The Press., 1888-07-26

VIII cause some one CO De 0earu rom aS OH house top. And, we may add, when he has made pleasant mention 999 times of some persons, place or thing, but on the thousandth time fails to do so, he must not expect to be forgiven. The omission may have been from accident, inadvertance or even an entire lack of knowledge. It matters not. The simple fact remains and he will be judged by that.
 In free country the majority rules. It is a despotic. government where a man may set up his will against the majority. The principle that if a man is opposed to a law he has the right to fight it's enforce ment and to- stick a knife into the gizzard'' of an officer who does his sworn duty, is undemocratic. A good citizen is always for law, order and due respect for the wishes of the majority. The man who acted by representatives of the majority is 8 dangerous man, a natural despot, and 8 foe to real liberty and the right of the peo- pie to. govern.
 The following accident, referring to a former resident of Wilmington, is copied from the Fort Collins (Ool.) Courier
 Our citizens were startled Friday after noon by the report that Dwight R. Battey, son of R. R. Battey, and brother of Mrs.
 Wm. B. Miner and Mrs. Eph Love, all oi
 this city, and who was for many years g
 ell-known and highly respected citizen oi
 this county, had been shot by desperate
 and quite seriously wounded, near Mr.
 Battey's home, some twenty miles north
 of Rock Creek, Wyoming. Subsequent
 news confirmed the report and there was
 much anxiety among all of MT. Battey'i
 friends to learn the details of the affair The Lan1arine Sentinel of the 30th con tains the following account of this, truly unfortunate occurrence
 "A shooting scrape occurred at a place ! called Antelope Basin, twenty-five miles north of Rock Creek. A man named At . kinson had a ranch which was not fenced and he was in the habit of dogging hi neighbors' cattle off the ground. Wednes day one of them, D. R. Battey, rode ove K to remonstrate with him about it. Har( g words followed and Atkinson rushed int the house to get his rife. Battey, wh' was unarmed, turned and rode away as fas d as possible, and was 150 or 200 yards ava! p when Atkinson got out with his gun ana
 fired two shots at the fleeing man, one o . which struck and badly shattered Battey' S right arm close to the shoulder. Batte.
 was brought in here yesterday and is il :, Dr. Harris charge, who thinks he will los r his arm if not his life. An officer has gon : out to arrest Atkinson, but the opinion p expressed that the chances are his neigh bors will hang him before the officer get = there"
 5 LATER.-S. W. Battey returned Tuesda E. afternoon from Larmine City, whither h = was summoned by telegraph immediatel l. after the shooting, and reports Dwight though severely injured, not in danger ( 8 losing his life or arm, and that he is doin b, as well as could be expected. Atkinso
 and his son, a boy about thirteen, hay
 been arrested and will have their exam
 nation as soon as MT. Battey is able to aE = pear against them. MT. E. Love of thi n city will assist in prosecuting Atkinson fo r. his cowardly attack on Mir. Battey.
 -Gilbert Merrick Edson, 40, of Will mantle, died last week Tuesday of paralysis t with which he was stricken down sewers y days before. He was strong, wide-awak ' business man of the firm of Edson & Call i'd ins, owners of the Willimantic stone qual n ries. He married Miss Phebe J. Hun = phrey of Monson, Mass, where his age !. mother also resides.