The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 20, 1884, Page 2

{ Maud S. and Jay-Eye-See. To the Pu lic. CRUEL SPORT. Fight Between a Mountain Lior. and «Three Bull Dogs—The Cat the Victor. One ot the most remarkabl oh in the history of sporting, at Coal Valley, twelve miles of Charleston, W. Va., Sati { night. It was a fight for $300 a side, between a wild cat. or Moun tam Lynx, weighing twenty-two pounds, and thvee bull dogs. A o’clock time was called, and t} and dog were placed on sides of the pit. The cat ened by a chain to prevent its esc The dog sprang toward the c The latter slipped aside and alighted on the dog’s back. The fight grew furious. The dog rolled over and over, but was unable to dislodgd the Finally he secured a hold of The cat backed the opposite was cat. the feline’s leg. dog into a corner and tore its leg loose. The dog caught the cat on the lett shoulder. The cat twisted its head atound and, catching the dog by the back of the neck, began to tear the flesh. In two minutes the dog was dead. The round lasted eleven minutes. A dog ot celebrity was next introduced into the pit. The fight was fully as ternfic as the first, butat the end of seven m the second dog was dead. A Ch ton sport had a dog which he offered to wager $100 the cat could not kill in fifteen minutes. The cat, the most furious fight of the day, killed this third ant: minutes. One witnessed the fight. and Fatul Fight. Fredonia, Tex., Aug. ce combatoccurred Mon this rles- after ronist in thirteen thousand — persons Desperate 9-— yev fic ing ten miles north of between four desperzte characters vill who happened to meet near the line between San Saba and Mason coun- ties. Samuel Faulkner and Henry Allen attacked two Woodall ers, opening fire at short range with repeating Winchesters. The Wood alls dismounting returned the fire Eight shots were rapidly fired by each side. Allen fell the fifth round, pierced through the heart. One the Woodalls received a bullet in the broth from behind their horses. about of shoulder near the neck, disabl r him. The remaining Woodall brother and Faulkner then approach- edeach other with bowie knives drawn. <A tearful each being a_ skilled bowie-man. The wounded Woodail lying near by bleeding to death kept urging his brother on in the deadly conflict. Faulkner, however, after a few sharp struggles, grappling and retreating with the agihty of a tiger, grabbed Woodall’s lett wrist, giving quick side jerx which brought Woodall to his knees. As the latter fell Faulkner plunged a dagger into him just below the heart. No soon- er had Faulkner triumphed over his enemy than he turned to look atter duel tollowed, him a Allen his dead companion. As he did so he received a bullet in the breast from the pistol of the elder Woodall, the brother who witnessed the duel lying with his neck and shoulder split open by a Winchester. Faulkner may recover, but both the Woodalls were dying when the in- formant left. Aman named Burner, who tried to prevent hostilities at the opening, received severe flesh wounds in the Burner and two Witnessed the battle trom the bee arm. other men aing, but dared not interfere. Both the Woodalls soon became uncon- blood. Faulk- -ctators that old scious trom loss of ner told one of the sr the fight was the result < teud im Arkansas, once been friends. He said he it was death when they met Was glad it was where all had knew and he Allen nearly $1,000 on his_person. believed each Party was on the to attend a camp-meeti rogress prog over. He Held a Big Hand. «Among the Passengers on vester- day morning's south-bound Denver and Rio Grande train were three nen quite well known to the Pohtce of this city. One ot these, the lead. er,is an old) man whitened locks, white choker with egrams from Centreville coafirm the | and a Carriage | that Blaine is certain to be elected. n the so sedate that | as been name ot one of Denver’s most prom- Although miles seperate Maud S. duel | ane nt divi Shortly after the | and Jay-Eye-See, a great | train had left the Union depot the | the crown ot the trotting turf has | staid old gentleman with the clerical | been fought by them. ‘The war of c wasscen to wander aimlessly | words provoked by the challenge of uy 1 down the cars soon he! Mr. Case was followed by action. tion of! Public sentiment demandec tMr moments | Vanderbilt should take some steps to he danger which t ened wonder- the the reign ot Maud S., and like every fourth ned good citizen he bowed with in the game. who had been } to that powertul sentiment wl invited by the old man to sit in and! yoiced by the judicious press. He | make it tour-handed, “I have astrong | returned Maud S. to the control ot | poker hand here; I’m willing to bet Capt. Stone and W. W. Bair, and | © to one on it and allow vou all! awaited, with an impatience v to draw to vour hands.’