Horton Daily Headlight du lieu suivant : Horton, Kansas • 1

4 "Jfc who tootcth not his own horn, the same shall not bo tooted." VOL'. 1. HORTON, 24, 1888 NO. 154. Jp I'll''! J) BRUTAL MURDER.

TIME TABLE N. RAILROAD, (HOCK 18I.AXD KOl'TB.) St. Josopb and Iowa Railway Lessee. linker HrcrzeH. A ladies aid society has boon organized at this place with the following' ernble amusement by fighting each other.

Tho hook and ladder company havo fairly outstripped hose company number one in winning tho respect of tho fair ladies. It must bo known that tho firo companies havo elected twenty-live women houorary members. I thought this thing of tr lilting women firemen was all wrong at somo gentleman was thought best by tho leaders to await to-morrow's developments, ns John Miller has promised to have a talk with prosecuting attorney Mosby. It was by tho merest chance in tho world that the negroes were not mobbed to-uight. Tho probability is they will bo taken out to-morrow night and hanged, as tho mob dispersed to-night with this explicit understanding.

The negroes nre seperat-ed. Mortimer and several others being in tho county jail, while Faucett and throe other members of tho gang are in the city prison. The mayor and sill the city officials, the HIAW.tniA LETTER. Special to Dailv Ukadi.iout. Hiawatha, April 2 Colonel Andy J.

Felt, of Seneca, the republican choice, without opposition, for lieuteriant governor of Kansas, stopped here Saturday and told General D. ilder something about his soldier life in tho seventh Iowa regiment. 4,1 never knew ft man confined in a southern prison who was not a said ho emphatically. "In the, battle at Belmont, with many others, I was taken prisoner, lifter having my beard shot away, aud receiving other more serious wounds. I iinally found myself, after a few months that seem a blank to mo now, in Libhy prison.

I remember but. one station between Belmont and Richmond, Virginia. It is Columbus, South Carolina. There tho sick were taken out of the cattle cars with leaking roofs, and placed side by side between the tracks to dry. A railroad workman, in a bluo blouse, cumo along striking tho car wheels with a hammer.

He whispered to the live corpses: 'Be of good cheen you'tvo lots of friends in this I have loved railroad laborers ever since. The food given to the sick and well would have nauseated the stomach of a carrion crow. I was in Libby prison a year, and knew twenty men to escape by walking up to the deadline for the purpose of being killed. When wo were exchanged we had on the samo clothes, the mime shirts, what there was left of them, that we woro when taken at Bohnont." These are tho first utterauces Mr. Felt has been known to make about his soldier days.

They are historical facts never before given to the public, officers: President, Mrs. A. B. Finley; Vico President, Mrs. A.

Gold; Secretary, Mrs. Aunio Gates; Treasurer, Mrs. Dr. Myers; Mrs. G.1L Valentino and Mrs.

E. W. Smith aro tho visiting; committee, Miss Kate Ovorniyor, a lady well and favorably known hero, was married March HHh to Mr. H. Chittenden, tho ceremony being preform-edat BruccsLake, Indiana.

The hap py couple left immediately for their homo at the Balls, Oregon, from which placo Kate writes that she has a splendid homo and un excellent husband, which wo hope is true as sho is worthy of the very best of husbands. The ladies of Baker aud vicinity held a Leap Year social at tho school hall, on Tuesday evening, April 17th. As wo havo hoard no complaint wo think all must havo enjoyed themselves. A box supper was served and tho ladies made estimable oscorts. Htnong thoso present wero, Mrs.

W. M. Nellans, accompanied by Rov. Finley and Dr. Myers, Mrs.

Gold, Wm. Cotter, Mrs. Myers, Mr. Gold and Liles, Kate Story, Nick Withrou, Anna Moll, Robert Dewitt, Mrs. Gates, E.

L. Hale, Anna Fitch, Robt. Gold, Mrs. Finley, Olio Gold, Mrs. Wonder, Fred Rogers, Mrs.

Valen tino, W. B. Wonder, Mrs. Rogers, W. M.

