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Prewitt, one of the leading merchants of Linneus, said that one barrel of sugar and one sack of coffee were all that he could sell of those articles in a year's time. Mr. Prewitt afterward opened a tobacco house in Linneus, and prized, manufactured, and shipped tobacco for a number of years. He hauled his tobacco to Brunswick, the most available shipping point on the river.
For some years after the settlement of Linneus the place was but a vil- lage, and the citizens lived after the fashion of their neighbors, the people in the country. The majority of the families depended upon farming for their support. The village belles carded wool, spun it, and either wove it into cloth themselves or carried it to Mrs. Goodman, who was famous for her skill with the loom in that day, and wove thousands of yards of cloth. She is still alive, and in the county. Flannel and linsey were the fabrics from which the majority of the dresses were made, and the style of the frocks, with their short waists, narrow skirts, and ample sleeves, would not be popular with the ladies of to-day, unless they originated in Paris and were " the fashion."
There was no church in Linneus for years, and preaching was held at in- tervals in the old log court-house. Sometimes these intervals were regular and sometimes they were not. All denominations occupied the court-room turn and turn about. The room that was filled with the clamor of the " weary lawyer with endless tongue " on week days, echoed to the voice of prayer and praise on the sabbath, and as many a violator of the Missouri statutes was therein reminded of his transgression, so many a breaker of the commands of the Pentatuch was made to see the error of his ways and warned to flee from the wrath to come.
There was not a very strong sentiment of teetotalism rife in the commu- nity in early days. The " grocery stores," or " groceries," all kept whisky for sale, and dram shops were allowed, under license. So the bibulously inclined could and did indulge their propensities freely.
HISTORIC INCIDENTS IN THE CITY OF LINNEUS PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR.
Tobacco manufacturing-In 1841, David Prewitt engaged in general merchandising, in which business he continued until 1852. The period be- tween 1841 and 1852 he was county treasurer, when the entire revenues did not exceed $350. In those days commodities were cheap. Mr. Prewitt often purchased net pork for $1.50 per hundred, and tobacco from $1 to $3 per hundred. He manufactured plug tobacco at Linneus for many years, hauling it to the country stores in wagons and selling to country mer- chants. Many loads of the Linnens tobacco were taken up into southern Iowa, where it found ready sale.
In February 1847, J. B. Colgan and George W. Smith were associated in the manufacture at Linneus, and Mr. Colgan claims that they were the first
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manufacturers of the weed in the place. Prior to this, however, Mr. Rooker had a tobacco factory over on Yellow Creek, managed by a Mr. Charles Ayers, of Glasgow. The distinction of having made up the first tobacco in the county is also claimed for David Prewitt.
"OLD BULLION " IN LINNEUS.
In the summer of 1856, Hon. Thomas H. Benton, Missouri's great thirty- years' senator, spoke in Linneus to a large audience from the door of the court-house. Colonel Benton was then conducting his canvass for governor, his opponents being Hon. Trusten Polk, the regular Democratic candidate, and Robert C. Ewing, the nominee of the old Whig and Know-Nothing parties. "Old Bullion " had many friends in Linn county, but his sup- porters were in the minority. While here he was the guest of Edward Hoyle. It is believed that this was the only occasion when the distinguished statesman was in Linneus.
AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.
Lynching of " Tennessee " Thomas-In July, 1866, the first human being ever hung in Linn county was executed in Linneus. The subject was a young negro who had recently come into the town from Saline county, and to Saline county from Tennessee only a short time before. He had no rela- tives or acquaintances in Linneus, when he first arrived. He worked for a time in T. T. Easley's brickyard. His name is forgotten, except that he was called "Tennessee " and Thomas, and sometimes "Tennessee Tom.
