The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-04-10
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Mrs. FRANK LOGAN, living twelve
miles east of Clinton, threw herself into
tho well on her place the other day, but
was rescued. She was insane from ILL
ness.
PENSIONS granted Missouri veterans
on the LIST: Charncl Lasswcll, of Pleas
ant Mount; Henry Eppihoimer, of NAL
den; George Auspach, of Kansas City;
James Ii. Baker, of Hannibal; John +.
Blair, of Joplin; John Hall, of Clarkton;
John Mott, of Salisbury; Leonard j..
Pierce, of Owasco; Reuben &. Stinson,
of Dunnegan; William Litton, of Jeffer-
son City; John j. Norton, of Memphis;
John J. Hedgpcth, of Warsaw; William
II. kinman, Of st. Joseph; William
johnson, Of Bethany; Nicholas Liebert,
of C~arrollton; Rinaldo D%erthick, of
Green City; Willis Fowler, of Akcns-
mont; jackson Long, of Astoria,
Lewis Schroeder, of Boonville; Charles
Sweet, of Wi~llmathville; Edmond Buck
Ter, of Index; Alfred Fonney, of Rhine
hart; Samuel Brixey, of West Plains;
Columbus Hill, of st. Louis; Andrew
Shulz, of Baldwin; Jacob Martin Green,
of st. Louis, jefferson Jcnt, of Hume;
Samuel Austin, of Craig, Richard Sim
mons, of LaPlata; George w. Strain, of
Red Bird; Cyrus Deyse, of Ravanna;
Margaretta Il. Rosenmuller, of st.
Louis; Lucinda Eppihcimcr, of Maiden;
Harriet Lcith, of st. Louis; Mary Jane
Simmons, of LaPlata; Samuel II. Kauf-
man, of King City; Maria NJ. Scheur-
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of Memphis.
Hon. SAMUEL h. SAWYER died at his
home in independence on the Goth ult.
of diphthoria, WHICH attacked him only
a few days previous. Judge Sawyer had
been for years one of the most promi-
nent men in his section of the State.
For years he was Judge of the Jackson
CountyIcircuit court and represented
the district in Congress in 1878 and 1879.
lie was born in Mount Vernon, n. H.,
November 26, 1913, and entered Darts
mouth College in 1929, graduating in
1888.
NATHAN STAMFORD, a colored man in
the employ of w. b. White, a Hannibal
dairyman, entered the lot the other
morning when a maddencd bull rushed
upon him and throwing him down,
pushed and rolled him a distance of
SIXTY feet and then butted him through
a wire fence. When found tho body was
literally mashed to a Jelly and the man
had been dead probably two hours. De-
ceased left a wife and nine children.
NEAR Clarence, Shelby County, the
other day the eightccn-year-old son of a
Mr.. GIL was killed by the bursting of
an old shotgun that he had overloaded
and fired at some ducks,
FRIDAY, April 4, was generally OBJ
served as Arbor Day,
HENRY DowNES, aged fifteen, was
killed by a train at st. Joseph the other
night while stealing a ride.
TIE March report made to the Gov
ornor by the State Treasurer showed a
balance on hand March / of 81, 500, 941. 80;
receipts during March, S212, O6O. 30; dis
burscments, sos, 272. %; balance April 1,
S1,6S5, 729. rs. The earnings of the peni
tensary for March were Sl4, SOB, So, all o.
which were consumed in the mainte
nance of the institution.
TIE women of Pennington, st. Fran
els County, recently raided the liquo
Jolhlo Iull III NlOldlloH " law, III ut
stroyed all the intoxicants found. /
brewers wagon was stopped going int
the town and twenty-five kegs broker
open and the beer emptied into tn
street.
TIE State Board of Equalization re
duced the assessment OF jackson Count.
thirty per cent. on lands and increase,
the assessment on horses twenty pc
cent. and mules ten percent. Tho tota
assessment, real and personal, of tn
county is SS7, 600, 6lS, a net reduction i
this years assessment of about $40, 900,
900 and an increase over the assessment
Of two years ago of $40, j2G, 432.
TIE contest inaugurated by Mis-
Phoebe Couzins, ex-marshal of the East
ern district, against Judge Emerson, ha
eliminated in the appointment of tn,
l~atter's successor, Frank buchanan, O
New London.
The county surveyor of ST. Loui
County has beer employed by the Wa
Department to survey the large tract c
land, containing l, 700 acres, at Jeffcrso
Barracks. Under the authority give
him he will proceed to mark out tn
metes and bounds, survey the ~sinuositic
Of the river bank, lAate fences an
buildings, and certain squattors, who al
now occupying portions of the ira,
without any authority, will be deportc,
1t is the intention of the department
either buy out or eject the squatters ar
convert the tract into an immense par
TIE east-bound express train on IL
Wabash road was derailed near S
Charles the other morning and five
six cars were pitched down an emban
, ment. None of the passengers we,
r killed, but over fifteen were injure
several having limbs broken, The ma
car took fire from an oil lamp but II
flames were speedily extinguished.
TIE Secretary of the State Board
Agriculture in his monthly report sa
= the condition of the wheat crop will n
exceed SIS per cent, The bad conditi,
is due entirely to the severe freezii
weather which was general in the Sta
through March. The northeast, sout
west and central counties have suffer,
more than have the southeast viii
the northwest was least injured. We
heavy rains in Southeast Nilsson
causing overflow, have seriously injur
large areas in the river counties.
THE other day an electric light wi
set fire to the five-story elevator of t
John w. Kaufman Milling Company
I st, Louis and the flames soon spre
from the elevator to the mills adjoini
and all were destroyed. The elevat
= and mills cost 5000, 900 machinery a
stock on hand were worth $50, 900; full