The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-03-06
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

drain County for fifty years for muir
der. lie was model prisoner, and re-
Gently he was released, the Governor
having commuted his sentence. When
he returned to his home at Mexico he
greeted his father, wife and brother
very coldly. A few days later he made
an assault upon his father and wife, and
when an officer reached the scene he
found the ex-convict choking his father
and threatening to kill him. He was
promptly arrested.
GEORGE DowELL residing ten miles
north Of Chillicothe, had been missing
corn from his granary and concluded to
set trap for the thief. He loaded q
shotgun and placed it in such position
that whom the door was opened the load
would be discharged at the intruder.
The other day his wife went to the
granary to feed her pet pig and the gun
was discharged, the entire load enter
ing her breast, killing her instantly.
Dowell had told her what he had done,
but she had forgotten it. They had
been married but two months.
w. b. CopE's dry goods and grocery
store in West Plains was destroyed by
fire the other day. Loss about $1,000;
insured.
TIE other morning William Rain
water and Charles Mills, two lads each
fourteen years old, got into an alterca-
ton at Unionville which resulted in the
latter being stabbed in the wrist with a
knife. The blade penetrated entirely
through between the two bones, making
a serious wound.
DIR. j. l.. TAYLOR, a prominent physi-
clan of st. Joseph. recently begun suit
in the circuit court against boot and
| shoe firm of that city for $4,000
! damages. He claims that some time
ago the firm sent him a notice printed
on postal card that if he did not pay n
long standing account his name would
/ be given into the association Of retail
merchants and blacklisted. He alleges
the postal card was addressed to him in
are of prominent saloon, where it lay
.veral days, and was read by over one
hundred people.
ALFRED CARBoUGIT, the eight-year-old
son of farmer living near Sedalia, died
the other day from hydrophobia con-
tracted in peculiar manner. The dog
from which he contracted TIE disease
did not bite him, but only licked his
severely chapped hands.
GEORGE WARD, coal miner, seven
teen years old, was instantly killed
while at work in the mines of the Grundy
Coal Company near Trenton the other
afternoon. A large mass of soapstone
became detached from the roof and fell
on him, completely covering him.
TIE other day Mrs. Mary j. Miller
went to the jewelry store of NJ. w.
Moody, a jcweler at Nevada, and asked
for John Gordon, clerk. She was
shown where the young man was, and
going to him she threw a lot of cayenne
pepper in his eyes and quickly retreat
ed. 1t was thought Gordon would lose
his oversight Tho woman was arrested.
Gordon attributed the act to a desire for
revenge becausehe had been the means
Of having the woman discharged from
his employers family on account of hel
unsavory reputation.
ELDER B. NJ. NEIL, OF the Christian
Church at Mount Vernon, was recently
found guilty of bigamy and given two
years in the penitentiary.
The National Labor Committee me-
at Kansas City recently. A number o!
speeches were made, touching on the
condition of the party and the require
ments of it during the next campaign
Among those who addressed the con
yention were A. j. Streetor, Of Illinois
United Labor candidate for President IL
1SSS; c. L. Cunningham, of Little Rock
Ark, candidate for Vice-President or
the ticket with Streetor, and Uncle
Jesse Harper, of Danville, ILL.,, the MAJ
who nominated Lincoln. A resolution
was passed favoring the reduction of tht
hours of labor Also one denouncinl
the issuing of all interest bearing bond
of every character and description, TO
the reason that they are an indirec
mortgage upon the industries of tn,
country, the principal and interest o
which have to be paid by the laborini
and industrial classes.
A BREAK beam Of Missouri Pacii
freight car broke near Oxford the othe
day, causing four cars to be thrown from
tho track just as the train was crossing
trestle. A brakeman named Conle,
, was hurled from one OF the cars ant
dangerously injured
NINE saloon men OF st. Joseph wer
recently arrested for violating the New
berry law by permitting pool and bill
lard playing in their places. The.
will make hard fight in the courts.
Mr.. VEST recently presented in tn
United States Senate petition from
the Farmers Labor Union of Bentol
|, County, asking for legislation to proven
option dealing in farm products.
THE other day Frank Barren an
George Jobes, two Chicago gamblers
. enticed Charles Hatfield, of Henderson
KY, into a game of poker on an Iro
Mountain train, near Dexter. 1t was
"skin game" and Hatfield, who locke
like a farmer, after losing about S7i
started for Barren with an ugly-lookin
revolver in his hand. He first struc
Barren with the weapon and then she
him in the wrist and right breast ir
, fiicting an ugly and possibly fata
wound. There was wild scene on tn
train. Women screamed and fainte
and men lodged behind seats until tn
shooting was over. Barren was taken {
Popular Bluff in an insensible conditio
and Jobes admitted that they wer
, using marked cards on Hatfield No a
/. tempt was made to arrest the latter.
. TIE women crusaders who raided tn
liquor Joint or 'club house" near Spiel
ardsville some time ago were recentl
!, tried before justice of the peace an
! each fined five dollars and costs The
gave notice of an appeal.
SEVERAL times recently obstruction
l have been placed on the Mexico and Je