The news boy., 1896-04-25
Found big Money in n Boot,

Jim Edwards. farm hand working
for Frank Vincent, in the southern
part of Stoddard county. found $500 in
an old boot under Nincent's house. Ed
wards let five of his companions into
the secret, and with them lived in
such luxury as to arouse the sus-
picions of the community. Harry Wat
son. one of these, went to Bernie a few
| days ago and got drunk, and while in
toSicated gave away the secret. Vim.
cent had $500 in the boot, and had not
missed it till Watson's spree at Bernie.
| About one-half of the money was re.
| covered.
| Shooting of Banker Russells Wife.
Circuit court convened in special ses.
sion at Palmyra for the purpose of try
ing Teddy Kenny. charged with enter
| ing Banker Russell's house some two
years ago and shooting his wife The
| states witnesses were found to be
weak in their evidence, and the prose-
| cutting attorney nolle pros'd the case.
A cellmate of Kenny's in the Chester
Qll) penitentiary caused Kcnny's ar
rest as the perpetrator of the crime on
his release from that institution.
| Important Criminal Cases.
| The criminal court docket of tho
| present term in johnson county is tho
heaviest for years. Several noted cases
are to be tried, among them George
w. Colbern, George A. Colbern and
Theodore Ioungs, officers of the de-
funct johnson County savings bank,
for receiving deposits after the bank
H..
lard Robert, alias James, father and
two sons, for murder in the tiopt de.
gree, for killing James Evans.
A Good Showing.
During March the post Office receipts
at st. Louis were S43O, 500. 81: March,
1895, 1896. l37.as; increase, S3I, 1923. 90.
The receipts at Kansas City were $780,.
636. 40; March, 1895, Sl2l, ,s57.79; in
crease, Sl3,775.61. The post office de-
partment regards the Kansas City
showing as especially favorable to that
city. st. Louis leads Baltimore, her
nearest rival in population, by 80 per
cent. in gross postal receipts.
To he Addressed by Champ Clark.
EX-Congressman Champ Clark has
accepted the invitation of the senior
law class of the state university al
Columbia to deliver the annual address
before the law department on June l.
President w. r. Harper of the Univer.
sity of Chicago and Rev. DIR. Charles
II. Parkhurst, of New York city, have
also been invited to deliver addresses
during university commencement
week.
A Veterans Good Luck.
j. A. johnson, of Sedalia, veteran
of the late war, received information
the other day that he had fallen he'll
to the fourth of an estate valued a
100000, by the death of a bachelo
uncle in Pennsylvania. Mr.. johnson
has been an invalid for many years
and draws a pension for total disa
bility.
New University Academy Building.
The management of the Universit,
academy, at Columbia, has conclude,
arrangements for the erection OF
new building. 1t will be two stories
For Alleged SANDER.
At Clinton, Mrs. Maria Moore, wifi
of Campbell Moore, has sued william
. Porter, of Ulrich, Henry county, TO
S25, 900 for alleged slandcr.
Irfested with Burglars.
Fayete has been suffering from
. raid of burglars. Five houses wer,
entered in one night recently, and cor
siderable booty secured.
! Dropped Dead From Apopiexy.
James Reese Boaker. prominen
mule raiser of Fulton county, droppe
: dead from apoplexy the other day
He was II years of age.
Resulted la Killing.
Robert Morgan was shot and kille
by W. B. Mathus, six miles south G
, Ava, Douglas county. They quarrele
shout boundary line.
b Dropped Dead Far From Hume.
Samuel Logan, an old and promiI
I ent citizan Of Palmyra, died at Parl
J. ersburg, w. Va. He dropped dead o
The stssst Of that city,