The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-01-18
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age system.
jackson will have 100000 stone
court house.
The Missouri Pacific is building
stock yards at Galena.
A steel bridge is to be built across
Indian creek at Pineville.
Attorney Homer Hurst, member of
the Jasper county bar, is under arrest
charged with embezzlement.
Probate Judge Davis of Jasper county
has married 600 couples during the
three years he has been in Office.
The Knights of Columbus, OF St.
Louis, are to erect Il S2j0,000 lodge,
hall and gymnasium on Grand avenue.
The store of l.. V. Cook at Bonnie
Terre was burned, involving loss Of
$4,000, one-half covered by insurance.
A brick block at Gentry occupied by
department store and drug store was
burned. Loss $4,000; partly insured,
In the circuit court at Springfield
last Thursday morning Judge James T.
Neville granted ten divorces in two
hours.
The Odd Fellows building and d. NJ.
fuckers business house adjoining
were burned, entailing loss Of
S30, 900.
Kirksville is TO vote on the PROPOSE
tion of issuing bonds in the sum of
$40, 900 for the construction of pubic
sewer system.
1t is said the Burlington railroad
will rebuild the Hannibal bridge at
Kansas City, enlarging it to accommo-
date two tracks.
At Kansas City the other day a wo-
man swore that her husband was kind
to her for fear that il she did not he
would give her a beating.
The treasurer OF Jasper county has u
balance of more than s2OC, 600 in cash on
hand. The financial condition of the
county is the best in its history,
Missouri is the leading clover state
and anyone who is so fortunate as TO
own Missouri real estate is in clover in
ratio to the extent of his holdings.
Charles Dick was killed and Joseph
Delay had an arm broken by the fall
OF large icicle in the Jupiter mine at
Duneweg, near Joplin, last Thursday.
In q Missouri town recently Mr..
Skunk was married to young lady
OF the same name. 1t is not stated
whether or not the guests held their
noses.
r. II. Dorman, OF Liberal, celebrated
his l07th birthday anniversary on the
10th Instant. He is said to be in good
health with prospect of many such
anniversaries yet in store.
A petition is to be presented the
February term of the county court Of
Christian county asking for special
election to vote on the question OF
issuing bonds to build court house.
The secretary of the Kansas City
Cotton Mills company says the mill
will be in operation within six months,
and will employ about 600 hands at the
start, and later about 1900 people.
Chilicothe will hold special elec.
tion on the Goth instant to vote on the
proposition OF issuing bonds TO the
amount of 100000 to build an electric
light and waterworks plant to be
owned and operated by the city.
Hartman, the railroad magnate, and
the Union Pacific railroad people, are
considering the operation of factories
in Kansas City for the manufacture of
gasoline motor cars, an item in rail-
road transportation which is assuming
considerable magnitude.
Louis Ginrich was fined $ll in Justice
Barton's court at Carthage for whip
ping his wife. The financial punish
ment should have been supplemented
by thorough cowhiding, that the fel-
low might have annexed some idea of
the euormity OF his offense.
Two Poplar Bluff kids II and IA years
old respectively, broke into store one
morning last week, were arrested and
placed In Jail and knocked a hole in
the wall and made their getaway all
by four o'clock Of the same day. The
Jail at the Bluffs must be as bad as the
kids.
Springfield and Jefferson City will
probably be connected by an electric
road in the hot distant future. Such a
line, extended to Harrison via Forsyth
and operated by power furnished by