The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-10

Inc department. OF justice has
again up the Jackson's Hole Indian
murders and will prosecute the
whites who melted the Bannock In
dians to make trouble.
Representative Berry, of Ken
lucky, says that he is not a candi-
date for Senator Blackburn's place,
but If the Kentucky legislature offers
it to him he will accept it.
Louis Descomber died at his home
near Warrensburg, aged So years.
He was one Of tho Oldest settlers of
johnson county, having moved there
from near sst. Louis In an early day.
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Prof. James q. CLARK nnnonhcs
that the 100000 necessary It's been
secured for the erection of the gym
nasium building and academy build :
ing additions to William Jewell Col
lege, and they will be erected as
soon as possible. Five thousand dol
lars will also be expended on the
main building.
Miss Alice Hesser, daughter of o
leading citizen of Vandalia, and Ell.
mer Ackridge were to have been
married last Wednesday evening, but
the groom came to Mexico that
morning nominally to get a license
and has not beeen heard from since.
No cause can be learned for his sud-
den disappearance.
1t is officially announced at the
University of Chicago that Prof.
Nathaniel Butler, director of the
university extension department,
had handed his resignation to the
board of trustees to accept the pres-
idency of Colby University at Wat
erville, Maine. His resignation is to
take effect January 1, 1896.
In the case of the State vs.. Charles
R. Virgins, charged with murder in
the second degree, on trial before
the circuit court of Macon county the
Jury returned verdict of guilty,
with a sentence at five years in the
penitentiary. The crime was COM
mitted on September 10, 1893, near
Laporte, the condemned man having
killed Charles Griffin with the spindle
of a spindle wheel.
The Hampton will case which has
been in court at Hannibal for several
years and cost many thousand dol
lars, was compromised out OF court.
DR.. John A. Hampton died leaving a
will, and did not mention Dorcas M.
Hampton. 1t was claimed she was
an illegitimate child. She brought
suit to set aside the will. The COM
promise admits her as legitimate
and gives her 5000. She resides in
st. Louis and is rich. She sued
more for proper standing than for
the estate.
About four miles northeast of
Tebbetts, Galloway county, acres of
timber are being stripped of the
green foliage by an insect which is
known as the DEVILS darning needle.
These insects range from two to
seven inches in length, are of a
skeleton shape, with legs nearly as
long as their body. They have no
wings and simply crawl from place
to place. 1t is greatly feared they
will get into orchards and il so they
do great damage. Such an insect
has never before been seen in Gala
way county in large numbers. There
are millions of them. People far
and near are visiting the timber
every day. The sight is worth see
ing.
Thompson Walker, prominent
young farmer of Pettis county,
was killed by William Dyer. Walker
had been induced by his cousin, Nick
Brown, and Dyer to visit q low re-
sort in Sedalia kept by Lucy Nc
Bowers, Dyer's mistress. While
there, Brown, who was intoxicated,
had q quarrel with Dyer, who struck
him in the face with a revolver.
Walker was urging his cousin to
leave the house when Dyer placed
the revolver against Walkers stom-
ach and fred twice. Walker ran
away from the house distance OF
so feet and fell. He died in about
an hour. Dyer is in jail. The dead
man was connected with the wealth
lest families in Missouri.
Suits have been instituted in the
supreme court Of Kansas by attorney
Dawes in the matter OF the refusal OF
the county clerks of Franklin and
Doniphan counties to extend on the
tax rolls the amounts apportioned to
these counties for the purpose OF
creating a fund for defraying the
current expenses of the state univer-
sity. The apportionment of this tax
was made, necessary by an error in
the appropriation bill before the leg
islature last winter. The present
suits are for . writ Of mandamus to
compel the county clerks to proceed
at once to mako the extensions on
the tax rolls in order that the money
set apart by the legislature and ap-
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