The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-05-09

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fHa Wy rains at Hannibal have
,t n allied the chinch bugs.
(I2f lightning has been striking
4 o. In the neighborhood of Perrin.
IEj& 4 100000 brick and tile factory is
I sed between Osceola and Lowry
Inc foot vein of aluminium, of
'lH or quality, has been found in
4 ounty.
ch bugs are doing much dam
'N 4 wheat in Montgomery and
,l(*er counties.
III Bethel, near Lawson, lost 81, 200
], ;'xst a corn by fire by supposed
n AeprIng of mineral water has been
dfcovered on the Slelby farm in
lafayette county.
Down in Appleton City they are
taking up an electric car line to
M}negaw Springs.
Edward Brooking, long known and
hoh hored in Clinton county, died aged
eighty seven years.
iallatin will soon be on speaking
teims with neighboring towns
Though the telephone
Miss Nancy Clemens died at Rich
mond, where she has resided all her
life. aged ninety three years.
Harnell City has raised $4,000 in
stock subscriptions for the purpose
of starting canning factory.
Mrs. Mahala Totten, one of the
early settlers of DeKa!b county, died
at atewartsville, aged seventy years.
The artesian well at Sedalia, it is
believed, will prove a success, the
water having begun to flow freely
already.
The Cameron military band is
receiving requests from many quar-
ters for it to furnish music on public
occasions.
s. II. Prather has struck water in
his 1874 foot we'll near Tarkio, which
spouts twelve feet above the surface
of the ground.
John Lawrence, Of Gale d, Kansas,
committed suicide at Webb City by
taking morphine. No cause was
given for the act.
The dental offices of Drs. McClay
and Hardaway at Carthage were
robbed of about $33 worth of gold
used for filing teeth.
Maj. John B. Breathitt, of Mar
shall, has been appointed by Secre-
tary IIoke Smith as special agent for
the general land Office.
The papers of Kirksville and Milan
have adopted the plan of charging
for church notices, cards of thanks,
obituaries, and the like.
Rev. w. f. Parker, a Christian
minister, died in Plattsburg from a
stroke of paralysis. He was highly
esteemed by all who knew him.
Bass Grouse, of Armstrong, while
on the Chicago g. Alton tracks in an
intoxicated condition, near Higbee,
was run over, his body being cut in
two.
J. f. Province and Rode Barton
went out hunting near Potosi, and
the latter mistaking the former for
a turkey, shot and killed him in
stantly.
The Lloyd, Late & Thompson de-
partment store at Kansas City was
closed by creditors. The assets are
said to be about 800, 900, and liabili-
ties $4,000.
Judge Crow reduced the bond
required of Banker Burlingame of
Springfield from $3.50 to sl2, 800.
Burlingame thinks he will now be
able to give the bond.
Farmers of western Ray and cas-
tern Clay counties are alarmed over
the premature arrival of grasshop-
pers. 1t is feared that they will de-
vastate the growing crops.
Elder ]. g. Creel, of Plattsburg, of
the Christian church, and Rev. d. b.
Turney, of the Methodist church,
will conduct a debate at Cantril,
Iowa, on the subject of baptism.
The industry Of cutting willows
along the Missouri river is getting
quite large. They are used for mat
ting for river improvement, and
various purposes about waterways.
The Kansas City board of police
commissioners dismissed Chief of
Police Tom Speers, who served the
city twenty one years, and L. E.
Irwin was appointed to the position.
Sedalia was named after daugh-
ter Of General George r. Smith, who
founded the place, the daughter still
residing there. Ten other towns in
different states have adopted the
name.
Ernest M. Tracey, well-known
contractor of st. Joseph, was found
in an unconscious condition on the
street. He had been assaulted and
robbed. His skull was fractured,
and he cannot recover.
Christy Masterson, barkeeper for