Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-09
County News.
BENTON + It e

BENTON CITY ITEMS.
Correspondence Of the Ledger.
BENTON CITY, Mo-, June Walter
Tratchel and Albert Harrison are
serving on the jury this week in Mex
leo.
j. W. Dowell was here Tuesday.
Alex Pearl, of Montgomery, was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Wylde
this week.
Elder Coggins filed his regular APP
pointment at Martiusburg Sunday. 1t
being Children's Day quite a number
from here attended and reported the
exercises superb.
Mr. and Mrs. j. Kelierhals, who
live northeast of here, received q mes
sage Saturday morning announcing
that their eldest son, Joseph, who has
resided at st. Charles the past three
years, was not expected to live. Mr.
Kellerhals left on the first train but
was too late to see his son alive. Nj.
Kellerhals received a kick from a
vicious horse which he was trying to
harness and only lived four hours. He
married a Miss Hoffmeyer about four
years ago and who died In st. Charles
some Is months since. The remains
were buried ut st. Charles beside his
beloved wife. The entire community
extend their heartfelt sympathy to
the bereaved parents and relatives.
]. @. Hendrix received two cars of
corn this week and j. W. Dowell and
J. j. johnson one car each.
]. O. Hendrix received a car load of
choice hogs from Finley Johnson
Wednesday, which he shipped out
Wednesday night.
Miss Minnie Harrison, who has been
attending the Christian Orphan School
at Fulton, is visiting her cousin, Miss
Ped Harrison, this week.
Born, to MI. and Mrs. A. w. Greet
ing, Saturday night, June A., a ten
pound boy.
MIR. and Mrs. Edward Finch, of
Marietta, Ohio, arrived here Monday
night to visit Mrs. Finch's uncles,
Walter and Herman Tratchel.
Mrs. Sidney Silver returned from
Mexico Tuesday, where she visited
her daughter, Mrs. w. r. Sallee, the
past week.
Miss Nora Billiard and Mrs. U. d.
Williams, of Martinsburg, visited Mrs.
M. E. Douglass Tuesday.
W. N. Mullins store was broken
into Saturday night by burglars and
robbed of shoes, hats and other wear
ing material. The culprits entered
the store through a broken transom.
VIM. Mullins, Jr., who had attended a
serenade with the rest of the band
boys at the residence of Il. l.. Cohoon
Saturday night, on his return
noticed the back door of the store
open and went through the building
closing the door, thinking his father
had overlooked closing the door on
leaving for the night. Sunday morn
ing the door again stood open and on
investigation showed the store had
been robbed. The supposition Is that
burglars were in the store when young
Mullins went in to close the door and
helped themselves after he had gone
out, making their exit by way of a
back door, being particular to prop
open the door as they went out.
Our quiet little village took on the
aspect of Jefferson Barracks. At IL
O'Clock Monday night all our citizens
were see patroling the town with
shotguns and revolvers of every con-
ceivable style and make. o. L. Col
lard, Emmett Northcutt, Fred Keller
halls and Cecil Cohoon, who had at
tended church, were returning home
and noticed a man lying in a meadow
near A. F. Romans residence. Think
ing he was there for no good they
aroused W. o. Powell, who, after find
ing out there were two of them in
| stead of one and knowing they had
been acting suspicious during the
early part of the evening about town,
Wdlhou dCEOb5 thC AOdu w COuSuit
| with Mayor Romans as to what would
be the best to do with the intruders,
when they jumped up from where
they hsd been feigning to be asleep
and ran across the field toward the
railroad. Powell and Albert Harrison
jumped into a buggy and headed them
of as they were about to cross o road
| and commanded them to halt. They
| refused to do 30, whereupon Powell
opened fire on them. They then
turned and a in the direction they
had first started from. After firing
four shots at their fleeing forms the
surrounding neighborhood was arous-
ed and a vigilant watch kept until 9
a. M, but nothing more was seen OF
them. The fields were secured by q
posse of men with shot guns. Both
/ men were neatly attired and had been
seen all evening west of town lying
out in a field waiting for the approach
of darkness before they would enter
town. 1t CHANGED that they met with
a reception they will not soon forget
RUSH HILL ITEMS,