The Sedalia weekly bazoo., 1878-05-14
FROM BOWLING GREkN.
A Lively Council MestinR-Spirited
Discussion-Mass Meeting, Res
olutions, Etc.


BowIIxa GREEN, No. Nay 6, 1873
'e- Editor Basoo:
o' Bowling Green, seat of Justice for Pi
county, is situated at the junction Of I
keokuk Short Line AID the Chica,
IL Quincy 4 Alton Rail oadr, and Contains
&c population Of about 100. Bpwling Gre
al has always borne the reputation OF being
s. very quiet ane peaceabIe town. Just
d present. however, Bowling Green j. IN
d iuror over 4 little matter which AN enc
;. setic Young disciple Of Blackstone has -u
e ceeded ia une~rthing. In 1873 Bowl,
tir-en people tired of the u,onolony of
s village lie, aud anxious to secure "ILeI
b selves and their p"-rerily the priril~g
IA "f their metropolitan cousins, took up.
themselves the responsibility Of organizi,
a town government ani appointing town g
ficers. All the reqnir. mrnls Of the law We,
supposed to have been strictly compile
with AMI the new city function aries entere
upon their respective duties with "A viz
pregnant with promise of future good. Til
vigilant policeman strolled his " be II, :" All
woe unto We wo,shipper at the shrine O
BAcchu-. for verify the hand If the &C p
would~t take thee in out of the wet, and
ia lieu of modest donation to defray cat,
EXPENSE" thou would-t be made to Ian
guish in the silent "cooier" and there re-
pent of thy folly. These III ngs went on
while weary Time winged his fight. Saloor
/. keepers paid their licenses, took their re-
ceipls and sold their "piEen." "AlI, in
the language Of the immortal bard, " went
! as merry AS a marriage bell" But to all
; things there's an end, aud 50 there vas to
THIS happy siate of affairs" The new
town board elected last April. believing thai,
the town should be recognized, employed
young attorney from Clinton, named
GaiewOoi, to draw up new articles of organ
Ization. The articles of organization were
drawn uP by Mr.. Gaiewood (who in the
meantime had been elected town attorney
and presented TO the board, by which they
were unanimously adopted, with the excep-
tiOn of the rate per cent. Of tax alton, which
xss deferred until next meeting on account
of the absence of one of the leading men,
ber-, DIR. Reynolds. At the next meeting
the IA .tter was presented to the board, and
= hot discussion er,sned between the town
and DIR. Reynold,, the former in
si>ting that the rate should be fixe! at l-5
Il ] per cent, and the latter that there
should he no direct tax levied upon the citi
Lens. claiming that the fines and liquor d. |
c-nses would defray the expenses Of the |
Town. Mr.. Gatewood, however. carried his |
point, greatly 10 the chagrin of Reyn- |
lids who Immediately, therefore, sat
lown and wroie out his resignation. |
This action and his hearing IN the matter
tung GatewOod 10 the quick. and in the
midst Of the greatest trmult he Ieaped to
',s fee: and launched forth upon Reynolds
lead a torrent scathin invec,ive, calling
lin "a thief," who. while in the Legislature
1 Missouri voted for . state tax of IL per
ent. to advance Radica: ideas of reform,
md who, to crown his acts of infAmy, voted
or the Infamous aud unconstitutional "con-
scatioE law" by which the property of
Of Confederates in Southwest
iissouri was placed under the hammer.
Winding up he used the following re
lsrkabIe language: 81 would rather
arm my back upon my Savior than be
uilty Of ingra,itude." Reynolds having
rev;Ou-Iy received favors at the hands Of I
A We would naturally cup
ose the meeting broke mp in row and all
'ent home thoroughly di-gusted with "ciiy q
ovrrnment" The town attorney now be- {
ewing that REYNOLDS and his friends would .
ppose the collection Of taxes in the courts.
egan to search the records Of the town q
nd the Supreme Court decisions, in regard I
the "a. m.tter. To his. Ms veil as everyhoiy
SEES surprise and establishment, he found
lat the town had never been legally in
'rporated. and that therefore, all Of its
roceedings, from the time Of its suppo--d
/
Onal. This was Il bomb shell. The Board
et in extra sessiO., discharged all the
ty Offices and declared itself, M Paey
ould say, non est. And now the Bowling
reen people are in horrible expectancy,
arful that either the negroes or ru-iics
'ny take advantage of their ipelplessness
nd raise Cain" Day before yesterday
,ere Was MASS meeting uf the citizens
"a about Fifty nine wherefores, be il re
'lved's &c I, were passed, hearing on all the
nportant subjects Of town government.
nd, MIR. Editor, there is good ground
r the present excitement when We come To
'nsider the matter in the true light, All =,
'e fines paid for plain drunks, and in facr
I other kinds of dsunks, as we'll as for
quOr licenses. can be recovered from some a
dy. and the question Is, Who? That's a
hats the matter with Hannah. The fol. :,
wing are the rr~oluiion- adopted: -
WHLREAs, A question has arisen before
e de facto Board of Trustees of In. inhabi- -
nts "i the town Of Bowling Green. as to .
e legality at the town incorporation \
,der which they have t,een acting and
Wa REAs, Said Board Of Trustees, on
c"unt of said question. have called the E
esent meeting oi citizens, oi SAID town, To ..
nsideI what steps are necessary to br .,
ken in ih. premises; and -
WHEREAS. 1t is found upon q G.
scu-sion and consideration Of the mat
e bv this meeting Of citizens that \
e county court in the order of
corpor siion Of the town included within
e incorporate limits of the Same large o
strict Of country ad accent TO. aud not e,
ithim the: inc Corporate limits of the town n
I'd its additions ~ shown ty the
corded plots in the recorders Office, and
WHEREAS, The Supreme Court Of the 1
ate in the case Of the State ex rel, etc. Va a
cReynolds ct nj reported in the 6l-t No. II
. page 203 declare that an order 40 made
null and void, and
WHEREAS, There IL great uncertainty a
} TO the town nov being legally incorporx- s,
d by virtue Of any special act of incor.
'ration heretofore passed by the general
'sembly, and