The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 1, 1888, Page 2

ALEX. M’CLELLAN. The Career of the Most Noted Duelist in the Gulf States, Mrs. Clement C. Clay, a widow of ia the noted Alabama senator capiured if with Jeff Davis, was concerned with ‘ Uhe most famous duelist the south ever produped in the person of Alex. ender McClellan. He was a native ef Kentucky, who for mapy years was prominent in politics and socie- fy. He was an exquisite in dress and manners, a brilliant speaker and & writer of tremendous power, pos- sessing the keenest wit and sarcasm. His attacks upon the Van Buren ad- ginistration gave him s national eelebrity. He killed 9 great many men boring his eareer. As an instance of his deadliness, for he always kill- ed the men he fought, may be men- tioned his duel with Gen. Allen, of Mississippi. He had heard that Al Jen had made some slighting remark about him. After Allen had accept- ed his challenge McClellan declared that he would shoot out the tongue dhat made the remark. The duel was fought at forty paces with rifles and he literally cut Allen's tongue out as he had threatened. One instance exhibits his courage. Qne day he rode up to aninn in a little Mississippi town. While he was dismounting a notorious bully aud desperado of that county, who had killed many men and was the terror of the region, was on the in- eide with his revolver cocked and a watch in his hand. He had ordered the room cleared in five minutes, and every man had gone, although they were all fighting men. When Mc- Clellan entered the bully faced him nd, with an oath. informed him of the facts and that there were ouly “three minutes left before he should kill whoever remained. McClellan, without moviog a muscle or drawing @ weapon, produced his watch, glanced at it and said: “My name is Alexander McClellan. tz you ten seconds to get out of or yeu are a dead man.” “By thunder, Colonel, one-half of that time will do!” and he was out iu two seconds. Luter on in his career he was haunted by remorse. Man-killing had left its pains. His light was never out iin his room at night, and . mencaid he slept not. When the Mexican war broke out he told Rev. Peter Donan, father of the now only ©ol. Pat, that he wasweary sith life; Sbat he had never found anyone who ould kill him, and he was going to battle to seek death on the field, as hha did not want to commit suicide. He entered the service as a volun- feer, and from the first placed him- @lfin the front pciat of danger, @ommanding attention for his abso- ute bravery. He was promoted Sgaiu and again until he reached the head of a regiment, when he was shot through the body. Then he returned home; saying he conldn’t te killed, and hazarded his fate in Geveral duels thereafter. He grew aore.and more eccentric, and thought his opponents abused his confidence by not killing him. Then he met ~ Mrs. Clay, a beautiful girl of her €me. She desoribes him as being the most fascinating man to women . She ever met, possessing that ser- _ pentine power over women which historians and romancers attribute © Aaron Burr—the same power that mattie Ould, of Virginia, had over men. McClellan proposed marriage & Mrs. Clay, but her friends object- j @i on account of his excessive due!- | See img propensities and the fear that | “she would be unhappy with him. She asked him to wait six months before replying, and during the in- terval did not care to meet him on account of his power over her. In the meanwhile she met Clement C. Clay, and was satisfied that he was her destiny. Shortly after the en- G®gewent was announced she gota note from McClellan asking for an interview. he might kill her, she declined. It was only a few days later when Me- | Cleiian rode into the then little Pine | town of Columbus, Miss. shown to a room at the inn, the floor | of which was irregular, like those of all such places. He poured water on the floor and observed which way the incline ran. Then dressing him- self with the greatest care and ex- quisite neatness, he lay down with his head inclined with the floor. He placed one hand across his breast, and with the other the muzzle of his favorite dueling pistol at the base of the brain where death is instanta- Beous. He was found there dead, without a stain of blood on his scrupulously clean, perfectly arrayed person, hav- ing realized his superstition at last —that finding no one else who could kill him, he became a felo de se.