Kansas City journal., 1897-11-08
lest citizens. Mrs. Hartman was ss years

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The Lebanon Rustic, Farris' home organ.
| frterprets ex-Warden Morrison's declara-
tion in favor of the nomination of Dockery
| as the next Democratic candidate for gov
ernor as an intimation that Morrison wants
his old job at the penitentiary again. ard
| ACIDS he will find that there will be 9TH
| ers in the race" Does Editor Bradshaw
| rean that he hopes to break into the pan
himself in case of Farris' success?
f. No further evidence is needed as to the
| possession of keen foresight and excellent
1 Judgment on the part of Editor George IL.
Pcwers. the new man in charge OF the
4 Rock Port Democrat. than this paragraph,
| from the current issue of his paper, con-
cerning Kansas City: There is a city for
you that always has a hustle on. 1t won
he twenty-five years before it will have q
business and a population exceeding that
of st. Louis"
| The fact widely exploited recently tha,
| VIII r. Gay, who has been appointed by
| President Mckinley as United States dis
| tr:ct attorney for the state of Washing
| ton, was formerly resident of Burlington
| Junction, and got his start there as Il
| lawyer. doesn't by any means constitute
| that favored locality's only claim to dis
| tinction. DIR. May Harvested" radish
in his garden there the other day which
treasured two feet in length and weighed
twelve pounds.
Joplin News: Talk about quail" said
Tom Stults. who has just returned from a
trip to Howell county, they are so plenti-
full in the valleys where l have been tina.
| you can kill them by the hundreds. We
had quail three times day as long as the
| crowd would eat them, and didn't have to
! leave the wagon. 1t was not uncommon
| for me to bag eight to twelve with the two
barrels of my Parker. 1 was cook, and We
| had fried quail, broiled quail and baked
| quail with sage dressing. The boys soon
| tired of the diet and would grab my arm
| TO keep me from firing into a covey. We
saw thousands of them going and return
| Ing"
| The story Of the search for gold which
| is row going on near Clearmont is as ro-
martic, the Maryville Tribune says. as
| the tales of the hunt made for the treas
ures of the late Captain William Kidd.
| which were supposed to have been buried
| on Gardeners Island:
| For number of years the Bains broth
ers who live north of Clearmont have be-
| lieved large amount of money is buried
| on a small strip of land belonging to Alex
| Gray and lying two and one-half miles
| north of Clearmont. Tradition says 1t was
buried there years and years ago by an cd
| Indian chief who had received it from the
| government when the Platte purchase was
| made. The story is that this old chief of
| the Sacs and Fox was deputed by his Tribe
| to go to Savannah, where the final deal
between the government and the Indians
| was made, to secure their share Of the
| money. He secured half Of it. and on his
return sunk it to the bottom of a small lake
near Nodaway river, and started back to
get the other half. Before returning he
and those with him were met by a party
of Omahas and the old chief was killed.
He had told no one what he had done with
the treasure and the secret of its burial
| was carried by him to the grave.
Soon after this the Indians were moved
to Kansas. 1t became tradition in the
dead chiefs tribe that he had, hidden the
treasure at the bottom of the lake mem
| toned. but the river in its wiudfnss grad
ually filled the lake with sand. and its To-
cation was lost.
The Bains heard number of years ago
the story of the buried treasure. Some In
dians of the tribe of the Sac and Fox
came to the vicinity of Clearmont, 1t is
said. and camped. remaining for several
weeks apparently searching for something.
Their actions excited suspicion and finally
their secret was disclosed. Since then the
Bains boys have dreamed by night and
talked very much by day of the supposed
treasure. They resolved some time AGO IN
make search for II. Recently thew secured
two magnetic needles sunnosed IN h,,e
gold-Iocatine properties and over tho nl,,so
where this old lake is sunnosed 10 b,,:o
been both dipped Several tr,a,s wer,
made with the same resuJt and the H,;ns
congratulated themselves that tbe,r 6rst
efforts had been successfuJ
The work was on1v berun boweyer The
needle dipped over a hed NJ ou,cLsand Tn
dig the ouicksand Is hard worl and ron,,;r.s
rstience. Patience the Rains b,d .or-
turatcly. For days thew worked b,ra !.
was evident to them from, tho er., .,at
the box which contained tbe r,orov ana
which is sunnosed to have ha.,, r,ao.,, ~ -.
side hollow In, before beire srn,, w.,
deen below tho su,foco E;r,,,,, -
bard work n sns do strucL sor,.,h;,,,, -
Hut tho ny.ter fror, ~ =; - - -.
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situation would admit NJ and anam,. 49,
hor w.s rncoyorod .nd ono - -. W"
w S manu-. nu' IL was very neaVy'
tho uorker ond hafore =. ..,,,, - -. '''
assistance the troasrr. hoa s,,.,,os -
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the finding NJ tho tra.s,,r. .',s y.
oxc;ter.nt T., 49, ,,;s,.,.' s. ei."'
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