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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-03-06
'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Madeb by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.


ceiyed official notice that Excel
sior Springs will have free mail
delivery May 15.
Mrs. W. B. Bymans Of Liberty,
has an old hen which brought off
twelve chicks last week and is
properly proud of her feat.
Engineer c. D. Rice and Fire.
man L. w. Lore, both of Chaffee,
were killed in a wreck near
Nesly's Landing, Saturday.
A rich strike of coal was made
last week on the Connor -Barbee
land between Joplin and Carl
Junction. 1t is a twelve-foot
vein.
James A. Reed Of Kansas City,
has refused the opportunities OF
of his friends who wanted to put
him in the race for mayor of the
city at the Kaw's mouth.
The Barry County Court has
ordered the erection of a new
county Jail to cost $4,000. The
citizens of Cassville contributed
$1,000 of this amount and county
$4,000.
The Bonne Terre Lead Com :
pany at Kercuianeum, is paying
only 80 cents a day for labor.
But the country is prosperous,
!, 20. l,now-for the Lead Com
pany, and such.
The Maryvii;o PAn! recently
printed the names and ages Of
the children who attended school
in that town fogty-Ohe years ago
And now several elderly maids
there are as mad as hornets.
Maitland is in darkness again
on account of the plants engine
which is a new one, failing after
trial, to do the work. Markt
owner of the plant, is in trouble
with the engine makers, and nc
telling how long it will be before
the lights are turned on.
Down in Bates county a one
armed, one-legged peddler o
jewellery was married recently tt
young lady who boasts of bu
one leg. They will journe.
through life on two legs ant
three arms-and yet some mar
ried folks complain of their un
fortunate lot.
In fire that destroyed tn
home of Cicero Crane in Dexter
few days ago an old lady, Mrs
Mamie Crane, was 30 seriousl
burned that she died. While tn
family was fleeing from tn
burning building she ran bac
to a bed to get her pocketboo
when the flames caught her.
One Of the most active me
seen on our streets last Saturday
was A. B. Owens Of Ridgely
who will be 80 years old ne,
July. He was born in Cumber
land county, Kentucky. We be
lieye the old man likes Edgerto
because there is at present thil
ty.three widows living in Q,
city.-Edgerton Journal.
Worth county has school dis
trict that we believe cannot
duplicated in the entire state.
is district Q, 85,33, Greene towI
ship. There are only thr,
children of school, age in the di
trict and only one Of them is a
tending the home school, Il
other two are attending els,
where. The teacher Is paid S:
o month to teach this one pul
and there is no doubt about Il
child getting good instructio
a district that will keep soho
open for the benefit Of one chi
and pay q teacher S22 per mont
must certainly be, loyal to u
cause of popular education
Grant City Times.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-03-06
B. Jolly, formerly of MoberIy,

B. Jolly, formerly of MoberIy
committed suicida in Denver the
other day. What's in a namep
Gentry county is to vote on q
proposition to bond the county
for $50, 900 to build a county
asylum for the poor on March II
Ten thousand dollars have been
raised at Centralia, Mo-, to build
a broom factory at that place
A two story brick factory will be
built and in operation in &C
days.
King Edwards cigars cost 49,.
20 each. If he had to go through
a st. Joseph aldermanic cam
paign he would soon get down tc
the Wheeling stogie basis.-ob'
server st. Joe.
A man by the name of Thos
Garrett, of Brownwood, gave
his wife a beating one day last
week from the effects of which
she died. Garrett escaped and
has not been captured.
The st. Joseph high schoo
graduate who in his valedictory
said "Give me a little time anC
| will arouse the country" i:
making good. He is now ped
ding alarm clocks up in Andrew
county.-St. Joe Observer.
! And now, brethren, do not lie
US forget at the beginning of the
campaign that Mr.. Atkins ha'
not yet accounted for that $751;
1000 while he was out in the stat,
managing affairs for the G. o. p
Bates County Democrat.
There was p change 9f.tlre ],
! the arrival and departure of tn,
Cannon Ball on the Angel Make
Cotton Reltl last Sunday. Thi
Company changes time nov
about every other week. 1t i
reported that the company make
} these constant changes now t
keep up with their trains.-Fred
ERICKSON Democrat News.
The supposed murder of Mrs. c
II. Megonigle and the burning c
her body with her home fiv
! miles south of Richmond on Feb
ruary 10, is still mystery. Th
officials have been searchin
diligently for a clew which woul
> warrant them in making an arre'
for the supposed crime, but
: date they have found none, Th
r governor has been asked to Offer
> er a reward, in addition to thi
: offered by the county court la
!. week.
If there remains any doubt
the minds of Democrats as
whether the st. Louis Post Di,
patch is a Republican paper
It not the following from its editol
v ial columns ought to remove i
: "The free silver swindle will
n an issue as long as Mr.. Bryan
A candidacy for office continue
o and he cannot prevent it. R
6 publicsns, who know somethir
% about the political game then
n selves, may be depended upon
g attend to that. jackson Ca
Book.
a William e. McCulley Of Mac
a county thinks he has solved Il
: problem of preserving quail.
g owns quite large farm and
IS discovered that quail were b
ut coming more and more scar
If each year. Then he set abe
l. studing the cause and came
,e the conclusion that it was lack
N shelter. Since then he has eve
ar spring planted sugar cane alo
v the side OF the hollows of
ct farm and permits the same
J stand during the winter. 1t Dc
J. not only afford the quail foc
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-03-06

