Green County, Wisconsin - Miscellaneous Events, 1884

Miscellaneous Events

There are many incidents transpiring in every county, as the years go by, which cause considerable excitement at the time, and are of much importance, frequently, in shaping the destiny of people, but which, by the large majority, are either entirely forgotten or remembered only as circumstances bring them to mind. The following are some such events appertaining to Green county.

When nearly all the territory now constituting this county, ceased to be a part of the county of Crawford, it did not contain over a dozen inhabitants, all told; but when it no longer formed a portion of Iowa county, but was erected into the county of Green, its population had largely increased; but the exact number of its inhabitants is unknown. As there was no census taken in Crawford county between the time of the arrival of the first settlers in this county and the date of the erection of Iowa county, it follows that no enumeration of those who had taken up their residence herein was made during that period. But the census of Iowa county was taken by the United States in 1830, which of course, took in all the residents in that part of its territory now constituting Green county. This may be said to have been the first enumeration of Green county residents, though they, in fact, lived in Iowa county.

The Early Settlers Thomas Woodle

The West Union lovs'a Pioneer of tlie l7lh inst. [ult.] contains an obituary notice of tlie Hon. Thomas Woodle, judge of Fayette Co., Iowa. He died at West Union, on the 1 2th inst,

Mr. Woodle was formerly a resident of this county; he came here in 183G, and removed to West Union some four years ago. As a citizen, and in the several social relations in life he was highly esteemed, and many of the old settlers will regret to learn that he has fallen in the prime of manhood and in the midst of usefulness. His relatives, among whom is an aged mother, reside among us, and we truly sympathize with them in this sudden and deej^ly afflictive bereavement. He had for some time held an important and responsible public trust with honor to himself, and much to the satistion of the people among whom he has resided. And now that he has gone from earthly responsibilities and dangers, his consistent Christian life leaves to the surviving friends the consoling assurance of his acceptance with Him who rewards true excellence with his divine approval.

John G. Percival

We spent a brief time with the State geologist, on Monday morning in examining the formations of magnesium limestone in this vicinity. Mr. Percival is now something over sixty years of age. His appearance is that of a man bent with years, but his mind is clear, ajid habits industrious. To see him at a distance no one would take him for that poetical genius who used to thrill us with his exquisite verse in our young days. But talk with him and you discover that quiet tone and varied expression of eye that indicates the tine aud shrinking organization of the man of genius and the devoted lover of nature. Our mind was carried back to the time when we knew John G. Percival only as the poet whose muse went far into the human soul and laid it open to weeping or worship.

Married

"The above notice escaped our attention last week, but not from any design. We congratulate George upon his success in Xove-matters, and trust that each little Temiy-oi^w may prove as Love-lj as 3/aWie-rimonial felicity could wish. - Monroe Sentinel Oct. 29, 1856,"

Shocking Murder

We were informed on Monday, by J. B. Perry, Esq., of Albany, before whom an investigation was made, that about sunset on the 4th inst., Nehemiah Root, an old man of seventy-five years, residing in the to^vn of Mount Pleasant, shot Eben C. Foster, a son-in-law, killing him instantly. The circumstances are briefly these :

There had been a personal difficulty between the parties for a long time, and about sunset of the day mentioned, Root approached within a short distance of Foster and levelled his gun at him, which he perceiving, turned to flee, and immediately received the contents of one barrel loaded with a slug or slugs in his left shoulder breaking that, also the collar-bone and burying itself in the lung. He took two or three steps and fell upon his face in^ the sand, a corpse. His wife hearing the gun and cries of a child, hurried to him, turned him upon one side, saw one gasp, and all was finished. The murderer went into the house, barricaded the doors and windows and declared he would shoot the first man who attempted to enter. One Gideon Gillett, by a ruse, having succeeded in entering, grappled and secured him after a violent resistance. He was tried before Esquire Perry, of Albany

It is thought by some that the murderer was insane at the time of the comrai.ision of the deed, but as far as we can learn, it is generally conceded to have been one of the coolest, most wanton and unprovoked murders that ever have been recorded.

Bold And Successful Theft

"Our citizens were startled on Saturday morning last, by the announcement that James Hawthorne, who resides about a mile south of tliis village, had been relieved of between |1,200 and sJ^ljOOO in gold the night before.

"It appears- that the thieves (there were two of them, as the tracks indicated) entered the house sometime between 12 o'clock and daylight and proceeded to the bedroom where slept Mr. and Mrs. Hawthorne, removed a cradle containing a child, drew out a heavy trunk from under the head of the bed, picked up Mr. Hawthorne's pantaloons and left, I'illing the pantaloons and leaving them upon the door-step. They then took the trunk to tlie barn, broke it open, took out the gold, dropping a couple of twenties in their haste, and decamped, their tracks leading up towards this village. When the almost impossibility of entering a house in the dark without making a noise, the danger of wakening the child, who was almost always restless, the necessary noise that would be caused by drawing out a heavy trunk, and carrying it off, are all taken into consideration, the boldness of the theft is wonderful.

" On Saturday morning suspicion having rested upon two young men stopping at the Monroe House, named Samuel Jackson and William Garrington, they were put under arrest, and their personal property examined by Sheriff Sutherland. No case, however, having been made out against them, they were discharged.

Mr. Hawthorne offers $500 for the arrest of the thieves and return of the money, or half the contents of either wallet for the return of the same. - 3Ionroe Sentinel July 29, 1857.

Another Case

The State of Wisconsin vs. George Davis. On Friday of last week, upon complaint of Benjamin Chenowoth, for passing counterfeit money, George Davis was arrested and brought before Justice Hill for examination. Hiram Stevens for the State and A. J. Brundage for defense.

Defense submitted a motion to dismiss on grounds of informality of warrant, which motion was argued, and decided for the defense, and prisoner acquitted, whereupon a new warrant was served upon defendant. On Saturday, upon examination, the prisoner svas held to bail in the sum of $1, ceo for his appearance at the next term of the circuit court, which bail was immediately paid by a man who announced himself as a stranger to Davis. Monday morning Davis commenced a suit against the complainant, the justice and tiie sheriff, laying his damages at s5>2,000. This is the last shape affairs have assumed." - Monroe Senti?iel, Aug. 19, 1857.

The Hawthorne Burglary

"We, in common with numbers of our citizens, were most splendidh' sold in that counterfeit three dollar bill case which we mentioned last week. That trial was all a sham, as will be seen.

