The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 27, 1884, Page 1

poof ius FOUND IN A FIELD. Startling Discoycry Made by, Boy Hunters End of a Wancerer Whose | History is a Mystery. the Nevada Mail. H friday evening Coroner Dr,-= L. it Callaway received a telegram was about 5 feet ro inches in height sa Schell, City asking him to come | and very slender. This har ad és whiskers were dy and slightly once to the farm of H..B. Cresap | touched with gray. 3 | 4 nj hold an inquest over the body! A trunk which had belonged to aman which had been found on | the deceased was left by him with +8 f Mr. Hall. The Coroner ordered sub the letters taken from it and sent 4 morning Dr. Callaway | the letters taken from it and sent to Saturday me vans, nee Cal away | Nevada, and they may throw some | Mt Nevada in compliance with the] hghton the sad story of the man gran and found the neighbors | who died such a pitiful death. He warding the body which was lying na stalk field. ‘The man had fall- in on his face, and it appeared that BOTLER letter was shown to Mr | the recipient was urged t take advantage « but he refused to do the could not go home ane only pau per member of The dead man was unusually in- telligent and had received an excel- ilent education. He said he had been educated for a physician, but never practiced his profession. He } was known as an honest. and industrious man. LATER. temperate e had died without a struggle. His nds Were under him and his legs ve extended in an easy position. he face was partially embeded mud and the entire body trozen. ice had nibbled off a portion of ne car, but aside. from this there as no evidence of disturbance. An erceat which the man had thrown bosely over his shoulders was lying few feet behind the body, and had jdently falien there when the first hroxysm of death was felt. The lothes. were very plain, the boots ere gum, and the head was. still artially covered by a cap. The coroner summoned a jury and be foilowing tacts were elicited: 9 last Friday aman wpped at Judge Cresap’s farm and ked for his dinner. Col. Nichols as there and they ate to-gether. In he course of conversation the man hid his name was James Jackson, nd he was tormerly 2) merchant in ne of the inland citics ot the state of | York. him and he left his native vow Mistortune overtook sti and | | ame to) Missour1. For seven or] ight years he had been working in | ernon County, doing whatever he wuld to eke out an cxisience. He vas 65 vears old. Col. Nichois became yery much nterested in the old man’s storv, and Mr. anted a hand, he directed After offering to pay for his dinner the old gentleman | } ememberme that a neighbor, 1 Gordon, v to the house. hrew his overe dat his shoul- lers and started to That w alive. over Mr. s the last time he was Gordon’s. seen Last Friday, about noon, two boys who were hunting discovered the hody, and-without stopping to ex- amine it closely to Judge Cresap’s aud told of their horrible ting, The body was identifed by M. F, Hall the proprietor ot the Schell City lime kiln as that of James Jack- horned 1 | The trunk which was ieft with M. F. Hall, by James Jackson, the man who was found dead on Cresap’s tarm has been opened, but nothing calculated to throw anv light on his tormer life was tound. A thorough search failed to reveal even the scrap ot aletter. It is thought that the names of his New York relatives may be obtained from parties at Ft. Scott and the attempt will be made at once. BUSINESS WEEDING. Held at the City Hall in the In- terest of Manufacturers. A meeting of the business men of the city was held at the city hall Thursday afternoon of last week, to meet and hear a proposition from Messrs. lation to manufactury in which they were in- Hicks and Hooper in re- moving an implement terested, from Tllinois to this city. Mayor Brown was chosen chair- man and McFarland of the ‘TiMEs, secretary. ed to state the object of the meeting and called upon the two gentlemen named above to state their business. Mr. dicks arose and stated the location, capital stock and relative business of hrs Company, adding that the cause for wanting to remove was that they desired to get into a more central location of the field they worked, and then they needed more capital and force to carry on the busin He gave a description of the articles manufactured, comprise most implements us by farmers, znd on which they held patents. His proposition in briet, is, to orgomze a Company here with \ a capital stock of $40,000, of winch his Company would subscrnbe $15, 000 John Catterlin, W. E. Walton, T. W. Childs, D. V. Brown, A. L. McBride, were appointed a com- mittee to confer with the gen- tlemen. W H. Adams. ‘ The following well deserved com-— pliment to a good man and a good son, a man who had been in bis em-} printer is taken from the Rich ploy at various times during the last i Hill Enterprise. It 1s true, ev- seven vears. Ele had worked at the! ery word of it. Mr. Adams kiln at Ft. Scott and also atthat near i ons tor a long time foreman Schell City. The Coroner decided {in the Times office. 2nd yave its it unnecessavy to make a post-mor- ! present publisher his first lessons in tem examination it his pinion that the man had died either giving as trom apuplexy or some orgamic dis ease of the heart. Tee vard body wa burn } erried mx grave near” the Place where ir was found. Those who were acquainted with fames Jackson during his residence m Vernon say he has never been communicative about his past fife, ind rarely ever referred to it. From temarks made at different times, and put together by those who felt some Mterest in the oid man, it is suppos- ed that he was at one time 2 pros- Perous ‘merchant, and that he was reduced to poverty by the rascality Some time since he received 2 letter from bis sister in New York requesting him to come back and make ker house his home. . She stated that she was fimancially able to provide for all his brother-in-law. Wants, and advised bim to quit work | and-spend his cid age in ease, ‘This | ournalism : “Last Saturday we were compli- ) mented by a traternal call trom WwW. 