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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1894-10-18
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and begant to fire their weapons, n
the same time warning evry body TO
keep inside the cars. 4 number @:
shots We're fired but no one was
hurt, though by this time the pas
sengers had become excited by the
fusIllade and some of the more daring
threw open the windows to learn the
cause Of the firing,
The robbers tben went TO the ex
press car. They found the doors
tightly barred by Messenger + f
Critchheld and his helper, II Mnr
ray, and were unable to force an e.-
trance by persuasion OF threats
They were supplied with dynamite
aud by its use the door OF the ey-
press car was shattered and an en
trance was made. Messenger Critch-
field was told that they would blow
him up if he did not open the door
to the safes.
After demurling for IL time the
messenger obeyed aud opened the
safes. The men got every cent OF
| money that WAS in the car. Their
demand for the way bill, when the
express messenger declared that one
safe was empty, and remark that
! they made to the tirenau. caution
! ing him about disconnectlug the air
brake tubes when he uncoupled tue
/ engine on their demand, show that
some members of the gang had been
railroad hands at some time or 9th
er. Besides, after the engines we've
uncoupled it was boarded by the
robbers and run by them until near
Whitewater station, short distauce
from the site of the hold up, where
they abandoned it and sent it ahead
running wild. 1t ran until Goa
chute WAS reached, where it was
wrecked The train was left stand
ing until an engine was brought OF
from Quantico.
The robbers made off with thei,
booty in the direction of the Poto
mac river, where, it is supposed
they had a boat IN waiting to tax,
them to the Maryland side. Nop'
of the robbers entered the passen
ger coaches.
| Express Messenger Crutchfelt
thinks the booty secured was $3.50.
| 900 or more. He gave this accoun
of the robbery: But one robber a.
tered the car. He was of IL lea,
build and dressed like farmer, a.
| though he seemed to throughly un
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New Home Items.

Mitchell and Hackett spoke in the
New Home hall, Oct. Sth. They are
MS good men as Charlotte township
can afford, Mitchell is running for
coroner and Hackett for Recorder of
Deeds.
Prof. Shackleford' minstrel III the
New Home opera house was immense.
Frank Nash, of Virginia, was down
the other day.
Virgil Jenkins, of Virginia, Mo-, was
in our Burg. Monday, looking for a
site upon which to erect a blacksmith
shop. Virgil is Il good workman and
deserves good site like New Home.
Misses Lottie Burk and Bodkins
took quite II fright at what was sup
posed to be Il white rat.
Mr.. AL Byler is in very poor health
with dropsy.
There is standing a 100 acres of
good corn between New Home and
Foster.
Girard Wilson is hauling lumber
from Robb'S mill on the river TO build
II 20X50 hog house.
The Christian and Baptist churches
at Sprague are holding protracted
meetings.
Mr.. Sam Harvey has returned from
Sedalia, where he spent year.
Holcomb and Hackett passed
through our town, Wednesday OF last
week.
will be here until March 1st and
want your trade. Give me a trial and
will stop you from going to these
little one-horse towns, they can never
do any good so close to New Home.
want all kinds of produce at a
small profit. also handle fair sup
ply of good groceries and II few dry
goods.
The Peoples Party will have pic
mic here in James Grove, Oct. 18th
Seth Cope mistook Virgil Trow'
bridge for l.. w. James. 1t being sc
close to election, Seth is near sighted
and after that he will be stone blind
Clarence Morris lost his house 10y
fire, Oct. nth and nothing was saved
The fire caught from a defective tiue.
Corn gathering has begun.
II. Robb is cutting some fine frame
timber and is having good demand
almost equal to the supply
Ginsl Morris went home from school
with chill, Friday.
Mr.. John Smith is quite sick with
typhoid fever.
John Miller changed his fur hat fol
IL good straw hat.
Glen Miller and Ben wilson We're
badly hurt while out riding, Sunday
n NJ. NESTLERODE.
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habbed the spokes.
W / Cowan's nephew from Nebras-
ka moved Saturday into the house
vacated by y VI Nestlerode and his
nephew father-in-law moved into the
widow Gregg house.
Rev. W L Piles who has been STAY
ing with his fether-in-law Washing
ton Park was stationed at Golden
City Mo. by tie Elder last week He
left for liI~ work last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs Cart Wallace are going
to have marriage at their home
next Thur,day night, believe it is
called a China wedding, il will be
conducted oi. he Eibic lines Many
ft Jh" T. iaEe purchased their
wedding Garments already. .tny
not found t'a} ing the wedding gar
ment will BE
Corn gathering is the order Of the
dayI
Miss Anna and Guthrie Juda leave
this week for Kansas City TO attend
school.
w & Kennedy i'll company with b
Storms. + Darity and L Moran of
Illinois were III our village one day
last week, they want to buy farms
and locate here in this county.
O NJ Drysdale has received his fall
stock of goods.
y f Biggs of Illinois i visiting his
son Is + Blggs. NEf. : CLERK.
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TRAIN ROBBERS.
Bandits Hold Up two Trains and
Make Il Rich Haul.

