The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 14, 1883, Page 4

BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES | wii oie ee a Bazan. MeFariand. LpiToR AvD PROPRIETOR - LERMS OF SUi SCRIPTION: TIMES, every Wednesday, will be sent to one vear, postage paid, tor 31 2 EE BUTLER MISSOURI WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14, ——————EEE—EE OUR POSITION. A communication in last weeks Republican finds fault with the Times. because it would publish court proceedings tree ot charge, and yet would not publish the names to a dramshop petition and the bonds- men of a saloon keeper where pay was tendered. In the first place the Times was not aware that the committee rep- resenting the Women’s Christian Temperance Union tendered pay for the publication which tney desired us to make. However, this has lit- tle todo with the question at issue. The main points are, the petition as published was incorrect, and the names given the public as bondsmen for Willis & Co., were all wrong in the fact that neither of the gentle- men mentioned were on Mr. Willis’ bond. The parties publishing the names in the interest of the W. C. T. U. must have been incompetent ring innocent daress or else desirous of inj men. The Tras refused to publish the names because it was evidently in- tended to injure the business of the petitioners, tor there could haye been no other cause in having them made pub ic. The Tres will pub- hsh all legitimate matter the W. C. T. U. desire, but we cannot lend the use of our columns for publications that are intended expressly to cast reflections upon and injure the busi- ness character ot individuals. ELEOTION RESULTS. The usual November elections were held in the various States Tues- day the 6th, and the results are now generally known. ‘lhe roosters of both parties are crowing loud over their respective victories. The Re- publicans have regained a partof the ground lost two years agoin New York, Pennsylvania and Massachu- etts. While the Democrats gain a routing victory over Mahone and the Administration at Waehington in Virginia, besides carrying New Jer- sey and New York and holding their own in the other States. The Democrats failed to elect their candidate for Secretary of State in New York, but carried through successfully the rest of the ticket by a reduced majority, however, from the vote of two years ago. The Democrats committed a great blun- der in the nomination for Secretar of State hence the defeat. x The defeat of Ben Butler in Mas- sachusetts was not a Democratic de- feat. Butlér was the candidate of the Greenbackers and Independant Republicans, and the Democrats simply made no nomination but left stwith the individual to vote for whomsoever he pleased. There were about 10,000 Democrats who voted against Butler, the remainder of the party voting tor him. To the Wes- tern observer it would seem that the people of Massachusetts have a stronger tecling for their former good name regardless ot how it 1s sus- tained than they have for the wretch- ed creatures whom poverty and mis- fortune has consigned to the hell pits of Tewksberry. New England spirft may frown down Ben Butler’s investigations in behalt of humanity, but the outerworld will point the finger of scorn all the same till the present generation in the Old Bay State is laid under the sod. The routing of Mahone in Virgin- ia was decisive and complete. There were no State officers to elect, only the Legislature, and it will be Dem- ecratic by a goed majority. Not- withstanding Mahene had the Ke- publican support of the country he was completely snowed under and his rise again is not at all probable. To sum up the full results, theRe- publicans have precious httle to boast over, while + ai D ses 2, feel encouraged that in the comi: ee contest victory is almost in it proper 7 ea ae management and TO THE PROFESSION. | The Times hopes to see a | representation of Southwest Journal- lists at the forthcoming meeting at | Rich Hill, December and 8. Furthermore we should like to see it as large 7: | an occasion of business as well | pleasure lofthe people of Ricn Hill well | enough to expect the program tor our entertainment so full of the good things and pleasant features of life {that almost our entire time will be monopolized in carrying it out. It is right and proper that the pro- fession should recognize any special attention that 1s shown it on such occasions. but we are free to say less special Associa- were that attention would be far better for the tion. There 1s an abundance of business, plenty of work were it properly done to redound to the financial benefit and interest ot the country newspa- Missourt, per men of Southwest But if we ignore-the opportunity to benefit ourselves, and give way to the had the allurements of dance and banquet then we better never go through the usual farce of a con- vention. Gentlemen of the fraternity, when we meet suppose we get down to business at once, when each will feel just us well be- satisfaction of something and we go having the knowing that worthy the convention and the pro- sides he did fession. were Adair robbery at When the Mason brothers at their home in county for the bank Brooktield, Mo., in June 1882, one G. W. Kelley a member ot the pur- suing party was detailed to stand arrested guard over them in an upstairs room while the remainder of the posse searched the premises. An ment was there made between Kelly and the Masons by which the former was to take the money amounting to about $1,700 obtained