Word reaching a pretty sharp detective officer, whose name has now escaped us, that there had been light-fingered wn)rk going on at this point, he appeared, and per an understood arrangement passed a counterfeit bill and was put in the same cell with Garrington - one of the supposed burglars - to await his examination. Here he elicited from Garrington, a full account of the Hawthorne affair, as also some other serious affairs of a like nature. He managed the thing very adroitly. Garrington and Jackson now confess the whole matter. The former says that he entered the house about 2 o'clock in the raorniiig, alone, Jackson remaining on guard. Carefully he entered the room - crept under the bed - found a cradle in the way and removed it - carefully worked the trunk out from under the bed - picked it up (together with the pantaloons) and went to the barn and broke it open, as has been previously stated. They deposited the funds in a bank near 'Smith's Mill Pond.'

"Their card was very adroitly managed. They could prove, by the clerk of the Monroe House, that they were in the house at 1 o'clock of that same morning, and appeared as usual at the breakfast table the same morning.

"We called on the prisoners, Friday morning, and found Garrington evidently under deep conviction for his sins. He has no further hope of freedom, and no surety but that a violent death may soon bo his fate. Jackson is very much younger in crime and has become quite sobered of late. He thinks he has learned a life lesson, and that he will profit by it.

Removal Of Garrington

"On Thursday of last week, G. G. Davis appeared in town with a requisition from Gov. Chase, of Ohio, and also a warrant for the person of William Garrington «^«fs William Jones, alUis William Macy, alias Nebraska Bill, who has been for some time occupying rooms in our county jail. The documents charge upon the prisoner the murder of Cyrus Beebc, a city marshal of Columbus, Ohio, a murder committed in open daylight and in the streets of the city.

"In accordance with the summons, on Friday morning Sheriff Sutherland delivered the prisoner to Mr. Davis, who immediately left with him for Ohio. By politeness of the sheriff, we had a short interview with the prisoner prior to his departure. His manner was calm, and not materially changed from his former appearance, though there was, however, a more anxious and perturbed look upon his face than we had previously noticed. He had evidently passed a'restless night, for the summons to leave was considered almost equivalent to a sentence of execution. After taking his seat in the carriage he appeared to be overwhelmed with emotion, and bade some acquaintances 'good-bye, boys, forever,' May God have mercy on him.

"The sheriff retains a memento of his prisoner in the shape of a complete and ingenious set of burglar's tools which had recently been made for use in this locality. They betoken an amount of skill, that should have been exercised in a legitimate business. - Monroe Sentinel, Sept. 2, 1857.

Circuit Court

His Honor, Judge J. M. Keep, is now holding the September term of court, in this village. He is disposing of the docket rapidly. Yesterday afternoon, Samuel Jackson was brought into court and plead guilty to the indictment of theft - he having previously plead guilty to the indictment for burglary - and received his sentence. After a few preliminary remarks, the court sentenced him for the first indictment, six years confinement in the State prison, the first ten days of each January being solitary confinement; for the second indictment, three years confinement in the State prison at hard labor, the first ten days of July in each year being solitary confinement; the sentence to take effect from Tuesday noon, Sept. 8, 1857. - Jfonroe Sentinel, Sept. 9, 1857.

Escape Of Jackson

"Samuel Jackson whom we mentioned last week as having been sentenced to nine years hard labor in the State prison, for burglary and theft, on Friday morning of last week, made good his escape,

"The escape was made about the hour of 7 A. M., and in manner as follows: By aid of a small strip of wood torn off from the cell partition, he succeeded in picking the key to his cell door out of a lock in the cell opposite, and turning the lock up to the grating, unlocked it - as any person can readily do - passed through the open doors into the street and southerly through the village into the woods.

"The officers - sheriff and jailor - came in for a large amount of censure from the public, and naturally enough, since the prisoner could not have escaped without remissness somewhere. The sheriff is principally blamed for not fettering the prisoner's feet, and the jailor, because he left both doors in the hall opening to the cells unlocked, and in that condition himself left the jail. Our columns are open to these officers to make any explanation or defense they may choose.

"Active efforts have been made since the escape of Jackson, to retake him, but up to the present writing - 12 m. Tuesday - without success. See reward offered in another column." Monroe Se>iiinel,Sei)t, 16, 1857.

The Murder Op Beebe

"Jones, who murdered Cyrus Eeebc, in this city, on the 27th of April, 1854, we understand, has two or three aliases. He was sometimes known as William Jones, then as William Mason, and again as Nebraska Bill. The last title is doubtless a fitting one, foi- there is not much doubt but that he is as bad a Bill as the Nebraska Bill, of Douglas. He is said to take his arrest very calmly, and that lie acknowledges that he shot Beebe, but did not know that he killed him. He is committed to jail to answer the charge of murder in the fii'st degree. His trial will take place in October next." - Ohio State Journal, S^\A. 1857.

Sad Casualty

SAD CASUALTY. [From the Monroe Sentinel, S,>pt. IB, 1857.] On the 9Lh inst., in the town of Albany, Green Co., Wis., Mrs. Juda Crook, wife of John Crook, while drawing a pail of water at the well, by the house, by some means lost her balance and was precipitated to the bottom of the well and instantly killed. The well was eighteen feet in depth, and it is supposed tliat

MONROE IN 1858. [Froiu the Monroe Sentinel, Jan. 37, 18.58.] Monroe is the capital and center of Green county, one of the finest counties in the State. It contains about .3,000 inhabitants. It is more substantially built than most of the interior towns, and contains several most elegant brick blocks. Monroe is built upon a gently rolling prairie, skirted on three sides by a belt of heavy timber. Green county is one of the richest and most varied and beautiful, in sources of wealth in the whole State. Its surface is rich, rolling prairie and woodland, interspersed with beautiful streams, and gemmed with thousands upon thousands of springs of sparkling water, which bubble from the base of every hillock. The earth is filled with the richest of lead deposits, and many thousands of pounds are annually raised.

" The nearest important town on the north is Madison, distant forty miles ; on the east, Janesville and iJeloit, thirty-five miles; (we have not mentioned Brodhead, which, as a railroad town, will.be the principal business point for the four eastern towns of the county ;) on the south, Freeport, twenty-six miles; on the west and northwest, ShuHsburg and Mineral Point, forty miles each. This allows Monroe for business, twelve towns in Green county, to which add three towns in Stephenson county - Oneco, Winslow and one other - the town of Wayne, Wyota and Argyle in Lafayette county and the town of Waldwich, in Iowa county - the trade of which towns will center to this railroad point - and we have as a result:

Towns. Squake Mti.Ks

All of this area is well settled and is the finest portion of all Wisconsin and Illinois for agricultural resources. Some of the towns have been settled twenty-five years.