— Town Topics. Baltlard’s Horehound Syrup This simple remedy will positivly cure Consumption, Coughs, Colds and all Throat and Lung troubles, where other remedies have failed. The action of the noble wife of General Longstreet in relation to the proposed effort to raise a relief fund for her distinguished husband, whom the Atlanta Constitution, with mis- taken zeal, represented as broken in health and badly straitened in cir eumstauces, reveals a spirit which cannot be too highly commended. She hastens to assure the Constitu- tion that the General is able to main- tain himseif and family with comfort upon the modest resources of which he is possessed. She begs that the movement for extending aid to him be discontinued, and that the money already contributed be returned to the subscribers. The manifestation of this kind of pride, which alady of Mre. Longstreet’s excellent antece- dents might well be expected to cherish, is in wholesome contrast to a disposition which is becoming too general, of accepting, at the hands of the public, benefactions which place the receivers in the attitude of pensioners upon the bounty of others. The American people are keenly alive to all just claims upon them in this direction, and there are cases which demand the exercise of popular benevolence. But the bless- ings of independence and the free- dom from obligation are more dearly prized hy truly noble souls than the allurements of wealth and ease, an Mrs. Longstreet has proved that there is still some of this spirit ex- tant in the world.—K. C. Star. Rheumatism and Neuralgia cured in 1103 davs for 75 cents bv Detchon’s “MysticCure.” Do not suffer and waste money on other remedies. This abso lutely never tails. Sold by W J. Lans- Dows, Druggist, Butler, Mo. 8-6. Attoraeys Must Furnish Stationery. Decatur, Ill, January 25.—Judge Smith, in open court, to-day made a ruling that will attract the attention ofall court officers and attorneys throughout the state, one which will save the counties many dollars. A local attorney, acting on the custom that has prevailed here for many years, had asked the clerk and sheriff for a sheet of blank paper on which to write out an affidavit for a con- tinuance. There happened to be none on hand, whereupon the lawyer began to grumble and kick at Macon county because she could not afford to keep up a stock of supplies. complaint was heard by Judge Smith, who immediately ruled that there was no law requiring the county to sup- ply attorneys with stationary of any character. The county had no more right to do that than it had to fur- nish fuel to heat the offices of the lawyer or supply grocers with wrap- ping paper. The attorney who made the kick had to send out to a store for blank paper. This ruling will reduce incidental expenses in Macon county consider- ably. Judge Smith will enforce the same rule in all counties in this jadi- cial district. Lately the County Board refused to pay these extra bills, | and the officers withheld the sup. | plies. Rehemutism Cured. Being afraid of his spell, and that | W. K. Powers, 2933 Thomas Street. ) St. Louis,Mo . sta: ee Ballard’s) Snow Limment cured i: me of Rheumatism of 4 years stands | ting. I bless the day when I was in- Hoe was | ' duced to try it. Th ei “PORTLAND ALL EXCITED. Drunkenness Even in the Schools—Pro- hibition Not a Saccess. Portland, Me, Jan. 25.—The startling revelations of the Rev. Mr. Bayley in his prohibition sermon 8 week ago, have created great inter- est here, where for years efforts have been made to show that there is as little drunkenness as in any city in the country. Bayley said that the records showed more drunkenness here than ever and gave plenty of instances and fig- ures to confirm hisallegations. The municipal authorities at once began to make an investigation and Mayor Chapman spent two or three days im gathering material to refute the charges. Bayley also said that there was drunkenness in the primary and kindergarten schools and the author- ities visited all of them, giving the results of their investigations to the newspapers. Leading temperance men wrote communications to the papers and T. C. Woodbury,a prom- inent advocate, said that after a long trial prohibition was a failure and that the people here had better be about something else than trying to make it successful. Yesterday interest was renewed when the Portland police were called upon to remove Johnny McDon- ough, a 12-year-old boy from the Center-street primary school. He was so drunk that the teacher had to have him removed, and when he reached the station he sank intu a deep rum sleep. On awakening he was stupefied and did not know what dayitwas. The previous night the Portland school committee had passed resolutions that there was no drunkenness in the public schools. English Spavin Liniment removes all Hard, Sott. or Callouscd Lumps and Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavin, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Stiles, Sprains Sore and Swollen Throat, Ceuzhs, Etc. Save $50 by use of one bottle. Warrant- ed. Sold by W. J. Lanspowy, Drug- iet, Butler, Mo. YT. Senator Edmunds’ Test. Senator Edmunds was evidently out of sorts when the card was hand- edhim. He glared at it