from the rob- bery until such time as it would be safe for a part of it to be given Mrs. Mason, the remainder to be kept by Kelley as a reward for his services in concealing the same. Thetrial and conviction of the Mason’s took place but none of the missing money was obtained. The bank got an inkling ot Kelley’s implication in the matter and breught suit against him to re- cover the money, but failing to prove its case Kelley was acquitted who in turn sued the bank for damages. To sustain itself in the trial soon to come off, the bankhas taken the deposi- tions of Mrs Mason, and her hus- band now in the penttenetiary at Jefferson City, which is. developing a very bad case tor Kelley. There is now but little doubt that Kelley took the money, a part of which he returned to Mrs. Mason. In Saturdays issue of the Bates County Record we find the tollow- ing: ‘‘Bruce Younger, a relative of the somewhat notorious robbers ot that name who once inféste 1 this section of country, was arrested a tew days since m Colorado charged with mur der.”” Qur contemporary 1s mistaken, but it is notalone as many’other news- papers have committed the same er- tor. The man arrested was not Bruce Younger. but Bruce Young, who was arrested during the month of September at Cheyenne Wyom- ing upon a requisition from the Goy- ernor of Texas on the charge of murder. The responsibility of the error belongs to the Denver Repué- fican whose reporter was either drunk or the victem ef a huge joke. ———_— The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad company have donated the widow of Engineer Hilton, kill- ed at Coolidge. Kansas, on Septem- ber 29, by the train robbers, $2,500 and fireman Fadle seriously wound- ed at thesame time $500. Samuel S. Peterson, the Express Messenger who detended his trust so bravely, has also been remembered by the Wells, Fargo Express Company to the extent of a fine gold watch and $500 in money. agree- The tour hundredth anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther, was gen- erally observed in this country and Europe Saturday and Sund vw last. We know the generous hospitality | it | The friends ot the ‘-old ticket’’ in | | Missouri are not a tew, neither are | thev without influence. Here i what the St Joseph Gazette, one ot i the leading Democratic papers in the 1s te to say: *“*Men and win in 1584 we are of necessity c petied to go to New York tor a can— didate. This may distress some of | you, and make some others of you | wish that it were not the case; but | | atter allit is but little short ot being | providential. A man lives in New York who is the only man_ that for twenty-two long and termble years ever led the Democratic party to vic- tory. ThatmanisSamuel J. Til- | den. Get ready. Begin this day to | put onthe Tilden harness. If hej; lives be will be President, and he is certain to live because his lite work is not yet finished God Almighty is looking after this man for an especial purpose. ———_————_- u, if We want to m- dreth y court proj revenue derived jail The Batesc devoting half from saloon license to building a and the B Herald suggests that tne other half be devot ed to the building of a poor house.— rownsv Boonville Advertiser ‘The Attorney General action of the Court building of a new jail will not the test betore the law. The Court, however, has not yet rescinded the | order making the appropriation. As to the poor house, we already stand have one, and at its session last week the County Court let the contract building a $425 addition, which will paup give plenty of room for our for a year or so at any rate. trom Court elsewhere It will be seen our re County published that ! in of the several new bridges to be the county and some of the old ones There are to be two bridg- Elk Fork and one over Mormon Fork, all the north part of the county, while a new over Te- paired. es constructed over in span is to be put on the bridge the river at Papinville and some pairs done on the Bells Mill bridge. indicates re- This action of the court the spirit of improvement with which they are embued,besides it dence that the county is not bankrupt as has been industriously declared by a portion ot the county press, but that there will be sufficient tnnds in the treasury with which to pay for the work. Is evi- The civil war has been over near- ly nineteen years, but the following item fromthe St. Joseph Gazette may serve to retresh the memory ot many a Missourian who participated in the great contest and who reflects upon its reminiscences with a degree of delight: “Gen. Ben MeCulloch was shot from the back of his war horse Mon- ty at the battle of Elkhorn. Monty. which was then five years old, died at Seguin, Tex., a tew daysago at the age of twenty-six years.’’ The Kansas City Zzmes of Mon- day publishes a-rumer to the affect that Bob Ford, the’ remover of the late Jesse James, has been assassin- uted. The cause tof-the -ramor is based on the fact that “hig brother nowin Kansas City has not heard from Bob who went to “New York since October 14. The probabilities are Bob is off somewhere on a drunk as he is known not to be a_ prohibi- tionest or a tetotaler We admit loaning the Republican our rooster but we supposed it was to crow over Massachusetts and not 4 patent medicine advertisement. Our cock was in a healthy condition when he left home and we don’t be- lieve he needed any of Marshes Gol- den Balsam to clear his throat or strengthen his lungs. The fact of it is that rooster was Democratic and it was against his principles to crow over Radical victories. Massachusetts has spoken, and it is in favor of tanning human hides from the damnable marshes ot Tewksberry for the profit there is in the business. Shades of Webster and Sumner, behold the deeds ot Massachusetts ! The Grave of ex-President Har- risonat North Bend, Ohio, is thrown out upon the commons and sadly neglected. This is only another in- stance of American ingratitude to her | ex-Presidents. | the j not tor his affliction. | rates. | ed herself. Who e cons whom the Butler correspondent of Rich Hill Chrontcle thinks get a ‘drubbing’”’ t mptive reporter would were If no mam who he belongs to the Times corps wants satisfaction or blood vent his eronti on the autumn breezes. ing editor can’t hold the fort perhaps our **war correspondent’’ can. The old Dominion State of Vi ginia, the mother of Commonwealths and of Presidents, is once more true to the precepts of her tathe Ma- hone, whose political recoid has been a blast upon her honor and fame, 1s no longer boss but a common tollow- | er among the hord of Readjuster pi- Indeed has Vi nia redeem- chareter of the yarious elections on the 6, indicate thi P. fight recorded in ey | order a spec j apart from all other matters for sthe struggle. grapple. Butler with him his Presidential boom. | But his tate does not signify a dem- At | yotr in Massachusetts. usand Democrats 1884 isthim who will vote a Democrat in for President The Kr names of Tilden and t head for President and year. In this its wisdom and fi- ville Democrat has the} Hendricks at} Vice | the | its ¢ Pres next Democrat show: dehty to a great principle. lent It isreported that a!l work has | very unsafe and unfit condition ; human beings to hive in, | , j and that the she been stopped on the new railroad for the present. It begins to look doubt- ful now about Walnut getting a road this winter. Richard W. Gentry of Pettis county, member of the State Board of Agriculture, died at his home near Sedalia, Friday November 9. General Sherman, since hrs retire- ny, will take up his the city of St. ment from the future residence in Louis. ernor Randolph of New! the Ex-Go Jersey, died at Morristown on 7th, of fatty degeneration of the heart. The Cass county Democrat is urg- ing upon the county court the neces- sity of building a new court house. NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES. Exchange: Jasper county has the greatest local school tund of any It is $185,go01,- 11 of which $153,555.35 is the coun- ty fund. The county fund was in- creased in 1882 in the sum of $070, 24 from fines and forfeitures. The county that increases its county fund by the largest sum in 1882, from fines and forfeitures, was Bates amounting as they did to $6,492,68. | county in the state. i bag.” ' Grand Jury’s Report. To His Honor \udge Gantt, | Judge of the 22d, Judictal Dt: trict of Bates County Miéssourt. We Jurors duly sum- ned z atthe November | ct Bates D. 1882, report m A. would most respecttully th we have disposed of all matters com- betore us to the best of our abil- | That we have | ing ity and judgments. examine? the various offices and} records of the county and find that} the various officers are doing their | * their records | to} and intelligent manner, | duty in and date 1 That we have to be our county jail, and find it im a | for keeping ccounts recorded up in aneat examined what used | i and that our | prisoners all have to be t out- side of the county for sate keeping | f has two guards | day uz circuit court. th night and to guard the | prisoners du Bates county immediately | ial election, seperate and court of | purpose of voting the specific sum ot ten thousand dollars ($10,000) tor the purpose or building a new jail at eat. H. Proverick, Foreman. THE COUNTY PRESS. the county | Rich Hill Enterpri well But we dont prosti- | “Dirt Mongers’? eh! well, | thats, too bad. tute poetry and corner ‘*coons in our “Give us a rest. sanctum. Keith & Perry, those agents ot the Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Gulf railroads, took $40,000 Brownington this week, and invested it in the best coal land in Missou- active coz to ri. Rockville Globe. The members of the M. E. church are contemplating putting up a 300 Ib. bell soon. We undertand that Douglass Cox, who has been in the asylum at St. Joe tor two years is expected home soon by his folks at this place, hav- ing almost entirely regained his mind. If the Democracy of Bates coun- ty expect to retain the respect and support of their party in southern Bates county the ‘Court House Ring”’ had better reform and turn little more to It Jurgely de- their attention a this section of the county. pends upon the votes of our end of | this moral grape patch who shall control the affairs of the county for the next two years. Rich Hill Review. Laris Cain, so long deputy post- | master at this place, has accented a position as agent and traveling cor- respondent of the Kansas Citv Jour— nal, and will have the towns on the Lexington and Southern Branch especially under his care. That ro-gallon keg of whisky re- ceived by one of the Butler newspa- per men can now be located. Last Monday night let the ‘*cat out of the No poetry found. A dream | may tollow. Appelton Journal: We pre- sume that our jovial friend, Ava | Page, will be surprised to learn from | the Kansas City Journal that he has | moved over into St. Clair. We are | very serry that the Fournzal is mis- | taken. i Appleton Journal: By reference | to an extract published in another | paper it will be