The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-09-24
HARVEY .HoorEas.
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HARNEY HOOTERS.
rhrillinS and Spicy Items from the Coli
umns Of . Territorial journal.
The following clippings are from tho
Harvey Hooter, one of the most priced
Of the Bells many exchanges:
The parties who threw the old, rot
ten, bad-smelling turnip at us while We
were returning to our home at a late.
hour last Tuesday night, might have
been in better business.
We give notice to the sickly AMI
weak-minded boy who makes adrivcling-
attempt to run the disgusting opposition
sheet, the Harvey HoUler, that we have.
been very busy W It'll job work this week.
Our business men know where to get.
good work. How do you ike that.
sonny? We again want to place on.
record a prediction that the weak and
wobbly career of the HOUler is almost
ended.
Numerous inquiries were made con-.
corning us last Saturday, and much
speculation INDUCED in as to why we
were not ut our Office or seen on the
street. The cause was this: While at
Jim HOuck's popular Palace saloon, we.
learned from friends of a fiendish plot
to blow up our Office with dynamite.
We instantly communicated the intelli-
gence to the city authorities and pro-
ceeded rapidly home, where we stayed
till We learned the vile plan had been
FIR, 81, L.,
tempted to down us fails
We are panied to announce that our
greatly respected fellOw-citizen, Captain
Thomas H. Howard, died at his hand
some residence on COteau street early
yesterday morning. He was univer-
sally liked. The cOroner's jury had not
returned a verdict up to the hour of GO
ing to press. He was kind husband
and an indulgent father. He was an
old subscriber to the Hooter, and was.
paid eight months in advance. His fam
lily will continue to receive the paper
regularly.
We deem word of explanation due
our readers in regard TO an item pub
lished in last weeks Hoo.er. 1t stated
that our worthy fellOw-citizen, Judge
Ezra X. Fuller, had been arrested and
bound over for getting drunk and rid
ing up and down the street on mule
he had stolen from a neighbor and
shooting right and left and wO,nding
several persons. There was slight
error in the item, as it should have read
that "Baldy" Ford was the man that
was arrested, and our esteemed friend,
Judge Fuller, the justice before whom
he was arraigEed. We cheerfuily make
the correction. In the hurry of getting
the forms to press for large paper like
the Hootcr small typographical errors.
like this will sometimes occur, and no
one regrets them more deeply than
ourselves.
The gallant Colonel Brayson, of this
city. took a slight otfense at little I'M
Intentional item that we inserted in the
last issue of the HOTTER, and fired two
shots through our window. Fortunately
for us neither took effect. The Colonel
comes of some of the best families of
Virginia and is naturally spirited and
quick to resent an insult. If the genial
Colonel desires it we would be pleased
to print an apology, though we can as
sure him no insult was intended. As
we both will continue to reside in Har-
ney we hope to live on good terms with
him.
1t has come to our ears that B;ll Ar
mold, cOwardly, cringing sneak who
has hung around this city for some time.
claimed to be dissatisfied with state
ment made in our paper for last week
him, and went around the
streets Monday telling people that he
didn't like il. We take this manner of
notifying the sneaking. disreputable pup
that he does not want to repeat the per-
fOrmance. If he don't like any thing
we have said about him he can keep his
mouth shut. We should have called
him to account for his utterances before
this but he jumped the town the next
day and has gone to his former home
in Ohio to reside in the future. The.
cur had better remain there.
for if he ever comes back here we shall
make it warm for him.
There was a shooting affair in Ed La
Places Maverick saloon late last night.
The facts in the case appear to be as
follows: Henry Barton, a well-known
and respected citizen of Harvey. went.
into the saloon at about ten O'Clock,
when he was met by the notorious.
character known as Bad Lands Bill.
The ruflian was drunk and attacked
MIR. Barton. who drew gun and shot
him in self-defense. We must congrat-
nlate our many readers on thus getting
rid of low-lived and viIlainous whelp.
LATER.-Just as we go to press we
learn that We were grossly misin-
formed il regard to this trouble. It.
seems that it was Hank Barton. better
known as skinny" and generally
to be an escaped convict from
The States. who was killed. The shoot
ng was done by Mr.. William N. Price,
mentioned above, who has a fine ranch
up in the Bad Lands. We shall prose-
cute the party who misinfOrmed us con-
,erning his character. He is gentle
nan in every respect and has the thanks
Of all for Kidding the community of the
nan Barton.-Esteline (D. ~ Bell.