The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-08-30
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


Lacledc county and the first sheriff
the county ever had. Mr.. Scott was
ono ~ the community best and
most honorable citizens. His funeral
was under the auspices of Iaclcdc
Lodge. No. 10. A. p. and A. NJ. OF
which be- was a mcmbcr. He leaves
widow, three sons.
Mrs. Mary M Roberts. wife Of John
q. Roberts, president OF the Clifford
| Ranking Co. and ~ the Imperial Mil
Co.. at Clarksyillc Mrs Roberts was
born In Clnrksyillr nearly ~ years
ngo. She wan tn. oldest nutivc-born
citizen nf the place.
Alfred Chapman, retired mcr.
chant, 81 Trenton lie was a native
Of Droushirr. England, hut had lived
IN Gruudr county, 80 years.
j. u. Potter, ~ his home IN the
north part 81 Morgan county. near
/ utirr,ille. Mr. Potter waa ~. hut To
the day of hn death hc could de- as
much work as any hand on his farm,
by many hc was regarded as the rich.
est man in Morgan county, where he
ownrd 1000 acres of land, besides scy-
cral thousand acrrs in Cooper county.
! While driving an cnruged bull the ami
NAL buited him In the breast. break
ing the ribs of the left side and caus-
[ ing internal hrmorrhaRr. Mr. Potter
had lived In Morgan county about so
/ years.
Judge Frank Harvey. suddenly
nt his residence south of Mobcrly.
| Sparks from n passing engine had set
fire to his pasture, and he had been
out fighting the flames. Excessive
hcut oycrrnmc him. aud he died be-
| fore n phyEirinu could reach him. lie
waA 60 years of age. vice. president OF
the Bank of Mobcrly, and wealthy
farmer lie WAS at one time Judge OF
| the county court.
Capt Daniel r. Patterson, aged &c
years, of drnpsy at his home, six
! miles southwest Of nouiphan. He was
n pioneer citizen of Ripley county,
and WAS "a captain in the southern
army during the civil war.
Population of VI. Louta.
The population Of the city Of 81.
Louis is j75,.3s. according 10 the
twelfth census. The city's popula. |
tion In i-90 was ijl.77n. The Increase
| nf population in the ten years $500
1000 was TO-. .lGs. or 23.ai per cent. The
population In 1850 was ISn.5Is, an IN.
crease from issO 10 $500 ol iOl. .2i2, or
.s.>o per cent The population in 1870
was $40. sol. There was gain In tho
period $50 tn 1850 of p,G5A. The pop.
ulniion Of the city 10y wards ~ an.
Second. 2iuIO; Third. 22.gSs: Fourth,
l2,ci2; Fitth, I2,3ip; Sixth. 1910;
seventh, 80 2t-c; Eighth. 2I.0ie. Ninth,
2i,0aG; Tenth. e5,g5,; Eleventh. e..
i05; Twelfth, e5..e0; Thirteenth. 49,.
sll; Fourteenth. l5,0gs Fifteenth. a..
54I; sixteenth, i2.40s; Seventeenth,
is,o,a; Eighteenth. 1879; Nineteenth.
20,2i5; Twentieth, iS,s0J; Twenty.
first, 1919; Twenty 1914;
Twcnty y-third, l7g-5: Twcnty.iourth
27.gi7; Twenty fifth, 2i,3il; Twenty.
sixth. 25I25. Twenty ao,599;
Twrnty-cirhth. 25.gos.
knnspt Jity IircmrH Haired.
Says cabrgram from Paris,
France: The Kansas city fire brigade
has b"cu disqualified for securing |
prizes at the international exhibition |
Of fire apparatus at Nincenucs on
the ground Of professionalism the /
stan being paid. The men were per.
mittcd, however, to give an cYhibi. |
ton. A. regards speed in preparing !
their apparatus for reaching the tor |
Of buildings, and the height and dis
tpncr nf pre- iccting water. they out |
olassed all competitors.
Missouri Apples the best.
g. a. Goodman. secretary Of the |
State Horticultural society, received /
letter the other day from {. u /
Brackctt, who has charge Of the init.
ed States display of fruit Mt the Paris
exposition, announcing that the Mis-
souri division Of apples had received
the first prize, The foreign demand
for Missouri apples is growing. MS in
dicatcd nyp letters of inquiry.
Assessment of nRIi' oad Property.
State Auditor Seibcrt has complet-
ed the tabulation and apportioumcnt
OF the value Of railroad. bridge and
telegraph property 10 the several
counties and the municipal suhdivi-
sionz thereof, as fixed by the state
board of equalization for the taxes of
1900. The aggregate assessment by
the board this year IL mn increase of
Sii4, $1,000 over that ot last year.
NeErorE Charged with Murder.
Jim Gibson, viii Gibson. Joe Brock.
Jack Mast. Roll Burton and Henry
Jordan. all negroes, were arrested in
Howard county. charged with being
implicated In the murder Of an un-
known white man at Old Franklin.
Y. Lester Crawford's Successor.
United States Commissioner James
r. Gray has been appointed by Judge
Amos Thaycr clerk of the federal cir
cult court at 81. Louis, 10 succeed the
late Y. Lester Crawford. whose death
occurred a few days ago.
In the MIs~aarI.
The steamer Columbia, the Mis-
souri. kansas & Texas transfer boat,
sank in IS feet of water at Wilton, ON
the Missouri, loaded with wheat.
senator CoekreIi Robbed.
During the Scdnlia rally Senator
Cockrcll's pocket WAS picked OF sew
eral hundred dollars. His purse and
papers were found In a mail box.
Thrown From Hia norse ana Killed.
Henry Brand, prominent farmer
of hnion county. was accidentally
Killed 10y being thrown from his horse
while overseeing some work.
Las,er hay IN %. E.sai..