The intelligencer., 1889-11-02
MISSOURI EDITORS.
what They are Saying in Their
Papers.

Editor McRea, the big IDjun of the
Rolla Herald, is after the scalp of our
republican friend, Sam. Keller, who
runs paper at Lebanon. Sam has
been trying to tell the people of the
eleventh congressional district that the
republicans have chance of defeating
Congressman Bland but Editor McRea
puts this quietus upon Keller's arith-
metic:
"Our friend Keller, of the Lebanon
Republican, is great on figures, and
with pencil and a piece of shingle he
can figure the democratic party out of
existence quicker than scat. In fact he
is lightning calculator. He first start
ed out to show by figures that Missouri
would be republican by good working
majority in 1892. He then turned his
ngures on the various congressional
districts, showing concluslvely that it
Will be utter folly for a Missouri demo.
crat to make canvass. Brother Kel-
ler reminds us of the fellow who figured
out that he could ride a buzz saw. His
widow remarked as she paid the under
taker, "He was mighty good husband,
but he didn't know much about buzz
saws" Brother Keller is mighty
good republican but he doesn't know
anything about the political preferences
OF the the voters of the 11th district.
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Editor Fisher, of the Pennington
Times, states solemn truth i'm these
few lines:
Montana is very small state, in
point OF population, but there is nothing
too small or insignificant for the aver
age republican politician to try to steal.
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Editor Woods, of the Norborne Enter.
prise, thus discourses upon popular
theme:
"We are of the opinion that our game
law has been wantonly violated this
fall and respectfully ask the officers OF
the law to look into this matter and il
1t has been done to see that the grand
jury has knowledge of the fact. The
game in this section of the country is
scarce enough already without slaught.
ering what little is left W hile it is still
under the legal Limitation W hich should
protect it. The great need of the coun-
try is the passage and enforcement of a
law prohibiting the killing of quail and
prairie chicken in this state for three
years. By that time the state would
be well supplied with game and there
would be some pleasure in hunting"
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Editor Dan Kennedy, of the Spring.
field Leader, always alert for news, has
discovered new kind of trust, con-
corning which he says:
ga nurse trust has been formed in
Richmond which departs from the
regular line of trusts from the fact that
it is formed by the consumers. The
white folks say that negro nurses are so
loose i'll the management of the children
entrusted to their care that many bad
results may be looked for unless white
nurses take the place of the cOlored.
The call for the combination saws that
no violence to remedy the evil is neces-
aary nor will it be tolerated. This trust
be especially Objectionable as it
does not attempt to reduce the price of
wages but to raise the standard of ex-
Editor Kerby, of the West Plains
Gazette, has the following paragraph
about Two wellknown and es,imable
ladies, who recently made a journey on
u curious mission:
"Mrs. ID. C.. Kennedy, wife of the
editor of the Leader, and Mrs. II. ).
Boyd, wife of Col. "Pony" Boyd, both
OF Springfield, are in our city to dav
on the lookout for a very valuable dog
which was stolen by lot of gypsics
from Col. Boyd, few days since. The
ladies are proving themselves splendid
having traced the dog and
thieves this far. Both are enjoying
themselves nicely and all they wish is
to get the dog and keep their "names
out of the paper" We acknowledge II
pleasant call from them. Both are very
much pleased with our beautiful little
CITY,"
Editor Tetwiler, of the Charleston
Democrat, prints this good natured
item about Capt. Allen, the popular
chief CLERK of the state auditors office:
"The Fredericktown Standard speak. |
Of Albert D. "A lien AS 'one of the few |
newspaper men of southeast
Missouri Mr.. Aliens prosperity Is |
easily accounted for. He never zoe. |
near newspaper office except rs II
visitor"
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Editor Tetwiler must have been in
merry mood last week for his Charles
ION Democrat was filed with pleasing
not any unusual thing, by |
the way, but especially noticeable at |
lime when material for good humor
seems TO be scarce in SO many direc-
lions. Among his many interesting
items is the following:
"Who the dickens is w. Z. League?"
qusried the Cape Democrat several