Kansas City journal., 1897-06-08
MISSOURI POINTS.

Greene county farmers are making prep
| arations for beginning the harvesting of
| their wheat crop.
Connecticut sends all the way 10 Mis-
souri, when it wants something particular
| ly choice in horsefesh. A Hume dealer
shipped TO Bridgeport last week ten OF
the handsomest matched teams that ever
| left the state.
A recent issue of the Richmond Conserv-
! ator contained a list of forty-three MUIR
| ders, suicides and accidental deaths that
have occurred in Ray county within the
last three years.
Never within recent years. 1t is said. has
the corn prospect been as gloomy in Ray
county as it is at present. many of the
farmers in the vicinity of Orrick having
planted second and some even a third
time this season.
Hughesville Republicans were so ungal-
liant as to cast more than twice as many
votes for great, horrid man as for Miss
Fannie Black at postoffice primary cleo
tion held there the other day.
Wilbur Smith came very near being the
whole thing in Drury colleges field day
contests Saturday, having won first place
the nine events in which he participated.
Rev. +. G. knauer. pastor of the West
minister Presbyterian church in Carthage,
is considering a call to become a mission
ary in the heart-and, possibly, the stom-
ach-of darkest Africa.
The new militia law enacted by the re-
cent assembly goes into effect June 20. I'm
der its provisions officers have authority
to enforce their commands, and discipline
during regimental encampments Is likely
to be more rigid than heretofore. The
troops are all to be provided with the
new pattern fatigue caps and canvas cart
ridge belts before going into camp this
summer.
The members of the board OF education
in st. Joseph reserved so large a proper
tion of the seating capacity of the high
school auditorium for themselves and their
friends for the commencement exercises
Thursday night that the members of the
graduating class made up a purse and
hired the opera house. in order that some
of the people in whom they are interested
may have an opportunity to be present.
"All Colonel Switzler lacks of being a
complete history of Missouri declares the
He is already bound in cloth, PACED and
indexed."
Speaking of that wave" the fact is
called attention 10 in Jasper county that
more men are now employed there than
ever were before in its history.
Semi-monthly informal receptions during
which attractive and popular musical pro-
tut wal
but highly successful feature of the work
of Clinton's Commercial Club.
Henry county's top-notch sportsman has
given his official sanction to the state
ment that young squirrels in that section
are more numerous and of better flavor
this season than he ever knew them to be
heretofore.
Sedalia is to be represented during the
queens Jubilee in London by Miss Vie
Jones, who sails from New York on the
Paris tomorrow. The party OF which
Miss Jones is a member secured some time
ago a location for viewing the procession
in the block in which the privilege of oc-
cupying a single window is said to have
sold recently for. 5000.
Robert f. Tanning. a former Sedalian
and assistant to General Manager Dodd-
ridge, of the Iron Mountain railroad, who
died I'm Arizona the last of the week was
married on his deathbed to Miss Eleanor
Spencer, to whom he had for some time
been engaged. and to whom he bequeathed
considerable property and a heavy life in
surance.
Clinton's editors have been comparing
notes in the matter Of personal pulchri-
tude The columns of the Democrat re-
Gently contained this pungent paragraph:
There is a man In New York who is try
ing to kill himself because he imaGines
he is the ugliest man in the world. Evil
IDENTIFY he never saw the editor of the
Henry County Republican" To this Edi-
tor Mitchell. of the Republican, replied as
follows: mot long since a jealous Demo-
crat from Big Greek was discussing the
editor of the Henry County Democrat with
a number of the faithful, and, among other
things, he accused old man Whitaker of
being 'two-faced.' A bystander denied
Mr.. whitaker was anything OF the kind.
To settle the dispute they agreed to lay
the matter before DIR. Salmon and abide
BY his decision. old man Whitaker two
faced said the doctor. after he had heard
the question: I don't think he is. In fact.
know he is no such thing. II old man
Whitaker had two faces he certainly would
take off the one he is wearing"