The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-01-16
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R. B. Smith, aged 70, was married
to Mrs. T. B. Farley, aged 81, at Ell
dorado Springs. She is his fifth wife
and he her third husband.
Higginsville has asked that q prop
osition to remove the county seat of
Lafayette county to that city be
submitted to the people.
The late Charles d. Eitzen left $50, :
600 to Gasconaie county for new
court house which is to be built on
the present site in Hermann.
Rev. L. v. Ismond, the Methodist
minister recently acquitted of the
charge of criminal assault, is now
suing the prosecuting witness in that
case for s25, 900 damages.
More Iowa people have bought
farms in Missouri within the past six
months than during any six years
preceding, and the movement this
way has only fairly begun.
Lee Lewis was killed and his
brother Joseph was seriously injured,
in st. Louis, by coming in contact
with an electric wire. Their father
is Superintendent X. D. Lewis of the
Drummond Tobacco Company.
At a mass meeting held at Stan.
berry, a memorial was addressed to
the president and congress asking
for vigorous action against the Turk
ish government on account of out
RACES on American missionaries.
Nevada has by vote of its city
council officially declared the condi-
ton of its public 8 .uare to be q
disgrace to the city and to Vernon
county. An effort will be made to
have it paved with vitriGed brick.
Frank Vogue, man of 70 years,
who had been living in a photo
graph car for several years, was
found dead in the car at Sedaila.
From letters found in the car it is
thought he had been dead week OF
ten days.
Col. George De Lavergne, who
was a we'll known resident of Clin
ton up to 1881, is now a permanent
resident of Honolulu, Sandwich
islands, having sailed for that po nj
with his family from San Francisco
several weeks since.
Under the Missouri law, the debtor
having homestead may sell it, in
vest the proceeds in another home.
stead, and carry the exemption o.
the first homestead into the one
subse uently acquired, even al
against debts created before the &C
QUESTION OF the latter.
The new buildings for the use O
the industrial home, at Chillicothe
have been completed, and wer.
turned over to the proper authori'
ties the first OF the week. Th,
property now in use by this mos
excellent institution represents al
expenditure of about 100000.
]. R. Schell, an old man wht
lived alone, was found dead in hi
apartments at Springfield. Paraly'
sis OF the heart is supposed to have
been the cause OF his death. H,
was an ex-confederate soldier ant
his re n aims were taken charge of b.
Campbell Camp of ex-confederate
and buried In the confederate GENE
terry near that place.
Missouri Pacific Engineer T. T
McGannon, who has q passenger rui
on the Nevada and Minden from
Cofeyville to Conway Springs, wa
married last week in rather roman
tic way. By previous arrangemen
his bride and minister boarded Mr.
McGannon's train at Caney, Kan.
as it was on It's return trip from
Conway Springs. A brother engi
neer also stepped aboard the engin
and relieved Mr.. McGannon of tn
throttle, and that gentleman wen
into the baggage car, performed hi
ablutions, dressed himself In tn
regulation black, and In short orde
presented himself to his bride 4
one Of the passenger coaches, wher
they were duly made one by tn
clergyman provided for the occasion
As the distance between Caney an
Coffeyville 10 but 10 miles and tn
train was bowling along on schedul
time, II will be seen that Mr.. Nc
Cannon lost no time In getting read
after he stepped down from his cat