Springfield Leader and Press from Springfield, Missouri • 3

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pv Stephens. Springield Pliim'bing Compu.VrY SA deaixrsin- orccJPnmiwi, Welljand Cistern romps. Water, Gm AND-STEAir FIXTTJRE8a All Kind rf Brar CloekM, Nirfiraadrrafif Iroo Slak Water CkMeta. Batk TateC Hom ud Uom Beals; Italian and Tnsww Marble SUb. Hot Water Bolters, Uteek, Galvanised Sod Pip rad Lead ripen.

Do all kinds of repairing iat plans bing. Ettlmathes on water snrfaosn and numbing freely given. Gms-al Agents for the Celebrated Homo Comfort Wrought Iron Hot Afr Vm guaranteed for five pwx Estimate given on heating; E. HOEE. MANAGER, 238 Boonvilie 1 St.

Having recently added a large amount' of niate-. Pleases and Machinery, we take pleasure In annonneiug to the public that we now have the largest sted best equipped Job Printing Office. In the Southwest, and cordially Invito thou In want" of anything in onr line to give gnaran-teeing prompt delivery of work. In first-class stylo Ad at the lowest price. Orders by mail win re-eeiv ths now attention- if made in person.

Correspondence eheerfrily answered and estimates furnished whenever V.S.i 7 KETCEEB OfTlEAriyDtpf0allfomUtndEn- fausoancsinffipiingfiald. 4- 'O IT B. POTTER. A treaty of peace era oadnilcd bo-tween Mexico and the United States la February, J848, which gave to the latter the territories of New Mexico and Calif ora in. During the mum month and the enme year, a Mr.

Manhall wae employed by CapL Sutter to digs ditch toe the purpose of conveying the water from the south fork, of tho American river to wsaw mill which he waa bonding; jSutter'slrat, or New aa be eailed it, wu ii tasted forty milec below, near the eonfloenoe of the American and Sacramento riven. Manhall, while engaged with pick and shovel, discovered some yellow metal which ha apposed to be gold. Othen thought It mast be gold, yet none knew it for a certainty. In feet It was known only in' the east for a eertalnty where some of the metal had been mnt to be toted that gold had actually been discovered. The news eoon spread all orer the country; that if to say, it spread quickly tor those day, for communication bo-twson different points was flow, comparatively speaking.

The now finally reached the little town of Springfield, how, I am nnaWe to say. Not by telrcrapb, certainly, for there wu none; foot the first wire had been laida from Wuhlngton to Baltimore, leu than fire yean, and the art wu then in its infancy. Not by railroad furaly, for I dont think there wu a mile of railroad track 'in the state at Missouri. The chances are that the first we heard of it wu through the AfumtW Srjmdfiean, as that wu the only metropolitan paper that wu read to any groat extent in that part of the state. At that time then wu not a steam engine, a sewing machine, a piano, tn organ nor do 1 believe them eras a doxen cooking stoves 'in Greene onnfy.

We wont to mills on horsoback. And such mills! We would probably be compelled to wait a week to get a' sack of eorn ground. AQ the boys went both rich ami poor in fact they rather liked Ik I recolloct MubIwhiIhIU IwiiWIiiHiid tiSaiBMaf MMUikrtwcBir wortaar I WASTED. WinilV-l VMt tm do ptrinr work tor ijv var tn kiwi hii; waikj mad I lrali 11 autrflD. A.

mJvS, WASTED A (Mlbiaaa Dana la mm baard with a prtTato Cuallr wham br Si s)oy aimpla baaat comfort. AOdiaml. Laadrr aflat. DDE BALE. ISOH MLE OR EXCHANGE.

i Aa liaiifond lana of I aena la vaakaan ally miwiijr. fall at Tot. Nnclk GuanMI MM I SOB SALV Ow drnr all aura; perfretlj arimaaadaa aura lamllr hur-a tor ladiaa alaaana puaa bat hw al bamoaa abaaa, Apaiy la Turn Brava, Umaarat. S.VI.N A larya valaal aOaa laUa aad 1 haallnf abira. Apply In Via J.

M. rauansa daaUiMiRt, artaal Knacy. HAEBERLES Compound Balsam. a 1 A I Th flmt-Household Panacea aad Unparalleled Healer. Call and read testimonials of sIIAff ration or tho Lung.

