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From: "James Laird" <>
Subject: [KSJEFFER] BROWN,DARK,CLARKE,EDMNDS,WRAY,PATRICK,HUDDLESTON,THOMPSON
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 10:30:56 -0400


The McLouth Times
Friday
June 10, 1898

Some of our readers probably remember some time ago of reading of some trouble among the soldiers out at Ft. Riley where one soldier beat another's brains out with a ball bat. The quarrel started when the soldiers were down at Hutchinson and when they got back to Ft. Riley it was aggravated further and one of them went into the other's room about ten o'clock at night and murdered him. Those who were at the Southwestern Monday morning and evening had a chance to see the supposed murderer. The U.S. deputy marshal was taking him to Leavenworth in order to have his trial continued on account of witnesses being on their way to Cuba.

Cherries are turning red and the small boy may soon be expected to have cramps, rheumatics, headache or any other disease in his vocabulary.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. BROWN of the Indian Territory are the happy parents of a son born June 4th. This accounts for the smile on Grandpa DARK's face.

Mrs. Vesta CLARKE returned to Topeka today, where she will take a shorthand and type-writing course in a business college.--Oskaloosa Independent.

We hear that lightning struck a tree out at Thomas EDMONDS' and from there it went to the clothes line and from the clothes line to a wire fence and tore up several fence posts.

T.L. WRAY goes to Easton, Mo., tomorrow for a few days visit. From there he goes to western Kansas for a few weeks and then to Freeland, Col., for the summer.--Oskaloosa Times.

A.G. PATRICK and family passed thorugh here last Friday on their way to California where they expect to make their home. Mr. PATRICK is one of the earliest settlers in Jefferson county and has figured very extensively in its politics. He was a man possessed of many peculiarities but was always true to his friends and did much to build up this county. To think of Jefferson county or more especially Oskaloosa without PATRICK is like thinking of England without Gladstone, though he had many enemies, he was often favored even by them for fear of the consequence of "Pat's" pen in case they went against his will. He has now passed the mile stone of three score and ten years but it is hoped his days of usefulness are not yet over and that in the land where orange blossoms grow, he may although his head is white with honorable gray hairs, have his youth renewed, to the advancement of justice to the detriment of evil.

Mrs. Clate HUDDLESTON arrived last Friday morning from California, she is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James THOMPSON of near Springdale.

Nearly every one has finished planting corn and several pieces are up nicely. We have seen some pieces that were up ten or twelve inches but the most of it is only a few inches high. This has certainly been a very discouraging spring for farmers but if the fall is favorable they can yet raise a good corn crop.

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