In the month and year above named there lived a little north of town a family named Stutsman, whose little daughter, aged about ten years, was attending school in Linneus. The child was on her way to school one morning when she stepped a little to one side of the road to gather some blackberries. Here she was suddenly and brutally assaulted by " Tennesse Tom," who succeeded in perpetrating that nameless crime for which there is no adequate earthly punishment. The little innocent soon gave the alarm, and in a short time crowds of indignant men were scouring the country in search of the black villain. In a few hours he was apprehended, taken to the court-room with a number of other negroes, and clearly iden- tified by his little victim. He had also been seen leaving the place where the crime was committed, and to run across fields and lots in his efforts to escape. The child recognized him and pointed him out among a dozen other young black men.
It was at once decided by the crowd present to hang the criminal forth- with. A few of the prominent citizens advised that he be turned over to the civil authorities to be dealt with according to law, but such counsels were hooted at and set at contempt. The prisoner was marched over to a grove in the southeastern part of the town, one end of a rope tied about his
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neck, the other thrown over the limb of a tree, and he was soon quivering in the air in the agonies of death. After he was pronounced dead he was allowed to hang until about nightfall, when he was buried by some men of his own color. He protested that he was innocent to the last, but seemed somewhat indifferent to his fate. He was regarded as partially demented or half-witted, none of his faculties but the baser ones being well developed. He shook hands with many of the negroes before he was hung.
The tree on which "Tennessee " was hung stood near the present. resi- dence of Mr. Denbo. It afterwards died, a circumstance that was much and diversely commented upon by the superstitious people of the place, white and colored-the former maintaining that it had withered because of the foul fruit it had borne; the latter that it had been blasted, a " jedgment " for hanging a man who might have been innocent. The locality of the ex- ecution was avoided, especially after dark, by negroes, boys, and many oth- ers, for months afterward; and occasionally it was told that the " spook " of "Tennessee " had been seen swaying to fro in the night wind from the same limb on which the body had hung. By and by the tree was cut down, and nothing was ever afterward seen of the ghost of "Tennessee Tom."
INCIDENTS FROM 1870 TO 1881.
Railroad subscriptions-May 22, 1871, on motion of Alderman Jefferson Kennedy, the town trustees unanimously adopted a resolution to subscribe $10,000 to the capital stock of the St. Joseph & Iowa Railroad Company, in the name and for the use of the Central North Missouri Branch thereof. This subscription was the beginning of the definite action which is said to have resulted in the location of the Burlington & Southwestern Railroad via Linneus.
On the thirtieth of May, 1868, Locust Creek township voted upon the question of issuing $40,000 in bonds iu aid of the Burlington & South- western Railroad, then called the North Missouri Central. The vote car- ried and the County Court made the order of subscription.
The " Col. Northcott "-The first locomotive over the Linneus branch of the Burlington & Southwestern was named " Col. Northcott," in honor of that gentleman, who had been a prominent and indefatigable worker for the road. Not long after the "Col. Northcott " had been running, and while it was lying at Laclede, a negro boy boarded it, pulled open the throt- tle, and started the "Colonel " as a " wild " engine. It ran off a side track and was a little crippled, but soon restored. The mischievous little darkey jumped off and escaped.
First train into Linneus-On' the first of September, 1872, the first train over the Burlington & Southwestern ran into Linneus from Laclede. Soon after the road was completed to Browning, to which point it ran for some time. On the twenty-ninth of September, 1876, the gap between the
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two ends of the road was filled and trains ran through from Burlington to Laclede. Upon the completion of the railroad to Linneus the town began to improve, and since then has made considerable advancement in its ma- terial prosperity.
Accidental shooting of John Waters-In the fall of 1872, John B. Waters, a young man about eighteen years of age, and a son of Capt. R. G. Waters, went over on the Locust Creek bottom, near Lambert's mill, with some companions to gather hickory nuts. The party had taken along a shot gun. In attempting to take this gun from a wagon young Waters accidentally discharged it, and the entire charge, a heavy one, struck him in the neck, nearly tearing off his head, and killing him instantly.
