The Marshall republican., 1905-03-31
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/: SHORT MISSOURI ITEMS :

Crimson is without a blacksmith.
The horses will have to ~ unshOd but
the women can shoe the hens.
Charley white. the strawberry
king. says the prospects are good for
big crop Of berries this year.
The Joplin NewsHerald has a poet
on Its staff who loves to sing of Dear
Old Missouri" His latest effort fol.
lows:
Christ Shutg. one of me oldest res.
idcnts " clay County. died last week.
He was buried In New Liberty Gem
etary.
The telephone company AT King
city Is improving It's service right
along. Last week they strung a new
cable
Dr. Fred Caudlor. former printer
ON the oak Grove Banner. is now n
successful physician at Bonner
Springs.
Edward g. Berry. aged 9S years.
aud since 1921. u resident of Galloway
county. died at the house Of bis sou.
near Reform.
Mrs u e. Richards ~ Lucas. Iowa.
formerly publisher Uf the burlington
Ledger was Killed there recently by
"a freight train.
\ freight train bumped into car
loaded with matches at Nevada ro.
Gently The matches lighted and de.
-ifuyvd ~" car
An Inventory ~ the estate NJ the
fuH. ErH.V.N
treasurer uf Missouri, shows that II
amounts to $4,000,
Breckenridge, Mo. was visited by
robbers who were successful and
sought To cover up by burning the
town. Robbers escaped.
stockton. which II eighteen miles
from Eldorndo Springs. wants a
railroad 80 badly that the citizens are
all chipping IN building one.
Missouri has no gas or uil.
Nor populIsts. but thina!
II has beneath its fertile su.l
Lead. coal. iron. stone aud zinc.
The street commissioner Of Lamar
spent $3.50 on the street of that town
last month. u l. expected that tho
sum expended this month viii reach
s..
According 10 the Excelsior Springs
papers a good many Kansas city
people have begun "Suudaylug' at
the springs and "Mundaying' back
home.
The lluskins hotel at Scdalia
received u hey by mail from Hanover.
Germany, the other day II was one
q guest hsl carried away about u
year before.
Iat, G. pummonI of Lexington.
uuv uf M, best known newspaper men
uf Lafayette county was married
recently tu Miss Mamie l.. Curso ui
Wellington.
state Treasurer j. T. Gmolioh has
purchased the Ncndal SJraub proper
~ in East Main street, at the state
capital. aud viii after repairing H..
move his family into II,
\ webb City man tried to hill his
wife and his little girl the other day.
nut" Gays webb City papr,, the
police were reluctant 10 arrest him be-
cause he 10 n cripple
J. Kelly Poll ~ the Ccntralia
Courier In u fayurito with the editor
~ AllN hhh'NAN lf'AlANA Ut " w. " NAA'
Democrat copies any uf Puufs writ
ings n gives him credit fur them.
J. ". Walk, who lives near clear
Greek. near Nevada. owns "a double
headed calf. The heads are natural
IN size and perfect In form, The TWO
uccks come together at tac shoulders,
pinkstOn Hopkins II the name ot
the new publisher nf the Edgcrtun
journal The ST. Joseph News and
Press thinks he should make the
paper very interesting II names count
for anything,
The feed mill at Spickard, owned
by G.. A. Thompson. was burned to the
ground last week. The building and
contents. feed. horses aud uggics
were destroyed. cntailing u loss Of
about $1,000.
Two Aurora young men have invent.
ed an automobile which II perfect In
symmetry and construction. There
is one slight drawback tu the machine,
however. II won't run without some.
one to push H.
Sam otter. Of Lake township. drove
his team into the river west of Ncya-
da. for the purpose Of washing them
off. The current was so swift that Il,
swept the team down stream, and
they We're drowned,
John 5, Marmaduko. scion Of a
well known Missouri family, aud
formerly imself promising young
man Of MeXico,Mo. Is slowly dying
Of consumption IN the country
infirmary at loondru, CAT
4 heavy rain and hail storm passed
over ST, Louis Thursday afternoon.
The wind blew down one Of the elec.
trlc power wires and John McGovern
picked II up, not knowing his danger,
and was Immediately killed
Al least one dog In ST. Louis should
have medal. A man on the street
was In the act Of striking a woman,
and the dog at once sunk his teeth in.
to the mans leg. and held on until the
police arrived. Then he quitely dis.