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ne died from heart disease, as he
complained Of heart trouble. Nj.
B. was well known IN Jackson and
.icinity and had many friends. Il.
John &. Adams of Tennesses, who
Enlisted in tie confederate army III
the sixties at the age of seventeen,
md was with Marmaduke, called al
our Office last Thursday and talked
freely OF Jackson and her people
,hirtyfve years ago. This is MS
first visit to this county since sixty
three, when he was serving as boy
soldier. Mr.. Adams makes a good
impression and has the appearance
Of a hero.
Last Friday, while ice Cali WAS
moving his engine, the toes of ms
right foot caught in the cogs. The
engine was stopped, but his toes wer9
ground up and his foot fastened.
His leg was thrown against the boz
Ter, burning the flesh badly.
James Fulbright, while feeding /
threshing machine on George Bar
niger farm last Friday, got TOO hot,
from which he came very near dying
that night. Medical aid was Securyl
and last accounts he was doing wei.
Julius Smith was riding a fast
horse at rapid rate near Oak ftid-e
last Sunday, when the horse ran over
COW and fell. Julius head struck
an obstruction which made an ugly
wound. 1t is feared the skull Is
fractured.
On last Thursday night some one
Tor onesl broke into August Udes
store at New Wells and help,d
themselves to candy, several suits Of
clothes and carried away most all
his knives, 800 copper cents and "
in nickles. No clue to the robber
Little Martin Bean, i3.year-eid
son of Louis Bean at Gordonvriif,
while bathing in Hubble creek nea
that place last Sunday, ventured too
| far in deep water His companioas
ran up town for heIy. Before he
could be rescued he drowned.
Pennington Times; Judge e. i
Clark of Liberty townshlp, an A.
count of whose fatal accident VS.
published in the Times of last weeF,
died on Saturday, the 2Oth lnst,,
from the effects OF his injuries ali
was buried Sunday. Judge ClaI <
was one of ST. Francois county,s be
ard most influential citizens: a man
of honorable, upright character,
strong convictions and conscientious
purposes. He was well and favoi
ably known Throughout the countrr,
having served with credit two terms
as associate Judge of the Counly
court, and was greatly esteemed and
loved in the community in which be
lived and where he will be greatly
missed.
Dunklin Democrat: Miss Della
Caldwell of Bollinger county, sistec
of Attorney G. P. Caldwell, will
teach the winter term of school on
Johnson island. She was here las:
week.
Too much ram has fallen here
| within the past week for cotton; buy
the corn is not suffering. An old
resident who has watched crops here
| for sixty-two years says that he never
before saw such good prospects.
| DeSoto Gazette; At the picnic
given under the auspices of TRINITY
church Sunday school at Montesan"
the pastor of the Northern Metho
dist church of DeSoto, Rev. r. F.
Jannary, informed a group OF audit
ors that there would soon be bloody
! war all over the United States, that
the Catholics were armed and were
preparing to murder the Protestants
and take possession OF the govern.
ment Now, If that Christian miu'
lister is so weak-minded, misin-
formed and credulous as to believe
that statement how can he impair.
wisdom to his fock: And if hc
does not believe a word of it, but
merely made the statement in MAJ
ice, how can he be expected to intuse
the true spirit Of Christianity into
his flock?
At an adjourned term Of the cir
cult court of Butler county Judge
Wear fined. Prosecuting Attorney
Renfroe $50 for contempt aud on
failure to pay the fne the Official
was sent to Jail, = Mr. Renfroa
"talked back" to tho' court and tl.A
court sustained its dignity by mposi
ing the fine.