All this region of country has heretofore principally been accommodated at Freeport on the Galena & Chicago Railroad. But few firms in Monroe have done any considerable trade at Milwaukee. They understand the importance of this market for their produce, and will avail themselves of it. Not one quarter of the wheat crop of last year has yet been marketed - all of which will come forward before another harvest. Even with the present low price for wheat, thirty-eight to forty-two cents, at Monroe, they ship enough to pay the expenses of running the branch to that place. About 20,- 000 bushels of wheat are now in store awaiting shipment.

Death Of .John B. Persons

DEATH OF .JOHN B. PERSONS. [From the Albany Times, June, 1858] Drowned in Dayton, on Tuesday, the 22d inst., William Persons, aged thirty-seven years, son of John B. Persons. The deceased leaves a wife and five small children, as well as an aged father, to mourn his loss - he being the last of twelve sons and daughters that this aged veteran has been called upon to follow to the grave. The funeral, on the 24th, was attended by a large concourse of people to pay the last sad rites to the departed.

Man Killed

MAN KILLED. [From the Monroe Sentinel Feb. 2, 1859.] We are informed that Charles McLane of this village [Monroe], was suddenly killed on Monday evening of the present week, by the overttirning of a load of hay upon which lie was riding. The accident occurred about eight miles northwest of Monroe, on the Mineral Point road. Our informant says the unfortunate man fell upon a stump, the binding pole at the same time falling upon him, crushing him so b<adly that he died in five minutes after being carried

Two Vanderbilts

Notice. - Whereas, my wife, Sarah Vanderbilt, has left ray bed and board without just cause or provocation, therefore all j^ersons are forbidden to harbor or trust her on my account as I will pay no debts of her contracting after this date. D. Vanderbilt.

Eeply to the above. - In reply to the above I would say that so far as ray leaving is concerned, it is strictly true; but when he states that I did so without just cause or provocation, he states what not only he and I, but all our neighbors and this community generally, know to be a bare-faced falsehood. Mr. Vanderbilt has been unremitting in hiseforts ever since our marriage to swindle me out of ray property which I held in ray own right when I married him, and has succeeded to quite an extent. In regard to board, he knows as well as many others that my money has bought what we have lived upon for the last tvvo years. I therefore forbid any one harboring or trusting him on my account after this date; and I furthermore forbid all persons from purchasing any more of my property from Mr. Vanderbilt, as I shall hold them strictly responsible for the same. "Sarah Vanderbilt." shocking accident.

We have never been called upon to chronicle an accident in this country more shocking than that which happened at Monroe during the general gathering last Monday evening.

Judd Hurl but, son of Col. L. liurlbut, and Edward Morris, son of the Rev. Edw.ard Morris, and other young men of Monroe, were firing a cannon, and, as is often (he case, while loading, the gun was discharged prematurely by the heat caused by the rapid firing. The two young men were working at the ramrod. The right hand of young Morris wits cottiplelely blown off at the wrist and shivered to atoms - his face frightfully burned and torn by the slivers of the rod. Mr. Hurlbut's left arm was also blown off, his right hand burned and mutilated shockingly, so that half of it has since been amputated.

Both of them were young men of generous and noble impulses, and men of good habits and bright prospects for the future. They were highly esteemed by all who knew them.

Struck By Lightning

On Friday last, near Twin Grove, in the town of Jefferson, Horace Hunt was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Mr. Hunt was at work in the field near a straw stack. He had a team, hired man and two boys with him at the time. The hired man was stunned so severely that he did not recover his consciousness until the team had gone some distance. The boys were also affected so that the)'' were blind for a short time. The electric current struck Mr. Hunt upon the neck and passed down the body and both limbs to his heels. Only about one week ago while Mr. Hunt was taking shelter from a rain storm in a horse stable covered with straw, the stable was struck by lightning and he was stunned, from the effects of which he had not fully recovei-ed.

James Bintliff, captain; Thomas H. Eaton, 1st lieutenant; Fluette Annis, 2(1 lieutenant; Nelson Darling, orderly sergeant; Charles A. Booth, 2J sergeant; Stephen F. Ball, ;k1 sergeant; W. S. Cole, 4th sergeant ; William W. King, 5th sergeant; C. R. Deniston, 1st corporal ; Leopold Seltzer, 2d corporal ; Aaron H. McCracken, 8d corporal ; Myron H. Puffen, 4th corporal; Emmet F. Phelps, 5th corporal ; Edward Aldinger, 6th corporal ; A. H. Cole, 7th corporal; William J. Witham, 8th corporal.

Jones, Esq., is dead. Mr. Jones was a brotherin-law of Mr, Hill, the landlord of the United States Hotel, and we believe well known to most old residents :

Editors Sentinel : - It is with feelings of sorrow that I have to announce to the citizens of Monroe, the death of D. S.Jones, formerly of that place, but latterly a resident of this cit)'. Mr' Jones died on Friday evening, the 14th iiist. He has been sick for about six weeks, lie has been for several years an invalid, at times suffering from hemorrhoids or piles. Since his residence in this city he has been acting as night watchman in the interior department. His position afforded him a great deal of leisure time, and since the organization of the Soldiers' Aid Society he has devoted that leisure time to the work of looking after and caring for the sick and wounded soldiers. His special field of work was in the hospital of Alexajidria. He was faithful, assiduous and untiring in his labors, and by his unremitting kindness and attention he had gained the good will of the hospital officials and attendants, and particularly of the Wisconsin soldiers with whom he came in contact. Many of them will miss him, and with us will have cause to regret his death.

13y his unremitting exertions in behalf of the soldiers he aggravated his old disease, which soon prostrated him, and has carried him to his final resting place, a sacrifice upon the altar of his country. Those of us who were daily brought in contact with him, and knew him will deepl}' mourn his loss, for a faithful co-laborer has left us forever.

Mw .lones w.as thirty-eight years of age, and has left a wife and one child to mourn his early departure to the spirit-land, and well may they mourn, for as a liusband ,ind fathei", he was kind and faithful.

His remains will betaken to l^altimore to-day, and buried there by the side of his father and other members of his famil}'. I remain, yours, truly.

