The Holt County sentinel., 1892-07-29
\ COMING MAN.
Hon. =. x. Beech, Republican
Nominee for Circuit Judge.

Scrihner r. Beech, the Republican
nominee for circuit Judge of this, the
Foarth Judicial circuit. has record
that reads more like romance than
reality. He Is one Of Il family OF eight
children, seven boys and one girl, that
! were born on little, rocky fifty acre
farm in Crawford county, Pennsylvania.
From the earliest hour he could weld
the hoe young Beech helped his father
| plant the grain and provide for the ever
! windenirg wants Of the household. He
was ambitious for books and the rudI-
ments Of an education afforded by the
common schools of tlie neigbOrnOOd,
| were thoroughly mastered. Daring
| the spare muueuts of the day and by
| the candle hight in the evening hours he
poured over some sketch Of modern life
or ancient historic lore. Not satisfied
with this he managed To
| secure TIE means to take a
course at F.astman's Business college,
! Poughkoepis,, y. \. At the age of II he
was left without father. In dIlgent
! toll three years more of his life were
spent in Il home no longer Illumined by
| a fathers love. The war for the union
! had been il progress two years and
Young Beech soul was on fire to march
| forth beneath the flag Of his country.
| Although but frdIl lad, and barely Il,
he enlisted in the eighty-third regiment
| PENNSYLVANIA volunteers. The period
! os drill uassed, and this heroic youth
soon found himself with the Army OF
the Potomac on The field of carnage and
death. At the battle of the WILDERNESS
he fell severely wounded in the left arm
and in the breast and in the left lower
! limb. He WAS picked up and carried
| from the scene OF shot and shell and
sent TO the soldiers hospital at PnIIa-
delphIa. Here he fingered between life
and death. Despite his wound he con
| tinued the period Of ms enlistment un-
| til peace came int and with it an honor
able discharge. Returning homo he
was appointed postmaster Of the town
of Cambridge. This position he held
until ISIS, when hc came to Missouri
and settled on Il farm Of l2) acres
near Quitman. The routine of life here
he passed between farming, dIggirg
3 coal. quarryIHg rock ans teaching school
until l3I2 In The fall OF this year the
! neighDorhOod circle of friends, which
/ had been won by his ardOr and public
! spirit determined that he should run
: for sheriff ut the county. He was nomi-
mated and elected by over 2JJ majority.
In 1871 he was re-nUminGfed and re-
elected by weeping majority. Mean
I while he had been studying law and at
the close ot his secoEd term as sheriff
/ made ap-l:" .i0I and was admitted TO
. practice 4. .he bar IN Maryvil'e. He
at once {, ok 'front.' rank as an attorney.
In the c,lhrat, Talbot case he assist
: ilio prosecution and in the case, state OF
! Missouri -. 5..arp, he vas the leading
spirit o; ghe defense. 1t was evidenced
from the stat that he Was Il born law
yer and ais career IN the courts has
been alG.osi L succession of triumphs.
HIS fairness ara Judicial temperament
have been recognized by bis selection.
az different times. as special prosecut-
ing attorney aud special circuit Judge
In social Intercourse he is one OF the
ioilest Of TIE Jolly; on the bench be Is
dlgriiied aus ss.iVuS, peerlng at once to
the full depths OF the issue. AS pub
lie speaker his tone and manner are
pleasing, and notwithstanding the ear
nestne,s Of the advocacy OF the cause to
which he has given his support. his
words carry conviction without leaving
d trace of bitterness or i'll will. As an
expression uf esteem of his public ser
vices he was elected mayor OF the city
Of Maryville in 1850. In personal ap-
pearance he is a man of good medium
height. slight build, with features @f
classic mouid. HIS forehead is high,
his eyes steel blue. his hair and mus
tache streaked with gray. At the age
of torty-sx he is in the prime of his
manhood and the full vigor of his powers
In the cnntest for the nomination for
circuit judge there were other able and
admirably equipped lawyers, but Beech's
name led all the rest. lie is quick as a
flash and swift as an arrow, and on the
election day in November. in the Ian
guage of Bill Nye, Serb. Beech is bound
to get there"