Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1882 — A Missouri Vendetta. [ARTICLE]

A Missouri Vendetta.

Montgomery county, Mo., has been the scene of a most sanguinary tragedy, the particulars of which arc given in the following telegram from Montgomery City to a St. Louis paper: “ The southern portion of the county is inhabited principally by Germans, who have brought their own customs to this country. There were a number of tie-choppers in that section, who are generally regarded as a rough set, especially when under the influence of liquor. Among these were the King boys, as they were generally called. These boys would get boisterous as soon as the wine began to have effect, and the Germans would then refuse to give them more when they called /or it. When liquor was refused them they would break up the furniture and commit all sorts of deviltry, and had become a sort of terror to the neighborhood. Last Thursday evening while drinking, three of the Kings— Jack, Joe and Thomas—endeavored to break into John NeUison’s residence, near Rhineland, saying they wanted something to drink. Neilison refused them admittance and barricaded his door, when they broke in a window, whereupon Nellison commenced shooting, and fired three shots at each of them as he saw them. They then left, saying they would return. He started to a neighbor’s for help, and found Jack King dead near the yard gate, with a bullet through his breast. His brother Joo was shot with light birdshot N dlison was exonerated from all blame by a Coroner’s jury at the inquest Friday night about 7 o’clock, the moon shining bright as day, a mob, said to number from twemy-fivo to fifty, went to old man King’s, near Americus, where the body was taken for burial, and, on old man King’s going out and demanding their business, he was told to go into the house. Mrs. King and Mrs. Austin, mother-in-law of Thomas King, then came out, when, it is said, the mob began firing. The King boys fled out of the back door, and in the indiscriminate shooting which followed, Mrs. Nancy Austin was killed and Mrs. King received two shots in one of her legs, and Joe King was shot in the abdomen, hand and arm. Thomas King is yet missing, - nd it is not known whether he is dead or alive, but he is known to be hurt.

Mexico, says a correspondent, is a member of the Postal Union, and sends letters all over the world for 5 cents, yet charges her own citizens 25 cents postage and denies them the privilege of Licking their own stamps. You cannot buy a postage stamp in Mexico unless you are personally known to the Postmaster, and a postage stamp which is purchased in one town is not good in a town but ten miles away. Thebe is something soft and tender in the fall of a single snow-flake, but it always reminds us to look after our bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup—our old stand-by in the days of Coughs and Colds—for we faav? fUwayg f Qujffl it reliable.

The Names of the States. New Hampshire gets its name from Hampshire, England. Massachusetts is derived from an Indian name, first giver to the bay, signifying "near the great hills.*’ Rhode Island has an obscun origin, the "Island of Rhodes/* the " Island of the Roads,** and a Dutch origin, "Red Island,*’ were mentioned, the first seeming to have the best historical sapport. Connecticut is an Indian name, signifying "land on i long tidal-river.’* Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia have a royal origin. Maine was named from the fact that if was supposed to contain the "maynt portion” of New England. Verm on 1 has no especial question, except that It it claimed to have first been an alias —New Connecticut, alias Vermont Kentucky popularly signifies either a "dark and bloody ground,” or " a bloody river,” but its origin signifies " the head of a river,” or " the long rivet.’* Tennessee comes from its river, the name being derived from the name of an Indian village on the river named after an Indian name, signifying " something great,” with an accent ol admiration. Indiana comes from the name of an early land company. Illinois from the Indian—the name of a tribe. Michigan is claimed to mean "lake countryit probably came from the name of the lake, “Great Lake,” which bore this name before the land adjacent was named. Louisiana is from the French. Arkansas and Missouri are Indian, the former being doubtful ; the latter is claimed to mean in its original “muddy water,” which describes the river. lowa is also Indian, with doubtful meaning. Texas is popularly supposed to be Indian, but may be Spanish. Florida is Spanish, "a flowery land.” Oregon has a conjectural origin. It is probably Indian, but a Spanish origin is claimed. California comes from a Spanish romance of 1510. Nevada takes its name from the moitntains, who get theirs from a resemblance to the Nevadas of South America. Minnesota is Indian, " sky-tinted water. ” Nebraaka is variously rendered " shallow water ” and "flat country.” Kansas is from an Indian root, Kaw, corrupted by the French. Mississippi is “great water,” or " whole river. ” Alabama is Indian, the name of a fortress and a tribe, signifying, as is claimed, “ here we rest. ”