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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-30
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shall of a small town is always selected
because he is not afraid.
Fist fighting was so common in the
early days that it attracted little at
tention. When a party of young fell
lows from town went out into the
country TO a dance. a general fight was
pretty sure TO follow. If a country
fellow imagined that a town fellow
was receiving too much attention from
the girls. he would get a.notion in his
head that he could whip him. 1t was
easy TO find an excuse to start fight.
a favorite excuse was for the country
fellow TO accuse the town fellow of
talking about" his sister. The town
man in all proba bility had said moth
ing about the countryman's sister. and
possibly the countryman hadn't Sis
ter. but that was way they had.
This means of starting fight has not
died out even at this late day. James
w. Coburn, the Weston lawyer, told
the writer of this that AMMAN was tried
for murder few weeks ago at Platte
City, and this was his defense: that
the dead man had talked about his
sister, It was esta hgished beyond
question that the dead man had not
talked about any woman, and that the
murderer had used thatolaim as pre-
text, believing that it swould create
sympathy in his favor.
Sometimes, when man called an
other off to one side, to accuse him Of
talking about his sister, he found the
accused whiting. In that event, the
accuser would be apt to listen to rea-
son, for he knew what that whiting
meant; it meant that the whittier was
a cutter: that he would use his knife
the moment the fight began. Another
bad sign was when a man began cry
ing: it was sign that he would fight
ike a tiger. Some men never fight
until they are so mad that4they cry.
Another peculiar thing about these
dances in the country was that the
girls became so accustoined'to fighting
that they were not afraid. and could
often establish peace when Een were
powerless-
1t will be imagined that in case Of
fight between town and country young
men at country dance. there would |
be fight the next time the country |
fellows came 70 town. and as |
every man was expected to stand by |
his friends. very few men could keep /
ont OF trouble" so many fellows were /
bound TO have L.
Family matters were not dragged |
into the famous fight between Ben /
and Geo. W. Dye: Holiday 1
preci pitated il by saying that back IN |
kentucky. where they had known each \
other Is BOYS. DYE had stolen SO.
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widow is still living. Old John is dead,
but his roam horses go on forever.
Platte county is the home of the sin
gle-footer, a style of riding horse still
popular In the early days everybody
rode horseback, and the young man
who worked OF farm at $40 month
was very apt to own a long-tailed sim
gle-footer worth $500, which he rode
TO dances, to spelling schools, and to
church. Every Missourian speaks low
ingly of a riding horse of the Pepper"
variety, which reaches perfection In
Platte county. Indeed, the Pepper
stock of horses originated in Platte
county. They were bred by old Jack
Pepper, who lived near Weston. and
his descendants are still breeding them.
CT. Gordon, the guerilla, was Platte
county man, and during the war Union
soldiers were regularly stationed IN
Weston to watch him three regiments
wintered there in 1s62-3. Old citizens
rtill tell about Cy. Gordon's fight with
Major Josephs, at Bee creek, three
miles FROM town. Uncle John Woods
although he came originally from Ohio,
wey a rampant secessionist, and in
hearty sympathy WITH g. Gordon.
Uncle John says that at the Bee creek
fight, Cy. Gordon had 81 men, and Jo-
sephs 200; that Josephs was routed
and rushed back to town saying that
Prices army was after him Colonel
JoSephs had cannon, but only wounded
two Of the guerillas. The. Union loss
was never known, but Uncle John says
that dead men were brought in all day.
, Joe Evans says that in Col Josephs''
official report of the fight, he stated
that % Of Cy. Gordon S men were killed, |
whereas Joe Evans claims TO know |
positively that Gordon only had % men |
all told. and that only two of them |
were slightly wounded; he knew them /
both.
Cy. Gordon, however, was q good deal 4
like Cleveland, the Union guerilla who
made headquarters on the other side /
OF the river: whoever had anything
worth taking was his enemy. Cy. Cor
don once looted Weston IN broad day
light, and took Whatever he wanted
st another time he held up q train at
Weston, and carried OF more dry goods
aud groceries than he and his men
could have used IN ten years
Cy. Gordon once made a dash 20 catch
jim Lane, who was United states sen.
ator from Kansas, bu. missed him By
a few minutes Lane was returning
70 Kansas from Washington and cage
by the Hannibal * -. Joseph railroad
10 -. Joseph, aid thence 70 Weston
and .Leaveuwo-th. F. 2 Morris. q.
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was gay and light hearted at the old
time dances in Weston. '.Shanks'
Evans, who is known in connection
with the battle at Balls Bluff. was
another of the young military strip
lings greatly admired by the Weston
girls.
At that time Weston was practically
the only town in this section of the
west; the lieutenants had to 60 there
TO be admired by the girls, or do with
out admiration The officers FREQUENT
" accompanied the Weston young peo-
pie to Major Beams, at Bean lake.
where they danced from shutdown until
! daylight
There is 4 tradition. however, to the
effect that while the lieutenants from
the Fort beat the Weston men in So
ciety, they could never beat them in
a poker game, although they often
| tried it.
When Albert Syndey johnson heard
that war had been declared between
the north and south, he was on the
plains, at Ash Hollow, in charge OF q
detachment en- route to Salt Lake. His
/ hery young officers wanted to turn
back at once, and join the Confederacy,
but he told them no: they must accom-
pany him to Salt Lake, and execute
their commission. Then they could
accompany him to the south. if they
wanted TO, Tor there was where he was
going.
Leander z. Wells, a farmer living
near Weston, was the first white child
born in the Platte Purchase. His
father, John B. Wells, established the
old Rialto ferry, mile below Weston,
which did an enormous business in the
early days. Old man Wells was sup
posed to have been miser, and when
his house lot was spaded up, in the
hope of finding his buried treasure,
but not dollar was found. Men with
divining rods came from great distances
TO assist in the search, but If Wells
buried his money, its hiding place is
Rs much money as their neighbors say
they have; probably old man Wells
was no exception to the rule. Milton
Tootle, of st. Joseph, was an exception.
People said he was worth a million
when he died; his administrators found
nearly nine millions. By-the-way, Too
tie married Weston girl. Il
Old John B. Wells was one OF the
familiar figures on the streets of the
Weston of long ago. He always rode
q roam horse, and had no other kind in
mis- stable. When one horse died of
old age, old John put his saddle on a
roam colt, and rode it until it became
too old for service. He was the owner
OF famous breed of roam horses, and
would never sell one. When 1 passed
his house few weeks ago, there was
q roam horse tied at the fence: his.
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Figures Tell.

