The Laclede blade., 1904-08-06
HERE AND THERE.
Local Items OF the Week Gathered For the
Busy Blade Readers.

q There should be a large attendance.
Q Regular meeting of Phil Kearney
g post Saturday afternoon at the usual
t hour. All comrades urged to be
q present.
An ice cream supper will be given
e at Forker next Thursday evening fo1
s benefit Of Sunday school. All are
; cordially invited to attend.
: A three days reunion will be held
at Meadville beginning August %.
Meadville people are good entertainers
on all occasions and especially good
on occasions of this kind.
G. N. Standby, and Jas. T. Bassett
and his son w. H. and nephew, Rob-
bic Bassett, left Thursday to spend a
week at the Worlds Fair. They
will stop off at Old Monroe and take
a look at the country along the Burl-
ington's new line from Mexico.
G. G. Cotter has rented the Willard
room vacated by Couch & Weaver
and will open lunch and short order
house. He will also carry line of
confections, cigars, pies, cakes, and
summer drinks. Mr.. Cotter is an ex-
per1encnd man in that line and will
run Eice clean place.
The democratic county central COM
mittee met at Linneus last Monday
and called their county nominating
convention to be held in Linneus on
Monday, August 20. Township
primaries will be held on Saturday,
August 27. There will be 124 dele
gates in the convention.
Mrs. Mollie Smith returned home
Monday from an extended visit at
Little Rock, Arkansas, accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs. Paul Harlan,
who will spend several weeks. Mr..
Harlan, who is in the employ of the
American Telegraph Telephone COM
pany, has been transferred from
Little Rock to Chicago.
Milo Brinkley, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex Brinkley of this vicinity, has re-
Gently accepted position in the civil
engineering department of the Great
Northwestern Railway Co., with
headquarters in Montana, at an ad-
vanced salary over what he received
in his former position under the Ma
tional government.-Bulletin.
Elmer T. johnson, of Denver, Colo
RADIO, and Miss Bessie Mize, of Laclede
were united in marriage last Tuesday
evening, August 2, 1904, at 7 o'clock
by Rev. J. D. LaMathe at Christ's
church, St. Joseph. Mr.. and Mrs.
johnson are now visiting the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mize in
Laclede, and receiving congratula-
tions of her many friends here.
The "wets" and the "drys" of La
clede had a lively contest before the
county court in this city last Monday
evening the former being represent
ed by Attorney T. P. Burns and the
latter by H. K. West of Brookfeld.
After the evidence and the arguments
had been presented the court finally
decided that the petition presented by
John Dick for dram shop license was (
legal, and the "wets" won.-Bulletin.
During the thunder storm last Sat-
lrday night lightning struck the resi-
lence of Carl r. Smith four miles
northwest of Laclede and damaged
he building to the extent of about
1925. The bolt hit the top of the
house, ran down on the inside, slivered
he casing and the door and ripped :,
he mopboard off by the side of the
,ed where Mr.. and Mrs. Smith were
'leeping. They we're badly shocked 0
'ut not seriously hurt. The loss was Q
ally covered by insurance in the La 1
lede Mutual Fire and Lightning