The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-12
Palpable Negligence or Worse
Traveller Answered.

EDIroR REPUuI AN notice! in Your lat
issue another communication from Traveller.
IN reference 10 the railroad crossing mar rh.-
city, which ia about ~ non-ensical u production
as | have ever seen la print. In this second
letter Traveller" says hc rrash 10 mn wei NY
ACCUSATIONS of Islander ani f.l,ehood. Ii.-
he succeeded? UI- hc succeeded in -ustIi.Ins
his charges agniusi mcy Let a., see. IL vii -.
remembered that in his ilr-I letter he started "ii
with the proposition that there had been Hn nri-r
made by the County Court, ordering thc PIo.
cutting Attorney to compel the Railroad 6 ,inpa.y
10 make the crossing a, good rs 4. W.s briur, iir
railroad was located; aud that | hal wiiIuliv
neglected 10 perform that du.y. lie ~, ; ia Ia.
ia-t letter that lc dsSeTts nothing but " hal IL. can
prorc. Has lie prJrs To- IN" sui-iirtIuI al ANA
one that There was ever such an order ~ rtrr
The record Of the Loiniy Court IL the only evil
dence Of lis action, and any order ml'ir rs IN,
County Court and not matter oir"o"rd, isa IA 70
nuliity, and void; 80 Ii there Il any such an
order Of record. why did not ''Irayci,r'' pub
iii 1t? The fact Is that there i, no such D',i.r
And when ''Ira,ricr' i- called upon Ia pro-
duce the record, he hud- himself cUrnrr,al, and
in his second letter tries 10 excuse hlmScli by
SAY ing that he his heart that ti,rr. VA, ,u;I an
order. urnrssy evidence Il not very good
when il comes ffsm such IL witnc-p "a, ''ila,-
cler.' especially whrn moi supported hy I,.I-.
He further says that there are person, who VIII
swear that such IN order was ~ uic bi the
County Court. Traveller" may have fallen -,
low, morally, thai IL would swear that there |
such M or,ler Of record, but | think wncn II
comes 10 the te.t he will BE- unable to iini nav
one else who would he willing 10 pcrjurr HIM
self in reference To The mailer, especially wn.i
the records oflhr County Court ARE oprn To The
Inspection oil everybody; should either ,p -,
he would probably become connected with "A
prosecution That would not be very pleasant
10 him. II will he observed til Il in HE i,r-t lc,-
he charge, that ! hal authority from The
County Court To sue or pros. cate the company.
and neglected Ia exercise IL; AMI in hi SECOND
letter charges I- with ''unlawiu ASSUMPTION Of
and iiibl" 10 Impeachment" / think
l have iuii, n-w-r-d his charge al NEIL, ci 81
official duty, and the charge OF acting wi,hnu;
authority il loo nOn,r nsic.il 10 require any mo-
lice; but allow me 10 say in ihf- conucrIiun,
that ] do not think II wa> any olcn.r far nIc, ut
The request of''1raycler,' Ur hi, tri,riing com-
panion, To write Ia the rI:lruai com .ins and
urge them 10 make The crossing good: or by
going out with The engineer. at his r-qu"-t, 10
look ut the cruising; nor do I think ic mmiIi.d
Nh impeicllble oIlcn,e, or nn unIaripHaJlc SIN.
" hen there at the crossing, 10 StIggr.l tiS did
Traveller, d" vino thereby rendered him elf LA
Bile 10 the charge of unwafrinic'i assumption of
authority, according 10 his own dcr!irl.ion,J |
changes and Improvements which were thought
necessary 10 make "a good crossing; nor do I
Lhink | am to blame because the COMPANY failed
10 carry out our suggestions, especially when no
right Of the county or any individual has been
compromised or lost by any aciiOn oil mime IN
he matter.
Mr.. Editor, as I said before, ! did not seek
his correspondence, and l um satisfied IL Is be-
coming uninterestlng to your readers, and do
he ma ter, unless "Traveler" continues his un-
attacks upon me, in which event | |
wish To publish one more letter, in which | de-
ire 10 publish The name Of this dupier parsonage, I
who, like the midnight assassin, would stab u
nan IN the dark, or, like II cowarlly sneak that
,e Is, would hide himself behind the screen of
som dc plume, and endeavOr to blast the charac- |
er of one to whom he, personally, pretends
friendship. |
Hoping that this matter may be fairly under
TODD, ! remain, Yours very respectfully.
q. I. BRYAN.