The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 18, 1888, Page 2

ea RES A soe nape ie genet in tt ent mare icant ann ame tam se tara emt rete tt naar wn ery mrp gain ann BAD JOHNSON. He Senos Two Pistol Balls After Two Officers and Gets ‘them Both. Joe Gossage Shot Through the Cheek,| Ste. Genevieve. “I have carefully and has a Severe Flesh Wound. Jim Gossage Shot Through the Lung, and Lies in a Critical Condition. At about 6 o'clock last evening, s telephone message came from East Sedalis, saying thata railroad man > out there was flourishing « pistol, j and was tri htening the inhabitants half todésth, ‘and asking that a policé éffiger be sent out there im mediately. Officer Joe Gossage re- __ Ceived the message and hurried out there. He went to Ed. Donnelly's ealoon, and found that the desperado had been there a few minutes before, but had gone to Behren’s cigar store, | at the corner of Third and Engineer streets. Officer Gossage started across the street to arrest the would- be murderer who gives the names, Frank Dudley, Oliver Johnson, J. P., T.F.and E. A. Johnson, as the fancy strikes him, came out of the cigar store and began shooting at Officer Gossage, the first shot taking effect in the left cheek, just in front of the lower part of the ear, and passing out behind the ear. Gossage fired twice at Johnson, but missed him. The latter turned the corner and struck out toward the railroad track. Gossage, finding he was shot, boarded a street car and came down to the police station, being met at Third and Ohio by Jim Gossage. The twe and Jerry Sullivan went to the calabose, but Jim and Jerry Sul- livan left a few minutes after for | East Sedalia. They found trace of Johnson, and followed him to the round houses. Officer Jim Gossage weut through the east end round house, and was hunting among the piles of cinders, when Johnson arose from behind one and began fireing. the breast, penetrating the left lung. He fired two shots at Johnson, and then sank to the ground, unable to . withstand the shock. He was taken charge of by Thomas Scvally and others, and conveyed toengine house No. 2, where he now lies, with little hopes of his recovery. Johnson, after emptying his re- volver, started east, going toward Beaver, on the M. K. & T. railroad. As soon as the news of the shoot- ing of Officer Joe Gossage came to * their ears, Chief of Police Jackson , and officer Kahrs procured horses and went to Beaman. There they left their horses and started afoot down the track, heading toward Se- @alia. When about a mile this side ~-of Beaman they saw Johnson walk- ing toward them, in the middle of «the track. They drew their revolvers, put them‘in their right hand over- “ coat pockets,- and went to meet the @esporado. When just even with . hin, and before he could realize who } ‘they were, they had pistols under * his nose, and he was compelled to i eurrender. He had his pistol a ‘Smith & Wesson double action, 35- calibre, in his hand, but dropped it £ .on the ground before he lad time to 3» bring it to a horizontal position. ' Securing their man so that escape was impossible they struck out for Sedalia, and were met on the way by Officers Barnett and Tom DeLong. Johnson was hurried to the county jail by a round about way, arriving there before the the crowd in East Sedalia knew of his capture.—Sedalia Bazoo. Senator Beck Re-Elected. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 10:—The Kentucky legislature voted to-day for United States senator. In the house the ballot resulted: James B. | Beck, democrat, 66; W. O. Bradley, republican, 24; A. S. Cardin, labor, 1; in the senate Beck 28, Bradley 2 To-morrow at noon a joint ballot} will be taken. Herb Pills. Tf vouare Yellow, Bilious, constipated with Headache. bad breath, drowsy, no appetite, look out vour liver is out of racer, One box of these Pills will dr ali the troubles away being of you. Ww ‘The first shot struck the officer in | 25 cents a vial. All druggists. Coming Into Missouri. “Few people appreciate the im- mense growth that has taken place during the last four years in Mis- souri, especially in the northern and southeastern sections of that state,” remarked Hon. Henry P. Shaw, of watched the course of immigration for the last ten years, and during the last half of that period have ob- served a great change in the direc- tion from which that of Missouri has come. Formerly nearly ninety per cent came from Kentugky, south ern Indiana, and southern Illinois, and the settlers had seldom more than a few hundred dollars to start with. But of late years, especially during the last two or three, there has been an immense drift of popu- lation from northern Wisconsin and the peninsula of Michigan. These men are nearly universally well-to-do, have accumulated very considerable sums of ready money, and leave their former homes simply because the |1umber supply has practically disap- peared and they are seeking fresh fields. The mass of this immigra- tion comes to southern Missouri, al- though a good many have gone to Arkansas. The immigration hag proved already to be of the greatest benefit to the state and will in fu- ture be of even greater advantage, as the men have not yet had time to commence operations on a large scale, but soon will. Saw mills are being erected everywhere, and by next summer the lumber output will be at least trippled. A revolution, as complete as quiet, has taken place in the southeastern part of the state, and within the next two years proy- erty will advance from 50 to 200 per cent in value.”