ina don't- bother me kind of a way that made | the little page who brought it glad t» escape from his presence. The square piece of paper which lay be- fore the senator—for could scarcely be called a card—bore the name “Willis Howe.” The letters were angular and awkwardly scrawled. It was apparently the work of a boy or half-grown lad. The senotor arose from his seat, and crossing the corridor entered the marble room, where his visitor awaited him. He found the latter in conversation with his committee clerk. “What does he want?” queried the senator; grufily, and addressing the clerk. “He wants some money to take him home. He says he lives in Ver- mont.” “What did you say your name was?” asked the senator, studying the characters on the card. “Willis Howe,” was the boy's re- ply. “But how do I know that you live in Vermont? You might come from Texas, for all that I know.” “I can only assure you that I speak the truth, senator. I have no way of proving it. My home is in the village of-—." “Oh, it is, is it?” said the senator, grimly, “Well, I've visited in that place a number of times. I suppose you know everbody there, don’t you?” The boy replied that the people he didn’t know were not worth know- ing. “Well, then,” said the senator, “tell me the name of the fat old man who peddles milk about town?” “He isn’t fas and he isn’t old,” {answered the youngster, doggedly. | “His name is ‘ ‘inny’ Eccles.” The faintest sort of a smile lit up the Vermont senator’s stern features. | Turning to his clerk he said: “Give him the money. There’s no doubt- | | ing the boy’s honesty,” and then he | i | added with a chuckle as he turned | :toreenter the chamber, “ ‘Skinny’ | Eccles! Well, well. I haven't | thought of him before in a dozen! years."—New York Herald. RIDE’S RIDE. He Takes a Trip From Lincoln on An- other Man's Horse and Saddle. William Schenewark of Lin Benton county, arrived in the ev from Mayview last night, gs A in custody Frank Ride, a boy 19 y old, whom he aes ny atcoaer night, at 10 o'clock, for horse steal- ing. Mr. Schenewark lives a few miles from Lincoln, and on the 3rd of January he went to that village. hitehing his horse to a rack in oneof the streets. When he had finished his business he started home, an discovered that his horse, an animal worth some $140, was gone. He went home afoot, hoping to find that the horse had broken loose and pre- eaded him. Not finding the animal, he became suspicious of foul play, and mounting another horse he went back to Lincoln. Learning that Ride had been seen to leave the village on horseback, and knowing he had no horse. the farmer struck out on his trail. At Dew Rock, on the Osage river, he found trace of the boy and followed him to Windsor, where he learned tuat Ride had traded Mr. Schenewark’s horse to a colored man named Young, and Young had again traded with somebody else. Jim Bennett, the marshal of Windsor, found the stolen horse in a Clinton wagon yard. The thief was followed on to Warrensburg and was captured afew miles from Mayview, in an empty house. Mr. Schenewark had to run his man nearly half a mile be- fore he captured him. On the way back to Mayview they were met by eighteen masked and armed men, who drew pistols on Mr. Schonewmk and took his prisoner from him, with the avowed intention of hanging him t> the limb of a tree by the roadside. They actually had a rope around Ride’s neck and would soon have placed him on a wind platform, had not the Lincoln farmer pleaded for the life of his prisoner, giving assur- ance of his safe landing in jail and proper justice in the courts of Ben- ton county. The two came in on the Lexington branch road last evening. While coming down he confessed his guilt, and told 4Ir. Schenewark he had left the saddle with a farmer eighteen miles southeast of Warrensburg. He was taken to Lincoln on a na « raw guage train, where he will have a preliminary hearing before ajustice of the peace. Ride has been living for three or four months with his mother and eldest brother at Lincoln. The boys have a very clouded reputation, and are supposed to belong to gang of horse thieves plying up and down the Osage river. The mother and brother will be firmly requested to leave Lincoln.—Sedalia Bazoc. The funeral of Major James 8. Rollins took place at Columbia ye:- terday and was very largely attended. RHEUMATISM. ae Case Stated.— See 1883. Messrs. George C. Osgood , drug- gists, Lowell, Mas:., wrote et "the un- dersigned ns follows: “Mr. Lewis Den- nig, 136 Moody street, desires to recommend Bt. Jac afllicted with rhc umatis Obtained benetits by using it, but be 2 ye ears, cime to his house ta the summer af ISL walking on ctutches, his leit leg being bent at the knee for over two months, and could not be bent hack. e could not walk upon it. 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