Since the introduction OF Cod
liver Oil into the treatment of
consumption, the average life
OF patients has increased from
two to eight years. The num-
Der OF cases cured in the early
stages OF the disease has multi
piled, and physicians now assert
that consumption can almost al
ways be averted il good care and
treatment are begun in time.
Cod-liver Oil ought always 20
be part OF the treatment, and
il should be taken IN the form
OF SCOTS Emulsion. which is
palatable and does not derangc
digestion. SCOTS Emulsion Is
III every way superior 20 plain
OIL. D3R't acflbt q SnbSfttHiff
Sex; sc-ae,am Al Druggists 5Oc saa 81.
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NJ foungdoc;or-IAss week seszr a
tny FAissEis who were dosxu us:s :hs
srip recovered corsys-sely
W O.sico-ssor-5crves you rood saa
F1sit ~ Go yos HSzise. roar o.
f.SH,- Vat say Yoz deserve 20 hsy.
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Weston is still an interesting town
10 visit. Being settled originally by
southerners, il looks like southern
town there are no houses like those
at Weston on the Kansas side.
Eastern Kansas is forty-one years
old, but it looks like q new country
com pared TO western Missouri, al
though the actual difference in age is
less than twenty years. When the
people settled around Weston, they
duplicated the houses they were famil
lar with in Kentucky, whereas the
style OF architecture in Kansas has
always been western.
Nearly all the pawpsws come from
the Missouri side so do the red birds,
and one Weston man informed me that
while turkey buzzsrds were common
in Missouri, they were rarely seen in
kansas The same man told me, which
] never knew before. that every fall.
pawpaw. are stu shipped from Weston
70 California
Nesting among the bills Of Weston
are neat, old fashioned houses ! should
like 70 visit should particularly like
20 be invited TO one Of them 20 dinner.
for that is country noted for its din
ners. There is still fashion % 20 20
Weston for coIored cook when a great
dinner IS 20 be prepared. A bankers
daughter was lately married at De
kalb, and an old colered sunty from
Weston was sent for 20 cook the din
= a
after the French, bat after the Ken
tuck ians There were nc courses -
IL was AL put on the table at Oncs AID I
consisted OF roast turkey, stuffed with /
bread and giblsts sp2reribs and ssa-
sage boiled ham two years Old fried 4
chicken chicken PIE +: hot b.Ecuit.
salt rising bread boiled cGs,sr6 eight I
kinds Of cake. including pound cake. 1
stack cake. and black cake six kind. 4
Of PIE al kinds % preserves pickles
szd Jelly, and sweet potatoes ard ap-
pies
The fzroou. colored COOKS IL this &C.
ton were taught By white women now
living IL Weston. sad theis homes are
o. neat a. their dinners are palatabie.
Although women have more Iousis
than men. they Seen % stand u better: I
they become accustomed 20 to- hard
fare. and get fst on IL Weston nan
met was weak-eyed. bald. sad very
feeble, bat tis wiz was strong and
vigorous Cd settlers infoyzaed ne
that i had seen said g The wife to-
forty years that sae xoHlS uot iiFe
.ons. she had % zach :70rbls Tstt
Der hEshsad vas - tough sud s;ozt
hat forty years sg's there wa TAX a.
~ ais secoud ET.te
HazV q these Weston z-orcea G-~
and perfect sto-~EoGses e
utO-lszstaozl- A woman. "a n Ta4s. does
1o, b~ctzze sour = W are. like man.
BE becomes s=zte.r AID rel-gscEss-
i've h~r an hours notlee % ysaF con-
~ and she = Der Cd Sc. s.a--. 49,.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-30