He had been in our village with a load of grain and was driving out to the house of Samuel Truax, (some three miles from town) to stop for the night. When about half a mile this side of Mr. Truax's he su<ldenly dropped the lines and tumbled out of the sleigh. A young man named Thurston was riding with him, and immediately seizing the lines and heading the horses for the fence, he hitched them, and hastened back to where Mr. Ellis was lying in the road. Raising him up he discovered a little foam on his lips, but very little sign of life. He called for help, and Mr. Slirake, whose house they had just passed, hastened out. With Mr. Shrake's assistance the body of Mr. Ellis was placed in the sleigh, and Thurston drove rapidly to tlie house of Mr. Truax, but when he arrived there life was extinct. Justice Rote, of this town, next morning impaneled a coroner's jury, before which evidence Avas adduced showing that deceased had for some time been subject to occasional fainting spells, originating in heart disease, and they accordingly returned a verdict that he died a natural death of that disease. We learn that Mr. Ellis leaves a wife and three children, in conifoilablc circumstances, so far as property is concerned. Horrible Affair.

[Feb. 8, 1865 ] A terrible tragedy was enacted in the southern part of the town of New Glaru:^ on the night of the 5th instant. A German named Jost'ph Trogner, a farmer in good cireunistances, who had been accustomed to loan out money from time to time, had just received some $800 or more from a person who took up a mortgage. 'I'lu' money was paid either Saturday or Sunday, and was kept in Trogtier's housv. On Sunday niffht Troifner's daughter, a <>irl some twelve years old, was aroused by seeing a man enter her bedroom, in the upper part of the house. Instinctively she feigned sleep, and the burglar went to a corner of the room and took from an old almanac the money which Trogner had lately received, and retreated down the stairs.

As he passed Trogner's door, (who, with his wife, was sleeping in a room below,) Trogner came out to arrest him. As he opened the door the burglar struck him on the head with an ax, which seemed to stun him for a moment, but he quickly recovered and made at the burglar again. The latter struck him another fearful blow with the edge of the ax, cutting the whole side of his face and head open, and leaving him on the floor apparently in a dying state. Mrs. Trogner then came toward the door, but before she had reached it the miscreant met her inside the room and attacked her with the ax, (the girl looking through a stove-pipe hole from the room above and witnessing the assault,) and struck her three or four blows. With great presence of mind she feigned death, and the burglar left her, after having inflicted several severe wounds. The girl looked from her window, and in the bright moonlight saw the man, dressed as a soldier, stand by the side of the house for some minutes (apparently listening for sounds from within), but after satisfying himself that all was quiet he walked leisurely away up the road.

The girl immediately descended and hastened to the neighbor's in the opposite direction, who, on hearing her story, sent for medical assistance and proceeded as soon as possible to the scene of the double crime. Mrs. Trogner was soon restored so as to be able to make a statement of the facts, but her husband, up to the time our informant left there on Monday morni)ig, was insensible, though still alive. It is thought that Mrs. Trogner may recover, though severely injured, but we believe there is no hope for her husband.

Up to this time no one has been arrested for the crime, though strong suspicions are entertained of his identity. Whoever it was, it is evident that lie was no atranger to Trogner's house and the place where he kept his money, as he went as directly to it as if he had himself placed it there. We do not deem it expedient at present to state on whom suspicion rests, but we may learn something further in relation to the matter before we go to press. Meanwhile, we can only hope that the perpetrator of the crime will Sj^eedily obtain his just deserts, for society is iruleed unsafe if such criminals can long go unwhipt of justice.

In the account whicli we published last week, of the burglary in New Glarus, with its horrid accompaniment, there were some inaccuracies which we will correct to-day. We stated that the burglar entered a room up stairs, in which a young girl was sleeping, and took the money therefrom, and that he made no assault on any one until Mr. Trogner attempted to stop him, as he came down stairs. Later information shows that this was incorrect - that the burglar first entered the room where the old people were sleeping, on the first floor, and the girl was a spectator of what took place, (so far asshecould be in '.he dim light) by looking tlirough a stovepipe hole in the floor, from the room above. On tlie first sound made by the old {)eople, the burglar struek them with an ax, which he had brought in with him, and did not cease until he had silenced them. Mr. Trogner's skull and face are even worse mangled than we stated last week, and we presume there is no probability of his recovery, though he was still alive last Saturday. Mrs. Trogner's arm was broken in several places, and she was otherwise severely injured.

A young man named Friedolin Blum, a returned soldier of the 9th Wisconsin regiment, who had served three years in that organization, has been arrested for the crime, and on examination was held to bail for his ai>pearance at the next term of court, in the sum of $1,500, but failing to give the required security, he was committed to the county jail, where he novv is.

We understand that Blum's character, while in the service, was good, and that many who were acquainted with him before enlisting speak well of him. Of course, we are not prepared to say whether he is or is not guilty of the crime attributed to him, and therefore do not wisli to manufacture any public opinion on the subject. If he is not guilty, we hope he will be acquitted; is he is guilty, we shall more than ever deprecate the mawkish sentimentality whicli abolishiMl capital punishment in the State of Wisconsin.

Jndge Dunwiddie, who was present at.the examination, has furnisiied us with the following abstract of the testimony given by Mrs. Trogner and her daughter, which will make the case plainer to our readers than anything we can sa}':

Mrs. Trogner swears that on Sunday night of the 5th of February, after they had all been in bed sometime, and asleep, some person entered the house. She and her husband were sleeping in the room on the ground floor. The person who entered the room made a noise in opening the door, which awakened both her and her husband, and they called out "Who is there?" Immediately the person commenced striking her husband on the head; struck him four or five times. She was making some noise, and then the person commenced striking her; struck her four or five times on right arm and hip. She then feigned that she was dead. Her husband was still, and she supposed him dead. Slie was now lying on her left side, with her face to the wall. The person who had done the deed then took up her husband's pants, took out a key, went to the bureau and unlocked it, took out a drawer, carried it to the table, and commenced working among the papers. By this time, her husband had come to, and commenced stirring and moving in bed. The person wiio then was at the taljle, took up the ax, went back to tlic bed and again struck him four or five times. Her husband then became siill again. The person then returned to the table and stood between her and the window, and she then knew who it was - she saw that it was Frie<lolin Blum; she knew him by his cap and clothes, and the way he stood. She did not see his face, and only saw him for a moment. She had before thought it was him by the sound of his footsteps in the room, but now she knew him. She was at the time, in the northwest cornei" of the room, in bed, and when she first knew Blum by his clothes, he was standing at the window - close by the window - on the east side of the house; the moon was shining in the window, - Blum's cap was part fur and part cloth. This was a little before 12 o'clock. There was about |4, 000 in money taken.

