Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-04
MISSOURI POINTS.


Jeff City has raised the price of beer so
per cent in anticipation of the gathering
of the legislators this week, and expects
to have that $4,000 that was dumped in
the capital removal slush fund all back be-
fore the session is over.
The Joplin Globes reason for urging the
selection of Farris as speaker is that lit
would. indirectly, be comforting honor up
on Missouri's most honored citizen, Rich
ard Parks Bland
Monroe county according to the Paris
Appeal, has shipped out fully S1,OOO,OO0
worth of surplus products during the past
twelve months, among which were 800 car
loads of cattle, 600 carloads of hogs, 1900
head OF sheep, 200 horses and $4,000 worth
of poultry and eggs.
An enterprising purveyor of sandwiches
and hard boiled eggs in Trenton coaXes
custom by means of free phonograph con-
certs.
Editor Maynard, of the MoberIy Head
light, intimates that a determined effort
to saddle him with the local postofice ap-
pointment would not meet with violent re-
sistance on his part.
Thirty years ago last week st. Joseph
took its first ride on a local street car.
Deaths in Boone county during 1896 num-
bered 199, seventeen of which were of per-
sons more than so years old, and three of
those above 80.
Two Missouri girls, Miss Fannie Rice.
of Trenton, and Miss Maud Gatchell, who
are now in Boston, where they are per-
fecting themselves in elocution, were men,
toned in a most complimentary way by
the papers of that city in connection with
their work in recent rendition of LAS
You Like tt Miss Gatchell appeared as
Rosalind, and her reading is described as
''clever, consistent and praiseworthy.
The work of a department of elocution
will be inaugurated in the university
Thursday evening, January Z, Professor
John R. Scott delivering an appropriate
address.
A Sunday train has been put into serv-
ice on the Mexico and Cedar City branch
of the Alton and will continue during the
session of the legislature if not longer.
The tower on Cole countys new court
house is ready for the clock, but there will
be no tick there, at least, until after the
legislators have left Jefferson City, the
county court having ordered the place
boarded up for the time being.
Southwest Missouri was visited with n
| deluging rain Friday night and Saturday,
the fall at Carthage aggregating between
! four and five inches.
Purple-ori at any rate, navy blue-and
| fine linen must be the attire of the con-
! ductors and motormen on the electric line
between Joplin and Carthage hereafter
when on duty, If they would hold their
| jobs.
Chillicothe authorities have made it so
hot for the visiting Weary Willies" re-
| Gently that the gentlemen of the road are
| marking the town hostile" on every box
car patronized by them.
For the first seven months after having
been opened to the public jefferson City's
bridge receipts averaged $500 month.
The janitor of the court house in Nevada
says the advent of the New Year there
ty building of a quartette of genuine, full
grown Kansas grasshoppers. one of which
| he caught and has on exhibition.
Representative Crowther of the Fourth
| Missouri district, while defeated for re
| election, expects to have Il good deal tc
| say about the federal patronage in that
district for some time at least, gossips the
| Capitol Chat man of the Washington
Post. 1t IS held that the Republican prece
dent gives to the retiring congressman, il
| defeated the leading voice in questions Of
patronage This rule has held good out il
Missouri for many administrations, but Il
was violated by President Harrison. Major
Hartwig, of St. Joseph. was the defeated
Republican candidate for congress in 1888
and when Harrison came into power h
made Major Bittinger, editor of the st
Joseph Herald, and one of the big men il
Missouri politics under the Grant admin
istrations, referee of appointments. Th
is said, however. to have been due to th
friendship existing between Bittinger ant
Secretary of the Interior Noble. Majo
Bittinger Is again an aspIrant for the jol
I of patronage distributor, but Congressman
Crowther's friends say that Mr.. McKinle.
| will follow the old plan.