Chariton courier., November 12, 1897, Image 3

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GHARW8N G8UR1&R.
Cfc P. VAJrSXTZB,Xd.and Prop.
KEYTESVTLLE, - MISSOURI.
Entered at the Poct-oac at KeytTttle,
Mo., aj MCoad-dAM matter.
Border Countv Notes.
CARROLL.
CarroIIton has a new colored brass
bond.
Jack Brnner of seven miles north
west of CarroIIton has gone insane.
A new 1. O. O. F. hall is exciting
the pride and admiration of the Odd
Fellows' ledge at Hale.
Carroll county has 19 inmates in
her poor house, besides the numerous
editors of the county who ought to be
there.
An interesting protracted meeting is
in progress at the M. E. church in Bo
gard conducted by Rev. James C
Kindred.
Mrs. John Simms of Norborne died
the latter part of last week after a lin
gering illness. She leaves a husband
and six children.
Harry Parsley and Walter Helm
were indicted by the Carroll county
grand jury last week for arson. Their
cases were continued.
The grand jury failed to find a true
bUl against James Linville, who was
charged with robbing Thos. Snowden
of near Mandeville last July.
James May of near De Witt has a
pecan tree measuring 18 inches in di
ameter at the base from which he
gathered 6 1-2 bushels of nuts this
season and sold them for $7.65.
A man named Bitzenburger of near
CarroIIton lost his country home by
fire the other day. A defective flue
was the cause of the conflagration.
Mr. Bitzenburger carried $500 insur
ance. CarroIIton has two more young at
torneys in the persons of Scott Booth
and Howard Allen, who were admitted
to the bar last week after a rigid exam
ination. Almost half of Carrollton's
population is made up of legal lumi
naries. Rev. Geo. H. Wehn, the pastor in
charge, is conducting a protracted
meeting at the M. E. church in Car
rollton, and is being ably assisted in
the good work by Rev. Grant A. Rob
bins of Macon, formerly of Mendon,
this county.
The damage suit of Louis Brennan
of CarroIIton vs. the A., T. & S. F.
railway, which was tried in the Carroll
county circuit court and the plantiff
awarded a verdict for $1,000. has been
affirmed by the Kansas Gty court of
appeals. The nature of Brennan's in
juries was the loss of a leg. Messrs.
Conklin & Kneisley were his attorneys.
Green Titus, a CarroIIton negro.
climbed up in a derrick at the 'VDcox
son building before the guy-topes had
been tightened. The derrick fell with
Titus, throwing him about 30 feet, but
as he alighted on his head he was not
much hurt, only receiving a .scalp
wound 2 i-a inches long and skinning
an elbow. .
Mrs. Wm. J. Brock ot Trotter town
ship, eight miles not th west of Carroll
ton, committed suicide Nov. 1st by
ihootmflr herself in the head with a
0
pistol Temporary insanity, superin
ducedbyill health, is supposed to
have been the cause of the lady's act
-of self-destruction. She was nearly
40 years of age, and was the mother
of 10 children besides whom she
leaves a husband.
Uncle Gecrce" Robertson of Kan
sas Cry, but f.t .nerry of De Witt,came
down to the last named place the last
of last week in quest of two of his
nephews who were travelling over the
country in a covered wjgoi with a
woman of Cl-repute. One of the boys
was under age, and was forced to re
turn to Kansas City with his uncle, but
the other nephew had attained bis ma
jority axd refused to obey the behest
of his aged kinsman, and continued his
travels with his shady companion.
MARRIAGES.
Walter Miller and Miss Eva Knight
of near Norborne.
Richard Anderson and Miss Susie
E. Perry of near Bot worth.
Edward Born and Miss Clara Wolfe
of near CarroIIton.
Chas. Zimmerman and Miss Alice
D. Schaffer of near CarroIIton.
Ola Goodson and Miss Dora Berry
of Blackwell, Oklahoma. The bride
groom formerly resided at CarroIIton.
HOWARD.
John Nye, a bachelor of near liar-
risburg, died one day last week, aged
about 39 years.
Editcr R. S. Walton " of the Arm
strong Herald is recovering from his
severe attack ot typhoid fever.
Rev. J. M. Coleman, a former
Baptist minister who lived at Fayette,
died at his home in Springfield, Mo.,
the 3rd inst.
The Fayette Democrat-Banner is
booming its fellow-townsman, it. tr.
Williams, as a candidate for state
treasury in 1900.
John Baskett of near Estill died
Tuesday of last week of typhoid fever. !
The deceased was 36 years of age.
and leaves a wife to lament his death.