Linn County Baptist Association .- On the second of November, 1872, the Linn County Baptist Association was formed in the Baptist church at Linnens. Delegates were present from the following churches: Parsons Creek, Mount Olive, Mount Nebo, North Salem, Pleasant Grove, New Garden, and Linneus. Elder Jesse Goins presided, and William S. Mc- Clanahan was the secretary.
Robbery (?) of Thompson, the cattle buyer-On the eighth of March, 1873, one William Thompson, a stock buyer from Lewis county, appeared in Linneus, and on Saturday morning, at about eight o'clock, started to Joseph Dale's, four miles west of town, to receive some cattle which he had purchased. In a short time he returned and stated that when about a mile from town, on the Trenton road, he had been confronted by two men, who took him off the road, drew revolvers upon him, and robbed him of $2,800 in greenbacks. An alarm was given and several mounted men scoured the country for some days in search of the robbers, but found no trace of them. It afterward turned out that Thompson was a fraud and his story wholly false. A man named Josiah Fible, of Monticello, had furnished him with about $3,000, which he had lost in Kansas City with some gamblers and " monte" men. Thompson had run away, presumably to Salt Lake, and was never seen in these parts again.
The Linneus cemetery -- In 1873 the cemetery was in a deplorable condi- tion. The fence was down and briars and brambles grew rank among the graves. Two ladies, Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. McCormick, circulated a subscription paper and obtained funds sufficient to put Linneus's "God's acre " in a decent condition, for which action their memories deserve to be perpetuated.
Trains stopped-In the fall of 1873 business on the railroad from Laclede to Browning was so dull, and the affairs of the road were in such a bad condition, that trains stopped running for some weeks. There was great dissatisfaction among the citizens, and many people wanted the track torn up.
Broke jail-In February, 1876, two men, inmates of the county jail,
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broke their prison bars and escaped. One was a white man under indict- ment for forgery; the other was a negro who had murdered William J. Kincaid, of Chariton county.
Killed by the cars-May 13, 1876, Ira, a six-year-old son of Dr. Edward F. Perkins, was killed by a car near the depot. The little fellow was seated on a flat car, which was at a stand still. It was suddenly put in motion and the boy fell off. A car wheel struck him and injured him so badly in- ternally that he died in a few hours.
How the depot was built-The present railroad depot, it is said, was built in part from the proceeds of an excursion trip from Linneus and other points to Burlington, Iowa, and return, in September, 1877. A large crowd attended and enjoyed the trip immensely.
Fire on the public square-Between one and two o'clock on the mnorn- ing of the first of November, 1877, a fire broke out in Morrison's restau- rant, on the south side of the public square. The restaurant, the Pacific House, and Drake's saloon were burned. By tearing down another build- ing the Planters' House was saved. Mr. Morrison's loss was about $1,500; no insurance. The fire was an incendiary one.
Court-house condemned-Since the court-house was condemned as un- safe and dangerous, the Circuit Court has been held in the city hall, where all subsequent sessions have been convened. The county officials moved their offices into different parts of the same block, where they still remain. The walls of the building were cracked, and the structure itself seemed in imminent peril of tumbling down, but the structure is still standing, though it is to be torn down the present spring.
The big fire of January, 1879-At about half past ten o'clock on the night of January 23, 1879, a fire broke out in the store-room of S. Bran- denburger & Co., on the west side of the public square-presumably from a detective flue. That building was burned, causing a loss of $17,000, on which there was an insurance of some $10,000. A two-story brick build- ing, owned by Presley Pound, was next consumed. The lower room of this building was occupied by Morris's hardware store; the greater portion of the stock was saved. The upper portion was used as a lodge room and also contained a Dr. Allen's dental office, and the office of B. J. Northcott, at- torney-at-law. The lumber-yard and implement warehouse of J. F. Lash were also badly damaged, $300 worth of lumber and $800 worth of im- plements being destroyed. A frame building owned by H. C. Prewitt, which stood in the rear of Pound's building, was also burned. The mate- rial of the Bulletin office, and the goods of P. H. Perkins, C. A. Holton, J. H. Bradley, M. Goldman, and Clark & Bradley were moved into the street for safety, as the entire block was in great danger; and it was only by hard work that it was saved.
