Kansas City observer., 1900-01-27
MISSOURI NOTES.

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ganize a dog protective association
The Methodists CT Carthage are
erecting a $1,000 home for their pas
tor.
There is talk Of organizing COM
pany to buiId an electric street car
line at Lexington.
The aggregate capital of the $50
domestic mining companies In Mis-
souri, is Sl2, 25o, 900.
An Iowa widow, aged 54, has sued
Chillicothe man for $40, 900 damages
for breach of promise.
A Barton county farmer named Le-
grand Larow is 90 years old and has
a beard eight feet long.
Two Sedalia boys, aged 9 and IL.
started to Germany last week. They
will make the trip alone
H. E. Smith, of the Lamar Demo
crat, 1T is report ted, has fallen heir to
an estate valued at S25. 600
A st. Joseph boy only II years old
has confessed to score of hold-ups
without being even suspected by the
police.
A Hardin boy touched match to a
pound of powder to see what would
happen. He will be told as soon as
he comes to.
Rails county has a lady county
treasurer, Mrs. Paul Floweree. Her
hus band is blind and he has held the
same office.
Billy Anderson, who shot Bonfils
and his partner at Denver. was a
noted Missouri Pilxer at one time.
No man in that county was better
known.
The costs in the Goddard case OF
the Cole county end alone amount to
So, O7S S5, of which 81, $50. rs was for
witness fees alone
One Missouri editor thus kindly re-
fers to the editor of contemporary:
''His carcass would befouI the sub
stratum of hades itself. "
NJ. c. Cashnuf of Sedalia has sued
another Sedalia man for So 900 dam
ages for defamation of character,
which shows that his name is mis-
leading.
The Democrat News man ''lxicks"
shall young man to go and spend his
evenings except the hotel, barber
| shop or saloon.
Ed Howe, the philosopher Of the
| Atchison Globe, is out-spoken in his
| praise of Missouri and Missourians.
He particularly likes the characEeris-
tic Ascribed to them of wanting to be
shown" LAS their neighbor." he
remarked In his paper recently, ~
desire to express my admiration for
the Missourians. There are fewer
dead beats in Missouri than in any
other state of similar population Af-
ter Missourian has been properly
shown if he wants an agents wares
he pays cash. At a recent church
meeting in Atchison the pastor said
he had heard that there was some op-
position to him, and asked those who
did not want him to remain to rise to
their feet. Although those present
we're almost unanimously opposed to
the pastor, all remained seated. They
"a not wish to offend him to his face.
..-ey preferred to continue back biting
and pickering behind his back. The
preachers bluff would have been
called in Missouri. Every member
opposed to him would have stood up
and given his reasons for opposition.
And that would have been the better
way. If a Missourian hears that a
neighbor has talked about his family
he calls on him, whiting, and if the
neighbOr said it, there is n fight. |
do not believe in fighting, but l have
more admiration for it than have
for gossip and cowardice. A good
fight is sometimes good thing. Mis-
souri, should send evangelists to other
states and teach the people plain
common sense"
From the official manual of Missouri
the following interesting sta tements
as to the states resources are taken:
Missouri produces more wheat than
the states of New York, Kentucky p
and Texas combined 1t is first in
poultry and in mules. Its yield o.
hay surpasses that of Kentucky, Ten
nessee and New Jersey. 1t is not only
first in zinc, but it produces as much
of this metal as all the rest of the
country. 1t has the largest lead pro-
ducing mine in the United States. II
has 10000 business manufactures
which turn out over 500, 900, 900 worth
of goods annually. 1t has 6, 845 miles
of railroad. 1t has in ST. Louis the
third manufacturing city of the cou n
try, and in Kansas City the second
live stock market of America. 1t is
third state in the union in the num-
Der of its farms, and the first in the
amount of its available school fund.
Its population to-day is at least
3,25O,OO.
Jefferson City wants line of elec
trio railway connecting the town with
dspots of the Alton and Missouri
Kansas & Texas railways across the
river. North Missouri people want
such accommodation as badly as the
people of the capital.
Missourian at Burr Oak who haC
been deaf and dumb from birth was
, converted under the ministry of q
Baptist evangelist, and his voice anC
hearing were Immediately restored
This sounds little hshy, but it is
said to be true.
Big sales of mining lands, nearly
10000 acres, it is said, have been made
in Washington county recently. Ar
Eastern syndicate is the buyer. and il
is intimated that extensive operations
ia both mining and manufacturing
will be begun as soon as tAV~ stalls
Of the transfer are complex