The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-07-24
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

wealthy FARMER, was instantly klllcu at
Chillfcothe the other day just as sho |
stepped into the caboose of Chicago, |
Burlington & Quincy freight to 60 |
home, by another train crashing into
it. Engineer Singleton and Cond uctor
OBrien were in charge of the latter,
and the whistle was blown for down
brakes, but after the accident it was
found that Brakeman Foster had been
struck by an overhead bridge 300 yards
west of the depot and was lying uncon-
scious on top of his car, thought to be
fatally hurt.
Mrs. FRED. Fox, wife OF the telegraph
operator at Callao, committed suicide
the other morning by jumping into
well. She was suffering from typhoid
fever at the time.
SOME weeks ago c. L. Gage, formerly
connected with the firm of Gage & lIor-
ton, stove manufacturers of St Louis,
and well known in society, collected
sum of money belonging to his mother
which, 1t is alleged, he did not forward
to her. A few days later he collected
IS, 900 still due his mother from the sale
of the Gage residence on Washington
avenue and disappeared. 1t is stated
that he lost so, 900 in Pool Alley.
THREE prisoners escaped from Jail at
Lamar the other night by cutting holo
in the floor with some hooks, which
they got from a cot, and then digging
out through the foundation. They
were: Thomas Tracy who had stolen
nearly fifty horses in Missouri and Kan
sas: Sol Davis, charged with robbery,
| ~, NJ 10 ylf in, for
forgery.
a WILD man, old nearly naked and
with a shaggy beard, has recently been
frightening women and children in the
vicinity of Alexandria. lie has occa'
sionally begged for food at farm houses,
but his condition has always alarmed
women and he has been driven away
1t is believed that the man is no other
than William Mars a prominent old
resident of Palmyra, who disappeared
from that place some weeks.
PHILLIP SCHMIDT committed suicide
at De Soto recently by shooting himself
through the head lie was a veteran of
tho late war, and was in receipt of u
pension of $12 per month for total disl-
bility, his cycsight being gono. lie
suffered greatly from neuralgia, and it
is supposed that while suffering he took
his life.
JESSE CHArrELL. the scvcn-year-old
son of S. l.. Chappcll, a laborer Of Tren-
ton, was drowned while swimming in
Grand river the other afternoon. The
body was recovered an hour later by an
other boy ten years of age, who divcd
into ten feet of water and brought it to
the surface
TIE hand and arm of woman found
in the river at st. Louis the other day
led to the suspicion that aghastly crime
had been committed 1t is not likely
that the members came under the dis
secting knife of the medical student, for
the colleges are closed during the sum-
mer months. and even were they not,
dissection is not done in warm weather
Tho fact that the arm is well formed
and the fingers slender and tapering led
to the conclusion that they were sew
cred from the body of a woman who was
known in the upper walks of life. The
appearance of the hand and arm showed
that they had not been in tho water
over forty-eight hours.
JONI SMITH, whilc lately assisting in
rolling Il heavy log on wagon in But
Ter County, was crushed to death by the
supports giving away and throwing the
log on him.
A CAMP of Sons of Veterans will be
instituted at Conway, in Laclede County.
AT a recent meeting of the stockhold'
ers of the Missouri Pacific Railway Com
pany, held at st. Louis, it was voted tC
increase the capital of the company
SO, 600, 600 and tho bonded Indebtedness
by the same amount.
WILLIAM STEVENS, a character of bad
record, was arrested at Albany recently
charged with attempting to start Il fire
in that town. lie had saturated tho
law Office of Charles o. Patton with
coal oil, with the purpose Of burning the
buildings on account of a grudge against
Patton, and was detected, Had he sue
ceeded serious conflagration would
have resulted.
RABBI JAFrY was recently assaulted
at st. Louis by Hebrew named Leib
enstein, who pulled out the greater por
ton of the rabbits heard. The assault
was occasioned by the circulation OF
stories on the rabbits part, so Lieben'
stein said, derogatory to the character
of himself and family. Leibenstein
was arrested.
TIE State Grand Lodge of Good
Templars recently in session at Jefler
son City, elected the following officers
w. L. Little, of La Plata, grand chic
templar; J.. C. Burgess of Zincite, grani
counselor; Mrs. Jacob Reider, of Tip
ton, grand vice-templar; j. w. Ed
wards, of Jefferson CITY, grand secre
tary; Mrs. NJ. NJ. Gibson, of Appleton
City, grand treasurer; B. Mccoy, of New
Florence, grand chaplain; Elmer L. En-
glish, of Mason City, grand marshal
Miss Inez Munger, of La Plata, deput.
grand marshal; Mrs. ii. NJ Simpson, o
St. Louis, assistant grand secretary
Miss Annie Patterson, of St Louis
grand guard; Fred II. Brinkerhoff, o
Aurora, grand sentinel; John ii. Ross
of jefferson City, grand messenger; j
j. Hickman, of Columbia, junior pas
grand chief templar.
THE body of +. B Day was recentl.
found in the woods near De Soto.
bullet hole was in his head and hi
throat had been cut, lie dlsappeare,
from Mineral Point some days previous
CHARLES HART quarreled with hi
wife at Kansas City the other mornin
as to which should get up and start th
fire, and he jumped out of bed in a rage
yowing to kill himself. In his scare
for poison he got hold of some tinctur
of capsicum (red pepper) which h
swallowed and undertook to die, bu