Nellans, Rena Gates, Will F. Miller, Myrtle Nellans, Clydo Mohler, Jennie Swearinger, J. Gates, Mrs. Gold, Mr, Lawrie, Clara Ilito and Sherm, Minnie Noel, E. W.

Smith, Mrs. Smith, Robert Wonder, Corn Hite, Mr. Lilly, Bertha Hito was accompanied by a handsome young; man whoso name we failed to loarn. Probably thoro woro others present but our "mammoth brain" fails to remember them. Baker again has two physicians, Dr.

Lomaster, of Robinson has located hero, lie comos well recommended as a physician which fact wo aro glad to learn. On Thursday, we in company with our "worser half," and others, accopt-ed an invitation to dino at the City Hotel, and were entertained as only Mr. and Mrs. Wandor know how to entertain. Mr.

W. keeps a first-class house und is well patronizod both by regular bourdon and transient guests. Dr. Myors recontly prosented his wifo with a lino now carriage, and J. L.

Gates purchused a buggy horse for his wifo. Mrs. P. Mohler has gone to Illinois on a visit, Miss Nellie Purk is keeping houso for hor during her absonce. Mrs.

Starr has returned to her homo in Topeka, wo learn that Miss Odu Littreal accompanied her. Tho Hiawatha World continues to ask, "what aro we horo for?" Wo suppose that Mr. Herbert is Lore to make money, but if ho succeeds as most editors do, he won't bo able to purchaso a straw hat this summer, and will bo obliged to wear his "plug" another year. A number of our citizens attended tho county convention at Hiawatha Saturday. Clio.

riillSO.N'AL. Sheriff Francis, of Holton, is in tho city to-day on business. Miss Fulton, of Sabetha, was tho guest of her sister, Miss Lizzie, a teacher in our public schools yester day. She left this morning for Hol ton where suo is attending tho Camp bell University. O.

R. Henson, of Quincy, 111., ar rived in tho city this morning to look after his interests here. Chas. Hubbell, tho popular and efficient trainmaster of tho southwest division of tho K. N.

and located at HeringtoD, was in tho city this morning shaking hands with tho boys. Mrs. W. P. Freeman, accompanied her son Guy, returned from Florida, Thursday evening.

Mr. Freeman stopped in Horton, Kansis, where ho will spend a few days bo-fore coming to Fuirbury. Fail bury Democrat. Aithur Phillips of tho K. N.

store house, returned this morning from a short trip through southwestern Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. IL W. Bradley went to Muscotah this morning to visit for a few days.

The Circulation or Slanderous Stories Leads to a Brutal Murder. Reported Lynching of a Cow ardly Traducer and AssassinCross and White Bailed. Paducah, April 24. A gentle man named Hilger, who came out of the Tennessee River this morning, brings the details of a murder and probable lyching which took placo nt a country store Friday a few miles from Mouse Tail Landing, on that i ii ITT 1 river. A young ieiiow namou warn had been circulating scandalous reports about a young lady neighbor, the daughter of a respectable old farmer named Stafford.

The father of tho girl, meeting Ward at tho store, called him to account and warned him that if he did not rotract his slanderous statements then and there he would kill him, at the same time covering him with a revolver. Ward pleaded abjoctly for his life and acknowledged that he had lied and that Miso Stafford, as far as he knew, was pure and without reproach. This satisfied the old man and permitted the traducer to go away unpunished. Ward then proceeded to tho houso of a friend near by and borrowed a double-barreled shot gun, under pretense that ho was going to the woods to shoot some squirrels, returing to tho store jusi as Stafford was mount- 1 J. 1 ing ins norse preparatory to returning home.

He leveled it at his victim, and with tho words: "You had the drop on.met a little while ago and now I have it on you," he fired shooting Stafford through the heart and killing him instantly. With tho other loaded barrel of the gun he kept the bystanders at bay and es caped. Mr. Hilger says that just as ho was leaving Mouse Tail yesterday, news was brought in that Ward had been captured. A party of men were preparing to leave the Landing, swearing tuat ward had oeen caught ho should not live until night.

