The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-06-04
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

appropriate manner.
DuRING late quarrel Clarence Ridge,
son of prominent farmer north o.
Higginsville, was shot and probably
fatally wounded by viii Ridge, alias
win Atlsin.
A YOUNG man named win johnson
was held up ten miles south Of Mar
shall the other night by a strange man
and relieved of gold watch, money
and. other valuables
A. BRANoH@of the Patriotic Sons OF
America has been organized at Kansas
City. The basis of the organization Is
America for Americans and 0p-
position 60 any foreign power directly
or indirectly interfering in the affairs
ofgoyernment in this country. es.'
/. ~ the, trial Of the case Of J. NJ Sea-
haSif'& Co. y coal dealers agaissssss ssss1,a- +
Fort Scott & Memphis railroad, the
jury at Kansas City returned verdict
in favor Of plaintiffs for two dollars on
each of the $50 counts, this being Che
3mount claimed es overcharges
JHpGE Ss.M.- -BREGKINRIDGE, of st
LOWS dropped dead in the PresbY Yterian
general 4ssembls at DetrOit, Midli.. %
the afternoon Of the ssth- He repre-
-srfrtrtii mt Niisssithifi' SypBa as 6ht ofthe
.eldefs. lie wiis Ab6nf6s years Of age
and had rsslsled IN ST Ilbpis fur 1Bvurs
forty years.
Tue other evening John Demumdrum
and |. n. BroelSman, living seven miles
southwest jof Springfield, renewed an
old feud over the ownership of well,
when Demumdrum shot Brockman
with pistol through the left breast
Immediately over the heart inilicting,
It was supposed, a fatal wound.
A. c. CORUM, Il Kansas City printer,
assisted an acquainta9ce by the name
Of W. G.. Graves, who was out of em-
ployment, by paying his board and al
lowing him to share his (Corum' 81 room.
I Corum was taken sick and Graves re-
warded his benefactor by stealing his
draft for SO, sick benefits cashing il
and running away
THE latest crop bulletin issued yb
the state agricultural department says:
"With the exception Of oats crops CON
tinue to do we'll The oat louise and
Hcssian fly continue TO increase in num-
bers, but.no great damage is reported,
Corn planting is about finished. The
nights have been too cool=f for young
corn, but so far the condition is fair"
JHHS BoGARr- was found hanging
-dea6 in a vacant room of business
house at Joseph the other day. lie was
a shoemaker and o. years of age.--fIe
had been out of work for some time,
He was formerly prominent merchant
OF Springfield, fil, and Newton, Kan
a - -
! The insurance companies refused to
pay the policies and the old man took
to drink.
DIR. JoHS HYDE, a,retired physician
and druggist, committed Suicide at his
residence in Springfield the other day
about noon by hanging himself TO a
buggy tongue in the barn, while the
family were gone TO church. The de.
ceased was in good circumstances and
man Of very temperate habits. Nc
cause for the suicide was known. lie
was 20 years old aud-leaves- a-wife
and daughter.
PRINClPALs of Kansas City's public
schools have been in the habit Of
excepting rods in pickle" for refractory
urchins and recently the principals OF
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board for whipping two little boys toe
severely. The reason given by one OF
the men for using the rod showed him
to be a worthy peer of the celebrated
professor at Dotheboy's hall
The other night Charles Asberry, O
plasterer, committed suicide at Liberty
by taking poison. lie was infatuated
with another mans wife. and his in
timacy with her had produced sean
dal which caused the husband to attack
him on the streets. Asberry then went
to his room and declaring that he did
not wish to live without the woman
took poison.
The diocesan convention of the Epis
copal church, eastern district, met a
St. Louis on the 27th. The report of th'
treasurer showed all dues paid, N,
debts and balance of $500. 20. The re
port Of the trustees of church fund.-
showed balance Of 81, 122. The repor
Of the treasurer of the aged and intrn
showed o cash balance of 81, l16sL
report from the committee on proposed
changes in the prayer book of the Epis
copal church recommended numbS
of changes.
PATENTS lately issued TO Missouri in
ventors: Axle box extension, Beagle &
Clark, Shelbina; traction engine, Jamei
Beclner, St Joseph; roll paper holder
and cutter, j. H. yCorneilson, St Louis
dust pan. Arnold NJ Downing, Kansa,
! City; tobacco packing machine, Ishau
I. Hardy, st. Louis; fruit gatherer
Joseph G. Harris, near Sedalia; bricl
machine, Joseph J. Kulage, St Louis
shears, Charles IL. Mckee, St Louis
construction and paving block, John p
Meyer. St Louis.
AT 8 o'clock on the morning Of th
Esd fire destroyed the Sullivan saddl
tree shops connected with the peniten
tiary at jefferson City. The building
was four stories high, 40 feet wide5au,
244 feet long. The machinery and saw
mill occupied the lower story. Thl
second and part of the third story wa
used as a workshop and the remainde
for drying material and the temporary
storage of saddle trees The loss h
the state is about 900 and TO tn
saddle tree company about 800. OOO
There was an insurance upon the latte
OF $50, 500. The Strauss Harness Co
lost about $4,000
A BOLD robbery was committed a
Marshall by an unknown man about
o'clock the other morning. The ex
press packages had been unloaded fron
the early train on the Chicago & Altoi
railroad and placed on truck, whei
the man stepped up and grabbing
: package of jewelry made his escape Ii