The Lamar register., 1899-02-01
rRAeEpr or LIE &c.
missouri Feaa In uhtsn the nissf :
msr- shet rall % Hole.

or from some other equally insiEnih
cant cause. and there is no place OF
earth where family qunrreis are more
lasting or more sangginary than in the
southern aud southwestern states
when, in Christian county. in the
Ozark region OF Missouri tho Aea-
doSses declared var upon the Bilyeus
because the latter family resented the
announcement Of the former that =
fence owned In common should be re-
moved. the hcstilities resulted in The
death OF three Of the defendants ard
the wounding OF one OF tbe asgres
EoFs.
Ths two fRmIlicr are so united bs
tntermarriage that il E hard 10 plea
out a certain member OF either and
say with any degree Of eNactncss just
what he or she is.
Atter il Is all over. old JOHNNY Bill
yeu declares. noySithstanding that n
lost a son and two grandsons. IL Wa
q bully good scrap and he WOuldn'f
have missed Il Tor any number OF sons
and grandsons- The Meado~sS- Ana
one OF the surviving BIlyeus are IN
der arrest, and viii be tried for mcE-
der, but old Johnny BilyeI says Its
a shame to hang a TELLER t9r licksnE
his man in a hEht even " he Il
Msdder. duru him. and has been killin
Bilyeus"
For old Johnny Is past SO years old.
and has been in many a stSndup nEht
lie showed ammunition to bis son
Steve, and his two Erandsons. Jimmie
and Pete. and ehseged them on With
cries OF Give EN- helI1- But ~ u
turned out. Il was a game q, take A.
well as take. and nobiy did the hiiysus
take Il
About the middle ot November Had
Meadows got hts volunteers tnScthsr
and started out TO TA1s that fence
which divided the two farms he had
Ieyelcd only a iitsle gap Whsn Steve
Bllyea and his son Pete came runninE
oct from their house With guns IL
their hands Thcre waS cessation
Of the leyeiIhE iust then. and the ~urE
was postponed I'm the week after
ThAnksgiVing. Then oaor moru Bad
got his eoharts together and sailed
forth. This time HIS mcn ~ere armed,
and they confronted armed rnea. Ths
procession moved in the following Or
der From the Meadows house came
Bud Meadows. Bob Meadows Jake
Bilycu. Steye's brother Hos.a BilFea.
steye's cousin. and the husband q
sieye's sister. Frank Tabor. Who had
married steve's daughter; Martin Bii-
yeu, Stsye's brothers boy. and Mrs
Bud MeatovS, and Mrs, hob Meadows.
daughters % SteveE brssheT. Not
Withstandins their cDutFarY name
and relationships, they all we're Mead.
owses
The enemy advanced to the scrap IA
this order; Steve Bilysu, With his sons
Jimmie and Pete Mrs steve HIlyea.
with a big pruning knife. and IN the
rear.hurrying along A. well as his AEsi
legs would carry him. was the redo1bt-
able patriarch. old Jimmy Bnyeu. Nhe
carried his eighty ysaFs and his Ezn
with equal ease.
Some one fred shot-Ebo no one
knows nor cares Bus Il was the six-
nal for the opening Of the battle IL
was hardly an equal contest. as the
AeAdovses ouinumhered the BiIyeas
'hN ~@'' ss<NNNA ANtN w hAlNAl WaAH
we'll Frank Tabor vas hit. and ar
instant later Steve Bilysu fell. Mrs.
Bilyeu skipped over the fence. and
with her knife pruned OF a piece o.
Bud Meadows arm. While she war
thus engaged. Jimmie and Pete her
two sons. fr.l beside their father. and
the greater part OF the Bllyeus being
hors de combat, the AeAho~ses With
dreE.
Mrs. Steve leaped across the offend.
ing fence and knelt bes!ds the warm
bodies OF her husband and sons. There
was little that she said-she never
wastes words or tears on those who
fall in glorious night. Going home
for help. she had the bodies removed
TO the house. and the funeral was at
tended by all the good people in the
neighborhood except the MeadowsesS
Arrests followed. and this feature
Of the affair grieyed old johnny great
ly. for. as he said. its a shame To
hang a felIer fer licking his man In
good fight, even II he is 4 Medder
durn him, an has been killing BIZ
yeus'
Rulers of Europe.