The young lady testified that she was upstairs in bed, and heard the noise below; was much alarmed; kept quiet until she heard the man below go out of the house, then she got up and looked out of the west window; saw the man down at the spring; he turned and looked u{> towards the house, and she knew it was Blum; lie had on soldier's clothes, blue pants, and had black whiskers.

On the part of the defense, it was proved that Blum had on, that day and evening, citizens dress, and that the spring was four and a half rods west of the house.

Death Of David S. Andrick

We copy the following from the Fort Scott Press, as many of our readers were well acquaintcMl wiih the deceased, and no doul)t will feel a deep sympalh}'^ for the bereaved ones who mourn the loss of one so favorably known to the citizens of Green county. The Press states that the deceased was buried with Masonic honors, and that the occasion was one of deep interest and emotion:

Died. - At his residence in Fort Scott, Kansas, on Tuesday, the 30th ult., of consumption, David S. Aiidrick, aged twenty-eight years and fifteen days.

Mr. Aiidrick came to this county with his parents in IS57, from his former home in Monroe, Wis., and located with them at their residence about a mile west of this town. A few years later he engaged in the drug business in Fort Scott, in which he continued up to the time of his death. During his residence here he has been a member of the city council, and has taken an active and prominent part in all questions of public interest. He married a daughter of our late townsman, A. Walker, who, with one child, is left to share the sympathies as well as the grief of tliis whole community.

John Chadwick, for many years a resident of this county, died in this village on the 19th inst., in the seventy-seventh year of his age. Mr. Chadwick came to Green county from Pennsylvania in the year 1837, and was a resident of the county ever since that time, and for the past ten or twelve years lived in Monroe. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and was much respected by his fellow-citizens as a man of sterling integrity and consistent Christian deportment. His remains were followed to the cemetery by a large concourse of our citizens. Mr. Chadwick was a constant patron and I'eader of this paper from its first issue to the time of his death.

In the village of Juda, Green Co., Wis., on the 4th day of December, ISOV, Farlin Ball died, aged seventy-nine years, seven months and one day. This venerable man, whose sudden death has caused much sensation in the two villages where he was well known, was born in the State of Virginia, on the 3d day of May, 1788. When a young man he emigrated with his parents to the now new northwest territory, and settled in what subsequently became Jefferson Co., Ohio. There he married, raised a large family, and spent the greater part of his life. In 1849 he moved to this State, and in 1850 settled in the town of Jefferson, where he remained until his death. His anccsters were English Quakers, from whom he inherited the equaiiitnity, firmness and stability of character peculiar to that class of Christians. Nearly sixty years ago he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for that long period maintained an unblemished Christian character. Died.

Dr. Lombard came here from Cayuga Co., N. Y., in the spring of 1851, and from that time until his death has been engaged in the practice of his profession in our town and county. The doctor was extensively known throughout this portion of the State as a man of sterling character, of superior ability in his profession, and as a valuable citizen. He will be missed from among us - his place will not be readily filled - and for many, many years to come he will live in the affection of his friends and in the kindly regard of those who have been blessed by the beneficence of his professional ministrations.

Last Wednesday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, the Monroe House was the scene of a fatal unpleasantness between an Irishman by the name of Patrick Crotty, a well-to-do farmer of this county, and a servant girl, employed in the al)ove mentioned hotel, by the name of Angeline Shroyer, whom Crotty had seduced about two years ago. From various parties we learn the following particulars concerning this terrible affair, and vouch for the truth of the reports only so far as they appear to be the versions of many persons condensed and corroborated:

It seems that Crotty was a gay deceiver, and, among several young aiul inexperienced girls, Angeline was but one frail creature whom he had wronged, after gaining their affections and promising to marry them. She had obtained a judgment against him for §700, nnd aftersvards consented to a compromise for half the judgment. The Ci*<ittys proposed a less sum (?!?00), but the terms were not accepted. Some time after these transactions, on the day mentioned, Crotty, his wife (lately married) and mother-inlaw came to town, and, after getting well "set up" with courageous whisky, went to beard the lioness in the Monroe House. The proposition to settle was again broached. Angeline would accept the money, but would not sign any papers releasing Crotty from further demands; whereupon the negotiations were broken off. A few minutes thereafter Pat returned, after being warned that Angeline could put up with no more of his abuse, and again commenced calling her names, and very indecent ones, too; whereupon the enraged girl drew a pistol and shot her seducer through the breast, near the heart, and sent the leaden messenger through his body, the same lodging near his back bone. Crotty rushed from the house bare headed, got into his sleigh, and the man who was with him drove off; but, on reaching a distance butafe\v rods from the hotel, Patrick Crotty expired. The Old Settlers' Meeting. [Feb. 3,1869.]

The pioneer settlers of Green county had a very pleasant social reunion in Monroe last Wednesday, the 27th ult. The attendance from all parts of the county was unexpectedly large, considering the brief time the notice had been published.

The meeting was organized in the court house in the afternoon, by the election of O. H. P. Clarno (the oldest resident of Green county now living,) as president, and Hiram Rust as secretary. J. W. Stewart stated the object of the meeting, and entertained the audience with some amusing and interesting incidents of pioneer life in this county. After remarks of a similar character by B. Dunwiddie, Hiram Brown, Hiram Rust and others, and the transaction of some business, the meeting adjourned till 6 o'clock at Turner Hall.

supper prepared for more than 100 guests, and the cornet band took a position in the gallery, from whence they discoursed good music during the evening. Many of the pioneers brought their wives and daughters with them, and tickr ets were issued to a limited number of outsiders, so that the hall was comfortably filled with genial gentlemen and ladies, all intent upon having a good time; and so far as we could judge, they were not disappointed.

After partaking of the excellent supper, the house was called to order, and, by request, J. W. Stewart read a lengthy and highly interesting paper, pertaining to the early settlement and history of Green county. (We will say, in this connection, that Mr. Stewart, who is now absent from home, has collected many of the most important facts connected with the early settlement of this county, and has promised to prepare them for publication as soon as he returns.) After brief and amusing speeches and anecdotes by several others, the roll was called, and the following persons reported themselves as having been voters in the county for twentyfive years:

1837 - Franklin Pierce, Alexander Morton, John Chad wick, Jotham CMiadwick, Joshua Whilcomb, Addi Whitcomb, A. H. AVoodle, A. J. Sutherland, Mordecai Kelly.

In Albany, Wis., Dr. S Fayette, after an illness of fifteen days, on Friday, July 2, 1869, of apoplexy, aged fifty-seven years, two months and twenty-four days.

