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——== means tens mm = etree INDI4N HISTORY. Some Interesting Reminiscences of the Six Nation Indians. Toronto Mail. | Rey. R. F. Dixon of Bothwell has isitto the Grand riv- recently paid a v Jri = 30) - er Indians. Writing to the Both well Times regarding his visit, | While away in the Gr says: i river country I had the pleasure of | Chiet Johnstone, 2} ng the Mohawks tor the twice visiting prominent man amo! and government interpreter Indian agent. Mr. Gilkeson of Brant- Mr. Johnstone has a beauti- the banks ot the at this point 15 tord. ful residence on Grand river, which is about three times as Thames. upo broad as edthe name ot © tswood. He has a fine farm of 200 acres Ina high state ot cultivation. I enjoyed a very interesting chat with the chief and his accomplished tamily. To sive you some idea of what the bet- ter class of Indians are capable Imay mention that his two sons now occu- py positions of trust in Hamilton and Montreal at salaries of $1,000 $1,500 per annum. His wife is English lady of good tamily and and 1 and an daughters are as} sautitul would as anyone fined young ladi wish to meet anywhere in the Do- minion. Chief Johnstone showed me some interest relics. One, a about solid silver pipe, bearing date the middle of last century, and curi- ously chased, he especially values. It sented by one ot the Georges, , tribe, 1 was pre m the old colony days, to the by and, it is said, bas been smoke personage than George no less a Washington when a British officer, ged in negotiating one of and eng: the numerous Indian treaties which the British in those days made joint- ly with the Indians against the French I was also shown the remnant of an old idol, round which Rev. A, An- thony danced inhis childhood, and many other interesting relics of the old pagan worship and savage wat- fare. There are now only three of the old warriors of 1812-14 left, one of whom is tatherto Chief Jonnstone. Recently these old were photographed in full warlike equip- One of them 1s still apagan, difticul- veterans ment and it was with the greatest ty that he could be induced to sit for his photograph, being under the idea that he was to be forcibly Christian- ized. Talking of -pagans reminds me that there are still several hun- dred pagans out of the total popula- tron of over 3,000. The greatest hindrance to the ev angeli Zing ; of | any man to use such an mnprecation these people consits in the anconsist: as the deceased had done, and it encies of professing Christians, and | looked as it his wish had been among the morality Tt seems the low tone of many of the whites. special mistortune of the Indians that | eyigence. they are too often brought irfO con- [rosie you fe for many yearsot Archdeacon > resides here. resides in Branttord. ago he was presented with a very . | least 160 years old; the the | - n which he has bestow- | th to see if home in spite of chains with | yourselt. Mrs. Elliott, widow of the ; they could not break m. One | late Rev. Elliott, adevot Neague | lady swore recently in a divorce | elles | Court that her husband suggested peaceful various means by which a be effected, d, he qu: The archdeacon now | A tew years | separation might t these t and aSK- im to handsomely illuminated address on | ed 1p ar to | the occasion of the fittieth anniversa- commit suicide, rht after | ry of his pastorate among the Indi- | a season of mourni dear ans. While at the archdeacon’s 1} departed marry some one else, and was shown the commumon_piate of | enjoy that domestic t had the old Mohawk church, which, | heretofore been de She | also swore that she retused to accord and when the tribe emigrated to Canadz from the states, was brought here. | with the wish of her liege lord, Itis ot very plain but very solid | that he became terribly exasper. must represent a very thereby, declaring that she It bears | of the most selfish women The Court decreed that make, and lorge cash value in bullion. he ever therefore at} met. they 3ible also! should both ve free to try a new ex- dates from the same period. In are the autographs of Sir John Col- | husband should pay his wite the sum 4 | 1 bourne, Lord Dufferin, | Wales, marquis of Lorne and_ other | bandages for a wounded heart. notabilities. I may remark (inpass- | ing) that Gov. Gen. Lorne