Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-08-22
late MISSOURI
news NOTES
ITEMS OF INTEREST TAKEN
FROM ALL OVER THE GREAT
EST STATE IN THE AMERI-
CAN UNION.
Grand Jury to Investigate Bribery
Charges in Macon County-Ball
Player Affected by the Heat
"Gentlemen's Aid Society"

Judge Shelton has ordered special
grand jury to sit in September to In
vestigate the charges that book agents
tailed to bribe members Of the Macon
county text book commission. The
charge is that members Of the COM
mission were offered as high as $500 to
adort certain books.-Clarence Cour-
Ter.
Trenton, Mo-, Harry Chapman, Of
Severance, Kansas, professional ball
player in Kansas, Missouri and Iowa,
was taken home from here to-day by
relatives in what appeared to be a
state Of temporary insanity, probably
caused by heat.
He had been affected for three days.
Physicians say that with care he may
recover.
The objections OF chicken to hav-
ing its head cut of nearly resulted
disastrously for B. Angelo, 20 years OF
age, q cook IN the Missouri Athletic
CLUB OF st. Louis. After the encoun-
ter Angelo was taken to the City Hos
pltal to recover from the weakness
caused by loss of blood incidental to a
knife wound In his wrist. Angelo was
preparing some chickens for luncheon
Wednesday and tackled full-grown
hen. The hen had objections to losing
her head and Topped wildly. After
several Intellectual efforts TO decapi-
tate the chicken in an ord erly manne
the cook became enraged and slasned
vicIously at the fowl. He missed the
lively hen and buried the point of his
knife In his LETT wrist, severing blood
vessel. He ran screaming from the
kitchen and dashed up Broadway. A
policeman sent him to the hospital.
Yes the @. s. A. and Wabash will
double track from Mexico to Clark
but they will not build a rock road
from Sturgeon to the O. & A. The
Mexico Ledger is in errer. The road
will not be built because the objectors
knocked IL out. Sturgeon Leader.
A unusual social will be given on the
parking OF the NJ. e. Church, Thurs
day evening, the 18th. Why unusual?
Because it is gotten up by the men Of
the church, instead of By the women.
Come and encourage the "Gentlemen's
Aid Society" In their first venture,
get q dish Of good ice cream and help
a good cause. .-Moberly Monitor.
Students will come early this year
to the state University. Five dollars
is the extra fee charged for late re-
glstration. This is expected to bring
the students earlier than ever before
and the work Of the great school will
proceed with less interruption. The
new rule goes into effect for the first
time. The University opens on Sep
tember 9th, not as inadvertently stat
ed Tuesday, on later date. e.-Oolum-
bla Herald.
The plans for the new Chicago q
Alton depot in this city were sent
here this week to give Louisiana con-
tractors an opportunity to bid on put
ting up the building. 1t will be built
on the site of the old station at the
foot Of Third street, and is to be a
frame structure. 1t is to have steam
heat and toilet accommodations, and
| is estimated to cost about $4,000.
The buildings to be completed by the
3lst of October.-Pike County News.
A goodly number of earnest and de-
termined men met at the Centenary
Methodist church Tuesday night and
listened to stirring address by State
Superintendent Robinson Of the Anti
Saloon league. After the address the
interest was so great and the men so
ready for action that 1t was decided to
Iform an organization OF the league In
Louisiana and extend it over the coun-
ltry. Accordingly a nominating COM
lmittee composed of one member from
each of the churches, was appointed
to select the officers and for this pur-
pose they will meet Friday evening In
the parlors Of the Christian church.
Louisiana Press-Journal.
| The Democrat-Setinel appears in re
lduced size this evening, being only sil
columns to the page, and containing
Ieight columns less reading matter
than usual. This size paper is made
necessary by reason OF the extreme
lhot weather Of Saturday night, which
lhad such an effect upon the ink rol
lers of the papers big press that theI
were melted of their cores, An acci
dent such as this seldom happens; in
deed, experienced pressmen say tha'
the temperature and humidity Of thu
last week was worse on press roller
than any they have ever experienced
The Democrat-Sentinel suffered wors'
than the others because of the rapid
Iity with which its press is run, owe
5000 papers being printed an hour
1t Is hoped that it will be only . da'
lor two before new rollers will arrive
when the regular-sized paper will b.
ssued.-SedalIa DemocratSentinel.
A reunion Of the family Of the lat
Judge Hugh Tincher was held las
saturday at the old Tincher place Oh
which be settled in 1889. He cam
! from Monroe County, Va, and resid
J ed on farm until his death Februar
20, 1888 at the age Of 80 years: A larg
number Of the family and many friend
were present. An excellent picni
. dinner was seryered in the shady grove
I'll
Mrs. Geo. Anderson and daughter
Alene, who have been visiting tn
J formers parents, G. B. Null and fam