seen that scarlet fe-| ver isprevailing in Clinton to an alarming extent. This being true} every precaution should be used to | preyent its spread to this city, and | our people can not be too careful. Appleton Journal: If bad weath- | er don’t intertere over one mile of | the grade on the new -road in the @irection of Rich Hill will be com- | pleted this week. This will take] them out of about the hardest part | ot the work between this city and) with the large army of men and i teams now at work the grade will be i pushed through very rapidly. The rabbits with which Windsor Park was stocked a short while ago_ are making sad havoc on the farms | of those people who are ‘‘fortunate’’ | enough to reside near the royalde- mesne | j and some system adopted whereby | ' least 2,000 men There were six interments in the Rich Hill cemetry last Friday—the } Welz would recommend that the county | than fair and honorable means, | acres of | original owner’s | Z B cured the deed is at this largest number perhaps ever deposited | in that institution in one day } | However only one of | since its foundation. the number—an belonged io the city. There should be a meeting of the roadoverseers of bates County and | | intant—properly more can be accomplished. As to Osage and New Home _ townships, taking in the mimes, there must be at | in each township | outside of the towm corporations, | and two days each, if properly han- | dled, would certainly put the roads in good shape. There's something wrong somewhere. | A. C. Harding has stepped down | and out of the Hume News, and Dr. W.C. Williams, one of Hume’s liveliest business men, and W. Lane, a newspaper man of consider- able experience and a practical prin- | ter, have taken charge, and under their management there is no doubt ot success. The News is a liye lit- tle local paper, and ‘deserves home support. We wish the ‘‘boys’? at! the helm unbounded success. | visible. | ful as an illustration to use in | ing a class in anatomy—the embroy 4& FORGED DEED. Supposed Dead for ten years Robert H. Tindell appears asa Witnes,;. In the Cirenit Con he never and Swears that the Deed, ABAD, BOLD SiVWINDLE A case was decided in the Circuit Court ot this county last Saturday that revealed a deep laid plot to swindle ajman out of avaluat le prece of land near Rich Hillin this county The facts and the history of the mat- ter are abour as follows: Early in the begmning ot the Rich Hill coal excitement Henry Benham farmer residing for a good round sum ot money, and af. an old resident and in that vicinity sold his farm ter remamingidle tora onef period reported to his neighbors and friends that he had purchased an So acre tract of land not far from his ongin from one Robert H- Tindel} neht 1 no suspicions pointed to- ward Mr. Benhain as having came in other As Benham. sold 40 the land to Mrs. Carr, widow lady, and later on disposed of possession of the land by any time proceeded the remaining 4o to the Rev, Spen- eer, We now turn the course of our narative to give an account of the side of the story, | Robert H. Tindell prior to 1873 Te- sided in Moniteau county this State and in that year departed for Neva. da, where he remained a few years and then went to Bodie, California where he has lived ever since, Moore & Williams a law firm of California, Maniteau county, know: ing Mr. Tindell well and his wheres: bouts, instituted ot the case, there was fraud an investigation soon found that somewhere. Ac- cordingly the matter was brought up in the Circuit Court as before men- tioned, and when the case was call- ed last Saturday morning Mr. Tin- dell suddenly made in and his appearance prearrange- ment made between him and his at- accordance with a torneys. He was at once put on and testified that the deed held or obtained by Ben- He stated that Texas life and knew nothing about the ak Ben put on ed the the witness stand ham was a forgery. he had never been in in his ieged purchase as set forth by ham, Mr. Benham was not the stand andthe Judge decid deed to be a forgery. The mannerin which Benham se- writing 4 little idefinite. but the facts obtained will hear out the following statement: The deed was made before a notary public in Texas some time in 1880. This unsuspecting official states that two men came to his office one of which introduced himself as William Jones, stating that he had met the of- ficer at a certain. political meeting. The notary accepted his acquaintance and was then introduced by Jones to his triend Robert H. Tindell whom he stated desired to make acknowledge- ment to a deed. The notary suppos- ing the matter all right transacted the required of » him,“ and left whom had he seen since. business the two men neither, of . The question is who was William * Jones and his triend claiming fo be Robert H. Tindell. It has been rer ported that Tindell was dead and: it is a fact that his mother believed this report to be true. As the mat ter now stands Rev. Spencer and the widow Carr will be the loosers ey A Question for the Girls. Clara Bell writes. ‘*Why do un- shapely girls wear jerseys! Blessed if I can tell you. There ought be alaw against it- This very day I saw a living skeleton showing her | self in a stockinet waist which re- vealed every bone in her body. Not only could the joints be located with { the naked eye, but trom hips to ver- tebre the articulation was perfectly She would have been use- doctors must put up with unpleasant sights | suppose—but asa tashiona- ble and voluntary exhibit she was | incomprehensible.”