ALiberty man has a motor car
built on the lines of a farm wa
gon and made to stand all kinds
of wear and tear. He says it
can go fast enough to butt a hole
in the air, ton.
Knobnoster Baptists advertised
a "barrel social and a lot of
thirsty old boys got interested.
They were disappointed, however,
as it was an affair for the bene-
fit of missions.
A Missouri judge courted a
widow for 10 years and then
dropped dead when she accepted
his proposal of marriage. 1t will
continue to be useless, however,
to warn men that widows are
dangerous.
Mrs. James Price, living six
miles west Of this city, shot her
16 year old daughter on last
Wednesday night. We have
been unable to learn the partic-
ulars. The weapon was a A
caliber. We were told that the
girl and her brother had been
throwing beans at Mrs. Price and
she ran them up stairs with a
gun; they ran down stairs and
the girl went outside and put
her face against the window pane
and Mrs, Price put the pistol
against the glass and fired,
shooting the girl through the
forehead. She was not dead at
Is o'clock Thursday morning,
but there was little chance for
her to live. Mr.. Price was away
from home at the time. Mrs.
Price asserts that she did not
know that the gun was loaded
&! Frndnricktqwr Democrat News.
! Er.. EQ5S2N y2u'ra in congress
while the country groans ane
bleeds, and | wonder why yol
haven't sent me garden seeds
Spring is coming and my garder
soon will beckon me to toll, and
want to plant some seedlets il
the dark and luscious soil
Where are now the large ia
! parsels that the statesmen uset
! to send, when the wild and wool
| ly winter was q drawing to it
end? Where are now the Lims
pumpkins and the early cling
: stone beet? Have you seeds o
l Bartlett cabbage? Send then
Y quickly and repeat; for the mis-
5 fit seeds of Congress my fat bos
/. ON ever throbs; therefore sem
n the early turnips and the climb
3 thingnmbobs. I've been payini
7, heavy taxes for a 100 year or SC
+ that we might enjoy a congress
v in this weary world below;
g have asked no compensatio
8 other than the bunch of seeds
y that some statesman alway
e sends me, SO that | may rails
= some weeds; but the winter
! flying, and the spring will 500
o be here, and the customary pacl
It age doesn't threaten to appea
1. -14th district Exchange.
IT In the winter of 1922, Jac
al Sims tracked a panther into
y cave on the river two miles b,
l. low Hannibal. It was in Il
er evening and he stopped up Il
10 entrance with chunks and SIN,
70 logs of wood and returned hom
y The next morning he collected
TX number OF settlers, men al
I'll boys, who with dogs and gu
6 repaired to the cave expecting
'h have q big panther hunt al
10 fight. The mouth of the cave
:, Twas still stopped up, and no sil
~ that the animal had escaped W
IN visible. The. distractions We
"a removed and the dogs sent ]
10 followed by some men. And
ne what was thought to be an i
us significant little animal den W
found to be a large and extensi
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-18
EAGLES FAIR IN
ARLINGTON MEETS
GREAT SUCCESS
Neighboring Aeries Send Dele-
gates to West Hudson-New-
arkers Tomorrow Night.

