Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-04-02

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Iilibuster, who died last week,
recently gave the Bunceton Eagle
an outline of his even.ful life,
part of which follows: 81 was in
the Kansas and Missouri border
warfare, first in the cavalry, later
in the infantry. In 1866 | went
by boat to Kansas City, or rather
to Westport, for Westport was
then the town. During the Civil
war | had some mighty interest
ing times. One was when / took
a load of powder from Boonville
to Springfield and there witnessed
q fight which sounded like 500
skillets popping corn all at once.
There were eight boxes of the
powder (2,000 pounds) and de-
livered it over to the captain. |
hauled it through the country in
a long spring wagon which had
been built for a hearse, but which
had been fitted out with a false
bottom on purpose for hauling
powder. My team was made up
OF one blind 'hoss' and one moon-
eyed nag | passed lots of
soldiers-some Of 'em mighty in
quisitive cusses, too-and when
any Of 'em wanted to know what
! was hauling, ! told 'em "a dead
nigger.' The powder ! was TAX
ing through the country belong
ed to the Missouri troops at Boon
willie, and, when Lyon came up
with his men, was hidden. Some
OF it was put in wheat stacks and
some was stored under the old
fashioned high pulpit in Jones's
church, six miles west Of Boon
vile, where it was left for three
years, unknown to the congrega-
tion. The church was after.
wards burned for retaliation"
On Tuesday evening just about
dark, Cora Flowers the 14-year.
old daughter Of a farmer whose
home was near McCune Station
in Pike County, stepped out in
the back yard of her home to gel
some wood and was seized and
carried away by two negroes
They took her to haystack on
her fathers farm, less than 9
mile from the house, where they
held her prisoner IS hours, wher
she succeeded in making her es'
cape and ran back TO the house
fainting at her fathers feet al
she sobbed out her story. Tht
negroes have been arrested ant
are held in Jail in Bowling Green
Lynching is threatened.
The discharge Of three attor'
neys employed by the Board oI
Curators OF the Missouri univer.
sity at a combined salary of S8,'
800 a year is recommended in g
report submitted by the special
house committee, which has beer
investigating the expenditures oI
the university. The attorneys
who have been employed to sup.
ervise the collection Of the coll
lateral inheritance tax are Joseph
Mcintyre of st. Louis, George H
English OF Kansas City and F
M. Brown of jefferson City,
The railroad between Shelbinf
and Shelbyvills was sold to I
Southern syndicate last week q
seventy-iive cents on the dollar
According to Quincy papers, tn,
new owners of the road expect h
build south TO Paris and nortl
into Iowa. Having small town
like 6helbina and Shelbyyille a
Terminals it is handicapped b,
starting nowhere and ending no
where. The object in building t
Paris will be to reach q city tina
has the service OF two railroad
and . tirst-class ball team.
A httie Republican prosperit
struck sedalia. Mo-, the frat (
the week, The Missouri Pacifi
railroad shops have closed indef
nitsly. AL over the system Il
force has been rsducsd and shorI