? The twoj was but natural, the result. Mr. | young strangers had no money, and | Case went to Providence with Jay- the euchre game was soon broken} Eye-See and on Friday his great lit- tle horse made his first successful up. A few moments afterward the move in the struggle for the other young men were induced to | join ina friendly game ot euchre. | He trotted in 2:10 tor a This time it was the old man who/ tion, and when the intelligence ran suggested that he had a powerful | poker hand. to the | strangers also had hands of the same | willing to stake a! crown. along the wires the people rose up, flushed with enthusiasm, and pro- claimed him king. The which then hung upon all lips was, Strange say question kind, and were little money on them. There was a! what will Mr. Vanderbilt do? The diving down into the inside vest | answer was not long delayed. The pockets and considerable woney was | suspense was soon broken. The produced, when the eagle-eyed con- | verry next afternoon at Cleveland ductor stepped up. | Maud S. was started with the deter- Youll have to give me those cards | mination to recover the throne, and gentlemen,’’ he said, maki the re- | when she crossed the winning score quest good by at once taking pos- ded 2309 3-4. Her session, and noting that the *‘suck- forced abdication lasted but twenty- ers’? had full hands against four bi | four hours, and the people who hi kings held by the old played nothing but a friendly game | of “Young you had better go back to your seats | man who! come to look upon her supremacy as fix something euchre. gentlemen, | were almost tele when the 1 ot bat- and stay there; you'll have more the good news fr money when you rerch home. As jtle. The « »w in the stable for yau, Doc Jeffery, I throw vou! of her owner at where off if you try to play any bunko | bright eyes will admire and gentle games on this train.’”? [hands will caress her, while Jay- Three — humiliated individuals | Eye-See is at this writing at Buffalo sneaked off the cars at Castle Rock, | being prepared for a second contest and tried to charter a hand-car to/ against time. Should the son of propel their way back to Denver, | Dictator and Midnight knock oft an- where conductors have no powers | other fraction of a second from the worthy of respect and where the record and regain the crown which lottery game is liberally patromzed | he wore for a single day, the same | public sentiment whichimpelled Mr. | Vanderbilt to put Maud S. m_ train- that —Denver Tribune. Horrible Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 12.—Tel- tory Confirmed. jing at Cleveland will demand | the peeriess mare be sent trom the 5 ie Z | road to the track where she can have reports of Sunday's massacre ot a z ; : . + the fullest opportunity to sep her Mormons in Lewis county. Martin PI i. ei E She demon— . laurels from fading Conder, John R. Hudson, and two | !urels fro es Z “ strated by her 2:09 3-4 that the faith Mormon preachers, were : literally | °° * zs ees E riddled with buckshot. Two other | Wich Captam Stone ane Bair Mormon preachers are supposed to | posed ns her boca met misplaced, and have been killed, as they were cap- | her future is sate in their hands. Mr. tured by the masked men and _ taken into the woods and shots were sub- sequently heard. The wife ot Jim Conder, at whose house the massa— cre occurred, will die from gunshot wounds received. The leader of the masked was David Hinson, a preminent citi- re- Vanderbilt has treated both Captain Stone and Mr. Bair with the greatest liberality, and the money to be won hibition heats or a race is {nothing to him. ut the reputation of his mare is dear to him as well as the public, which is moved to admi- ration by courage and speed. Should Jay—Eye-See mount once again to through e men zen of Hickman county. He tell at é the first fire of the Mormons. No the throne, Maud S. should be re- arrests have been made. The whole returned to the control of Capt. Stone and for thirty days the wires should be cut between him and Mr. Van- derbilt. The Captain, in an emer- gency, will back Maud against Jay-Eye-See, either a race or exhi- country for several counties around 1s terribly excited,and turther trouble is expected. The Mormons for several years have been holding meetings at Con— der’s house and at a_ little village Dizon BEEIES a pao SUEKeeD 1 = iS 20, 4 a s called Shady Grove. Numerous | >20:000 4 side Pn La Cone would awaken the interest ot the telegrams were received to-day from Salt Lake, asking the names of the murdered The kaown is Gibbs. world, and the victor or his right to supremac would prove } here - Mill- one! , é anes } ions will eagerly await this week the { : . j news which will flash over the wires Arepublican has been elected a] radiating from Buffalo.