The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-12-12
MISSOURI NEWS.
Natural gas been discovered al
Rushville.

Natural gas been discovered at
Rushville.
| A bid of $1.02k by a Cleveland
firm was made and accepted for Sc
dallas bond issue.
J. Il. Boutwell,, of Pettis county,
is now speaker of the Missouri house
Of representatives
The Spanish government is buying
mules In southeast Missouri for the
er,ice Of its army in Cuba.
DR.. J. e. Nelson, the oldest doctor
at Milan, died Thursday. He was a
4 member of the pension board.
i Criminals will take care not to
become s.habitual'' In Missouri.
4 su Is nsy be sent to the penitentia-
4 Ss,fay Slfss :, B. !, 49, 49,, h.
~ ofundy county fsrmer feeds
~ hogs salt and ashes spread on
the ground, and they do not have
the cholera.
A game preserve is to be estab-
lished in Charlton county. Most of
land to be used belongs to Newton
Long of Mendon.
Congressman ]. d. Hubbard, of
the Bland district, has appointed
Mayor E. A. Crewson, of Versailles,
as his private secretary.
Mrs. M. L. Mason, of Sedalis,
charges Prof. Greene of the pubic
schools Of that city, with maltreating
her son. The matter will be investi-
gated.
The Warrensburg court house
proposition carried by 1,O93 votes
more than the necessary two thirds
majority. Only 96S were cast
against It.
Paved streets In the business por-
tion Of the city, says the Ledger,
and rock roads three miles in each
direction from Mexico would make
Mexico the best county town in
Missouri.
An effort is being ma de to have
the sentence Of Joe Donnelly, who
is due to hang December 81, in Mex
leo, for the murder of Samuel Tur-
ner, committed to term of years in
the penitentiary.
A proposition to issue 100000 of
bonds for the erection of a new
courthouse was voted on in Cole
county and carried by probably 400
votes over the necessary two thirds
required by the State constitution.
Ont Of 1854 votes cast in jefferson
City, but 10 were recorded against
the proposition. The present court
house e an old building and out of
date.
A riot occurred in the st. Joseph
jail between about 80 prisoners,
Train robber, Pat Grove, led the
fght, and it was fought to finish as
the jailer was unable to quell the
disturbance. During the fght Chas.
Harris, who is under sentence of
fve years for burglary, shot and
fatally wounded a fellow prisoner
named James Anderson, 1t is not
known how Harris got the pistol.
Bishop Tuttle lately paid Glenwood
visit, attracting a large audience
in the midst of snow storm. Miss
Jennie Land, of Iowa, lately closed
a revival meeting at Troy Mills,
Adair county, with forty conver-
sions. Laddonia is having revival
services at two churches. The Rev.
Mr.. Jackson has conducted meetings
without evangelistic assistance at
the Park Methodist church, Hanni-
bal, for six weeks with thirty two
accessions. Elder Lockhart, of Lau-
renceville, ILL.,, succeeds Elder Boyle
as pastor of the Christian church
Nevada. The Rev. Ben Deering has
been holding q protracted meeting
at Stanberry. A new German Bap-
tist church has been dedicated at
California.
At the meeting of the Missouri
Horticultural Society, in Neosho, H.
J. Waters, Of the State University,
delivered an interesting lecture on
the use of COW peas and crimson
clover as 9 fertilizer, and recon-
mending strongly q greater use OF
the cow pea in South Missouri,
whore, he says, they are raising two
crops season. He was followed by
Mrs. Lillian Robson, OF Neosho, with
paper on "Ideals." Prof. j. @.
Whitten, of Columbia, spoke on
"Fungus Growths and their Treat
ment," and George Longman, OF
Colman's Rural World, read series
Of letters received by him from
prominent horticulturalists of the
state In answer to the question,
"Should Fruit Be Thinned?" The
election of officers resulted in the
election of the old board by acclama-
tion. Jefferson City, West Plains,
Columbia, Lakeside Park Qn Jasper
county, and Springfield extended
invitations for the June and Decem-
ber meetings Of next year. The
executive committee took all propo-
siHPns under consideration. A reso-
lution was passed asking the state
la9islature To add thraa Yica nraai-