The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-11-21
MISSOURI NEWS.

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Tho "Alton' IL going 10 give sla.
Ter . big pond.
A cheese factory Is one Of the new
things At Milan.
Tho new Odd Fellows building will
be dedicated November ~.
Adrian 10 very proud Of its hand :
some new $1,000 school building.
VIM. Hill, promiennt citizen oi
scdslia, died Saturday aged 10 years.
Owen McNAlly, the oldest rssideni
Of Sedalis, died Saturday, aged 90
years.
Psttis county 10 to have three new
steel bridges built BY Kansas City
parties.
Wsrrensbuxg capitalists have laid
out the town Of Chilbowss on the
Holden extension.
It II reported in Missouri that corn
is dry enough to crib and shells like
old corn. Tho season IL q month
ahead Of the usual order.
The Taylor brothers have been
sued by M. d. Wilson, one Of their
attorneys, for 81, 100 which he claims
II balance due him for def ending
them.
Jacob 8. Williams, who was indict-
Cd at Carrollton for attempting to
bribe Charles Dickinson, one of the
Taylor Brothers jury panel, wss
fined $500.
May Russell, Of Clinton, made .
. second attempt at suicide by tax
ing morphine. The doctors pumped
her out. Her parents reside In st.
Clair county.
William Marsden is the newly
appointed foreman of the Rock
Island shops at Trenton. Mr.. Mars
denis connection with the company
began seventeen years age, when he
occupied the position Of call l-boy.
A novel document has been Aled
with the county recorder Of Sedalia.
It In . paper wherein Mrs. Belle
Asher apprentices her daughter,
Leths Asher, nine years old, to Mary
Jane Love, "to learn the trade and
art Of housekeeping"
Mrs. J. F. Bryant passed through
Springfield the other day with her
husband, whom she had captured In
Christian county. The couple live in
Lsnox, lows. Mr.. Bryant ran OF d
short time ago, deserting his wife
and i've children. Mrs. Bryant fol-,
lowed and overhauled him In Chris
tian county. He treated the matter
- joke, but his wife regards the
matter more seriously. i
Isaac Bryant, aged so years, died
In Cass connty Of old age. Mr.. Bry-
amt came to Missouri in 1s49, from
Kentucky, locating near Independ.
ence, and residing there for many
years, having been Justice Of tho
peace for thirty years in Washington
township, jackson county. Mr..
Bryant was the father Of r. Bryant,
member Of the Arm of Bryant & Mo.
Daniel and Joseph Bryant, United
States deputy marshal.
Robt. r. Brand, who Is supposed to
be from Mervin, committed suicide
at Kansas City by taking morphine.
Hs was about 86 years old and had
been in tho city several days. He
had been drinking and bucking at Q
"bucket shop" He lost what little
money he had and then killed him
self. A letter in bis possession from
r. Brand at Cynthians, KY, mem
toned an inclosure e255, and referred
70 trouble with . woman who is sup.
posed to have been the wife Of the
.uioide.
A novel case came before Justice
J. g. Hudson, Of Metz, Vernon
county. Mrs.. Charles Ford sued @. M.
Wycof, in attachment, for rent Of
farm. Mr.. Ford gave his wife the
farm of lao acres whom she married
him . year ago. He claimed the
rent but Mrs. Ford refused to allow
him TO hsve u, claiming that she
married him for the farm. The con-
stable was slow in finding jury,
and BY mutual consent Of the sttor-
nsys, ak women were chosen to de-
eide the case. They failed to'agree.
Gov. Stone issued the following
Thanksgiving proclamation:
State OF MrssoURI, ExRoUrrvE
DEPARTMENT, Jefferson City.
preeident Of the Un tod States has
dssisnsted Thursday, Novembes 2s,
1895, - Thanksgiving day. This has
been done IN accordance with an
ancient custom, the continued OBJ
ssrvancs Of which, In spirit - we'll
q form, 4 greatly to bs desired.
Every Christian people should rec.
cgnise mans responsibility to God,
his dependence upon and obligations
70 Him; and Il u meet that every
Ohrfntian madam ahoulS h~va cart.Iu