—Pust Dispatch. A Sure Thing. There are very few things in this life of which we may be absolutely certain, but this is one of them: that Dr. Pierce’s “Pleasant Purgative Pellets” have no equal as a cathar tic in derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels. They are very smali and their action is pleasant. Purely vegetable, perfectly harmless. Senator Blackburn Cornered. Some of Senator Blackburn's friends are teiling a story on him that is rather rich if it is strictly true. It is related that one of the senator's constituents, a raw-boned female of the masculine type, came to Wash- ington several weeks ago in search of governmental appointment. The senator evaded her as long as possi- ble, but one day recently she called at his lodgings and forced her way past the grinning domestics into the Kentuckian’s room. In an al- cove hidden from gaze by heavy portieres, stood a comfortable look- ing bath-tub. Hee the honorable Joe lay quietly musing, when the sound of foosteps sroused him. Pulling the curtains slightly aside, the senator recognized his torment- orat the moment that she espied him. “In heaven's name, madame. what do you want?” exclaimed the Ken- tuckian, modestly drawing the cur- tains about him. “I want that appointment and I'm going to have it” was the emphatic reply,as the irate female dropped into a vacant chair. “But I can do nothing for you here,” rejoined Mr. Blackburn, pite- ously. “You won't do it anywhere else,” was the unfeeling answer, “so I'll stay here until you will tell me just what you willdo.” As Mr. Black- burn made no reply his visitor follow ed his example, and for atime a deep silence filled the room. The office- seeker after waiting fora few minutes, drew from her reticule an article of shall, yesterday, on George M: Bier, needlework and calmly commenced | convicted last Saturday for murder sewing. Halfan hour passed. The Kentuckian could stand it no longer. | “I give in.” he said. “Go down | stairs and wait in the parlor. I'll do | whatever you like if you leave the | room,” Ths did as requested. ; Later in the day the senator pre- woman | , sented her to Secretary Lamaras one j of his oldest friends. She was given |a place at $60 a month, and her sal- lary began yesterday. } houses. The Test of a Good Clerk. A pretty gool test of a clerk's | quality is to observe him in the siore | during the proprieter’s absence. Nine out of ten young men will act with much more freedom in his absence than while he is present, and very often customers will have the fact rather forcibly brought to their no- tiee through the change in the man- ser of the clerks, less politeness and attention being shown them than if the employer were at hand. Such sonduct is wrong and foolish. A clerk who can not be trusied in this respect —who relaxes his efforts as soon as the proprietor's back is turned on bim, is not deserving of trust in any particular, and can not expect to make much advance in his business. Thoroughly faithful assistants are the aeed in every bra:.ch of business, and will always secure higher :remu- feration than the average, while the trustworthiness exhibited in a subor- dinate position will prove of great value to the possessor in after life, such a reputation generally , roving excellent capital to any person when commencing business in his own aame. —Shoe and Leather Review. —__—_~ 0 ____—_ ALL IN A MOMENT. A Bad Wreck in Massachusetts. Nine Persons Killed and Scores More or Less Injured. Haverhill, Mass. Jan. 10.—A frightful accident, caused by the rails spreading on a curve, befell the Portland express train, which left Boston at 1 o'clock this afternoon, near Haverhill bridge, which spans the Merrimac river between Bradford and Haverhill. The train consisted of eight cars in charge of engineer Thomas French and conductor Wey- mouth. This train did not stop at Bradford, the station this side of the bridge, and was going at great speed The Georgetown branch train was standing on the track near the water tank house at the Bradford end of the bridge, waiting for the express to pass over to Haverhill. As the express rounded the curve, two cars left the track and went crashing into the water tank house, demolishing it. In this a number of section hands were eating dinner. John O'Brien, a retired merchant of Bradford, was talking to the section hands and was killed, together with William Taylor, one of the laborers. The car that crashed into the tank house knocked the foundation out, letting the heavy tank . own, crush- ing the car to pieces and did fearful work within. The next car telescop- ed the one ahead, adding to the hav- oc. The killed and wounded were mostly those in the two cars. NINE PERSONS INSTANTLY KILLED. The people in the smoker had a fearful experience. One of the wheels on the forward truck broke and the car bumped against the end of the bridge causing it to careen. It ran upon the bridge for some distance over the sleepers, then ca- reened to the right and rested against the framework. The