The Taney County republican., 1896-10-01
MISSOURI, STATE NEWS.
Married r1f.y Year. Ago.

Married FIFTY Years Ago.
/ Rev. DIR. and Mrs. J.sW. Cunning.
ham. of 1414 Lucas place, St. Louis,
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of
their wedding the other evening.
They were married in Germantown,
| KY, and have spent the so years of
their married life in Kentucky and
Missouri. DR.. Cunningham has filed
pulpits in the Methodist .Epis-
| copal church during almost the
entire period, but has been connected
also with the southern branch 6f the
| Methodist church. He is now a mem-
Der OF Centenary congregation, St.
Louis, and officiates occasionally in
various churches as a local preacher
He and his wife are in good health.
and neither appears to be much over
sixty.
State Board Of Health.
Gov. Stone has appointed members
| of the state board of health, as fol-
lows, each for three years from July
20, 1896: Alex. Mackland, of Richmond,
Ray county, for the Third congress
| sional district, to succeed himself; j. f.
Cover. OF Corder, Lafayette county, for
the Fifth congressional district, to sue
ceed himself: W. R. Wilkinson, of Ale
tenberg, Perry county, for the Thir-
teenth congressional district, to sue
ceed himself; w. j. Roberts, of Oak
ridge, Cape Girardeau county, for the
Fourteenth congressional district, vice
T. n. Gully. term expired.
Mission Chapel to BE Rebuilt.
The Soulard Market Mission chapel,
st. Louis, is to be rebuilt. The build
ing was completely wrecked by the
tornado, and during the summer the
school has met in one place and
another Therewere over /, 200 scholars
before the storm. and it was difficult
to find any place large enough for their
meetings. Supt. Markham, who left
early in May for a vacation in Massa-
chusetts, has now returned. a meet
| ing OF the officers of the mission has
been held, and it is announced that a
chapel will be built, entirely new.
Runaway Girls Captured.
Two girls, Lulu Russell and Maggie
Russell, aged IA and Is years respec-
lively, were detained at the city prison,
says dispatch from Topeka, Kas., on
messages from their parents, residing
at Sugar Lake, Mo. The girls, who
are not related to each other, ran
away from home and were found here
by a policeman.
william Otis johnson.
| William Otis johnson, an old and
highly respected citizen of Audrian
county, died at his home in Mexico,
aged 60. He had been resident of
this state about ffty-seven years and
was widely known in that part of
| Missouri.
1
Two Crops of Peaches from One Tree.
Capt. 7. ]. Wilson, northwest of Tip
| ton, recently exhibited several fully
ripened peaches, which were of the
second crop on the same trees this
season. The peaches are of an early
freestone variety.
Was Known In Missouri
| Albert Wright Dickinson, for several
years general superintendent of the
Missouri Pacific railway, and we'll
known in Missouri, died at his home
in Seymour, Ind, recently. of paresis.
| aged &c.
Attempted Grave Robbery.
There was an attempt made the
other night, at Washington, to rob the
grave of Miss Regina Buecker, who
died suddenly in ST. Louis not long
ago, supposedly by asphyxiation.
Aged and Insane.
john Seibeumorgan, who was a coun-
ty patient at insane asylum No. 5, Ne
vada, from Usage county, since the
opening of the institution in 1887, died
recently, aged nearly ninety.
Followed His Predecessor.
c. A. Crawford, aged %, postmas-
ter in Pettis county, died of tubercu-
losis. His predecessor in office, Ed
ward Crawford, died of the same
| disease few mon this ago.
A Fatal Bolt of Lightning.
A 17-year-old son of T. B. Montgom-
cry was killed by lightning several
miles north Of Greenfield. He was
blowing, and the mule team he was
driving was also killed.
Thomas Il. Wright.
Thomas B. Wright. aged IS, died at
Boonville. He was prominent citi-
zen, leading lawyer. member of the G.
A. R.. and recently mayor of the city.
An Old Resident of Randolph County.
Robert Adams, of Clark, Randolph
county, died at the age of s9 He was
q rcS1QenC OF Oldrk 1Or 00 years, ana
was well known all over the county.
Robbed a Preacher.
During the absence of the family of
Rev. W. j. Cole, of Lexington, from
home the residence was broken into
and diamonds valued at $500 stolen.
John O'Conncll, Aged 1O5.
John O'Conneu died at his home near
Louisiana, at the age of los. He twas
native of Ireland and had been a res
ident in this country for 60 years.
One of Moberly's Pioneers.
P. II. Estes, aged about 20. died very
suddenly while sitting in a chair at-his
home in South Moberly. He was one
of Moberly's pioneer citizens.
Gathered Them In.
United States Deputy Marshal W. T.
Brown, with an assistant, raided an
Illicit distlllery in Texas county and
captured two moonshiners.