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A MURDER WITHOUT A MOTIVE. | clered de ad by Dr. Bain, who had \ again assumed charge of the case. An examination by however, sitisfiedsthem that it was but « rey a night's & j others, A Christmas Tragedy in Syracuse, Moniteau County, Mo. etition of the perience, and the woman was again previous E Tipton, Mo., Dec.—A sad tragedy resuscitated only to again to lapse occurred at Syaracuse, a httevi-jiiig 2 state of : en six miles west of , ae the following night at about the diy. as festivities were in h Bo enleevonked eevee progress at the little church and a Syracuse and ithe surrou ding 4 ; | | country were in attendance. About sciousness appearing, she was buric i| | 8:30 o'clock Bert Ousley, « highly yesterday afternoon. i esteemed young farmer re sid.ng There seems to be a great deal of i about a mile and a half in the eou:-| avi Reto ceiethes 4) try, stepped into Bonnell’s store to} |) a cigar and stood at the counter = th ‘ing the street. Someoue fired “thous d through the window, sending a ball]; 4 tl through his brain. Ousley was] 4... Ge © picked up and Dr. Culpe ee lnpae oftheornes. ‘The pe moned to attend him. He lingere’| | stances of the ease are at i until 12:30 to-day and expired. Who feacteee coneali attention i fired the fatal shot is, to some ex- z) 1 tent, a mystery, but the general im- ion Aas Cas é pression is that Albert Hardy, 8) one ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT- Fi young man of that place, is the eal-| MENT at up in large two or i prit, and it is reported that Ousley | t!” boxes and ahr hg eee ee - j sores, s s apr rands 4 stated before his death that Hardy] and ail skin eruptions. Will positivels i i i r cure all Kinds piles. Ask for the OR- « did the shooting. As there had been | Tern METINE OINTMENT. Sold a oh ames Ween gents af Coe res. at a ccaee f motive for the crime cannot be found. | !ox—by mail 30 conts. yr i 5 i e belief that the ar a) Vi Some entertain the b i ee wae | murderous missile was intended for 2 ae ‘ee | Mr. Bonnell, the proprietor of the West U nion, To., cc hu q Hill, an old resident, over 50 years} store, between Hardy and whom there had been a slight altercation. Hardy has been employed asa clerk itly in by the spirit of ealled to of age, was re syl wife through fe f a medium. in Keeyil’s store, and was behind] | ter the dea Penn- r i Taking | A New Cattle Disease. int that an ex: ion of the liver af 5 th the th of alm ted that ranch mg the coast have st 2 tle during the season. Tt is estis } t ul he per cent of their cat ' A Race War in Arkansas. Se ; prese a of w 4 _ o- 2 and the men’s course frequently i | Memphis, Teun. Dec. 26—On: modified ording to the women’s i jhund SS suggestions. So, in their flirtations, to take the town ol ’ j then, the you he two kindred because one of that race] Spirits, t 5 against each | } } other in up their talk to the Mea yy waded) Uae wane most serious topies; their idea is that | man. Negroes are how pouring 12] love may make them womanish and from all directious, but the whites} handicap their usefulness in their | will try to preserve peace. chosen sphere of action. As soon, | | i Han Cured. y. Webster, of Atl i y be > part " } { to moved ove with : i the counter this morning us if noth-| his earthly pars r with him. he | ing bad happened. Later he was |* is be Hop Bottom, where he Die = under arrest. Ousley was, induced to leave Dis i and live : 25 years old und had been married | his spint affinity. The medium |} | and his w about a year. Bucklen’s Arutca The Best Salve tot Bruise J Sore Salve, world tor C SaltRheum Tetter, Cha rai Hands, Chib lains Corns, and all Skin E ruptions, and posi- j Some ap} tively cures Piles, or no pay required. Tt) is guaranteed to give pertect satists iction |" or money refunded. Pric per box; | Silk For sale by all druggis nd cave were SHE DIED THRER TEMES. pee juntil he is penniless Tho Remark: of an Einois | ; Woman. Dee. t Springfield, L., inhabitants of the Curran, a few miles we with ] hi st of this city are all anyog sioned by the excitement oeca- | strange condition of 2 woman by the unme up of paper she re. of Mrs. William North. According | to the statement of one *physician | Discovery, and gi ped her, she bo. nacre rr this lady has ven up the ghost | s I and passed over the river Jordon no | 8 wo less than three times, while other physicians declare her yet in the! | wonderiut Diecorers free mortal state. For ee everal days she had to Hil Him. i has been suffering from a slight i He i A ness and while under the physician's! Tuscola, Tl., Dee. 25.