Merchant Tailor--A. Knauer. Grocery Stores--Mann & Wynn, Taylor Ray, J. H. Townsend, S. T. Hill, E. Fitterer, J. Z. Bradley & Co., and J. T. Reed. Drug and Stationery Stores-J. A. Wickham and Davis & Dennis. Millinery--Mrs. L. A. Flint, Miss Maggie Jones, and Mrs. D. Brosins. Hotels-Palace, Geo. B. Thomas, proprietor; Jones House, Mrs. A. E. Jones, proprietress. Livery Stables-S. T. Haynes, Brown & Tomlin, and Mann & Cooper. Jewelry Stores-J. B. Williams and J. A. Wickham. Harness Shops-W. H. Hamilton & Co., and G. C. Diestilhorst & Co. Restaurants-E. Brosins, A. G. H. Gibbens and A. Venable. Sewing Machine Dealers--Wells & Co. Barber Shops-W. H. Wallace (colored), and William Irwin. Boarding-houses-Mrs. Mary Emmons, D. C. Winburn, Mrs. M. Casey, Mrs. Susan Ann Osborn. Dentist-Dr. J. W. Burton. House and Sign Painter-Charles A. Shaw. Carpenter Shops-Witt Bros., Hummer & Venable, A. C. Ball, E. C. Weston, and T. W. Eads. Lumber Dealers-Crain & Barnett. Steam Flouring-Mill-Daviess County Milling Association. Meat Markets-Van Meter & Lowrie, and Kivett & Hanna. Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines and Notions-Brodbeck & Flint. Hardware-G. Ross, Walter & English, and S. J. McDonald. Boot and Shoe Shops-Jacob Mettel and D. J. Davis. Grain and Seeds--O. A. Smalley & Co. Wagon and Blacksmith Shops-S. J. McDonald, J. W. Cross, and R. E. Jones. Furniture and Undertakers--S. E. Lewis and Shelby & Boggs. OLD LANDMARKS. From Kost's History, written in 1876, the following paragraph is taken, giving, as it does, a correct account of the old landmarks, or such as have been preserved, and of those which have come down in history from the memory of the old pioneers:- "Marshall K. Howell built the first house, which stood near and just west of the residence of Frank Nichols; the next was the store of J. S. Stollings, where Deutsch Bro's. store now stands; the next was a small grocery store on the site of the old Ballinger hotel; the next was a hotel on the lot now occupied by Osborn's store-room; the next was a residence near T. J. Brown's; the next was north of Market street, on Brown's addition. These were all log houses and were all burned by the Mormons in 1838, excepting the last mentioned, which was occupied by little Ben Rowell as a shoe-shop and a country store. The oldest building now standing is the office room of the old Park House. The first school-house was log, the next frame, and the present brick; they all stood on out lot number five, which was donated by the County Court in 1842 to the town for school purposes." CHAPTER XXII. THE PRESS AND BAR-BANKS-CRUSADE, AND CRIME. The Press-The Missouri Sun-North Missourian-The Torchlight-The Gallatin Democrat-The Early Bar-First Court-Circuit-riders—From Daviess County-Circuit Judges and Attorneys-Abuse of Power-The Present Bar-" The Temple of Justice"Farmers' Exchange Bank-Officers and Directors, 1881-Savings Association—The Crusade-True Temperance-Preamble-Constitution―The Pledge-Gallatin Cornet Band-The Deadly Pistol-Murder of John W. Sheets-His Lifeless Body—The Reward-Frank and Jesse-Robbery of the Gallatin Bank-Assassination of President Garfield-The Nation Mourns-Train Robbery at Winston-Who Were They?—The Evidence. THE PRESS. While the pioneer places himself in the van of progress and blazes the way for civilization to secure a foothold, the press is the guiding star and the advance agent of civilization itself. It is a weekly or a daily history of the world within its surroundings. Without it memory sinks into forgetfulness, and history is a blank. To the press of Daviess county is the compiler of this history more indebted than to all the records and the imperfect memory of the oldest inhabitants combined. And so it is everywhere. The local paper is a history of the town and county in which it is published, and, while much general news is given of passing events, the record of local happenings is the history recorded. And such being the status of the press, and its high and ennobling position in the work of progress, it should be guarded with jealous care and encouraged by a liberal support. THE MISSOURI SUN. A paper bearing the above title was first started in the year 1853, according to Kost's History, and its proprietors were Messrs. Stearns & McKean. In politics it was Democratic. Frame & McKean became proprietors in 1855, changing the name to Gallatin Sun, which was better as giving the name of its place of publication. For three years of its exist ence it sustained what was called the Know Nothing party, and the want of knowledge having killed the party, the paper died, also. The material was then purchased by Edward Darlington, in 1858, and again changing its politics back to that of Democracy, he called it the Western Register. For four years, and until 1862, it carried the people's banner, when it was sold and purchased by James Graham, and baptized under the name of the People's Press. It was conservative in its political views, and took more pride in its position as a local organ during the stormy times of 1862, 1863 and 1864 than as a representative of a party. In the latter year the People's Press suspended, and when again it floated upon the breeze it had been christened the NORTH MISSOURIAN. The proprietors were D. L. Kost and B. J. Waters, and its politics were Republican, and it has under many others and different owners carried the banner of that party in all local political strife and its present proprietors into official position. The first issue of the North Missourian came out August 28, 1864, and continued until the fall of 1866, when B. J. Waters retired, removing to Richmond, Ray county, and J. T. Day, late of Ohio, purchased his interest. The firm of Kost & Day continued until April 23, 1870, when D. L. Kost retired, his valedictory appearing in the issue of April 28, 1870. On May 6th, W. T. Foster having purchased a half interest, assumed editorial control, J. T. Day still conducting its business management, the firm being Foster & Day. In March, 1873, Mr. Foster retired, and Josiah Powell began to swing the editorial quill. All this time the paper grew in circulation and influence, and, also, in wealth, for its financial affairs were prudently and skillfully managed. Mr. Foster remained two years and five months in charge, when he retired, selling his interest to Mr. William T. Sullivan, August 12, 1875. These gentlemen are still the editors and proprietors of the North