The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 28, 1888, Page 8

” ae EEE SES acon geminata tga, arene CARMAN ETAT RMR cssmpaeneartte (a Pins ERLE A, ESO an eae NN MO ERE I EE ee THE BUFFALO SKULLS VOTED. ACiwice Mirs+tef the Early History of Kauras. A seven line dispatch from Tope- ka, printed in the Star the other day, will loosen’many reminescent tongue among pioneer Kansans. The dis- patch stated that an Indiana man has brought suit the United States court against the commission- ers of Harper county to recover in $30,000 and interest on bonds issued | Payment has been refused | in 1873. on the ground that the bonds were fraudulently issued. There was probably not a white man in Harper county at the begin- | ning of 1873. Some time in the spring or summer of that year, how- ever, three or four men found their way over the uninhabited prairie and built a low one-room hvt out of lum- ber brought with them, very close to the exact center of the county. They were perhaps the only white men within forty miles or more. Proba- of buffalo. Certainly the smaller wild animals of the plains were their near and numerous neighbors. The face of the earth around them was covered withthe fine, soft buffalo grass which seems to be as wild as the animals that roamed over it, i.r it disappeared almost as quickly as the antelope and the wildcat, upon the incoming of civilization. Scat- tered over the prairie thickly enough to furnish fuel to the inhabitants for years afterward were those strangest of materials that man ever used to kindle his fires—buffalo chips. The white bones of one-time prairie mon- archs were so plentiful that the peo ple who first settled in the county found a profitable business in gath- ering them by the wagon and hauling them about a hundred miles fond to sell thei. The three or four men who built their hut on the Bluff ercek fifteen yeurs ago made a profitablo use of these bones. They populated the county with them. Strange, unique audacious as it was, suggestive of graveyards and of walking skeletons they literally peopled the county with skulls, made a legal municipali ty, with all the officials and forma!'- ties requisite, and had the auditor of state declare it well done. They gathered 300 or 400 buffalo skulls, set them up ina row and gave to each # name from an old Cincinnati directory, which they brought out for that purpose. Whether they were particular to choose dead men’s names is not known; but dead or not they became citizens of this new eounty with a vote to be cast as the politieal bosses of the county dictat ed. And they all voted to make the new and enterprising town of one hut, four men and a Ciucinnati di- rectory, the county seat. This done, the necessary officers were chosen in due manner and then another elec- tion was called. This was to vote on the question of bonding the county for internal improvements. The records say that the bonding prop- osition was carried by a large ma- jority. This done, the four creators of counties at once had bonds print- -ed in the proper form, and signed by the proper officers, some of whom, it is to be presumed, were Cincinnati dlirectory-named buffalo skulls. The endorsement of the auditor off state ‘was secured and the bonds, ora part of them, which the county now re- fuses to pay. One such audacious job was not enough for these pioneers. As soon as the organization and the bond is- gues in Harper county were com pleted, they moved on the Comanche county, leaving the buffalo skulls in supreme control in Harper. Bonds were afterward issued to two other counties in the same manner. _ It is questionable whether the courts will sustain Harper's refusal to pay the bonds. A case somewhat similar to this has beentried in Kan gasand the court decided that it eould not go beyond the signature of the state, to discover whether or not wounty bondsare fraudulent. If the ‘Quditor’s signature is proven to be @orrect, the bonds must be paid, ac. City Star. @otding to the decision.—Kansas | will Boldest ofthe Year. The boldest robbery of the was committed on ll o'clock. Josep ig morning h Bobr ing man, was fobbed dof 3467 3 in mon- | ey at Seventh and Delaware streets. He was walking along with his wife and a friend. The pavements on both sides were lined with pa: by, andthe street was blocked with vehicles. Yet, the man was robbed in the midst of all these people. | |and while, in addition, his wife was |making the streets echo with her | eries of “Murder!” “Fire!” “Thief!” Bohrer had just completed a sale (ofa little piece of property. He was given Reed & Coates’ check for $467, and went immediately to Ar- mour Bros. bank and drew the mon- ey. The friend with him wanted to borrow $60, and they started from Delaware toward the Junction. When they came out of the bank at Fifth and Delaware a half