The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-06-06
IN OUR OWN STATE.

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ty-two, was struck and killed by
train at Boonville.
Sarcoxie shipped seven car loac
of Strawberries on Tuesday and ha
just begun in that line.
Simpson Myett, a pioneer settle
of Linn county, died recently at tn
age of eighty seven years.
The Missouri river is again cuttin
into Winthrop, in spite of the gov
ernment work to prevent it.
The ministers of Moberly declar
against Sunday ball playing. The
will prosecute violators OF Sunda
laws.
The Savannah school board
wrestling with 1870 teachers applica
tions, and it only intends to emplo,
eight.
Thayer has a dramatic compan,
which crowds houses to suffocatior
with people bent on seeing its rendi.
tions.
Vital magnetism cured Mrs. Carson
of Pettis county, of long standing
rheumatism, although she is seventy
two years old.
The Hannibal and st. Joseph rail
road will build a handsome depot at
Chillicothe in the place of the one
recently burned.
On the 18th of June Lexington will
vote for electric lights, and by SO
doing will obtain $1,000 subscrip-
tion to the bridge.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pugh, mother in law
of Postmaster Lowrey, died at Platts-
burg, aged eighty six years. The
remains were inferred at Cover.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Atkins, liz
ing near Sturgis, celebrated their
golden wedding in the presence of a
large company of relatives and
friends.
Judge Sherwood, of the supreme
court, who has been in wretched
health all his life, has now developed
into a stout and robust man, who
may reach the century mark.
Prof. w. T. Darlington, of Mexico,
who was the democratic nominee for
state superinte ndent of schools in
1894, has Teen elected principal of
the public schools at Springfield.
G. N. Ferguson is supposed to
have perished in some cave in south
west Missouri few weeks ago.
He left home to explore caves in
Barry, Christian and Taney counties.
He has not been heard of since.
There is large amount of treasure
buried by certain tree near Webb
City, and many inhabitants of the
place are anxious to get it, but every
time they begin to dig two ghosts,
clad in confederate uniform, arise
before them, and they flee from the
place in CONSERVATION.
Daniel Proctor, Representative
of Caldwell county, died at Braymer
aged S3 years. Mr.. Proctor was
born in Washington county, o., in
1912, and in 1856 moved to Missouri.
He served two years in the general
assembly of this state, the twenty
third and the twenty ninth, as re-
publican. He leaves a wife and nine
children.
This stCry is told of Congressman
Dockery: Discovering a stretch OF
country road near Gallatin that was
in bad state of repair, the con-
gresham donued pair of overalls,
shouldered shovel and pick and
followed by gang of laborers en-
ployed at his own expense, went to
work and ditched the road and
leveled up the road bed.
M. M. Conger, of Linneus, has
perfected an invention on which he
has been working for fifteen years.
1t is rotary steam motor intended
to displace the common engine and
furnish as much power with half the
steam as an ordinary engine. The
first test was very satisfactory al
though it was crude, being built
almost entirely by hand.
John Harnet, who was fishing in
the Usage river, caught a catfish
weighing 105 pounds on trot line,
and was trying to land it when he
lost his balance and was drawn into
the river by the fish. He had
wrapped one end of the line around
his hand and in it's struggles the fish
succeeded in drowning him. The
body was found with graphing hooks
and the fish was captured.