The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-09-18
RICH HILL RACKET.
Trouble in the Southern Meth
odist Church Causing
Much Comment.
All of the News Current in the EN-
bryO Oil City-Personal
Mention, Etc.


goods.
Mrs. w. T. Marsh has returned from
an all summers visi, with relatives in
North Missouri.
Mr. w. E. Higgins left last week for
the purpose OF attending school at Law
renee, Kansas.
Mr. Herman Loeb who has been visit
ing his parents in Germany all summer
will return home Friday.
Miss Fannie Tefft, telegraph operator
at Butler, spent Sunday last in the city, the
guest of Miss Laura Lowe.
Mr.. q. j. Foot returned Monday, from
Olathe, Kansas, aud will again engage in
oil prospecting near Rich Hill.
There were forty-eight arrivals at the
Talmage house saturday last, seven of them
being oil men from Bradford, Pa.
"A series of meetings are being conduct
ed at the G. p. church. Rev. Fullerton, OF
Kansas City is assisting Rev. Claggett
Miss "CIaire Scott" gave very salts
factory entertainment Saturday night to a
full house, all parts being carried we'll.
John Perry, of Fort Scott, who is quite
largely interested in the coal business here,
came up Monday in the interest of his af-
fairs here.
PROF Edwards and wife have returned
from their summer vacation, having en-
gagged to teach In the public schools here
this winter.
Mr.. Robert Manly, of the Talmage
house book store, is quite sick with ma.
larial fever. He will attend school at
Lawrence this winter
A meeting of the stockholders OF the
Rich Hill coal company has been called
for Sept. Is, to consider the proposition of
increasing their capital stock to 81 ,OOO, 600
Mr.. J. NJ. McKibben, of the NJ. j
Cordes mercantile company, and wife re-
turned Friday from months visit at the
lakes. He looks wonderfully improved in
health.
Col. e. II. Brown and wife have re.
turned from their trip to the western slope
looking much improved in health. The
colonel says he saw no place with which he
was better pleased than Rich Hill.
Postmaster Hill, of Hume, was in the
city Saturday, en- route to Butler. The
day previous Mr.. Hill had an alteration
with Williams, of the Hume News. In
W
worsted. 1t is thought the trouble is NO,
yet ended.
Mr. John NJ. Carr and family have
gone to Franklin, Tenn. Several of his
creditors learning of his intended depar-
ture, attached his goods while at The depot,
but even this did not detain them The
goods are still in the constables hands and
John is in Tennessee.
Another strike occurred at the smelt-
ers Saturday. This time it is the scratch
ers" at the colsining furnace. The occa-
sion is the reduction in wages from $3.50
per day to 500. Work, however, has |
not been suspended yet, other men having |
been secured to fill the places of the strik-
ers.
-Messrs. j. d. Scott and son, will In few |
days, sell their livery stock, preparatory to |
begin grading on the st. Louis, Emporia |
& Western railroad. Mr.. Scott will COM
mt nee work inside of ten days. He re.
turned Saturday from Illinois, where he |
had been 10 secure the right of way
through TWO mile tract OF land east of |
here. This gives the company the right of /
way from here to Appleton City.
Over three hundred invitations have
been sent abroad by the G. A. RS for their
coming reunion, to be held here on the
evenings of the 18th and 18th inst. Major
William Warner and Adjutant Allison p.
Pease will be here to address the assem-
blage. Word was received here yesterday
that several hundred were coming from
Pleasanton (Kausas) post. Arrangements
are being made to accommodate all that
may attend. All ex-soldiers are cordially
invited TO be present. An exhaustive pro-
yrsmme has been arranged and banquet
will be given the evening OF the 18th.
Something more than ordinary excite
nent has existed in church circles here for
he past week over letter which appeared
n the ST. Louis Christian Advocate, Aug.
9th, to which was affixed the name of l..
Lampkill Steward, asking the prayers of
he church in behalf of Rev. r. w. Rey-
,olds, pastor of the NJ. E. church South, of
his place, and setting forth that he was
earthly and dangerously demented. The
4 atement was false and the letter forgery.
Mr.. Lampkin denies writing ii and charges
Reynolds with being the author himself in
rider to excite the feeling of the church
gainst him uampkin) as he and Rey-
folds have not been on speaking
erms for some time. In order
o obtain the facts in the case the original
vas returned here and a committee of four
ministers appointed to investigate it. At =,
er making comparisons of the letter with
ther documents written By Reynolds, three
f them were OF the opinion that he did not
Vrite it, while the fourth was undecided,
here being much of a similarity in the
Triting, and thought if Reynolds did not
Trite it, it was very studied effort at coun-
The affair has created a pro- !
ound sensation, and further action will be !
ONE action will be taken during the next i
DON. Mr.. Reynolds has always borne an
nviable reputation here, and his friends re-
ret the occurrence exceedingly.