The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 26, 1888, Page 6

AFIEND’S CRIME. Horrible Murder of a Young Girl. An Old Negress Literally Burns Her Victim Alive. Imaginea Bewitehing the Cause of the Frightfal Act. Wichita, Kan, Dec. 18.—Several ‘weeks ago an old negro servant of Eugene Bartlett, 2 wealthy cattle- man of Kingman county, who was known as “good old Rebecca,” so Goerge W. Beatty, a well-to-do far- mer living near Bross, that county, reported here to-night, conceived the idea that she was being bewitched by Jennie Bartlett, who was about 20 years old. While gradually showing an increased dislike for the lady she kept on with her work, but Saturday in the presence of the family she told Jennie that she was being hoo- doved by her and she would have to quit it or there would be trouble. This created considerable merriment but the old colored woman watched her opportunity for breaking the spell. Last evening early all the family except Jennie went to visit neigh- bors. Shortly after their departure Robert Donnelly, 2 young man who lives at Bross, called to see Jennie ashad been his custom time, and remained until about 9 o'clock, when Rebecca appeared and stated that there was a very sick horse at the barn and she wanted him to go up to Bross for some med- icine. He left in response to the re quest. TORTURED IN A HORRIBLE MANNER. As soon as the mun out of hearing the servant caught the young lady, and tying a rope around her hands swung her up to a joist with her feet about two feet from the floor. This done she strip- ped her of her clothes and covered her body with paint and then tar. In a short time she had placed a kettle filled with kindling wood under her and after putting 2 large amount of oil on it applied a match. While the flames were curling around the poor girl’s feet and limos Donnelly returned with the medicine for the sick horse. Before reaching the house he saw a bright light shining through a window and-heard frantic screams. Hesupposed some one had caught fire from an exploded lamp and hastened to the door. The front entrance was locked, and going to a window the horrible spectacle met his eyes. For a moment he scarcely knew what to do, but final ly rushed back to the door and broke it open. Then he removed the kettle, cut the rope and convey ed the girl to a resting place. Fora few minutes she was unconscious, but she soon recovered sufficiently to tell the story of her fiendish treatment. Her feet and lower limbs were burned into a crisp and afew minutes later death relieved her of the intense agony. THE OLD FIEND DISAPPEARS. Young Donnelly looked about the chouse for a few minutes for the as- ‘saulting party and not being able to find her. hastened back to town “with the startling news. Over twenty ‘men were soon on the road to the Bartlett hcuse to investigate the matter. Acareful investigation failed to find the perpetrator of the crime, but they discovered that one of the horses had disappeared. A bunt was instituted but no word ofher capture has been received. The affair has created intense ex- citement in the neighborhood and every effort possible will be made to effect an arrest. for some young was Itch, Mange and scratches ot 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. 11-6m VEST ON MISSOURL. Washington, Dec. 14.—In the sen- ate yesterday Mr. Hiscock asked Mr. ‘Vest to what he attributed the yast increase of wealth in the New Eng- facturers who were in partnership with the government. land states, and Vest replied that | he ascribed it to the enormous profit | made by these New England manu-| | would not be wiser for Missouri and | other states to step in an take the | benefit of the profit in manufactur- ers, and Mr. Vest replied that that was a fallacy of all protection ora- tors. The matter had not been fixed | by mortal man, but by Him who made the universe and who had stamped indelibly on the surface cf | the country the nature of the pur- suits of the people. Mr. Hiscock asked: “Is the state of Missouri naturally more of an ag- Obi Mr. Vest replied: “Iskould think ” not. jt naturally more of an agricultural state than the state of New York?’ Mr. Vest answered: ‘Relatively to acreage it is. ural resources of Missouri are grea er than those of any state of the union. The senator asks me why in the profits of manufacturing—sim- ply because the capital is inthe New England states and not with us We are the borrowers aud you are the lenders. No one can walk down the streets of a western city without seeing the walls placarded with no tices of money to joan by the New England Savings assoe the Connecticut Life Insura compa ny and the Massachusetts Dep company. on, t The western states, with ricultural state than the state of | Mr. Hiscock inquired again: “Is | I believe that the nat | the state of Missouri does not share | A DUEL TO THE DEATH. | One Electrician Offers to Fight Anoth- i er With Artificial Lightning. When there is war among electri- | cians they naturally have not far to seek for weaposs. Owing to the in- vestigations recently made by sever- al experts as to the best electrical | | device for taking the life of criminals ‘sentenced to death a somewhat heat- ed dispute recently arose between a | Mr. Westinghouse anda Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown maintained that what is ‘ealled the alternating current was far more dangerous than a current | flowing constantly in one direction. Mr. Westinghouse worked himself into the condition of a highly charged Leyden jar, and then “went off” in a | perfect blaze of electric energy. He | denied Mr. Brown's alleged discov eries, and charged him in a way that | no well-regulated secondary battery j could subinit to, inuch less a first | chop primary cell, such as Mr. , Brown unquestionably is. The result was a challenge from | Mr. Brown to Mr. Westinghouse, | couched in the following language: | “In conclusion I desire to offer i Westinghouse the following chal- | erts that the alternat rents is less dangerous than i the continuous, but he has not yet | proved it. Ihave asserted that the : He as | i their enormous agricultural aud; ulternating ee is five times as Pinine resources: are morionced to | dangerous as the direct current, and the capital of New England, which has been 2 tem of taxation. unulated under this sys Rheumatism and Neur: 1103 days for 75 cents by Detchon’s “Mystic Cure.” Do not suffer and waste money on other remedi Chis abso lutely never s. Sold J. LANs bown, Dru, Butler, sio. d-6m. - Vote Cleveland Mr. Cleveland ident is a little The Pop lurality for pres: over 118,000° votes. Two states have not yet been report- ed,but the figures quoted will net be nfaterially changed. Had the elec tion been determined by a popular vote,Gen. Harrison would have been defeated. It is a mistake to presume that a majority of the voters of the United States repudiated the doc- trine of tariff reform, because the figures contradict the statement. Mr. Cleveland received 118,000 more votes for president than Gen. Harrison, and consequeutiy, if the popular votes anything, it is that a majority of the people of the Unitea States believe that war taxes should be discontinued. EnglishSpavin Liniment removes ail hard, sof} or calloused lumps and blem- ishes trom horses. vlood spavin, curb, splints, sweeney, stifles, sprains, rore and swollen throat, coughs, etc. Save fifty dollars by use of one bottle. Warranted. Sold bv W. J. Lansdown, Druggist, But- er, Mo. li-t yr AN OLD MAN’S FATAL FAST. A Pioneer of Vernon County Dies After Forty-two Days Abstinence. Nevada, Mo., Dec. 16.—S. S. Col- lins aged 72, one of the oldest pio- neers of this county,died at his home three miles northwest of Walker, a small town nine miles east of this city Thursday after one of the long- est fasts on record, he having tasted neither solids nor liquids except wa- ter fora period of forty-two days from November 1 to the time of his death. The attending physician every effort to get the patient to par- take of food, but his advice and per- } The de- ceased had been troubled with kid- | suasions were of no avail. ney trouble for many years, and look- gia cured in/ the Peopie for used | th ave proved it to be so in numerous ances. A DEADLY DUEL PROPOSED. refore challenge Mr. West- as to meet ime in the presence counnittee of competent elec- trica, -xperts and take through his | : 1 |body from hand to hand the al- | ter current with the same nuniber of alternations per second as used by the Westinghouse com- | pany, while I will take through mine a Coutinuous current. We will then with fifty volts, Mr. Wesiinghouse, of course, taking the lead, and will gradually increase the until the ¢ to be connaence presure either one or ther has eried enough each trial or the period of five seconds. I warn him, however, that 160 volts of the alternating current for five seconds has produced fatal results and that several men have been kill- ed by the low tension Jablochkoff alternating current.” Now, the foregoing is sufficiently sensational to attract the attention of the world to the combatants. But there are reasons why the plan should be interfered with, not to prevent its execution, for in the cause of science it is fitting that it should go on, but there should be a change in the poiats of application —the nodal points, so to speak. It would be a great pity to run the risk of using up two capable electricians when so many other less valuable subjects could be substituted ror them with advantage to community. The duel should come off, but by all means the electricians should cede the place of honor to those who ‘never would be missed.” | William’s Australian Herb Pills. If you are Yellow, Bilious, constipated with Headache. bad breath, drowsy, no appetite, look out your liver is out of roder, One box of these Pills will drive all the troubles awaf and make a new being of you. Price 25 cts. Zl Pye & Crumty, Agent | Ready for Bald Knob Hanging. Ozark, Mo., Dec. 16.—The sheriff | of Christian county has completed j the gallows on which Will Walker, | son of “the king of the Bald Knob- ed forward to death as a relief from ! bers” is to be hanged December 28. a great suffering. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and pos’ or money refunded. Price 25 cts per box For sale by Walls & Holt, the druggists Beaten to Death. themselves the ing. The Best Salve inthe world for Cuts. Bruises,Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheam Fever | also to hang, will not he executed Sores, Tetter,Chapped Hands, Chiblains until February 11. Sheriff Johnson tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give pertect satisfaction Agra, Kan., Dec. 15.