The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-15

NEWS FROM MISSOURI,
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elected at Mexico practically without
any opposition. 1t was a very tame
election. h. Il, Jones, Folk demo-
crat. was elected mayor. The republic
cans did not put out ticket
Grandma" Sarah Proud. of Mound
City, celebrated her ninety y-second
birthday last week. She is one of the
oldest living members Of the Methodist
Episcopal church. having Joined 1t SO
years ago. She has had ten children.
OF whom five are living, and has Il
grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren
and one great-great-gran
An awful didn't know it was
loaded" accident took place near King
City few days ago. William Spiking
was cleaning gun in his kitchen. lie
thought he had removed all the loads
and pulled the hammer. The gun was
discharged and the top Of his aged
mothers head was blown of. lie
picked her up and put her on bed and
sent for neighbors. but before anyone
came she was dead.
There are 9,llg rural schools in Mis-
souri, They have 1898 teachers. The
average salary paid their teachers an
nually is $3.50, and the average
monthly salary $30.75. The total en-
rollmcnt of pupils in the rural dis.
tricts is iO2 .495 The average attend
ancr Is 2j2 $50 The average length
Of the rural school term Is u weeks.
The total amount annually paid to ru-
raj teachers In salaries is s203i1ll.
After being buried for several weeks
the body Of the late Mrs. Herman f..
Dietrich, wife Of II. Il. Dietrich, United
States consul general general TO Quay
aGui. Ecuador. was exhumed and re-
moved from the Catholic cemetery near
ChillIcothe and subjected 10 an cxami-
nation for the purpose of learning the
cause of death Since his return from
South America Mr.. Dietrich has be-
come dissatisfied as to the cause Of his
wifc'S death.
Or, Hooker Of Mount Vernon, aged
81 years, his bald-faced horse. George,
aged a. years. and his grandson,
Paul King aged IL years, composed
unique group that got itself photo
graphcd the other day. Or Hooker
has lived at Mount Vernon ever since
the town was laid out. and has prac-
tlced in every part of the country 30
miles around. He bought George and
his mate, n brown-black horse, over 30
years ago and has used George con-
stantly ever since,
Members of the national committee
in ST lous to complete arrangements
for the national democratic convention
discussed with much interest the avail
ability Of Circuit Attorney Joseph W.
Folk as vice presidential candidate.
The fact that Mr.. Folk Is native Of
Tennessee and is known throughout
the west and in the east because Of the
ST. Louis Doodle prosecution led sew
nral of them to suggest that he would
make strong running mate for Judge
Alton H. Parker. of New York.
The Missouri conference OF the NJ. f.
church. in session at Moberly, upheld
the article in the discipline which con-
dcmns dancing, theatcrs aud circuses.
The committee to the general confer
onrc recommended that committee
~ Is from the NJ f. church and l.
from the NJ. T.. church south should
decide II either should abandon GER
tain fields OF work where only one NJ.
Il. church was deemed by them neces-
sary. Brunswick. Glasgow and Centra-
abandoned In the manner suggested
by the NJ T.. church.
]. y. Blackburn and George Eckles,
uncles Of George Blackburn. n seven
year-Old boy. settled long cOntro-
yersy involving the possession OF the
child by the toss of coin at Scdala.
Blackburn lives In Saline county and
is member OF an old family. ECkles
iforniu. having the boy, left an orphan
in that state. in his possession The
matter NJ the chIld's guardianship has
been In the courts for years, but the
families have not been friendly. and
upon meeting at Sedalia by accident
agreed to settle the dispute by the toss
Of coin. Blackburn won and went
home with his new guardian
Mrs. Catherine Mulkey. in point ol
continuous service the oldest citizen
of Kansas City, died last Thursday.
Mrs. Mulkcy was one Of the pioneer
settlers of the trading post that is nov
| Kansas CITY. She located there In
/ 1883. 66 years ago. and resided there
constantly since that time, with the
| exception Of few years when as n
! girl. she attended convent In ST.
/ Louis. SiYty-nvc of the sixty-six years
/ her home was on the plot OF ground
where stands the old frame house IN
which she and her husband lived from
the day they were married in 1853 until
! November Of last year. In November
the house was condemned for park pur-
poses but still stands and Ia famous In
local history as the "Mulkey home
stead" Mrs. Mulkey was half Indian
and on that side OF her ancestry in
cluded the leaders OF the Pacific Oto'
tribe. Her father was Maj. Andrew
Drip. one of the first traders from
st. Louis 10 penetrate the unknown
west
David u. Darr. young farmer a
ChillIcothe, filed suit in the circui
court against T.. Treadway. wealth,
merchant of Chula, in which he al
leges that Treadway has alienated th'
affections of Mrs Darr. He asks $1,000
damages. Treadway is an officer AM
director In the Exchange bank o
Chula He Is n widower. his wife hav
ing died year ago.
Mrs. Sarah A. White died In tn