dozen well dressed young wen followed them. At Seventh and Delaware they rusi- and fed up against Bohrer as if they bly they caught an occasional glimpse | were anxious to get by, and in the hubbub Bobkrer’s money taken. The thieves made off in different directions and at 2 o'clock of them hed been captured. News. none —K. Secklen’s Aru The Best Saive iui sruises,Sores, Ulcers,Salt Rheum Fever pores, Tetter,Chappe Hands, Chiblai Corn . or al Skin Eruptions, 2 Saive, vorld tor Cuts, Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. of the Schuyler against John G. ed in the supreme ¢ al interest to national banks ally. Bolling brought suit, sections 5,197 and States revised statutes, amount of usurious The court held that the state c had usurious national bank surt is of unn gener- under to recover an interest of ree jurisdiction; tl where interest is taken from the i bank it ¢ face of a note by an recover only the face of the note, less the usurious interest, and that wh been paid in erm recover double the terest so paid. est has borrower re usurions inter the amount ef in- advance Rheumatism and Neuralgia cu 1to3 days for 75 cents by Detc “Mystic Cure.’? Do not suffe money on other remedies. lutely never tails, Sold by pown, Dr t, Butler, Mo. The Railway King Dying. New York, Nov. 19.—It w: yesterday by a friend of the that Robert Garrett will be re this week to Clifton, one of his fine suburban homes in Baiti The decision resulted from the announce- ment of his doctors that he cannot live much longer and that he is daily growing more violent and unmanage- able. Mra Garrett has gone to Clifton and will remain there until her husband is brought home. Her sister, Miss Frinck, is with Mr. Gar- rett, superintending the nurses and will, with the old friends of Mr. Garrett, manage the arrangement for his departure from the secluded spot near Kingwood, where he now is. imore. Itch, Mange and scratches of every kind on human or animals cured in 30 minutes by Wooltord’s Sanitary Lotion. This never tails. Sold by W. J. Lans- down, Butler. Mo. t1-6m About forty manufacturers of straw wrapping paper from various parts of the country have been in secret session at Chicago endeavoring to arrangea pool or trust on that class of goods. It is understood that an agreement has been reached, but that the inabilty of some of the weaker manafacturers,who are unable to take and pay for their shares of stock in the pool, is something of a stumbling block in the way. The manufacturers say that they have been losing money for several years. and that the object of the present movement is to add $5 per ton to the price of their product, which now sells for $30 per ton. Another straw showing the drift of the futureaction of monopolies. In less than a year there will not be a manufacturer in the land who will not imagine he is at money. The next few years i be known as the great era of | trusts and combines. er, alabor- | C.} | of that name Bolling just decid- { 5,198, United | anational 7 THERE MAY BE A DUEL. maud Jadge Rucker Senator Bi Choosing Thetr Friends. Washington. D. C., Noy. 21.—Ac- cording to » Kentucky Suaaig | ‘any gentleman who consents to act jas “the friend” of Judge Rucker | | will haveto take the quarrel upon | i himself if refuses to | | meet Judge Re the ground ; | that he does not consider him a gen- | tleman. If Juige Rucker’s friend or second were himself unobjection- | abie on this score there would be no excuse under the code for the sens- tor’s declining to meet him in place of the principal. This might lead to a very awkward complieation. A gentleman well aequainted with Judge Rucker expressed the opinion that if senator Blackburn refused to fight a duel he would be in danger of being shot down on the street the first time be and Judge Rucker should meet. Judge Burham, first comptroiler of the treasury, has been very much interesied in ; burn Rucker controversy. ! of the affair this aftern | “I do not know Judge Rucker says. J understand that he | Herrodsburg. Ky. May be ne docs. | IT was born and raised there, thoug the senator ker on ibe Biack Speak m he ss uid: He lives in and I know personally every man n the town and neighborhood, liave for ve years past, but ueFer heard of ¥Y Oke RUCKER CHALLENGES BLACKBURN. Denver, —vudge Rue: coutrovel sy with i Col, Nov. left this asator Blackb ne hancs C. Moore utaining a Atanas Moore of 21.