Sacramento, Cal, II The east
bound overland train, due here at 9
o clock last night, was held up by
two men about SIX miles below this
city. The track walker was first
robbed aud then forced to start to
town. The train robbers then COW
cred the engineer and fireman with
guns aul compelled them to accom-
pany them to the express car. Mes
senger Pope shot twice at the ban
dts and came near losing his life
from shot fired in return. The
engineer and fireman called Page to
open the door AS the robbers were
going TO shoot them if he did not.
and We're prepared to blow up the
Car with dynamite. He complied
with their request, in order to save
their lives. and the robbers looted
the car. Then they cut the engine,
loose, boarded it and ran toward the
city several miles. The engine was
reversed and sent on wild lun to
ward the train, but by the time 1t
had reached Its destination the steam
had run so low that the collision
caused but little damage. The rob
bers made good their escape. The
train arrived here at 1890 this NOM
ing.
As far as can be learned more
than 300 pounds of coin We're tax en-.
IT all silver it would be about $1,000
if all gold it would be about $4,000
1t is believed that one sack ighed
100 pounds, carried by the engineer,
was gold, considering the smallness
of the bulk as compared TO it's
weight. II SO, the sack contained
about S25,000
When inquiry was made this morn
ing at the general Offices of the
Wells Fargo company in this city,
Manager Cooper declined to state
how much plunder the robbers Sc
cured, declaring it WAS simply a
matter between the express com.
panY aud the conslgnees nE the
treasure He refused positively to
give any information to the point
The truth came cut, however, when
the Southern Pacific issued Il circu
lar offe ing reward of $4,000 fol
the arrest OF the two robbers and
the recovery Of the plumber In this
claimed ii is that the bandits plum
dered the express car Of over $50,
| 600 in gold The circular announces
that the Southern Pacific company
and the Well Fargo company vii
pay $4,000 for the capture of eacl
robber and $1,000 for the recovery
of the money, or proportionatt
amount for any part of the whole
BANDITS NEAR WASHINGTON.
Washington. Oct. 13-When tn,
through special from Jacksonville
for New York on the Richmond
Fredericksburg Il Potomac railroad
was near Aqual creek, several miles
below Quantico, Va, not far from
Mount Vernon. aud only two hours
ride from here. at 9:26 o'clock las
night. the engineer was slgnaled t
stop. The porter went forward Il
see what had caused the signal and
was confronted by seven masked
men. AS soon as the engine stopped
they walked back towards the TRAIN
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John Anderson, anegro, running
policy office in Kansas City, wax
arraigned iu court Friday and fined
$500, the full extent Of tie law. The
Judge said he proposed to do all in
his power to stop gambling in tue
city.
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Gray Gables.

For the benefit of the many readers
of your interesting paper we VIII tell
them that this is not the Summer
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!:i:a: c.:::s:s' " G. Shin.
Carpenter ( ShafeI

We vans your Poultry and Eggs
and will pay you the top of the
market in cash We are the only
exclusive Poultry and Egg house
in Butler, and will not be over
bid. See us on south side square,
or on the street. We would pre-
fer handling your stock on Mon
days, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
but are prepared to handle it any
day.
Carpenter & Shafer.
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Mems Boots Ia surprise for you)
Mems Boots better grade
Mems Boots, still better
And Mems Custom Hand made boots
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-06-29
Fatal Accident.

