The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-12-03
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

City and vicinity on the Esd.
THE Democratic state central COM
mittee of Missouri has sent to every
democratic member of the new house q
circular In behalf Of Congressman
llatch's candidacy for the spealtership.
THE farmers In the ncighborhood of
Grain Valley have established a cream
cry which is running at its fullest ca
pacity, The milk is bought in any
quantity, using one thousand eight
hundred pounds per day, for which
they pay the farmer Si.@5 per hundred
weight.
THE Northwestern Editorial associa-
ton, recently in session at st. Joseph,
elected the foil wing officers: Presi-
dent, w. l. Il bin son, Gallatin Demo-
crat; vice-prc ,iicuts, II. Il. Robinson,
Maryville Republican; j. l. Bittingcr,
st. Joseph Herald; w. I. Jenkins,
Platte City Landmark.
THE body of John Endicott who dis
appeared from n hunterl' camp near
Trenton some time since, was found
ten days nftcrward In a deep hole in
Grand river. lie had doubtless lost his
life by wadine into the river for a duck
he had shot and stepping into fifteen
feet of water.
THE ground floor of the Aunt Jemima
Pancake Flour factory at st, Joseph
gave way the other morning and sew
cral men were more or less injured,
Charles Walker probably fatally. A
number of men were engaged in stack
ing sacked -four upon the south side of
the room, when it gave way.
JoHN SAUNDERS, aged thirty years,
left C~hillicothc Novcm Der 4for Smarts-
vile, Neb, where he had formerly
lived, t. collect 500 due him on n farm
he had sold and to sell some cattle,
since which time all traces OF him have
been lost. He had not reached Ne
brnslka and his family feared foul play.
THE body of a man about twenty
four years old was found the other
morning in a lumber car of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway ut st Louis. He
appeared to have been injured In n
railway accident, ana to have died of
exposure. Letters on his person led to
The Identification of the body as that of
George Feihlcr, of Philadelphia.
THE grand officers and district
lecturer of the Masonic lodge of Mis-
souri, met at Sedalia recently and held
the first state lodge of instruction for
the purpose of bringing about n more
perfect unanimity of work. Grand
Master Is. II. Ingram welcomed the
delegates, and the lodge was then
given in charge of Grand Lecturer
Allen Mcdowell, of St Louis.
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the Joplin mining district for the week
ended November - were: Zinc ore, s.
D60, OS0 pounds; lead ore, COG, 070 pounds;
value, Ssl, 152.2 5. The price of lead ore
advanced to S!i, n gain of 81 per thou
sand. There was no change in the zinc
ore market, but prices We're steady and
an early advance was looked for.
LATE on Thanksgiving evening the
two-year-old son OF d. Il. Beals, a
wealthy banker of Kansas City, was
kidnapped. A newly hired servant girl
disappeared at the same time, as we'll
as @ man who had rented n house
neal by. No c!ew could lie had as to
the missing child, and the supposition
was that the man who rented the house
and the servant girl conspired to stea
the child for the pu pose of eXacting g
reward from the father.
THE proper preliminary steps are be
ing taken at Kansas City for taking
care of delegates who attend the Mis-
souri, and Mississippi rivers improve.
ment convention to be held in that ii )
December Is and lG Tee committee
on ways an means has prepared fol-
the reception and entertainment o.
delegates. Instead of banoueting then
at a hotel it has been determined t.
give o grand reception in the rooms o
the commercial club on the evening Of
December II.
JOHN c.. BABER. ex-trcasurer' of Me
Donald county, pleaded guilty cf EN-
bezzlemcnt of county funds to tn,
amount of $1,000 before Judge Craven,
at Neosho the other day and was sen
fenced to two years in the penite itiary.
He had been treasurer of Med NAL
county almost continuously since the
wa and has been a prominent bu ines,
man of Pinevil,c. The cause OF hi,
shortage is not known, bat the general
opinion is neglect of business. lie i.
about sixty years of uge.
JOIN VIcKrRs, Il Camden count,
~mocnshiner, has been convicted Of
manufacturing and selling i,ltci
whisky, and fined II. 900 and sent t,
the p%enitentiary for one year. lie i
an old offender, but so n lroit that h,
has conducted his still for many wear
in defiance Of the vigilance of tn,
limited S.atcs marshals. who have tim