Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-01-15

: NEWS FROM MISSOURI. :


Tate was known all over northern Mis-
souri, as a preacher of marked ability.
The fire loss in st. Louis for 1903
will be in the neighborhood of so per
cent. The amount OF the losses will
be over 100000 and the premiums
about 81, 100000. The total number of
fires last year probably did not ex-
coed $500.
At the outcome Of an attack OF
measles, Moses Brown committed sui
eide II miles from Columbia. Brown
contracted measles several weeks ago
and suffered to such a degree that his
physicians declare that his mind be
came unbalanced.
The total fire loss in Kansas City
last year was 1882, G3929. or this
amount s34 ,S4S was an uninsured loss,
leaving $7i7, 1916 the amount paid
BY insurance companies on policies In
the city. On the property involved,
s9,539,S3l.2l Is the amount Of insur-
ance carried.
81. Joseph has had "A fortunate year
in respect to fire losses, the most pros
porous, it Is said, in ten years. There
have been 325 fires, with losses aggrc-
eating s32, 800, the amount of premiums
paid being $2O5, 200. This report,
however, does not include the South
81. Joseph fire, while the losses to the
Hammond packing company aggre-
gated 81 800 900.
Th. win,er courso in ~aoriculturo
opened last week AT the Missouri uni
vcrsity with an enrolment that exceeds
the total enrolment in this department
last year. The increase is due largely
to the recent establishment of n chair
Of poultry. In addition TO instruction
in poultry and egg production, courses
will be offered in plant production, ami
NAL h~usbandry, horticulture and dairy
ing. Special attention will be given
this year to instruction in stock judy
ing and matchmaking.
Fifty years ago Edmund Burke drove
across the Missouri river in n buggy
and headed for California. Nonlteau
county. He stiIl has the buggy he rode
in then and uses il constantly, and II
is said 10 he in good repair. Mr..
Burke has sc'"Ial other objects OF IN
lcrcsi. lie never destroys anything
'hal ne jhInHS may ever prove 81 us"
10 him, ana IN on" cabinet in his office
ne mas cDplsr 81 very letter he has
written since j" commenced the prac-
Nc on Ia" more IMAM 4i,VOO letters.
lie never writes a line 10 anybody with
put keeping a COPY ol II.
Rev. l.. ~. Clemens. Of Holden,
seems 10 be Il preacher with pcrIliari-
ties. Rev. Mr.. Clemens is in jail at
WarTrnsburg. He moved to Holden Il
short time aga and while his house
huld goods were being moved from The
frciuht Grpyt to his home "A pcddlcr'S
box was sent him by mistake. A
search warrant caused part Of the
box contents 10 be discovered in the
ministers hpuac ana II IS related ihat
part "i them had been disposed or
when Rev. Mr.. Ciemch was searched
AT IN" johnson county jan a bottle OF
snake bIl" remedy, 1t ~ SAID, was cum
in one Of his pockets.
Frank SiIrr, Of Lees Summit, has
sued the RclIun Fair association for
he modest SUN of $50. 900 DAMAGES.
/ Silcr bought the exclusive privilege Of
selling Notwithstanding liquors on the
Bolton fair grounds last fail Some
drunken men got into "A row the sec
ond dag Of the fair and the managers
asserted they were incbriaicd by some
OF S!lcr'g nun-intoxican,s and revoked
his license. Silcr thinks the injury
done TO the reputation of his non-in-