The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 9, 1893, Page 6

ae i soos = A MOUNTAIN FEUD. It Started in Nothing and Ené-d in 4suar- nels, Hatred 2ad Murder. It is a ‘hamlet of twenty hovses— eighty people—nestiing against the side of a meantain whose tree-eorered crest is almost hidden from sight by the dark blue vapor which has hung there for cezturies. To the railings on the north and east side of the humble inn are hitched a scere of horses and mules. About the inn are twelve or fifteen men, on the steps of the general store opposite are as many more, non- residents of the tows, but living in the country. 4 stranger wovld tind him- self wondering if the two crowds were strangers te each other, and, if 50. why the majority of the raen should mutter and scrowl as they narrow street. At lo'elock p. m. the crowd at the inn moves up the street to the school house. Ten minutes later it is followed by the other. Now we know what has brought these men from their homes. Here ame the lawyers, principals, and witnesses in a lawsuit. The justice of peace takes his seat with beeoming dignity, though his countenance be- looked seross the trays anxiety, ayd court is opened. It | is the case of Svs. White, both | small farmers. Each has secured the | best legal counsel he could, and the number of witnesses are pretty evenly divided. Here are two of the oldest and strong- est famil in the county. They have n friends for three generations. They have borrowed and lent, set at each other's tables, attended the same church, looked upon each other as rela- tives. armer Rives’ mule goes astray and brings up among Farmer White's corn. It isa large field, and the corn is searcely worth hauling away to a market. The damage, therefore, is not worth mentioning. Farmer Rives comes and demands his mule. Both men were close friends up to that mo- ment. Human nature has its “off” days. Farmer White is nettled and asks for damages, and two minutes later the men are ready to kill each other. A crowd bound for town rides up, and blows are struck, and the law is appealed to. A family friendship which runs back for almost a century is broken by a word. Rives and White fought side by side at Stone river, ‘Chickamauga, Franklin, and on other fields of battle. Their grandfathers fought side be side at Cowpens and King’s mountain and Yorktown. Their grandmothers fed the troopers of Marion, the Swamp Fox, and defied the rough riders of Tarleton. All this is forgotten as the case is opened and the witnesses take the stand. There is no jury, though the justice doubtless fervently wishes that there was, that the responsibility might be shifted from his shoulders. The wit- nesses exhibit a bitterness of feeling to surprise you. The question at issue is: Who struck the first blow? There is rank perjury on both sides, and it is with considerable reluctance that the justice gives his decision. To an out- sider carefully foliowing the case it seems just and legal. Farmer White is adjudged guilty of the charge of as- sault and battery and fined a nominal sum. He is chagrined and indignant that the case went against him, while the other faction is displeased that he was let off so easily. Men mutter and glare at each other across the room. The lawyers advise that the fine be paid and a reconciliation effected, but their words are wasted. There is no- tice of appeal and angry talk, and the serious look on the face of the justice is proof that he realizes what his de- cision may result in. The factions do not mix as they go out. ‘The witnesses feel all the hatred and animosity firing the h principals, and they avoid and look sullen and vindictive. One crowd rides away, and after half an hour the other takes the same road. The storekeeper has sold a shotgun, two revolvers, and half a dozen boxes of cartridges to-day. This is the be- ginning of the Rives- White feud. Twenty years passesaway. Farmers Rives and White have passed the age of sixty. They are white haired and wrinkled. The cne limps from a_bul- let hole in his thigh; the other has but little use of his left arm ‘because of a splintered bone. Both shots were re- ed from ambush and meant to kill. There have been other shots fired from behind trees and rocks, but the bullets flew wild. Bingham was a witness for Rives. He was ambushed and killed during the first three months. Thatch- er was a witness for White. He was ambushed and killed a week after the leath of Bingham. Stebbins, Carson, Parsloe, Williams, Brown, Bebee—all witnesses and all dead. Rives had two sons, and they were shot down while at work in the