THE APGAIt MURDER. Mexico, April 24. 1 Here is still groat excitement hero over the capture of the murderers of Samuel Apgar and tho breaking up of the gang of negro burglars, some of whom undoubtedly assassinated the old man. There are now nioo negro men in jail for participation in the murder and tho various burglaries that have taken place recently, tho Inst one of the gang, Cy Faucett, for whom the offered a reward of $200, and the one whom Mortimer claims tired the fatal shot, having been brought up from Vandalia last night anc placed behind the bars, Faucett boarded a freight train at tho latter named point last night, no doubt in tending to make for tho Yest, but Conductor Frank Cordrny, who knew the negro was wanted, locked him up in a box car mid delivered him to tho police here early this morning. Ulucers been pumping Faucett all day, but he will not talk.

As the pistol from which the shot was lired was lound in a stove in Mortimer's house, burned so as to be scarcely recognizable, suspicion rests strongly upon him as tho murder, although he claims that Faucett did tho deed. As Mr. Apgar was a prom inent Grand Army man, the members of that organization aro greatly exercised over the murder, ai)d will have justice. Lynching has been talked of on street corners all day, but it is thought that wiser counsels will prevail and the law be allowed to take its course. A taste of hemp to force a confession is not improbable, however, as it is believed by many that this mode of procedure is the only way that will reveal the certain identty of tho murderer.

The sheriff has a strong guard at the jui to-night. A mob lingered around tho city fail until Hfter 11 o'clock, at which time it dispersed, muttering ven Trains carrying passengers leave Horton aa follows gOl'THWKKT. No. .11. frclcht, No.

1, Mull und Express, No. 83, Accommodation No. 3, Express, XOKTI1WEST. No. 37.

freight, No. fi, Mall and Express, No. 39, Freight, EAST. No. 4.

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in. No. 2, Mail ami from southwest, 5:30 p. in. KANSAS CITY llKANt'll.

Leaves Arrives No. 4, TopeUa, 4:05 a. m. Cltv 0:53 p. No.

2, Topeka, 4:5 p. m. City ittSft a. m. No.

1, City, a. m. Topeka lUsW p. in. No.

3, KCitv, p. ni. Topeka 11:40 p. m. Nob.

31 iSTaud 3D daily except Sunday. Other trains dailv. Coupon "tickets to parts of the country. One thousand mile tickets for nolo for S25.00. liasTRRge cheeked to destination for information regarding rates and connections inquire of O.

Miciiaki.s, Agent. If you want A Clean Easy Shave, Shampoo or Haircut, GO TO FLEMING HANNAS, East Front St. Horton, Ks, Befit. Workmen in the City. 301)1 CROSBY Contractor For 3 Horton, Kan.

Plans and Specifications fur nislied on application. Satisfaction Guaranteed. "ALWAYS AT THE FROSIT" with Good Goods and Low Prices. SHANNON BROS. IEALERS IN AND GOAL.

The oldest business house in the city. Acorn Stoves, Gold Coin Stoves, Great Western Stoves. Buy your ice of Crawford Bros, tf For line fruits and confect'onery call on E. E. Hutching.

tf. Ice ut Crawford Bros. tf Leave orders for ice at Crawford Bros. tf For cool refreshing drinks call on E. E.

Hutchings, North Main street. Those wanting fine building stone should call at tho Oak View real estate office. 38-dtf The celebrated waukesha ginger ale tit Hutchings. North Main street confectionery. tf.

Crawford will deliver ice to any part of the city. Leave them your orders tf Those wanting line building stone tbould call at the Oak View real "estate office. 38-dtf Those wanting fine building stone should call at tho Oak View real estate office. 38-dtf For Kent. Three furnised rooms in new building on Bouth Delaware street, about May 1st.

For information call at this office. 43-dtf For choice cigars, go to Stivers Sautters, exclusive Bgents for Henry Clay, Henry Ward Beecher, Pointer, and S. a. Cut Offs. 44 d2w Fou Sale: Two corner lots front ing east and south, in Kansas City addition, with house 14x26 for $550, $300 to be paid cash and ballance on eighteen months time.

