Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-05-20

: NEWS FROM MISSOURI. :


John A. McAfcc. the founder Of Park
college, the college has been without
4 president.
Rev. Mr.. james NJ. Smith and Mrs.
Smith celebrated the ~sixty-third ami
versary Of their marriage at Carthage
at a family dinner party given them by
their daughters. Or. Smith IL 81 years
old and Mrs. Smith Is 81. Rev. Mr..
Smith has been "A Baptist minister G2
years.
j ". Underwood, Of Walker, an ex-
state representative, had a narrow cs-
cape from death while leading a Short
horn bun. II suddenly made an attack
upon him, gorinR him several times
and throwing him against a fence.
Prompt assistance" saved his life. He
was dangerously injured.
The St. louis & san Francisco has
surveyors in the field making a re
survey Of the ozark division Of the old
Memphis route b"tw"cn Springfield
and Thayrr. so Grade on the new
survey IS NOR" than thrc"-tcnths Of
one per cent. Al the present time il IL
~ per cent. on the heavy ozark noun
tain grades. Sixteen cars Of freight
can be pulled over The ozark division
now ms VIII De HpuhI"d by educ
ing tn" grade.
John W. Burls, Of Boone county,
thinks he has discovered "A new remedy
for bad eyes. Ne and his son ran a
ppI"ca, into a hole. The son TOO tho
animal by III" tail and pulled it ont and
IA" rather hit II on ID" head with q
cInb. me- fII"i "" ppI"ch' M "
p"IlHin'h MY BuII", hi'tIhr him,
aIhoHI oih"r numerous places, in ont
81 ms 'y"9. I'm" "y" has beer weak
bHl Mf. HuiES says ma, since the
hEunE ifi"h hla medical SIKH upon II
IT Is much better.
The valu" Of a telephone in a country
store t. put AT 10000 by Porter &
i"ft'r' i"'h merchants az 'arroII'oh
VINO hl"h sun IN ~" circuit 'our, OF
Livingston county against IN" MlASp'Irl
HaIIcy ~l'l"phph" company Tor rha'
amount on IA" claim 'hh' IN" DEFEND
n removed III" '"Irphon" from 'heir
store IN '~hrroII'bn lah' september ana
r"llh'h 70 T"H'rT" u me. ihaIh'hIh"d
mar 'hcy had been patrons Of b" Sys-
ZEN ana bh"y"d N" r~"hsnhhbl" rul"s
Hl M" company.
Missouri Is no, often thought, of az
a win producing state. vet statistics
compiled by The state board Of
agriculture shows that the state
sends away annually 1OOOOO gal
Ions If win" and more than II 900 OOC
ppunda Of grapes. No r"cDrd can be
KEPT pf IN" large amount Oi grapes ana
Yin" mat ar" produced for home Is"
EVERY county cOntribul"a 10 IA" pro-
auction Of wine and j'rhp"s, and III" to-
tai la Increasing annually. In win pro,
duc'irn '~iascrnad" county leads, with
- U3G pallonH annually. s.. Louis cpun-
~ leads In grapes, "ith 1000 VOC
hounds annually.
Work Fra urrrrnegiup very rapidIy on
H.. en-, or bc,wncu Com,r,r an th,
Eururrfnu p Ncyicn on III, rhicap,
& Alton and ,hogn two roads cyucc,
tn me ruuriry troiug over If gr,nc Tim,
I'm JuIy Tbcv viii not wait however
for ,lc ,,mn,c,ion IF the cut-oH +,
cnmuor,, ugin, shnr,cr ,nu,, ,n IN,
Wpr!d ihIr, Tor on Jun" . brih ToadS
VIII berlin running trains by way Oi
LrulfIana The Alton tracks VIII be
us"d from EanHaH city 10 Louisiana
and from there tn" wOrldB fair trains
VIII 70 over the burlington tracks into
St Louis. This Will enable both roads
10 run on much shorter schedules than
now IN rsr.
Gov I,,L.ry b,y ,,,nip,.d IA. f,I.