The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 12, 1893, Page 3

| } y \ a _ sault on W. T. Deskins. ¥ papid cures not only in cases > throat, chest and lungs, ee oe ed cases of asthma and hay fever of | ;. guaranteed eaeioedec! Tucker's drugstore. | SIX MEN SHOT. One Nead, Some Dying and One Missing—Bloodiest Battle in Magoffin County’s History. Started Over a Trifle.-—The Coroner, a Constable and a Justice Among | the Wounded. CUTLERY, CUNS Louisville, Ky.,” January 3.—The bloodiest fight in Magoffin county’s loody history took place to day about one mile from Salryville. There were 8 or 10 of the county's best known citizens engaged on each | side, armed with repeating rifles and navy pistols, and the trouble, which had its inception in a trivial man- ner, culminated in a pitched battle. John Tavis was killed by a pisto} shot, said to have been fired after he was disabled and disarmed. W. E. Deskins, constable, was fa tally wounded hy a shot in the right hip, the ball ranging upward through the bowels. Monteville Deskins, a Justice of the peace, has not been found since the fight. But he left a bloody trail on the snow through a woodland near the scene of the tragedy, and he is supposed to be fatally wound- TOP BUCGCIES, Southeast Corner as, a BUTLER, MO. AND AMUNITION. WAGON AND CARRIAGE WOOD WORK. And Pump Repairing, Gas Pipe and Fittings, Brass Fittings, Bath Room and general house Plumbing a by experienced men. moving into our new quarcers where we have plenty of room and light, we have added a complete line of choice family peep LE Tn And are prepared to pay the higest market prices for Butter, Eggs, and general farm Produce. ed. The gun with which he is} ———————— known to have been armed was found | QUAY IS BOOTED AND ) SPURRE D. in the woods. Sheppard Cole, coroner of the county, received some fearful blows with a clubbed gun and may die. Brice Patrick was shot through the bowels and is dying. T. Patrick, a brother of ex sheriff J.C Patrick, received a rifle ball in the side of his head, and was at first supposed to be dead, but he has ral lied, and physicians say he will live if there is no concussion of the brain. HOW THE FIGHT STARTED. Reports as to who was immediate- ly responsible for the terrible affair are conflicting, and it is not even known who fired the fatal shot. resisted or even proposed « confer Dug Riser and Samuel Riser/ence he might have retained his were being taken to Salryville this| place or named his successer. It is morning by Coroner Cole under aj explained now that Quay abandoned | strong guard, charged with an as-|the field in order to make sure of The Coro-| his re-election to the senate. He de | ner committed the dangerous im-| cided thai it was inadvisable to have propriety of making a guard of the|two contests in progress at once. persons who were identified with the| He turned his attention to the con prosecution and for whose protection | test at Lome, and, having practical- He Is All Ready to Leap Into the National Committee Saddle, Washington, Jan. 1.—Senator | Quay is preparing to recapture the'| republican national committee. He believes that Gen. Harrison and his backers have been retired perma- nently and he thinks he sees au op- | portunity to put forward his own candidate for the presidency in 1896 Some of Quay’s supporters were surprised that when the president | demanded his resignation us chair man of the national committee yielded without a struggle. Had ue he the warrant wae issued. This was resented by the friends| return to the committee. ly won that, is now in position to His re- of the prisoners, and both sides} election to the senate is assured and came to town heavily armed. he believes he can recover power in The prisoners were taken before] the national committee. Police Judge Geo B. Gardner, and) The strong men on the comumit- | the commonwealth not being pres-|tee—Clarkson, Fessenden, Campbell ent and ready for trial, they were}and Hobart—admire Quay’s meth released under bond. Some loud|ods and since their failure to win talking was indulged in and nearly| without him, havea very high ap- | precipitated a fight in town about 2] preciation of him Quay’s xearest o'clock. But prompt interference | friends have not failed to insist that of the authorities prevented it. The fight took place an hour later. No ar- rests have been made,and it is feared that another fight i is imminent. Carter the Homestead would have been handled successful- ly for'the republicans and the party would have been @ gainer instead of a loser by it. Quay’s return to the national com- mittee can be effected at any time. The present Pennsylvania member | is not much more than his dummy | and would give way for his chief on a day’s notice. Chairman Carter reached here strike affair | Mexican ‘Cactus was thought to be worthless until it was discovered that is cured Catarrh. ‘'Cacterine’’ is the rem- edy. Sold by H. L. TUCKER. 