The fair conducted at Quincy Hall.
Arlington, undcr the auspices of the
Ladies' Auxiliary of the West Hudson
Aerle Of Eagles No. 1904, of West Hud-
son, bids fair to eclipse anything of
the kind ever held in the trans-Passaic
towns.
Last night witnessed another large
crowd of patrons at the bazaar, liber-
ally filing the Golfers at the various
booths. The automobile which is 20
be Drawn for is kept in front of the
hall and several of the lucky ones have
enjoyed a spin in the machine, which
is capable of making forty-five miles
an hour.
A feature of the bazaar is a silver
loving cup that has been donated ny
West Hudson Aerie and will be givsr
to the neighboring aerie sending the
largest delegation TO the fair.
Last night there we're delegations
from Jersey City, Elizabeth and New
Brunswick aeries present. Tonight
members of Paterson, Passaic and
Dover aeries will be the guests.
The members of Newark Aerie No
A will be the guests tomorrow night
and Thomas Murphy, one of the mem
bers, who spoke Monday night, has
notified the West Hudson flyers" to
have the whole force on.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-18
WEST HUDSON ATHLETIC
CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS.
John Brown Chosen Head of Or
ganizatiOn.

The annual meeting of the West
Hudson Athletic Association was held
last night at 307 Harrison Har-
.rison, and these officers We're chosen:
President, John Brown; v~ice-presi-
dent, John ]. Malady; secretary. John
H. McKeon; treasurer, John Castles:
manager OF football team. Thomas
German; trustees, Edward O'Brien,
David Douglass, Harry Singleton, John
Brown, Henry Hansen, John MaIady;
finance committee, John H. McKeon,
Thomas Adams and Edward O'Brien:
match committee, Robert Marshall,
David Douglass, Harry Singleton, John
Brown and Edward O'Brien; delegate
to American Association, Thomas
Adams; National League, David Doug
lass; cup tie, Clan Mcdonald, John Cas-
ties. The West Hudsons will play the
Arcadian Thistles of Brooklyn at Har-
rison oval next Sunday. This will be a
contest in the Clan Mcdonald cup tie.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-18
BELL SENT SON
ON ASSIGNMENT
CHANCEMEN KICK
East Orange Police Chief, Facing
Charges, Denies He Showed
FavOritiSm.

A charge that Police Chief James
Bell, of East Orange, had sent his q
year-old son, Arthur Bell, out on a po-
lice assignment on the Thursday night
previous to election, instead Of q reg
ular policeman, made by Chanceman
Harry E. Shaw, started an investiga-
ton by the police committee of the
City Council last night. Chief Bell did
not deny the assertion that he had put
his son, who does not belong to the
force, out to do the trick" which con-
sisted in protecting a group of silver
wedding presents that reposed in the
home of Mrs. Isabella Horn, Of 1875
Prospect street, but denied he a kept
work from the chahcemen. He said
further that his son received no ON
pensation for the work, any more than
he had when he assisted the chief
in procuring evidence against a
observation-disclosures who was selling
liquor. The committee adjourned the
case. Mayor William Cardwell and
Chairman Edward S. Pierson, of the
Council, attended the hearing, which
attracted a lot of attention.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-18

BY workig up to 2:30 a. M. today the
County Board of Elections managed to
finish two more election districts in the
recount of votes in the Orange mayor
atty vote at the second sitting. Ballots
from the third district of the First
ward and the first district of the Sec
ond ward were counted yesterday eve
ming and this morning.
With the recount a little more than
a quarter finished. the trend of the re-
suits favor Seymour. Leaving out of
consideration the votes which have
been referred to the chief justice in
the recount, Seymour's plurality over
Perry. 'as given by the returns from the
election boards, was reduced by one in
the recount for the entire First ward.
On the same basis. this loss was more
than made up for Seymour by the re-
count In the First district of the Second
ward. where Seymour's plurality was
increased by five in the recount, leaving
Democratic candidate with an
actual increase in plurality in the votes
counted by the county board of four
votes In four districts.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-18
OF
FOX|NG BOUTS
GETS IN TROUBLE
Patrick McGuigan, of Harrison,
Arrested from Sheriff's Office
Under Technical Charge.

On a technical charge of running a
disorderly house, Patrick McGuigan,
proprietor of a saloon at So Harrison
avenue, Harrison, and the promoter OF
numerous foxing matches, was arrested
in Harrison by Constable Jerolaman,
attached to the Hudson County sheriff's
office in Jersey City. McGuigan was
held in Jersey City in $1,000 bail for the
grand jury and the bail was furnished
The complaint was made by William
l., Thompson. of f331 Pearsall avenue
Jersey City.
1t is thought that the real cause OF
complaint is the foxing matches on
Quoted by Michigan. These matches
evade the law against boxing on what
amounts to a t~echnicality.
When McGuigan started the matches
a yea ago he was given assurances by
the county prosecutor that he was with
in the law and could not be disturbed.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-18
DEFER ACTION ON
SINKING FUND FOR
SEWER EXPENSES
.Irvington Councilmen Informed
that New Board Should Be
Lett to Decide.

