Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-20
: NEWS FROM MISSOURI.

~ s''NiiNs utlutI 0IIt5I dJ HJdIs
snail Tor deadly assault, has fed the
counts. FORGETTING a $1,000 bond.
Calls will be issued by officers of the
Missouri university Y. Nj. G. A.. for
contributions for a sac, 900 building at
the university.
.. B. Fletcher, a farmer. was stretch.
ing wire for a fence near Mexico.
While under great tension the wire
broke. Part of it recoiled and struck
him on the forehead. He became un-
conscious and died.
a committee has been appointed at
Jefferson City by the various church
boards to formulate plans for the en-
forcement of Sunday laws. State
School Superintendent Darlington Is
one of the committee.
1t is proposed to build an electric
railway from Mexico, Audrain county,
to Memphis, Scotland county. for both
passenger and freight traffic. It will
run through he counties Of Audrain,
Monroe. Shelby. Knox and Scotland.
WOOD Thomas, the 15-year-old
OF Collier Thomas, of near Darlington.
''''''J wa ~ tl'
worlds record for regular and punctual
attendance at school. He has attended
MIN successive terms, and 2H months
OF the tenth, without having missed q
day.
In the Rails county circuit court the
jury in the case Of James Brooks
against Edward Owens returned a YER
dict awarding the plaintiff $500 dam
ages. The suit arose over the kicking
OF Brooks by n horse owned by Owens,
which broke out of a barn lot into the
public road. The suit was for $4,000.
The Fidelity * Trust company filed
a petition at Warrensburg asking to
be relieved from further responsibility
on the bond of Solomon Caudlc, pub
lie administrator of Johnson county
for the reason that Caudle had wasted
the funds of the minors, insane per-
sons and deceased persons in his hands.
A special grand jury called by Judge
Jarrett, Of the Johnson county circuit
court, reported % indictments. A Joint
Indictment was found against William
Roberts and Charles Hunter for the
murder of John Brendcl. the marshal
at KnobnOster. II is said several drug
gists have been indicted for illegal
sale of liquor.
The state auditor, Albert o. Allen,
has completed the preparation of a
claim of this state against the United
States for SAFE, 1863 and forwarded it
Immediately to Senator Cockrell for
presentation to the treasury depart
mcAt at Washington. Mr.. Allen be-
lieves that the money will be paid to
the state treasury in 1894.
Gov. DOckcry, Secretary Of State
Cook, Attorney General Crow and Su-
premc Judge CAN'T have been sum
mOned to appear before the federal
court in St. Louis as witnesses in the
case of "AI" Morrow, charged with
naturalization frauds. Morrow is Gov.
Dockery's private stenographer and
lives at the executive mansion.
James Minor, Il w%oOdchoppcr, vas
arrested at Knob Lick. He Is the man
who, 1t Is charged, abandoned his lit
tie girl, Alicia Minor, on a train at
Bismarck, Mo. She went on to st.
Louis, where she was taken care of by
the police. 1t IS understood that sho
has been sent to Illinois. where q
home had been secured for her.
GOttlieb Winner, the Audrain county
Sabbath breaker and wife hunter. is in
Jail again. This Is the second time
within W months. This time he goes
to Jail because he refused to pay the
cost in the case in which he was placed
under bond to keep the peace. He took
his two small children to Jail with
him. Winner IL still unable to find e
wife.
Ten bids which we're submitted for
the contract of building the South river
lcvee, north of Hannibal. to protect
the lOwlands from the overflow OF the
4 Mississippi river. have all heeD reject
ed by the commission. they being
above the estimates. The bid ranged
from $IG9,O 600 ID 500 900. but the esti-
mate Of cost made by the commission
was only $4,000. 1t Is likely that new
bids will be sought.
The success OF the experiments con-
Quoted by the Missouri agricultural
college at Columbia in fattcning cattle
on scientific principles has been made
evident by information Just received
from Chicago. II IL to the effect that
the highest priced cattle sold on tho
Chicago market during the last year
were from Columbia and we're fattened
on the state farm. On the day OF the
sale they topped the market by 81 over
oil competitors.
Lee A. Hall and associate 81 st.
Louis presented a petition to the
county court at Fredcricktown asking