The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-03-11

| For,v he, Mo-, March 4.-Taney
OILY VS. tie scat of The B,i!d IL mob
oer W., AL ss the safe mas eiiec'uaE
iy uu-ile,. ;ba' trouble by The execu-
,irn of h. leaders of The murderOus
r. lis The people lave adopted enc of
the favorile pas;imes OF their neigh
DOrs across tie We ern a'e l;ue.
,,atiols arr now being made for
what will probably be hoIlv contest
I'd c,unry se& ii.h', which, with the
well known inclination of the average
Soutu Mis-oui ia, vii pro- ably TEL
miua dis ,strou~'y fer ,eVecal ii The
participants. At he l.st session of
he sra legislature an act Was passed
raining the sun of $4,000 for the
pu. y Ise # building court house In
fancy c,unry. This is big lot of
money for the people of that county
aud at once thee arose a scramble
from the various parts OF tbe county
10 see which section would have he
Plea, ule of handling it and possibly
retaining the "sweal" on their hands
from ne use of it.
fancy Ciy, a little town about
five miles fiOm Forsythe, the pres mt
country seat, became the strOng,s
aspirate for the hOuOrs, and at last
the fight became nair"wed down 10
those two cities. NumerOusly s:snc d
pet tons were sent IN to the county
clerk praying for an election to de-
eide this que ton, hut the county
court concluded at if there was any
thing zone it would be by themselves,
and The result was that the w@Ole
year has been wasted in getting
ready 20 d, eide the matter by he full
! bench. The greater the delay the
mole difficult became the decision,
for the judges saw that they had 3
Sight on their hands whichever way
they voted. The old jeal broke
out If esh and tn. re was a certainty
of a bloody fight as son IS the de
isicn was maize. About two weeks
e;o the matter was to be
brought TO a termat'on,
and an immense crowd gathered
at Forsylhe for the purpose of hear
ing the decision Of The judges. But
here came another disappointment.
Tue judge from the eastern part OF
the county was absent. He sent
Worri that sickness would prevent his
Ell adance. As The TWO remaining
Iiudres we e divided on the question,
ole being from FOrsyihe end the
0 et from fancy City, The vote of
lie bird judge was necessary to locate
e county seat. Court was ed
lilo ,rn"c' for thee days, but wnen tha.
time aas expired the Judge was still
g d ent, and a courier was sent 10 To-
aaire alter his health. 1T was then
discovered That sickness of tle mind
was all that allied him. He knew
hat on his discisiOn rested the whole
case, a. bis ballot would break the
lie He had studied the matter all
over, sud camO TO the conclusion that
MS life WAS o. mOle consequence to
him than vas the county seat to the
people, and therefore he would stay
ct home and let them fight it cut as
It hest pleased the contending pasties.
i Those who remember the circum'
ianccs of the last two years Ia South
ern Missouri know that in fancy
oun,y there are two non-pOlilila al
parties which have been 10 opposition
| for yc.ts. These are the Bald Knob
heis aad the Anti-Bald KDobbers.
The e two PARTIES nave taken up the
fiaht ard ere at war over the location.
This being the case, it can be readily
seen Why The judge WIS at a loss q
suow how 10 please both parties. On
The last day that was set for the 'on-
veniug of the county court the town
was full OF mel, representing both
| factions, anu when it was learned
that The Judge would not brave the
people aad east his vote for eithe,
pisce, the members on both sides b.
gan nlliDg themselves up on The white
whisley, which is only to be found
in tris section. The result
wss Eat lie towl was soon
full OF men who were fighting
duck. A dozen or SO ordinary fight:
on tue streets occurred, but it remained
! for the coming of night to bring cul
, minstion of toe trouble. One of the
! doggerics, which by courtesy is called
a "grocer," was full of rough, push
ing, swearing crowd of men who were
ex, tied over the question of spending
: S., 600. Suddenly blow was strucl
J. nd Instantly he room was converted
9 into bedlam. The lights were pu
: out end, in the darkness. the biting
and gouging that went on was some
= thing fearful. By mutual conseu