The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-08-21
Another fine rain came Sunday.


district.
Prepare for the state convention
and give the boys a hearty welcome
and big send off.
Our market has been full of fine
watermelons and cantelopes during
the past two weeks.
Mr.. j. d. Rice will move his FRO.
Gerry store to the corner Of High and
Monroe on the first.
Mr.. Thos. c. Price, one of our
! oldest mechanics, gave this office o
pleasant call Saturday evening.
Mr.. CT. Clarenbach is being men.
toned as q strong man for county
court judge Of the second district.
Cole county will have her share of
the corn crop this fall. There will
be over a half crop and of good quail
ity.
Mr.. Geo. Forth, the jeweler, has q
tea rose, the "Sunset," which sur.
passes anything in its line for sweet
flavor.
One forty.acrc tract of land in
Jasper county, this state, was sold
last week for the snug sum of $780,
900 for its mineral wealth.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Dougherty, we under
stand, is Being urged to allow his
name to go before the republican
convention for county assessor.
Mr.. John Englebrccht of near
Brazito, was in the city Sunday. His
sisters, Misses Matte and Emma &C.
companicd him on his return home.
The Missouri State Fair association
will hold its annual fair and expo.
sition at Sedalia, beginning August
10 and closing August %, this year
Hay that is balcd by q press sold
by Mr.. Frank a. Dwight, to parties
near this city, is being marketed
here in as fine baled hay form as any
shipped 10 this city.
Mr.. Phil f. H~auenstein, one of
Tuscumbia's prominent business men
was in the city q few days last week,
from here he went to- some of the
northern cities for his health and
pleasure.
In 1856 the republican candidate
for the legislature in Galloway coun.
ty received SG6 votes. In 1888 J. l..
Erwin, the republican candidate for
the Legislature from Galloway re-
ceiyed 1907 votes.
Rev. Joseph Scllingcr will, by re-
quest, deliver n lecture ON Rome, in
the hall of the new Catholic school
house OH Sunday evening, August
81. Admission % cents. 2t
The Moberly Democrat warns hotel
keepers and others, against one f.
p. Tolls, a piano tuner. 1t says he
skipped that town q few days ago,
leaving merchants, hotels and numer-
Gus other creditors in the soup.
We want to place The STATE Re-
PUBLICAN in the hands of every re-
publican in the county during the
present campaign, and we hope our
readers will send in clubs of as AMY
as possible at once. Help the paper
and enable it to help the party.
A gentleman who arrived from
Dodge City, Kan, this morning says
prairie fires arc devastating the west
crn part of Kansas, Ford and Ed
wards counties suffering the greatest.
In the northern portion of Ford coun-
ty a tract 20 miles square was burned
over inside of two hours after the !,
flames started.
Missouri has a population of p
G50,7l as against 2,lG9,09l in 1850,
an increase of nearly u half million
people, or q gain of about % per
cent. 1t will be noticed that the
most of the gain is in the southwest
ern part Of the state and nearly all Of
it in the republican counties.
The best thing to give your enemy
is forgiveness to an opponent, tol-
eranee; to a child, q good example;
to your father, Difference; to your
mother, conduct that will make her
proud Of you; to yourself, respect;
to all men charity.-Ex.
The chairman and secretary Of the