field. White had a son and daughter. The son disappeared one day and his bones have never been found. The daughter was shot off her horse while riding home from town. Twenty years have not added a dozen houses to the hamlet. The inn stands here just the same, and across the street is the same store. though they may have changed proprietors two or three times. There are no loungers at either place. day and the straggling ~ Street is clear of all life when two old mén ride into town from opposite directions and meet in front of the inn. It is an un- expected meeting. Both seem a little fiurried for a moment, but then they ride closer and one sa; “Let us dismount and have it out.” “I'm agreed!” is the ready reply. ‘They have no firearms, but they have keen, cruel knives which have been kept sharpened for years. There is no waiting. They are no sooner on the ground than they eagerly advance up- on each other and begin to cut and slash. Not a word is uttered—neither cries out as the other's knife drinks blood. It is over before anyone knows that it had begun. When the alarm is given the villagers rush to the spot, but only to find the men dead—two old. | gray-haired men. cut and slashed and lying dead in a pool of blood. “Itis Rives and White. and this is the end of their feud!” whisper half a dozen men as they look down upon the Ddodies. It is a peaceful summer | PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. ‘cot Wali Bronough and the Preachers W.C. Bronaugb. “Wall” Brouaugh —M. de Giers, the prime minister of | Eussia, spertsome time in Herlin re-| bis meny friends cali him, is one of | cently. Although not as robust as 2 - to ly, which is to be expected at| \the cleverest citizens of Henry! kis aavaneee age, he has recovered his|county. He is authority on ste ck | health toa greatextent. He was the | politice and ex confederate home. -ebject of much attention on the part of} officials and society in the German cap- | He is hospitable in the old southern | ital style aud lives in the manner of the | —A woman lately returned from| valley Virginians in the days ‘eazil tells of a curious nome pciaere of thestreets of Para They are biblical | de wah.” er commemoretive of some event in the} Brazilian history. It seemed to her} quite irreverent to be told that a desir- able locality wes ‘‘at the corner of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist streets. Le fats <e Sof iA Stace etites totes New|: Hunter, who was one of Mur York Sun: “Iseea great deal in the newspapers about little Esther Cleve- Jamd being the first baby ever born in the White house. How about James Not lopg ago there was a great revivalist in the Southeru Methodis: church in Clinton. Rev J. C Given who was arebel soldeir and Rev R meu, did the preaching. The con b gregation was greatly Mr. Bronaugh stirred. came every Appleton Pierce, son of Franklin and | The emotional spirit that swept other | Jame Means Appleton Pierce. born in Bees "| brethern did uot engulf him howev- | the White house, Washington, April 12, 1453, died March 4, 1854?" er. ‘Brother Hunter’ said he, * | —Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, is the old-|cant do avy of this shouting aud Next comes Mr. | | Palmer, of Illinois, who is 76. Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, Mr. Pugh, | of Alabama, is and Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, and Mr. Hunton, of Virginia, are each 71 years old. There are now sev- era] frisky youngsters in the senate, and th erage age of the members is about 5s years and 6 months. ‘apt. W. J. 8 sey, a veteran Cal- ifornia pioneer, died af San Francisco recently at the ripe old age of eighty- seven. He was an Englishman by birth and a seafaring man in his early life. While still a young man he came to this cpuntry and with Robert Dale Owen assisted in founding a Utopian colony at New Harmony, Ind., which ultimately proved a failure. In 1848 he crossed the plains to California and became one of its most influential and prosperous citizens. ~The return to Boston from Califor- nia of A. F. Goss, the first instructor of the city truant school on Deer island, in Boston harbor, recalls an act of he- roism by which he saved the lives of ply seventy-nine boys. It was during the : great storm of April, 1851, which de- molished the old Minot’s ledge light- house and washed the truant school building out tosea. Mr. Goss’ reseue of the boys was most hazardous, and his bravery and coolness on that night won the thanks of the city. through resolutions of the board of aldermen. —A woman footpad, with her con- federates, recently