Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-04-12
MISSOURI NEWS.

over 2OU acres OF early potatoes nave
been planted near Wayerly, Scott
county.
Farmers are getting 81 for fat hogs
and stock hogs are in great demand at
7 cents.
Springfield has contracted for 6,000,-
eco brick for this seasons building
operations.
VIM. II. Woodward & Son, as agents,
sold 400 acres seven miles south of
Mexico, to Robt. T. Freeman, for ST.
800.
Mad dogs abound in all parts Of
Christian county. The school at Maple
Grove has been discontinued on account
OF them.
While burning brush few days
since, near NaptOn, six miles southeast
of Marshall. Mrs. James Howa ard was
fatally burned.
Thomas Comfy, an old citizen of Pike,
killed John McCarty, big bully who
had beaten him, and the grand jury
refused to indict him.
Pete Smiths old black horse won a
wager of 800 for his master by pulling
5000 pounds across the public square
in Nevada the other day.
Farmers say they are month behind
on account Of the backwardness of the
season, but most of the oats has been
sown south of Missouri river.
Charles Maxey, of New Madrid, bor-
rowed some quinine from neighbor
for sick child. 1t turned out to be
strychninc and killed the child.
The proposition to build an $4,000
addition to the public school building
in Bethany carried unanimously. This
will give Bethany 100000 school
building.
Want of air during the long freeze
killed all the fish in the lake on the
Gillaspy farm near Columbia. Among
the wagon loads Of dead fish were bass
twenty inches long.
The engineer of the train whose fire.
man was killed at Pilot Knob last week
has become raving maniac. He was
in no way TO blame, but he and his fire.
man were close friends.
The family of Mr.. Beard, in Barton
county, had narrow escape from the
deadly effects of "Angclica' root,
which they dug in the creek bottoms
and used to cure neuralgia.
According to the Saline County Dem
ocrat, very bold burglary was COM
mitted at the residence of Mr.. F. II.
Benedict last Friday night; $500 in cash
and a lot of valuable papers were taken.
While digging a cellar in Jefferson
county. man found skeleton sup
posed to be that of man who was
killed nearly hundred years ago by
the Indians. 1t was in a good state of
preservation.
The Mcdowell tracts of land which
recently brought an average of SiO.6l
per acre, consisted Of l,l20 acres of
raw Saline county prairie in a state Of
nature, none within four miles ofIa
town or railroad station.
Gallatin Den ocrat: AT Carthage over
three hundred people have joined the
meeting during a revival. As the Press
association meets there in May it looks
like the Carthagenians don't want to be
any worse than us printer men.
John A. Garrett, living near Reads.
vile, had his sheepfold invaded by
dogs, and lost twenty.siX fine merinO
sheep. The Fulton Telegraph gives
other instances of depreda-
tions by dogs by which sbeep-men have
suffered.
Thirty years ago John Chealtham
was u poor livery stable hand in Lex
ington. He now owns 1000 acres of
land in Lafayette, johnson and Ray
counties and is worth not less than half
n million dollars, having just refused
1925, 600 for Il ranch and herd hich he
owns in Colorado,
James Robinson, the old circus man
and famous bareback rider, has sold
his extensive and highly improved
farm of 920 acres, situated eight miles
from Mexico, to VIM. Black of St.
Louis for $4,000 in cash. The farm
IS to be used us n depot for the sale of
stock raised on Mr.. Blacks southern
ranches.
Tho Warrensburg Journal-Democrat
'ecords another INSTANCE of mems fool
shness with coal oil. A barber in that
own concluded to revive a smolder-
ng fire by applying n can of coal oil.
The oil enjoyed the revival immensely.
rhe can exploded, the stove walked
,ut of the back door, and the barber
vas thrown into the cellar. Thus the
an of oil proved complete loss.
Bonneville Topic: Mrs Laura Elliott
# this city, has dog that can beat
)r. Tanners fasting. Ten weeks ago
saturday he went into a hole in the
,round and covered himself up with
lirt, and remained there seventy days
Without eating a morsel. From fat
'ur he had wasted away until Saturday,
when he emerged from his hole, he
ooked like mere skeleton. He still
ives, however.
The ST. Louis Fair association has
purchased forty-eight acres of land
4djoining the west side of their present
rounds, and will Immediately lay out
mile race track, erect pavilions,
tables and club house, and make 1t
me of the best courses in the country
The track will pe ready for the next
air of the association in October, but
IL improvements may not be COM
,leted hofore sDrinp. This addition
viii give the association 170 acres Of
and within four miles of the city.
The Kansas City Times give an &C.
cunt of q very distressing acciden
yhich occurred to the west bound
assenger train on the Wabash road
.st Wednesday morning at Hardin,
mall town near the Richmond and
exington Junction. A stock train
'as sidetracked at that station for the
urpose of taking on a load, and
trough the carelessness of some OF tho
ain men the rear car was left so near
lie main track that passenger coach
ould not clear it in passing. This fact
as not discovered by the engineer of
le passenger train, however, and he
ulled into the station at good speed,
hen the projecting corner of the
eight car struck the passenger
,achcs, and scramped along the side
lie entire length of the train. A num-
Or of the passengers had their arms
at of windows, and not noticing the
anger until too late, many of them
ara fr;ohtfullv manOled. one old man