The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-10
ANDREW COUNTY
It's Organization and History,
NTH "reminiscences, Incidents,
&C., ofMe Olden Time.
YY AN OLD CITIZEN,

hdi vi -. lttis at HO wv lllIS-lOtSc
Of Gallant Rains; the place designa-
ted by the General Assembly, in the
law organizing the county.
The attorneys admitted to the bar
at the term were: Andrew 5. Hughes,
John W. Kelly, Theodore d. Whea-
ton, Prince L. Hudgens and Peter Ii.
Burnett.
The grand jurors for the term we're:
James Davidson, forman; Jonathan
Earles. William L. Rush, Elijah Full
Ter. Hiram Smith, George Walters,
William A. Price, Elijah Walters,
Joel Guppy, James W. Wood. James
Irvine, Abraham Dillon, David Da-
wilson, Mitchell Gillian, Robert e.
lott, Benjamin Williams, Benjamin
Il Holt and James Herring. three of
whom are yet citizens of the county.
They presented ten indictments for
gaming, one for hog stealing, one for
obtaining goods under false preten-
ses, and two for assaults with intent
TO Kill. The gamblers plead guilty,
aud were fined each, by his honor, the
Judge, one dollar and costs. The first
civil case on the docket was Tim Mo-
sier vs.. Coonrod Cliffield and others.
The first ha6cas corpus was issued in
favor of Monroe Hayward.
When the weather would admit,
the courts Were held out of doors,
under a large elm tree. which stood
about where now stands J. c. Wa
terman's fine brick dwelling house,
his honor, "Dave," as he was famil-
iarly called, seated in his chair, eleva-
ted on 4 huge pine box, presiding with
the dignity of a Jay, Livingston or
Marshall, the attorneys and Jurors
occupying humber positions. The
attorneys, when engaged in the trial
Of a cause, used the crowns of their
hats as substitutes for tables. Ball
CROWN hats were then in fashion, and
swallow-tail coats, with collars strik-
ing the wearer about the amatiye or
gan of the Occiput.
The places for the deliberations of
the grand and petit jurors, were spa
CTS cut out in a hazel-patch. sufficient
ly capaciOus to hold comfortably their
occupants. Each Of those jury spaces
were entered by a narrow path. at
the entrance of which were placed
sentinels to protect unmolested the
deliberations of those honorable bod
les.
The following attorneys, in addl-
ton TO The above named. were subse-
quently admitted: 5. l.. Leonard, W.
i. Almond, L. n. Jones. James II.
Baldwin, then regarded rs the bright
est young lawyer at the bar, who died
in early life: G. =. Brown. Lawrence
Archer. Fred. Greenough, Benz.
Hays. w. \. Owsley, Sam II. Camp
bell. Booth Atherton, G. F. Holley,
Willard Z. Hall, +. Z. West. John
Wilson. L.W, Hastings. j. NJ. Young,
James Il. Gardenhire, Ben. Stiles. {.
T.. Ellis. NJ. II. Singleton, a. w. Don
iphan, Il. NJ. Stewart. Henry VI. Nor-
les, James Craig, BENZ. f. Loan. Bella
NJ. Hughes. J. NJ. Bassett, Elijah ii.
Norton and James NJ. Dayis-truly 4
fearful list to ravagc Oh Il new coun-
". Some of these men became emf
nent in their profession, as well as in
politics-Stewart and Hall, Govern
ors of the State; Worries, Supreme
Judge: Hall, Craig, Norton and
Loan, members of Congress: Leon
ard, Almond and Norton, Judges OF
the Circuit Court: Jones, Archer and
Craig, Circuit Attorneys, and James
L. Gardenhire, Attorney General.
Henderson Young succeeded Da.
vid II. Atchison, as judge of this Cir.
cult, who had been appointed to the
United States Senate, as successor OF
Hon. Lewis L. Linn, deceased.
Henry Patterson, who is now a cit
iZen of Holt county, was the first
foreigner naturalized in the county
and Alexander McAlister next; born
III Scotland 1896, emigrated TO Cana.
Ga in 1917, and to the United States
i'll 1921, and alternately lived in An
drew and Buchanan counties, and
over year since died inAndrew cOun.
ty, leaving afamily and warm friends,
Attorneys, in the early days in this
country, were necessitated to travel
the Judicial Circuit, either on horse.
back or foot: and OH one of those ear.
" percgrinations, when the party had
arrived on that extensive savanna,
OF the divide between the One-hun.
dred-and-two and Nodawav rivers,
the then Circuit Attorney Epurred his
horse up by the side of the Judge
and dismounted; and, in a very loud
and emphatic tone, remarked
Judge, b. the eternal, disiaount with
me and lay off your judicial ermine,
and here, on this broad expanse, III
give you the damnedest thrashing
any nan ever received" The judge,
however, was deaf to the challenge,
and rode Oh. During the sitting of the
Court at Maysville, his honor said or
did something that disturbed the equi-
nimity of feelings of the hero of the
''broad expanse,'' that neither Judge
nor attorneys were aware of, until
the memorable scene upon the battle