On Saturday night last, MI. Jas. Bel
Kinney, aged forty-two, son of the late
Chesley Kinney who owned and conducted
the Stribling Springs, lost his life by the
burning of the Office of Wilson's stable
yard in rear Of DR.. Hite's laboratory on
South Lewis street. He had taken a lot of
cattle to the country on Saturday morn
ing and on returning had gotten shaved,
dressed himself and went to the Hotel
Frederick to supper. After supper he
went to the Office where he slept. About
2 O'Clock in the night the building was
found to be on fire, and those that got there
first saw Kinney forcing his way out of the
door which he had to break open. He was
badly burned and too much dazed to give
an account Of how the fire originated,
though it is thought he had been smoking
and his pipe started it. He was taken to
Dr.. Hite's laboratory and Dr.. B. M. At
kinson was summoned. 1t was found that
besides serious external burns he had in
hailed the flames. He died about O'Clock
Sunday morning at the Hotel Frederick
and was buried that afternoon. He was a
man of kindly heart, and many of the old
time visitors at the Stribling Springs will
read with regret OF the untimely death of
one who as the manager there had shown
them many kindnesses.
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A Veteran v. M. !. Cadet.

Rev. J. L. Bryan, D. D., of Cam bridge
Nd, for many years Secretary of the Epis-
copal Diocesan Council of Maryland. was
here this week visiting his son. MI. Julian
Bryan. on his way to the finals of the V.
M. 1. at Lexington. DR.. Bryan, for he is
an M. D. as well as D. D., is tall, sol
dierly looking man, bearing striking like
ness to that distinguished Presbyterian
divine, the late VIM. S. Plumer. He is one
of the earliest graduates Of the Virginia
Military lnstitute-it having been opened
In 1888 and he having graduated in the class
Of 1913. In the same class were Gen. John
Echols; the late Mai Jas. B. Dorman,
Clerk Of the Court Of Appeals; the late JOS
Wayt Bell of this county, brother Of Maj.
II. M. Bell, and Col. Edmund Pendleton
of Lexington. DR.. B. had with him his
old diploma, which bears picture of the
buildings which constituted the Institute
at that early date. After graduating there
he went into and fought through the Mex
lean war.
Dr.. Bryan is an enthusiastic Mason, and
on Tuesday night, with his son, visited the
Royal Arch Chapter here, saw the degree
of Mark Master conferred, and was charm
ed with it. He left Wednesday for Lexingt-
ton, his first visit there since he graduated,
where his reception by the authorities of
the Institute and his old classmate. Col.
Edmund Pendleton, was very warm. He
will return to Staunton to-day.
While here he went into the National
Valley Bank and seeing a photograph of a
group there, readily picked out Gen. Echols,
though he had not seen him for ffty-one
years. s -s., ..s.t t,
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The Market House.

The City Council had a knotty question
to decide last week.
The butchers Of the market asked that
they might be permitted to close at l P
NJ, and not have ali evening opening.
Their reasons given were that they had to
keep men there, waste ice in keeping meat,
lose time from their butchering, and yet
sold nothing during the afternoon. One
butcher had sold only 81 worth in three
afternoons. The butchers argument was
strong.
The vegetable men, who had rented stalls
in the market house protested against the
Council permitting the butchers to close at
J. p. P. M. They, the vegetable men, had
taken their stalls under the regulations
provided by the Council. and now if the
Council changed them and let the butchers
stop at P. NJ, nobody would come to the
market after that hour and they coull sell
no vegetables. The vegetable mems argu-
ment was strong.
And SO the Council decided to let the
market regulations stand without change.
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Brief Notes of Interest.

An entertainment by the ladies of Mt
doreb church last week, realized $45.
Mrs. Hanks, a patient from James City
county. at the Western State Hospital
committed suicide on June 10th, by hang
ing herself.
The wagon shop of G. E. Coley near We
roma, with a large lot of shingles, was
burned June 23d.
Low-Moore furnace is stocking iron ore,
from which it is thought it will go in blast
soon.
SBen Irvine, colored, an old war cook of
the Stonewall Brigade, has been declared
Insane, and will be sent to Petersburg.
Salem Times Register: During COM
mencement L. B. Shank, the champion
bicyclist of Roanoke College, rode to his
home in Augusta county, nearly 100 miles
away, and reached home the same night.''
A letter from Peter J. Hite of Montebel-
10, corrects the report that he shot Week s
father, who was deserter. and says that
Samuel Golliday shot him. The error was
corrected month ago in the VIND1cAToR
by County Treasurer, j. N. Mcfarland.
A sixteen-ton S-inch rifle gun and a NOR
Tar were at tie G.. & Q. depot, for Fortress
Monroe, this week, having been brought
here from Connecticut by the B. & o.
A horse belonging to a team driven by
Mr.. &. w. Patterson of New Hope, be-
came frightened, Tuesday, ran in front of
moving car at the Valley depot and was
SO badly injured that it had to be killed.
AT the social Of the Christian Endeavor
society Of the Second Presbyterian church,
tuesday evening, Miss Elsie Bayliss re-
celved the gold medal for having added the
largest number of ladies to the Society
during the year.
The Republican precinct primaries to
elect delegates to the county convention at
staunton. July l4th, will be held on Satur-
day, July 18th. throughout Augusta county,
at p. NJ.
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A Hot Wave
TEMPERED BY AN ALMOST UNPRECE-
DENIED TAIN FALL.