1-S-t Nothing Suce 5 Like Success. And so true is that old saying in connection with the well-known Da- vis sewing machines, that it is a pleasure to present to our readers a few pungent facts in relation there-| from Montana late yesterday after to: This machine is theonly one that| noon and is stopping with friends uses the vertical feed, an improve-| He will go to New Youk in a day or ment that stards pre-eminent among | two to arrange for the meeting of modern inventions, and the right of| the republican national committee. which is possessed by the Davis Sew-| Jt is understood that Mr. Carter is ing Machine Company alone.|gnxious to retain the chairmanship, Through this method of feeding, ev-| and that the reports of opposition ery description of sewing is execut-| have induced him to see the presi ed in the most perfect manner, avoid-| gent and secure his influence, before | ing any “fulling” either aboye or be- going to New York. low, and the necessity of basting. A z feature not possessed by any other machine, is that the Davis carries both upper and underplies of goods together, as the vertical feed works For lame back, side or chest, use Shi- | loh’s Porous Plaster. Price socts. Sold | by H L Tucker. it Pays Best ; To canyass fora reliable machine, equally well on both sides. This) that every machine sold in a neigh- | cannot be said of any other machine. |},5:ho0d may sell five more. Such Seams prove no obstruction to this an wee. ee | bew feed, as it steps evenly over is the “New High-Arm Davis” the them. No home can be complete latest and most successful Sewing | without one of these new model ma-| Machine in the world. Sure every chines time! Simple! Strong! Doing th | widest range of work, and equipped | with the best attachments, and the La Grippe. During the prevalence of the grip| the past seasou it was a noticeable | most of them. , ct that those who depended upon, If there is not a dealer in your a b Dr King’s New Discovery, not only | y aeinity write tothe Davis Sewing { had u spee dy recovery, but escaped | | Muchine Co., Chicago, Ill all of the troublesome after eff-cts | of this malady. This remedy Seems Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, to have a peculiar BONS in effec Lhe Best Salve tuthe world for Cuts es of the nnd has cur- but in all dis grippe, Pil Sy O long standing. Free trial bottle at | or money refunded. Price25 c per box | | For sale by H, L. Tucker, d ruggist. l ; attack was against Mrs | wife of her landlord. {said she would punish Mrs. | to her bed. jo'clock she began raving and Dr. | Albers was called in. | assistant and they had ecarcely | tered the room when the ponderous jitures. jand another in Denver. | |ago, while she lived at 209 Court ) oy HL Tuck True to Her Prophecy. Cincinnati, O., Jan. 4.—Mme. | Mayer, the “witch of Elm street,” ja fortune teller, died promptly at the stroke of 12 to-day, as she has many times professed she would. For several years she resided at 338 Elm street, where she has been the | terror of theneighborhood. | This mysterious woman appeared | jin Cincinnati several years ago. She came a fugitive from Kansas City. | |The people protested she was a witch and organized a party to take ; her out and administer asevere pun- ishment, but she heard of the pro- | posed raid aud hastily left town with her bay of gold coins. She) ; was driven from Parsons, Kan, and Ouwseha in a similar mauner, the citi- zeus of the latter place having pro- | posed to toast her by a public bon- | fire. At intervals she had fits, during | which she raved like a maniac and i talked wildly of unseen personages | whow she claimed to see in the } room Tuvariably ou her recovery from | one of these spells she would seek; the wound aud removed two square | out some neighboring woman and |charge her