Commercial.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3381, 9 December 1889, Page 2

Commercial.

Mr F. 11. Wood held his usual fortnightly stock sale at the Taratabi yesterday, and reports of the samo as follows:—Sheep weio in good demand, and those yarded sold readily at prices slightly in advanco of last sale, and as under: Shorn ewes, store (mixed ages), 6s Id ;,• no, do, forward and fat, 7s sd; shorn wethers, twotootli,.7s,7d to 7s lid. ; No woofofa sheep, wero yarded. Cattle were ww represented, "some very good stock being yarded, but. the bidding was vary slow and spiritless,' several lots being passed in. ; Those sold realized as under: Calves 10s to 18s; yearlings, 208 to 28s; steers, eightcehmonths to two-years, 31s; do, two and three years, 62s 6d; cowAj'store, 30sto 40a; dairy cows, 60s to 85r Pigs.'woanors, 5s 9d j porkers, Hs'Gd to 15s 6d,

i)i A Kentucky;yendetta-U----OATTUSTIBBURO, K)'., Oct. JjW Tho bitter feud between and McCoys, living in Logan County, W. Ja, and Pike County, of this Stale, has been revived'by aii acj which, for atrocity, rivnls,.if it docs not exceed, any'hitherto' comuiitttct by either side,notexcepting.the murder ot Miss Allitpbaro McCoy, who ws'a shot dead by Ellison Mounts as she stood pleading for mercy in the door of her father's house on Now Year's night a year ago. ",[ { u'-' V Among the'members of the ifepby family living in the mountains waß Peter McCoy, a farmer and storekeeper, liying/On-tke Virginia sido of tho Tug ■ Bive'r'j' riot far from • Mato Creek. Peter had never taken any part iri tho feud, for the'reason that his farm was ri >lit on the line bet. ween the two factions, and no matter which side he espoused he was sure to bo killed by the other unlcßS ho left the country. He sympathised with the McCoys, however,- and was always regarded with suspicion by the Hutlields.

A MOUNTAIN COURTSHIP. Over on Pigeon Creek lived old roan Hands and his sons, relatives of (he Hatfields, They never took up aj& '■-, but aided the Hatfields in other ww ■ Ths chief reason why the Hands did not join in tho Hatßelds raids was because John, the oldest son, was iu love with Julia Ann, the daughter of Peter McCoy. Justico of Jthe Peace Valentine Hatfield and others were in gaol last September in Pikevilie, charged with thd the three McCoys boys in*76. Since that time Ellison Mounts, the illegitimate son of Deacon Ellison Hatfield, has been captured and delivered to the Pike County authoritie?, Young Mounts shot- Miss McCoy a year ago last New Year. Tho trial of these mouibers of the Hatfield gang took place in September, and, in spite of their being defended by the best talent in the mountains, they were convicted. Ellison Mount was sentenced to be hanged on December 3. Valentine Hatfield was sentenced to prison at hard labour for life, and tho rest got sentences of from ton to twenty years,' . ; , ■

TUT, lUTFIELD3 VOW BEVBNOE. The ett'ect of this result of the trials was to thoroughly exasperate such of the Hatfields as are still at large. . So keen has been the hunt for Captain Hatfield and old Bad Anseatfea father) on account of the reward* $1250 and S7OO offered for theru in Kontuoky, that neither they nor their kin have dared to' make a raK»acros3 the line into Kentucky former a year. When the news of the conviction and sentence of their friends reached them they determined to kill a McCoy at all hazards, Vicious as are these mountain outlaws, there are but two of the gang now at large capable of carrying out tho fiendish scheme: that was .thereupon concocted, and those two aro Captain Hatfield and his father, Bad Anse, It was known that last Tuesday night had been set for the wedding of. John Hand and Julia Ann McCoy at her father's house, on the banks of Tug River. Willie it was certain that none of the fighting McCoys would dare venture over to seo their cousin married, the guests were all sure to be more or less in sympathy with tho McCoy faction, Here, then, was a chance to strike terror into the hearts of the McCoy's It is supposed tho gang cßino down the Mate Creek trail to Tug River and then rodo up to the house. Here two of tho gang were placed as watchers on tho Tug River md auother was posted to watch door, Thoro'is no doubt thatßad Anso and Captain;, Hatfield, and another, probably Tom Mitchell, approached the window, miIDK, GItOOM, AND FHEAOIIEH KILLED. Aa they reached the window John Hand and Julia Aun McCoy were just clasping hands bofore, the preacher, who stood'in frontoi the big stono firoplaco. They were all in a bunch. It was impossible to shoot one without hitting tho others. The throe men raised their guns and fired. Tho young .couple wore killed instantly.and the minister died inside of an hour. At tho volley the men in the room put out the lights and sprang out of the rear door. Tho men on guard,fired into the crowd. One man foil and the rest rushed back into the house, Thon the Hatfield gang rode away, reaching thoir homes before morning. The wounded man was named Duty. Ho lived on the Kentucky side of tho 'lug River. » William Petor McCoy, tkeflwrderod girl's father, is commonly snown as " Long Pote," Ho is 'one of tho most inoffensive men in tho mountains, The room where the wedding and tragedy took'place is about eighteen feet large. It serves *V a store as well as a living room, The window firough which the fatal shots were fired was on tho west side of tho bouse. It was about two feet square and four feet from the floor. Tho assassins must of stood on a log of firowobd at the wood pile wheti tboy fired in. At. the south end of the room is a stone fireplace, and on each side of it is a bed.'" It was between these beds that the young conplo stood when they were murdered. " ''