TEMPERED BY AN ALMOST UNPRECE-
DENIED TAIN FALL.
For the ten days preceding Monday af-
ternoon this vicinity was dominated by
merciless thermometers. The mercury
went up among the nineties, and SO high
among them that when it rested at 800
there was feeling of relief. Staunton
was not alone in its roasting, for at Ferroll
little west of it, which is 1000 feet above
the level of the sea, the mercury got up to
96c last Sunday. That Sunday in Staunton
was day to be remembered. The congre
cations at the churches were thinned out,
the sermons could hardly be heard for the
rafting of the fans, and at their close, the
people tottered home perspiring at every
pore. The streets were so hot that the
usual gathering Of corner loungers Sunday
afternoon was missing. Night brought no
relief, something very unusual in Staun-
ton, and people on sleepless beds said with
the Psalmist-''W Would God it were morn
ing" But the morning was no better
than the night.
When the G. & O. 2:4O P. NJ, train got
in Monday, the cars were wet. 1t had passed
through a rain storm at Basic Clty-and
soon gathering clouds betokened one here.
But they blew away and the sun came out
again. 1t looked like there was to be 10
relief. A little later the scene changed;
the clouds returned to stay, the thunder
commenced rolling, the cracking Of the
lightning was as sharp as field artillery,
and then the rain poured. 1t was as if the
heavens had opened; in twenty minutes the
streets could not be crossed, and down the
middle Of Main street ran four inches of
water which could and did float good
sized limb of tree-a sight never seen here
oefore-which came sailing down.
The town creek rose and roared against
The hurricane which was loading it with
limbs of trees blown off in it's fury. Down
below the Valley depot where the stream
lad chance to spread, several head of cat
lie were caught by it and carried off.
The wind, which must have been blow.
ng sixty miles an hour, ruined good many
inc trees and literally wrecked the fine
shade tree which stands in the alley leadin g
rom New Court House street to the rear
IT Burke S stable, and which has been there
or nearly sixty years.
The lightning struck the old Valley
Hotel on North Augusta street. damaging
l room occupied by David Brownold, and
severely shocking Mrs. Tygert who, with
others, has apartments in the building.
The rain fall by the official gauge at the
Western State Hospital, was an inch and a
lalf in the forty-tve minutes fall.
AT the residence of Mr.. Richard 2, Bell.
he lightning ran into one of the rooms on
he electric wire and set fire to it, but the
lanes were eXtinguished by the servants
before any material damage was done.
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Fifty-Fous Years a Subscriber.


We have received q letter from Mr.
Samuel Adams of Fort Hoover, Rocking
ham county, enclosing his subscription for
the coming year, in which lie says II
thought [ would not renew my subscrip-
tion to the INDICATOR again; my eyes
are getting so dim Gan hardly see to read.
But have taken it so long don't like to
stop i'll have taken it ever since it was
printed" The FINDlcAToh WITS begun
in 1910, and MI. Adams has been reading
it.for fifty-four years. Few men can boast
ct taking enc paper that long-oyer a half
century-and few papers, we expect, have
names On their list that have been there
that long. We extend our compliments to
our venerable friend and wish him many
more years of health and sight,
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Officers to be Elected.

All the city officers will be elected next
Monday, July l, by the City Council, in
Guiding two new ones-City Collector, Clerk
OF Market and Police Justice-which will
pay well.
The following are the names Of appli-
cants already handed in, but it is likely
there will be others before Monday:
For Clerk of the Market-R. M. Ayers,
w. G. Barton, r. T. Leftwich, J. M. Dan
iel, II. II. Fultz. T. Peyton Brown, G. A.
Grafton, J. Nc D. McCue, J. W. Black
burn, W. M. Crosby and w. Newman.
For City Collector-C. P, Hanger, Jno.
A. Noon, d. ID. Bell, G.. A. Hutcheson,
James Wehn, and G. E. Haines.
For Janitor of Columbian Hail., T.
Pearson.
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Honor to a Staunton Man.

