The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-30
ST. LOUIS COUNTY PARAGRAPHS.

The Gates farm near Manchester was
sold at a partition sale in Clayton yesteT-
10 d. c. Taylor of Manchester. The farm
sl4.O5O.
Marriage licenses were issued in Clay
ton yesterday to Lee Maher of Window and
Bryant and Susan Hayes OF st. LOUIS;
sofa avenue and Cecilia E,nmen"E"r of
Bpbringville: John Anderson OF Irv!nGtnn.
Ill; and Lizzie Bandcroft Of Valley Park.
and Harvey j. Williams ana Fannie Taylor
/ of St. Louis.
Justice of the Peace /. w. Campbell is
sued a warrant yesterday against Richard
English on IA charge of disturbing the peace
of John Tfemdn. Ticman is building n
house or the Preiss road and employed
English to work for him. Yesterday he dis
charged him. and alleges that he became
abusive Immediately and refused to leave
the place. The warrant was served by
Constable Fred LEM.
George Curran was yesterday appointed
n substitute mail carrier for the Natural
Bridge road route in place of George
Schenk Of Wellston, who IS suffering with
4 poisoned hand.
County Court to purchase six Remington
rifles to be used in emergency cases. He
cited the recent bank robbery in Union as
an instance Of their necessity. lie j. de-
termincd that should an attempt be made
on the Clayton Bank. the robbers will meet
with a diercnt reception TO the one accorded
them in the Franklin County town. where
they terrorized the citizens.
The time for commencing work in the
laying of pipes for the Wellston Gas. Water
and owe Company was etended TO July !
yesterday by the County Court.
a deed transferring the properties of
the Missouri Water, Light and Power Com
Company was filed In the Recorders office
in Clayton yesterday. The price named in
the instrument was s. and other valuable
conslierat lions. The filing Of the deed was
merely a formal matter. as the transfer
months.
An inventory of the estate of John II.
Bobring was filed In the probate clerks
office in Clayton yesterday. His personal
property consisted of accounts amounting
to $3.50; stocks. $50: cash. So .G7. and other
goods and chattels, making a total of 81
oll.I5. The realty consists of the home
stead and ffty-nine uns9ld lots in the
Peter Wetzel. who will aesrme the
Office Of Recorder Thursday. yesterday no.
tihed the County Court that he had APP
Schaedier as deputies in his office. The ap-
pointments We're approved.
Henry Hohmeyer and John Robinson
are suffering from Sunshot wounds in the
IeS ana arm, respectively. received in Il pc
culiar manner last Thursday in Valley
Park. A saioonkeeper named Thurman got
into an alteration with a customer named
Ross and struck him on the side of the
head with the butt end of d revolver. As
ne d!d SO the weapon was disc harged. the
cHlet Aint-AS iiuHIleytf ErSt and then Rob
inson. Both sustained only flesh wounds,
neither of which are serious.
County Court Yesterday ordered
that Pennsylvania avenue be opened from
the Clayton to the Manchester roads. and
instructed the Road Commissioner to adj
Eertlse Tor BIDS to grade the new thorough
tare Tor a width of thirty feet. Anot3rr
ROAD, to be known as Wilson avenue. will
ne opened between the Clarkson and Ches-
deffisid roads. Sutton avenue was also or
dered opened and the Road Commissioner
Instructed to advertise for bids to be re-
ceiVed before January 10