However. there was little fighting at
the better class dances a. Weston in
the early days The sweet young lieu
tenants from Fort Lcaveuworth were
frequent guests at these affairs, aud
some OF them became famous after
wards J. Z. 3. Stewart and Albert
sydney and Joseph Z. Johnston, lieu-
tenants then. often came up from Fort
Leavenworth 70 attend the Weston
dances. which were held IN hall
z5xI50 feet
These men were afterwards almost
as well known IS the C0nteGerscy =
self AZ Shiloh. Albert SyCDey John
son commanded the Army % the Ms
f;sS;ppi- and fought Ike devil. but Re
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present Collector OF internal revenue
for Kansas. was conductor of the train
on which Lane rode from St Joseph to
Weston, and says that Lane was dis
guised with heavy beard while pass
ing through Missouri At Iatan, where
it is said the first rebel flag was raised.
Lane removed his whiskers. and news
of his coming reached Weston in ad-
vance. T. b Morris also says that on
one occasion S c. Pomeroy, the other
United States senator from Kansas.
was passenger on his train between
St Joseph and Atchison. Pomeroy
asked permission to go into the bag
gage car, where he took off his citizens
clothes, and put on full suit of soldier
blue in which to appear in Kansas
Soon after the first battle of Bull Run,
nearly everyone in Washington enlisted
in the militia; among them was Sena-
tor Pomeroy, who was chosen a corpor-
al, and when he returned home, he put
on bis corporal clothes before appear
ing among his patriotic constituents.
Old John Brown was prisoner in
Weston for two or three days, and was
carefully guarded at the International
hotel He was captured near Hickory
Point, in Kansas, by a party of Weston
raiders, but was not particularly no.
toriOus at the time, and was finally
given his liberty.
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Weston had two toll roads In the
early days, and people were compelled
TO pay for the privilege of driving over
them, but now that they are free, they
are deserted. Not foot of either road
is used i; farmers and others drive on
dirt roads beside the old pixies, which
were constructed Of native stone, and
very rough.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-30