—Turf, Field Tudge of the Kentucky Court of Ap- | and Farm. peals in a district hitherto democrat- ic. Judge Richard Reid, one ot the | > a ee ieee : x saps 4 ator Vest and the Greenback nation- canatdates for the democratic nomi- elders. only A good joke at the expense of Sen- amoag z al committee, is circuiating nation, was driven to suicide by the = ie ee t ot St. Louis. Im-— > poh ns thereafter | _ the fight made on him, and Z - 3 lately after the greenback con-— nomi- | his competitor obtained comniittee nation. There was blood on it,and, | ~" = ) to have a large number though the bly}. : BBUie bes af 1€ candidates, Butler of the f aroused by | Ptinted ana circulated the behavior of some the land. An order was Iv given to an engraver to prepare 2 leader ot | the engravings, and not having a pub- ; Photograph ot t | president, he telegraphed to a Chi- the colored men in Baltmore, 6 idate for vice- ishes a two- olumn letter in the Day of Cleveland, men ot that Vv in support | cago photographer to ser follow i = - = to follow! graph of W est, and the 2 photo- and ¢t color colore at Ing ‘a : name his example. ‘CKLY A: of years, and think made for Biliousness, Liver a photograph of the latter was the be: Co. ‘or toning up the system,” tor circulation, and a quarter of a/ Writes W. H. Cole, Draggist, of Joplin. Mo. million shipped to Califor In A single trial of this remedy will convince circulating them about S: Louis it | ny person of the truth of the abore. w Warner Miller says ents do: 2 ing underneath it the name ¢ FA M. he independ- Woes ee a eee t est, Was in reality a likeness oi the celebrated Missouri sena ia Democrat. amount to anything and for } respect | ch 1s hj | indigent considera- ot the University can be had on WwW SEPTEMBER, 8th, West being mistaken for that of Vest, ‘ sent. | The engraver prepared his cuts and | two million copies have been printed | discovered that the Picture hay-j; r.—Sedal- mences. | | gf Americans Forse Bante A HASELTINE Sotciior | sibeees FLYING DUTCHMAN, yon that, under It is my duty to into: of the General the provissions of an Ac Assem Sessio ance tee | ee of five ining of t : whole which must be paid by every ordained ministe ge tw » x= S of the | Various | regularl ministr 3s Farmers buy this Plow it is the best in the market, T. W. CHILDS, Butler, Mo, BENNETT, WHEELER & (0 REEVES & C0., Columbus, Ind. charge is forty dollars, e | sions ot all the departments, under the | presidency of Samuec S. Laws, LL, D., will begin on the | second Monday (Sth) ot September, and will continue until the first Thursday ot June, 1885— pt that of the School ot Mines Rolla, which will begin and end one week later. Per- sons desiring to enter the State Univers:- ty at Columbia or Rolla, are required to make known their intention to me on or betore September 1, 1884. Catalogues applica— ersity Librarian, Colum: tion to the Un bia, Missouri. : R. J. SrarKeE. -ARE BUCKEYE lerk County Court Bates county Mo. | HARDWARE, BINDERS, TABLE RAKES Dissolution Notice. | GROCERIES, NEW This is to certify that the copartner- sofa AND MOWING ghip herest existing between James | SaaS. Self Swinging AND WERS McGhee, John W. McGhee and W. N, : G ee John McGhee | Wacan 1 James STRAW ’ Cre er the firm n tJ McGhee & Co., has this,th arth day ot . : August, been mutualy dissolved: IRON, STALKER BUGGIES, and W. For 1884. riba STEEL, WIND ENGINES WAGON Always in the Lead! Vu. » Crovucn, sae nates a —_. | WOODWORK, WOOD AND Butler Academy, |sa:s1 « cos ae as a minute eu CHAIN Will open for its eleventh y on t loads dovwr BARB WIRE, PUMPS, Butler, Mo, upsetting perfect at 1884. ilding will large, new brick b be erected this summer wl will afford tacilities tar superi 7 to anything betore enjoyed by its I take pleasure in announeans to NEW J ELWEI LER. patrons. Thorough work, by an the public that LE have located in ara experienced Sutier to make it my tuture hor and have the Iargest and sorted stock of clocks, wateh Xn jewelry and spectacles ever brought 0 § t bab to this market, which [ will sell . "| cheap for cash. Having hid many years experience in the manut tacilities in Classical, ture of Watches and cloeks in EBu- or Norm :! studies and rope, Lam now prepared to repair htul location are some of watches and clocks, no matter how the attractions offered to those complicated nor how badly they desiring an education. have been abused. By bringing htem to me, you can them pu For particulars, address uitgood running order and guarar ee satistactio jJ.M, NAYLOR, 34-3m Butler, Bates county, Mo. FRANZ BER i H ARDT FOR SALE. Owing to the tact that the new elevator of Letker & Childs requires my entire time, and that I cannot give that atten- tion to other business that is necessary, Ihave concluded to offer my flouring mill known as the EMPIR« MILLS, tor sale. This mill is situated on one of of the principle streets near the business part of the city of Butler, with a well establish- ed custom and merchant business and good reputation, in tact during a large portion of time has been compelled to run day and night to fill its orders. The building is 45x50 feet, 2 stories and basement with commodious o Tic? a° tached. Its machinery consists of a 39 horse power boiler and engine, 4 run of burrs, Middlings purifier, cornsheller, with ample cleaning and bolting ma chinery, wagon and other s ‘ales, plenty ot well arranged storage room for grain, everything in goodorder, and built with an eye for convenience, and doing busi- ness expeditiously and satisfactorily. This is a fine opportunity for any one ho desires to engage in the milling bus- and will bear investigation. 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