passengers. of whom there were about thirty, found themselves at the top of the car, while it seem- ed to some that the car was tumb- ling off the bridge into the river be- low. They managed to crawl out, none of them being very seriously injured. As soon as they reached the ground such as were able rush- ed back to help those who were im- prisoned in the wrecked car. The entire force of physicians in the city were summoned by tele- phone and were quickly at hand, and the wounded were cared for as soon as released. —A ship which larely arrived at San Francisco from Japan had a cargo of 3,120 tuns uf sulphur. — —Harold de Murat. first officer of the Estella, which sailed from Valpa- Faiso to Puget Sound, was on deck when a negro boy who was trying to furl the mainsail was thrown over- board by a lurch of the vessel. Murat ordered the helm put hard down and the long beat lowered, but the sea was so heavy that the men would not obey. Then he alone cut awav a light boat, jumped into and managed to reach the negro, who was five hundred yards astern. He got him into the b-at, rowed back to the ship, helped him climb the vessel's side, and then cous pletely exhausted, -ank in the boat, which at that i stant was capsized, He went down and was never secn again. —_—__ o —_—_—_ —Two of the mor. :ecent and inter- esting topics of conversation in Xia, O.. were a two-weeks' old baby that had already cut a tooth, and a young man who, on the day fixed for his wed- ding, determined to escape from the knot, but who, after going as far as Cincinnati, decided that he'd chance it after all, ard so turned back and made the bride happy. though the wedding was several hours late. Wong Chin Foo is out ona lect- ure tour through the country. He proposes to educate the people in relation to China. He is of the opinion that this country knows but little, and that crudely, concerning the people of the Celestial empire. are always willing to learn. Ballard’~ Snow {iniment Will Cure Neuralgia. It will cure Lame Back, Sore Throat, Wounds, Sprains, tstutses, Cuts, old Sores. Ladies it will cure your back-achce. The announcement is made that the entire system of managing rail- way restaurants is to be revolution- ized. Ifthe pie and sandwiches are to be included the public will cer tainly have ample cause for sincere thanksgiving. Thoebe's Contest Falls Very Flat. Washington, D.C. Jan. 10.—It may be stated with reasonable certainty thatthe house elections committee will decline to reopen the Thoebe-Carlisle contest case as urged by the counsel for the contestant, as it is not be lieved that such a reopening would further contribute-to the merits of the case, and therefore Mr. Carlisle will obtain, on the record as it now stands, a clear title to his seat by the committee's report. Moreover important infomation has just reached this cityin the shape of conclusive proof that many of the affidavits filed by the contes- tor are flagrantly false, and it is the current impression in well informed circles that the attorneys of Mr. Thoebe never expected to secure a reopening of the case and that the only purpose was to compel Mr. Carlisle to present a public defeuse and thereby contribute to the manu- facture of political capital for the approaching presidential campaign. H. T. Buck, president of the Stew. artville, which failed recently, was arrested at St. Joseph yesterday, upon a charge of embezzling the funds of depositors. He gave bond in the sum of $5,000 and immediatly left for his home. The water works proposition at Jefferson City carried by a majority of nearly 1,000 votes. It is not stated in what particular manner this vietory was signalized by the editor of the Tribune. General Sheridan is a brave man in front of the enemy, but he is tim- id in society and rarely ventures out to “teas.” Bullets in motion are more agreeable to him. The Jefferson City Tribune sup ported the water works proposition at that place in two different lan- guages. There are no flies on the Tribune. Judge J. E. Ryland pronounced se2ntencein criminal court at Mar- Consumption Incarable? Read the tollowing: C. H. Mor- | in the first degree. The date of the | execution was set for February 25, but | forty days was granted 2 ae one ris, Newark, Ark., says: “I was neys for the defense to file their bill} 30.444, with abcess of the lungs, a | of exceptions in the appeal to the | piysicians pronounced me an incur i supreme court, and a stay of execu-j able consumptive. Began tion until the decision of the supreme | Dr. Kings New Discovery for Con- | sumption, am now of my third bor. | court could be ascertained. | }tle and am able to oversee t my farm work The wealthy can be royally liberal| Jesse Mir with each other. John Jacob Aster | >4vs: ‘*Had it not been for has just given his son a summer res- | Discovery” for consumption I wou'd 3 : a lisave died of Lung troubles. Was idence in Newport worth $400,000. Deen up by doctors. Am now im That sum would build 80 $5,000! best of health’? Try it Sample | bottle free at any drug Store. He may be correct, but the people i taking Decatur, O..} oNew | FURS WANTED § ST. LOUIS QUOTATIO i IN CASH—— For all kinds of Furs offered the entire season. LEWIS HOFF NORTH MAIN STREET, BUTLER, MO. 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