Call at resi dence. 52 dGt J. Berxhakd. Constable's Sale. I have an organ which I will sell either at public sale or auction at my office on iouth Main cheap.

Call and see it. 1 Wm. Ridoeix, Constable. HARD I ARE from tho rural districts proves it all right by saying that there is no reason why tho ladies should not bo moro valuable at lighting fires than men. They are built much better for it.

If tho blaze is not too largo they can throw their dresses over it, and smother it. A woman ought to be rent success running up a ladder with ptiil of watiir, for if sho happened to slip, she would not go through tho rounds of the ladder, and if she fell backwards to the ground her wire bustle and falso hair would be of invaluable service in breaking tho fall. Tho ladies always havo their hoso with them, and no disastrous delays would then occur in waiting for tho arrival of tho cart, as a stream would bo playing on tho flamos in ess thno than it would take to har ness a team of horses. M. L.

Cahr. SI Joseph Stock ard Burned. At 7 o'clock last night firo broke out in tho horse and mule barn, of the St. Joseph stock yards, and destroyed that structure, tho horso and mule pens, hay barn, corn bins, a portion of tho cattlo pens, eighteen head of horses and a largo quantity of baled hay. corn and oats.

The loss is 000, fully covered by insurance. Tho barn destroyed was a frame building located in northeastern part of tho grounds, it was 100x200 foot, and two stories in height. It contained 100 stalls for hoses ami pons to accommodate 210 mules. Thoro wero soven open mulo pons, each 40x50 foot, accommodating three car loads each. Tho flooring was of threo inch pine, spiked to cypress sills bedded in clay ballast.

Tho offices in tho building wero eight in number, and hand somely fittod up. There wero ninety-six stalls for horsos. In tho center of tho barn was an open court for showing horsos, 40 feet square. The barn was abundantly lighted by sky lights. The Rocond Btory( was used for tho storage of hay, oats, etc.

The building cost ia the neighborhood of $10,000. The corn bins wero situatod just south of the barn and wore in flamos Hlmost ns Boon as the barn; had become well scorchod. The fire spread rapidly along tho pons and soon enveloped tho hay barn, which stood north of the cattlo tracks, and was filled to the roof with baled hay. The cattlo pens south of tho track wero partially burnod so that tho chutes and gates must bo rebuilt. Twenty-two hoad of horses in tho main barn was burned, tho rapid proad of the firo making it impossible to save tlnm.

About tho same number of mules in tho insido pens were driven out and wived. None of tho horses were of fancy value, and would perhaps havo brought $125 per bead. Tho hitching sheds were on firo at ouo point, but a bucket of water quenched it and they were afterwards in no danger. Fortunately nil tho cars on tho track woro too far down to be reached by tho flumes. How tho tiro originated is a mystery.

Tho night watchman had made the rounds of tho upper story of the burn, and was just reporting everything all right above when an immense volume of smoke surged up in the rear of the barn followed in an instant by fierce flames which in ten minutes or less had entirely enveloped tho immense structure and before any of tho employes Lad timo to do anything tho entire horso and mule yard pens and buildings wero on lire. St. Joseph Gazelle. ii Kill ice. All persons owning dogs within tho corporate limits of tho city of Horton nre her by notified to call at my office on or before May 1st, and pay the tax on same, and any person refusing to pay f-aid tax v.ll have their dog? killed a-4 provided for by ordinance, Eli flAKDix, City Marshal.

sheriff and his deputies and guards wero all upon the scene endeavoring to quell tho mob, which was eventnal- done. Cross and White Hailed. Raleigh, N. April 21. Last night at midnight tho clerk of the supremo court and the sheriff was roused from their beds by messengers, who informed them that C.

E. Cross und S. C. Whito, tho president and cashier who robbed tho State Nation al bank, of this city, woro ready to give bail and leave tho jail, where they have been for thirteen days. The officials hastened to tho jail and inspected the bonds, which nre for $15,000 each.

They wore found to be good. All of Cross' bondsmen are rom Gates county, his home, and chief among them is Thos." E. Cross. his father, who is down for $7000. His brother is also surety.

