The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-26
GENERAL NEWS.


(. will be held at Denver, Colo.
The average wages for teachers
II Kansas is $39, aud there are a
great many vacancies III the
schools.
The Worlds Fair only has to
pay 81, j9l ,9j0,Sl of the 81 ,G00,-
BOO loan by the United States
Treasury.
October L. is Kansas City day
at the World s Fair, aud com.
mittee is already planning how to
spend s. 900 IN celebration Of the
fact.
Mrs Rae Strauss OF Hartford
City, Ind, is under arrest for muir.
dering her step daughter 10y pois.
oning her, so she could inherit her
property.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Harrington OF Kan
sas City died recently, and she be.
queathed her library OF l2,OOt
volumes to her native town, Ma.
rengo, Mo.
A Jeflersonvillc, Ind, man
claims to be cured of rheumatism
by bee stings. The only regret he
has about it is that tn" remedy is
quite as painful ms the disease.
The latest Muuchauscn story is
Of II little girl three years old OF
Ashland Pa, who has read the
Bible through aud speaks -four Ian.
guages tlucntly, MS we'll rs plays
difficult classical music on the pi.
ano.
The Seventh Day Advcntists OF
Missouri are holding their annua
conference at Columbia this week
which will continue all week
There are 400 in attendance and
they confidently expect that Christ
will soon appear.
An epidemic strongly rcSrm
bling Aslatic cholera is prevailing
at some towns in Madison county.
DR.. Me AIcstrr of the State Boart
Of Health is making an eXamina
ton of the disease. One third q
the eases result in death.
The street railway in kansa,
City is to he equipped with mag
netic device that will stop Il eat
instantly aud prevent many ar
cidcnts. The device has beer or
exhibition in the Transportation
department at the Worlds Fair.
There were &c, 900 veterans il
the &. A. Il. parade in Boston til,
10th. Several of the old soldiers
dropped from exhaustion on Tin
long march, and one, Col. j. +
pyon of New York, died from
heart failure caused by exhaustion
Because his father refused f
let him have n horse and buggy f
60 to church, Hugh Jones hf
teen.ycar old boy living noa
Plattsburg, Mo-, shot and killc,
his father. He is under arrest an,
does not seem to realize the trrribl
deed.
Russell Sage, who recently eel
cbratcd his SSth birthday, is re
ported to he worth SIG, 900. OOO
As he has no children to inhcrI
this large fortune, ii seems a
though he might allow himself
vacation, even though he think
no man ever really needs one.
James Barton of Chicago wa
engaged to Miss Minnie jordan
and had several rivals who cndcay
Ored in many ways TO break the cu
gagemcut, and Barton proved +
his sweetheart that all charge
made against him were false. Fin
ally cork leg house was induce
to publish Il testimonial of thci
legs as being beyond detection
signed by Barton. The girl wa
quite grieved at being deceived j
this manner until Barton suggest
ed that she pinch his leg to dis
cover whether it was flesh or cork
and she was satisfied.
During the severe storm Frida
night at the Worlds Fair ground
the lights all went out. A con
cert was in progress ut Festlva
hall and n panic was avcrted b
some woman singer starting Amer
lea, in which the audience Joined
Song after song vas sung in tn
darkness until the lights came o.
again.