Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-12-28
Around About the State. !;
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Farmers Of Cape county have organ
ized Society Of Equity.
The Missouri Corn Show will be held
at Columbia from january to IL, 1907.
The Baptist Church at centralia was
destroyed by FIRE recently. Losssi0.UO.
The Cape brewery and ice plant has
been sold to st. Louis people who will
take charge Of same soon.
jackson County voted one-fourth mil
lion dollars in bonds last week for build
ing new county poor house.
The Milan coal mine, formerly owned
by about fifty business men OF that city,
was sold last week for $4,000.
A Sarcoxie farmer picked ,rop OF
June apples last week. 1t was NE Sec
ond bearing of the trees this year.
A local option election is being agi-
tated in Cape county. If it should go
"dry," Ben Adams would burn up.
The Rails County grand jury which
adjourned Friday, returned fifty indict-
. ments against men for selling liquor.
The late R. NJ. Snyder, a Kansas City
millionaire, is said to have made mil
lion dollars in two years in natural gas.
Miss Mollie Dopyns, an unrecop-
structed rebel, once banished from ST.
Louis, recently died at Galveston, Tex
as.
A Bates County man has a pack OF
wolf hounds that actually catch wolves,
They have taken eight large ones this
year
Alta SPECIAL election held in Excelsior
Springs last week tas new wateryorks
franchise was carried by a decisive ma
j'rity.
During the month Of October eighty
two car loads OF freight were shipped
ont of Edgertop and forty-ons car loads
received.
The next MEETING of the Soutbeas'
Missouri Press Association will be al
New Madrid next May, during thu
drummers' meeting.
A sad affair occurred at Ravenwoot
last week. Roy Irwin, a newly married
man Of two weeks, took carbolic acit
and died from the effect Of u shortl!
afterward. No cause haa been assigned
for his ss't destruction.
Cass jackson, farmer living abou
two and one-half miles from jamestown
on Sunday found s5e5 of silver, suppos
cd to be apart Of the money taken D.
The bank robbers from the Jamestow
bank, recently, The money and lot
burglars tools were concealed in MI
Jackson's feed lot.
Mrs. Thomas Miller, residing north
west Of Fulton, had a light with geb
bier last week, which resulted in vic
tory for the turkey, and disastrous
Mrs. Miller, who in her effort to get or
the way of the bird fell backwards ovt
a atump in such manner as to prea
her arm between the wrist and elbow.
Sparks from engine No. Ill Monda
morning, set fire in several places
meadows, pastures and corn fields fro
St. Joseph TO Helena. The ire south
Helena partially or wholly destroys
two thousand bushels Of corn for sla'
Brothers, burned a half mile of hedi
and wire fence, Two and one-half acr
Of apple and peach orchard and sever
acres Of meadow land.
J. e. Wilson of north Of Centrali
killed monster eagle, measuring sew
Feet and one inch from tip to dip
wings. When discovered the sag
boldly attacted young sheep. fastens
its talons into It's back and was atsemp
ing to carry IL away. Before il h
gone more than few yards Mr. Wills
snot and killed II Uhe bird bad q ST
trap fastened 70 one loot,
Will H. Sparks, deputy state sa'
warden, who is now experimenting !
seining at Big Lake, reports the folio
ing number of pounds caught tom {
tober % to November 3 inclnsive; b
ialo, 7,s25 pounds; carp, .. 100; gar.s,i
scboohsrs, 1900, erappie iOe; bls
bass TO the number Of fourteen; pi
thirty-three, and rock bass. twenty-l
we're taken out during the run, hut v
Immediately put back.
Richard Kyle has fine deer park
his place mile southeast Of Grahs
Mr. Kyle has about txenty-fve deer
the park, which embraces a tract
ground heavily wooded, forming
ideal PARK. He reoeiysd . iins b
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