Fair play., 1884-07-12
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

The Lexington School Boar,l at its re.
cent meeting elected the following:
7 Superintendent OF all the schools. Prot.
! theodore &. Lennon, salary 500 pr
I calendar month; principal OF -he III! h
] School and eX-oiiicio principal :, cond
| Ward School, Miss Mary F. Hawkins.
salary 30 per month. assistant. Miss
! Mamie Shaw, salary so per month;
/ principal of the First Ward School. Miss
Maggie Speers, salary >51 per month; as
sis;ant. Miss Maggie Ryiand, salary sia;
| Second Ward Scao"i, first assistant, Miss
| Mary ii. Smith, salary ~; second assist
ant, Miss JeauIie EiIiIeS ss..IIIy SO; third
assistau: Ms, kit,ie Berry, salary -;
| Third Ward School, principal, Miss AUre-
/ liza Miller, salary Ai per month; first a.
\ sistant, Miss Florence W. Arnold: salary
| So: second assistant, Mis-, Ida Mogath.
| salary 80: colorc,i school. principal. Pro-.
i EFT. Cotman. salary so; first assistant.
Miss Maggie Johnson. salary So second
assistant, Miss Little ponvi!in. salary
4 So; third assistant, Miss Minnie Robin.
! son, salary -.
The following business companies have
! filed articles OF a-Sociatiou with the Sec
| rc:ary of State: Hook File and Grind
| Stone Company; ,'apicai, s.o.nH: halt paid
| up; composed of lp shares, held aS fol-
| lows: Louis Hook, nineJy-eiGht shares;
! Charles L. Goeternann and " liam kau-
| mann, one share each: Salisbury Mill and
Elevator Company, Salisbury, Charlton
County; capital stock. F3'.uJn; half paid
up; composed of 800 shares, held is toll
lows: James ". Lewis. John Wayland,
l3> shares each; u. i. Williams, twenty
four shares.
John J. Wade has been commissioned
Postmaster a. Butter,icld, and Edward C.
Hanlcy al. Green Rii.e.
supervisor CHASE, OF the st. Louis Pen.
sion District, has been transferred To To-
,,.ka, kaS.svHe will he succeeded in his
old iieldby Major a. Il. Banks.
The recent election at L xinston result
ell in favor of building water-works by a
vote of 100 to -.
New Post-otlices haye been established at
Boyer, Wright County, and Mt Salina,
Au lraln County.
The new wheat is generally OF Il superior
quality.
Over three hundred dog checks have
been sold i'll Sedalia. Dogs without
checks are promptly killed and their own.
ers arrested and fined.
Two German girls, were rescued from
the river at st. Louis few nights ago,
who attempted TO drown themselves. They
declared they would yet leave this wicked
world together.
The iron tank for the Lexington water
works is to weigh 10J tons. l. Will bc 1GG
feet hi.h and twenty-five feet iii diameter,
and on structure fort ty-four feet high.
George II. Kelly. the ex-Coun.y Clerk of
Butler County, recently sentenced to ten
years in the fenitentiary for forging
county warrants and bonds, has been
signed to duty book keeper for Prizes
meyer ~ Co, shoe contractors at the
Prison.
State Treasurer Charpcll reports for
June: Balanc, on hanl from June l,
Sl,5.I, ,e5ooG: receipts, so. .42..o; disburse-
mcnts, SO. ,S5Sal; balance on hand,
Sl,a53, .9J1J.
y German, twenty-four years OF age,
name unknown, was drowned while bath
ing at ST. Louis 4 few nights ago.
The following patents have recently been
issued to Nissnuri inventors: 5. +. Cheese
man, Kansas City, cartridge loading inn
pl.ment; NJ. Z. Herbert, ST. Joseph, base
burning steam boiler: II. G. lily, Pine
Bluff, nut lock; J. Collins, Tyro, harrow;
b. X. Easton, Middle Settlement, gin saw
cleaner. T. T.. Murphy, of Pine Hill, has
patented cotton press.
y boy named Lynch, bitten by Il sup.
posed mad dog at West Plains recently,
was taken 10 Kansas City TO try the vir-
tues o: a maidstone in the possession of a
lady of that city. When applied to the
wound the stone adhered to the sh with
great 'enacity, and finally dropped off OF
its own accord. After being soaked in
milk to remove the virus, it was again APP
piled. This operation was repeated until
the stone refused TO cling 10 the wound.
The owner says tho hoy is surely cured. |
The same stone hassbcen used in number |
Of cases before, with the happiest results. |
Il There was the usual batch of casualties |
attending the celebration of the Fourth in
st. Louis. Charles Hines, colored, was |
sho: in the lett arm; William Hacket was |
shot in the left hand bv some one unknown; |
a bottle OF powder exploded and took off 4 !
finger for boy named Holland; Nora |
Berger, aged five, was severely burned in |
the LETT eye while firing crackers: John ". |
Shankey was shot by stray bullet in the !
left thigh; Willie Davis WAS also |
shot in the left thigh with a bullet |
from . pistol in ethe hands OF a |
playmate; Jerry Barry had his skull frac- |
tured by being thrown from a buggy, his |
horse having been frightened by the explo- |
sion of firecracSerS tray bullet lodged |
in the sko,dderlof Andrew Patterson: Pa,
Wallace aeeideIsally shot Albert Brad.
shaw ii the groin. There were several |
other casualties of a minor character.
?, a collision occ urrei few days ago on |
The Missouri Pacific Railroad, eigh. miles |
east.af Independence, between a construc- |
ton train aiidSthesTsxas passenger, No. !
i25sSssaso slsana - vas. done to the trains. !
I. f. O'Carroll, brakeman on the con- |
strnction train, was killed instantly. Con.
sotSsymoufsuGcrvsf the breaking Of
two ribs. O'Carroll resided at Pleasant
Hill, and leaves a wife.
The body of a man about fifty wears of |
age was taken from the river az WAYNE
City a few evenings since by James Mar |
low. The man had been in the water at
lea u I've dayes1nuee were no marks of
foul Jay. and rothiae but handkerchief
zsiisia the name b.sfsMar,land in his pock.
els. He was five aud one-half feet tall,
wilfweigh about leNsponnds, black eyes,
fun sanity bes srsi and sred hair. The re. |
- uers not iienAisd and were buried
on the river bank. .-
Harvest hands are getting $50 iay.
: Pe@ sSAorr, ,Hhcss sati to have been l0s
years 6f.. tffssafs fsw fays ago AT the nome
of his son-in-law, Barney Hollern, in St.
Louis. Short was born in the County Tv.
rome. ireland, and eu,igra,ei with his two
chil.lren t. this country in $50 Mr. |