—Arthur Et case was not thought to be seriously | Craig of Indianapolis was a favored | i ' troubled. She was achuarity patient | suitor for the hand of Miss Hattie ae however, and as the Board of! Sutton, daughter cf Detective John LY} Supervisors of the county refuscd | Sutton of Newan, but the father op- | { to allow the bill of Dr. Foster, who | posed the wedding which he had | first attended her, he refused toj;reason to believe wou!d occur last 4 ; i further treat the patient and Dr. | night or to day. Bain of Farmington, | Last night Craig met village, was called, jand seizing the young man by the The woman first died, as the lattcr} thr: physician declared, Saturday night | ple, : “Now, go, or Iii kil at 11 o'clock. © She was placed in a! you! he said this shroud and all arrangemeuts made | trigger, but the cartridge failed to a neighboring at, placed a revolver to his tem: of the neighbors, however, suspect | but before it was carried into exeeu- not dead and Dr. Foster vailed upon to make an examination He did so, and found plenty of evi-j | was pre i lets in his brain from the man’s revolver. The young man gave himself up dence that the woman was only in aj to the officers, but the coroner's jury state of rignor mortis fortior. There | acquitted him of any emme, and he was insenible breathing and museu- \ lar contraction of the chest. The temperature of the body in certain parts seems normal while in others the flesh had all the the icy coldness of death. The pulse beat was finally determined to be 30 a minute. The doctor rudded away the blood from outer skin and found that it flowed up hill and also that upon raising the stiffened limbs that the toes crooked downward, something never seen in a body when life is extinct. young atonce returned to Indianepolis, fearing vengance at the hands of the dead man’s relatives and friends. Young Craig is a nephew of Rep- resentative Isaac Craig of the thir ty-second district and has a good reputation. erated her lover from blame. A Stricken Community. Huron, S. D., Dec. 27.—In the Russian diptheria epidemic at Leola, only three deaths have occurred Through the vigorous effort of |since Sunday and by keeping the Dr. Foster and others the woman | people within the stricken district it was finally brought out of her trance} is believed that the disease will not! like state and once more dwelt | spread. An immense amount of among her friends in mortal shape. | dethose food, ete., was sent from She was able to converse, but unable | j here yeateniay and this morning to to tell the nature of any sensations lbe distributed experienced while in the trance, but declared that s among the needy. | Last night the Congregational Sun- nil collapse was experienced at al uti the same time and again she was dee| ment. , | batteries Sutton} he pulled the | for a burial Sunday afternoon. Some | explode. A second attempt was made 1 ed from the appearance that she was | tion he fell backward with two bul-} The young lady exon- of $409 patients under treat-! Oliver rune will not Ne Ten uvysor Vv the} deseribed iy | vat cutlery | rm of Shefield, Rodgers & Sor used to pay £600 a ton, but they ‘have lately paid £1,280 and in son icase high as £2,000. Russia is increasing her field artil- Hitherto each br of eight now each brigade will have e batteries of eight guns, or a tot sixty-four guns instead of eight as hitherto. lery ade had six | ‘ cken guns each, fox for In the field of w invention. invention meets A new French invention 1s a smoke bomb, intended to be fi ed into the ranks of the enemy who uses smokeless powder, and obscure | | jhis view. Bookwalter and Brice are both after the senatorship in Ohio. The senatorial rainbow seems to have great attractions in the Buckeye state. The Jeweler says: The ring of the hour is a fine gold band with a marquis medallion of diamonds. Quite a number of designs may be had for $125. Sara Bernhardt is going to play Joan of Are. She can act it but there is only room in the world for one Maid of Orleans. Some men know how to do the appropriate thing. Dom Pedro built a lunatic asylum from the sums given by the purchasers of nobility. Money talks in politics. So it does} in everything else. Money is a very! loquacious fellow. Emperor William’s ear is trouble- some again. | throne ij Pain comes to the! s well as to the lowly. was perfectly cou | day sehool gave over $209 worth of There is a new paper out at Rocky , scious of everything tha red : and: elnuliae: the| Ford, Col. They call itthe Water lothing t 3 about her. her this locality. There are up-} melon. Santa Claus has done considerable | he reduce the surplus. Business and Politics Discussed By Young ican flirtat 1owledged ion, how- | ever, is to be “honest” before any thing else, and they promise to deal | of the two for rise of the| #8 | erty | been drafted from the ez FLIRTATIONS IN RUSSIA. ' San Antonio, Te Dec. 19.