—James Me- Donald, the man who was so unmer- i | cifully beaten by the mob calling | “Kansas division of | White Caps,” died early this morn- His body was badly lacerated | and he suffered terribly, so badly : jin fact that opiates were given him | Mr. Hiscock suggested whether it | and he died while under their effect. { |The other three men of the band, | David Walker, “the king” and Jo- {seph and Wiley Matthews, who are |having received word that an at- | tempt at rescue will be made by | members of the old gang, has sworn ‘in 100 special deputies to guard the | jail and take all precautions to pre- | vent trouble. . Eczema, Itchy, Scaly, Skin Tortures. The simple application ot ‘‘SwaYNe’s OINTMENT,” without any internal medi- cine, will cure any case of Tetter, Salt Rheum, Ringworm, Piles, Itch, Sores, Pimples, Eczema all Scaly, Itchy Skin Eruptions, no matter how obstinate or long standing. It is potent, effective, and costs but a trifle. t 32 1yr | ECUCATED FARMERS. | The Value of a Business Training to the | Agriculturist of To-day. i “Where are you going to schol thi winter?” | “To some good business college.” | “O, then you are going to fit your { self for a position in some business | office?” | “Not at all: Ihave no desire to en- | | | ' ter into busines “What do you intend to do, then?” “] intend to stay on the farm!” “But what good is your business ed- i ucation going to do you there?” “It’s going to make a better farmer | of me.” This conversation took place be- tween two bright young farmer boys, and as their subject of conversation is a matter of ir ‘erest to all other farmer boys, we will report the rest of the in- | terview. “IT don't see how you make that out,” was the response to the last ob- servation. “It is very clear to my mind,” came WITH YOU ONCE MORE With a Clean Fresh Stock of DRUGS. the ready answer. ‘It seems to me that if any business on earth requires the thorough knowledge and practice of good business principles, that busi- ness is farming. Agriculture is not what it used tobe. When farmers went to the blacksmith shop to have their plows made; when they raised nearly all they ate, and ate nearly all they ed; when they made their own clothes from woo} that was grown on their sheep's back; when they man- ufactured their own farm machinery, and their greatest social event was to go to the circus once a year, there was then not so much need of a busi- a stepping stone to getting into some other em- ployment. ness education except as But now things have rad- Staionery, Paints, Oils, &e. Come ay es Virst do ically nged. E ‘yy successful a certuin extent, a mer- ing to do in ith the tools y for success: > must sell his know how to ful farm produets an sell to thet e. He must know what ng is the most profitable, and to know this he must have an exact system of ac- counts. He mt himself cnew how to protect and traps of sharp a with all kinds of business forms and commer- apers, and a fair understanding of f business will come very > ought to be a ready pen- spondent, quick ss calculations, » of short-hand T want I am going m profitable by bition. to be a business far to try to make the giving it attention as the merchant does to his business. I shall try to increase the profit account by decreasing the waste account, and all my business transactions with the out- side world will be recorded under a clear system of debit and credit.” “I believe you are right—in fact, I know you are, and when you select your school let me know so that I can go with you. Perhaps when you get your farm we!l under way I'll start a competing establishment, and we'll see who is the best business man and consequently the best farmer.”— West- ern Plowman. us close 2 Wlascn anu cept, each year. It is an ency- clopedia of useful infor- mation for all who pur- chase the luxuries or the necessities of life. We can clothe you and Sage zou a all the necessary and unni appliances to ride, walk, dance, sleep, eat, fish, hunt, work, go to church, or stay at home, and in various sizes, styles and quantities. Just figure out F |, snd you maki eid of the value of the BUYEBS’ GUIDE, which will be sent upon receipt of 10 cente to psy postage, MONT COMERY WARD & CO. Trustee's Sale. Whereas Adaline Hill and James H. Hill, her husband, by their deed of trust dated June 1, 1886, and recorded in the recorder’s office within and for Bates county, Missouri, in book No. 40 page 451 conveyed to the undersigned trustee the following described real estate ly- ing and being situate in the county of Bates and state of Missouri, to-wit: The west half of the northeast quarter of sec- tion twenty-nine (29) township forty-one (41) of range twenty-nine (29) containing 3? acres more er less made subject toa prior deed of trast for eight hundred dollars, which convey- ance was madein trust to secure the payment ofone certain note fuily described in said deed of trust; and whereas. default has been made im the payment of said note now past due and apie Now, therefore, at the request of the legal holder of sai? note and pursuant to the conditions of said deed of trust, 1 will proceed to sell the above described premises at public vendue. to the highest bidder for cash. at the east front door of the court house, in the city of Butler, county of Bates and state of Mis- souri, on Thursday, December 27, 1888. between the hours of 9 o’clock in the forenoon and 5 o’clock in the afternoon of that day, for the purpose of satisfying said debt, interest M. ALLEN, a * Trustee. Mel's SPOONER PATENT COLLAR CANNOT CHOAKE A HORSE, Adjusts itself to any Horse’s neck, has two rows of stitching, will hold hames in place better than any other collar. eebiha ace rere re ene ee or ne ane en er 1ecee us as W : ra would be Chaap Ask your It they a org kar We ———-PREVENTS glad to see you. bates County nat’l bank. LLU MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Paid up Capital Stock, $100,000, ** Something Every Farmer Wants, 50-10t RLAND BROS. ——-AT BOUTLERM KEEP THE LARGEST STOCK AT THE BEST PRICES IN HARNESS and SADDLERY. e can do you good YO SSALE CO. ast and Most Practica! SCALE IN THE MARKET. Impiemert dealer or Hardware man for them. re not handled in your Territory call on iddress us and any Intormation will be cheerfully given, wish to place Agencies with live men for Unoceupied Territory. OYD SCALE COMPANY, Office No. 315 Temple Court. CHAFING——— a distance treated ines sent every whe: age. State your case agitation free and ietter. 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