Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-30
qHe IMEs.JoURNAL
rue LEADING PAPER or ST. LOUIS.

ws4u ,.o ruesls had taken their places,
non. geo. w. Hall raped to order, ana
4 y. j.. n, Mathews, invoked the d'Yius
blessing. AT 1920 after all bad psrtaken
tra,tc Mr.. H.Il, 10 a few y ell choren re-
marks addressed Senator Vest, md in'roanc'
ed him to the assembly. WIND cheeting
greeted Mr.. Vest as he arose TO respond, ara
every sentence Of his eloquent speech was
greeted with enthusiastic applause. never
have We heard Mlssouri's iayorite son To-
betteg advantage.
Tho toast. "Opr Distinguished Guest,
vas responded TO IN an able speech oy
sposAe Belch, and The tribune pA'd mr.
vast vas eloquent, sp. and able. ana ehoit
sotnd alter round OF merited applause
4lzfgsouh the Star OF Western Progress
- ponded 10 by Gov. Phelps, and when
bis eeuency atose 10 wac tbs signal for
IN fsbu2 cheers, even before he had utter
ada word. His eulogy OF the State OF which
he IL the worthy Executive, was brief hut
briusming with the rare eloquence for which
Governor Phelps is distinguished.
srbe Blue and the Gray" response by
sasAtor ]. r. Claiborne. The gifted speaker
broocht down the house, aud his touching
r, fsrence to the blending OF The blue and the
gray, thrill sd his hearers with uncomfortable
eTae Press" Response by Tsunie Mathews
OF she Tribune.
The guests did moi take their departure
unIil alter midnight, and all Ia the oesi OF
nunor. Tle send of 10 Senator Vest wa
onk oil the most pleasant oceufre cts thal
MAJ ever happened 10 Jefferson Cty.
Va yistted several SA,e departments,
3 found a officers closely engaged az their
2 dudes, moSiug tho machine along with
: thai regularity, that bscometh good ailhidi
/, SERVANTS of the people.
: The officers Of tbs Supreme Court were
! each observed, deeply in tnetr several nVoss-
! lions: particularly Geuh Smith, AMI IL. W
Z Ewing, clerk. Missouri never had better anu
" moss faithful servants
: We called to soc Warden Wills at The
Sfge prison; by the kind and hosPltAoie
!. uterintendent, Col. Slsder aud Capt. Brad.
! berry, was conducted through tue several
manufacturing shops; dining room, hospital
a aot Cell dep irtmonts; found AL Kin1S o. WotS
= moving on with that regularity ssbsspsak
: eth the best Of management, order sni d.
oinins. " arden Wills certaiclY deserves
10 more hob0r and credit than 10 generally
l. given him; he hAs operated that most q Il
n cuR institution for Two years, ana made !
sell Sustaining: which has herstofore cost
lhs tax.psyers OF Missouri, from one to wv
huSdred Thousand dollars per snnum-Ou
IT plsn of working convicts on tue pablo nigh
WAYS; IN building gravel rosds ahd turn pike
Utpom lac capital 10 the county seats OF tn
q several counties, surrounding the seat q
"a Gssernment, seemed ~ be thought reasqna
itr Ute nud Juvt % tss peeete' - ~onla esNNens'
r. a sJtem Of road b%udding, that other eonntie
woA Ia coon adopt and ere long Missouri
would find emigration ana capital seeking
ia homes aud points 10 invest.
10 The business men OF Jefferson City, aRre
in sne opinion that business OF all descrip
III ton viii open up the coming spring wit
be renew ed energy and CONFERENCE.-THE that "
"a will all have better times; Capt. LOU
be Lotman, the owner oiSuesmer Geo. SpranI
ire lars has engaged Capt. Wan. Towns IS Pilo
I'd. and Otto Looman rs CLERK, who will opel
Sc, ate. the 'Sprangler" in the Usage trade Ia
he seaon.
.ee IhiI. Z. Chappell and Mai w. 6. MtC'
we ~ have organiz,d the Missouri i e C3n
iAl paty" eEd will have ths steamer "Pai
cd CAppeli" In the ossge With renewed en-"
cd Cyl
ly; COY. MIC utg has the steamer "Emma
", mitch repaired and lifted Tor lransporliI
ich ti~-with these boats and Others We hea
tly OF; operating in the tie business on the OsaI
ng river; We may look for better timer, IT
ees owner. and officers OF these boats are of /
our BAssER's friends and patrons, success
tend them.
ma Ths Foundry in Jefferson City opersi
ma by K .Mayor Fisher and Col. DA'meyer, "
.nd be opened oat in full blast 10 the sprir
iey- manufacturing plows, reapers. move
! at rskes, corn planters a.. a.; farmers 10 oss
the Valley should look well at the JET; O
on. foundry;
oil Another matter Of much interest TO
0 Of faYmors IN this section, in the manntaeturi
sSlAr and Custom mills OF q. II. Du
em- & Slns, we passed through those mills
nor. uilLesaed the mammoth business cal RED
uts, lihey ship, from t@o TO three crr loedl
o 70 aour daily to St. Lonis and New YORK, q
q OF say the highest market price tor whit
the larmers in Saline and Jim Henry fut
.esii 10 their advantage TO wagon their crop
lied wheat TO Dulle 5 Sons.
call tAnother interest TO the farmers IL,
enc rAisIng OF barley, Geo. Wsgoner, operA'
The large steam hrewry 10 JEFF City; q
but the highest price for such grain; the straw
liter which, with rye straw, 10 worth ten dol
the per ton al StrAu's harness and saddle fact
Their at the State Prison.
. ss- Another matter Of interest TO The pee
q re- OF Usage Valley; save the crotehets
stumps OF walnut timber for furniture;
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