Lit. John A. Hartman, q. S. A., son of
Col. Asher W. Hartman, formerly of Staun-
ton, has been for four years detailed "a
military instructor and commandment Of
cadets at the Blacksburg College. His
term expired with this session, and he will
be succeeded by 1t. Shanks, U. S. A. AT
the finals last week, 1t. H. was presented
with $3.50 sword, the gift of the cadet
corps. The presentation was made by
President cBride of the college who paid
q glowing tribute to Lieutenant Harman's
high worth as soldier, teacher, and man.
He referred to his influence on the corps
of cadets and the obligations under which
the faculty, students, and friends Of the
college are to him for the zeal, efficiency,
and pride which he has evidenced during
the past four years in the discharge of bis
duties; saying that never to knightlier hand
cooler head, OIL more courageous heart, had
the sword of honor been intrusted.
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The New Money Order,

After tomorrow, June 3Oth, all post
Offices will be required to use the new form
OF money order. 1t has a coupon with
marginal check, and the money order is to
be SO detached from the coupon that the
highest amount shown by the figures not
detached Oh the left hand side of the money
order, shall express the exact amount for
which the order is issued. The issuing of
postal notes will be discontinued after to-
morrow. and the fee on money orders for
sums OF $3.50 OIL less will be three cents,
the present fee on postal notes. The fee on
money orders after tomorrow will run
from three cents to thirty cents, instead of
from five cents to forty-fve cents as at
present.
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The Hook Murder Trial.
CONFEDERATE CAMP ORGANIZED
PROSPEROUS FARMER FROM AUGUSTA

CONFEDERATE CAMP ORGANIZED
PROSPEROUS FARMER FROM AUGUSTA
Il &C.
Il Reported for the Staunton vINDIcAToR.l
i MONTERREY, VA, June 26.-Seventy
five old Confederates of Highland county
met here to-day and were organized into
Camp of Confederate veterans, by Z. G.
Morton, Inspector General of the Crane
Camp OF Virginia. MI. J. B. Bradshaw
OF Mcdowell, presided during the meeting
and Mr.. j. E. Clendenin acted as secretary
The following officers were elected: J.
G. Matheny, commander; l.. FL. Stephen
son Isl 1t. commander; G. P. Jones 2nd
| 1t. commander, l.. A. Gilmore, 3rd- 1t.
commander; O.. Wilson Adjutant; j. B.
Bradshaw, Quartermaster; DR.. II. HI.
Jones, Surgeon; Alfred Armstrong, chap
lain; S. W. Sterrett, officer of the day, and
an Executive Committee of five. The
Camp started off under very encouraging
auspices, and will meet next court day to
decide upon its name, apply for charter,
SC.
County Court met to-day, Judge Nc
Dannald presiding. The prisoner, Hook,
confined in Staunton jail, charged with the
murder of his nephew, Jones, was indicted,
and the sheriff dispatched at once to Staun-
ton, 40 miles, to bring him here. This
could not be done sooner, as he could not
be taken from Staunton Jail except by Or
der OF court, which only convened to day.
Hook is expected here tomorrow evening,
and his trial will commence Thursday
morning. His counsel, Messrs White &
Craig, OF Staunton, are here, and Messrs.
Stephenson & Jones of the prosecution, of
this place. are ready. A great crowd will
be in attendance,
There have been many fine rains west Of
Monterey in the section of the county
known as Head Of Waters and Crabbot-
tom, and that beautiful valley, equal to
any in Virginia, is smiling in its luxuri-
ance of blue grass, and rich with its herds
of stock, shorthorns. There are few who
know what a magnificent country it is, it
being so far in the interior. l have seen
nothing so much like it as the rich blue
grass lands Of Pulaski. These, if anything,
are prettier. The mountain sides have
been cleared in many places to the very top,
and the grass grows luxuriantly every
where. Nowhere have I seen such large
fields. The Sterrett Brothers have one in
Crabbottom Of 700 acres, all in one enclo-
sure, and their nephew, MI. S. w Sterrett,
one of 200 acres, and you may go many
days journey and not see such sight as
the Sc head Of short horns grazing over the
fine grass farm Of Mr.. L. Ell. Stephenson,
who is fattening them for the English
market. There is very little wheat and
corn in this valley, mostly grazing; but an.
old Augusta man, E. A. Dudley, from near
Churchville, has fine wheat and corn, and
insists that farming will pay here, too.
He supplied this and several counties in
West Va, with seed corn this year, makes
maple sugar and molasses for market, runs
mill and prospers generally. 7. G. M.