Mrs. Cole W. George of near Bur
ton is no more, having succumbed to
consumption the and inst. at the age
of 36 years. A husband and one son
survive her.
Richmond Greys" chapter. No.
1 at. United Daughters of the Con-
ederacy, was organized at Fayette
last week with a large charter mem
bership. Mrs. H. P. Corprew was
elected president.
Uncle Mose" Ward, col, and his
good wife of near Fayette were thrown
from a buggy by a runaway horse last
week and badly bruised. In addition to
her bruises "de ole 'oman" had one of
her arms broken.
The annual protracted meeting of
the M. E. church. South, at ayeite
began atCentenary chapel last Sun
day. The services are being con
ducted by the pastor. Rev. T. E.
Sharp.
The protracted meeting conducted
at Clark's cftapei oy .evs. j. r
Fisher and V. O. White, divines of
the M. E. church, South, closed Sun
day night of last week with 15 acces
sion to the church.
Mrtm Huber. for manv vears a
citizen of Glasgow, died the first of
last week after a brief illness, having
completed a hard day's work shortly
before he expired. Deceased was
nearly 7 1 years ol$L A third wife,
two daughters and a son mourn his
death.
Noah Gettz, a farmer of near Fay
ette, and Ella Ward, col., were sen
tenced to three months in the county
jail by Justice Warren at Fayette for
unlawful co-habitation. Gettz and
the Ward negress have been living
living together in a cabin on Gettz's
farm. The defendants felt aggrieved
by the verdict in Justice Warren's le
gal mill and took an appeal to circuit
court, which Warren refused to grant
until ordered to do so by Judge
Hockaday.
While on their way to the Blank-
enbaker-Turner wedding at Boons
boror, Romeo Swear ingen and his
sister, Miss Stella of near New Frank
lin, met with a runaway accident in
which young Swearingen was. thrown
out of the buggy and Miss Stella
jumped out, her clothing catching on
the buggy. She was dragged aboat
a quarter of a mile and was severely
cut and bruised about the head, and
had one knee, it is feared, perma
nently injured. Her clothing was
literally torn into shreds. The young
man was not hurt to speak of.
MARRIAGES.
S. W. Folev of Rucker. Mo., and
Miss Ida D-x;herty of near Arm
strong.
UXN.
L. O. Kosno was ordained as a
deacon of the Baptist church at Lin
neus last Sunday.
A Marceline shoe dealer put an
'ad-w in the Mirror last week, and the
facetious editor requested all who were
interested io their soles to look the
"ad." up.
The repairs on the Linn county jail
have been completed, and the Bulletin
boasts that Linn county now has the
safest prison in this pxt of the state.
and has ample room for 16 prisoners.
C M. Kendrick, the versatile edi
tor of the Marceline Mirror, has been
appointed city attorney to fill the va
cancy in that office caused by the re
moval of C D. Watkins to Brookfield.
In accordance with previous indica
tions, the sub-committee of the Linn
county Republican central committee
has exonorated D. B. Or mis ton on the
charge of boodiing in post-office mat
ters. Mr. Ormiston is editor ot the
Linn County JVezas, and is also chair
man of the Republican county central
committee, and has been grinning
like a 'possum since his "exoner
ation.'' As a result of a family quarrel at La
clede last Friday morning Jim Wood
was severely cut in the back, on
the back of the head and on
the cheek with a kniie in the hands of
his brother-in-law, Roy Smith. The
trouble between Smith and Wood was
caused by Smith's having whipped his
wife, who is Wood's sister, Thursday
night. After the cutting affray took
place Smith succeeded in making his
escape.
Brookfield indulged in both the sub
lime and the disgusting last week.
"The sublime" consisted in the annual
meeting of the Y. M. C A. conven
tion in that city, while "the disgusting"
took form in the shape of a free-for-all
fight in front of Gates' saloon, the par
ticipants being Mike and John Burnes,
Joe, Jim and Frank Grant and Ed
ward Gash. The fight lasted about 20
minutes, but no one was seriously
hurt, although considerable blood
flowed from battered noses and places
where the "bark" was knocked off.
All of the belligerents were arrested.
Brookfield was visited by two fires
last week. Monday night B. J. G.
Bettleheim's lumber yard 'and some
other small buildings adjoining were
burned, and Sunday night Thos.
Tooey lost his barn and three head of
horses, and George Milbanks lost a
BTanarv containing c.,000 bushels of
wheat, but a portion of the wheat was
saved in an uninjured condition. Mr.
Bettleheim's loss was $7,000 with an
irsurance ol only $3,000. Mr. Tooey
carried $250 insurance, which will not
more than half cover his loss. ' Mr.
Mflbapk's eranarv costs $o, and
was insured for $300. The wheat
was insured for $2,000. Both of the
fires are believed to have been of in
cendiary origin.
MARRIAGES.
Thos. A. Coran and Miss Nettie
V. Peavler of Sedgwick.
John S. Baker and Miss Catherine
A. McDaniel of Linneus.
W. L. Johnson of Forney, Tex., and
Miss Lizzie Smalley of Brookfield.
Elliott Walker and Miss Mary Lynch
of Brookfield.
Wm. Wychterley and 1 Miss Clara
Thompson of Marceline.
Wm. B. Welsh and Miss Nettie Me
Connell of Brookfield.
LIVINGSTON.
Mrs. Rachel Cow gill of ChiUicothe
died of paralysis at the advanced age
of 83 years.
day McHargue of the Forks of the
Grand river was killed one day lost
week by his team running away with
him.
Chas. H. Francis of ChiUicothe, a
man of telephone tins lame, nas
brought suit against Wm. Smith of
Carroll couniy for $5,000 damages
for false arrest and wrongfully accus
ing the plaintiff of having ob
tained money under false pretenses.
Messrs. Muller Bros, of ChiUicothe are
Francis' attorneys.
The celebrated Sampsel township
"boss case" of Dan H. Williams
against John T. Alnutt was decided
in the Kan sis Cry court of appeals
last week in favor of the plaintiff.
The horse in controversy was not
worth over $25, but the costs ofth;
suit will foot up several times that
amount, which Alnutt will have to
pay.
Burkels Hart, a student at the
ChiUicothe Normal school, hailing
fiom Oklanoma, got on a rip-roaring
drunk the other night and procee le
to make things lively by flourishing a
revolver in the face of his landlady.
Mrs. Thos. Ireland, and aUo poictio
his artillery at the policeman when thi
dme
oucer dme to arrest him. When
arraignei in police court Hart pleaded
guilty to iisturbing the peace and was
fined $io and costs. His conduct
had been so uproarous and disorderly
that he vas expelled from school.
Notwihstanding the halo of glory
that hai recently surrounded Miss
Edna Wiitney, the fair feminine attache
of the Crow Ogar Co. at ChiUicothe,
she has been denied an invitation to
the Eureka Federal Union ball in
Kansas 'Gty November 18th on the
ground that she is a "scab" which.
in labor's lexicon, means that Edna is
not a member of the cigar makers'
union, and therefore is not wanted as
the belle of the ball." After thus be
ing ruthlessly robbed of past greatness
Edna rill feel no "sweller" than the
rest of her sex who earn their bread
by the sweat of their face.
1 Mrs. Luanda Holliday of Chilli
cothe has brought suit against the
Wabash Railway company for $5,000
damages for alleged injuries sustained
in getting off one of the defendant's
trains at Brunswick last January, the
train having started before see got off
on the platform, and as a consequence
she was thrown violently against the
platform bar and door-casing of the
Brunswick depot, resulting in the loss
of the entire use of her left arm, back
and lower extremities, and she has
been confinejd to her bed ever since.
L. A. Martin and James W. Samuels
of ChiUicothe are Mrs. Holliday's at
torneys. .
MACOH.
The new Hannibal & St. Jo. depot
at Callao has been completed.
The brick work on the Thomas
business block at Bevier has been
completed.
Rev. Ward M. Baker is conducting
successful protracted meeting at
Bloomington.
Edward L. Edwards of North
Anabel is dead. He was in his 31st
year and unmarried.
A lodze of the Lincoln Lesion of
Honor was organized at Elmer last
week by Deputy 'Organizer Wilber
Keyte.
Chas. Soldan, Sr., a native of Ger
Inahy, died at his home in .Macon
Thursday last, seed 60 years. He
leaves a wife and eight sons.
Sparks from an engine set fire to
the dry grass and burned two stacks o
hay and did considerable other dam
sge for S. M. Surbeck of West Walnut
last week.
Dr. Thos. S. Rubey. formerly of
Macon, died at his home in Clinton,
Mo., last week. His remains were
shipped to Macon for interment. He
leaves a wife and one son.
Uncle Tommie" Grant, coL, an
old citizen of Narrows township, died
the first of last week of injuries caused
from being thrown out of a wagon just
a week before his death.
Callao's town board reduced the
salary of Marshal Buster from $10 to
$5 a month. Not seeing his way
clear to both fame and fortune upon a
salary ot only $5 a month, Mr. Buster
resigned, and S. H. Fansler was ap
pointed to fill the vacancy.
