The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 22, 1894, Page 2

flow His Famous Troopers Stag: | gered the White Horse Squadron. | | | | A Leaf of Realty and Romance From | the War in Missouri. | Sedalia Bazoo. Mr. Hamp B. Watts, who is well known in Sedalia, who is oue of the | the Second Colorado leading. vouripg tide of veteran horsemen, | They | had two or three squadrons of white | horses, and whenever these were en | ;countered, the Confederates knew, weil always that the Second Colora | do was to the front. Shelby, as hej took position in frout of Blunt, | spoke to the advance, a picked body eurt, phrases, -Boys, there are our old white horses again, It’s the Second of soldiers in most prominent of Howard county's | Colorado. It is going to be a strick citizens, contributes the Fayette | en field for somebody. Tecan't fall Democrat Banner of February 9 the! pack any further, and they won't” following exceedingly readable rem ihiseence: * Like a bright dream come the thoughts of my childhoods, The days when the mind knew no sorrow or care; “he past unregretted, the thought of, And the present always happy and fair ’’ As Isit tomght at my own fire side, reading Major John N Ed wards’ “An Unwritten Leaf of the War,” my thoughts turn back’ al- most 30 years to the “time that Gried men’s souls.” I was then with ‘Williams’ battalion,” Shelby’s brig- ade, C.S. A This battalion was commanded by Col. D. A Williame, of Grundy county, Mo, but now a prominent lawyer iu Dallas, Texas. We had been marching almost three days and nights with but little food or rest for either men or horses followed, yea, even pressed hard by the pursuing fe. We camped one beautiful October afternoon, just keyond the little town of Newtonia, in Newton county, this state, for a much needed rest. After picketing our horses and gathering together a fow dry limbs, we hurriedly built tires to cook the scanty ration of meat that had been issued, and felt that for a short time, at least, we were rid of the enemy. Fate was againist us. The boys bad hardly begun to partake of the meager meal, when, hark? the bugle sounds ioud o'er hill and vale, “boots and saddles.” Should I live a century never can I forget the blanched faces of the poor, tired, ragged men around me; they were “pictures of despair.” There was hurry and con fussion throughout the camp, many saddled their worn out steeds and silently stole toward the South; the few remaining, stood silent and future scarce Thereafter the combat |The white horses went down fast, but so did a good many other horses | which were not white. Most gener ally where the steed lay, there also No trees, no hillock, no sway of ground, no shelter. In }Was a savage grapple cut on the jopen, where, when all was done, he who held the field had uothing to exalt himself over him who surrend jered it, fighting fight, stern, unforgiving, bloody be youd all comparison for the stake~ at issue, fought into the night and won by him who had won so many before, that he had forgotten to count them General Blunt is ative and a brave man. He will bear testi- mony again, as he has often done before, that Shelby’s fighting a Newtonia surpassed any he had ever seen.” lay the rider. It was a prairie o The retreat southward from New- tonia was a famine. The flour first gave out, then the meat, then the medicines. The recruits suffered more in spirit than in flesh, and fell out by the wayside to die’ Tne old soldiers cheered them all they cou'd and tightened their own saber belts. Hunger was part of their ratious The gaps made iu their ranks were ghastly. Many whom the bullets had scarred aud spared were buried far from soldierly bivouacs or battle fields. One day the eud came, after much suffering and heroism and devotion. A picture like this, however, is eniy sentenutious | wasa duel. | AT THE. , | Stories of Suffers About That Place The New Federal Marshal Wil Ap- | Pronounced Malicious Palsehoods. | point About a Dozen Deputies. Cross, Ok., Feb. 15.—The blizzard | *4s!is Bazoo | | | Hi i Geueral Jo Shelby, when he ase You will find the Best Grade of Carpets, Also UNDERTAK purchasing, they will help you. Butler Gr this firm at Butler depot. FURNITU RH, Window Shades, Picture Frames, And Carpet Sweepers, for the money in Southwest Missouri. ING in All Branehes. When in need of anything in my lize. let me quote you prices before c. B. HICKMAN. ain Denot Successors to Bryant Bros. & McDaniel, Butler, Mo., are nowy ready and prepared to buy WHEAT, CORN, OATS, FLAX, and all other Seeds and Grains, Castor Beans, &c., for which the highest market price in cash will be paid. Bring your grain to Also keep a supply of FRESH FLOUR, MEAL AND MILL FECD For sale at lowest prices or taken in exchange. Call and see us. iD. D. McCANN, Superintendent. charged storage batteries, will carry you acre aday This sort of thing used to be laughed at, but not in these days of stupandously marvelous inven tions. matter how many wheels he has in =8 the continent in Jess than | Even the craukiest crank, no sion which was soon to be a tradi-|and wouders of the world are solved. tion, a memory, ® grim war spirit,a| Trnly this age is going rapidly in thiug of gray and glory forevermore’] to that of the electrical and we may Stull, look for stupendous revolutions in | Gift to Central College. Fayette, Mo., February 16.