Inflamed lilad. iter and KMnnr. Aallima and aronohlrti, Keurtlgla of the Stomach, eta, ate- dice' anil PmcijalrDejit lS) nOONVILLE 8TREEB. r()K SALS BT AM. DRUGGISTS.

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Bamaiw.Jr.i' Notary Fablla. PATHBUN, TRAVERS RATKBUN ATTORNEY AT: LAW 1 1 a OJe KmI 1 6qUdrt. Hellentf Rlutho ftrIJNiriKLD J. W. JUMP, ATORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY I'UBMC, SPRINGFIELD, MO.

liKPICK.Uvrr Greene County National Bank. I. C. trM. Alla (onipaw I Sra A Ytoa.i' 'GENERAL REALmEAVB -V Springfield City iniim him aad aalniprnrad laada bonrtil ql mM nn emwa-aalna.

alar la drat Nfttiatia)'1Baak Mi Sow ihNwMvrVIrOtatiaaal Hiab, called Dagcu He died somewhere oa the plains, I heard. On the morning of Mar 1st we started for Ft Scott, acoompanled by Kioo-iu R- Smith and several other prominent citizen who went with os for Greenfield. We arrived at Ft Soott without say in fire or six dayx Hero we laid up for about week, the spring being backward, and feed short Besides wa heard from tame Indians that the Fa' oot on th war path, and proposed to scrip every man that came tut way. Of course this alarmed some of the wuk nerved ones, your humble servant among them hot not to that extent Which caused them to turnback. Other emigrants cams and Joined while we were there; and the day before' starting we elected a full sot of officers and adopted military rules and regulations.

Cbesly Cannafax wu chosen, captain With a full quota of lieutenants, sergeants etc. When wa broke camp wa were 68 slrong.nWe traveled along through what i now the flourishing state of Kansas, passing several Indian missions, but wbicn at that time were all deserted. We uw bat few emigrants there were but few on that road the most of than having gono bj wsy of St Joseph and Cutepondenea. We led Kansu, river at an Indian vil-laga railed Union town, but just where it To I bare never been able to find onk Here we uw the first Indians few stragglings now and than, were the most consummate beggars ever met with. After leaving this place we uw but one houso, that of a Canadian Frenchman a few mites further west, whp had a sqnaw for a wife.

Here, also wu a young emigrant who had bun shot a few night before by a guard, he ust having been relieved, and wu on ds way to camp. We lay over and rotted ora Sunday on tho Big Blue, and caught a fine lot of eat fish, the best aeon on -the Wo (truck tho main Platte river seven mites below Ft Keans. Here we also struck the main traveled road to St. Joe. Wagons, horses, mutes, oxof and men every where.

Camped four miles below the fort for the right Next morning we passed the fort, which wu gar. risonod by two or throe companies of After pairing Ft Keans, we struck the oonntry of the much talked of and much dreaded Pawnees. Fortunately for them and us we never uw one. 'Had they been disposed to molest us, which I doubt, it would have together too hazardous, as 600 men could havo been gathered together -ju fifteen mlnnte at any time, so nnmer-onv wore the emigrant. In many places the' wagons were two-abreast and extended for the qyq could sec.

South Platte ean take the cake lai thunder storm over-any place I have ever been etui give them two lu the game. Yon cannot tell for the life of yon how you --cwill die whethor struck, by lightning, 1 blown away, or your brain knocked out by a ball storm. These storms occurred afternoon. Thirty miles above every, CHRISTMAS COMM 'rr'-': So Those Who are Looking Around For tho Most USEFUL PRESENTS Should not Fall to soo tho Varieties of Novelties; Kept by tho QU3213NOITYV" FURNITURE CARPET COJ 237 STBEEr, file. wuirEiiE.ts.

vJa f. Whitehead B. Bowen, 0 SfBBSPs ELY PAXSON UNDERTAKER, MusiaatarwaM Dntor is Uetmlio and Wooden' COFFINS 7. At Liow Hates. 306 S0UTII8TUEKT, Door froth ol fiiMl, hi Burn ilriri la Suiiast TO ADVERTISERS A Ini nfl.OM sewqwpef dlrklnl laMStalr and SnMIsM will Mat aa arpllmiUmvirrM Ta Ihoaa who want their ailrwlUla eaa otvr a bauar meliiia tor nmruash ami (Orrlira work I Itaa Uw vanaaa arallua, aar ilywall.M.

