The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-07-09
MISSOURI STATE NEWS,
Readiu.mons of salarle. of po.tm..t.


the salary limit OF 5000 many years ago. The
biggest jump in Missouri was that of Kansas
CITY the receipts there during the past year
1ustifyins an increase Of 81 GOO The readjust-
mcnts for Missouri was as follows:
Adrian and Breckinridge advanced from
fourth to third ella 8.
tncreases-Albany, 81, 400 to 81; 500: Appleton
City, 81 300 TO 81. 400: Bethany si,4OO to 81 500;
Bolivar; 300 to 81. 400; Clarksville, SLIGO I'd
81 300; Clinton. $4,000 TO 81 800: Columbia ST.
300 to S241O: Dexter, II 900 to $l,1O); Ell Dord-
do Springs 81 200 to si,4O0; Excelsior Springs;
sl,30J to Sl,4oO; Pennington, $1,000 to 81 400;
Fayette. sl,c0o to sl.70o; Fredcricktown,
aoo nn, to c $780, GLASGOW Ia, s,soO to s4OO;
field. sl,10O to $1,000; Harrisonvillc
$500 to $1,000; Higginsville, si.5O1 to sleOO:
Holden, 81 500 to 81 COS; Humansville. $1,000 to
sl.1OO Independence. s2,10o to 2.3U); Jackson,
l.1Oo to 81 200; Kansas City, SiOO) to IS coo;
kirksvlle. s2,ool to g, 100; Lamar ST. 200 to ST.
ec0 Louisiana, 81 800 to 72, ,40j: Macon 81 500 to
81 ,9OO Maiden, 81 100 to 81 ,2OO Marshall, S2 900
to g, 100! Maysville, 81 600 to 81 leo; Montgom
cry City, 300 to sl4OO MoundCity 81 305 to ST.,
400 Mountain Grove, 81 200 to 81, 800: Neosho
81 900 to 81. Nevada So 200 to s. 3Oo Odessa,
81 POD to 81 400; Osceola 81 100 to 81 2OO Patts-
burg. 81, 400 to $500; Pleasant HILL 81, 40 to
$780, Poplar Bluff. si,7O0 to 81 800; Princeton,
e1l00 to 81 300; Rich HILL 81 200 to $3.50; Rock
Sedalia, 1850 to 10; Unionville. 81, 400 to
$780, Vandalia, sl.lOO to 81, 900: Versailles
Sl,100 to $1,000; Warrensburg, g., 900 to s2 100;
Wellsville. 81 COO to SLIGO.
Detreases--Aurora. $3.50 to $500; Hunts
vile, 81 800 to 81 200. Norborne 81 100 to 81 100
Missouri School Fund.
A meeting of the state board of funtf
commissioners was held the other day
and transfer of the public school
fund for the present year made. This
fund is made up as follows:
One-third the entire revenue s73s, s72 "a
Interest on school certincates........ ls6,OsO OF
Amounts re1unded. ................. 316 IL
Total. ........................sss ssss.a3s IS
This Is an increase over 1895 of 54,-
o32. "a, and is consequently the largest
in the history of the state.
This money will be apportioned
among the various counties by State
Superintendent Kirk during the pres
ent month, and each county will re-
ceive n pro rata based on its school
population.
Bold MOOnshiner Captured.
Locked up at the four courts. in st.
Louis, awaiting arraignment for run
ming an illict distillery, is man whom
the federal authorities look upon as
the liking bee" of moonshiners. The
man is A. l.. Wheeler, and he, with E.
Lee Macarthur, was taken to st. Louis
from Texas county, Mo-, by United
States Deputy Marshal o. j. Synder
For about a year Wheeler had eluded
the authorities, although several times
he was almost within their grasp. His
capture was effected after some ma
neuvering and a resolute determine
ton on the part of his captor to take
him to st. Louis, dead or alive.
Bond Robbers Captured.
James O'Brien, alias Red O'Brien,
and Jake Weber, alias Dutch Jake,
charged with robbing the state bank
at Savannah on the night of February
7last, have been captured by the Pinker-
tons in British columbia. None of the
1000 bonds was found with them. VIM
LOughridge, another OF the men who
was arrested on the same charge in
San Francisco some time ago, is con-
fined in Jail at Savannah. Mrs. BreclS-
inridge has, SO far, recovered eight Of
her stolen bonds.
The New Frisco.
The reorganized st. Louis & San
Francisco Railway Co. has filed articles
with the secretary of state; capita.
ooOShs ScO:OOo,OoO. l. hC GIOu
tax was 5,O25, and what is known as
the university free scholarship tax"
amounted to S12, 500. The tax, imposed
by the law enacted by the last legis-
lature, imposes an additional 25 cents
on each 81, 900 incorporate capital stock
sought to be incorporated. It was paid
by the company under protest.
Southwest Missouri Peaches.
The peach crop around Carthage this
year is good one, and shipments north
have already been made. One shipper
sent carload of peaches and apples by
freight. The apple crop, however, is
not nearly as large as it was a year
ago.
Heavy Mortality.
There were 3O5 deaths in St. Louis
during the week ended June 81 This
is the largest weeks record in the his
tory of the city, barring the time of the
cholera scourge. OF the number LET
were children under one year of age.
wouId-Bc Suicide Jailed.
Antoine Welty, aged IS, was sen.
fenced to prison for 200 days, in st.
Joseph. Welty has a mania for at
tempting suicide with revolver, and
ut such times is nuisance. He has
several bullets in his head.
For Stowe Monument.
The members of the Kansas Citv
board of trade have decided to start a
popular subscription for the erection
of a monument in honor of Harriet
Beecher Stowe at her grave. It is to
be national in its scope.
His Death Was Sudden.
Rev. d. Fl. Gillaspy, of LaPlata. but
late of Boone county, died instantly of
heart failure the other morning. The
remains were inferred in Monroe coun-
ty, the funeral being conducted by the
masons.
Indian Raid In Mcdonald County.
Four Indians rode into Noel, small
town in McDonal county, and robbed
the town. No lives lost. The marau.
ders started towards Sulphur Springs,
Ark.
An Old Resident Of Webb City.
S. N. Hardesty, an old resident of
Webb City, died the other day. For
nearly quarter of a century he was
prominently identified with mining.