Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-11-27

| TnE S.year-old son oi Mr.. aud Mrs. And
| Shores fell into a kettle Of boiling lard Fri.
| dag. and was SO badly scalded that he has
| sinrt. died. Mr.. Shores hives few miles
| in the country near Hannibal. The mother
| ha,i her hands badly zcalded in her at
| tcnpts To rescue the child.
| NARYyIILE has been made q regular sta.
| ton ci the Salvation army, it being the
! 262d in the United States. Lieut.. w. Il.
! Best aud Cadet Charles Parker "A re in cha rye,
| and they nightly attract a crowd By play
| ing upon bones and ta.nbOurines and sing.
| ing gospel hyInus. after which they ex-
pound the gospel after :heir peculiar man
| ncr.
| AT the regular meeting of the Ministerial
| Alliance at Sedalia Monday forenoon the
| work OF the Salvation Army was discussed.
| While no official Endorsement was given the
| band now at work, the pastors present ex-
| pressed themselves as entertaining the he
| lei that good will be accomplished. as the
people attracted by the Salyationsts can
| not be reached in any other manner. Can't.
| Parks, IN command of the army, says the
| outlook is encouraging and he anticipates
| many conversions in the near future.
The dead body Of Peter Livinsood, a
| carpenter and wel-known citizen, was
4 a L
! many years he had been addicted to the ex-
| cessive use of liquor, aud his death, so the
| Coroner jury decided, was caused by al
| cOhOl. He had been out riding Sunday,
| and went home some time in the night {,
| pretty well chilled through, and laid down
| on the floor. where lac was found by his
| wife when she arose.
Ton WnITE, a stone mason, who broke
| his back nt Lamar about month ago,
| died Monday. On the night of October
| 10, while with a number OF companions
| who had been out having little time
| White went out in the public square
| climbed up into the band stand and sat
| down on the railing, but lost his balance
| and fell to the ground. about twelve or fif
| teen feet. He sustained dislocation al
the third dorsal vertcbrG, and the physi
clans did not think he would live forty
| eight hours.
Mr. iScullv. large landowner in Tippersrs,
has abated - per cent. OF the judicial rents,
saving that he Is prepared 10 share inevitable
| L,ss with his tenants
nv Wabash is the direct route between
| II. Lo lis and eastern cities.
FULToN GAZETTE: Jacob L. Ebersole,
| Sr., a farmer near Fulton. brought in "A
| very peculiar cluster OF potatoes last Mon
| day which he found among his crop. The
| bunch is something like bunch Of gra pes,
| only much larger, with twelve potatoes in
! the cluster. lie raised about eighteen
| bushels OF potatoes from hall bushel oI
| seed.
CENTRALIA Fircside Guard: The grand
| father OF James 7. Stockton, the newly
/ elected constable of Centralia township,
| assisted in hewing out walnut log into
| cciiin-sbape and assisted in the burial oi
| the iirst persen who died in Boone county.
| His Iather and mother now reside at Clark s
| Switch, the former SO years old and the
latter II years. There are eleven children,
not death ever hav 1g occurred in the
| family, and there has Jeen family reunion
each wear during Christmas for the past
| fifty years.
| Fulton Gazette: w. c. Herndon showed
| us fine picture Of Isaac Branham of San
Jose, Cal. (which he received recently, out
| on a hunt with deer tied behind him on
his pony and fine pack of hounds follow
ing He left Galloway in 1916 and is vel
/ known by all our old citizens. His vile
was u sister OF Hon C. a. Bailey. Col
| Smell recognized the picture on sight and
was highly pleased with it.
New MADRID Record: Miss Cluda
| Lcsieur daughter OF our friend Mr.. Rapl
| Lesieur, has novel and beautiful quilt
| which, if contested for would merit the
| blue ribbon. The quilt was shown a Record
reporter, who counted 1873 oblong pieces
| observing no two pieces alike. The pieces
are tastily arranged and the handsom,
| article OF domestic art speaks well for th'
| Ncellnut work Of Miss IpSipur
| JEFFERSON City Tribune: Mr.. j. NJ
| Collett OF Elston Station was on the street;
Wednesday. lie stands six feet six incl
| es in his boots, and the ladies say thai
| he is the finest looking man in the county
| The Tribune agrees with them. and vii
| wager a new hat that no other county il
the state can produce II better specimen o
| physical manhood. Capt. Jack Malone,
| of the penitentiary force says he woulC
like To stand up by Mr.. Collett. and thei
| have the ladies take Il vote. Mr.. Collet
is u sound Democrat and good citizen.
SAMUEL ID. WHERRY, IA prominen
stockman OF Warrensburg who has beel
largely interested in Colorado ranches, as
| sinned for the benefit Of mis- creditors. Liza
biitjes and assets not yet known, however
but it IL thought the former will exceed th
latter by about S55 GOO. He has alway
been considered one oi the sa!est men i
that section OF the State.
| UoN. r. q. MADISON, who rcpresente'
Ste Gencvieve county III the legislature
few wears ago, was reelected Judge oi III
Jefferson county court by n majority c
153.
| JAMES IL. MAxEY failed Of election a
| iudra of the Thirteenth judicial circuits
long held by Woodside-and Hale, III
publican. is said to have n majority ap
proximating 41O.
ARruUR f. LOVE Of Macon City is an ~
plirant for clerkship of the legislative con
mittre to visit and inspect the state inst
tutions, which will shortly be appointed b
the governor.
Uoy. HIP. TATE. the old reliable repr
sentative from Lewis county, has been r
Gle, led TO the legislature by a majority Ia
exceeding that OF any other candidate Q
the county ticket.
Waller ]. DAVIS, u brother OF the editC
OF the Marshall Progress. has been elect'
To the legislature by the Democrats ol Ne
Mexico from the city Of Santa Fe. lie III
long been a resident OF the territory.
Ben T. WALKER, the Democratic canc
date for representative in Butler count
| was defeated by only eleven votes, but
4 refuses to contest the election-a iact ere
j table to his manhood, ii not to his pa
0 tisanship.
ANDREW VAN WoRNER, who represents
Howell county in the last legislature as
n Democrat. was defeated at the recent ei,