with electrifying her, | making dreadful threats. Her latest The madame Ocker- man by making her boy an idiot. ; Some two years ago she declared in oxe of her spells that she would die day she began complaining, and took } This 1 morning at en- fortune teller sprang fro the bed, rushed across the room and fell, At that moment the Cathe-_ | dral bells were heard dead. hour of noon, and her prophecy was fultilled to the very moment. Mme. Leura Mayer often made mysterious visits at night to the, woods near Columbia, and it is the | belief of many in the neighborhood ; that she has gold hidden there, as | | her income far exceeded her expend- She hasa son in Chicago Four years street, she shot and wounded a Mrs | Smith, who she claimed was contin- ually watching her and was trying to make love to her. | The local police say they know]. nothing about the woman mentioned | in the dispatch. Shiloh’s Vitalixer 1s whatt you need tor constipation, loss ot appeite, ness, aad all symptoms ot. dyspepsia | Price 10 and 75 cents per bottle. Sold} Carlisle Goes Into the Cabinet. Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 3.—It is re ported on reliable authority that | John G. Carlise has concluded to ac jcept the secretary of the treasury { portfolio. This informatiou comes ‘from a politician, who is an intimate friend of Senator Carliste. Congress- mau Caruth said that he knew : tendered Mr. Car- eved here that Le has It is beli ed, and the contest for the cnc successorship has com- | menced. Ockerman, | He took an_ striking the | dizzi- | the -R. R. DEACON, SONS & CO. HARDWARE, Farm Machinery. SPRING AND FARM WACONS, Iron, Steel, Nails Since Watch our locals for Holiday Goods. R.R. DEACON, SONS & CO. PROBABLY FATAL WOUND. Sad Results of Near LaDue. Clinton Democrat. An accident happened three miles southwest of LaDue on Friday last, | | resulting in the serious and perhaps | fatal wounding of a youth nearly | grown. Two youths Robinson of Schell City, visited the | family of Janes Jones to enjoy the holidays and were out hunting on the above date, with Wm. Ming’s jand Mr. Jones’ sons. Young Severs was walking in front with his gun on his shoulder, when he stumbled jand fell and his gun was discarged, the contents striking young Robin- son in the forehead, inflicting a very severe and probably fatal wound. The wounded boy was taken to Robert Gilmer’s residence, and Dr. Miller called. Telegrams were also }Sentto Drs. Wallace and Barr of | Montrose aud Dr. Lunsford of Scheil | City. They extracted 19 shot from inches of Lis skull. | His parents came to attend him aud were joined by his sister yester- day Our informant states that a part of the biain oozed out of the wound Sunday night. With all of its severity the doctors think it may | not prove fatal. The young man whose gun did} had he been chairman instead of | at noon on January 4, 1893. Yester- | the terrible work,returned home very much distressed over rence. Later—Mr. C. A. Grant who re- mained last night with young Rob | inson, reports that he rested moder |ately well under the circumstances. A small portion of the brain had oozed out through the wound. Sey eral shots “were removed from the brain. He appeared to be conscious, and called for milk about every hour | which he readily drank, taking hold the oceur of the glass, and easing himself down | in bed. | side. His parents are at his bed- | Shiloh’s Cough and Consumption Cure 1s sold by us Ona guarantee. It cures consumption. Sold by H L Tucker. Judges Released. Mo., Jan. 2.—In the | United States circuit court to-day Judge Philips gave the three Cass county judges who have beenin j jail here for 10 months permission | to go home until after the election 2 Cass county January 28. The |judges released were Lane and | George, whose terms expired with the old year. Presiding Judge jhas two years of his term yet to i serve, but Judge Phillips concluded | that he should go free with the rest. | The bouds were placed at $500 each ;and they were released uutil the first Monday in Fubruary. Cass County Kansas City, The Electoral Vote. New York, January 3.—The set-| tlement of the Oregon makes it possible to give table of the should be cast by the electoral coi- d whick i n «a Christmas Hunt | Seer Attorney General in President e : : , | coln’s cabinet Total ; Big Timber Steal. St. Louis, Mo., Dee. 30.