Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03
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the water" at Norborne last week.
The Missouri Art Gallery at Craig
Is located just below the Poultry house
but the owner of the latter does not
seem to fear that any of his poultry
will be taken.
1t has been discovered at New Cam
bria that there are no rats this sum-
mer among the farmers living on the
prairie or dry locations of last sum-
mer. 1t Is supposed that they all died
OF thirst.
The citizens OF Arrow Rock may
now have the pleasure of enjoying a
thirst Missouri river water Is abund-
ant this year. The rainfall is above
the average and license for saloon
In town has been granted.
Thayer Republican: Andy Harbes-
ton, the hustling farmer of Brandsville,
was Ia town this week. Talk about
your corn fields" says Mr.. Harbeston.
Il have field a mile long. and there
are five men and boys with teams in
1t to-day plewing it, 1t stands up to
the mules backs. I have farmed in
NhiS Souhliy III Illlli ytdlS, anu
never saw such a promise for corn
as we have this year"
The mayor OF the town (who Is
ourself," says the Border Telephone,
knows all about the crowd who des-
ecrate the sabbath. perjure their souls
for gufp of drug store booze, and do
everything low down and mean. voted
for us in order that if we failed to
preserve order the laugh would be on
the mayor and it would squelch him.
They made pretty good showing Sun
day. The better element should unite
and suppress such disorder and make
it safe for women and children to walk
on the streets
Already $3.50 OF the necessary $1,000
has been subscribed for the street fair
at Gallath this fall.
Treasurer l.. N. Kinney, of Scotland
county, has mailed drafts to the Mis-
sissippi Valley Trust company to pay
$4,000 of the bonded debt, and S. 900
due on interest
The trial over the dispute as to who
Is entitled to the reward offered for
the capture of the murderer of the
late Marshall Leonard is in progress
at Liberty this week. Ed. L. Cum
mings Of Lathrop and Tom Collier of
Atchison are the claimants.
Ella Ewing, the Missouri gantess,
has broken into print again. The San
Francisco Chronicle, in speaking of
Edward Beaupre the young French
giant says z. Platinaud is to accom-
pany the young mammoth to CORN,
Mo-, and there act as a go-bctween in
a proposal of marriage to be made to
the eight-foot giantess, Ella Ewing.
If the overgrown couple find that they
can bill-and-cOo agreeably. they will
go to France. where they Will lay claim
to a great fortune which is to be given
to the largest welded couple in the
world.
Jim Darling living near Fountain
Grove, is boasting of field of rye az
high as a mans head and oats that
will tickle a mans whiskers.
A Pike county law suit, which had
been in the courts for twenty-one
years, was dismissed at Louisiana last
Week. The costs amounted to only
5000, an unusually small sum con-
Sdering the length of time.
The thirty applicants who wanted
to be superintendent of the Carrollton
public schools Were all turned down
and a man elected to the position who
had given no intimation of wanting
it.
At a meeting of the Old Mems club
of Lafayette county last Saturday,
twenty-eight members were present.
none of whom were under 70 years Of
age.
After casting seventy-fve ballots for
the choice of the principal of one Of
the public schools of Palmyra, the
members of the school board were
unable to break the deadlock and adj
journed for rest and reelection.
When the members of the city coun-
Gil of Marceline get into squabble, a
friendly feeling is brought about by
raising the injured party's salary
In describing the appearance of a
runaway couple, clipping from Excel
sio Springs last week, the Hamilton
Call relates that the groom was dress
ed IN a pink shirt. SLOUGH hat and a
verdant smile, while the bride was at
tired in a dress that came to her shoe
tops, a radiant complexion and a self
reliant air.
The Washington writer who says
picnics are not held any more ought to
come to Missouri and spend the sum-
mer in any of the towns.
That there is plenty of grain in
Johnson county is evidenced by the
fact that in Holden one day last week
sixteen self-binders were ranged in a
row with teams attached ready for
delivery.
Jefferson City has become such a
Mecca for railroad men that the Com
mercial club at the state capital passed
resolutions last week urging all citi-
Gems to put forth every effort to build
homes for the newly arrived citizens
in order that they may be all comfort
ably housed before winter
The farmers of Texas county are