The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-11-07
MISSOURI NEWS.

MISSOURI NEWS.
Bethany has raised the $75,00t
subsidy for the new Kansas City 4
Northern railway.
Tho coroner's Jury has exoneratet
Dr. JIM. Hale, Of New Market, fol
shooting an unknown burglar dead.
The rsmains Of Robert Lust, who
disappssred from near vandalia
were found in = pond, case Of sui.
eide.
The railroad section men let fire
spread from the right-of- way west
Of sprague and J, W. Meeker, F. w,
Wheeler and a. p. Robinson lost eot
a0ree - corn. Y
ss.as = ! !, ! -
seplsS 81 TIE Purdy market las
week The streets Of the busy it'll,
town were lined with apple team
every day and outside buyers wer,
numerous.
Joseph Bailey and Ida Goacher, O
Mexico, who were married last weel
ut the ages of seventeen and fifteen
respectively, seem to be firm
believers in the axiom, edo not pu
OF till tomorrow what can be done
to-day" even though they exhibit
little sense In It's execution.
A disastrous fire swept over fleldi
north Of Clinton. Several corn fields
were devastated and some small
buildings. Among the losers were
DR.. Salmon, Judge McBeth, Col.
McLane and VIM. Aurand. A
friendly rain extinguished the flames,
The fire burned for two miles.
Mrs. Blanche McClure-widow Of
Postofflce Inspector Jesse Mcclure,
who was murdered at Kansas City,
October 4, 1894, received a judgment
at Kansas City against the United
States Accident Co., for IS, 100 upor
q policy held by her husband. The
company is in the hands of q re
ceiver.
Mrs. e. o. Hutchinson, aged 30
Of . highly respected and we'll
known family, eight miles northeas,
Of Otterville, was burned to death
Her clothes caught fire and she rar
through the yard and house unit
they were all burned of and hel
body burned to = crisp, pieces o
fesh dropping from her body. She
leaves four bright boys, aged 2 to II
years.
Missouri has raised big potatoes
previous to this year. or At least th'
papers wers prone 10 tell o. man,
large stories about them, quar-.
ter Of . century ago As now. tn,
Brookfield Gazette reprints q yarl
from its files of tho fall OF 10
wherein the statement appears tina
Farmer John Gould brought in ,
load Of potatoes, from which fiv,
were selected at random, tho aggre
gate weight of which was clever
pounds.
It is said Of Miss Mary Reavis
who died in Boonville recently, tina
she lived for thirty -seveu years IL
the house whore she died, and dur.
ing that time never crossed MAR
street, and was In the home of hel
next door neighbor but twice. ono,
at Q wedding, the other time at ,
funeral. Upon no other occasion
did she ever leave her home. She
had never ridden on a railway train
and had not seen a railway train bu
once or twice in her life, and then a
. distance.
Mrs. Mentha Grant, of Lexington
last week caused the bodies of hel
deceased kindred to be removed t,
. now cemetery. The body of he
father, Samuel Hudson, had been /,
the ground Afty years. The IntelH
oencer says that whom the grave wa
opened the bones were all recov
cred; he had never lost q tooth, ani
not one was missing from Its place
and all were sound and white. Hi
wife, Pency B. Hudson, was born /,
1888, and died in 1s47; the remains
were we'll preserved. John w
Hudson, son OF the above couple
was born in 1913, and died in 1s47
His remains were remarkably vel
kept, the bones showing little sigl
Of decay; every tooth was in place
and all were white and sound. II,
was the father Of Judge Samuel w
Hudson, now living at Buckner
Jackson county. lawson Pete
Grant, aged II years, and Eolomo,
Grant, aged 10 years, were browne,
in 1856. The remains were vel
preserved. Johnnie Grant and Kati'
Grant, young children, whose bodie
had been buried about forty years
were found to be In q fair state o
preservation. lawson Grant wa
born In 1910, and died in 1888. HI
body was buried In Tabo churcl
yard, and was well preserved, hi
white hair curling on his temples .
naturally - IL had done during hi
Life. A young man named Johl
Grant, aged 40 years, . confederat'
soldier, who was killed in the battl