The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-12
MISSOURI NOTES

One hundred and five Missouri ooun-
ties have students in the Missouri uui-
yefsity.
A Castle man ls the father Of twin
babies which. be says. have voices two
o~ctaves apart.
There is a livery barn ia Lnneua
which can furnish stalk Tor 300 horses.
The barn Il the largest In Linn
county.
The Louisiana P~ress,Journal ar.
nounces that the latest news from the
fruit crop Is tdat the live buds are not
killed.
The Liberty Tribune. one Of the old.
est weekly newspapers IL Missouri,
entered upon its flfty-ninth year last
week. The man who established the
paper is Bob" Miller and be stin
lives In Liberty.
According TO a Chliiicothe paper a
~2-yearold child walked clear across
Chnlicothe the other day and vas not
injured. And" says the jocular
Trenton Republican Tribune. lis is
fully six blocks across ~Chinicothe.
too"
The sixty $1,000 bills which win be
exhibited al the Krstz Doodle trial in
August should insure a large attend.
ance Of curious loafers.
While chasing a polecat the other
night a dog belonging TO Chris Britter.
man OF Castleville ran into q corn
crib and broke his neck. There are
people in C~astleyille who think the
dog was lucky.
Mexico has decided TO let a street
sprinkler settle its dust question.
The Moberly Signals sull cross
bats" with other base ball clubs. and
when they do they generally eros the
plate enough times TO make the other
fellows Cross.
This is the time Of year when the
Missouri farmer who had his farming
implements under shelter last winter
won't be seen in the crowd that visits
the heavy hardware store.
The Lection Times man, needing one
more line 10 ill out the space in q col.
umn on the front page Of his paper
last week used this one: This line
fills out the space all right"
A Chicago tobacco salesman who
was making" towns in Southern Mis-
souri, last week advises young men not
TO smoke. He says there are enough
confirmed tobacco users 70 insure the
stability Of his Job.
a Cass county man become the
father Of three boys Saturday. When
be was told the news he calmly said:
That's all right may want TO run
tor office twenty-one years from nov
OF a little later"
So many high buildings are being
erected in Maryyille nowadays that
the people OF that town. when they go
10 bis city hotels. do uot ask FOR first
or second floor rooms any more.
They're getting used 10 being up
hiEh.
The California Dispatch says: "Pub.
lIc office Is for men who believe and
act the part Of honesty. Pub
&c office was not created that boodlers
should hold q and work the public
treasury until Il Is dry"
A city young man who IS farming
near Scots City for his health set a
hen on twenty eggs and vas surprised
last week when she Matched out nine
teen duckiings. when IL was suggest.
cd othzt he had placed duck eggs uu-
der the hen he said he didn't know
whether be did pr not, as al eggs
looked alike 20 him.
F. w. Andrews. who owns almost ali
OF Lttle Sugar lake in Platte county.
near Armour Junction. has lived on
the farm he has now nearly hfty-oue
years. He first came TO Little Sugar
lake dragging all his belongings be-
hind him Nn a wooden sled, II his
wealth were now converted into sil.
yer dollars and piled on a sled e
would take between six and eight
mules 20 nov H.
A Cass county man. IN running 20
escape a nght Thursday, fell aud
broke his nose. The next time, ae
says be viii take chances 90 having
hts nose broken IN the fight
A circus advance crew billed Rich.
mond early IN the week and the editor
OF the Misaourlan spent 40 much time
admiring the bright posters thai be
forgot 90 write Brass Bullets"
Several store we're b~urglSri1ed IA
King City one nlght recently and. in'
stead % starting after the robbers. the
business men acted as night watch.
men for several nights afterwards.
According 20 tho Ccntralia Courier
J, ~ Todd Of Galway county brags
that he was one hanged and has been
IN three penitentiaries. The peniton.
tiaries were those OF Missouri. Nehras-
ka ana Arkansas. which he visited.
The hanging was real however. Dur
ing the Civil war some soldiers tried
20 make young Todd tell where his