 48 different he resided till 1578 when he c2mec to! places 30 0f these places are now or Butler and lecated. He was clect- ed last fall. Dr. Wood is unmarried. and makes a most acceptable Coro- ner. The Times regrets the unavoid- H have been ed Coroner fi-st in 1880, and re-elect- | by tar | county ; for ceal runs more uniform bi . R. company have made a survey for | This is in receatly worked. finest township the a road through the coal fields ot this | | township. able omission of the biographies of ? 39. 29 there arc in the aggregate 21 ' : developements of coal, the vein be-: In tp 38. 30, 39, 30 and 2 2 = : and reom 1s fouad for oaly about 2 = ships above mentioned, and in and | Yea", he moved with his parents to | yearsage. Mr. Simpson will em-} a vent to Kansas City. In Boiler, engine and build 51 shot in mine No. 1. Rich Hill cos! around Adrian. Illinois. Remaining there eleven | Ploy his brether Duke Simpson as BR CU ES esr oops Green Suan men. . oR . a a ings, company works, -C. Miller and E. The report makes an exhibit in the | Y°4"S he came to Missouri in 1858, deputy, a gentleman whose abilities Bhere he reimained lt : 1870 a = —— et Sat RE ae me Bites meets : ae seriously coal interests hitherto uaknown, and | 224 located in Clinton, Henry coun- | are well adapted to the duties of the : Ronee Z 27 os | PUG te tenget tones ona an she iiured: _ Investigation showed that we might ted 2A = ty, where he remained til! 1861, | positien then moved to Bates county, locat-| can make room for them. the accident was caused by the agat say unexpec' vy some, } ©? ? ; “ ing nearthe Kansas line. He has! L. J. Birch a thorough practical }¥S¢ of srcn headed tamping rods but i : : when he joined Price = oL F. Ns, ee ssi eco : — its correctness in the plain state- seer w a ae ere shed ee ee hved in Butler now about five years. | man is general supermtendent for —_ from prensd rd ——s snent of facts none we presume will | T° s suena Who will preside in’ the Probate | He was a candidate for the Legisla-| the Rich Hill coal mini ee ee ee eee gage: question, eighteen months. In 1865 he ee the Rich Hilt coal mining company. | the principal of which is sulpher. © eA Tenidvad't GanGiandl Olio. saat Judges court, is the oldest officer in| ture betore the Democratic conven-| He is also operating with a large On May 26th, Harrison Fell, a miner, had his ankle mashed or bro-, ken in mine No 4. Rich Hill coal company works. Fell with sev- eral other miners as was customary stepped on the cage to be lowered down the shaft, the signal was prop- eriy given to tue engineer who low- ered or threw them down at so rapid | a rate of ~peed: that Mr. Fell was j crippled as above stated. Investi- | gation showed that R. Wilson, the engineer, was absent on account of sickness in his family; and that a man acting as fireman at the time, named Baker, utterly incompetent, | undertook tu lower the men with j the above results. On Nov. 30th, O. W. Oln carpenter, in mime No. 4.. Rich | Hill coal company works, was seri- | ously injured from’ the) effects of | which he died. On Dee. 8th, it ap- | pears that Mr. Olney was ordered !to repair a door that hung on the | partition between the air shaft and | main shaft that cages run up and ; down through. To work at the door ; he had to step in main shaft at sn- j tervals when cages was not passing. | He was partly deaf and had no sig- ‘nal of cages coming but their sound, hence was struck by one on the head and knocked down shaft with the above result. In many nfining countries there is a law compelling the use of a cop- per-heaaed tamping rod, which if udopted here would save many lives. I find many of the more pru- dent miners here have them now- M. 1.. Wore, Mine Iussvector of Bates county.