Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-07-31

: NEWS FROM MISSOURI. :


'ioH anu IL IL UNDERSTOOD tndt gambling
Is not to be tolerated in Joplin or Jas
per county.
During a severe wind and rainstorm
the large dam at the Pertlc Springs
lakes gave way, losing three feet of
water and destroying a large icehouse
filled with ice. The storm uprooted
trees and leveled cornfelds to the
ground.
Rock Island surveyors are encamped
at Unionville. They are running a sur
vey from Drakeville, Ia, to Trenton,
with a view of reducing the Chicago
and Kansas City mileage about 50
miles. This cutoff has long beer con-
templated.
At n conference of the business men
Of Palmyra it was decided to unite
with the Confederate Monument asso-
citation in It's picnic August IS, at
which Mr.. Folk will be the orator of
the day, and make il the largest af-
fair ever held in the county.
Howard county will hold an agricul-
tural fair in Fayette October 2 and 3,
Nv obJ''l VI "Hl'H Is u SEIZURE dl OK
hibit OF farm and garden products for
the worlds fair next year. Liberal
premiums are offered on all products.
The county court allowed $3.50 for an
exhibit.
The first annual convention Of the
rural mail carriers Of Missouri will be
held at Cameron August L. under the
auspices Of the Cameron Rural Route
association, the first and only organ
izStion of rural mail carriers in the
state. The carriers will be addressed
by COngrR John DOueherty, OF
Liberty; d. Ward King, the good roads
advocate; II. n. Windsor, editor of the
Chicago r. F. ID. News. and x. +. Law
son, editor Of the American Postmaster
at Effingham, III.
II cost John kaffer, of Lincoln, Neb.,
20 days of freedom 10 swear while be-
ing held a prisoner at the central sta
ton at st, Joseph. Kaifer was arrest
ed on the charge Of being drunk and
making himself obnoxious to pedcs-
TRANS in the streets. Soon after he
was locked up Mrs. Frank X. Walker,
wife Of a grocer. appeared at the sta
ton. While Mrs. Walker vas stand
ing in the corncr talking Kafcr sWore
like a trooper. The matter was report
ed to Judge Carolus and Kaffer went
10 the city. rock pile for 60 days Of
hard labor.
Capt. ]. NJ, IIowctt, OF FL Dara, III,
who is visiting his daughter, Mrs. w.
a. Martin, at Louisiana, thinks himself
the oldest member Of the Christian
church in III" United States. He was
baptized and admitted to membership
in this denomination Is years ago.
He is now 80 years old. Tho captain
attributes his great age to temperate
living, but he makes q confession
which viii be a tritlc shocking to both
church people and temperance advo-
Gates. He has used tobacco constantly
for 10 years and has drank a little good
whisky every day.
Wednesday morning, Frank McCul-
Tough, wife and baby, living west OF
Palmyra, were taken i'll and everything
indicated that they had been poisoned
j ~ oll'llh q VI ~
the baby died a few hours later the
coroner was called in. The verdict re-
turned by the jury was that the child
had been poisoned from drinking milk
containing poisonous matter. The
milk in question had been MIXED the
night before and was kept in "A o
tin bucket over night. The father ant
r,,,lnr bath lr.nL thn y,i1E lnt thf
woman was but little affected. The
man may die. The woman Offered
some time ago to give the child away
John Sanders, who heads a survey
ing party composed of II men, work
ing under President S. +. Scott, o
Kansas City, has completed a survey
for the PROPOSED St. Louis a. ST. Pau
railway from Memphis, near the north
ern boundary of this state, into Mex
leo. II will be recalled that this roa
has been incorporated under the law
of the states OF Iowa and Missouri Il
run from Eldon or Ottumwa, Ia. Il
Union, Mo. 1t will enter Missouri a
the north line OF Scotland county, pass
ing through the county seats OF Mem
phis. Edna. Shelbyville, Paris, Mex
leo, Hermann and Union, Profile map
have been filed in all counties as ia
south as Audrain. II Is stated that tn
Rock Island Is behind the movement
No other line except the Rock ISLAM
enters Eldon, the northern terminu
that Is most discussed in connection
with the road. The Rock Island ais
makes Ottumwa, a short distance from
Eldon, Furthermore, the road coul
connect with but n line at Union
which Is The old ST. Louis a. Colorad
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