The new hotel-For a considerable time the citizens of Linneus felt
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that the town needed a new and first-class hotel; one that would be in keep- ing with the character and importance of the place. No one person being found willing to risk the necessary investment, a number of the citizens or- ganized a stock company in the latter part of the year 1880, and erected a substantial brick structure two stories in height at a cost of about $8.000. The building stands on the southwest corner of the public square, and at- tracts the attention of every visitor to the town by reason of its castle-like appearance-its towers, verandas, colonnades, and buttresses. It was fin- ished in the first part of February, 1881. It was first rented to M. P. Clou- das, of Trenton, but in March Mr. J. L. Palmer, of Lancaster, Schuyler county, arrived and took charge and is the present proprietor.
Temperance revival-Probably the most important temperance revival in Linneus, was held in February, 1881, under the auspices of one Ells- worth, a reformed drunkard and a noted temperance lecturer. Meetings were held in the M. E. Church South, and the building was nightly crowded. Fifty-three additions were made to the lodge of Good Templars, and many signed the pledge.
The last school enumeration-In March, 1881, the enumeration of the children of school age in Linneus showed the total number to be three hun- dred and thirty-two, as follows: White males, one hundred and twenty- three; white females, one hundred and fifty-six; colored males, thirty-one; colored females, twenty-two. Total whites, two hundred and seventy-nine; total colored, fifty-three.
Fire-The residence of B. J. Northcott was burned on the eighth of April, 1881; loss $600; insured.
Last incorporation-On the twenty-fourth of May, 1881, the town council ordered an election to be held on June seventeenth, following, to vote on the question of the organization and incorporation of Linneus as a city of the fourth class, under the law of 1877. The election was held at date, and resulted in the adoption of the proposition by a large majority. At the same time it was voted to refund the city debt, amounting to $9,000, in bonds bearing six per cent interest, and running from five to twenty years.
Business interests in 1881 .- In June, 1881, the business interests of the town, were as follows:
Abstracts.
1 Boots and shoes (exclusive) 1
Agricultural implements 2
Boot and shoemakers 2
Attorneys (firms) 5 Brewers .
Bakeries
Brick-yards
Banks
1 Carriages
Barbers
2 Clothing, ete. (exclusive).
Blacksmiths 3 Contractors and builders 3 Books and stationery Dentists 1
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Drugs.
3 Meat markets 1
Dry goods (exclusive).
1
Merchant tailors 1
Flouring mills
1 Milliners 2
Furniture
1
Newspapers
1
General merchandise.
3
Photographers
1
Grain.
2
Physicians.
3
Groceries 2
Printers (job)
1
Hardware
2
Produce.
1
Harness-makers
2
Real estate and loans 1
Hotels
2
Restaurants. 1
Insurance agencies
2
Sewing-machines 1
Jewelers
1
Stock
2
Livery stables
2
Tobacconists
1
Lumber
1
DEATHS OF PROMINENT CITIZENS.
Captain Jeremiah Phillips-Died April 4, 1876, aged seventy-four. He was a native of Kentucky, and came to Missouri in 1824, and to Linn county in 1837. He had held the office of circuit clerk, sheriff, representa- tive in the legislature, and was a very prominent and influential citizen.
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Ball-Widow of John G. Ball, first merchant, died May 8, 1874, aged sixty.
David Prewitt-Died December 1, 1873. He was born in Virginia, December 21, 1791, and removed to this county in 1840. Further particu- lars of his career are to be found on other pages.
