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0 ia a eMaa YOr HAVE MET HIM. KlLLhD A l A DANCE Bnrr Mitehr 11 Shoots and Kills James Atkins. A lamentable Affair Facts Concern ins tlu Case. Glnton I'eniocrat. Last night news reached this city that a shooting affray had taken place between a couple of younor men well known in this neetion of the county, while at a dance, resulting in the death of Jamea Atkins. The facts in the case we have gained by the most difficult investigation, and n near aa we can learn are as fol lows: It seems that there existed between H. B. Mitchell and James Atkins, the former about 26 years of age and the latter about 22, a bitter feeling, the origin of which we do not know. But from the statements of different ones, on several occasions there has been a spirit of ill will exhibited, and a conflict seemed inevitable. There are different statements in regard to I the case, and we rive below the evidence of some good and reliable parties. W. S. Duncan, an intimate friend of Mitchell's, who went to the place of action last night, and who is quite well informed, relates the fol lowing: ,' James Atkins, his brother Malcomb and another young man attended the dance given by H. B. Mitchell and friends at the residence of Mr. Luke Powell last night, without an invi tation, and for the purpose as James Atkins informed his friends before Land of "doing up Burr Mitchell." Ho said J. Atkins presented himself in the doorway of the room in which the dancing was beiner conducted. having buckled around his waist a revolver and cartridges, and a pair oi brass knacks in his pocket, nil of Which he at the time exhibited to one of tin guests. Mitchell came up to Bum while there and began remon strating with him for being there, and they came to blows. Atkins 6t ppd back off the portico onto whh the, door, in which he was ?W&kOpn8, , at the same time a.-awing has revolver and covering Mitchell. Mitchell had been warned beforehand of Atkins' intentions, anil. ??rI,fifh8 disposition, had gone prepared for the worst, and when Atkins covered him with his revolver Mitchell, who was standing in the light of the doorway, saw Atkins wno was receding in the dark W the advantage of him, so in order to le on equal footing with his antatra trial he stepped quickly off at the 610Q oi tee portico, at the same tim drawing Jus revolver and covering Avians. Aucms walked sideways and Iwckward, with revolver cocked and covering Mitchell. Mitchell followed, revolver in hand, covering Atkin t nd commanding him to throw up uis aands. hen they had trone in (his manner some fifteen or twenty wops irom the house Mitchell's re volver was discharged. Atkins, be ing a lelt handed man and hold; 'tis revolver in his left hand, of course presented that side to Mitchell and received the shot in the left arm, pwaing almost through the body! XmpelUtelT after the nhfWi'n.. tttehell came to town and gave him- sen up. Further, Dr. Meenes, who was summoned immediately, after the fihooting to hold an inaut r. v ody of Atkins, gives the following u -garu o uio aHray, which he says was gleaned from the testimony given j tmcflfl uu uue coroner s Atkins seemed to have eome to the dance at the residence of W. L. t owell, who Hves in Davis township, about 6 miles southwest of 'filintnn without an invitation- The pWty kvikb up under the auspices of H. B., commonly known as Burr nutcbeu. Some difficulty had pre- wvuwy arisen between the youn upon the arrival at the house. iucneu told Mr. Powell that Atkins was expected at the dance, but that ue had no invitation. He told him ian trouble was likely to ensue and eu permission to order him from the premises in case he should ar rive. " This Mr. PoweU did notgrant,but said that in case he (Atkins) made any distuibince, he would attend to him. It was not long before Atkins came between 8 and 9 o'clock. He stood on the portico near a door that was opened into the room where the dance was being carried on. Mitchell came to the door and ordered him away. Atkins declined, and the former at once began to strike at him, and as they came near the end of the porch, Atkins was knocked off. He immediately arose and drew a revolver. At this Mitchell also drew a 44 -calibre revolver and covered Atkins with it, and ordered his retreat. The latter was retreating down the walk to the gate when Mitchell fired his pistol, the ball entering the back left shoulder of Atkins and going nearly through the body, and was cut out of the left breast. Dr. Menees, the coroner, was sent for, and upon the arrival of the intelli gence in Clinton, Deputy Sheriff Jas. Bennett and assistants went to arrest Mitchell, Sheriff Elliston being un well. In the meantime, however, Mitchell had come to town and given himself up and was placed in jail. H. B. Mitchell's father removed to this county from Iowa about 21 years ago, and located on the present homestead, 6 miles west of Clinton, in Davis township. His father, W. F. Mitchell, died about 8 years ago. He has a mother, three sisters and a brother in Idaho. Burr is single, about 20 years old, and has borne a good reputation for industry, sobrie ty and personal conduct. O. A. Mitchell, a cousin, accompa nied him to town last night after the killing, to give himself up to the officers. They arrived between 10 and 11 o'clock, a couple of hours af ter the act was committed. After onsulting with his attorney. Mr. Fyke, he gave himself up to Sheriff Elliston. The dead man was about 23 years of age, of good family, the son of a widowed mother, Mis. Zelphia At kins, who resides on a farm about two miles from where the killing was done. His family was one of the oldest in the county. Our reporter, in order to fflean whatever additional information he could, visited the residence of Luke Powell, in Davis township. Mn Powell said: A party was given to the young people of my neighborhood last night, Burr Mitch ell had it in charge, and did the in viting of the guests. Some twenty five or thirty ladies and gentlemen were present. The dancing began at 8 p m., and about 8:30 James At. kins arrived. Burr Mitchell had told me he understood Atkins