The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 9, 1889, Page 6

eae - THE FIRST WORK. Missouri’s Legislature Convenes. Temporary Organization Effected in Both Houses. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 2.—At exactly 7:30 o'clock this evening Mr. Thurmond, of Callaway county, call- ed the democratic caucus of the house to order. Waller Young, of St. Joseph was made chairman and got a round of applause as he took the speaker's stand, and he made a clever speech—just long enough. W. T. League, of Butler county, was made secretary, with John Se- bree and Turner Hornbuckle as as- sistants. Frank Seebree, of Salirie county, nominated Joe Russell, of Missippi county, for speaker. Harry Shaw, of St. Genevieve, and Thurmond, of Callaway, seconded the nomina- tion, which was unanimous. Bob Hicklin, of Lafayette, made aneat speech in putting John F. Morton, of Ray, in nomination for speaker pro tem. Houck, of Stod- dard, seconded the nomination, and his selection was also made unani- mous. Then came the struggle of the caucus—the vote for chief clerk. The roll had not been called up to this time, but it was at once demand- ed in order that there wight be no mistakes. Lupton, a wheeler from Texan county, who had voted for Church for temporary chairman by mistake in the morning, announced that he intended to act withthe dem- ocrats, and his name was put on the roll amid applause. Fogel of Schuyler, a strong looking member, nominated C. G. Yates, of Lewis; Ed. Seay of Dent put Rhey McCord, of Osage, in nomination; Kneisly of Boone, nominated Ed. Crum- baugh, of Columbia, and Newberry, of Bates nominated Ed. Vance, of St. Louis. After a number of sec- onding speeches, the roll was called with the following result: McCord 32, Yates 28, Crumbaugh 13, Vance 4. The name of Crumbaugh was withdrawn and Yates was nominated by the following vote: Yates 44, McCord 33. MINOR NOMINATIONS MADE. Harry Myers, of Sedalia, was nom- inated for assistant chief clerk with- out opposition and the other nomi- nations were: Engrossing clerk, J. H. Pratt, of Newton; enrolling clerk, James 8. Turner, of Carroll; door- keeper, L. D. Bolton, of Versailles; official reporter, R. P. Thompson of Linneus; sergeant at arms, J. B. Dameron, of Salisbury; chaplain, Peter H. Trone, of Clinton. Sam Majors of Howard county, presided over the senate caucus. There were no hot fights and the following officers were elected: President pro tem, H. W. Johnson, of Montgomery: secretary, H. L. Gray, of Sturgeon; assistant secre- tary, Baxter Brown, of Warrensburg; sergeant at arms, Ash Ewing of Jefferson City; doorkeeper, A. Tel- lary of Plattsburg; official reporter, A. C. Lemmon, of Jefferson City; chaplain, J. M. M. Johnson, of Jef- ferson City; folder, Reese of Noda- way; pages, Masters J. P. Noland, -of Jackson county, Hugh Claycomb, of Jasper, Morrison, of Pulaski and Paul Yantis of Jefferson City. THE HOUSE'S FIRST VOTE. At noon the house of the thirty- fifth general assembly was called to order by Turner A. Hornbuckle, chief clerk of the last house, Dunn of Lincoln and Church of Harrison Were nominated for temporary chair- man. The vote was a strictly party oneand the resulé was: Dunn, 77; Church, 59; Smith of DeKalb was the only democrat absent. The ab- sent republicans were Dodd, Porter and Swift. The union labor repre- sentatives from St. Louis all voted with the republicans for Church. It was the first party vote and showed that the full democratic vote was 78, and the opposition 62. Ittakes 71 votes to pass a bill. Waller Young of St. ‘Joseph, Ed. Turney of Plattsburg, and Church were appointed a committee to es- cort Mr. Dunn to the chair. He thanked the house briefly, and then aos amma | Hornbuckle was elected temporary chief clerk. Secretary McGrath's official list of the members was read | California no Place For a Poor Man. | friendly tree at night, and to tramp | and the members were sworn in ten in a bach by Judge Brace of the su- preme court. The house then ad- journed till to-morrow morning. THE SENATE'S OBGANIZATION. In the senate the proceedings were briet. Acting Lieutenant Governor Ball called the senate to order, and a temporary organization was effec- ted as follows: secretary, H. S.?Co- ker; minute clerk, J. H. Davidson; journal clerk, W. S. Wilene; door-! keeper; A. J. Shackiey; sergeant at arms, A.E. Ewing. The newly elec- ted senators were then sworn in by Judge Ray. On