The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-04-24

raised them accordingly.
Robert DAVIDSON. aged six years,
died tho other evening at Slater from
hydrophob'a, after several hours of hor-
rible suffering, the result of q cat bite
three months since.
AN attempt was made the other night
to assassinate the six~tcen-year-old
daughter of Bogic Craigo, a farmer re-
siding near Fulton. She was sitting in
the family room sewing when n man with
a white mask on his face opened the
door and began firing at Miss Craigo.
After the first shoS she arose from her
chair and ran into an adjoining room,
whore her father was. AS she passed
through the door a second shot was fired
which took effect in the girls arm.
The intruder never spoke n word and
left the premises. There was no clew.
The middle span of the new iron
bridge, which is being built across Black
river at Poplar Bluff, fell the other
afternoon, carrying Thomas Brown
and James Ross, of st Louis, down
and killing both. The accident was
caused by the washouts of the past
month.
MANSFIELD KING was arrested at st.
Louis a few days ago on the charge of
horse stealing in st. Louis County, and
taken before Justice Sappington at
Franklin for a hearing. A crowd col
lccted with the avowcd intention of
lynching the prisoner, but Justice Sap
pington held the mob at bay with a re-
yolver in each hand while the prisoner
was being taken away by a constable.
NinE' "IVnough only ABOUT twenty-five
ears oru' uoHe9uehV'y maze d sworn
H."'o"'ehO 'n"C Nc "urucreo man ny
'"e n""le VI >"rlcr III hai's county
Se,th OF el9h' years ago
~ oticer rec'nuy iouhu tne Douy OF
" man "hg'h rom inc imp OF a tree
:" ruiloh p"rN "' 81, Louis IL proved
70 oe ma. Vi l'ehrS horcK' Sixty years
ol'' "hohao become respondent because
ne was OUT OF employment ana tearing
WA ne coulu not keep up MS assess
menus III inc hnights oil honor ne mad
oel'perately hti!eu h'nlse'i IN order 10
secure INC S",ooo' the amount OF MS
Po!,cy, 10 ms TWO daughters lie had
palu inc last assessment only a few
Jays before
JAMES hEA1lNG, contractor, used an
-
uehth street ana baltimore avenue In
Kansas City the other day, when q huge
s.ohe was hurlea through lhe wlnaow
Oh Il grove store a DOCK distant and
struck Josephine Love- a saleswoman,
ihhictihS severe injuries Inc Two
storS orlcN resloehce OF James burnett'
at inc scene OF the plastlng' was badly
shattered anu VIII nave 10 De tori down.
ms was inc thiru occurrence OF the i n
tn"t hao taken Piace "lUhih new weeks
On Vle am WORK
"A FATAL shooting array occurred a.
walnut uro'e' ureene county, the Other
evening. Two boys engaged in a tight
n James MicMahan, a young mar
about twenty-five years old, ordered
eVeryooay 10 stand back' A. Z
sloan lnteriered to part the boy
anu McNiahan ordered hin to stano
, back winch he refused to do, when Nc
l Mahan drew ms revolver and fired a
1 sloan, lnhlcting n fatal wound. Sloar
. also stabbed McNlahan badly.
> nolANn .LAf recentiy committed sui
clue at ASH Grove Greene County, be
cause he had failed to secure employ
meht deceased was ABOUT thlrty-iou
years ola n leaves a widow and tw'
chlluren' lie mad q lie policy In thu
Az u W.
MOSES fRALEi inc wrecked st. Loui
wheat specuiator' mas made a PROPOSE
tloh 10 ms creditors 10 pay ~ per cent
4 IN cash "hen nc reefs able to do SO
the other gu per cent TO DC covered b.
noIes payable IN SIN, Twelve eighteen
= anu twenty-iour months TO be depos'te
WIN the nale deposit company and hell
uhtil PAID Inc proposed terms wer'
: nov accepteu. MI fraiey SAID he hat
lost 9i@o'ooo IN ot Louis ana Sl4o' QUO II
oh1cag4;
h"i'roau ,o"inniss'oners recent,
teo"eu vi otuer nAlng May I as tne oat
. giving u inc raiiroaus hortn OF Tn
AilSsouri river an opportunity TO sho'
cause why a general order should not b.
issued prohibiting railroad companie
from charging ten cents extra in case
where passengers do not purchase
tickets
WHILE piowlnS on MS farm In Gala
way county the other day weldon
irultt received injuries which vii
rop"o'y Prov i"lai. he was oe1"eel
.no hoi'r9 hNihS 'ho harness "heh 1he.
'ooA "ho ran on Jerkihg tne pioV
o'er iiui''' neariy ore"Nihg MS heci
anu outUinB MS iuce from the point o
J 80 ~ o.0 eye
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