Volume 7, Number 2 - Winter 1980
The Past in Review
From Early Editions of the Taney County Times
March 8, 1888
The Taney County Immigration Society met Saturday for the purpose of selecting delegates to represent Taney and her interests in the Immigration Convention to be held in Springfield on the 15th. Delegates chosen:
G.L. TAYLOR
A.S. PRATHER
D.F. McCONKEY
J.C. PARRISH
J.T. DICKERSON
W.B. BURKS
C.S. GOSSETT
R. V. BURNS
C. H. GROOM
J. A. DeLONG
J. J. DECKER
T. A. LAYTON
C. C. OWEN
N. N. KINNEY
Voters appointed in each precinct to attend to the interests of the Local Option cause, until after the election:
Forsyth - Dr. F. V. BALDWIN
Branson - T. J. BERRY
Kerbyville - A. S. PRATHER
Mincy - E. E. DECKER
Bradleyville - J. C. JOHNSON
Walnut Shade - R. W. RENSHAW
Taney City - J. L. COOK
Caney - J. S. MERCER
Kissee Mills - A. C. KISSEE
Brown Branch - R. T. DEAN
Cedar Valley - J. B. RICE
Protem - C. C. OWEN
Cedar Creek - Edgar WALLS
Appointed to canvas & supply speakers on Local Option over the county:
Beaver & Big Creek Township; Col. H.E. MAVENS & Capt. C.C. OWEN
Swan & Cedar Creek Township; J.M. HAWORTH, O. LIPPENCOTT and F.V. BALDWIN
Scott Township; J.F. PHIPPS & Jas. E. MINOR
Newton Township; J.M. BEARD & J. B. RICE
This convention at Springfield on Mar. 15th is in the interests of immigration to Southwest Missouri. An effort will be made by the convention to get cheap excursion rates from the North & East to points on the Frisco & Gulf railroads. Each county is requested to send ten delegates. Round trip tickets for delegates can be purchased at Chadwick for $1.40. Leading hotels of Springfield will reduce rates by one-fourth.
March 15, 1888
Mr. J. R. WYATT left yesterday for Dixon, Mo. with the intention of looking after the children of his sister who died in Manes County.
James COOK, Sr. died at his home, six miles N. of Forsyth on the 5th March, from a complication of diseases at the ripe old age of 84 years. Mr. COOK was one of the first settlers of Taney County and was honored and esteemed by all who knew him.
May 31, 1888
Mr. Newton MERRICK will speak at the Republican Club Meeting at Kissee Mills on Saturday June 2nd.
May 31, 1888
Mr. J. R. WYATT has returned from Manes County and brought back the daughter of his deceased sister.
June 21, 1888
Dink GIMLIN was absent several days and some of his friends became anxious fearing he was lost. His step-father "Billy SIMS" and Jim Dunk COOK searched the new woods near Eglinton where Dink was last seen. False Alarm! He had gone to Ozark for a load of corn.
July 5, 1888
Mollie FILLBECK, died on Friday, at the residence of Polk McHAFFIE.
September 13, 1888
G.A. R. Reunion to be held on the 27 & 28th of September at the mouth of Bear Creek, at Walnut Shade.
Committees in charge of arrangements:
David CUPP, Harvey STOCKSTILL, Jesse LEWALLEN, Wm. STOUT, Clay DEVAL and Tom WELCH.
Merrit M. LOGAN, oldest son of Geo. W. LOGAN, Esq. and Miss Carrie HORN, second daughter of T. B. HORN were married at the Taylor House, by G. J. COWAN of the Christian Church.
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The Past In Review, From Early Editions Of The Taney County Times. Copied from microfilm in the Missouri State Historical Society Library.
September 27, 1888 Mrs. FEENIS died Monday morning. Her son Wallace was taken ill in the Indian Territory and died at Springfield on his way home. Mother and son were buried in the Taney City graveyard on Tuesday.
October 11, 1888 Circuit Court News -- Suit between Mary F. SHARPE and H. E. SHARPE, was settled by a division of the Eglinton Estate and H. E. SHARPE took a decree of divorce, giving custody to the child to Mary F. SALLADE.
Circuit Court News -- E. MOSLEY got a divorce, and the late Mrs. MOSLEY became Mrs. William MORGAN forthwith.
Correspondence from THE LEAD HILL HERALD; J. P. McHAFFIE, sheriff of Taney County, spent several days in Lead Hill as a guest of his brother-in-law, Wm. A. PHUMPHREY.
November 6, 1888
Case of the State vs Joseph McCLUEN for the shooting of MENDENHALL.
Jurors impaneled.
Martin BELYEU, Lewis GARDINER, David WILLHILE, J. H. HAMMOND, Milt THOMAS, J. M. MANN, C. COLLINS, J. M. JAMES, B. McTER, Ben MELTON, Wm. HASLIP and J. W. FERGUSON.
December 6, 1888
W. A. PRUITT & his wife America lived in Gravelly Hollow, on Swan Creek. An aged couple, the wife being over 50 and the husband some years her senior. They had with them four boys 14 to 28 years and two girls, Margaret Louisa, aged 13 and Mary Ellen, aged 11 years. Another daughter, Mrs. MELTON lived with her husband James MELTON about a mile away.
The family of D. JOINS lived about 1/2 mile from the PRUITTS and the two families became intimate. Mary JOINS, the eldest girl became a special favorite of Mrs. PRUITT.
On Thursday, November 22nd, PRUITT and his sons went to help JOINS raise his house. About noon Rice CLEMENS rode up to the PRUITT homestead where he talked with Mrs. PRUITT about his horses which had strayed. The youngest PRUITT boy returned home about 4 p.m. to find his sisters and mother dead. Upon investigation it was determined that the mother murdered her two daughters and committed suicide.
January 10, 1889
Mr. J. W. ADAMS, late of Marion County, Arkansas has rented the blacksmith shop in Forsyth, and will in the future be found always ready to attend business.
The following bordered advertisement was in large, bold type.
TANEY COUNTY
Water good and plentiful
Fuel abundant - Grass - Fruits
Small Grains on the uplands
Cotton and Corn in the valleys
No Blizzards. No hot blasting
winds. A healthy climate...
A fruitful soil... A republican people...
January 10, 1889
D. R. RIGGS of Douglas County passed thru Forsyth with a drove of 131 mules and 2 mares on his way to the Arkansas River country, south of Russellville. Mr. RIGGS was formerly a citizen of Taney County and is an energetic gentleman and a good businessman.
January 17, 1889
W. H. CAUDLE, who lives on Swan Creek 3 or 4 miles north of Forsyth, was considerably bruised by falling from his wagon. More painful than dangerous.
January 24, 1889
The CLARK boys & William MOODY brought three loads of wheat to the mills here this week and J. N. RAY bought one load.
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