and prin- ot 3 date about 1720 and is it | periment in matrimony, and that the prince council-house x them- ; cess dined at the the Six Nations and expre selves as highly pleased and surpris- they saw. Death From Passion. W - Je of Heery Stocker, aged forty-five, | residing at 15 Willmott’s Buildings, | : a > Long Lane, Southwark, who died | Fe RK. R. = SERVES ITS PATRO> WITH ae i. ee Z ei eS ba Three Grains Daily thi Kansas a fit ot passion. The wife of the de- Two Trains Daily t : ceased deposed that on Sunday might} Two Trains Daily to New Mexico. her husband returned home about | Two 7 s Dail riz ; Two Tr | One T tol tenp. m. She was out at the time, s their son, and in consequence of P { One Train Dail a lad eleven years of age, refused to] Tyo ‘rains L and conne er with ali pomts,on rail or coast, ste in go indoors at the deceased’s biddin The latter was a very passionate west or south-we and on rd 1 and of husty temper, seeing the boy run away he exclamm- { i f t Ries vit | ed. ‘God strike me dead, it I don’t] 2! any class trom Kansas City to | z 2 S 55 San Francisco. Through trains car- | kith him when I catch him. He ae = ran tae 3 ig — see PULLMAN SLEEING CARS- | while so doing. Te was dreadfully — r, Colorado Springs, Pue- excited, but she got him back into] plo, Deming and El Paso. the house and to bed. Soon after “THE THUNDERBOLT,” he jumped up and said he felt as]js the fast through train -be- though he would choke, and then} tween Kansas City and Denyer, became insensible. A doctor was | Vit Pueblo and Colorado Springs. sent for, but death ensued on Mon- Bea ee De continent, HALLS are the best on the and every care is taken to make the journey an agreeable one. Mr. M. Cook, surgeon, t heart day night. deposed to the gr excite- ment which he found, and which was | rHRrEE ROL TO THE PACIFIC: followed by an extreme breathless- Take the direct route to Pueblo, | ness. Witness was of opimon that} Denver. Leadville, Gunnison, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Las V Z gas, San- ta Fe, Albugurque, El Paso, Chi- the deceased had had a very violent fit of passion, which caused a rup- - 2 I : . ! huahua, Tucson, Guaymas, Los ture of one of the valves of the heart, | Ancelos, and San Fr macisco, “vid and 50 produced death. The coro-| the Atchison, Topeka & nta Fe railroad. The Grand Canon ot the Arkansas, the healthgiving Hot Springs at Las V . the ancient city of Santa Fe, silent abodes ner Said it was an awtul thing for the of tne Cliff-dwelers, the quaint pu- eblos of the Zunis, the Grand Canon | of the Colorado, and the” tar-famed Yosemite greet the eye of the tourist, swered. The jury returned a vi dict in accordance with the medical and unite to make any one of these tact with a low, degrad™ class ot The Vagaries of Married Life. three trans-continentat lines of travel y , S . c ¢ . attra pera sresting. whites whose vices -[¢Y only too The vagaries ef matrimonial lite attractive and interesting. often learn, T*SS® Pagans are, will never end until men and women however, un’ the zealous ministry } marry for love, and when that great According to the Statistics collect- of the pre “Tt missionaries, steadily | change will come over Ruman attairs ed by the Mining Review. Rich Hill yi = , x mr ‘s (ab VERE in : igen decre“"S ™ number. Ven. Arch- | is past all finding out. Som¢o ‘lite the urgion, her pene coal eines AO. -on Nelles has a recor Fore a eee el saa : SUSE CL s de d of work | the wife discovers, Wo claims her | !™POttaat industry for 1825 be That few can For many years, he, Ji among the indians. boast of. with his wife the banks of the edikd river, abouta mile from the site ot the Onondaga. Here it was that he entertained Sir John Col- bourne, then governor of Upper Canaday with his secretary and two sons. Sir John was holding a coun- cil with the chiefs of the Six Nations, and stayed at the backwoods parson- age several days. Mr. Nelles then moved to the present parsonage, a beautitul old quaint homehke house, about half mile further up the river. J never saw a place that so torcibly reminded me of one of our old En- Parsenage, with its winding passages, low ceilings. spacious rooms, cosey little nooks and corners, vine-em- dowered windows and general home- like appearance. houses which seems like an old | Instead of boquets there triend, and