'H. Adams of Butler. His name aaving figured conspicuously mn_his- tory. will interest many. He is the pioneer newspaper man, of now the great state ot Kansas. He sailed up e Missouri river to the site where of Leavenworth has 3 un ug his ma xe bark of the river where he is Leavenworth Herald. lan says olthis noted tollower the primeval type compesin e splendid city sue his) of Faust * sucker had a The chairman proceed- ! The H @ . MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY” FEBRUARY 2 7. ISS. NO. 13. ABOUt FRUIT CULTURE. — ee | tion in which each and every person i who plants an orchard in the west is vitaly Tlow there in Bates county to-day 1 interested. many are whe would gladiy pay large sums of money to bave the privilege ot chang- »f ing their varieties (particularly 1the apple) te suit the climate; they | planted their orchards several years i ago, when very few varieties had | been tried here, and in a majority of | | cases they planted largely of such | ¢ known to them and were tavorites in some other locality or they consulted some eastern cata- logue and planted according to the recommendations contained thereon, only to find after it was too late that a great many of the favorites of the east were comparatively worthless here and it they left the matter of selection to a nuseryman. be he ever so honest, they were just as badly varieties as w —— { = _ = = eet A Goan p — — {9 p= = htt Perc oe” anomie _ i——) ae omnia = LOUISVILLE COURIER JOURNAL AND THE TLER WEEKLY TIMES FOR $1 85 FOR SAME PERIOD. off, for they were no better intormed on that point than the average plan- Now, there need be none ot this difficulty, nearly all of the old and many of the new varieties been pretty thouroughly tested, and any planter who will take little | painsto inform himself may plant} ter. have a certainly pay any one who 1s going if to plant apple trees, not more j than twenty or thirty, to be present at that meeting, and every one who has had experience with the differ- ent varieties in this climate is urg- gently requested to be present and give us the benefit of his experience, and as it costs nothing to become a member I think any onc who takes any interest in Horticulture can at- tord to become a member. There 1s only two classes who are not wanted in the Society, the first is the man who knows it all and don’ want to tell any of it to any one else, ; and the other, the man who don’t; know any thing acd don’t Now my friend if this meets | either | s. please stay away, if vou can with a great deal of assurance that | he will succeed, and ampl, repay | him for his labor and expense, and | === —— —_—~ - arene ecm came see emer right here is Wee a gre it deal may | = se . aia aaI8 *MatA LXOUL : ee. eS. be done by local Horticultural So- TW ro) > “i rn on cieties, as a recommendation of cer- es ro) ‘aa Ww ‘ 2; es 2) tain varieties by an humble local so- | 7 WW y 4 is A, © 2 : 5 if 4 | 5 \ ciety is more valuable to a person [see el 4 H 2 2 ~- © I j = | : - | @ _ i & 4 v pon | about to plant trees in that locality, ca £ Q Ss 2 _ a w —_ }than it would be trom the American | ae i = ¢ = a 4 a?) | Pomological Society, or any other, | = a = Q oo i | re - < = where a different soil or climate is | am oo sae} > if = ae. o i a. e,) , E 2 = tound. = = C3 ~ (op) re) iy 4 | ce — 4 ware Now the Bates County Tforticul- | = re i“ % \i F | ai i Pind j tural Society though young has ta- | Be ~ b faa] i: ts hess pat ken this matter up, inc as next | | joa) i 2 Q z a A CO meeting (the third Saturday in} as ™ =o @ et ™ a= March) will have a paper on_ this AG = Wa ”n a og < oi o important subject, viz. a list of the <x a a a a op) = = ei fe best varicties of apples for a family | | - e Ly] z % a vo 4 Cc orchard and tor commercial orchards ms } a 2 < = y - 4 F S } o I ie “gist ‘ty Wady 30a a : QO which will no doubt bring out aj , < So. 3 = d ~ { thorough discussion on the merits | Ce ) iJ c=) = Jeqpo4 sSLOFt §,a606 AS Ss ~~ Sy and demerits of a great many differ- ! [ = ueoane Ska 6 ee ecmrandeen| a o)6* OSNHAS,ISHON 3H) 5 ent varieties. Now to my mind it will | J bEa (go ‘Tom, : IFT VALUED AT $25. A beautiful imported nsoss rose china tea set will be given away with one box of matchless baking powder to the person drawing the lucky num- ber placed oposite kis or her name. ; Baking Powder warranted equal in qualityty to the best in No Humbug, Call and see it. RAFTER, The Tea Set consists of 56 pieces, the market. T. D. NEW GROCERIES HIGH PRICES, PAID want to; know. your eye and you belong to give us someteing come_and do so, $$ —____———_ jitwe can do youany good we are Se willing and ready. Hl. s. | jax! Flax!! Flax!!! 1 Messrs. Carnes & Hall are prepar- st flax loan ev- They have about three thousand bushels of m last year’s > the lar Bates fing tom in county. er pnt out fine seed selected tr FOR room, its boundar ae a j crop: those desing to sow sced this | souri riv Gulf of Mexico, the | season will save money py calling to} ? Rocky M tains, and the British | them before making other ar- Tt possessions. No smoke dimmed jTarngements. They an furnish cith- ( ‘O [ J N i R PROD ceiling stretched above bim, but be | oF native er Russian seed on the histened to the September breeze as | Most liberal terms. 4laving the oNLY in southwest Missouri, it rattled and rustled the leaves ot ; flax cleaner 2 4 siadaead the great Elmtree, which extended | outside of Kansas C thereby in- . its sheltering branches over the la- | Suting their customer flax seed. 5 boring artist of the art preservative.” Mr. Adams is a mild mannered ma more printer than editor, and of Butler for a number of years. has | unsurpasset heen employed on the local papers j tree from cail and of the purest kind. This with their hberal pag oa i 1 1 tacilities for han ing | + S ~ BUTLER MO eer eee Southwest Corner quare, ’ .