The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-02-08
SHORT MISSOURI ITEMS

years.
An excelsior mattress factory is a
new industry proposed for Excelsior
Springs.
Cass county has 40 candidates foI
the 10 offices TO be filled at the next
election.
Maryville wants a government build
ing and a few new depots instead OF
the barns now in use.
A coal shaft will Boon be sunk at
Knobnoster. II Is thought a fine vein
OF coal fill be uncovered.
The next meeting Of the Missouri
Bankers association will be held az
Excelsior Springs May 16 and II.
The country around MOorehouse
has been flooded by the breaking OF
the levees along the Little river.
Luther Capron a juror In the circuit
court at lamar, dropped dead just
as he entered the court room the other
day.
A sedaila youth went 10 take a
spoonful OF cough medicine and by
mistake drank half a quart Of wood
alcohol
A fine baby girl has been born TO
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Bennett. near
lock Springs. The father is is and
the mother IA.
Mrs. Rentro. a Missouri woman,
celebrated her lO3d birthday anniver
sary last week. Mrs. Renfro retains
all her faculties.
A thief with more courage than
judgment stole 80 pounds Of dynamite
from the Missouri Pacific depot at
Waverly. last week.
The Missouri Mention man Of the
ST. Joseph News-Press has acquired
the office furniture and equipment Of
the Paw Paw Bazoo.
-Four miners carried a comrade. Os-
car Rowden, eight miles 10 Springfield
Rowden was fatally injured by a 500
pound boulder falling on him.
The Saline Citizen, burned mp last
week Is out this week In a new dress
Citizens OF any other county are chal
lenged 20 equal the performance.
The jefferson City Tribune says
that the three large shoe factories In
that town have all tho hands they
need. What they want is probably
feet
Moberly Evening Democrat: And
now the breezos watt the rumor that
Pants" Vandiver wants to succeed,
Or. Jesse at the State university In
case nr, Jesse does not remain
A Missourian named skinner, who
was fishing in the Missouri river with
dynamite was blown 90 pieces by the
explosive. and the fragments OF his
body became food for the fishes.
Thomas Hilton who has lived IN
Rich HnI Tor nearly so years, has
made application 10 be kept In jail
until warm weather, as he does not
wish 10 be sent 10 the poorfarm.
One street six blocks long In Deep
water produced four sets OF twins In
six weeks The town has 1900 in
habitants at these writings, bat they
have 20 take a new census every day
A pack Of DAYS and men decently
went a coon hunt I'm Putnam county
The men got into a fight yer the dogs
and several were badly hurt. The
cons reported the %iolliest time OF the
season.
A woman visited Fayette the other
day and paid a debt Of fifteen cents
which she had contracted there seven
years ago. She promised AZ the time
10 pay q the next time she came 90
town and she did.
According 10 the Carrollton Demo
crat. Miss Sadie Tulie has a precari-
GUS voice. Twice within a year she
has last ner voice without n moments
warning and Il came back each time
as suddenly as e left.
IN honor 81 the German kaiBorB
forty-sesenth birthday the Sc Joseph
star printed an editorial entirely I'm
the German tongue ThOre must be
az least as many as a couple dozen OF
Germans inst, Joseph.
The Jefferson city Tribune says that
f. f. + McIimsey. recently appointed
consul 10 Callao. Peru. was In Spring
field last week the representative OF
a politician who r. negotiating for the
purchase OF the Springfield Ropubli'
car.
Because Daniel Huffman, Novinger.
eoud not barrow $40 with which 20 de-
fray the expenses OF his wedding, he
IA alleged 20 have helped himself 90
the contents OF bis employers cash
drawer. lie was arrested. The wedd'
ing was postponed,
By no means the last interesting
thing about the following feature
story from the oplln News-Herald is
the style IN which Il Is presented: A
lady who Is visiting here recently
ordered a cab for the night train. The
rain was descending heavily and she
and her sister were looking out OF
the window when a cab came dashing
up. Right behind was another. As
the first reached the gate he shouted.
- was ordered to No. 2i4" so was IT,
shouted the other. and whipped up his
! horee and turned back There had
evidently been "a mistake at the barn
In ordering bat the lady was a very
large woman and dfd nos known sket-
her q was suR on her size or not she
reached the station In one eas. how
yer