The late Mr S- jftevans

Mr W. H, J. Seffern, whose i " Early History of New Zealand" is I boing published in tlio" European ! Mail," has the following footnote in the October number:- 'Whilst writing Ibis history the annonncen&t,of Mr S. Revans' death has reachifino. He diod at Grey town, Wairarapa, near . Wellington, oil Friday, July 18,1888 at the ago of eighty years, Mr. Revans ivas the" son of r i enrgeon practising in the South of London, and among • his patients were the parontß of tlio lato Mr Justice Chapman,' A closo intimacy sprang up between the latter and tbo sons of the doctor, which lasted until dissolved by doath.. Mr Chapman, whon a young man went to Oiuada in 1825, and some yaws later was joined there by Brakel Btnu. %K%w ■•

partners jn a printing business, and issued two or three newspapers, The Montreal Daily Advertiser, started by Mr Chapman, and afterwords owned by the firm of Chapman and liovans, was the first daily paper issued in British North Amorica. fiomo years . after the dissolution- of the firm, and after Mr Chapman had left, his partner became involved in the insnrrectian known as Papinoau's rebellion. This movement was put down by force. Mr Revans, after taking active part in it, Bed ■ the country with ft pi'ico upon his hoad. Years aftorwards ho met in Now 2eahnd tho officer who had been in pursuit of him, This gentleman informed him that had ho caught him ho would havo hanged him. " Ah I but you didn't oateli mo," remarked liovans. Mr ftovans came to this country in 1889. Ho issued the firsflflbmber of bis newspaper, the New Zealand Gazotto, in London on Sept C, 1889. Then sailing U N.Z he issued tho second num'ier at Port Nicholson on April 18.1840. After suocessfullyestablisbingTlieGazefcte, which ho conducted for about tlireo years, Mr llevans sold out to a company, and devoted his eiiorgies to importing raorohandise from England and cattle from Sydnoy. Subsequently the deceased gentleman lookup a sheep run in tto Waiwapa, in partnership with tho lato Captain W, V. Smith. Mr Kevens, upon the introduction of Responsible Government was elsclod ao Member of the House of Representatives for a Wellington provincial electorate, and, in addition, he had a seat in the Wellington Provincial Council for the Wairarapa District. He wasn man of the most kindly disposition, and towards ladies ho ever was most chivalrous, on one occasion going so far as to fight a duel with a Mr Harrison who had acted rudely to a lady friend of his. Tho meeting took plaoe at Pipitea Point, on the site where the Girls' High Sohool now stands. The weapons chosen were duelling pistols, but, fortunately although several shots were exchanged, no blood was drawn, Of lato years tho deceased gentleman had fallen upon evil days. Owing to unfortunate circumstances, he lost the greater part of his property, and at tho tiino of Ins death resided, I bolievo, with his brother at Groytown North. Mr Revaus never married.

Subscriptions to the fund now being! raised by the Lurd Mayor and the Fruiterers' Company, villi the object of encouraging frnit culture in this country, aro beginning to flow in encouragingly. Among recont contributors are tlio Duko of Westminster and the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, £SO each; Lard Dartmouth and Mr W. 11, Smith, E P., £2O; the Duchess of Grafton, £fl; Mr F.Gorringe, £lO 20s; and Mr It, I'. Barrow, £5. Lord Dartmouth, in expresaitif his approval of the scliomo, trusts it will prove feasible to establish experimental orchards and fruit gardens in diffei'ont localities, in order that tlio neighbouring proffers may in this manner deterrame what soils aro most congenial tn tho requirements of tlio various kinds of trees and plants. He lays parsicular emphasis on the need of furthonng the growth of that increasingly " popular favorite," tho tomato, largo quantities of which aro now bo unnecessarily imported from abroad. Tho following is told by a contemporary, and is worthy of reproduction An onorgotic housewife enters a store and asks for a dozen black hens' e?gs. ''l can't pick out black liens' egas," says tho storekeeper, "But I can." "Well do." Bhe picks over a largo basket, and selects the very largest. Then turning to tho vendor she says," These are black hens' e?gs:" and tho storekeeper sayg," Oh 1"