motion of senator Johnson of Madison, the following committee was appointed to confer with Lieu- tenant governor Claycomb and re- port on rules and committees: Johnson of Madison, Johnson of Montgomery, Smith, McGinnis and Majors. The republican caucus to-night was purely perfunctory. The rep- resentatives met together and the following officers were made: Presi- dent pro tem. of the senate, S. W. Headlee of Greene; speaker of the house, J. T. Moore of Laclede; chief clerk, Paul Jones (colored) cf Kansas City; chaplain, the Rey. Father Jackson of St. Louis; ser- geant at arms, Joseph Lesing of Gasconade;Zengrossing clerk, Henry Newman; enrolling clerk, Frank Dou- billout. {Kansas City people will ap- preciate the honor of the nowination of Pau! Jones. James Smith secur- ed it for him probably as a balm for his wounded feelings caused by his humiliating defeat for city attorney in the city convention last spring. A MODERN CASABIANCA. Joseph Owen, Eleven Years Old, Near- ty Perishes «t His Post. An 11-year-old boy named Joseph Owen, who lives at the corner of eighth and state line streets, was hired Wednesday afternoon to assist a family moving from the Boulevard to Centropolis. At 5 o’clock it be- came necessary to unload some of the family effects near Centropolis and the boy was told to guard them. Although the head of the family said that he would return soon for the goods, he did not come and the boy remained at his post all night and until 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when a carpenter named L. I. Peck- horn found him in a half conscious condition and had him taken to the city hospital. His feet and hands were so badly frozen that it was thought that amputation would be necessary. This morning he was so much improved that they will not be Operated upon. When asked why he remained at his post all that bit- ter night and until he was nearly dead, he replied: “I was afraid that if I left and any of the things were taken they might think Istole them.” OCCUPYING THE EARTH. A Kentucky Family Which 1s Obeying the Injunction. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 20.—John E. Week, an industrious carpenter liv- ing at 1825 Duncan street, this city, enjoys the distinction of having the largest family in Louisville. Up to last Friday morning it consisted of seventeen of girls and one boy, the oldest 20, and the youngest lyear old. On this day Mrs. Week presented her happy husband with two bouncing boys, making the to- tal number of children twenty. Of this number fourteen are living un- der the parental roof tree. When they pile into dinner it reminds a visitor of an orphan asylum. Mr. Weeks is about 49 years of age; his wife is 44. The new arrivals are in the best of health and for the next year or two will be rocked in the cradle that their brothers and sis-! ters occupied during the same _peri- od of their lives. A peculiarity about Week’ household is that two cradles have been going since the first two years of his marriage. Gov. Foraker, of Ohio, will not be in the cabinet. but he may go as consul to the Scilly Isles. i A REESE j | | From a former Bates Co. citizens. i | long time since I have had the pleas- |ure of writing anything for the “Booming Tiwgs,” but as to-day is | “Merry Christmas” I can’t resist the temptation to tell you something of this land of Sunshine as it appeared on Christmas We have had a season of Califor- nia winter for a day or two; that 1s it has rained. The rains began this | year earlier than usual, which was about the 15th of Nov. The result of the early rains is that vegetation of all kind is most luxuriant. The grass is about six inches to a foot high and will continue to grow at that rate till May or June. Vegeta- bles of all kinds are still in the mar- ket, but such vegetables as tomatoes | are getting scarce, not because they don’t grow all nght, but because the days are too short for such fruits to ripen. We had a Ciristmas tree at our church, but there was something lacking to make the festivities seem veal. ‘There was no ice or celd, which are so closely associated with a Christmas times, and the | iime didn’t seem like Christmas Eve. snow, | A person can not tell by looking out over the green earth that this is Christmas. It is by consulting the Almonac that one i$ aware that this lis th» season of Santa Claus. Only the commonest fruit trees {such as apple, plum and peach have | shed their foliage. The