K.r.aan.tArt Newiafirr AdrrrtLHiMtiMl M. KIRBVs eaaLBHis MPORTEB DOMESTIC BRANDS I Uu on hand a largo stock ot Keiticlj aid TewatVililiB 7.Froui ora to scysn TrJ; Call tnd sa him. Southwest a r. -tf I ,:7 ciri etc 'i Hkie aR. Sp Paiatiai and ro rcet Sill iCompi-tUion in Our tine.

(HJRffiiOK! IS ZE NJBw ISTortii Bilo ot Public Square, AS H.rarTEMooM Patterson. t) -fi rif rit i 5 'r V'4V and Tlyo Whiskies. 4 'f 815 SeWB COKE; KINDLING, ETC. Up Town Office With. J.

J. KIBBLER, N. E. Cor! SqusOc TELPHON i 44. College 1 CHOICE ME A.T8 OF ALL klNDSi I 7 Veal, Beef and Mutton', Game lit Season Sugar Cured Greene County Ripoait" Complete Abstracts oflitle To lu Land is U-ru Coast i'i-i.

i-i-- MOITEYLOAITED lutm. JASIILNER, OSiea auiler Omaa Coiialr Matissal fiaitk Conar of BbmivIII Mic aad Sqaar. SawuS i. Huoltia. Soaiaaf Ci HaMlNa -t-jt1 1 'i'll v-if i s.

iwum Vssoi PAimysoiiciTORS, 'i r--' al ATtORNn AT LAW fa Patatt Caaas. 1 0- in klala of Lanai Paint Hualasai adtosmBpIlroHlcsralutl. Tan LUaTb tnT I pHnsiltld, Ma J. Ish. 1L IL Simmuna -P GENERAL.

FIREIX SURANCE, HEAL ESTATE AND LOAN -'AGENTS. Rtfom 3, Baker BulldinffV; Full line of Jtei largest and eat Companies) represented in he city. Money to loan on low nterest on long time. B. J.

McELIIANY.R. McEMIANY Cashier. ESTABUSIICD 1867. MTjtlfiQMtLD, 1 tr TJtxa BDSI ESS 60IM0B s'- V. 1.

--1 You Men Educated for Profit for College Journals- Atld 30TT SWSEY; 'lATTORJMaXAWs iraueriLLn.iia. WEBSTER CO 1 Practical Watchmahor Jeweler- Uonattntlyon hand a foil fin of Watches Clocks and Jo welry. HTSm aor Uw 'l tabMlMifaaa. kkatLT PotE. West tyiteir of Soiith atreaf and Sign, KATUER t.

fi I i. ft1' taN, T. meeting Johnny Fhefos, (now CoL John ilna,) with whom my brother during mill ones. He insisted on running a E. Phel erred bond race with me for 16 cents, I am satisfied I could have won his money but nnfortnnatoly I had none to bet.

-Springfiolfl even at thnt early day had quite a large trade. It controlled tho most of the Ixuinose for a radtua of perbapa aixty or eeveuty But it wu not a cash business to any great extent People came from all directions about twice a year with their wagons loadod with deer ikina, dried venison beef hides, tallow, beeswax, and traded them for groceries, powder, lead, gunflints and the like; and if there Jwai likely to be a wedding Jn the family they always bought a loaf of white; su-jpur. It was done np in bine-paper, and wu about ns hard as Hint rocks which are to be found in such abundance in certain portions of that country. Excuse this digression. During the winter of 1848-49 people commenced talking of going to California, and a few did go the following but as a rule, people were skeptical to the gold having really been found.

Some of the Campbells, one of the Lay-tons and others whom names I have forgotten, started howoYer, and nothing wu heard from them until the following whiter. About Christmas their friends began to receive letter from which were published in1 the Jo. papers. They ail agreed upon the ulat there was gold in abundauee, upon the groat difficulties to be and overcome in reaching there. This bad no terrors for any one, 'how.

for what other had done they could do. Snch an excitement wu never witnessed in Springfield before, exoopt when the govwnment called for volunteers to go to. Mexico. Wagon had to be built, harness broken, in some eases, chaiy mails; above all they must be well armed. Jako Printer, with -two or throe other, were kept bony during moat of the winter making pistols.