—Par re of a horrible mus + Murder of a Doy. Nov. ticulars Z : | fore the day on t who is a friend of senator Blackburn, | - | I entered. | senator's friends were all ladies. m here, in this eounty, in whieh a negro boy, Nath. Cook, 1i vear his throat is that the boy was an sold, had important witness in a big cattle- stealing casc in Milam county against one Brya t, and he paid Bud Robin- son and John Scarborough to dis- pose of the witness. They brought him with them to the Morris farm in this county, where the three went to work picking cotton, aud the ne- gro boy suddenly disappeared. The men were arrested on suspicion, and one of them, Scarborough, confese- ed. He said that Bryant paid him $10 to get Nathan out of the way. They took the negro boy with them and started to go with him to Al- varado, and camped on the north Bosque. When the negro fell asleep Robinson cut his throat, tied the body in a sack, and carried it off on his horse. He came toScarborough in about an hour and said he had disposed of the body. The two men arein jai! at Cameron. The body has not yet been found. William's Austratian Herb Pill. It you are Yellow, Billous. constipated with Headache, bad breath, drowsy, no appetite, look out your liver is out ot order. One box ot these Pills will drive ail the troubles away and make a new being out of you, Price 25 cts. 47-yr. Dr. E. Pyle, Agent Boston, Mass., Nov. 19.—East Boston women are in constant fear and trembling over the crazy actions of a man which resembles the oper- ations of the Whitechapel fiend. He lies in wait in dark places and darts suddenly out after female passersby, brandishing an ugly looking knife. He pursued one woman into her house and was prevented from at- tacking her only by the timely ap- pearance of men. No less than six other similar cases are reported. Thus far the fiend has found no vic- tim. The police are on the lookout for the man, but decline to give any details. Blackburn-Reeker. New York. Nov. 20.—The Wor'd’s Washington correspondent says: “Secretary Endicott has succeeded he Blackburn- | ew with the president. | ‘It was, says he. ’ ‘the afternoon be- Peles congress ad- or Blackburn with ends was in cou- engaged versation with the president. I had an idea when that the 1} having noticed ;cannot remember jany man among them except the senator himself. What passed in the conversation I really don't know. I took no part in it. I was seated upon a couch on the western side of the room, waiting for afew words with the president on business. {Senator Blackburn stepped across the room and we shook hands and exchanged a few remarks, but I do not remember seeing Judge Rucker or any other man there. If any words had beer uttered as have been attributed to the president I think I would have hear a them. You can say most positively that no such words were ever spoken in my pres- ence. To say that I was present at would be statement looks absurd, it of yhich people are liable They do not look probability in a story which they Bui who- ever believes it is deceived.” Willi if vonare Y with Headach ppetite, look o One box o fe troubles of you. 3liy conversation The any such itely false. itself I think unfortunate] ly absol is one for to believe. velieve may benefit them, \ustrahan Herb Pills. ow, Bilious, constipated bad b h, drowsy, no your liver is out of f these Pills will drive wat and make a new 25 cts. & Crum_y, Agent A Town Being Destroyed. Ind., Neveuber 21.— rer Frank d here on the Louis ie and St. tearned nworth, Ind he Ohio River, 150 mics , and at the iost of greut dan of the from the » in a high yansville, named Louis train, that. Was seks, ig in uction by reasou real aye removed ds out of line Mr. § ys that on inthe forenson, while were attending church service, almost a panic oceurred among worshipers by beig rupted by a sudden shock, followed by an slurming noise of the ciash- ing of timber, as if caused by a cy- and earthquake combined. aing from the church, they wit- caused addi- l excitement. During the past few weeks residents have noticed that a great deal of rock had become loosened and fallen with a crash at the foot of the cliff, but as no dam- age was done, nothing was thought of it. On Sunday however, their minds were suddenly changed, as they saw the cause of the trouble. A huge masse of rock, fully 25 feet square, which had partially projected from the upper portion of the cliff, had fallen and was crushing everything in its way, until it struck a clump of trees against which it lodged. Another immense rock which pro- jected from the top of the cliff and immediately over the county ji’, is now in ashaky position and is ready to fall. The cause of the sudden danger, is said to be the result of the recent frosts and constant heavy rains which has carried the loose earth from about the rocks. inter- edasight which Lamont May Enter the Army. Washington, Nov. 20.—The lively strife among the army officers who aspire to appointments as staff offi- cers has been still further stimulated by the report which is gaining car- rency that the president contem- plates the appointment vf his private secretary, Col. Lamont, as judge advocate general to succeed Gen. Swaim. 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