The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26
CULLiNGS.

Ii. h Kern, aged IS, died az hannt-
bal.
L. vannattie was killed by a train at
Pierce City.
Norborne, Carroll county, wants a
water-works plant.
Two protracted meetings are in
progress al West Plains.
Hannibal, it is claimed, pays co per
cent. of the taxes of Marion county.
The De Soto e Hillsboro Telephone
Co. will put in 4 city service at De Soto
Gov. Stone has appointed C. H.
Yancy c~oal-oil inspector at Hannibal.
st. Teresa's academy. at Kansas City,
has been closed on account OF mallg-
nant diphtheria.
w. $. Young, of Sedalia, a prominent
member of the A. o. L. w, died OF
pneumonia, aged 40.
Plenty of eastern money is being
sent to southeast Missouri for invest
ment in farm property.
Joseph b. Crosse, 63 years of age. an
architect by profession, dropped dead
on the street in St. Louis.
Gov. Stone has appointed E. e Stires
to the office of treasurer of fancy
county, to fill a vacancy.
A new bank has beer started at,
Birch Tree-the only one in Shannon
county. W. F. Cook is cashier.
A bill has been introduced in the st.
Louis council requiring the equipment
of electric ears with ~life-saving fend-
ers.
William X. Risley. of Ozark county,
is in Jail at West Plains. Risley killed
Garrett Wright and was committed to-
Jail without bail:
Secretary of State Lesueur has issued
a license for Incorporation to the
Alternately Furniture Co. of st. Louis;
capital, S25O,OOO.
John Coy, farmer. living near Clarks-
dale, Dekalb county, it is alleged, re-
ceived 4 ''whitecap" letter warning
him to leave the country.
At St. Joseph a contract has been let
to erect a seven-story hotel building to
cost $50. 900. st. Louis capitalists are
interested in the investment.
DIR. }. F. Cunningham, president of
IIIC I IilllOndl uduh VI ID lNhY
died of pneumonia, aged 80. He was
a native of Glens Falls, n. Y.
Frank Bateman was arrested at
Moberly on suspicion of being n of
the robbers that held upa train on the
20" near Ottumwa, Ia, and secured
$40, 600.
While playing near the fire the j.
ynar-n11 -ir1 Of Anlya- Enr11fau of
Nevada, received burns from which she:
died. Her clothing caught from the
open CRATE.
Gen. 10 Shelby, United States
shall, is receiving numerous applica-
tions from men DESTROYS of going with
him to the Indian territory and wiping
out the notorious Cook gang.
A suit has been filed against Rev. B.
H.. Leesmenn, pastor of the Lutheran
church at Boonville, by Theodore
Stegner' of Kansas City, for $4,000 fer
alleged defamation of character.
The republicans of Moberly have
formed an organization to consider the
a~dvisability of drawing party lines. A
convention will be held February 16 to
nominate a republican city ticket.
At Hannibal Mollie Henderson, COL
ored, from Moberly, was held to await
the action of the United States grand
jury on the charge of sending obscene
literature through the mails. She
gave bond for her appearance.
Il. j. Webb, who resides 6 miles west
of Monett, Barry county, while butch
ering hogs. cut his left hand. His arm
began swelling tina. night, and finally
the poison spread through the entire,
| system, and his case is pronounced
fatal.
Ambitious to follow in the footsteps
OF the illustrious DIR. Parkhurst. Of
New York, Rev. Milton Bird Colt,
evangelist in charge of the First
Church mission in st. Louis, is plan
ming a campaign against vice and
social evils which, when in full opera
ton, will create a stir.
The Lanyon Zinc smelter, Nevada,
posted notices the other day annOunc-
ing a cut of 10 per cent. of all employees
receiving more than S1.25 per day, the
reduction to go into effect at once. The
works employ 1876 men, and the cut
affects 100 of them. The remaining
t~hirty-ive work about the yards, and
earn about S1.25 a day.
p. StOrks, assignee of the Citizens
Stock bank, Slater, has had notice
served on him by the sheriff that suit.
will be brought at the mex term of
court to compel him to bring suit
against the directors of the bank to.
force them to pay its creditors. The
suit will be brought by several of the.
city banks and the depositors.
A great surprise was sprung in st.
Joseph the other day when it was an
nounced that Rev. n. K. Pittman, pas
tor of the Pattee Park Baptist church,
had resigned, and that the members
reluctantly accepted his resignation.
No reason was given by the divine.
who is one of the best known ministers
in that part of the state. He had been
pastor Of the church for eight years.
Police Officer John Roach. of st. Jo-
seph. lies at his home in a precariOus
condition, the result of a peculiar ac-
cident. In attempting to climb through
a barbed-wire fence Roach's heel
caught, and he was thrown with great.
violence to the ground, the back of his
head striking on a brick imbedded in