Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-01-14

was While Ia Missouri n J,loodthirsty
and irrceonciiaOie 'rebrl' long after
the Confederate banner WAS furled for
eyer and Confederate soldiers were
pursuing the paths of peace He once
published Il lurid account of the Pal
nNra massacre" and SWore by all that
Was holy that he intended to repnblish
it with increasing luridnoss on every
anniversary of that bloody event Snd-
denly he removed to the hyperborean
regions of Dakota and Just as suddenly
blossomcd out as a staiWart Republic
an and performed the repentant rrbel-
plodigal son act with great eclat to
audiences Of the truly loyal For
awhile be created Il tremendous uproar
in lis new re!e. but recently he has
dropped completely out Of sight How
ever, he once employed Colonel Dyer
as bis attorney. and here Is the peti.
ton Wl:eh deserves Il place in Dis
lapli.s "Cirjosilcs of Luerature:'
A Remarkable Petition.
Pat honun and Ethan .Allen. plain
tffS versus the Louisiana and MiSSo1-
ri River Railroad company. defendant;
in the Pike county circuit court, fail
term. 1878
"PlaintiftS state that in 1870 and
1871 they were and have ever since
continued to be copartncrS in business
under the firm name and style of Do
nan 4 Allen that said firm Was and IS
engaged in publishing what is known
as the Lexington Caucasian. a newSpa-
per ESQ calied' printed and published at
Lexington. Mo-: that tho chief editor Of
said paper. to wit. Pat Donan. is an
unwashcd and unrcgcnerate rebel in
favor of white mans government
opposed to negro suffrage and all other
similar and modern Improvements and
is and has bean in favor Of the repudia-
tion of the rational debt, debt con.
tracted for the purpose Of saving the
nation from the hands of said editor
and his codefendaniS: that said editor
iii chief WAS also i'll the year 1872 in
favor of the election of Silas Woodson
as governor OF Missouri. but that the
said editor is at this tialc mucn ,liSaf-
fectcd toward his eXcellencN the said
governor and has duly repented dhe
first time III his life, in Sackcloth and
ashes for his want of Judgment and
discretion in that regard; that notwitI-
standing all these things were we'll
known to the defendant and had been
by it duly considered, the said plaintiffs
at the special instance and request OF
said defendant did and performed GER
tain work and labor and furnished ma
terals for the same to said defendant,
as will more fully appear by an ac-
count herewith filed. marked EXEibs.
A. and made part of this petition.
Plaintiffs state that the balance claim
ed in said account, to wit the sum or
$50. with interest, is due them and 'il-
paid. for which. with costs Of suit. at
torncys fees and a railroad pass, they
ask iudoment -. T.. DYER.
"Attorney for Plaintiffs.
judge Hunt and Sam Maiden.
There perhaps never was any COM
munity on earth in which more ANUS
ing things have happened than in Pike
county. Mo Hon. Ezra Hunt. who
for many years was judge of the fa-
NOUS "Pikc circuit" was celebrated fo;
his urbanity and dignity no less thah
for his learning and judicial ability.
Once upon a time there was pending VI
his court an indictment AGAINST one
Samuel Maiden fer selling whisky
without license. Maiden was quite
Il character in his way. In due time
and with fitting solemnity his honor