The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-16
Dover Specials

I Weather has been changeable the past week. The half has been told and the l fleecy staple has not reached an equili-
 brium in price yet. Most men are wear 1 ing long faces, but we are satisfied they
 have this privilege as an American citi-
 zen Several entered school Monday. All report pleasant place and an in- structive corps of teachers. Mr. John McCraeken was in town last week.
 | Several of the boys have reported quite
 a number of ducks upon the creek.
 MT. James Jennings says he'll have to
 go over on Pinev He knows the way. ... k. W. Ellis has been riding the past
 week. Mr. J. L. Dickey of Piney, in- tends moving in town so0n. Bro.
 Hicks is progressing nicely with the
 work on his residence. Mrs. F. F.. l Bowden has returned from visit to her parents, while her husband is in the northwestern part of the State and the
 Territory, introducing his saw and bed
 brace patents. Very few apples pass
 through now. The poultry industry
 seems to supercede the timber twigs. A couple of young chaps made their ad- vent into town last Monday near 10
 o'clock a. m., having their horses shoes reset, trying to trade their saddles, and
 one his hat, and procuring some cheese and crackers, they mounted and rode out of town in direction no one knows. They developed about l o'clock about
 miles south of town on the Russellville road and attempted to rob Ras Hays (col. of his mule, but being prevented ! by the appearance of A. A. Hughes, they
 took to the mountain. A posse of four was organized and pursued them across the Linker mountain. Crossing at the 1 Battenfield ford they left the road in
 direction that would lead them on the
 Shinn mountains. They were seen about dusk by some parties in the Moore settlement some three miles west of
 town. Here their whereabouts became a mystery, and they were not seen again
 till Wednesday morning about o'clock
 by John Bayliss, Mir Guest and others
 near the Boone place northeast of Dover, giving Mr Guest a peculiar sign like this: Tipping the right cheek with the right hand and shovlng their hand with pointed finger upward. Mr. Guest, having load of lumber, went on, and
 Mr Bayliss was on wagon also, and noticing the manner in winch they act ed toward Mir. C., more closely watched their maneuvers toward him, which
 were the same. Here we leave them again. About o'clock D. m. of the same day a Mir. Skaggs, who had come to town and was returning to his home on the mountain southwest of town, after cross ing the creek at the Faucett ford and entering a wood, his horse stopped on aceonnt of two men rising from the road and trying to pull him from his saddle, at the same time saying to each other they were mistaken. He managed to free
 himself and speed his way back to town
 Here summoning a posse, they searched for quite while, but no clue to the men could be found, no evidence of their be- ing except the steel-toed horse tracks which were the same as pursued across the mountains. Supposition believes one of them to be Claytonite who was here in '72 or '73, by the name of Ieslle, and his partner, Laster. Anvils were heard In the neighborhood of Gross Plains Saturday night. The republi- cans can laugh, for the democrats have
 just stirred their isolated pranks and it's cankered steueh Is enough to turn the principles and peace of the whole unl- verse. But let them laugh the chuckle of the naughty for on the Sth day of
 November 1896, when the sun leaves his golden track and his splendor is re- placed with the twilight cheekering of eve, when the constellation of heaven is aglow, then they will see that the day of reformation IS at hand, that the power less have been reinstated, that the Lodge, Reed and Mckinley disgraces are buried with the dead past, and that we are, and of right ought to be- free and inde- pendent people. Truth is mighty and will prevail. VAN TULLus.