only differ- tu ihe orange, lemon and other een trees is that they have er er heather green since the rains have washed off the dust. Oranges lare getting ripe now. The first car load went east a week or two ago. When we came here last April the orange trees were laden with fruit, and oranges could be gathered from the trees till the Ist of June. They | begun getting ripe again the 1st of Dec., so you see oranges can be gathered from the trees at least six mouths in the ;year. From one to ten kinds of fruit can be gathered from the trees any day in the year. How does this strike you for fruit. Oranges are the only fruit that real- ly requires irrigation. All other kinds of fruits grow without any water except what nature supplies by the winter rains. Also all kinds of grain and vegetables grow with- out irrigation, unless more than one crop is desired in a year, then irri- gation is required. It is a mistaken ide: some people have of California to think we can’t raise anything without irrigation when the fact is we are surer of a crop without irrigation than you are in Missouri. The use we have for irrigation is to raise two or three crops. Alfalfa grews from four to six crops without any irrigation. It is foolish for any one who never lived in this lovely climate, to try to run down climate and productions of southern California. These win- ters ean’t be excelled in the world, and the summers are just as fine. But then, eastern people say the “Boom is Busted.” Well, that isa fact. The mania for building towns is “busted” and that was what cre- ated the craze in realestate. If peo- ple had invested like sensible people, in something real, instead of in schemes and paper towns, the coun- | try would have developed instead of | “booming.” What the country needs now, is men of means to come and start something by which the hordes of idle people who are here can make an honest living. You can’t conceive of the number of people who are here and can’t get anything i to do. | Naturally, this is a fine place for | vagrants and tramps, but the laws are so strict against vagrancy that | the tramp’s life is a perfect misery tohim. The county jail is fairly | Swarming with tramps and vagrants, ‘and unfortunate honest men who had 'toturn tramp asa means of liveli- | hood, or rather as means to keep | from starving to death; it is feast jorfamine in this country. There ;are hundreds of millionaires here, (but there are also thousands who eo Lorpszers, Cat., Dec. 25, 1888. | they do not the dreaded “constable” | Ep. Totes: It has been quite a | Wil be sure to take them in. | mecrsoeee ss “take up their bed and walk,” and ! W the public highways in the day time, | and they must “tramp” too, for if | ————— the only home they have is under a i { Pe You may ask who will be safe in = A BS coming to California? Well, I = iy tell you; if you have a good home i] ge 8 and good health and live in Bates Co., you are foolish to come here. ve But if you can’t stand the climate of Bates county and have enough mon- | ey to buy a comfortable home at from $300 to $1,000 per acre, then come here, you can fix you up a home that will outrival the garden of Eden. But for the young man who has a small capital and is seek- ing a good investment for that small capital I wouldn't advise him to come here, and the young man who expects to come here to make a liy- ing by the day’s work, den’t come, eyen if you area first class mechanic, don’t come. We don't need you; we have first class mechanics here now who have to beg or steal to get the necessaries of life. Yours, W. B. E. BOTH MEN SHOT TO KILL. Come ini ‘ 4 PR a First GOUE s Terrible End ofa Family Quarrel in UMLY: 60, With a Clean Fresh Stock of DRUGS, Stavionery, Paints, Oils, & “eo us as we can do you good and would be glad to see you. niin of Bates County nat’l bank Arkansas—Deadly Nerve. Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 28.—Some time ago the wife ot William West, a prominent farmer living near Mark ed Tree, separated from him, return ing to her mother, Mrs. Mary Dairy, and began proceedings for a divorce Yesterday West called at Mrs. Dairy’s house and asked to see his baby,gand when his mother in law brought the child to him he began to abuse her, saying she had sepa- aated him and his wife. Stepher: Dairy, a son of the lady, came out of the house and ordered West off the premises. 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