The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-02-19
Communicated

JEFF CfTY, MO-, Feb. IL, lS91.-
Having recently had occasion to make
a flying trip through the townships OF
Moreau and Clark, and thinking il
' might be of interest to yourself and
uoos - hear a word from this sec.
,;on ~ tbo ,oun,r 7 drop you these
few lines.
The first thing which impresses q
Jeffersonian favotably with Clark
township is the splendid condition of
the public roads. From the time YOU
enter the township at its eastern ex-
tremity until you leave it you drive
over the very best roads in Central
Missouri. Running along a series of
"backbones" the roads follow o con.
%tinuous ridge, and being well drained
on all sides are never miring and
muddy as our clay roads very fire..
quently are.
The wheat in this section looks
lovely. The open winter has been 80
congenial that one would imagine
that the spring was already far adj
vanced, wheat green, grass green
everything irst-class.
To a person who has not visited
Clark township for several years, the
many changes that have taken place
within the past few years, and the al.
/ most innumerable improvements that
have been made are really surprising,
where a few years ago nothing bu.
dense forests, resplendent in their
virgin growth and beauty, greeted
the eye for mile after mile, you now
see well titled fields, while the land.
scape far and near Is dotted with the
mnumerable farm houses, all of
snowy w%hiteness. Another great
beauty of this county is the unsur-
passed hospitality of her citizens.
At Brazito everything is lovely.
Charlie Arnhold is still IN the mer-
chandising business and is as pleas
ant and genial as ever. A few miles
from Brazito and we come to Bass
here the F. & L. U. have a large CO.
operative store it is under the gen.
tlemanly management Of our old
friend, John Asel who, together with
his assistants, is kept busy all day
by waiting on customers.
Passing or to Hickory Hill we meet
with VIM. Carter, who for years was
an able and efficient member of the
police force of Jefferson City. Will is
as smiling and genial as ever and
evidently has a world of friends here.
While in Hickory Hill we met Mr..
Geo. II. Wyatt, who is making the
race for school commissioner of Cole
county. Mr.. Wyatt was at one time
a prominent member of the legal
profession in Jefferson City, but is at
present engaged in farming neal JEFF.
ferson City, although he still keeps
his headquarters in the city. He is a
prominent member of the +. & L. y.
and stands at all times ready and
willing to do all in his power to adj
vance the interests of this order. He
is a young man and seems to be
known to everybody in the estate of
Clark" and what is more is liked by
all who know him. Passing in from
Clark into Moreau township we found
everything fully as beautiful as in
Clark; farms in good repair and
wheat looking lovely; passing
through Decatur, upon the banks of
the South Moreau, we rode on to
Russellville.
SCHOOL VOTER.
By resolution, the house of repre-
sentatives will adjourn Friday noon
to attend the funeral of Gen. Sher-
man in st. Louis Saturday. The G.
A. r. Post of this city and citizens
and state officers will also attend.
The governor t~elegraphed for a spec
ial train, which will leave here at 7
a. m. Saturday.
The contract for erecting a new
building for the German Evangelical
church was awarded to +. H. Binder.
The building will be erected on the
site of the old one, corner of WASH
ington and Ashley streets. 1t will
cost $4,000, will be built of brick
and stone with a handsome auditor
ium and a Sunday school department
in the basement.
Louis Wagner, formerly a leading
attorney of this city, and at one time
prosecuting attorney of Cole county,
but now q stock broker of Denver,
Col wirad his hrothpr w w Wo1-