In every Kansas history. the name
''Stringfellow' appears frequently. b
f. Stringfellow practiced law st Yves
ton. He was the man who knocked
Governor Reeder down at Shawnee Mis-.
sion for referring to the Stringfellows
as border ruffians," which term soon
became part of the language of the
border DR.. j. H. Stringfellow did moi
live at Weston, but was often there,
and was citizen of the county. DR..
Strlngfellow was speaker of the first
Kansas house of representatives, which
was organized in a grove at Pawnee.
That legislature was the one which
adopted the Missouri statutes entire,
substituting the word kansas" for
Missouri" wherever it appeared. u.
+. Stringfellow died several years ago,
but DR.. Stringfellow is still practicing
medicine at St. Joseph.
: Joe Evans, at present a citizen of
weston, was resident OF the same
town when the first election was held
IN Kansas, at which it is charged that
Mlssourians voted in great numbers.
Mr.. Evans says there is no question
that great many Illegal votes were
cast by Missourians. He was in Kick
apoo on election day. but did not vote.
However, he says that many illegal
votes were cast on the other side, and
some Emigrant Aid Society people who
have lately written books about the
Kansas struggle, intimate the same
thing.
DR.. Stringfellow was elected to the
at this first election in
Kansas, and he has always contended
that there was no Illegal voting. Il.
Z. Stringfellow saw the handwriting
on the wall early in the struggle, and
knew that slavery must fail not only
in Kansas, but would go down in .
clash of arms in the nation, but DR..
always believed that slav-
cry would win. Had il won, he was
slated by his party for one of tho
United States senatorships afterwards
given to Jim Lane and ). c. Pomeroy
IN 1861.
Western people have been familiar |
for years with the New York banking |
firm of Donnell, Lawson Il Simpson,
which dealt in western securities, and |
finally went TO the wall L. NJ. Law |
son, a member of the tirIn, was former |
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We Offer q Remedy
WhlchInSur safe
~ 20 Life OF Mother
ana Child.
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Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-28

Prices for market beef-A few choice sea
g.75; extra, f5.5Bg575; first quality, SSoe5 70
second quality, stg47o; third quality, SEQ3.5O
Prices OF store cattle-Working oxen ~
pair, s8OCGliO; farrow cows, slVG2l; fancy
COWS 5000, milch COWS and calves sNG4S
yoarlings, 5000 2-yearolds. tl2g22; syoar.
Western fat swine-Live, 4s40s5I.c; northern
dressed hogs, b14: n ID.
Prices for sheep and lambs-In lots, ~, 81. 80
6Dy each extra, s35OtDl 30 or 21sb.c h 10,
iambs, 4g5lsc veal calves, 2lsCg11ac
Prices for hides, taliow aud skins--Brighton
hides, ROSIE "a N; Brighton tallow, YD<c p
10 country hides 61e0p7c n n; country tai
low ag21.c y 10, calf skins, oOcCDsl.l 10 each T;
shcared skins. 2Jg4Oc; lamb skins, 9VpG0c {;
dairy skins, 8Jf75c.
Cattlc-Market prices ON western cattle un.
Mich cows-The trade about m last week.
with sales nc t2Sgts per hoad. Fancy cows,
a6O610.
Swine-Fat hogs rule steady Mt S9x(p5Itc for
Svcstorn, and $40, a. ". for north rOaders
shcep-The market for shecp holds a stosdy
r,osition, with plenty OF western for oil -prsc
Goai purposes. The demand quite feir. West.
crp lambs cost laid down here b05s1c, and
western sheep. aGgnc. our northern hocks
have 10 bo governed By the cost of western for
0prresponding qualities.
Veal oslvss-1n active demand and Arm
oric~s paid from Aos1sc y NJ
Lave poultry-2h tons mixed iot~. - ioo
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-28
BURNED IN A STOVE.
Methods Adopted by Holmes to Dis
pose Of a Human Body.
Proof Of Awful Crime Un-
!, earthed In Indianapolis.
Detectives Have Found the Supposed Remains
oil Little Howard Piizel.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 2s.-The body Of
little Howard Pitzel, one OF the alleged
victims of III. II. Holiness" the insurance
swindlcr, was found last night by DR.. j.
II. Barnhill.
Two detectives, Geyer OF Philadelphia
and Richards Of indianapolis and Inspector
Gary OF the Fidelity Insurance company
have been at work for weeks hunting for
traces OF the boys body. He was traced
TO here with Holmes, and then he disap-
peared
Yesterday morning the detectives went
10 Covlngton, n suburb OF the city, and
the seat Of Butler college. and before they
had been at work an hour their attention
was called by n local real estate dealer to n
small vacant cottage situated In the
woods at the edge, Of the town and far
from any other dwelling.
The party went to the house. and few
minutes later the officers found beneath
the side porch the missing trunk which
was taken from the side door OF the Circle
House In this city by ii. H. Holmes and
which was thought to contain the body of
the boy. Great excitement followed, and
hundreds flocked to the scene as soon as
the discovery leaked out, although the
officers endenvored to keep the matter a
secret. The house was guarded and work
begun searching for additional evidence.
In barn connected with the house
was large stove Of cylindrical shape, of
the same pattern as Holmes bought In
Cincinnati.
In q Stove-HoIe.
Late last evening ID. j. Il. Barnhill's at
tention was called by a small boy named
Walter Jenny to the stove-hole where tho
stove had been. 1t was filled with refuse
This was pulled out and the remains of
the boy were found.
Physicians and dentists were there, and
In this pit Of refuse hundreds of pieces of
charred bones were found. The teeth
showed that the body was that OF boy be-
between and 10 years Of age, and all the
other bones confirmed this. All were
eharred, and pieces of flesh clung.to some
Of them. The skull-bones and pelvis
added to the same convincing truth.
The boy had evidently been burned in a
cob fire andin the huge stove found in the
barn. Howard's overcoat was found at q
grocery store nearby, where Holmes had
left 1t, saying the boy would call for it,
He never came. Owners of the house
recognized Holmes from the pictures
shown them.
All identify him as the man who, last
October, rented the house, with the same
story rs he told in Toronto and other
places, came with the boy and the big stove,
washstand and bod, stayed two days and
chen disappeared. Several people have
identified him and all doubt Is removed.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-28
Unfortunate Settlers.