The project of establishing a sinking
fund for the purpose of meeting the
bonded indebtedness of the town of
~Irvington on account of the joint and
lateral sewers was the subject of con
siderable discussion by the tow coun-
cilmen in the Town Hall last night.
Councilman Frey explained that tho
measure was not altogether a new idea,
and that there was already on hand
pose. Mr.. Frey declared it would be
necessary to appoint a commission if
such a step were taken, and that the
board did not wish to entail such addi-
tional expense at the present time. He
further said that there would be about
$500, 900 additional sewer bonds in the
coming year, and advised tina the
matter be left for the incoming board
to decide. The matter was laid over for
further consideration.
The clerk was instructed to adver-
tise for a public hearing on the grad
ing of Twenty-irst street, and an ordi-
nance was ordered drawn for a bond OF
$27,00 for the new school, No. 5, and
also for the sewering of Sorrento street;
for 500 feet of water mains for the same
street, n also for sewer work just
completed.
Two ,hydrants were ordered placaA
in Lyon avenue between Stuyvesant
avenue and the bridge, and 500 feet OF
water mains were ordered laid in Will
son place. The action on the plans for
the new firehouse in Colt street was
deferred. The question of a building
ordinance was brought up and de-
ferred in order to give the committee
an opportunity to obtain a copy of the
Bloomfield ordinance. which it was
thought would be well for the town to
adopt.
h petition from the Lehigh Valley
railroad for permission to lay two
tracks across Cottage street, which
had been laid over at a previous meet
ing until the railroad company. should
lower its tracks in Lyon avenue, was
granted last night, as the company had
complied with the wishes of the board.
The clerk was instructed to draw
an ordinance to increase the salary of
the recorder from $3.50 to $500 per year,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-18
DOGS
ATTACK CYCL|ST
IN BLOOMFIELD
Roland Hill Thrown from His
Wheel and Badly Bitten
in Leg.

Roland Stanley Hill. of 26S Montgom-
cry street, Bloomfield. who is in the
employ of the Public Service Corpora
ton, was attacked by two fierce dogs
at Linden n Glenwood avenues,
Bloomfield. today. He was on his
bicycle when the smaller Of the two
dogs seized him by the foot. In trying
to shake 1t off Hill was thrown from
his wheel, and 1t was then that a bull
dog darted out and bit him on the CALI
of his right leg. He pattled with the
two brutes until assistance arrived and
the dogs were driven off.
Hill used his bicycle to good effect
in saving himself. He was able to get
on the bicycle and rod to the office Of
DIR. Frederick G. Shaul, where his
wound was cauterized.
Hill reported the matter to the police,
who found that the dogs belonged t.
a boy named Alworth, who will be or
dered to kill them.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-18
MISSES MDONALO
AND RUTH RESIGN
TO SCHOOL BOARD
Miss Edith Laggren and Miss
Harriet Rockwell Get
Places in kearny.
TWO ARE NAMED AS
SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS
Superintendent Reports Good
Progress in Manual Training.
October Enrolment.

Kearny's Board of Education last
night accepted. without comment. the
designations of Misses Minnie E. Ruth
and Frances Mcdonald as teachers.
The board appointed Miss Harriet
Rockwell as Miss Ruth's successor. and
Miss Edith Laggren as Miss McDon-
AIDS successor. Misses Hermeo Clock
and Helen Chatter were appointed sub
stitute teachers.
Commissioner Cox reported that of
s2S persons enrolled for night school.
276 attended regularly. Mr.. Cox ais
said it was necessary. Mr.. Cox also
teacher for the night school for the
course in English.
Superintendent of Schools Herman
Dressed, jr, reported that great
progress was being made in manual
training and that the knife work for
the boys of the lower grades followed
by bench work was arousing much in
terest. The female pupils are enthu-
siastic over the sewing classes Thai are
being conducted.
superintendent Dressed reported that
a cooking class vas being conducted in
School Nc. 8, and that the first course
had been given yesterday and had
proved successful.
The total enrolment for October
was 1861. and the per cent. of attend
ance was pa. School No. 2 ranked first
and No. 6 second.
The following was the enrolment OF
the several schools: No. / 1902; No. 2.
4l9: No. 3, 225; No. 4, 271; No. 5. All;
No. 6, 276; No. 7. 343; No. 8. 36s; High
School, 1856.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-18
WOMAN PIANIST
Of NOTE TO PLAY
IN EAST ORANGE
Mabel Phipps, a Skilled Musi-
clan, Who Performs With
Kaufman Quartet.