The remains were interred with Masonic honors in Albany, Sunday, July 4, and a large number of acquaintances followed to the last resting place, of earth, a form familiar and. beloved. Thus, still another old settler has passed to the "bourne from whence no traveler returns." Another Old Settler Gone.

We publish in another column the obituary of Hiram Dunwiddie, who died at his residence in the town of Jefferson, in this county, on the l7th of June, 1869.

In 1843, at the age of twenty-one, he emigrated to Wisconsin and settled on a farm, where he remained till the time of his death. He was a very successful farmer until his health failed him. He left his bereaved family sufficient i>roperty to make them comfortable. He was identified with tlie public ofiicers of the county, from soon after the settlement in the county until within a few years of his death, as a member of the county board of supervisors.

Among his friends and neighbors he always manifested a deep and lively interest in their welfare. In politics he was an earnest and devoted member of the republican parly from its organization. In religion he was a Baptist, and had, for many years been a member of the Juda Baptist Church. About six days before his death, he felt that his disease was culminating, and sent for his old friend and family physician, Dr. Hall, who, in company with Dr. Monroe, called to see him. He desired them to state to him, candidly, what they thought of his case.

They informed him that he could live but a short time. He received the information with calmness and composure. He gave his family instructions how to manage when he was gone, made his will, called his family and friends around him, and advised them to make every suitable preparation to follow him. One of the deacons of the Church being present, he said: "Deacon Davis, tell Elder Patton to request the Juda Baptist Church to prepare to meet me in heaven." Elder Patton preached the funeral sermon, and made an eloquent appeal to the church to heed the admonition. The Shroyer Case.

Angeline Shroyer, who was tried last week for the murder of Patrick Crotty, was acquitted by the jury after a trial of nearly four days, ending on Thursday afternoon. The court house was crowded most of the time during the trial, but the room was as quiet as a Quaker meeting, and the trial throughout was conducted in a manner which reflects credit upon this age and generation. District Attorney Douglas, was assisted by Messrs. Conger, of Janesville, and Gardner, of Monroe; and Hons. B. Dunwiddie and Charles G. Williams, ably conducted the defense.

The court house was filled to suffocation when the announcement went forth on the tones of the bell, that the jury were ready to give their verdict. When the "Not Guilty" was pronounced by the foreman, the accused was immediately released from custody, and left the court house, while a smile of satisfaction was visable upon the faces of all present. Every one in attendance had "predicted" and "told just how it would be." The verdict surprised no one, and the peo- pie are content. A purse of money was made up by our citizens last Friday and Saturday, and we are informed that Angeline will immediately go to her friends in Iowa.

The second annual re-union of the old settlers of Green county, held in this village at the court house and Turner Hall, was, everything considered, a very successful and pleasant affair. Several names were added to the roll of members, and such other business as naturally comes before gatherings of this nature was transacted in the afternoon at the court house, when the meeting adjourned to Turner Hall, at 6 o'clock, p. M. Supper was served for the members and invited guests at about 8 o'clock, by J. A. Gleissner, of the American House. The three tables, reaching the entire length of the hall, were liberally patronized by the pioneers of the county, who, with their wives, gave ample proof of the quality of the repast and the healthfulness of the parents of our present civilization. The American cornet band, enlivened the occasion with good music; and, with short speeches by a few who felt like talking, general greetings and talk of old times, the evening was pleasantly and profitably spent by all who attended.

These re-unions can, and will, doubtless, be made a permanent institution; and there can be no reason why they might not be so conducted as to be a source of much pleasure and profit to those who came in advance

Let the records be made perfect, and the last days on earth of those who braved the wilds of the unsettled wilderness, to make their circumstances and open up to future generations happy homes, fertile farms, and the general prosperity which we younger citizens now enjoy, be a continued reign of happiness. Let us honor the "old settlers," for their numbers are few and they are passing away, while their children go forth to be hereafter called "old settlers" of other States, and, as yet, unheard of counties.

The Roll Op Pioneers

1837 - Franklin Pierce, Alexander Morton, John Chadwick, Jotham Chadwick, Joshua Whitcomb, A. H. Woodle, A. J. Sutherland, Mordecai Kelly, Jonas Shook.

Monroe sends greeting: Blessed be the Lord who created electricity; blessed his creature who discovered its utility, and blessed be lie who invented the telegraph. Bully for the Northwestern Company whose lines touch as with the throbs of intelligence as they pass from city to city.

The Geizette welcome you to fraternal relations. May your energy and enterprise be equal to the responsibilities of your new position. Death of Lieutenant G. D. Jennings.

Jennings. - In Otnaha, on the 5th day of November, lS7l, Lieut. G. D. Jennings, aged thirty years, formerly of this place, recently of the V. R. C. U. S. A.

The funeral of Lieut. Jennings was largely attended by the citizens of this place who deeply sympathize with the bereaved family in their great loss. Dud. had been a faithful brother and a dutiful son. Even the vicissitudes and estrangements of a soldier's life could not break the ties which bound him to kindred, nor wean him from those wdiom he had loved in childhood. He was attended in his last hours by his sister Jennie, who left her duties as clerk in the treasury department at Washington, to go across the continent on her mission of love, and devoted herself to the task of bringing her dying brother to his home. By a series of journeying fi'om San Diego b)^ way of San Rafael, Cal., they reached Onialia, where poor Dud. gave up his sword to the Conqueror of the LTniverse, and left his faithful sister to journey home with liis mortal remains. V^'hat peace must she now feel, and enjoy hereafter, to know that her dear soldier brother wanted not a sister's loving hand to sootlie his dying pillow. And whatocomfort and bliss t) a faitViful soldier - used to the vicissitudes of camp and held - when he wraps the mantle of death about him, to feel the parting kiss of the purest friendship known on earth.

The journey from Omaha, though a sad one, was not so tedious. A sergeant and a file of soldiers were detailed to guaVd the corpse to this place. The party arrived on the evening train Friday last, and remained at the United States House until Saturday afternoon, when the corpse was taken to the home, from whence he had gone, when he was a mere lad, as a volunteer in the old 3d Wisconsin Infantry.

Lieut. G. D. Jennings was wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863, in the side and liip, the ball passing througli the body. His wound was a severe one, and was the cau;<e of his early death, as it sapped his vitality, and caused liim continual pain. He had hoped to outgrow his injury, and live to a good old age, but when on his last visit to Monroe, he told the writer that he should come back only once more to the old town, and should not go away again.