Colonel Augustus W. Flournoy-Died in Boise City, Idaho Territory, August 10, 1878, aged sixty-eight. He was born in Chesterfield county, Virginia, in 1810, and settled near Linneus in 1836, and continued to reside here until 1864. He was a man of influence in his community, and enjoyed the complete confidence and respect of all who knew him. He took a lead- ing part in the political history of this section of the State, and was twice elected to the State Senate from the district of which this county was a part, and was also the regular Democratic nominee for representative of this county, and also for Congress, making a gallant race against James Lindley. Since 1864 he resided in Idaho Territory, where his merit and ablity were recognized by all, and he was for several sessions a member of the Territorial legislature, serving one term as speaker of the General Assem- bly. For several years his health had been poor, and his last illness was one hundred and one days in duration. He left three daughters in Idaho, and has a son residing in this place, John T. Flournoy.
William B. Woodruff-Died at the residence of his son, D. P. Wood- ruff, in Mariposa county, California, Sunday, March 9, 1879. He was one of the first settlers of the county, and was a justice of the peace for many
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years. At the time of his death was aged ninety years, ten months, and fifteen days.
Robert C. Combs-One of the first settlers of the county, died Novem- ber 9, 1879, aged seventy-three.
James R. Boles-Died July 7, 1880. He was one of the oldest settlers of the county, had been a resident for forty years, and was eighty years of age at the time of his death. He was a native of Virginia, born near Rich- mond, and when quite young left there for Kentucky, and came from thence to this county. He first settled in Yellow Creek township, twelve miles east of Linneus, and lived in this place and the immediate vicinity for about thirty years.
Mrs. Laura C. Lane and Miss Emma L. Phillips died in the summer of 1881. Mrs. Lane was the wife of Dr. J. W. Lane, and a most exemplary young lady whose death was greatly deplored. She was a prominent worker in the temperance cause, and the Good Templars lodge passed resolutions of regret at her demise and of respect for her memory. She died June third, aged twenty-six. Miss Phillips was a daughter of John C. Phillips, and a most accomplished and estimable young lady. She died July 31, aged twenty-two. She was engaged in marriage to a gentleman worthy of her, and the rite was to have been performed in a few weeks.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The oldest resident of the town is John T. Flournoy, who was born here. - The oldest resident physician is Dr. Wilcox.
The first ex presidential candidate to visit Linneus was General James B. Weaver, of Iowa, who was the national Greenback candidate in 1880, and who made a speech in the city hall February 11, 1882.
CIVIC SOCIETIES OF LINNEUS.
Masonic-" Blue Lodge"-Jackson Lodge No. 82, A. F. and A. M., was organized under dispensation some time during the year 1845. The charter bears date October 15, 1846. The charter members were the first officers, as follows: William Saunders, master; Jacob Smith, S. W .; Jechaniah Seaman, J. W .; John Flood, treasurer; Jeremiah Phillips, Sec- retary; Isaac Relph, S. D .; John McCully, J. D .; S. D. Sandusky, tyler. The present officers are F. W. Powers, master; T. M. McClanahan, S. W .; George J. Havens, J. W .; T. T. Woodruff, treasurer; S. D. Sandusky, secretary; William B. Craig, S. D .; Wallace W. Brinkley, J. D .; Silvanus Wilson, senior steward; Jacob Gartner, junior steward; William P. Meni- fee, tyler. The first hall was built in 1858; it was of brick, and stood on the northwest corner of the public square. On the first of April, 1870, the building in which the hall was located was burned, causing a total loss of the building and all the furniture except the carpet, and all of the papers
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and records except the charter, a chart, the seal, and the financial records. For two years after the organization of the lodge meetings were held in the old log court-house, on the north side of the square. The present hall was built in 1872; it is a brick, and is situated in the bank building. The hall cost $1,500, and has all been paid for. The lodge obeys the Scriptural in- junction and owes no man anything. The present Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, Alexander W. Dockery, now of Gallatin, was initiated, passed, and raised, in Jackson Lodge. The present secretary of this lodge has held his office for twenty-eight years, and states that peace and prosperity prevail therein, and never, to his knowledge, has it neglected to meet and open the lodge and do the work set apart for each regular meeting.
