The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-09
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

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FIRE at Granitevillc, Iron county,
the other day destroyed the Syenite
Co. s large stone sheds and polishing
mill. The loss was estimated all the
way from $50, 900 to s5O,0O0
WHILE crossing the Missouri Pacific
track at Independence the other morn
ing with his team p s. IIughart was
struck by the engine Of freight train,
which crushed his skull Hughart is
n well known citizen about 60 years of
age. His recovery was doubtful
FIRE recently destroyed the King
Hill school house four miles south Of
st. Joseph. The upper story was oc-
cupied by King Hill lodge, A. r. & A.
NJ, which lost severything but its
charter and record book. The loss en
building and contents was about s3, 900.
WHEN Peter Shultz, a miller near
Dixon, started his mill the other morn
ing, someone had put a dynamite cart
ridge between the burrs which ex-
ploded, tearing the burrs to pieces
piece striking Shultz on the shoulder
and badly injuring him. lie had no
idea who did the deed.
THE case of the state against John
and Robert lIayner for attempting to
rob the Gillian Exchange bank and
assaulting j. r. Kirk, the cashier with
a revolver, on December ls, 1892, has
been taken to the Pettis county Grim
inal court for trial on change of
venue from Saline county.
AT an early hour the other morning
the stable of NJ. L. Hart, adjoining the
exposition grounds, at St. Joseph, were
burned, and portion of the fence to
the race track and all the cattle sheds
were also destroyed Two trotting
horses, Golden Chief and Ben, were
lost. The entire loss is about S1l, 900.
lN the final vote on the repeal bill in
the house Messrs. Cobb and Joy voted
for repeal and Messrs. Arnold, Bland,
Burns Clark, Dockery, De Almond,
Fyan, Hall, Heard and Tarsney voted
against the bill. Messrs, Barthold and
Hatch We're paired, the former with
Mr.. Enloe and the latter with Mr..
Cousins.
RECENTLY two young farmers, Henry
Lee ds and James Vanber. residing
about fourteen miles from Springfield,
became involved in n quarrel over
calf belonging to Leeds, which Vanber
had impounded Vanber struck Leeds
on the head with n stick of wood, in
iuring him so that he died in few
minutes.
THE jury at st. Louis acquitted
Landau of the charge of murder. This
was the case in which Miss Tovell was
knocked down and dragged to death
by parties recklessly driving a buggy
in December 1890. The parties who
drove the buggy disappeared and sub
sequently Landau and his brother were
arrested on suspicion.
PENSIONS were granted to the follow
ing Missourians on the 30th: William
| Kruse, Jacob Brodhack, John s. Cole
man, Richard W. Williams, John Smith,
William Harris, Christian Kelpe,
Charles Himburg, Thomas NJ. Lannon's,
George A. Miller, Margaret Rich, Eliz-
abeth Rawlins Martha A. Sharp, Mary
L. Eden, Mary S. Barr, Harriet L.
Buckley.
THE secretary of state lately granted
articles Of incorporation as followsi
The James O'Brien Cigar Manufacture
ing Co., Kansas City, capital $3.50
Farm S Home Savings & Loan associa-
tion, of Missouri Nevada capital 81
900, 900: Citizens bank, of Cole Camp,
capital sl1, 900; Cooper Pharmacy Co.,
st. Louis, capital s25, OOO IIagncll Tim
Der Co., st. Louis, capital s150,0Oo.
A WILD Texas steer got loose at St
Louis, the other afternoon, and in a
mad rush through the streets badly
gored Officer William Tierney, tossed
John Mann and Oracle Kelley over itt
| head, knocked down several other peO
| pie and badly frightened the pedes.
trians on it's route. Its course was
through street crowded with chill
dren just after schools had been dis
missed. The police finally killed the
infuriated animal
THE largest months business in the
matter of cattle killing ever done by
the Kansas City packers was that OF
October. The result of the months
slaughter showeda II total of 11G, 500 cat
tie killed, In October of 1892 but 01, 576
cattle were killed in the various plants
in and near the city The gain in Oc-
tober of the present year is 1886 In
regard to the hog slaughtering busi-
ness the showing was not so good, On
| ly IS, 94l porlsers were killed by all of
the local packers. 1t was the smallest
record for any month since August
1891, when the figures were as low as
75,4Ti.
GEORGE GOULD, the young railroad
magnate, is reported to have had
narrow escape from death by the acci-
dental discharge of his gun while hunt
ing in Benton county the other day.
While the Missouri Pacific president
was out on his hunting trip, his wife
remained on their private car at Sc
dalia and while looking out of the win
dow her attention was directed to
switchman who had lost an arm and
leg. The lady asked him about his mis-
fortune and was told that he had lost
his limbs by being run over by a switch
engine on the Missouri Pacific and her
sympathy at once went out to him, as
did that of other ladies of the party,
and they made up purse for the
switchmau. Mrs. Gould took his name
and promised to send n package of
clothing for his wife and children on
her return to New York.
THE BODY of an unknown man, aged
apparently about go years, was found
the other evening in the Turkey creek
timber north of Joplin. The man died,
1t was thought, not less than three days
previous. There were no marks of vio-
lence on the body, nor was anything
discovered by which he could be identi-
fed.
Mrs. SLATTERY, wife of the ex-
priest, lectured at St Louis the other
evening and mob collected in the
streets while the lecture was in prog
ress. George Storton and Michael
Madden got into religious dispute
when Shorten stabbed Madden, in
ficting slight wound.
REV. JOHN HENpRcKsoN, Baptist
preacher, dropped dead while husking
corn in his field in Vernon county, the
other morning. Heart disease was his