Fair play., 1884-07-19
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

SoNfily-
Interest paid on four per cent. bonds at
| the 81. Louis sub-trea,ury since the first
| OF the month amounted 70 S50,coj.
| Rev. DIR. Marquis. of Chicago. who
| offered the prayer at the opening of the
National Democratic Convention, was for
nerly pastor Of the Lafayette Park
| Church of ST. louis. He created quite a
sensation at one time during his pastorate
by appearing in his pulpit in gown.
| Prof. Montezerle, a rope walker. was
fatally injured few days ago at Sweet
| Springs by falling from his rope.
Thiriy-six registered letters have gone
wrong at the Springfield Post-ofli,e: but
the guilty party has not yet been de
| tectei.
| Twenty-six applicants out of thirtY-siX
passed the examinations before the State
| Board of Pharmacy at Jefferson City re,
Gently, and will be registered rs phar
| macistS.
William Walker, now in the Cole County
| jail, will be tried in September for selling
whisky at Dadeville without paying a
| Government tax; and Edward Chalk. now
out on bond, will be tried for selling
whisky TO the Indians at Loft City.
| Mrs. Guenther was recently So badly
| scared in Kansas City by some little giris
. with a toy snake that she went into spa ms
| and was reported in a critical condition.
The new Pythian Lodge 81. Joseph " a.
recently instituted with appropriate cere'
monies conducted by Grand Chancellor Il
l.. Woodson.
BY the falling of a platform at the Eish
l L, -. s,,, 4
a.o, three men We're seriously injured
arms and legs being broken.
| An unusual operation was performed
| recently III st. Louis on Mrs. Landers,
who was cut and shot by her husband. \
portion of the intestine was cut out and
the edges sewn up again. She was still
living with fair chance of recovery.
| Joseph Dries has begun $4,000 libel
suit against Joseph MasSard at st.
Joseph.
| A few mornings since the body OF Fabian
| lIerbst, a Hebrew about forty-five years OF
age, was found in Lafayette Park, st.
| Louis. The Coroner was notified, and an
inquest was held, resulting i'll II verdict Of
| death from alcoholism.
| While j, n. Rogero, assistant cashier of
the Chrisman Sawyer Banking Company
oi Independence, was out riding with his
wife a few evenings since, his gun, with
which he he was shooting rabbits on the
river bank, fell from the buggy and was
discharged. The charge entered the right
side of Mrs. Rogers, intlictinS Il dangerous
| wound.
IN explosion of cartridges in Il wagon III
| st. Louis n few days ago, injured the
| driver, Hogan, tore a hole in the wagon.
| and frightened pedestrians and horses III
the vicinity.
| The Mexican veterans of st. Louis have
perfected arrangements to invite Mexican
officers of the war OF 'i6'47 to join them il,
their National reunion in st. Louis in De-
toIer.
| The harvest is about finished ani the
yield everywhere is good.
ALERT Edwards, Of st. Louis, was arrest
ed at Kansas City recently on charge OF
! embeZziing a small amount of money from
| Il dairy company.
| +. j. France, recently parIoned by the
| Governor after serving four of the forty
years. sentence for murder in s.. Clair
County, has gone to Kentucky with his
! daughter.
| There is a chance that the bonded ndcht-
edness of Lafayette County will be settled
| Il. siXty-iive cents on the dollar for bonds
| III litigation, fitty-five cents for the rest.
| The following patents have recently been
! issued to Missouri inventors: T. NJ. Brint-
nall, Kansas City, safe; Geo. II. Caush-
| eran, Raymore, saciing, weighing AMI
| registering machines; II. p. Cavanaugh,
Adrian, boltinS reel; VI. W. Diay, Neosho,
churn motor; A. c. Dawson, Jefferson,
thill loop for harness; l.. Smith, Kansas
City, distilling apparatus.
The priests residence at III. ST. Louis
University was considerably damaged by
| fire a few evenings since. One fireman
was overcome and mad 10 be taken home.
Chas. Thomas, u lawyer of considerable
prominence at Oregon, Holt County. was
recently accused of series of thefts and
| arrested. He attempted tn commit sui
eide few evenings since by swallowing
thirty grains of morphine at his home. His
| wife summoned a physician and a strong
an,i,:ote i'll due time had the effect o.
bringing him gu. OF danger.
The State Board Of Health held a ses
sion in st. Louis last week, and adjourned
until October. The subject of Asiatic
cholera came up Tor discussion, and from
published reports the board agreed that
il was not virulcnt IL it now exists in Eu.
ropc, and probably not even epidemic.
With this opinion Of the scourgc its appear
ance in this country was not deemed likely
in the near future. However, with a view
to preventing the disease from becoming
epidemic, should it appear in this region.
put their environments i'll the best possi-
bic condition, ami to this end all citz ms
were requested Ia cooperate with the au-
thori:ies. The medical profession was
called upon to advise their patrons with
reference 10 the mater.
q. Il. Green has been commissioned
Postmaster at Crti,vi,la. 4 new Office has
been established a Flney, Henry County,
viii! J. y. WcS: Postmaster.
Charles I. HolIcnheck, form 'rIy Post
was arrested IN Jefferson City 4 few days
a-'r on a charge of emnezz ing >l.3 Q from
tie III ,rry order fund last April.
Post, iii =. discontinued: Fremont,
Cars Coun Y, the mail Z ing to ST. Fan
els, lie; Sena. How l. County, tue mail
gong - Willow Springs.
1t is not generally known that the
popular Mother nu bard cloak was
an n .ident Mr.. Worth. h3yintr soma