The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
MISSOURI ITEMS CONDENSED.

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the arrest of his son on Il charge Of
theft.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lilly, who died at st.
Joseph at the great age of 81, had been
sick so years.
Spiritualists of Missouri and other
at Springfield.
William David, of Gentry county. has
q straw berry patch which brought in
SOB per acre this year.
The salary of the governor of Mis-
sour is ST. o a year. He is also fur
nished a residence. fuel and gas.
j.. q. Watsons. Sr., who located in
Kansas City in 1854 and established the
first bank in that city. died recently.
The family of Rhodes Lowe. of Kinks
vile, vas made very sick by drinking
tea made of tea from a new package.
Ex-senator John j. Ingalls,. of Kan
sas, and Congressman Cochran. of st.
Joseph. addressed a big political bar
5ecue at DeKalb recently.
j. L. Kelley. IN cmploye of the Ham
nibal II st. Joseph railroad al Cameron,
wen to Kansas City July Il and has
no beer heard from since.
At Gaselinc's coal bank. near Sur
geon, William White, aged 10. was in
~stantly killed and Alb Barnes danger
ously wounded by a cave-in.
Abner Hcnshaw. Of Ncba, is in jail at
Lebanon charged with a serious Of
f.nS, ~ ,-,n--A1l ,rirl ,nr,,l NhitjaS
being the complaining witness.
The Missouri Mexican Veterans as
sociation will hold its annual reunion
at Nevada in September. ID. {. Alien,
of Liberty, will be one of the speakers.
Sheriff Mudd. of Bates county. has
clare him a bankrupt. His debts ag-
gregate $500 and his assets are moth
ing.
A telephone COMPANY has put in ex-
changes at Sturgeon and Clark and is
extending the lines To Riggs. Eileys-
burg, Ruckcr. Harrisburg, Middle
Grove and Sailing.
Saline county let a contract for half
a mile of 12-foot granitoid pavement
around the courthouse square at
Marshall. When completed Marshall
will have one of the handSomest court
lawns in Missouri.
1t is said that Mrs. Richard P. Bland
wears suspended from her neck the
first silver dollar coined under the
Bland act of 1878. the superintendent
of the mint having presented the his
toric coin to Mr.. Bland,
Preparations are being made to pan
gold ON the farm of Joseph Il. Shields,
in Monroe township, Livingston
county The gold was discovered in
the banks of a creek. and Il govern
ment assayist says it will pay 3 to the
ton.
Gov. Stephens pardoned Cy Reardon.
sent to the ~penitcntiary in ISIS from
Greene county for % wears for killing
Policeman Palmore, of Springfield.
Judge Hubbard. who tried the ease.
said Bcardon had been sufficiently pun
ished.
William Marshall and Otis Osborne.
young farmers near Arcola. Dadc
county. quarrc!cd ove Il t%ritiin~ matter
and Marshall cut Osborne in II PLACES,
i~ntiictin" fatal wounds. Osborne i q
son Of the wealthiest farmer in Cedar
county.
a telegram from Marshall said that
William y. StortS. the Slater cattlcman
who was arrested in California arG
brought back. charged with defraud-
ing numerous creditors, will probably
not be tried owing to the absence Oh
the prosecuting witnesses.
Following the Maries county demo-
cratic convention to name congress
sional delegates. n fierce fight occurred
at Vienna between Nick Cox and two
Terry boys. Cox was badly cut and
probably fatally wounded. The Terry
boys received serious injuries.
Disguised as a crook and voluntarily
taking up his home with them for sew.
eral days. Deputy Sheriff VIII Stamper.
of Macon. succeeded in getting the
names and causing the arrest of sever
al fellows who had been stealing by the
wholesale from residents of Macon.
Two weeks ago a milk cow belong
ing to Jesse WATSON, Il farmer near Sc
dalia, vas bitten by a dog. a few days
later the COW developed symptoms of
hydrophobia and one of the children
who had been drinking milk from the
COW sickened and voInitcd continuously
for hours.
Miss Matte Burgess, living north of
became crazy from fright
occasioned by an attack made upon
her by two vicious dogs. The dogs
threw her down while she was passing
a neighbours and were with difficulty
beaten off. a short time aftcrward
the girls fright made her mind give
n
Farmers were crossing the Wabash
tracks with Il steam engine
drawing a thrcshing machine three
miles east of Liberty landing when the
of the engine got fastened and
could not be moved. The fast mail
train from Kansas City came at n high
speed. struck the engine aud after
it along threw it off to one side.
The front of the locomotive was dam
aged. but after an hours delay the
train went on The farmers say they
signaled the train to stop and will ask
for s., 300 dama1es for loss of their en-
CINE.