They were rifles cut up into proper lengths, and fitted up, with the cock on the under ride. Primitive affairs they would be called now, but no man hu succeeded yet in making a pistol that will shoot closer than they The 1st of May, 1880, wu set u.tha day of starting. I have reference to thou who were going with moles and 1 Othen came with oxen; but 1 dont recollect who all they were. Chedey and William Oannnfu, Brad-doek Coleman, uDoo" and Fat. Smith, Boyd, Wade Burden, John and Man-ley Cox, Marion Wearer, prank Boal, Wm.

Fnlbright, A. Morris, Jaa. McBride, Claud Jones, Wra. Cunningham (he died In Trinity county in 1857) and Seth Vaughan. wu a party 1 three or four wagons Arkansas came to Springfield two or three i day before.

the', time set for the starting of the mule train; and (hey also had mules and horse they "concluded to wait and all go together. With one of -the-waj Werpto lirotVen by the name etsT and a man by the name of Paul saaiiastsafAtt wait working In, a blacksmith shop j.y-y-v'-.'-i i J- -S WIlOl.XiALX IAXlr NKTAU QALIPORNIA. WIITES 7 Bourbon s-'-y INI i. 11,1 tnilift COLUtl STSES T.mnw. Kw UeblUlr cld AiWhw A Hr Urn ante Nerve Billeia, If liarb Mnl.

Va al HulilitHt Jia( torn iriolld, n. I MANHOOD, YOlTTlirVL IV- Ol labi, Mo, FO CHECK la I bean, euiaa la I dsn N. ll.Pblla MEN aif iHabbrllf dnf alaiv, SfrlBS- Ilf ASTEO-Aliva, taaqaiie waato wpraaani 1 1 ua, t7SiartooMb, aail rarames. Gooila MaidaMver jw bqvaniUlt aad iiankalaia bn STAMOABD aiCVXRWAKE Dmton. A HIES wealed to frt.ap Tea Clubs for oa Pun lau aad CaHbM.

A honor awtul or as to wM Inm a prenlnnia. i Ctadtorll laatralad Prhw aad I'luaiam Hat. Npcetol wf tor: to every tonlh Kiaoa ihaloaawna tbl adnrtlraiwBt, wv will wad towcoMpoaedC rhoireTaa. Addma NATL. TEA COMTEK Boito.

EM eaaea MoHinmoC. Sand for efreB'aratow-lac who an enuilrd to Claims. BATUNTC teemed orMD PAT. I Al nJl 1 0 Bead Modal or Rauch Mtna InvratiMi and will rrport aa to palanl ablliiy free. Kaf of ivtarvnaa.

1 WANIRMFDM, D. If. Wot. II. JOUNSU.N, ATTORNEYS ATt LAW, Solidtor of 'rfCpyrightr, TraS Uuk Laheli, Xto, i 18 Baver Block.4; BARGAINS ''1; Real -SHIV V.

Taincoln, Robison and i J- if tfWijsV. V. TrjTV tV) 7. 1 the fort from two inches to twenty feet deep, to the ford-It wu 'Y and about a mite wide. A bottom of Shifting quirk sand.

In crossing, one or two went ahead. on horses, and piloted the around the deep places. Nor would do to stop while crossing, for if.you did the und would wash awny from under the wheels and it would be swamped lu two miu tiles, other peculiority about it You might back over precisely the Santo1 route fan hour after crossing and you would find a doxen places that would swim a horse. Wo all got across without any serious mishap, however, and struck cross the hills in a northwesterly direction to tho north prong of. the river, where we arrived two or three days striking the month of Ash made famous afterward by Gon.

Harneys slaughter of Sioux Indiana. Here we found a. large village of thou Indians, many" of whom came Into eamp bogging. Coffee, angar aud crackers, were about all they wanted in the eating line; but all wanted clothing of any description. all Indians like coffee has always been a mystery to me, bnt it Is a tact I have seen them that I knew had never tasted It before, yet take to it naturally a duck to water.

