The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-01-05
LATE MISSOURI ITEMS

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tbe pANt. lts beading features are o.
ing brought 10 the attention ~ people
IN various communities ID me state BY
lecturers. armed VITA atercoyuoon
views.
A sneak thief yanked q fi5 over
coat Off the back o. a dummy stand.
ing IN front Of a clothing store az Han
nibal one cold night recently Bot The
thief probably needed u worse thai
night han The dummy di9.
The supreme court has decided that
farmers who cell their own products
are not hawkers Or pedGleu. and
therefore are not subject % the or
dinances Of any city. This decision
gives the farmer the privilege u sell
Ing hiss produce from house 10 house
without taking out a license
When the supreme court Of Missouri.
meets on January 9 Il win -reoreanize
and Judge Theodore Brace. Democrat
viii become chief justice In place Of
waltour ~ Robinson. Republican who.
retires. and 81 succeeded rs a member
Of the court by Henry Lamm Of Sc
dalia. The chief |iusticeship goes by
usage 10 the oldest justice.
The demands az the state peniten.
tiary authorities for GO cents per day.
instead Of 80 cents per day. per man
for convict labor have been accepted
by a broom manufacturing company
which has its whole resources invest
ed inside the prison walls. fl has con
tracted for the labor Of $50 men per
day for five years. But the other con
tractors declare they viii out
rather than pay than 80 cents. 3
Two boys were coasting a few days
ago az a coal mining camp near Well
ington. One Of them ran into the
other and a pretty squabble ensued. Il
was taken up. however. by members
[ Of their respective families. and one
after another Joined in the melee until
/ eighteen people were involved and a
regular k%nockdown and dragout time
was had. A number Of them explained
the =atter before the Wellington jus
tiee neXt day.
Someone rummaEing among the
laws Of ST. Joseph has discovered one
which prescribes that no car shall
turn the corner OF two intersecting
streets faster than the horses or mule.
can walk" Il is evident that this or
dinRnce was passed in days OF mule
cars. II is stnl the law. though disre.
garded since the mule car gave place
TO the electric motor. But for fear
something should happen and an in
iured marty should appeal TO this old
law for redress D, will be appealed
-Four business houses we're entered
by burglars ia Joplin in one night re
Gently.
II is said that Chllieothe has NOR,
lawyers than any other town Of its
SIZE in the state.
The Knob Knoster Gem Is 70 have a
new press. When it is installed 10,
paper viii be somewhat laJEer.
Pickwick creek. which runs through
Osagc, Is degcnerating The New
says * IS very low down at pres
ent
Grant City. which IS bidding 10.
the 1895 conference o. the Methodist
church, wishes 81 known hat the prps
poets arr very bright FOR a chicken
crop up that way,
James Probst. who lives near Cas-
ucyile gave his son a mule colt for
Christmas Saturday. That night Ga,
mule kicked young PTobst aud brok.
the boys left leg.
a Pennsylvania man who wautet
some good mules came an the way &.
Galloway county Il buy them las
week
A jefferson City negro who va.
stealing wood the other night Eot ,w,
loads according 90 the Butler Demo
cral but they were o. No. & shot.
Fluy six persons were before m,
Joplin police judge Monday charge,
with getting drunk on Christmas IN,
Press says taere vas not a siugj,
drunk 10 iho Carthage police cour
Monday The Carthage imhlbcrs mus
have gone over 90 Joplin 10 spen,
Christmas
Hcufy nurrn II Liberal. who S. bc
licyed to- be one 90 the oldest men q,
the United States. Is preparing 90 cole
hrate h's leG,h birthday He wa
born JsausfY Is. 1899. lie is stll d
good health.
summer SIS talking of Building q b.
tank and hitting b. with water 30 b
used ln uEhung fire
TIE people ot LIVINGSTON count.
aro evidently a unit Ca their wa.
~ thinking Although the county 3
old and pr1spcruGa a. has no cour
house and no permanent quarters go
The county officers although it has
fine public square on which "a bull,
whom they finally set together.
pelmar aYoaue. a well kaeRn thor
oughfarc in 81 Louis over Whicl
many thousands OF persons rode q