—The friends of Central college, located at Fayette. are jubilant over the prince- ly gift of $20,000 to the endown- ment fund of the institution by Mr. George T. Hoagland of St. Joseph, painted that one may understand/his head, is not now permitted to! Mo the superb organization of that divi-| escape until his schemes are realized | In a letter to Bishop E. R. | drix of Kansas City Mr. Hoagland isaid: “If you will raise the full | amount necessary to complete the contemplated improvements at Cen- Hen- | CROSS PEOPLE { NDIGNANT. SHELBY’S PATRONAGE. | bas pas d, and eyerything is spring Much suffering |Sumes contro! of the office of United sul Sie States marshal for the western dis trict of Missouri, will bave about a | j Zen 2 a) itme s nake i a |lar nor near, although diligent search — m eRe Outen ee akon ad The dition to the position of chief depu- \ty. The district marshal exercises jlke in the Strip. daring the last bliz- i, but none has been heard of j was anticipated jand inquiry bas been made. | blizzard the severe that ever swept this country, was perbaps most ONeE which the jurisdiction in- jas for that nobody knows. The snow | : or about fell to a depth of about eight inches |tWo-thirds of the area of the entire 3 2 | state. It requires the services of ‘and drifted till there were drifts to 1d tacad aie font Jeep jat least a dozen deputy marshals to | ids d Great indignation is expressed |S*® that the federal laws are not vio- y lated with impunity in this vast ter- leludes seventy counties, [here today at the Associated Press : jritory, bat the number appoiuted ‘rests within the discretion of the * | marshal. The of deputy United States marshal in this district, out- }dispatches sent our from Guthrie, | detailing hornble sufferng an | the settlers in the Strip , | The report sent out about the pomnes {Stone family, near Cross, in those jdispatches were absolutely false ole aH sei i ee ’ Le aanehels ete (After duigent search, covering al 8 ringfield, rarely pays more than TaGEuEth Olen iron dneenobs single | $2000 ayear The remuneration is j;ease of hardship, much less suffer prolly we ey andlor the Bove: | in east end of the Cherokee | ™ent Is notoriously slow in auditing | was developed, where the terrible |8%4 peyibe foo) bills, omany cof tbe suffering depicted in the dispatches | deputy marshals do not receive was supposed to have occurred. On| theif recompense for from one to ithe other hand, it is believed that |tW0 years after it is earned. Marshal |the settlers in the Strip are better | Tfacy will go out of office with the prepared to witnstand barcships government owing him in the neigh- than those in the city, because they borhood of $15,000 and this debt he expected it and prepared for it dues not expect to be settled for at Fabrications are somewhat allowable |!*85 @ year and a half. It is appar- but outright falsehood is inexcusable. | ©? hat the hosts of applicants who are besieging General Shelby with letters asking for places will obtain no sinecure even if their gratified. lng, | Shortly after the great democratic victory m November 15892, the St. Louis Globe Democrat acknowledg ed the corn in the following manner: “The republican party was beaten because it had taken a wrong posi tion on come of the leading ques- tions of pational concern. It was wrong on the Federal] election mat ter; it was emphatically and fatally wrong on the tariff. The passage of the McKinley law in 1890, was the greatest blunder commutttd by any party since the democratic crime of secession. This thing called McKinleyism—this advance of duties wishes are A salary of $1,000 a year or even less with an uncertainity as to the time when it will be paid, is The marshal is allowed fees in excess of the of the office to ap amouut not exceeding $6,000 a year. He is allowed in addition to this $1,200 annually for clerk bire. Dur- ing the first two years of Marshal Tracey's term of office his fees, in- cluding expenses, reached the maxi- mum, but during the last two years not an alluring political snap. expenses __ be sat erect in his stirrup, the long, “The memory of a glory passed away, Lingers in every heart, as in the shell Resounds the bygone freedom of the sea.” aghast, knowing full well what the sudden call had meant. Suddenly a lone horseman was seen riding at full gallop toward our mess. A shout went up;'twas our fearless and much beloved leader, “Shelby ” As Guaranteed Cure. 2 We authorize our advertised druggist tosell Di. King,s New Discovery tor consumption coug nd colds upon this condition,, It you are afflicted with a cough cold or any lung throat or chest trouble and will use this remedy as di- rected giving it a tair trial and experience no benefit you may return the bottle and have your money retunded. We could but a moment, n not make this offer 1t we did not know : So ea mae rt Kags Nee Diccorete esata be was given; he simply said, “Boys, relied upon, It never disappoints, trial the enemy is upon us, I know you bottles tree at H. L. Tuekers’ Drug Store. Regularsize 50c. and $1.00, are almost worn out from forced ; marching, but I want to say this much to you, when we get South, I} Within the next ten years or more intend to organize a picked regiment | we are destined to see the most stu of calvary. All who dismount and] pendous revolutions in rapid transit. go into this fight, shall be a member Developments are now going for of that regiment.” Saying this, he! ward and experiments being made galloped away to another group.iwith electricity that will shortly How it appealed to my boyish pride! | astonish the world, and as a result T thought of home, of kindred and of these discoveries and appliances ee PP friends, ard felt how proud mother/it may be safely prophesied that would be to learn that her boy was/steam must give way to the new a member of “Shelby’s picked regi | motor that is to day concentrating sment.” The same feeling seemed to|the capital and the intelligence of govern the boys, so down we came. | the country. Leaving our horses with those|Electricians accomplished a vast who wer unable to “go in,” we were | deal when they succeeded in apply Soon in line of battle, and on the|ing the lightning to the rapid move double quick” to the front. Ofthe|ment of city people by the use of battle let Major Edwards speak in|thetrolley. It was the great vietory his own inimitable and graphic style.|for science. But it does not rest “Composed largely of plainsmen,|content. The scheme which two miners, men of the frontier and old| years ago was deemed chimerical, of Indian fighters, the Coloradians|constructing an electrical railroad black plume in his old, white hat, waving in the breeze, he looked every inch a warrior. He halted The Coming Power. every activity of life-—Jefferson City | tral college without further donation Tribune. from me than the $1,000 already = paid I will at once’ commence the A High Liver. Usnally has a bad tiver. eons 1, has indigestion and dyspep-| 41: : sia. It there is no organic trouble a few | within ove year from the time I hear doses ot Parks’ Sure Cure will tone him! from you aeeepting this proposi- up. Parks’ Sure Cure is the only liver | ¢:5y > and kidney cure we seil on a_ positive 8 guarantee. Price $1.00, Sord by Fh. | L. Cucker. The executive committee of the | board of curators accepted tise prop- osition at onee, and the payment of | Subscriptions to the building fund | of $5,000 will be made early, so that the corner-stone laying can take Bitten by Lions. San Fransisco, Cal, Feb. 14.— During the performance at Colonel Boone's arena at the Midwinter Fair! Ta ie : . 7 last night the electric lights went Reece ne Lo diveaiscuii aan eens 2 ivaaaiia < (herd Gn ae Sab ORERD | The curators have purchased six | additional i keepers, Carle Thieman, was attack | sddtional acres of ground prvaking; ‘ z | t2e campus embrace twenty acres. ed and horribly mutilated by two P y fierce lions. Thiemau is pew at the receiving | hospital and grave doubts are enter | i i . : i , acre Electric Bitters hes proved o» be tained as to his recovery. He was' ths yery pest. It ettects a Renianent rescued from certain death by the Cure and the most dreaded habitual sick zs - headaches yield to its influence- We coolness of Colonel Boone, who en- uzge all who are afflicted to procuse a tered the cage and beat the animals | bottle and give this remedy a fair trial. hack from their victim Cure for Headache. 2 Asatemedy tor all forms of Htead- Its cases ot habitual conssipasion Electric 3fateas cures by giving the needed to. the bowels, and tew gases long st | the use of this medicine. Try it once. | Large bottles only Fitt« cents at 13, L. Txecxer’s Drug Store. Park’s Cough Syrap. Has been so highly recorumened to us | that we have taken the agency for it and | now ask our friends who are suffering | with a cold to give it a tyial and it it does not give satisfaction your monev will be refunded. Every bottle is sold on a positive guarantee. Price 50 cents and $1.00. Sold by H. L. Tuckes. Battle With Heese Theives. El) Reno, Ok. Feb. 15.—News neached here of a serious conaflict ‘to-day seven miles from Kingfisher. Allen Defeats Tinsly. The officers overtook the freeing F j band when a sunning fight with St dosepe Mo eben Winchesters took place. One of the | payment ef $20,000 to the endown- |} He is billious | ment fund, and will pay the same! on articles which have been on the dutiable list for from a third of a century to a eentury—has been eon derned finally and eternally by the people. If the republican party is to win any victories in the future, it must drop MeRKinleyisin immediately and permanently, and send all the men who cling to it to the rear.” Ballard’s Horehouud Syrup. 4; We guar syrup ma e thiato be the best cough turedin the whole wide world, fms is saying a great deal but is istrue, Vor consumption, coughs, ids, sore throat, sore chest pneumo- néa, bronchitis,asth crowp, whooping coagh, and a! disea ot the throat and lumgs, we posttively guarantee Ballard’s Horehound Syrup to be without an equal on the tace of the globe. In snp- port of this statement we refer te every incisidual who has ever used it and to every druggist who has eyer sold it. Sucihevidence indispwtanle, Sold by H. TL. Tucker. Twice Robbed in One Day. F1 Reno, Ok., Feb. 34.