They are the finest, looking Indiana I ever uw, And at that time and for two or threo yetis afterward, were perfectly harmless. They told mi to ton car stock loose, ana they would see that it was not molested, and that it dkLnot get away. We did so and had no trouble. Soft ahull almonds, 25 cents per pound, at Fbrt'a, will pay'you to hunt up Fordi priocs lo-day. Shelled klmond, 86 ctmts pcrpuQnd, at Forda.

tv Why pay five cent toe a loaf of brand when yon can buy thru loaves for a dime, eight lovef for a quarter or? thir-ty4wo loaves for a dollar of anybody who handles Yicnns.bread. J. S. Cunningham Attends promptly to all orders fra removing pianos, 208 vTtf -1 Don't fail to sea the qrat Dutch Baron: al tho New Grand theater to-ririlLV s'- -f-' jn 'RohiHiS' Sou on. College street, wBl ell toys fird Chrbtmu goods cheaper tiian anybody.

show a.hjXeJ Graiw theater to-i SeYrpeorietyw MtaS call fraourd dGlivsr washing to any rntt r.th2r ilfij vast fzrssrst hirwh eriKBrs. ulltrea deroratioiM, -beautiful and won litable for Christmas Lloyd's, Jll BoOit- 4fi.lL Lloyd Is wR 211 Buonvilte fattest and bs i cheapett Chrisimu turkey at Ford BARfiAINS! BAROAINSM 1 have apvcial. great bargains for you to think 'nvei; 'TJ 'SgMWVORSiyMQWSSl i We Offer. Salo to the Prado tha. IiarQQst -ll Ci Stoch df j-lalquors in the City Com Arising all.

the celchraicd Bracds of tho Follouring Pripesi i jo, Silij, SAooStVM, knd Splendid AttkW COLLECTIONS A tTr bfi V6- I Tftnnonfoe WblkieBl i ramese a. h-i "A4. rt-HC-l i-oO tod ial' A aptondtl nurimaa Hblle MMMVf liMIMii '8; -Uaet4 0Behirmi! Jroaiwffwfcni, vwi banafrh hAwfifc HaaihoaaamilaSt aaar "laiar AUJ Mini; avwlWiatol Mprnv batavMlato4HlpvMl aklMirmllw aaat ialrfieph, haw troaiwffwfcrs, JBTfbarJ 'V-1. 5f-sS; (t ta uc gfr t-j, If.f ri-a Of tl knd4't pVoportional low jirtcei Alcufrt ot 7llonrai Retail. will bettbr cla Of brother Mforawd tho some servfco for fhrirtlunk that time I'wM -Ihlle sgottAWTaUathan's prkw oh purt bait more than frurtecn years fib age.

My dira-motiicnndriw myt brother And Mtei both of whom yrere younger than me. wen spending the winter in Osark county, with my mother's brother James Wood. I being under James Wood. I being under no re, Itew For frrmfiy go -to'Kinnly 4 on OUt. street.

6 A full lilt of Jusni'l itlanlfa'af J. IrsJrik havingT itaeed qriMrherreverfehuintodosfc rightrtnifrtriwil I havo riway referred, Jfirpt 4f at joe per pint thaa cau be got jo ny othef houae ln tho v7 This Immohs8' ZAlquors will 5 bo Glosedout at a acrillce Sala for Cashs 1y Wholesale Rotaila Jtht saafad WAiWvst a lu 'V wwoqsm' por I iRin 7 To'Jnni liMM amaa'rswitirii Wfn.srtiJ ta. Ir l.v ta J. ottfVftFftmirMM fiut rwr Am il 1 ryj; NTERNATIONAL'. BlRtmOFiBiTHHl IBS tHSdtrosM ebUdicifis Ilris' BOYD DELUTET, ATTORNEYS AT- LA IF, 0rfrOtJMaaaI MaL1- bfsixcpuLtif.

-foJ ainsdLRiT Fra your holiday liquors go to Kin- ney and ou Olive Owing to the fact that I my customer! the best market and giro them I money I am now handling burg broad and cakes. B. Have ladies and the (team i aadPhelfren 1 me that Al friooa keepers W. a 1 3" 1 l'. 1 v.

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