with which one strikesup ] but kicks and cuffs. individuals. off.”” Again there are those cheery, comfortabie, easy-going houses that | i politeness ness, and who seemed to be Willing to run his feet oft in her service, and ardently professed that he was will- ing to run on the stubs all his life af- ter the feet were Worn away if she would only save him from something worse than death by saying Keyes.” Sometimes the husband discoyers— fatal discovery—that the lady who had a reputation for vast wealth, and whom he courted with such assiduity and guarded with Jealousy that no other matrimonial adventurer had any chance of suc- 1 cess, is really penniless, and that her glish vicarages as the old Tuscarora | reputed weaith was her chief stock in trade and the only basis of her dreams for the future, and his Wak- ing up is not like coming out of a d nightmare, but rather like going into It is one of those | one. that the_ays the person who was all represented hy 060 nov tons. and courtesy and tender- 3 Three thousand cars of coal : three rerageing 400 busels to the car, were shipped from Rich Hill | i during the : onth ot Septen such green-eyed Then purgatory is not far off. ot | of $10 per week with w hich to bry | |The Atchison, Topeka & Santa ONLY ONE CHANGE OF CARS | hundred | call on Ben. B. Canterbury, Butler, or T. ° B. Noland on the farm ESTABLISHED 1870 BENNETT & DEALE WHEELER IN Lyon&Nolf XS (North Main St. HARDWARE ANC GROCERIES, te door sou or ts HEADQUARTERS FO Cortland Spring Wagon | was one and Top POSTOFFic# —De GROCERIES HARDWARE —AND— R THE CELEBRATED Bugeies. The Mitchell RacineFarm Wagon ,, ,. EENSWARE Guaranteed Prices NORTHEAST CORNER SQUARE, - NOR iT WEST C Having embarked in this business patrons and fri ing low prices. Sheriff’s Sale. authority of a general ex- from the Office ot the clerk of the circuit court of Bates county, Mis- | souri, returnable at the November term, of said court, and to me directed in favor ot Geo. T. Hockensmith, and against C. B. Wilson, et al. > levied and seized upon all the right, interest and claim ot the said defendants, C. B. Wil- | on et al.ot inandto the following de- lccribed real estate, situated i: Bates county, Missouri, to-wit: Lot 14, in block 12, in the te Sprague, Bates county, Missouri, will on Wednesday, November, 7th, o'clock in the By virtue and ecvtion, issued | town of between the hours of 9 forenoon and 5 o’clock in the atternoon of that day, at the east front door ot the court house, in the city ot Butler Bates county Missouri, sell the same, or so uuch’ thereof as may be required, at pub- lic vendue, to the highest bidder tor cash to satisfy said execution ard costs, wn. F, Hanks, Sheriff of Bates county. | a For Sale ‘O- | Several Choice Farms. { ' If you want to buy a farm :mprov- | ed or unimproved land or h«Ve your } property insure? against fire. light- | storms, callonor write to S. B. | Newt Butler, Mo. Office mi Opera building, up stairs. room ad- foining Dr, Tucker’s office. 36-tf { FOR SALE. | North half North East, East half South East, Sec. 21, Township 41, Range 30, containing t6o0 acres. with house of five rooms, one good well and 100 apple trees bearing, and other small fruit, including a good peach orchard. There is 154 acres | of this landin cultivation, 40 acres ot fall } plowing, 16 acres of wheat, This farm ts Situated S miles northeast of Butler, Shawnee township. Will be sold separate, or all together at $27! 325 and$30 per acre, cash. For particr "| 27-1m in 4¢ or separate at Daily Hack to Walnut. — i ; Sort ot thing,’’ white, avery dim, light colored spot on left side of end-ot nose and appraisedat Forty Dollars, by J. N. Bradley, Henderson and R. W. Smith. is nothing an acquaint Hi The couple RELIABLE SELF-CURE, Iam running a daily hack to acquaintance at once. Houses | who were so fearfully anxious ad and sacoeeReT eset see.ct tue | Walnut City. Leav c so fea : about | mest noted and sucoberel ity. eave orders at in this respect are a good deal hke|the parson become anxious about Ese bekene wack ro estneey McBride’s. Roundtrip $1. There are some houses | the divorce Court. They few ii nscale envelopefres. Draggie:s can flit | y - rn 1 5 y into ‘Addrees OR. = 37-tt. W. H. Youne. just like there are some people—shiff | €ach other’s arms years ago, but ee = i stern, precise, which say, ‘thands | Soon began to scratch and bite, and entnrenn A. HASELTINE, ze then flew as far as their legal chai SOLICITOR & ATT Y | =) would allow, and then is . the be EE aN | We —— ay — = ae sal poveertod wenden | at ¥2,00each. Tines Ortice. 