Odd Fellows-Linneus Lodge No. 51, I. O. O. F., was instituted by District Deputy Grand Master Derrickson, and the date of its charter is August 27, 1851. The charter members were Ranson Price, W. J. McAshan, J. G. Flournoy, B. D. Spencer, J. W. Harris, E. Scott, W. H. Plunkett, R. G. Waters, Henry H. T. Grill, James Beckett, and D. W. Hershey. The first officers were J. G. Flournoy, N. G .; H. H. T. Grill, V. G .; W. J. McAshan, R. Sec .; D. W. Hershey, treasurer; R. G. Waters, Con. The present officers are John Detwiler, N. G .; Jas. H. Swinney, V. G .; Thos. Halliburton, R. Sec .; E. F. Perkins, Per. Sec .; Thomas T. Prew- itt, treasurer; J. P. Bradley, lodge deputy. The present membership is forty. The hall in which the lodge meets was built in the year 1879; it is a brick, and cost $1,259. The old hall was burned January 23, 1879. It was insured for $500, which sum was paid in full to the lodge. Since then the lodge has built its present hall at the cost above named, every dollar of which has been paid. The lodge deputy, Mr. J. P. Bradley, says: "Since our hall was built the lodge has lost several members by death, which has brought additional expense upon us. We have paid since January 1, 1879, for building hall, insurance, and paraphernalia, about $1,350; for sick and funeral benefits, over $550, making a total of $1,900 in less than three years. There are outstanding warrants amounting to $90, and cash in the treasury to the amount of $65, leaving our indebtedness $25. Our present N. G., Bro. John Detwiler, has the oldest membership in our lodge."
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS.
Linneus Lodge No. 973, I. O. G. T., received its charter November 15, 1877. The charter members were Charles A. Perkins, Mary L. Stephen- son, Loga Easley, Flossie Perkins, Harvey Wanke, T. M. Brinkley, Maria L. Seaman, L. O. Horne, J. B. Price, Sallie Wilcox, Sallie Perkins, Eliza Moore, John Gaddis, C. G. Cummings, James Perkins, E. C. Raymond, Harry Perkins, Lillie Horne, O. J. Coon, W. G. Stutsman, Emma Menifee, and others. The first officers were T. M. Brinkley, W. C .; M. L. Seaman,
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W. V .; John Gaddis, W. Chaplain; O. J. Coon, W. Sec .; W. G. Stutsman, W. A. Sec .; Loga Easley, W. V. Sec .; Sallie Wilcox, W. Treas .; L. O. Horne, W. M .; Emma Menifee, W. D. M .; Lillie Horne, W. I. G .; Talbot McNealy, W. O. G .; Eliza More, R. S .; M. L. Stephenson, L. S .; H. Wanke, P. W. C. T .; Charles A. Perkins, lodge deputy. The present officers are, W. W. Brinkley, W. C .; Mollie Craig, W. V. T .; G. Tanquary, W. Chap .; D. J. Greer, W. Sec .; Lillie Horne, W. A. Sec .; E. H. Phillips, W. F. Sec .; Ada Wilkerson, W. T .; R. Flournoy, W. M .; Bettie Purdin, W. D. M .; Ella Denbo, R. S .; Lou Detwiler, L. S .; C. A. Perkins, P. W. C. T .; P. H. Perkins, lodge deputy. The present membership is eighty-two. The hall. used by the lodge is rented. Sheridan Lodge was instituted in 1865, and dissolved some time in 1867. C. A. Perkins and Miss Lillie Horne are offi- cers for the present term who were charter members and also officers for the first term. The best material of the citizens of Linneus composes the membership of this lodge. Two of the most worthy members of the or- ganization died during the past year -- Miss Emma Phillips and Miss Belle Denbo.
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