Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1890-02-20
Missouri State Neaus.

.
Neosho has let contract for the
construction Of water works for that
city.
P. 81. McNulty, of Boonvills, has
been appointed to clerkship in the
census bureau.
Webb City is besleged by three
| different street railway companies
for right of franchise in the town.
The second survey from Nevada,
| south for the new Kansas City, Ne
vada & Fort Smith railroad has been
completed by Engineer Chase.
A bungling forger in st. Joseph
signs firm names to checks without
regard to similarity of handwrite or
the spelling of names. He IS aI
large yet.
Capt. W. II. Miller, OF kansas
City, was elected grand master
workman of this state at the session
of the A. o. U. W., held in st.
Louis, last week.
Joseph Lewis, who is mining on
Sucker Flat, Webb City, made his
first turn IN Saturday night, which
was 12S, ,25O pounds of lead ore. 1t
brought over $4,000.
William Elligood, of HANNIBAL
and Miss Julia Ridgely, daughter OF
Capt. E. Rldgely, of the Cooper
County Democrat, eloped and were
married at Fayette one day last
week.
Elkanah w. Keith died, Tuesday.
at the insane asylum at st. Joseph.
1t has not been many years since
Mr.. Keith was considered one OF the
brightest young literary men in Mis-
souri,.
w. H. Denman has entered suit
against the city of Nevada for SIS, 900
damages for false imprisonment. He
was jailed for drunkenness Januiry
1s, and kept locked up five days
without trial.
st. Joseph's vanity received a So
we're set back when the current issue
of the electrical Reviea0 made Its ap
pearance. The clty's electrical at
tainment were entirely omitted in
review of electrical cities.
John Crossen, freight brakeman
on the st. Louis, Kansas & North
western, was killed at Loulsias 4
while the train was switching, Tues
day. By some means he fell uadcr
the wheels and was terribly crushed.
Henry Krug, ST., has presented
the city of st. Joseph with krug
park. 1t contains twenty acres OF
beautiful land and is covered with
improvements that cost the Uaion
railway company 500, 900. Thr gift
is valued at 100000.
A pedlar of cheap coal oil has
been working the farmers In the
neighborhood of Harrisonville out Uf
various sums of money. The scheme
was worked by taking their orders
and then requiring a cash d i'ofit.
He then departed to find other 'idp"..
VIM. r. jackson and M.F. Mellon
aid, sr., of Richmond, were buried
under the ruins of burning build
ing Monday night of last week. Sew
eral others were severely jured.
The fire destroyed property to the
value of $14 900.
An adjourned session of the Kan
i sas City court of appeals convened
, last week. Decisions in some forty
, cases, all that are now before ti4
court, are to be acted upon, wlici
the court will adjourn until the reg
ular March term.
t r. w. Levan, the superintendent
: of the Greene county aims house ila'
adopted sensible plan with the un
fortunates under his care. He DIS
:. covers, If possible, if they hav'
n friends, communicates with them
: and in this way has found goo'
II homes for several of the inmates.
8 A west bound Santa Fe freigh
1. was wrecked near CarrolIton, Thurs
,e day, by the.t train breaking and tn
" rear end running into the first sectio
. on s grade. Six cars were throw
from the track, one being almost eI
tlrely demolished. Trains were. dt
layed several hours. No one wa
injured.
ve The building occupied by the MI
in con Conservatory Of Music was d.
III stroyed, Thursday morning, by fir
ra The music and instruments we're