The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-02-13

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was made a mason at Newark, Ohio,
April 26, 184S.
r. e. aCollinette, a st. Louis news
lpaper carrier, committed suicide by
shooting himself.
| sahS tAnpsrs at the poor farm cost
llslI1 todnty An average Of $780,
ST. fS1ls 6 consIds sring tiss q sdvisll-,
d siiity Of erecting convention hall
which will accommodate $4,000 peo-
pie.
Drury college at Springfield en-
Enthusiastically celebrated the success
Of It's efforts to secure the $25, 600
Pearson donation.
A new Methodist church has been
dedicated at Craig. Rev. o. j. War
Yer, of Lathrop, preached the dedi-
{atory sermon.
Mayor Walbridge, of st. Louis, has
announced himself as a candidate
br the republican nomination for
Governor Of the state.
All the medical colleges have ac-
ceded to the demands OF the State
Board of Health regarding the ma
circulation OF students.
There are 214 boys now inmates Of
the Boonville reform school, and rs
per cent of them we're sent up on
the charge of petty larceny.
1t is said that no client OF Ex- Gov
ernor Johnson, who is Duestrow's
principal attorney, has ever been
hung or given heavy sentence.
Six guns, once belonging to the
army of General Sterling Price, are
said to be buried in the bed Of the
Usage river, two miles from Schell
City.
Rev. J. B. Burney, pastor Of the
Christian church at Moberly, has
been called to the west tabernacle
Christian church of London, Eng
Land.
Walter Davis, II years old, died
of starvation at st. Joseph, the re-
suit Of lock jaw. He stepped on a
wire ten days ago that pierced his
foot.
Rates for insurance have been
pushed up to such a prohibitively
high rate in Sedalia that local
mutual company is being organized
there.
Memphis new water works tower
will be 144 feet high and will afford
pressure sufficient to throw a
stream over the highest building in
the city.
A revival of religion is said to
have closed all the saloons in Ham
ilton save one, and that is kept by a
gentleman who was educated for the
ministry.
Sedalia has abandoned the pro-
posed bicycle tax, the city attorney
having informed the council that
such action would necessitate taxing
all other vehicles.
Sarcoxie's shipments of her vari-
ous products last year amounted to
1872 cars among which were 257 cars
Of lime and cement and forty Ave
cars OF strawberries.
/ The city attorney at Webb City
has been instructed by the council
to draft and submit an ordinance re-
quiring cigarette dealers to pay a
$500 annual license tax.
The Missouri Pacific depot at Hig-
ginsville was robbed. The four
burglars were arrested after one had
been wounded. A thirteen year old
boy was one Of the gang.
The st. Louis court of appeals de-
cided that A. B. Carpenter must pay
the Judgment OF $4,000 assessed
against him for kissing Mrs. Sarah
M. Pierce without her consent.
+ Ed Il. Redman, editor Of the
i Boonviile Republican and mayor ol
Boonville, died recently, aged 4s
years. He was at one time an un-
successful candidate for congress
against Heard.
1. O. P. Hawkins, of Dunklin county
Is talked of for railroad and ware.
house commissioner. He has beer
three times prosecuting attorney o.
his county, and represented it FOL
two terms in the legislature.
i Mr.. Bedgood, fisherman who hal
been fishing in the Missouri rivel
near the sibley bridge for the pas
few weeks, recently shipped ovel
8 800 pounds of dressed fish to Kan
sas City the result OF one days fish'
ing.
II A county spelling match under tn,
|, auspices OF the school commissioner
ID to be held In Trenton the latte
part Of March. Any school In tn,
! county may be represented by fiv'
contestants and the winning schoo
! Il to receive finely bound copy o
). Wsbster's international Dictionary.