Missourian, and under their able management is still increasing in influence. The circulation of the paper is about one thousand copies, and is issued weekly. It is an able exponent or the principles of its party, is a good local paper, and a valuable piece of newspaper property. The paper is receiving, as it deserves, the solid and united support of the Republican party. Mr. Sullivan has been recognized by his party as a valuable and able assistant in its cause, and now holds a profitable position in one of the departments in Washington, D. C. Mr. Day, who has for over fifteen years been connected with its fortunes, by whose shrewd management it has achieved its present enviable reputation, and is now in charge of its editorial columns, has, also, been rewarded by being appointed postmaster by President Garfield in August, 1881. THE TORCHLIGHT. The Torchlight was first issued in the summer of 1866, and the vicissitudes and changes of newspaper life were not a stranger to its progress. Messrs. Gallamon & Schraeder were its first proprietors for nearly two years, when it was changed, and Thomas H. Frame took charge. Neither of these editors seemed to meet the expectation or the wants of the Democratic party, for the Torchlight was considered the organ of that party, and it again changed hands. On July 20th, 1869, D. Harfield Davis succeeded Mr. Frame in the editorial management and proprietorship of the paper, and it began a progressive and, also, an aggressive career. The first move was to change the name from Torchlight to Democrat, and to this day the paper is known as THE GALLATIN DEMOCRAT. Mr. Davis remained its editor until June 30, 1870, when the graceful salutatory of Frank P. Warner appeared, and while still holding the proprietorship, Mr. Davis retired for a few months from its editorial columns. In the fall of 1871, Mr. Warner retired and Mr. Davis again ascended the tripod. The paper was editorially ably managed, and it was slowly gaining a firmer position financially, and as an organ, was getting the Democracy rapidly into fighting order. July 11, 1872, Mr. Davis again retired, temporarily, from its editorial columns, and Mr. S. M. C. Reynolds assumed the chair, and continued to control its columns during the campaign of 1872, when, for the first time in many years, the Democracy won the local fight and assumed the position of top-rail in the political affairs of the county. There was no doubt then of the paper being sustained, and as Mr. Davis again assumed the editorship, which he did December 26, 1872, he was not long in acquainting the people of Daviess county with the fact that so far as the Democracy was concerned, they were no longer playing the role of "the under dog in the fight." From that day to this, the paper has lost none of its aggressive spirit, and like its opponent, the Missourian, has been ably and successfully managed. Some more changes were in order, and the issue of Feb. ruary 26, 1874, D. Hatfield Davis finally closed his connection with the paper, selling the office, goodwill, etc., to Dr. W. E. Black, Milt. Ewing and Dr. N. M. Smith, who assumed charge the first week in March, 1874. Dr. Smith withdrew November 12, 1874, and on the first of January, 1875, S. L. Harvey, late of Trenton, purchased the paper and remained its proprietor until November 18, of the same year, when he sold out to Mr. Lewis Lamkin, of Louisiana, Missouri, who removed to Gallatin and took the inanagement of the paper. Mr. Lamkin is still editor and proprietor, and has built up an excellent paper, whose influence is wide-spread, and while it commands and receives the support of its party, has a potent voice in the councils of the Democracy. Its circulation is also about 1,000 copies weekly, and it is financially sound and a good paying property. THE EARLY BAR. Very few members of the Daviess county bar of to-day remember the early practitioners, or know anything of riding the circuit. There was a great deal of hard work and hard riding connected with the practice of the first courts of the county. Long and dreary rides through an unsettled country often became monotonous, and it was then that the legal lights of early times cracked their jokes and laughed long and heartily over the amusing incidents in their careers. Unfortunately, at the present day it is impossible to obtain any personal reminiscences, which would, in themselves, form an interesting chapter. The first bar was a strong one, composed of big-brained, large-hearted, good-natured gentlemen, whose rugged health and lively spirits added a wholsome zest to their rattling intellectual encounters and hard fought battles in the legal arena. FIRST COURT. The first Circuit Court was held in the log-house of Elisha B. Creekmore, one mile from where the court-house at Gallatin now stands. Court opened on the first Thursday after the fourth Monday in July, 1837, Judge Austin A. King, presiding, and Thomas C. Burch acting as prosecuting attorney; James B. Turner, clerk; and William Bowman, sheriff. Daviess county was then a part of the Fifth Judicial Circuit. The session of the court lasted one day, and three cases came up, two of which were petitions in debt and were disposed of, and the third was continued. The grand jury returned one indictment, for manslaughter, which was quashed at a subsequent term of the court. Grand jury work was not very irksome at that time, and the petit jury trials were not the rule, but when called for, the sheriff usually picked up the jurors anywhere in the woods he could find them. The cases, however, were generally submitted to the judge. There were no jury rooms, and after the jury had absorbed the necessary amount of law and evidence in a case they retired to the shade of a neighboring tree to deliberate on a verdict. At other times when the court was not very busy, the judge and lawyers would take to the woods and give the jury full swing in the courthouse. The second term of the Circuit Court was like unto the first-lasted but one day, disposed of two cases of violation of the license law, and then adjourned. The session opened on the first Thursday after the fourth Monday in November, 1837, Judge King presiding, and the other officers of the court as before mentioned. The third term of court began March 29, 1838, with Judge King on the bench. The session was more interesting than the previous ones, from the fact that a discovery had been made that betting on and playing at cards, |