Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-25

| After two years of anxious waiting the
| depositors of the defunct Sedalia First Ma
tional bank are to receive dividend OF at
least 10 and perhaps 20 per cent
Thirty years ago last week one of Col
| umbia's since ever-present troubles began.
! The first local brass band was organized
| at that time.
Under an agreement between the city au-
| thorities and the county court an expert
ment is being tried in Sedalia which prom
ises satisfactory results. The prisoners
! from the county jail are employed in clean
ing the city streets, the municipality pay
ing the cost of the guards. The first days
trial of the scheme was successful in ev-
cry way.
Eighty-three prominent horsebreeders
| took part in the organization of the state
| association in Columbia last week, and
much benefit to one of Missouri's most i'm
portant industries is expected as a result
Ten years ago last week the report of
the examining committee then made TO the
general assembly showed that the salaries
of the president, twenty-five professors
and the other officers and employees of the
state university aggregated $47,120 for the
current year.
Fertile Southwest Missouri will furnish
the A,OOO acres of land the government is
TO donate to the state university
Three Carthage young men have absolute
assurances that they can take the cake"
If they remain steadfast in their anti
smoking VOWS until the end of the year.
the young women with whom they made
the agreement having promised as n re-
nd frF T1naf,- Cd
party and a fruit cake
The experts at the Rolla school of mines
offer to assay samples of ore each week
for Missouri mine owners without any
charge, so that the latter may be correct
ly informed as to the value of their prod
uct.
The names of twenty-five deserving fam
lies are on the charity list in Carthage
this season, and unfortunately the dona-
tions are less liberal than usual.
a 400 pound specimen of what seems to
be an excellent quality of iron ore has
been discovered near Forest Mill in Jasper
county, and indications point to the possi-
bility that a considerable deposit of the
mineral is to be found there.
The Joplin Club, the most efficient organ
ization of business men in Southwest Mis-
souri,. has scored again, the management
of the electric railway having reduced the
fare to Galena to 10 cents in compliance
with its urgent request.
Merry burglars in Lamar entered a res
idence the other night gathered up what
plunder they wanted, made a fire in the
stove and prepared a hot supper, coffee
and all, which they got away with, togeth-
er with dozen mnce pies and then quiet
ly made sneak without having wakened
a single member of the family.
Miss Clara Bodine, the stage-struck
daughter of the Second district congress
man-elect. has satisfied her thirst for his
trionic glory after an experience of two
weeks with the Clay Clement company,
and has returned to her home threatened
with nervous prostration.
Carthage evangelist preached with
such eloquence Sunday that he succeeded
in converting member of negro minstrel
troupe who happened to be in the audi
ence, securing from him promise that he
would abandon burnt cork melodies and
devote his talents to sacred ballads here
after
Collins. who shot at a man who was in
company with the formers wife insa Kan
sas City restaurant Thursday, is said to
have attempted to use his gun twice before
under similar circumstances-once in Sc
dalia and once in Chicago
If Representative Tubbs' bill regulating
the matter becomes law the excise COM
missioner in st. Louis will have to con-
tent himself with reasonable salary here
after instead of pocketing fees equal to
presidential pay