plied a profitable trade in Kokomo, Ind., for some little time. She is an attractive young woman, about twenty vears old. Her plan was to stand on a street corner in the fashionable suburbs, and, on plea of being alone and frightened, induce men to accompany her home. She would lead her dupe down a dark street, where four or five young toughs were in waiting, when he would be set upon and robbed. She was identified (ele ee praying ut if you want $100 for a new church or missions or fuud or anything of that kind just A night or two later drove bome with Mr. Bronaugh, They traveled in silence awlile until suddenly Mr. Bronaugh the preacher and said with a sulem> lo k. Taina member of the Southern | Methodist church: I have voted the straight democratic ticket ali my life and I fought four yeirs iu the con federate army. Is tuere any doubt of my getting to heayen eventhough Ido cuss a little sometimes? The preacher who told the story neglected to repeat Mr. Hunters re- but said that Mr Bronaugh from that date has never had auy doubt of staundiug in the court of h-aven.—Columbia Herald. The above isa trifle strong as Col. Bronaugh most aalous moments to use strouz er expletives thau authorized by scripture —yea yea! —nay nay! turned to is never kuown in his Bill Nye The Wesleyan Advocate let's Bill Nye into its columns who discourses thusly: A tau may use a wait on the back of his neck fur a collar button; ride on the back coach of a railroad train “befo’ | , juice ~ [ee vuoty for receiving money ou de night | let me kuow. | Mr. Hunter |. J. W. MeMuirey at Poplar Bluff and | A flock of $25 geese w+ | through Bicomfield, Stod j ty, the other day, en route to State News. The president and casiiiér « |suspended Kansas City Safe it and Savings bank have bx j ind licted by the grand jury. + sixteen indictments ager of them Cashier d jury posit when he krew the bank to be | tailing condition. lu a wrence men in La county ratded a} ben roost the other night and stele a few chickens just to hear The farmer had them arrested, aud when every thing was settled they had | farmer roar next day discovered chick: ne cost them aj KOK | joven $25 apiece A sneak thief entered the room of cf stole a tise pair of pautaloo Mr MeMurray, putting them on and | leaving his instead. Mr. MeMurray ue! emphatic words, till, ou search ing the p chets of the tramp’s tiourers, he found $17 iu bills The} tramp, in bis burry, bad for.otten to change the co terts of Lis pockets. 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She is now in jail. —“A pair of nippers and half a dozen eighteen-inch gas-burner tips,” was the order given. by a jaunty young woman who visited a hardware store the other day. ‘That lady,” said the | proprietor after her departure. “is an actress, and is just going on the road. | All theatrical people while traveling |man anda scholar compared to all carry nippers and tips with them. The | managers of hotels in small towns try | to save gas by putting bits of cotton in |tW' 0" three years, and when the bedroom burners, thus impeding | the flow. The minute an actor strikes | a light and detects this he pulls out his | nippers and tips. Off comes the ‘faked’ burner and on goes one that lets the | full head of gas come through. Before | leaving he arranges things as he found them and goes merrily along to get the better.of the next economical landlord | on his route.” to save the interest on bis money till the around; jstop his watch at nights to save wear and tear; conductor comes leave his “i” or sw with a dot or cross to save ink; pas ture his mother's grave to save corn | bat aman of this kind is a gentle-! fellow who will take a pewspaper | asked | to pay for it, puts it inthe office and) pay for it, puts it in the office and} has it markea *efused The democratic party ot Missvuri The de jeratic party of the nation is in no is in no danger of d-feat. 10 danger of defeat unless these people “A LITTLE NONSENSE.” who consider themselves slick politi ie —The so-called self-made man_ is | C08 manage to disrupt the party in generally nothing less than the slip- order to accomplish th-ir own polit - per-made man.—Galveston News. | Mexico Ledger Balard's We guarantee this to be the best cough : : syrup manufactured in the whole wide | my hair is getting gray. my manetacke | world, ‘This is caving a great deal but | is Mrs. Hieks: “Oh, I don’t | itis true, .For consumption, cougis, think so: your mustache is about twen- | cold», sore throat, sore ee i pneumo- ty years younger, you know.”—N. 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