PoRT TOWNSEND, Wash, Aug. 28-Con-
sternation has been caused In this county
by the appearance Of an army lieutenant
and a squad OF men, with instructions to
settlers on government reserves to vacate
the same before Sept. Is, or be removed by
troops. One hundred settlers will proba-
bly, lose their homes. 1t Is feared that
trouble will ensue should the government
attempt to forcibly take from the settlers
homes they have built by many years of
Anil
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-28
Assistance Needed,

ST. JOINS, N. f., Aug. 2S.-Dr. Green
fall, superintendent of the Deep Sea mis-
sion, writes announcing extreme destitu-
tion among the residents of northern Lab
rador, owing to the failure of the salmon
fishery. He says that many persons will
perish next winter unless prompt assist
ance is rendered.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-28
Cattle Receipts and Quotations.

Amount of live stock on the markets ut
Brighton and Watertown:
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-28
Prince Chose Death

VIENNA, Aug. 28.-Prince Ernest Rohan
Gucmenec, who escaped from lunatic
asylum recently and has since been de-
clared sane, has been found dead in a
stable with bullet in his head. He Is
supposed to have committed suicide.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-28
Attacked bv BrioanCs

TIFILs, Aug. ga dispatch from Bey-
rout state that on Aug. 10 band Of
armed briGands attacked the Armenian
monastery OF st. John and brutally NAL
treated the pilgrims assembled there.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-28

lDyarlbDly utrltc
benefit from It's
use, ns II quickly
abate, the cough
, rsnd y, eXpecfOr'
alton easy, assist
ing nature In re.
storing W as I G Il
tissues. There II
a large percentage
az those VINO sup
pose their cases
40 be cOnsun ~
ton 10 he suffer
IDx from "A chTpn.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-28
An Ohio Riot.

! WAPAKoNETA, o., Aug. 2S.-A riot oc-
Cured here yesterday among the laborers
employed by tho waterworks. Three men
were perhaps fatally shot and many
cluhhed
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-28
M0nu0Iian Amenities.

! SHANGHAI, Aug. ga magistrate OF
Tsaiohsicn near Wuhu, member of tho
Alliance mission, was beaten by several
native evangelists and nearly Hogged to
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-28

ic cod or deep seaie ed cough. often sggra
waited by caia rh. Both remedies bre pleas.
ant 10 use. Price Of Cream Balm, SOC per
bottle riDenla palsSn, t5c. IL quantities
OF $3.50 we VIII de iv'r free or express or
postage on receipt OF amount.
ELY BROTHERS, % Warren ST.. New York.
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