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

Fresh canned goods, Hour, produce,
etc., assured to customers purchasing
goods Of L. A. Williams, the South Side
grocer.
Attorney John J. Jones, Of Glensted.
was trxnsacting business in Versailles
Wednesday and did not forget the Dem.
,crat in his rounds.
George krauss Is adding several sec.
tions Of shelving to his opera house
store to accommodate a new stock Of
shoes, which gives his store neat ap.
pearance.
sample copies Of the Morgan County
Magazine were sent out this week,
which Is intended as an inducement 70
secure all who received them on our
subscription list.
There isn't place on the ST. L. X. C.
l. Colorado X. Il. that has the assOrt.
rnent Of hats, mems shoes, shirts, cloth.
ing, etc, that can DO found in Yer.
sales, Mo-, At the FAMOUS.
w. T.. Roeschei, one OF the prominent
business men of BOonville, was here
Tuesday looking after land interests in
Morgan county. MIR. Roeschel has some
valuable holdings in our mineral dis
trct.
u. Bechtel, aged IS years, died last
Friday ut the home of &. G. Merriott,
east Of Versailles, and was buried at
che city cemetery. lie was an old res.
idsnt Of this county, his relatives liv.
ing at Fortuna.
Joseph Newkirk and Oscar Scott two
departed last week for q tour of Pulaska
county where they expect to purchase
a herd of mules which they will feed
for the market.
The young friends Of Frank Ilamlin
were entertained ut his home In the
northeast part Of town Wednesday
night. They had II fine time and suit
able refreshments helped to make the
evening enjoyable.
w. A. Kidwell, the furniture dealer
and undertaken, will receive q carload
Of furniture within a few days at his
establishment, and an excellent line Of
goods will be on hand for his customers
to select from. Watch for his adver.
tisemcnt in our next issue.
The Versailles friends Of Mr.. and
| al ~
gratulnte them on the arrival in their
household last Sunday Of fine boy
Democratic boy. All are doing we'll,
and il there is any citizen OF Eldon hap.
pier than Paul, he has not made his ap.
pearance in public.
Chas. McEnry came over from Seda
liza and spent Tuesday looking nftc,
Morgan County Investments. lie wa,
the guest Of John Brokmeyer while
here and drove over some Of the bes,
territory in this locality. Mr.. McEnry
Is the gentleman who recently pur
chased the W. II. Powell farm in Pettii
county at q stipulation Of $4,000.
A fatal accident occurred in one o.
: the mines at Fortuna Wednesday II
which Abbie Piles lost his life. lie
was in the pump room underground Al
work when heavy rock fell down th'
shaft, a distance Of l25 feet, and h,
was crushed to death instantly. Un
taker Kidwell Of this city conducted
the funeral st Fortuna yesterday.
The mule sale that was held at tn,
Concrete Livery Stables in this city las
Friday, attracted u number OF farmer
: to the city and about 100 mules wer
brought in, but only four were pur
chased by the buyer. The regula
buyer did not come himself but sent Il
e his stead = colored man, who did no
=, seem inclined 10 pay the prices asked
r hence the sales were limited. II ssel,
). ed that somc Of our Morgan county buy
r ers were willing to pay better price
than WAS offered by the negro buyer.
Ed. Gehrs Of Slower. the new tow
D on the Rock Island west Of Versatile,
was in this city last saturday and wa
:, loud iu his praise Of the improvement,
,. going on ut Stover. The new hotel
l. going u be = credit to the place, whii
several stores will locate there. Nj
Gchrs has been employed as a travelin
,e salesman for the Mccormick Machin
II Co., and will start out about the lst {