The record of his deeds, when the country need brave men and true, will ever remain to bless his name, and will be a fitting epitaph. Every soldier of old company C, - there never was such another company "C" in the hearts of Green county - the Jirst which took the flag to defend and lay down their lives to honor, will drop a tear, and in their hearts fire three volleys over the resting place of a brave comrade, gone to "headquarters," "discharged to receive promotion."

Charles S. Foster, Avell known by the people of Green county as one of the first settlers and public spirited gentleman, died at his residence in this village Sunday morning last, after a short illness. This community will miss Mr. Foster very much, his enterprise and activity in public matters, his many good qualities as a neighbor, friend and husband and father, made him prominent in the community. During his life, for nearly thirty years, he had often been elected to official positions, which he filled with credit to himself and advantage to his coustituents. He at different times aided with his influence and money, public enterprises, and was a liberal subscriber to the new manufacturing establishments now being built. He was also a member of the board of education of this place ; the subject of common schools having always received a large share of attention from him. His family have the sympathy of many friends who are called to mourn with them in their great loss.

Jere Chandler, one of the pioneers and a highly esteemed and valued citizen of Monroe passed peacefully from earth, last Thursday, at his residence, where he had lived for many years. "Uncle Jere" as he was called by all who knew him, came to Monroe in 1845, and established his family here, for many years carrying on the wagon making business. He had acquired a good property during his working days, and provided with the aid of her who survives him, a beautiful home of comfort and plenty. "Uncle Jere" was not a noisy man, though his convictions were strong, and he adhered to them constantly. He had been quite feeble for the past two or three years, and prior to his death had been confined to the house for nearly a year. He was seventy-one years of age when he died, and he leaves ahost of relatives and friends who will long remember his life of industry and true worth. The funeral took place from the residence, last Sunday, at 9 o'clock A. M. Rev. E. Powell assisted by Rev. Mr. Palmer and Z. H. Howe conducted the exercises and a large concourse of people followed the remains to the^last resting place on earth.

Our old men are passing away, one by one, but more rapidly now than hitherto. Those who came before the multitude, to break the way to a prosperous estate for the generations of the future, are growing old, and each year sees the clods heaped above the faithful, manly forms of our old men and women, the grandparents of this prosperous people. Let us cherish them while they stay with us; for it has taken many storms to bleach their locks, and many days of sunshine to tune their smiles, and when they are gone we shall never see their like again.

In the death of William C. Green, of this village. Green county has lost one of its oldest and best citizens, a man who had tilled the measure of life nearly full to its brim, and that, too, with consistent, straightforward works. Mr. Green had been in poor health for more than a year, and he repeatedly told his friends that he expected to leave this country soon and go toward the setting sun.

The deceased came to Green county in 1839, from New York State, and had lived here ever since, rearing a large fainily; seven children of whom are now living, the oldest being over fifty years old. He was a farmer during the better time of life, and his two sons are now carrying on the farm at "Green's Prairie" - named by the deceased. Besides being a good farmer, Mr. Green was possessed of a good education, and in his younger and older years taught school. He served several years acceptably as school superintendent of Green county, to which i^osition he was elected by the republican party, of which he was a faithful and steadfast member.

William C. Green was born in 1802, and was seventy-two when he died, at 2 o'clock Monday morning, Aug. 3, 1874. The funeral takes place to-day ,Wednesday, August 5, at 11 o'clock.

The first upon the list is that of Capt, Oscar F. Pinney, of the 5th Wisconsin Battery, who fell mortally wounded, on the 31st day of December, 1862, at the fearful battle of Stone River, the horrors of which cannot be exaggerated.

Capt. Pinney lingered in hospital until the l7th day of February, 1863, when he died and his remains were brought home by his brother and buried here.

The testimony of all the members of the gallant 5th Battery, who were with him in that terrific contest, and some of whom I recognize here to-day, is, that he was a brave man.

Joseph Hall, a member of the 5th Battery, returned home with consumption, contracted or aggravated bythe hardships and exposures incident to military duty, and died in the village of Monroe.

Joseph Snyder, of the 38th Wisconsin Infantry, is buried here, but the history of his military service, and the place and cause of his death, are unknown to me.

Francis C. Glascott, of the 30th Missouri Mounted Infantry, died in camp at Memphis, Tenn., of disease, induced by the hardships of military service. His remains were brought here for burial.

The remains of Lucius A. Belden, of the 4th Kansas Cavalry and of William Daggett, of the 6th Kansas Cavalry, rest in this cemetery, but I am unable to give any of the incidents of their history.

Capt. G. D. Jennings, of the United States Army, formerly of the 3d Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, was seriously wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville. He was distinguished for his gallantry, fought liis way to a captaincy in the I'egular army, went under orders to the

Pacific coast, wliere his failing liealth, the effect of wounds received in his country's battles, admonished him that his time on earth was brief, and he sought to reach his home that he might die among kin<lred and friends, but his vitality was not sufiicient for tlie undertaking, and, at Omaha, his brave spirit passed to the better land, and yonder shaft of white marble marks its last resting place. Col. E. M. Barilett and Col. Ezekiel ('lajtp, soldiers of the War of 1812, were also buried here.

Capt. Moses O'Brien, of the 3d Wisconsin Infantry, one of the bravest of the brave, died of repeated wounds received in the fearful conflict of Cedar Mountain.

Stewart Moslier, of the 3d Wisconsin Infantry, whom all the old residents of Monroe well remember, was the first hero who fell a martyr to liberty, from Green county, lie was killed at the battle of IJolivar Heights, and was buried near the spot where he gallantly fell, upon the banks of the classic Potomac, whose waters, as they roll through the mountain gorges, on their way to the sea, shall ceaslessly chant his solemn requiem through all the ages to come, till time shall be no more.

[December 17, 1873.] ' 'Tlie circle is broken - one seat is forsaken, - Oue bud from ihe tree of our friendship is shakeu, - Oue heart from nmong us no longer shall tlirill With joy in our gladness, or grief iu our ill."