28-ti Hapgood Light Draft Sulky Steel Fence Wire. ads to call and see me. stoves and tmware and it being my exclusive business can sell at astonish | ff Cc and 1} ! 20, | 1883. ning, wurmados, cyclones and wind- ! i = ed upon all the right, title, interest between the forenoen and 5 ne ot that day, at the east tront door of court inouse, in the city ot Butler, Bates | I county eo thereof as may be required, at | public vendue, to the highest bidder tor ! as thongh thinking ot that dilapidated cash te satisfy said execution and costs. in Pleasant Gap Township, and Poste pee snares: J.P. in Prairie Town- ship, Oct. roth, 1883- One browntwo year tieved ina f hours, a , old past, horse, about 141g hands hi Sh a eereas wake ee 46 38° Plow, Haish close barb cet Satistictory. — BUTLER, MU. to be | o ‘ORNER SQUARE again I respectively mvite all my I have a most excellent line old | of eReeCT Minera RTcy fe NOSE VING MACHINES coat NEW HOME! “SEWING MACHINE C0- HAS. SPRAGUE. | FINE SUITS lO eetneavery Gye price suc eaten CGRANGE, MASS. | A ‘ Ke AND ATLANTA, GA-———~ = < Made to Orde? | srieacus & LIU NTER, AGENTS da fitin every case. | AGENTS, ime in Lindle Hotei | BUTTLER®- - MISSOURI ildi | JE TALBOTT, = pooks--500,000 — | Merchant Tailor ; — | volumes, the choicest. literature McREYNOLDS: & SCHWENK ,.ico2)"Sssett "Sis! j est prices ever known. Not ers. Sent for examination betore pay- | ment on evidence of good tatth. i B. Alden, O. Box 1227. 18 Vesey St., N.Y, } iara { Call and 47 IY. } John Publisher, ip {! Mason & Hamlin Organs. i | New illustrated catalogue, (40 pp. ato) i ’ | for season of 1883-’, including many Booids Shoe Makers new styles; the best assortment of the | best and most attractive organs we have | BUTLER, *O. | everottered, and at lowest prices, $22 00 { tid $600, tor cash, easy payments or frene | Sent free. | Boots and Shoe made order. The) Mason & Hamlin Organ & Piano Co. | | i i to } bestvt leader use. | Shop nerth =de¢ of Square. ; New York, 46 50, 149 Wabash | Hoston, 154 Tremont vast 14tn St-; Chi ———— | Ave. j { é seps } Shetiff’s Sale. 2 = GEO. ag tf THE WOODS’ By virtue and authority ot general ex- sued from the office ot the cler nty, Mis- ae urt, and tome directed in} Pianos and Organs favor ot Mary E Willison. and against | SF C. H. Willi I have levied and seiz-| Are the finest intone. Are the finest in Randa : u a r and; design. Are the finest in workmanship- claim of the said detendant ©. H. Willi- | Send tor catalogue with music tree. son, of, in and to the tollowing des -ribed | W Js’ real estate, situated in Bates county, | ebb tree nl Missouri, to-wit: ? | 608 Washington Street, Northwest quarter of the northeast | -__ quarter of section 28 and the east half ot } Tre sak % RATHER F00 LoNG. the northeast qauarter, of section 28 all | in township 40, range 30, Bates county, } Missouri, and I willon “latter Twenty Years on tie Wednesday, November, 7th. 1883, | Wrong sideof Life a Virgin-. ours of @ an Turns the Tabte. ; clock in “How long did you say?” ‘Twenty years, Isaid. Up to the time mentioned I had suffered from diseased or so} liver fortwenty years,"’ said Mr. S. T, Hancock, ot Richinond, Va., halt sadly, Geo. soston, Mass. o'clock in the} he atternoon } the | Missouri, sell the same, section ot his lite. ‘At times I almost wished it had pleased Providence to omit the liver from the human anatomy ” j “Bad enough—twesty years of that ee responded a listenef, H hat was the upshot of it?’* | “The upshot was that some time ago F¥ ; went down to Scott’s drug store in this + city, and bought one ot Benson's Capcine | Porous Plasters, applied it and was rev Wo. F. Hanks, Sheriff of Bates county. } 3 i Stray Notice Taken up as stray by S. Siggins, livin, h. | pound as though my liver was made of Inv ‘oot | d arubber.,, Benson’s—unlike the old kind of plas- ters—act promptly. Lookfor the word George (apcine, which is cut in the genuine. h price 25 cents. Seabury and Johnson, E. Shaver, J. P. | Chemists, New York. mall star in forehead, lett hind

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