Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-12-25

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and he weighs $50 pounds. They
On the farm of John Carson, near
Russelville, Howard county, Is IN APP
pie orchard which was planted 10 years
60. The land was pre-empted at that
time, and the original ~"sleepskin' deed
was signed by Andrew Jackson. The
orchard bore a good crop his year.
Many of its trees are three feet in
diameter.
George Hayward, a manufacturing
jeweler. died recently at his home in
independence. He was S2 years of age.
Mr.. Hayward, when a young man in
England, was buried alive and was
only saved because the physicians diff
fered as to the cause of his death. The
body was exhumed the day after
burial for a post-mOrtcm examination
and Hayward was found to be alive.
John Miller, 50 years old, cut an ar
terry in his left wrist and then lay
down to die on a field not far from
Lawson. He was found by one Of his
tenants, Jack Pollard, who secured
medical aid. Miller may recover. For
years Miller has been a hermit. Once
his home was searched by robbers,
who secured 1000, 1t is said. Miller
made a will December Ia, which indi-
Gates that he had planned to Kill him
self.
Agnes OIieron, orphan, ten years
old, of Joplin, has been adopted by
Thomas Common, millionaire mine
owner and the wealthicst man in
southwest Missouri. Mr.. Conner has
made the little girl a legal heir to his
large estate. The child has been max
ing her home with the Sisters of Con
vent at Joplin for several years.
Common has had poor health for the
past two years and for the past year
the little girl has carried a pail Of
milk to his room at a local hotel. In
this manner he became acquainted
with her.
An old lady, dressed in black, bent
beneath the weight Of age, called on
Gov. Dockery at the s~tatehouse, an
pealing to him for the release Of Ter
son from the Missouri penitentiary.
h stated that she did not make the
cause she needed the support and main
tenance Of her son, but asked The
mercy she sought because she wanted
her boy" This old lady was Mrs.
Sallie Hedgepcth, whose home Is at
Pisgah, in Cooper county. and tho
boy for whom she sought freedom
Is Marion G. Hedgcpeth, who was sent
TO the prison in Novmber, 1894, for
train robbery under a sentence Of -
years.
Representative Dorsey w. Shackle-
ford declined to sign the petition for a
pardon 81 DR.. J. ID. Goddard. sent to the
penit,ntiary for killing of Fred w.
Jackson, the laundryman in Kansas
City. The case was tried in jefferson
city whom Mr.. ShacklcfOrd was Judge
OF the circuit court. All the members
OF the jury and the prosecuting attOr-
ney have signed the petition for a par
don. Judge Shacklcford said, when the
petition was presented 10 him: Il mus.
decline to make the cuuest have
never known a case which presented
so many repulSive criminal features
as this one. The conditions as rcycaje,i
In the testimony were absolutely
shocking and the killing was a mon.
Slrous crime against society and the
state"
Judge Warwick IIough, who will try
the Edward Butler case at Fulton. il
one OF the bcst-knOwn jurists in the
state. He is a native of Loudoun
county, Va, but removed with his mar
EMS TO Missouri in 1898, locating a,
Jefferson City. lie graduated from
Misso,irl university and was appoint
ed assistant state geologist by Gov.
sterling Price. He was admitted to
the bar In 1853, forming a partnership
with j. Proctor Knott. He was adiu-
'ant general under Gov. Jackson and
secretary OF state under Gov. Thomas
c. Reynolds. He served in the con.
iedcrate army on the STATS of Gems.
Il. NJ POLK, stephen ID. Lee and Dick
taylor, In 1874 he was elected to the
supreme court of Missouri and served
one term OF ten years. He was elected
Judge OF the circuit court / N St. Louis
in 1900.
MISSOURI Is to have better hIch
SCHOOLS Al least, that Is the result
contemplated by extension work Of the
STATE university teachers college soon
10 De lnauguratcd. II has been the
practice In the past for the state uni
Versity to employ an inspector of high
SCHOOLS Tor the purpose of placing GER
TAIN OF them upon the approved list"
SO mat their graduates might be adj
United to the university without ex-