.lustus Sutherland died at his residence in the town of Sylvester, in this county, December (i, of pneumonia, after a brief illness. He was born at Rutland, in the State of Vermont, on the 27th day of September, 1797. He lived for a long time in Madison Co., N. Y.; subsequently resided in Illinois, and, in 1830 he moved to Green Co., Wis., where he reared a large and highly respectable family, and by industry and good judgment he acquired considerable wealth, and where, at the end of a long and active life, he has been cut down like a shock of corn fully ripe in its season, and consigned to the "'nairovv house appointed for all the living." Mr. Sutherland lived in this county thirty-four years, and was one of its earliest settlers. 'i~he brave, enterprising and adventurous spirits who constitute the vanguard of civilization, who carry the implements of husbandry, and the habits of industry into the wilderness, or those of them whose rude cabins u-urped the places where stood the red man's wigwam in southern Wisconsin, knew him well, and called him to many positions of honor and trust; and the few who remain of the companions of his manhood's prime, say that he never betrayed the confidence which they reposed in him, and that at all times, and under all circumstances he stood a grand specimen of God's no\)\e^t work, an honest 7nan. He was a person of most exemplary habits, and his loss will be deeply felt beyond the circle of his immediate relatives, beyond the neighborhood in which he lived, by all who knew him, but by none more keenly than by those who shared with him the dangers, har(lshi|)S and privations of pioneer life. Ten sons and daughters of mature yenrs stood arouiuJ his coifin and listened to the falling clods whose resonance spoke to all of man's mortality. His neighbors and friends came from far and near toperform the last sad rites, and pay the last melancholy tribute of respect, until the funeral cortege assumed proportions greater than ever before witnessed in this county. It is a consolation to his friends, that his last hours were tranquil, and that he passed quietly and painlessly to the other, and happier shore.

.About eleven years ago a man by the name of Alvy Gaylord left the neighborhood for California, leaving a wife and childx-en. For some years he had been given up as lost to his family, and his wife was declared a widow. A few days since a man claiming to be the husband of Mrs. Gayloi-d came to Winslow and succeeded in making the widow and her son believe that he was the identical Gaylord, and he was taken to the bosom of his family. He immediately set about disposing of property belonging to the estate preparatory to returning back to California, Here a brother of Gaylord comes forward and declares the would be "Alvy" an imposter and that he is not the true husband of the widow. But the son of his mother declares that the stranger is his own father. Now, it is not every boy that knows his own father - especially after he has been gone eleven years, and when he left home the boy was quite young. But so determined was the brother to expose the imposter that the wliole affair was noised about, and parties who had known Gaylord in days of yore came forward to identify him. It seems that Gaylord had a finger torn off by a threshing machine before he went away, he also had one foot split open on top in an early day. This man had no such marks. Then comes one certain Mr. Burbridge, who walks up to the stranger and offers him |2 to show his arm. There was a mark on it he would like to see. The stranger scouted the idea of showing his arm but he finally was induced to do so. There in deep blue were the initials "J. T.,"John Traverse, well known by all the neighbors. John Traverse, of California, who evidently knew Gaylord and his family, as he spoke familiarly, calling them all by name. He knew his neighbors too, and they knew him now. He had married a daughter of Burbridge fifteen years ago, and had gone off to California. An old woman had recognized him a few days before this singular denoeument, when he was making inquiries about the Burbridge family. "Did they know of a man who had married a daughter of Burbridge, year ago and run away to California." They knew such a man, and "Thou art the man," said an elderly woman. So, on Monday the brother of Alvy Gaylord demanded the arrrest of Traverse. A warrant was made and a posse undertook to capture him in the street at about 3 o'clock p. m. He drew two revolvers, and retreated to the house of widow Gaylord, where he barricaded himself in a room up stairs. Four men, braver than the rest, John Gordon, Lou. Blair, Peters and Lloyd, volunteered to go in and take him for the sum of $20, well knowing that that amount might possibly be necessary to bury some one or more of them, for they were bearding a lion in his den. The door was burst open, and a rapid dring of pistols ensued, but without hurting anybody seriously. Traverse alias Gaylord, was wounded, a ball had traversed the arm that bore the tell tale, "J. T." and it was strongly suspected that the stranger had tried to wipe out the "dammed spot," but it wouldn't out. The alias is now in custody, and parties have gone to Winslow to identify him, and there can be little doubt that he will be put "where he can do the most good." Where that place shall be is not for us to say, at present.

On Thursday evening last a telegram was received by George B. McLean itiforming friends in this city [Monroe] of the death of John H. Bridge, who left this place in excellent health, with his son, Joseph, to visit in Iowa, Kansas and take a trip west through Colorado, and California, to see the lands beyond the Mississipi)i. A letter received by relatives Monday last, which was written from some place in Colorado, stated Mr. Bridge had had an attack of cliolera morbus, had been very ill, but was recovering. The deceased was about seventy years old, was one of the old settlers of the county and was unusually vigorous. His death is a great surprise to his friends here. He had lived an industrious, plodding sort of life until within a few years, when he retired from farming to live in Monroe, investing in real estate, and receiving a handsome income from his accumulated wealth.

An Expensive Episode

In a previous chapter mention has been made of an oath being prepared during the war for the citizens to subscribe to, which some refused to take and that, as a consequence, one citizen a resident of Sylvester was ordered to kec}) outside the limits of the village of Monroe, and anothei' - a citizen of Clarno - was treated to a free ride part of the way home, on a rail. 'J'he last method of treating obnoxious persons did not, however, work well when again tried except for the time being. A Mr. Steves, of Durand, happened to be in Monroe and took occasion to denounce the proceedings which required the taking of the oath.

"He [Steves] was denouncing the proceedings in a violent manner, when some one remarked that probably Mr. Steves had better take the oath. A crowd formed, and escorted him to the court house, and summoned Mr. Role from his supper table to administer the oaih. Mr. Rote read it and asked the prisoner if he would subscribe to it. Being answered in the negative, he said nothing more, for by that time the office was so full of men who wanted to take it that he was obliged to light a candle and go up into the court room to accommodate them. When about sixty men had been sworn, proceedings up stairs were interrupted by a cry that those who had been laboring with the man below were riding him out of town on a rail. Mr. Steves' fate made copperheads cautious about expressing themselves in Monroe; and his resistance taught Union men to be less busy in seeking out offenses. This was the last encounter of the kind during the war, but it was long before men heard the last of this. Mr. Steves brought suit against twelve citizens of Monroe. In selecting the twelve, he was assisted by Monroe men whose opinion of the war was the same as his own. All those selected were zealous supporters of the war, and most of them were members of the committee of lifteen appointed the 29th of July; but a majority of them were oj)posed to such violent measures as were adopted in Mr. Steves' case, and sotue of them did not reach the square that night until the work was done. One of those sued was Mr. Rote, whose part in the affair has been told. On the other hand, some who helped carry the rail were not mentioned in the suit. The case was tried in 1865 in Milwaukee; Judge Miller presided, and during the trial gave vent to his feelings by exclamations of 'oh'! and 'horrible! !' The disunion element predominated in the jury, and damages was awarded Mr. Steves to the amount of $5,000 and costs."