—A} People of Both Sexes. Inew and fatal disease is raging | rtations are going on on among catile on the Texas coast. It} every There is not a girl on is called “liver fluke” from the fact | hand but who, at the end of the Bee ‘ i have found her special Yet there that important i irely t| article aimc entirely | : Se ese S : - lr Americ: Social life in Russia—even ; in la s of population—is cast | on s constantly to throw Se or the presence | the ian men are | unmarr’ homes. | Here sox ions, as most however, as a couple of lovers come to an understanding they begin to lay plans for a life’s w in common. The futurn does not appear to these enthusiasts , other form than of duties toward sd brethren. A of liberal tendencies 1 of being ‘‘supported” nd. And again, it would find young people in ys who would be will- reir love to one another the custom ner times. | to h each other. and not to treat ith rechauffe sentiment nothing else to offer. dor of love gives out they d to remain true and fast i tood neverthe- unconquer- if in either fairly each ot} when the is When the are preps stronger, 1 Mine ethics another, 1 would > still stranger ideas re pepui: nons the educated y no w an ui minon you enthusiasts to understanding never sume toward one snot he re- lations of husband and This nsaction, though taking form ofa ch wedding, w Hed a “fietitic sner- ally re to to iberal- minded maiden who not yet reached he mi to throw off the u par- | ents or t . and,to aeqt > right | to dispose of her estate or her money at her own will, since in Russiaz ried woman—no matter J and inexperienced—is perfectly inde- pendent from her husband in her prop- rights.—N. Y. Star. --—__. Didn't Like the Milk. how A London Bishop had gone down into the country to visit a charitable insti Dn, rick lads had st end of Lon- them he con- into wt poor don. and in addressing | gratulated them upon the delights of their new residence. The boys looked unuccountably gloomy and downcast and the Bishop kindly asked: “Are you not comfortable? you any complaints to make?” At last the leader raised his hand. “The milk, my Lord.” “Why, what on earth do you mean? The milk here is tenfold better than you ever had in London.” “No, indeed, it ain't,” cried the boy. “In London they always buys our milk out of a nice, clean shop, and here— why, here they squeeze it out of a beastly cow.""—Tid-Bits. Have Curious Test of Breeding. It is told of a wealthy family in this city that it is their regular custom to apply to new acquaintances a test of breeding which they are accustomed call the ‘booby trap.” They seat the stranger ina rocking chair and sit about to watch him or her. If the visitor rocks the verdict is given against him and he is thenceforth cut off from the calling list of the family. If he or she sits quietly and does not stir to and fro the case is considered {| being decidedly in his or her favor. | ollowing epitaph o t ee ha | ian cemeteries \y ing you—A.D. 1 ers I am—| A. D. 1867." The good iady had taken | her time about it. McFARLAND BRos} SPOONER PATENT COLLAR ———ATF BUTI sER— KEEP Tith LARGEST STOCK AT THE BEST PRICES IN HARNESS and SADDLREY} SPOONER PAT.COLLAR. --——-PREVENTS CHAPFING- CANNOT CHOKE A HORS Adjusts itself to any Horse’s neck, has two rows of stitching, ‘will hold hames in place better than any other collar. FRANZ BERNHARDTS rs RAIL RG, aie jOWATCH Wy" ia.) rs tor Watches, Clocks, Sclid Silver and Plated Ware, w prices, EXECUTED_ ALL KINDS OF grace: coe meee or eee ENGRAVING EATLY Re a “N yr. LL: PETLTYS. A. Of WEL LTO rocerie QUEENSWARE AND ‘GLASSWAF iCIGARS AN® TOBACCO, alc = fa Always pay the highest market price for Count Produce: East Side Square. Butler, MO C. B. LEWIS, Prop’r. Sew | eee THE BRICK LIVERY STABLE AMPLE SUPPLY OF Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Drummer Wagons, &c. This is one of the best equipped Stables of the state e FIRST-CLASS RIGS FURNISHED in this section At any hour, day or nig] most reasonable terms. city will find this barn tl SS" NOTE.—The ¢ the found at nn also be Call and sé Cc. B. LEWIS. office