James Davis, constable of Morrow
township, had a close call at Callao
last week by attempting to get aboard
the caboose of a moving freight train
to go to Mcon. Mr. Davis was
thrown violently to the ground, alight
ing on his head, and was rendered un
conscious for an hour or more, but
has since about recovered. Those
who witnessed the accident regard it
as miraculous that Davis did not
break his neck.'
MARJUACES.
Tinker Smoot of Ethel and Miss
Minnie Perkins of Eevier.
James Smith of Narrows township
and Miss Rosa Higginbottom of Char
iton township.
Alex'Charrottins and Miss Lucy
Lucy Rochetto of Bevier.
George Dawson of Liberty town
ship and Miss Fannie Padgett of Val
i ley township.
I Lloyd E. Barclay of La Crosse and
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1
. Miss Fellie Scheschter of Atlanta.
j George Waters of La Plata and
j Mi Susie Warej of Sue aty
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I U ""tchinson and Miss Clara
j Ures oi L Kata-
j J. W. Roback of Atlanta aad U
THE MORE,YCU SAY
.REMEMBER." ONE
AR0LI
Margaret L Hutchinson of La Plata.
M. L. Richardson and Mrs. M. E.
Porter of Macon.
RANDOLPH.
tt t : : j -r w.l I
ic;u 7 wuiuu auu wuc 01 juou-1
erlv had a fizht. and as a conseouenee I
got into police court. Mr. Lippiman
o - 1
was fined $z.;o and costs, but the case
against Mrs. Lippiman was dismissed. I
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i-T. e, 1. uraasner 01 vuiton xiuiis 1
uuu up ,or repairs, nis injuries consist-
Vl Pucu aujuc ana masncu
: j 1.1- j i.ji
ausea oy nis norse snying to
aitcn.
W. S. Callahan, a former passenger
conductor on the Wabash, died at his
home in Moberly lat week after a lin-
eennfir illness of Bnpht's disease. He
eaves a wife in comfortable drcum-
o o
itances financially. .
"'T , - r:
have its headquarters in this state at I
Moberlv. W. S. Betts of Moberlv is I
department commander. The next I
nnnal nmmnmnt will h rtM at
Jefferson Gty" in October. x8o8.
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There is one young lady, at least, in
Clifton Hill who has no regard for the
sterner sex, as she eats three onions at
each meal, and it she keeps up the
pracucc sne is sure 10 cue an o.a maia .
uniess sne can prove mat sne cau mc
onions as a remedy for cold feet.
L. C Griffin, a Wabash brakeman
who makes his home at Moberly,
hasn't as many toes as he once had.
He lost three of his lower phalanges
while making a coupling at Montgom
ery City last Thursday night. Griffin
had a finger mashed off not long since.
The new stOtC-room and stock of
general merchandise belonging to-Hen-
derson & Summers at Hubbard was
oestroyea oy nre Monaay nigni 01 ia
week.
1 ne posi-omce w as locaiea m
this same building. Messrs. Hender
son & Hubbard carried insurance to
the amount of about one-third of their
loss. The blaze is believed to have
been the work of an incendiary.
Andrew Jackson, a colored citizen
of Huntsville with an unsavory reputa- cent Marmaduke of Sweet Springs; S
tion, was fined $50 and costs m Mayor B. Cunningham of Fayette; M. G.
Bright's court for indulging in a Sun -
day drufik. In the absence ot suffi-
cient cash assets to pay the bill, Jack-
son was given his choice of working
out his fine and costs on the rock pile
w.ut um W4 tc
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IlUiU. IWh
of Moberly upon returning home from
a neighbor's the other night discovered
that some one had been in their house
during their absence, but when the
unwelcome visitor heard the family re -
turning he ran before he secured any
valtiihV. The nrnwlw's fleeing form
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was shot at by Mrs. F. R. Payne, a
drummer's wife, but she failed to bring
down her game. A few nights pre-
vious Mrs. James' residence was bur-
glarued of a silver watch and several
other articles.
MARRIAGES.
H. E. Watts, the Wabash passenger
nrf tirltet a vent at Yoherlv. and Mi&i
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Nora Rothwell of that city.
Tohn Sours and Miss Nonie Reeves
of Moberlv.
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J.B. Merrill of Moberly and Mrs.
, r r 1 1 n.i.J. u 1
M. tucvuruy oi iuicuo, vuiu.
D. O. Gteen and Miss Leon a Green
of near Yates.
SALINE.
Mrs. C. E. Furgerson of Slater died
the 2nd inst. in her 27th; ear.
Tom Hauna of Miami fell out of an
aoole tree last week and ran a stick
through his arm.
Frank J. Benedick, the 2 2-year-old
son of F. A. Henedick.of Marshall,
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died of pleurisy and appendicitis Oct.
31st.
E.S. Gwinn of Slater has been
appoiote-i by Unde Sam to a railway
postal clerkship with headquarters i
5 LOUIS.
:. iami now has a curfew law, and
the smail boy's privileges at that place' at W. C Gaston's Drut St.T.
THE LESS PEOPLE
WORD WITH YOU
have been curtailed until he can
scarcely "a tale unfold.' ' .
A protracted meeting will be com
menced at the M. E. church, South, in
Marshall nt Snnrfaw Y,tr Pw Uichnn
0r Kansas Citv
J "J ...
"n cummingsis serving out a
60-days-sentence on the rock pile at
for ha"nS stopped Hall Baker
lanaaemanoingtnatne give him a
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H dJIne(, tft rf:Syory. an
f-t-
s;derin, his necv worth mor. thjm th.
demand . . , r, imm- .
Sam Hawkins of Slater lost a val
uable saddle horse Nov. 1st. The
animal insisted upon going one way
while Mr. Hawkins had another ob-
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Jccavc Pm IU YKM' ine er put
I .1 l .. l V m
U1C 6lJUt xua siecu, wmcn rearcu up
and teu backward, breaking its neck.
Mr. Hawkins narrow) v esranpri hmncr
caught beneath the horse,
The haUowe'en fiends at Miami,
DOt content wun tne usual pranks ot
that hoodlum occasion, smeared a
number of store windows, doors,
latcnes, signs, etc, witn coal tar. The
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tQ a of from same
barTel :ntersDersed some feathers.
Many of partics m
d prosecutions follow.
Chas. Miller of near Sulphur Springs
was acquited of the charge of assault
ing Etha Williams, col., at his trial by
a jury in Justice C M. Hawley's court
at Marshall. Miller gave the negro
girl a flogging for pushing his daugh
ter off a bridge while on her way to
school. The jury seemed to think
MUler nothing more his
1 duty, and they hereabout right, too..
vincent Marmaduke of Swect
s AaitmzQ of committee
appointed by Gen. RobL McCdloch
-0. nublish - histor- of
i860 to the close of "the late unpleas
antness' in 1865, has called a meet
ing ot the committee to be held at
Jefferson City Monday, Nov. 15th.
The committee is composed of Vin-
1 Quinn of Columbia; John T. Crisp of
Independence; Albert O. Allen of Jef-
ferson Gty. Thos. D. Fisher of Farm-
ington; Dr. J. M. Allin of Liberty, and
j David Weems of Newtonia.
james Hm the Arrow Rock negr0
I who shot down his wife through a wm-
I J T- J " T . -f I... 1 1
Iuow rnuay uigni w lasi wee, resisicu
arrest and fired a pistol at Constable
Beasley, but failed to hit him. Ed.
Townsend, who had been sworn in as
deputjr constable, was also fired at by
Hill, but again the bullet went wide of
1 its target. Townsend returned the
fire and shot the negro in the breast
I an't. r-A nf Kuz-lcVin m-KiVK rni4
w 111. . IVKU W TV W. V-.. tl K JVW
Hill to drop his pistol, and when he
attempted to reach for it Townsend
fired on Hill again, this time shooting
him ia the head. Hill expired 10
minutes afteiward. Hill and his wife
had separated and her refusal to azain
live with him is assigned as the cause
of his haviivr killed her. Hill was a.
..e.cter . . .. .
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have kl,jed a WOman in bt. Iouis six
tMrl afyrt h hl.r tht lxnt
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MARRIAGES.
losepo Butler and
Miss Mary
- Deller of Gilliam.
Frank Peterson and
Miss Hatrie
Vesser of near ;ar shall.
Lews W. Smidt of Seet Spring
and Miss Ella Wessendorf of Black
burn. Stands at the head.
Aug. J. Bogel, the leadiog druggist
' Shreveport, La., says: "Dr. King's
1 xt n: .l. ..i .t.:-.-
tuat
cures ruy cougn, ana it is the hest
-
seller I have." J. F. CampbeHmerch-
. r o-f 1 : . ..."
"l " - rtni". wri ts: ""f
I King's New Discovery is ail tnat is
I , d for . it .. f -
I a sure cure for Consumption. Coul s
"d I n rot a enoui for
I its merits' Dr. kin . New lis.
coverv (oT Consumption. Couls nd
1 1 Colds U not an experinWm. " l h,ts
I l-11 uicu iur a quarter oi. a renv.tr ,
I aua tdav stands st the. irul. It
Uever disappoints. Krre u .a. bottles
I