Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
MISSOURI POINTS.

The capture of big. red fox in the Vi
entity of Warsaw the other day has made
1t heap easier for gemmen in the vicinity
to crafty an appetite for chicken during
the dark of the moon, competition. being
much less active
Gold bricks of local production are again
on the market in Arrow Rock.
In his address to the grand jury at the
opening of circuit court In Chillicothe Mon
day Judge Broaddus dwelt with especial
stress on the evils of election betting and
urged a rigid investigation of any known
violations of the law in that respect.
The regular Monday morning garnering
OF the sheaves in the Chillieothe police
court added twenty-four recruits from the
ranks of the Sons of Rest to the municipal
rockpile force.
The Pastors Union, in Chillicothe, is dis
cussing the propriety of bringing the prev
alent practice of social card playing for
prizes to the attention of the grand Jury
for action under the anti-gamblng law.
Maryville's most recent instalIment of
boom literature includes a chapter telling
of her sixty-five fascinating widows whose
bank accounts range from 81 900 up to four
figures.
Columbia runs its schools on strictly
non-partisan basis, and will re-elect its two
outgoing directors this spring, one of whom
is stanch Republican and the other a
Democrat, by unanimous vote.
Fifty years ago last week Judge Krum, of
the st. Louis circuit court. decided that
free negroes were not citizens of this or
any other state, and that they were sub
ject TO arrest and examination before a.
magistrate without a right to jury trial.
and, If unable to produce a license from
the court, might be ordered by the Justice
to leave the state forever.
1t was noted as n peculiar and omninons
circumstance in the trial of a crapshoot-
ing case in Columbia the other day. that
warrants had been issued for eleven play-
ers and seven of them were arrested and
convicted.
A 1S-year-old Brunswick boy swallowed
carbolic acid in school a day or two ago
in an attempt to commit suicide, a vulgar
note written by him having been intercept
ed by one of the girl pupils and given to
the teacher. He was pumped out in time
to save funeral expenses.
A company for insuring against loss by
fire, lightning or tornado has been organ
lied in Nevada by local capitalists, on the
mutual plan, and it promises protection to
its patrons at a fraction of the cost under
the old line methods.
A Vernon county man tells of having
made use of the iodide of potassium rec
ommended by the government experts for
the cure of lumpy-jawed cattle with great
success. Some of his steers that were bad
ly affected were restored to sound health
by the treatment so that they sold for the
market price and passed inspection in Kan
sas City.
The adoption of the curfew law in Ne
vada is said by the booksellers there to
have given decided impetus TO traffic in
yellow backed literature. the theory being
that the small boy who can't get out on
the streets at night and play ''Injun" en-
deavors to solace himself with the stories
of some other fellows exploits in that di
rection.
The father of the new deputy warden
of the penitentiary. Mr.. Bradbury, had oc-
cupied the same position, at the time of
his death. some thirty-five years. Being
behind the bars, therefore. is no new ex-
perience for the young man.
Colonel C. w. Bell the venerable and