Thomas County cat., 1890-12-04

follow them and "guy" them most un-
mercifully. The young ladies' paid no
heed to the ''razzle dazzle they were
receiving hoping the children would
soon desist. But they did not. The
| failure of the girls to retaliate made the
children braver and throw more street
slang at them than ever. By the time
| the ladies got to the residence where
they were gong, they were very angry
and very much embarrassed.
Arkansas City Traveller: 1t is re-
ported that large number of Indians
from the west are congregating south
of here. to engage in the ghost dance
| with the territory Indians. Some Sc
| rious fears exist that an outbreak may
occur soon. The soldiers stationed
south of here have been ordered to be
ready for immediate action.
Springfield Republican: This Office
was broken into. and the local page of
this paper scattered over the floor
The party or parties who did the deed.
entered the building through the back
window. A pane of glass has been
br ken in the upper sash, for some
time, and whoever it was reached in
and pulled out the nails and then open
ed the window. The damage done
will amount to considerable.
Winchester Herald: Uncle Billy
Coppinger. an old veteran of the Black
Hawk war of 1884, has been granted
pension of $4,000 per month, and S1O2.-
90 back pay, under special act of
congress introduced and put through
by Senator p B. Plumb aud Congress
man E. n. Morrill,. Uncle Billy" as
he is commonly called, lives on a farm
couple of miles northwest of town.
He is now over so years of age. He
has received letters of congratulation
from Plumb and Morrill, on the grant
ing of his pension, and that in this
way Uncle Sam has at last given him
justice for his services to his country,
when he was corporal in the first Q. s.
Dragons.
Independence Reporter: The barn
of Mr.. James Chamberlain, two miles
northwest of town, was DESTROYED
by fire ABOUT five o'clock in the MORN
ing. Mr.. Chamberlain was in the barn
with lantern, feeding his stock. He
hung the lantern up and went outside
to do some feeding, and upon his re-
turn found everything ablaze above the
lantern and thinks that the lantern must
have exploded. He made haste to get
out his horses and in the effort. was
kicked and knocked down time or two
and we understand was quite seriously
He got out two horses and his daugh-
ter saved the others. Nearly all of his
harness and large amount of corn and
feed were destroyed.
Special from Downs: This commu-
nifty has not been so excited for years
as it is over the capture of two young
horse thieves, the Schaetfer boys. About
a month ago five horses were stolen
from this locality, and although men
were sent out in every direction no
trace of the stolen animals nor of the |
thieves could be found One week ago |
four more were stolen and this aroused |
everybody. A hundred men mounted |
their horses and started after the
thieves. Two brothers named Schaeffer,
each under 80 years of age, were sus-
spected, for they had been engaged in
that business before. They were traced
to Barton county and were found with
the stolen horses. The two young
refused to surrender and
fred several shots at the officers, but
we're finally taken prisoners and brought
to this city. A case of the basest in
gratitude is revealed in the capture of
these boys. One of them was arrested
a year ago for horsestealing, but prom
inent farmer near here named William
Diamond, for whom young Schaeffer
had worked, saved him from going to
The penitentiary by going on his bond.
One of the horses stolen by Schaeffer
ast week belongs to Mr.. Diamond.