--The news has reached here of 2u enor- mous timber theft in McDonald, Christian and Laclede counties, in this state.’ In those counties 3,000 BATES COUNTY National Bank, BUTLER, MO. THE OLDEST BANK j TH LARGEST AND THE (ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN BATES COUNTY. CAPITAL, | SURPLUS, $125,000 00 $25,000 00 |F.J. TYGARD, - - - HON. J. B. NEWBERRY, J. C. CLARK - - President. Vice-Pres. Cashier | Lawyers. E ARMOND & QMITH. D S | ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Will practice in Bates and counties. ge Office over Bates Co adjoining at’l Bank. eee & GRAVES, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office West Side Square, over Lans- down’s Drug Store. DR. J. M, CHRISTY, HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. AND SURGEON, acres of school lands have been held | Office, tront room-over P.O. All cai) | for the benetit of Jackson county. answered at Office day or night. Specialattention given to temale dis- | An inspector has been there looking | eases. | | | { | | | | | | | \ | eral crops could have been taken, over the ground pending the ac- 5 jceptance of an offer of $2 p named Severs end! r per acre | for the land. timber amounting to probably mil-|en a specialtv. lions of feet, has been stolen. Sev- the land has been thirty years. ber maturing unvisited for As the growth of tim. on the land the county could look to for accru He found that all the] gutles Mes D was all| BUTLER, C. BOULWARE, Physician and Office north side squ: ler, Mo. Diseases of | che ss/DR. F. M. FULKERSON, DENTIST, : MISSOURI. Office, Southeast Corner Square, over ing profits in lieu of rentals or oth-] Veacoun, Sans & Co. store erreturns from its holding. The steal is a sweeping one, especially 80 unless the denuded land harbors minerals it is at present rather un- marketable Prosecutions are pro- posed, if possible. W. A. ROSE, LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEER. Will do busiaess in Bates, adjoining counties. risonyille, Mo. Cass and Address me at Har- | jutant General Williams has received Reterence.—First National Bank ard Bank or Harrisonville. 4 tt Washington, D. C, Dec. 29.—Ad- a telegram from Genera! McCook at Los Angeles, Cal., saying that Cap tain Myers, Eleventh infantry, had a brush with “Apache Kid's” band yesterday morning a few miles north of San Carlos, Ariz., and captured John Long's daughter aud one hoise but the renegades escaped in the darkness. General. McCook says that four detachments of troops are on the trail of the “Kid” and -that all possible steps are being taken: for | his capture: State Mine Inspector, C. C. Wood- son has resigned his office to accept the position of fuel agent for the Kansas City, Fort Smith & Nevada Railroad company. Mr. Woodson was first appointed Mine Inspector under Governor Morehouse’ admin- istration and was reappointed’ by Governor Francis. Hebhas made a good officer and was well liked by the miuers and operators throughout the state. His present position pays i equally as well and is free from the | petty annoyances to which a public officer is subjected. A Fatal Dose. Kirksville, Mo, Jan. 2.—F. L. Hensley died at his home in this city this morning from an overdose of morphine. He had been drinking and took the drug to kili the effects of the liquor. Hensley was very wealthy and had just completed the finest residence in the city. His life was insured for $15,000. About six weeks ago he let $42,000 on his lie) lapse. Judge Barton Bates De Dead. St. Louis, Dee. 29.—Judge Barton | | FranzBernk Bornhartt On the north side of the square. | ' Butler, Missour1. | Does hie own | { Watch & Clock Repairing | |Also Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and § a | verware at | ACTUAL COST AND. CARRIAGE. For the next twelve months. itch maker of 52 years experience, n and will give you satisfactions | Fine Watch Repairing a Spectalty. | i —GO TO—— C. A. VAN “HALL, | —-SUCCESSOR TO— F. BERNHARDT & CO. —FOR— | PORE DRUGS MEDICINES, TOILET ARTICLES, Bates, an ex justice of the supreme | eourt of Missouri, diced yesterday, aged 69 years, at his home in St.} Charles county, of a cemplication of | | diseases incident to oldage. Judge’ | Bates was the eldest son of General Howard Bates of this city who was Lin- tor Chand! ration TOBACCOS AND FINE CIGARS, ARTISTS MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS