Chariton courier., November 19, 1897, Image 3

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GHARWBH G8UR1ER.
Cfc P. TAJTDlTZB.Sd.ax4 Prop.
KEYTESVTLLE, - MISSOURI.
Entered at tbe Pott-oCle at KeytwriU,
Ho..aaaecoad-clAM matter.
Border County Notes.
CARROLL.
Wm.C AveriH of Carrollton and
Miss Ann Bjrd of Monroe city are to
be married Wednesday evening, Nov.
34th.
The protracted meeting being con
ducted at ock Hill church by Rev.
L. P. Johnson had resulted in 24 addi
tions to the church at last accounts.
A Waken da young man fell asleep
tfc other evenis? while calline on a
young lady. No such a thing as that
would ever happen to a Keytesville
gallant.
CoL John B. Hale of Carrollton is
in very poor health, not having been
able to attend to his professional duties
at the late November term of the Car
.roll county circuit court.
Jesse Jaggers predicted rain for
November 4th. and as it happened to
rain on hat day the Carrollton Demo
rat thinks Mr. Jaggers is entitled to a
blue ribbon as a weather prophet.
The lite protracted meeting con
ducted at. the Baptist church in Hale
by the pastor. Rev. F. C Richards,
bore fruit for the Master! cause to the
-extent of x accessions to the church.
Contractors who are engaged in do
inz covernment work on the Missouri
river above DeWitt are running their
force seven days in the week in order
toc'oroplete the work, if possible, before
cold weather arrives. ,
Only three indictments were return
ed by the Can oil county grand jury at
circuit ccuit last week. We are
glad to note this improvement in our
neighbor morals, and hope it may
prove 'catching in Chariton county.
Jaroi Rtker of near Wakenda had
.his house and barn and the contents of
both buiVings destroyed by fire Wed
nesday. Nov. 10th. The fire broke
out while Mr. and Mrs. Barker were
at Carey cemetery burying their babe.
The De Witt Herald reports that a
number of curly-headed, would-be
sports of Boi worth attended a show at
De Wirt, and after the performance
was over they tanked up on "fire
watet' and left town yelling like a
pack of savages. Perhaps they were
savages, Brother Spencer.
A. J. Burner was adjudged to be of
unsound mind by a jury in Probate
Judge Booths court at Canollton last
week. A guardian was appointed to
look after Mr. Burner! business af
fairs until the unfortunate man can
take a course ot medical treatment
which, local physicians think, will cure
him.
Jim Walker of Carrollton had quite
an exciting experience Thursday even
ing of last week while returning from
Bogard in a buggy. Just as he drove
on to the 'Q tracks at the ML Zion
crossing the evening train came along.
Walker's horse turned quickly and got
out ot the train's way, but the engine
struck one wheel and smashed it into
smithereens. The horse and driver
- escaped entirely.
MARRUCES.
J. W. Long and
nam of Hale.
Miss Orient Put-
Sye B. Mott and Miss Mary Swank
of Carrollton.
W. A. Divi and Miss Delia Smith
of Carroll c m: ty.
W. A. 1 1. ...Icq and Miss Virgie
Graham of Atnodeville.
HOWARD.
Dr. Morrison of Dalton spent Sun
day with home folks in Fayette, so
says the Advertiser.
A. W. Evans bought iS head of cat
tle from G. W. Creason of Burtoc
township for $1,062.
At the partition sale of the old Levi
Alverson farm last week it was pur
chased by . D. Alverson for $2,325.
Died, Saturday, October 30th,
97, Mjs. Nancy Cayton, wile of Win,
Cayton, of near Big Spring church,
aged 60 years.
Geo. Rhea is limping aroend on
crutches as a result of having a horse
fall with him, breaking his left leg at
the ankle.
The Ladies Aid society of the
Christian church at Fayette realized
$30 from their supper rhursday
day evening last.
Glasgow officials are waging war
on the colored crap-shooters, Con
stable J. B. Lewis having bagged four
of them one day last week.
Miss Lizzie, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Lynn, died the 1st
of November at her home in the
Doxie neighborhood at the age of
16 years.
The Glasgow band will give a
Thanksgiving ball at Prices hotel
the evening of the 26th. About 200
invitations have been extended,
and a. grand time is expected.
W. J. Davis, wife and little daugh
ter, who have been visiting the form
er'a mother in Fayette for some time,
left Sunday lor their future home,
Durango, CoL, where Mr. Davis has
secured a position on one of the big
papers of that city as editor.
Fridav afternoon of last week the
residence of Ike Waters of near Fay
ette was destroyed by fire. Every
thing was a total loss as there was no in
surance. The loss is several hundred
dollars, and places Mr. Waters and
family in very bad circumstances.
A special election win be held in
Fayette, November a 6th, to decide
whether the city shall issue bonds to
the amount of $3,000 for the purpose
of boring a well for city water supply.
If the proposition carries and suffi
cient water is found, the proposition
to bond the city in the sum of $20,
000 for water-works will be voted on.
MARRIAGES: '
Emmett Pipes of near White store
and Miss Pearl D. Henderson of
Tulsa,O.T.
LIVINGSTON.
The Chillicothe Mail and Star
makes a very neat appearance since in
its new head.
Mrs. J. Mitchell, aged 56, died at
her home near Bedford last week of
stomach trouble. ' ".
Capt. John Collar, the well-known
insurance roan of Dawn, is reported to
belying at the point of death with
stomach trouble.
Bert Smiley, the night man for
years at the Wabash depot at Chilli
cothe, has teen transferred to Salis
bury as day operator.
John E. James of Avaloo died Nov.
10th from the effects of a strcke of pa
ralysis, aged 45 years. He leaves
a wife and one daughter.
Cecil Haines, aged 14. of Webb
City has been committed to the Indus
trial Heme for Girls at Chillicothe, and
ai lived last week in charge of an offi
cer from that place.
Little 1 2- car-old Jese Pickens, on
of Jesse Pickens, Sr.. of East Third
street, Chillicothe, made a plaything
out of a Winchester cartridge one
evening last week, and he now carries
the cartridge in hli foot.
There was another '"real warm
time on Chillicothe roost notorious
thoroughfate. knon as -Pistol alley
Tuesday night of last week. It was a
bloody fight in which the participants
were Iewis Waller and Frank rnd
Henry Murray, all colored.
Prof Hugh W. Sawyer of Council
Bluffs was last week elected county
school commissioner of his county by
a majority of four votes as a Demo
crat, although the Republican carried
the county by 800. Prof. Sawyer is an
old Chillicothe teacher, and his friends
all rejoice at his success.
A jurv in Judge Variant's court at
ChiHictthr U week decided Attorney
C. E. Yctwer's broken jaw was worth
$370. Verger several months ago
became involved in a row over the
payment for a game of billiards at the
Lindell hotel His jaw was broken in
the melee, and he sued for $10,000.
The old soldiers camp-fire given
Tuesday night of last week at Chilli
cothe was a jolly affair. Many of the
bo) s who wore the blue were out, and
the reminiscences of those days which
tried men's souls cade them feel young
again. Department Commander Piatt
was present and gave the boys a good
talk.
Capt. James Small, a former kaw-
cothean, was last week elected to te
Kentucky legislature from Daviess
county. He was a clerk in the ston
of Judge J.C. Minteer when . the war
broke out and enlisted in the Confed
erate army, and commanded the Chil
licothe company in many battle.
Capt. Small was very popular, and
counted his friends on both sides of
the great civil war.
Earl Andrews, who resides near
Norville above five miles southwest of
Chillicothe, was seriously injured by a
wild boar one evening last week. An
drews was driving the animal to a lot,
when it became vicious and turned
upon him and tore his lower limbs.
Mr. Andrews is not dangerously or fa
tally injured so far as now can be as
certained, but it will be the means of
confining him at home for some
weeks.
MACON.
Eghteen car loads of apples were
shipped from Callao this season.
The State Exchange bank at Macon
has opened a branch banking institu
tion at Ethel. Carl Mathews is in
charge as cashier.
It cost Joe Coates and wife of Ma
con $3 each and trimmings to have a
quarrel and fight. Their fine was as
sessed by Recorder Cox.
W. J. Summers, editor of the Good
Way a Holiness paper published at
College Mound, died the first of last
week, aged about 50 years.
John A. Nickell of Ten Mile town
ship pleaded guilty in Justice Love's
court at Macon to disturbing the
peace of his neighbor, James M.
Combs, and was fined $1 and costs.
James W. Davis of Bevier died
from the effects of a tumor on the brain
the rothinst. Mr. Davis had been a
resident of Bevier for the past 35 years.
A wife and four children survive him.
Miss Lula Hamilton, the Richland
township school marm who was arrest
ed fr r severely whipping one of her
boy pupils, was admitted by a jury at
her trial before Justice Robert Don
aldson. The Callao Journal is in error when
it states that Mrs. S.J. Plurorner.was
awarded a verdict ot $3,000 against
the city of KeytesviWe for injuries sus
tained in a fall on a defective side
walk. The verdict awarded Mrs.
Plummer was against the city of Milan,
the case having been brought to Chari
ton county on a change of venue.
George Blake of near Atlanta had
40 screw-worms removed from his nose
last week by Dr. L. M. Thompson.
Gasoline was used in driving the terri
ble pests from Mr. Blake's nasal or
gan. He says he has no idea how
they got there, and did not know what
ailed him until he was examined by
Dr. Thompson.
Uncle Nas Teter of Kaseyville
lost a fine saddle mare the other day
in the following manner: Vr. Teter's
son rode the mare to the Chariton
bottom and tied her to a tree. She
became frightf ned at the report of a
gun and made frantic efforts to get
loose by pulling back. The rope was
cut in two, which caused the mare to
f-ll in such a way as to break her neck.
MARRIAGES.
Wm. A. Fox and Miss Annie
Roberts of Cash.
W. H. Jones and Miss Maggie
Davis of Bevier.
Wm. O. Perkins and Miss Lizzie M.
Steele of Atlanta.
Hans Anderson and l.x. Olevia
Nass of Goldsberry.
James Cavanaugh of Callao and Miss
Allie Anspaugh of Bevier.
Hardy A. Lounsberry and Miss
Leila J. Johnston of Ethel.
Henry M. Ross of Walnut and
Miss Elizabeth M. Magers of Nind,
Adair county.
Lieut Hamilton S. Hawkins of the
Fourth U. S. cavalry of Fort Yellow
stone. Wyo.. and .;iss Helen Smith of
Macon.
Jacob Fulk of Excello and Miss
Maggie Patterson of Moberly. The
bridegroom is 44 and the bride but 16
years of age.
RANDOLPH.
Randolph county has Xf inmates
in her county poor house.
Mrs. A. B. Holt of Moberly is
dead. She was 54 years old and fell
a victim to Bright' s disease.
Chas. C Nichols, a Moberly young
man, died on the morning of the roth
inst. of consumption, aged 22 years.
The Missouri State Horticulture
association will hold its annual meet
ing this year at Moberry, Dec. 7th,
8th and 9th.
Ex-Congressman U. S. Hall has
dropped into further oblivion by the
burning of the post-office at Hubbard,
Randolph county, the place where he
got his mail.
Rev. W. A. Simmons, the pastor
in charge, assisted by Rev. Conrad
of North Carolina, commenced a
protracted meeting at the Baptist
church in HuntsviUe last Sunday
night.
A Moberly tomb-stone man sold
two monuments last week, one of
which is to be erected to the memory
of W. J. Bryan and toe other to that
of James J. Corbett. Both of the
deceased are buried in Monroe coun
ty. The Union church at Renick, own
ed by the Baptist and Christian de
nominations, was burned to the
gTound the first'of last week. The fire
caught while services were being
conducted. An imperfect flue was
was the cause of the fire. The edi
fice was not insured.
In some mysterious manner fire
broke out on Warren Rutherford's
dairy farm near HuntsviUe Thursday
of last week and quickly spread over
two large meadows, destroying about
1 $ tons of hay belonging to 'Uncle
Billy" Rutherford. It required the
Herculean efforts of a number of men
to get the fire under control.
Mrs. L. W. McKinney of Moberly
cut off the end of her finger while
splitting kindling wood a few days ago.
The women of the .Vagic city will use
this as an argument henceforth
against performing any further
domestic duties in lh.it direction, an.i
the men will cither have to cut kind
ling wood or go hungry.
Irwin Boque, one of the carrier
boys for the Moberly Democrat: is
laid up for repairs, having broken his
his right leg just above the ankle.
The accident was caused by a negro's
having accidentally run into the Boque
boy on the street, knocking him down
in such a way as to break his leg.
Ezekiel Evans of near HuntsviUe
died at the remarkable age of 94
years. He leaves a valuable estate.
$5,000 of which is left, by will, to
to his second wife, while the remain
der of deceased's property goes to his
children by his first wife. Mr. Evans
was a native of Kentucky, but had
lived in Randolph county for 61
years.
MARRIAGES. .
Fred Wheeler and Miss Minnie
Wheeler of Higbee. The marriage
took place in St. Joseph, the couple
having eloped on account of parental
objections to the union.
SAUNK.
The Miami public school contribut
ed $18.55 to the Eugene Field monu
ment fund.
Dr. C H. Wells and wife of Sweet
Springs recently celebrated their
golden wedding.
The Missouri river is so low that
it is reported it can be forded just
below New JfrankforL.
Rev. Paul Price, accompanied by
his own singer, is conducting a pro
tracted meeting at the Paptist church
in Gilliam
Mrs. R. N. Sherer died at the home
of her father, Wm. Avery, in Marshall
Wednesday. Nov. 10th, in the 32nd
year ct her age.
The editor of the Marshall Demo-crat-Xews,
ho l.as ptobably never
been to Keytesvil.'e, says that Marshall
continues to be the best town in
America.
Elmer By bee of Marshall was ar
rested at Kansas City last week upon
a warrant sworn out by Prof. E. Fish
er, charging Bybee with having stolen
the affiant's bicycle
The safe in A. W. Deis' -Red"
j store at Marshall was burglarized of
BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF WIT.
GOOD WIFE! YOU NEED
AFOLfl
$7 Tuesday night of last week. The
burglar or burglars had not been cap
tured at last reports.
Messrs. Byers & Beebe have leased
Hotel Saline at Slater for a period of
five years, vice Landlord Usher, who
was compelled to give up the hostelry
on account of Mrs. Usher's poor
health.
John W. NefT died of pneumonia
the 9th inst. at his home near Slater
in his 89th year. The deceased was
a native of Tennessee, but had resided
in Saline county since 1835. Six
j children survive the father, Mrs. N?f5
having died about two yearsag6.
Scott Brown, col., of Slater is in the
county jail to await trial for, numerous
thefts and other shady transactions
at Slater, prominent among which
were burglaries committed at Haynie
Bros, and A. Montgomery's grocery
stores.
While engaged in threshing wheat
on his farm in the Blosser neighbor
eood, J. W. Blackburn had 300 bush
els of that cereal destroyed by sparks
from the engine setting the straw on
fire, the flames soon getting beyond
control, Wednesday afternoon of last
week.
The Miami correspondent of the
Slater Index, who, perhaps, doesn't
care how much his boys bother other
people nor how late they stay out at
night, hauls Miami's city council over
the coals for having passed the cur
few ordinance. The correspondent
seems to have been hit squarely in
the solar plexus.
A. M. Irwin of Memphis, Tenn., who
recently left that city on account of
the yellow fever plague, was stricken
down with the disease after reaching
the residence of his brother-in-law,
Sherman Huston, near Malta Bend.
The case was taken in charge by Dr.
Brown, a Malta Bend physician, who
pronounces Irwin out of danger.
Owing to the recent heavy frost no
spread of the disease is anticipated.
At "a coon jioe" on Crow creek
some 12 miles south of Miami several
nights as;o a free-for-all fight took
place in which Charlie Brown was
shot in the shoulder, George Smith
in the ankle and Burgess Thompson
in the hand. Nathaniel Glasgow,
Alex Johnson and Charlie Brown were
arrested, and their trial before
Justice Edwards at Fairville, resulted
;n Glasgow's being bound over on
two charges carrying concealed
weapons and assault with intent to
kill. The case against Johnson, who
was charged with carrying concealed
weapons, wa dismissed and Brown
was fined $50 for "the fun" he had.
The Miami News says the most la
mentable feature of the whole affair
was the wonderfully poor marksman
ship display e'.
MARRIAGES.
C T. Hightower and
ohnson of Marshall.
Mrs. B. A.
