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not the case. She wanted TO marry,
With good large slice of youthfuI0l
romance thrown in to help out. She
chose matrimonial paper to let
her wants be known, and this paper
ell into the hands of DR.. Conrad of
| Poplar Bluff. A correspondence
| Sprang up between the comely
widow and the doctor, and it pro.
| sressed so favorably that she AYERS
that they became engaged and the
wedding was talked over which
vas to follow with great many
red tape trimmings. At this sage
of the game Mrs. Criddie was soIic,
tied for loan, and her petition
states that she was buncoed out Of
81, 500 by her affiabced. The tTial
will come up at the next term Of
the Butler County Circuit court.
A decision has been handed down
by the court Of appeals of this state
n the case Of J. W. McCollum vs.
the Niagara Fire Insurance com.
lpany which virtually gives him the
victory in his suit against that com
| any. The suit grew out of their
refusal to pay policy of sl,700 he
held in the company when his
buildings and stock was burned tive
years ago. The refusal Of the com.
pany to adjust the loss was due to
he fact that Mr.. McCollum had not
~aken an inventory of his stock one
year previous to the fire and that
ne did not notify the company of
nis loss in the sixty days limit,
Suit was brought in the circuit court
in this county and Mr.. McCollum
was beaten. An appeal was taken
and after considerable work on the
part Of his attorney the case was
sent back to this court for re-hear
ing, and the pleadings of the insur-
ance companies knocked OUT SO
far as the two essential points are
concerned and on which they based
their refusal to pay the loss. In
Eevideneesbefore.the theeaurt Of appeals
Mr.. McCollum produced proof that
he had five months time, according
to date ofpolicy, to take stock srd
that he he notified local agents Of
his loss. This means a clear vics
tory for Mr.. McCollum. He still
has five other cases against eompas
mes which DO business here, and it
IS believed he will win them all,
His insurance at the time of the fire
aggregated S11,700. J. L. Fort is
MS attorney IN all the cases.
Poplar Bluff Citizen: J. FL. Ira
der OF Neelyville deliberately
walked into the middle of the track
yesterday morning Just as the fast
mail pulled into the station, He
was struck by the train and thrown
3 distance Of several feet, receiving
many bad bruises aud internal III
uries which viii, i s bought, re-
suit in his death. he has ior sew
oral days been despondenl, ogjQ5
| TO his financial condition. HB is
73 years old, lawyer by profession
and has been in Neelyvile only
three months.
Yesterday morning Ben Joaas
took a rife and started out over
the city to shoot all dogs that are
allowed TO run at large. This was
done for the further protection
against mad dogs.
Charleston Enterprise: Poles are
being put up at the depot to run the
electric wires on. Hereafter the
depot will be lighted by electricity.
Bismarck, Mo-, was visited BY a
severe snow storm Tuesday night
Of last week. On arising Wednes
day morning the citizens were sur
| prsed to see very, heavy snow,
which proved to be twelve inches
on u level. In some places the
snow was drifted up as high as a
persons head. 4.
A peculiar accident occurred at
the Grant Lumber Co.'s mill Satur-
day morning. The engine of the
mill had just started and large
hog ran across the drive belt and
was carried under the wheel inside
the belt. This stopped the engine
with a jerk and caused it TO raise
us and burst large 3-inch steam
pipe, which caused the whole mill
to stop until it could be fixed. 1t
took ten men to get the hog out
again. The hog died. a.,.
Bloomfield Vindicator., A good
mill will be located at Zcta in Apyil