—The coun- ty store of Wm. Thomas, sixty miles west of here, was entered by bandits and vobbed of $600 and large quan- tities of merchandise. The store- keepzr pursued the robbers and while absent three of the outlaws circled around and re-riffed the store holdiwg Thomas’ wife at bay with rifles. One of the robbers’ horse farrived from they have fallen off. The office, after all expenses are paid, will probably not be worth much more than $4,000 a year to the next incumbent. Very Bad For Cattle. Denver, Col, Feb 15.—Assistant Secretary Zello ef the Colorado Cat- the Growers’ who has via the assoration, Fors Worth ‘Gulf railroad, brings the report of great losses to the cattle growers of the Panhandle country. ‘It took shyee engines to pw) one Pullman car through the drifts,” he said, “and the snow fell to a great depth. The wind was terrific and the cold intense. The Panbandle country hae been etocked pretty heavily and thousands of cattle wil} perish before a change of weather comes on. This storm is probably the worst ever ex- perienced there.” Abovethe Mark Again. Washington, Feb. 8—The treas. ury balance yesterday was $117, 135,- 325, the first time it has been above the hundred million dollar mark for several moaths. This is an increase of 34} million dollars over Tuesday and is accounted for solely by the szbseriptions for the new 5 per cent bonds. Of this increase $28,656,294 was aaptured and reeognized as one recently stolen beve. the same gang reported yesterday | as defving the Kingfisher posse- Officers have gone from here to as- sist in the capture. With regard to the new tariff bill Harper's Weekly says that it is, on a in gold and $5,863,140 in currency. The outlaws |, BEE = are thought to be the Daltons and! Tbe American National bank at Sprivgfield was closed Wednesday by order of the currency. It has a eapital of $200,000, and a deposit of less than $30,000. What is this stopped at nothing, whether by night or by day. When they struck a trail they followed it toa funeral. “Dainn these fellows,” Quantrell used to say, over and over again, “Will nothing ever stop them?” It was very hard to do, Shelby was the only man who ever did, and he had to give up about eight hundred of his very best in less than an hour's between Chicago and St. Louis thet would carry trains at the speed of 100 miles an hour,is rapidly approach ing realization, and before another five years you may roll out of St Louis at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and roll into Chicago at 7, nearly 300 miles in three hours. The New York “Herald” of Mon day morning last prints a whole fighting to do even that much. It] page description of a trolley railroad was near Newtonia, Newton county, | between New York and Philadelphia Missouri, a place where was fought | that will simply annihilate distance tling prize fight took place to-night at McInerny’s hall between Red lists of more than local fame. crowd of 500 sports, the winner tak- $250. the eighth round he was knecked down eight times and in the ninth one of the quickest, hottest, blood jand place the two cities within an ieest little combats of the eivil war. | hour's ride of each other. The plans It was the last combat of the Price|and the company have been formed, Raid of 1864, and took place on the|and the enterprise will, it is said, prairie almost as level as a sea|be pushed rapidly to completion. strand. Blunt, a grand soldierim| On top of all this a “crank” has every way, took up the hunt where | proposed to build an electric railroad and last round he was knocked down five times before he got a stinger in Tinsly and Charles Allen, two pugi- | ing the gate receipts and a purse of | Nine bloody rounds were fought | Tinsly’s nose broken in the third | os : | end his right hand inthe fifth. In| pi. Feb. 16—The Rothschilds| ‘band was wourded and two horses iwere shot. Two officers narrowly escaped. The bandits took refuge They fought to a finish before a i ina deep cauaon and held the of ficers at bay. Recruits haye been sent from here and Kingfisher. The bandits are thought to be members | of the famous Dalton gang. Guarding Paris Banks. bank in this city is guarded by an extra force aga result of Anarchist placards, which were posted upon |the door of the bank, announcing the whole. carefully and conseien- tiously drafted. It faces the situa- tion boldly, applies the knife sharp- dy to some excresences of a protec- jtive growth, and redeemed in a substantial way the promises under which the democratic party came into power. Yet, it makes no such! radical or far reaching ehanges as} will disturb the great mass of the | anyhow the neck, which knocked him out. that a meeting of the society would According to the latest astronom-! be held inside the building, and re- ical data 10,000 double stars have! questing the brethren who were been recorded by the observers of | sijieg this country and Europe- This ex-; ceeds the total number of stars vis- bring with them skeleton keys and | manufacturing industries. 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