James Morrow of Marshall and
Miss Birdie Houston of Sweet Spring's.
Nelson Johnson, one of the promi
nent citizens of Bucklin township died
Nov. nth of pneumonia fever. He
leaves a wife and six sons.
Six "hobos pleaded guilty to va
grancy before Recorder Brott at Brook
field, and they are now working out their
fine on the streets and rock pile.
The Journal siys that Marceline
is free from diptheria, the schools are
running as usual and the "scare' is only
remembered a a thing of the past.
Still it is Postmaster Wheeler at
Marceline, and while the Republicans
are watching every mail for encourag
ing signs the Democrats are serenely
sitting in the saddle.
Some young men have been camp
ing on the Chariton river "frog hunt
ing." They have been marketing an
average of 200 frog legs a week,
receiving $1 per dozen.
A burning flue on the house occu
pied by Chas. Bryant near the college
at Brookfield last Saturday caused a
fire alarm. The firemen responded
quickly and saved the building.
A team of 5-year-old horses, good
size, sold for only $32 on the streets
of Marceline last week. This is the '
kind of Republican "prosperity" the
Journal doesn't like to talk aboutv "
Thursday of last week, Homrf
Moore of Brookfield,
footbal , had th f .
. u- misfortune lo get
his shoulder fShtm
.e will be laid up for several days.
Burglars entered the residence of
Moses Fifield last Friday night near
Brookfield while he was away from
home and relieved him of r in
-r - j
money, a revolver and a pair of spec
tacles.
W. H. Dickson of the depot lunch
room at Laclede and a "coon" by the
name of Haley had some words, when ;
Haley hit Dickson on the head with a
piece of iron making a bad scalp
wound. Haley was given ten days
in jail.
The shoe store of John Walker of
Brookfield was burglarized last week. .
The burglars got into the establish
ment by prying open a window in the
rear of the building. They secured
five pair of shoes and one pair of boots.
The police are on the lookout, but as
yet have obtained no clue to the per
petrators. All the money necessary for the
erection of a new mill has been sub
scribed to build a mill at Linnms and the
lumber is all on the ground to com
mence the building. Mr. Swinney
will leave in a few " days to purchase
the machinery. A good mill is thus
assured and will . be conducted in a
business-like way.
The Marceline Journal ' has this to
say of "Jim" Potts, a former Keytes
ville boy: J. M. Potts left yesterday
morning for Dallas, Tex..- where he
will conduct a series of auction sales
for jewelers of the Lone Star state. Hs
goes under a long contract at a big
salary. Jim has already made an envi
able reputation as an auctioneer, and
there is not a failure on his long rec
ord of sales all over the United States.
Mrs. W. R. Tubbs of near Marce
line has fallen heir to the sum of $4,
000,000 by the death of a relative in
Holland. The estate is known as that
of the Kunkler's estate, and was to
fall due to the third generation of
which Mrs. Tubbs is one. The papers
verifying her heirship have already
been received and forwarded to HoK
land, and Mrs. Tubbs expects her por
tion by the first of the year. The whole
estate is valued at $85,500,000,
Died, in Brookfield, Nov. 8th. Ger
trude Margaret, beloved wife of J. E.
Sims, in the 27th year of her age. The
funeral occurred from the Catholic
church Wednesday of last week, and
was largely attended. The deceased
had been ill for about nine months of
consumption, and was resigned to die.
Two small children are left without a
mother their best friend on earth.
The bereaved husband, a young rail
road man, has the sympathy ot many
friends in this, the darkest hour, of his
life,
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MARRIAGES.
E. C Wright and Mrs. Sarah John
son of Brookfield.
Chas. Berry and Miss Hattie
hurin of Laclede.
Ma-
Frank Doyle and Miss Mary Dev
ins of arceline.
"Speck" Edwards of Laclede and
Miss Gertrude Tooey of Brookfield.
By this marriage Edwards win not be'
prosecuted for having abducted Miss
Tooey in company with 'Polly" Pease
of near Laclede, who at the same
time abducted Anna Love, also of
Brookfield, and the two traveled about
the country with the girls for several
weeks in a covered wagon. Pease
also avoided prosecution by marrying
the Love girl. It remains to be
seen what will be the out-come of
such ';roarriage3."