Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01

1llmo Headlight: John Schrake,
the painter. who fell In NOrman's
lumber yard last tall and broke his
right ley. and was taken to tllecoul.
~ farm. is back in lilmo plying the
brush M OF yOre. 4 peculiar thing
about .Johns misfortune il the flct
that both his legs are now the same
length. Years ago he broke his left
leg and when it mendetl it WAS some
two inches shorter than the right.
For !venrs he wore a raised sole and
herl on bis left shoe to even up tho
disparity in the lenYth of his limbs.
With the breaking oi his right leg
last fall, this menl~r also grew short
.r and is now the exact length of the
left leg.
Cape 'iirardenu Republicans: Ha-.
mon l.oeffl. ha,. ,ur plaus and -peciti-
cations for new steepes for the Cath
nlic Church At New Hamburg. Scots
county Ia connection with the nav
plans there j. q story ~ much histor.
ic interest. During the civil war the
bell in the steepIc Of the church vas
rung frequently to warn hepopulace
OF the approach Of cruel bushwhacA.
er-. The latter finding that their
easy prey escaped when the bell was
ruf2 burned dowu the steeple one
day. 1t has never been rebuilt. bu.
no" the parish ha- decided TO put
up n double -t-eple Nr Loefae ia
asking for bids on the stone and 9th
er work
:! -pr.ciitl term of th. Federal court
"n- held AZ Cape tiirar rdeau last week,
Tor the purpose oi arranging for che
DRAWN. of a panel oi forty men to
serve 4. Jurors in the smith Bro.
pronage case to l.. tried there this
month. The jury will be edrawn FROM
nine of the seventeen counties CON.
prsinc the di.trict--cape Girardeau,
Scott. Mississippi. New Madrid, Pan,-
iscot. Dunkin and Stodd,rd being
excluded by reIue-t ot the govern-
rn-,It
Campbell Citi1.l: Judvr Fors
made n special trip 90 kenne.t Moa.
day to look after certain parties who
ar accused OF brea king the local op-
tion law 10y selling booze under the
name Of "tno." Regal" or some.
thing OF the kind After selling the
stun at kennett Tor some time. with
much success, th. parties put in =
Joint at Holcnmb which resulted in
such Il vigorous kick that Judge Fort
came over and put ID stop t. il.
Bro. Axe. ~ the Ironton Register,
tell. OF the mario" escape OF = lot of
Passengers who were alioliting from
train AZ his town wien another
train, without warning. came whiz.
zln- by At a in-mile AN hour clip.
RI. say. III ought not to be to!e-at-
20! We'll. whht - your ranatr,
Bro. ANe--o long a. trains are r-n
Tor dividends, without considers.
tion for public safety venience?
Maiden Merit: Citizens OF Maiden
were surprised last SuuIa y afternoon,
August ~. 1906. WHEN the fact WIS
circulated that II hole" Al. Watson
had died very suddenly. There VA.
not All older or better known man in
Dunklln county than he He would
have been - year- oi age hi. next
birthday. and d. /. blacksmith lie
worked At his trai- until SATURDAY
before his death!
cape democrat: Lightning struck
a tree a. the slaughter house near
the Koch brick yard thi. afternoon
. and killed fine horse that belonged
TO 4. j. Flentge snd a splendid young
mule that oelonged to Henry Koch,
.fr The animals verr hitched under
shade ore- ~iiea lightning struck
. the tree and both were killed instant
II.
John Go-n-, who shot and killed!
his wi- at tape Grari-au ls~t
spring, Was declared insane hv u Jury
last week and sent To the asylum.