Miss Mabel Phipps will be the SOLO
ist at the first concert in the series 70
be given by the Maurice Kaufman
String Quartet December 8, at the
Woman's Clubhouse, East Orange.
This is Miss Phipps's first appearance
In the Oranges. She Is a pianist ol
ability and Is a pupil of Joseffy. She
has a pleasing personality and plays
with a true musicianly spirit. She was
recently heard in New York with the
Kneisel Quartet.
The numbers to be rendered at the
first concert are: OPP. Is, No. 2, G major
Ludwig van Beethoven; OPP. "a, Nc. l
c major, Joseph Haydn. Miss Phipps
will be heard in a quintet for strings
and piano, OPP. 81, A major, Anton
Dvorak.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-18
W0ODMEN WILL HONOR
THEIR LATE SOVEREIGN.

Inc Woodmen of the World will I'M
ven a monument dedicated to the mem
DRY of the late sovereign, Frederick
fiaas' of Pioneer Camp, of Kenilworth,
In st. Mary's Cemetery, Springdale
avenue and North Nineteenth street,
EAST Orange, next Sunday. Camps will
meet at Shawger's Hall, Roseville v e
nue. n Orange street, at 2:30 o'clock
.nat afternoon and from there proceed
to the cemetery.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-18
And the eKearny Firemen Hold
a Cold Session in Com
sequence.

It's Water Purveyor Hugh McQuoid
again. This time the members of the
Kearny fire department and the street
commissioner are after the stately
Hughie, because, they say, Hughie has
purloined a stove belonging to them.
For some days past h head of the
water department has become chilled
while working in the tool house of the
water department, in the rear of the
town hall, and yesterday he set out in
quest of a stove.
Hughie descended upon the old fire
house just south of Kearny's grand
municipal building, and there spied a
large pot-stove. Calling his workers
he told them to seize the same and
carry it to the o house. In a few
minutes the stove had been placed in
position and the sparks were soon
flying.
Last night the firemen held a meet
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-18
HORSES, ONE
MULE, BURNED IN
SOUTH ORANGE
Disorganized Fire Department
Does MOI Respond in
a Body.
DAMAGE AT BLAZE
AMOUNTS TO $4,000.
Animals Suff0cated in Stalls Be.
fore Fighters Reach
the Scene.

Seven horses and a mule were
roasted to death in a fire which de-
stroyed the big stable, adjacent sheds
and wagons of Village ~Scavenger Jor-
dan Morgan, at 26S Irvington avenue,
South Orange, early today. The dam
age done amounted to $4,000. Half Of
that amount was covered by insurance.
The blaze was given a big Roadway
before being discovered, and when the
firemen reached the scene the entire
building was a mass of flames, and the
animals had suffocated In their stalls.
The South Orange village fire depart
ment Is in a semi-disorganized condi
ton. and some Of the men did not re-
spond to the all of the whistle. Some
of the volunteers claimed that they
would not work under orders from
Charles Sear1es, driver of the hook and
ladder, who was appointed assistant
chief of the village Board of Trustees
Monday night.
Discovered by Girl.
The fire was discovered by Miss
Cecilia Fitzsimmons. daughter of
Village Clerk M. A. Fitzsimmons, who
resides nearby, shortly after midnight.
She was awakened by the prancing and
kicking Of the horses in the stable and
the glare of light on her bedroom win
dows. She Immediately t%elephoned to
fire headquarters.
Sergeant Frank H. Kenny sent in a
second alarm, but by that time the paid
firemen from headquarters, In the
Village Hall, were on their way to the
fire. Fireman William Colgan, of the
hose wagon, was not on duty, 1t being
his day off. This delayed somewhat the
ringing of the bell in the tower and
getting the horses out. The vamps
played streams on the blaze.
origin Not Known.
The direct origin of the fire is not
Known. Mr.. Morgan said that his
stableman had left the place after feed
ing and bedding the horses and locked
the door at 8 o'clock last night. and. SO
far as was known to him, no one had
been in the stable until after the fire
was discovered.
In his loss Mr.. Morgan includes four
tons of hay, seventy-five bags of oats,
six double sets Of harness, three single
sets of harness and two tank wagons.
The ash-wagons were removed from
the sheds.