Scott County kicker., 1905-03-25
TIL; SOUTHEAST.

ing lJS ucH|eTN. SuCkO 80 sIuIeU tHc
case that petit larceny was charged
against Stan. Investigation devel-
Oped that it was not n case for the
Justice court and Stan was dis
charged Threats TO take 1t to the
federal court brought out counter
charge OF murder in the old country
and claims of abundant proof that
Sarko had murdered two men before
leaving his native land for this
country The case was discontinued
for the present. .--Farmington News.
Articles OF incorporation were last
week issued by the secretary of state
for a new railroad for Southeast
Missouri in the name of the Sikeston
and southeastern. 1t is proposed to
build about thirty miles OF road
from SikestOn to q connection with
either the Illinois Central, Nashville.
Chattanooga and st. Louis or the
Mobile & Ohio, or all OF them, near
Hickman, Ky. The road will open
some fine timber and farm lands OF
Scott. New Madrid and Mississippi
counties The incorporators are
representative men OF Sikeston.
Charleston. New Madrid and other
southeast towns and the company
is capitalized at S3oo.O0o.
Bloomfield Vindicator: The cues.
tion OF building the vaults for the
protection os the county records has
been freely discussed at the gather
inc OF the clans from every section
OF the county at this term q! the cir
cult court. Many express themselves
highly in favor OF building vaults ut
the earliest i,o->ibl" moment while
tharo are a great many who favor
not only the building OF t!re-proof
vaults hEt expires, themselves II, fav-
or oi going further and building q
modern court house at an eXpcnse o!
from SO. 900 to $50. 900. This sen.
timcut seems +" peryade every sec
ton ii tie comfy.
i, bin making Butter and Ripley
counties one circuit and StoddarG
aud Uuukliu another, which has been
bending III tie legislature for some
time va- passed by the senate last
wce:. The act having been passed
by the ,.ou,e some time previous
Luw only needs the goverror's sigma
;ura It provides ior the appoint.
meut ui the first Judge ui the new cir
cuii by the governor and the holding
Of court AT Ripley on the fourth
Monday il March The enormous
docket OF this district before the di-
vision could not bc handled by one
court III the prescribed time.
DeSoto Press. As a result OF i'm
positions that are reported to have
been practiced upon some Of the Ma
sonic bodies. :Leroy L. Valiant, OF
It. Louis, grand master OF the grand
lodge os Missouri, has proclaimed an
edict embodying the following:
Hereafter no lodge in this jurisdic-
tion shall receive a visitor from any
lodge outside the Jurisdiction unless
Il master Mason, known rs such III
the lodge, shall vouch for the visitor
a> Il Mason in good standing
punklin Democrat: Mr.. Franklin
} on his lake plantation in Pemiscot
. county has been Handicapped by wa
, ter. He had bitches dug through
the land but they were not wide
enough nor deep enough to carry off
the Volume OF water. He has Just
. completed dredgeboat and will dig
/ his bitches % feet wide, which he
says will be ample to carry oil the
water. After he has finished drain
: inc his land he will take contracts
: for other drainage bitches.
Mrs. NJ. J. Surrell died at the home
oi her son, William Surrell in East
Prairie, Mississippi county. last week.
Mrs. Surrel was the widow OF the
late William Surrell who died in this
: city thirty years ago at the age OF
g 90 years. Mr.. Surrell. old and feeble
at the time he drove the first spike
in the first railroad that was started
to reach out from this city to the
e outside world did not live to see the
/ work completed cape Democrat.
] Bishop Hendrix would not permit
Rev. A. T. Osbron TO deliver his spir-
r. itualistic lectures in Jackson as ad.
vertised. Mr.. Osbron had advertised
i to deliver three lectures here this
t week. but he had to bow to the will
j OF his bishop and call them oil. We
q understand the bishop took this
course for fear Mr. Osbron's coming
: to Jackson might have II bad effect
I on the church here.-.Iackson Cash
9 Book.
g Freight receipts at this point have
/ been unusually heavy during the last
!, couple OF weeks. In addition to in
" Vulnerable smaller receipts, during
u the past week there have been re-
y ceived five cars potatoes, two cars
it brick, one car posts, one cur wagons
II one car paving brick, one car lime,
!, two cars machinery and four carr
s coal.-Charleston Enterprise.
= Bloomfield Courier: In the case ol
J. the State against Dave Vincent
e charged with an assault with intent
Il to kill ". ". Norman, the jury re
a turned q verdict Of guilty and fixed
.. . his punishment Mt five years in thu
u state penitentinry. SometimeS wher
q a fellow is looking for trouble he get,
It it, and when he does he has no jus'
"a grounds for complaint.
Il On last Tuesday, shortly afte
-. - noon, Fred. Beucklnan, u prominen
" mill man, Of Perryville, suicided b,
4 hanging himself in a barn near hi
ii home. Financial troubles Ia give
M as the cause. A widow and fou
10 children survive him.
~ Charleston Star: The Star receive
~ three reams OF newspaper from 81
&c Louis last Tuesday. The paper COZ