The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-11-05
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Blame the servant.

Diane the Servnnt.
Miss Alice Platt, aged %, a servant
In the household of Charles Musscy, q
prominent attorney of KANSAS City.
was arrested on suspicion of having
60. and three children. She is believed
to have been insane.
Mrs. Ellen T. TorreAce, Mrs. Mus
sey's mother, died suddenly several
weeks ago, supposedly from stomach
complaint. Soon after that Hugh, a
six-year-old son of the Musseys,s swas
saved from morphine poisoning, and
the other day Sue, aged four, and
Eliza abeth, aged ten years, died of
strychnine poisoning, taken in cookies
| given them by the servant. The death
OF Mrs. Terrence and the poisoning
of the boy Hugh were at the
time, supposed to be natural, but
circumstances developed the other
dav, it is said, tend to fasten the poi.
soning of all four upon the servant.
| At the coroner's Office Miss Platt stead
fastly maintained her innocence, but
was held for development. The only
reason assigned for the alleged crime
is insanity, which the Musseys have
suspected for come time. The body of
Mrs. Terrence, which was taken to
keokuk, Ia, for burial, will be ex-
| hnmed.
From Shannon County.
| Robert Nichols was before Judge
Adams. in st. Louis, for liquor selling.
When the judge heard that Nichols
was from Shannon county he said:
"H-m, hh-mr' significantly, and took a
good look at the Shannonite. .sYou
have been running a-a-a, what is it
you boys call it?" Nichols didn't know
what the boys called it, and the
judge turned to Clerk Morgan, who
suggested "blind tiger" That's it."
said the judge, and then Nichols said
that was the thing, but he explained
that he was not one of the ringlead-
ers. The judge had no time to dis
cuss whether Nichols was principal
or an agent, but gave him 30 days in
Iron county Jail.
Freight Trains From Mexico.
st. Louis is to have two fast freight
trains from the City of Mexico. A dis
patch from Washington says that
United States Consul General Critten-
den at the City of Mexico has informed
the department of state that in order
to facilitate the shipment. of oranges
from Mexico to the United States, and
to reduce the loss by decay, the Mexi-
can Central and the Ate hison, Topeka
Il Santa Fe roads have arranged to run
through fast freight trains twice q
week, from the City of Mexico to Kan
sas City, Chicago and st. Louis.
Stock Your Fish Pond.
Persons desiring young fish for stock
ing private ponds or streams should
apply at once to Phil Kopplin, Jr., SUI
perintendent of the Forest park hatch
cry, st. Louis, or to II. C. Carson, SUI
perintendent of the st. Joseph hatch
cry. The fish commission is prepared
to distribute large supply of young
bass, croppie and carp. The only cost
will be SO cents for the purchase of a
suitable shipping can.
For Defending Uncle Sam.
In the United States district court
in st. Louis, Angela Schumacher
pleaded guilty to defrauding the gov
ernment, and was fined $1,000 and
costs, and to stand committed. She
was drawing pension as soldiers
widow and married again, and did not
notify the government, but went right
along collecting her pension as though
nothing had happened.
Well Known for Good Work.
| Miss Mabel Graves, eldest daughter
of w. Ii. Graves, deceased, young
! lady well known throughout north.
east Missouri in the Young Peoples
Society of Christian Endeavor and sim.
liar work, died at the home of her
mother, in Canton, after few DAYS
illness.
Good Prices for Hogs.
| +. M. Lail held his annual sale OF
Poland China hogs in Marshall recent.
ly. Five pigs by Chief Tecumseh II.
sold for $2,025, the highest-priced lit.
ter ever sold at public sale. Twenty.
five tops averaged Sl29; 80 head aver.
aged $500.
An Old Ticket.
During the recent Greene county
fair, Secretary Simpson received a let
ter from Charles Booth, of Salem,
Ore. inclosing a curiosity-a ticket to
the Greene county fair of 1859, when
tina. institution was only FIVE years
old.
Wanted by tho State.
Gov. Stone has offered reward OF
$500 for the arrest and sentence to the
penitentiary of each person who robbed
the Chicago & Alton train at Blue Cut,
in jackson county, and $500 for each
one sentenced to be hanged.
Severe Storm In Jasper County.
A heavy thunder storm swept over