The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-02-18
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MISSOURI NEWS.

81 this city. has secured what's supposed
TO be the missing link in u chain Of svl.
hencs showing Charles Chad dwick, OF Han.
nihal, Ho., to be the right heir Of An
estate In England. VALUED nt 1857 600, 600
After twenty years of search two persons
have been found In thit city to make ai.
scissors grinder, who was murdered here
in 1sI5. They are Miss Rebecca Dram
and George Dsnsberry, and detective
Allen secursd from them positive evidencs
Of John Chadwic!s's death. This fact Is
very positively stated by Charles Chad
wick, establishing him as the heir OF the
Immense Chadwick estate In England
which has long been I'm chancery.
The contract for building the Chicago
and st. Louis Electric Railroad line be.
tween the two cities was awarded Last
Monday TO Msssrs, Bagnsll Bros, of st.
Louis and Garyey Bros, OF Memphis.
They take the entire contract, grading,
bridging and track laying. and agrees to.
have same completed within one year
from date OF beginning work These
gentlemen are wealthy and well-known
railroad contractors. Bagnsll Brothers
have built $50 miles OF road Tor the Mis-
souri, Pacific system, besides some go
miles for other companies. Garvsy
Brothers are we'll known throughout the
south and west, having constructed yfx
or eight hundred miles OF Railroad
Messrs. Bagnsll and Gsrvey take. 70 raf
cent of their estimates in the bozidk -
the company At par. DIR. wsiiirst4n
AdAns, the General Manager OF the EIec-
trio line, says that he intends to puta Sac
tion OF ten or twenty miles Of road In OPP
sratioa as quickly ss possible. and ss
soon - the physical condition OF ths
road bed will warrant Il, that he will dem
onstrats the practicsbility OF running
electric motor cars at . rate OF 100 miles
per hour.
Information has been received OF the
death AZ yArnar, Ripley county, Of DR.. A.
H. John, man who obtained consider
able notoriety some years ago as an &C.
centric writer. DIR. John WAS what is
commonly termed y crank, although IL
was generally said Of him that he needed
, q balance wheel. For the most part his
yond ordinary comprehension. He pos
sessed most remarkable memory and
! WAS thorough scholar. Had he turned
his attention to almost anything else thar
philosophy he would certainly have died
national character. He frequently re-
marked that go years hence the people
will understand his philosophy. He left
an immense amount OF manuscript, the
work OF halt century, all relating to his
peculiar ideas Of philosophy.
Chas ckburn, colored, who work
1T the coal mines of Il. H. Boyn 4 Sons,
located about one and one-half miles
southwest Of Knobnoster, fell to the bot
tom of the main. shaft, . distance of 81
| feet. He was employed at the mouth OF
/ the shaft to handle the loaded cars aud
return the empty ones. lie was picked
up Mt the bottom OF the shaft alive, bu,
unconscious. He had broken shoulder
three broken ribs and several scAlI
wounds. The chances for his recovery
are slim. The shaft is not provided with
safeguards for the safety OF employees.
The State Board OF Fund Commissio on
ers opened bids of banks anxious to be-
came State repositories for the next two
years, and awarded the money now or
hand, amounting to about 81 300, ,000
Seven banks were the successful bidders
The franklin National Bank of st. Loui.
were given nine-twsntieths, or nearly
one-half. The successful bidders for
State moneys and the rates they offeree
were a. follows: Franklin Bank OF 81
Louis. 800 at 1.5O per cent; Frankiit
Bank OF St. Louis, $50 at l..37 l-2 pei
cent; Kansas City State Bank, Kansa
City, 8 20 1t la per cent; Union N.
tional Bank, Kansas City, 9 % at SO poi
cent; Galloway County Ssvin Is Bank
Fulton, 1-20 at 1.55 per cent; Contra
National Bank, Boonvllls, leo at / 5:
per cent; First National Bank, Jefferson
City, 1-20 At LAO per cent.
Il 10 reported that the various insuranc
companies who had written poiicies OIL
the Ninth Street Thsatsr, lately destroye,
by fire At Kansas City will combine will
Leonzo Brothers, who were heavy loser
In the fire. and bring suit against Hudsol
& Judah, late managers Of the destroye,
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on the building, which amounted to ss2,
600. The companies claim that the hr
was due to the negligence of the manage
ment, who were notified by Fire Inspscto o
Bottoms that no hres could be made Il
the furnace until the pipe. which wa
found to be out OF thu wall about thra,
iuches, causing the house each night G
Leouzc Bros. ,engagemsnt TO be filled wit
smoke, had been repaired. The eompa
nies allege that the break in the pipe wa
not repaired, and that the fire had il
origin In this defect.
Messrs. Il. Il. Martin and Richard Gen
try, officers Of the Kansas City, Pitts
burg and Gull Railway Company, al
rived In Joplin and held u confsrenc
with the Railway Committee OF the Jot
lin Club relative to the building OF tn
line TO Joplin. A special meeting OF tn
club was held and MIR. Martin said III,
his company had acquired the Texarks
na and Fort Smith road and were con
pleting 10. An agreement had been ei
tered into with the owners OF the Kan
sas City, Fort Smith and Southsr
whereby HIS company could build to
connection with 1t AZ Joplin.
The County Court OF st. Charles Coun,
and the Court of Lincoln County sit
banc on the 18th at Troy, Mo to recei'
bids Tor the construction of bridge ov
Cuivre River, at Chain OF Rocks. II
J plans were drawn by N. L. Jenkins, la
Road Com missioner of 81. Charles Count
The bridge will have q great effect
wagon traffic between tho two counties
well - In ageneral way. The bridge WI
be substantially built of iron.
The work OF laying rails on the Mi
souri,, kansAs and Eastern roadb bed fro
81. Charles to the junction with ths Oh
cago, Burlington and Quincy will cor
: mence on the 18th.
A Georgia editor refers to his rsa
ers AS patients.
!, Miles Nerve and Liver Pills. /,