Among his other sureties is James Parker, whose name was forged by Cross on one of the notes found in the plundered iink. A curious fact in connection with White's bond is that D. II. Graves signs it for $5000. Graves is the man whoso name Cross forged, and who went to Toronto, Canada, as.

a witness against Cross in tlio extradition proceedings. Another strange thing is that an other of White's bondsmen is James A. Rogers, who f3 tho special deputy who went, to Canada with chief of police Ileartt and United States dis trict attorney after Cross and White. Tho clocks were striking midnight when tho prisoners lot, tho jail, pasB- ing tnrouirn a little assemblage or. spectators.

White's wife, who had gone into the jail some hour3 before, came out with him, leaning on his arm. White, as he walkod off on his way home, said to the crowd: "Good night, gentlemen." Cross' bearing was very defiant. He said he expected to walk tho streets, and thctt he had done nothing, committed no crime. Ho said to an intimate friend that he expected to preparo a sketch in which he would relate the whole history of his connection with tho bank. He does not ceaso his allegations that his wife's family know all about the bank's affairs and are guilty of frauds.

His action in this matter has secured for him tho execration of tho people of tho entiro state. Cross said to-day that he would go to his old home, Uatos county, to live. Both ho and Whito will bo tried in July for forge ry, aud their conviction is certain, as is also a long sontonoo to tbo penitentiary. Threo swindlers went sailing out iuto tho west, out into the west, as the sun went down; each drummed up tho swindle ho understood be.4, and soon they ruado a bigroll in the town, for sharps must scheme where honest men toil, though shoel is waiting their bodies to broil, and tho gates of hell are groaning. Three workmen sat on a towering wall, and they fastened tho brick as the sun went down, their labors wero hard and their pay was small, hut they owed not a dollar in all the town, for tho poor must work and grind on their knees, while tho swindlers aro basking near by at their ease, and tho angels above arc meaning.

Threo swindlers were lucked in a prison cell, in the evening dusk when their luck went down; their three workmen were toiliuff all faithful and well nil re spected and honored by tho town, for the Lord remembers the men who toil, and the devil remembers the sharpers who spoil, and tho gates of hell keep yawning. Emporia Globe. except in last week's Hiawatha World. HEWS NOTES. The destitution of Mrs.

11. Hick causeslhtit estimable lady to bo much pitied. Sho refuses aid and says she will sell everything she has rather than be dependent. She will take her children and join her son who is in Atchison. No one can tell when his turn will corao to stom tho tide of misfortune.

Methodists run things in Hiawatha, just as they do everywhere else. We havo a Methodist school board, i Methodist mayor, ft Methodist libra rian, (who spells complimentary, com-plimentry) aud tho first Methodist church in the The milk shake, a very harmless and tasteless drink ia the craze hero now. i Another drug storo failure will be tho probable result of tho now comer. No better political organizer roosts in Hiawatha than Captain John Schilling. Friend Smith, of Horton, is smooth, aud so is Colonel John Fulton, of Morrill, but tho captain is the friend of both and on top of tho heap.

Ho is bold and aggressive and never stoops to a lio. His promise of favor is as good as a kings. He- is able to copo with political giants because he understands their gamo. Captain Laeoek holds a sword over tho head of one of his brother attorney's and threatens to let it drop during tho next tsrrii of court. His charge if proven will result in the young fellow's downfall.

So serious is the matter that Judge Bassett can do little but dismiss the young man from the bar. It all comes from tho 'curse of gold." Further di ielosuros later on. UNION SENTIMENT. An old soldior, B. E.

Morton, has written a letter to Governor Felt, of Seneca, in which he says: "I can forgive tho rebel soldiers that manfully fought us in battle, but Jeff Davis ard the leaders of tho south who suffered such inhumanity to exist in prisons, I can never forgive or fur gel. Yet such men have control of Washington, and represent us ia for eign countries. Mr. Felt, a few more administrations like the present one. and our sons will have to rally around tho stars and stripes to Mfjain s.ive our country." LITTLE CHAT.

A woman Ooetur has located in lii.t-watha, and as she is rather bright and handsome, quite number of the boys are sick. Tho lira i the pri: oners. It gounce against.