and two others were coming to the party to have a difficulty, and asked mv permission to notify them not to come in the house. I told him it was best to avoid all danger nf difficulty, and to meet Atkins and his mends and tell them of the rennrt he had heard, and that I would go with him to meet them if they came, not believe they would come. Atkins came without the ntw parties, but at once asked for c nt vu, V. them, and the trouble began on the iront porch of the residence Wfr I knew anything about it. an,1 r.;i the shot was fired I did not what was going on. Several otW men in the neie-hhnrhrwii. were not invited attended the party . uxcua bou wunesset the meeting of Mitchell and Atkins on the porch. Mitchell told him to leave that he ma nnt .. , . nouieu. At kins answer he did not hear. A CrOWd Of VOlltlrr mtn n. porch, but he could see Burr Mitch- a at Attins, whom he follow ea on the torch n1 - toward the wire fence about thirty yards, where the shooting occurred, the parbculars of which he did not OUR 1 (1 A, . .... " Graphic Pen. Pit tnre f an Individual Whom All -f Ts Know, f I see frequently and this photo graph will be recognized by thouiands upon thousands of men of ffairs I see frequently in cafes, at public dinners, in the rendezvous of oen or the world, a heavy jeweled fat paunched man, who is known Every where by an abbreviation of hii first name, who is regarded as a bon vivant, whose stories are told and retold in circles far beyond those in which he originally gives them, and who would probably be spoken of, if he were to die to-day, in all to morrow morning's papers as a pnnce of good fellows. His home hasn't seen a happy hour in twenty yars. His wife long since closed the loor of her heart with a bang, and the dust upon its threshold gatlers slowly enough to be disturbed. His children have grown to man's esfate, some good, some bad, but not one of them who hasn t felt the iron keel of his father's tyranny, not one of them whose heart hasn't been pferc ed by the iron shaft of his father's relentless selfishness. Treat a great crowd, open a basket of wine on racing day, soft-shelled crabp, birds and bottles galore at Brighton Beich, at Long Beach, at Long Branch! at Hollywood oh, yes! but at hme "These bills are too big," "This ex penditure must be stopped," "Coal all gone? Nonsense," "Seems to me these servants cost more than ever," "Oh, well, if you don't like it you can do the other thing," "There, I have had enough of that, don't bother me any more," and away he goes, banging the doors, wreatling his ugly mug with the May morring sunshine and emitting the Hay morning fragrance of which the good old dominie wrote, so that all men outside may call him blessed, vhile the woman he swore to love and cherish mourns for the lost affection of her youth, and the children whom he was instrumental in bringing into the world wonder why their father should be so ugly and so cross. Joe Howard, in Boston Globe. Boonville Pastures Burned. Boonville, Mo., Sept. 21 Thife south bound train on the Missouri. Kansas & Texas railroad was passing tne city yesterday sparks from the locomotive caused the grass to ig nite. The farmers in the neighbor hood were called to the scene by the huge blaze spreading in every di rection, and for three or four hours tried hard to stay the flames, but the city fire department was finally caned upon to assist. Not until this evening did they succeed in quench ing the flames. The loss is estimated to be about $5,000, there being a great area of pasturage destroyed, two hne vineyards injured, and some six or seven hay stacks totally de stroyed, with a large lot of fencing. Itch, Mange and Scratches m kind curedin 30 minutes by Wool-1 lord's Sanitary Lotion. A sure cure and pertectly harmless. Warranted by VV. j. Lansdown, Druggist, ouuer, mo. 5-iy HE3E 1 3D E ARE SCARCE & WANTED. I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE FOR ALL THE Wool, Green and Dry Hides, Sheep Pelts, Tallow, Feathers, Beeswax and Rags offered, in Cash. LEWIS HOFFMAN NORTH MAIN STREET, BUTLER, MO. WEIY NdDT BUY YOUR Bry Good' hp BOOTS AND SHOES K FIB GOODS. Where you can get them as represented. A large stock to select from. Good quality, low prices, a call will convince you of the fact. RESPECTFULLY, J. M. McKIBBEN. for allmsorderscfSS Stomach, Lkcr). arid Ocrr' mm. EJACLC. f STRCTLYVGETACLC. v urc-frmsupniion. liwV .,.!., petite. Biliousness v For Sale bv all Pr PACIFIC kakuf:: v THE BUTLE 1 Are now ready tor businee, Si Attention given to oraifi ft Such as Roll Csrd.ng,Cardiir; - Spinning and Weaving. Will exchange BLANKETS, FLANNELS, JEANS and YARNS for OT7"CCDCtDBLa BUTLER, MO., MAVjui, ,887, Bennett, Wheeler & Co. Dealers in the Celebrated Ma MrMk hum told Bnrr intJl I"! - . , uu remained in tHe yard about five minute ,- ; was a bad Piece of business, when Mitchell said "I did not want (or did not intend) to kiU him. Mr. PoweU snowed our T-ptwit4. .l rv e. 1 where fresh dirt bnd S . . coTer the funmnVo , iF , had flowed out of the death wound onto the grass. Near this was found a smaUbottle of perfume, J? have been in the pock f .1 J The Revenue Dispute. There is not a human beins- who cannot live without whisky and to bacco. They are unnecessaries luxuries. On the contrary, men, women ana children must be fed clothed, housed and warmed. These are necessities to living. The so called protectionists want free whisky and cheap tobacco in order that the op me prices of clothing, food, coal and lumber. Thp reformers wish to retain the tax on wmsky and tobacco, knowing that only those who use them pay the taxes upon them, and at the same ume reduce the tax on necessities, the most important of which are the taxes on the raw materials wool, hemp, jute, iron ore, coaL salt, lumber and dye stuffs. The tax dis pute in a nutshell is: Is it best to nave tree whisky or free wool? Phil- aaeipma ilecord. .Bradley, Canton. Deere and Brown Cultivators; Pattee New Departure Toneueless Cultivators. Deere Keystone Rotary Drop Corn Planters With Deere All fcteel Check Rower with Automatic Reel. 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