The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-25
cULlINGS.

is a fine track of 800 acres.
Hog cholera is killing a large mum.
Der of hogs in Vernon county.
j. o. Mcbride and Miss May Rucker
were married at Warrensburg.
The Germania Sangerbund of Spring.
field will erect a handsome hall.
George Shutters and Miss Minnie
Jones were married at Hannibal.
William {. Aldridge of Moniteau
county, was nominated for congress by
populists.
Many farmers from Illinois and Iowa
will settle near Rich Hill, Bates coun-
~, this fall.
Clark county has not yet received
any of the 100000 of tax money from
the X. & W. road.
The Holiness camp meeting began on
the gravel road near Pennington, Au-
gust 1G, to continue twelve days.
The La Plata Universalist church,
Rev. c. L. Ball, pastor, is conducting 4
very successful ~protracted meeting.
The united grand commanGery
Knights Templar (colored), Missouri
jurisdiction, was held at Independence.
Miss Beulah Harris, of Sedalia, who
is in New York receiving a musica! ed
%ucation. is said to be a very promising
| singer.
The Macon County Teachers associa-
ton will meet at La Plata again next
summer. Macon made a bid for the
meeting of 1895.
When the Houck railroad extension
is completed to Charlottesville it will
connect Dunklin county and the Mis-
sissippi river by a short route.
Miss Laura Kelso, an accomplished
lady of jacksonville, will have charge
of the musical department of the acad-
envy at Leonard, Shelby county.
The meeting of the State Democratic
Press association. which "a to be held
at Pertle Springs August "a. has been
postponed until September 6 and :.
The board of trade of Pleasant Hill
will make a mechanical, agricultural,
horticultural and Horticultural exhibit
at the st. Louis exposition in Septem-
Der.
\ blind boy was awarded the prize
for bringing the largest number OF new
scholars to the Sunday-school of the
Methodist church, south, at West
Plains.
Mrs. John P. Fisher has brought suit
against the city of Hannibal. claiming
damages in the amount of So, 800 for in
juries received, the result of a defective
bridge.
John Turner. the fine sheep raiser
near S~helbyville, captures all the pre-
miums at local fairs. His herds took
the leading prizes at the Columbian ex-
position.
Robert I. Thompson, 4 Clay county
negro. lived seventy-four years to die
from the sting of a yellow jacket. He
the jacket stung him on the back of his
and.
County Judge hewitt, having failed
to secure the democratic nomination of
st. Clair county, is ready to return to
Jail and serve out his term for refusing
to make the tax levy ordered by Judge
Philips.
poN. III haS dppoihlSu NuE-
ter collector of revenue for Reynolds
county, vice Richard Pitts, resigned,
and William Hallock public administra-
tor of Harrison county, vice Joseph c.
Hopkins.
Miss Comstock, who is president OF
the Comstock Banking Co., of Green
CITY, and cashier of the Comstock Castle
ho MI 81 4. ,aannaS+1n Srr1Ifron an,nt-
is probably n of the youngest bank
officers in the country.
When the bridge is built wei the
Missouri river at jefferson City many
thousands of bushels of wheat grown in
Galloway county, which is now shipped
to other points, will be hauled to JEFF
ferson City by the farmers.
Reuben Atkins, of Mcdonald county,
says stones as large as a walnut fell on
the roof of his house during a rain
storm. He believes his house is
haunted, as strange noises are heard
and queer things take place therein.
Rev. Hemingway. of the Presbyterian
Methodist church, of Carthage. went
to Washington to fight the confirma-
ton of Postmaster b. F. Thomas, who
is mixed up in the Russell scandal at
Carthage.
Joe X. Hubbard, aged 90. living z
miles north of Clinton, near Hunting
dale, who worked for a neighbor. went
home August . and asked his brother
to work in his place. saying he was not
feeling we'll and wanted to rest a few
days. He left, and from that day no
trace of him can be found.
William benjamin., single and aged
90 years, a resident of Sedalia, was
struck by lightning and fatally injured
while loading wood 3 miles south of
the city. The mark extends from the
temple down the entire right side of
the body to the foot. and resembles q
welt raised by a whip lash.
The republican editors met at Excel
sior Springs and completed the organi-
cation of the Missouri Republican Edi-
tc-ial league and officers as follows:
President, III. E. Robinson, of the MARI
vile Republicans; treasurer, G.. n.
Stille, of the Unionville Republican;
secretary, II. F. Lincoln. of the Lin
coin News. A vice-president was named
from each of the fifteen congressional
districts in the state.
A big camp-meeting has been opened
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