Mexico Missouri message., 1909-12-30
MR.. HOLLAND DEAD,
STOLE A Girl.
JOHN, JOHN THE PIPER s SON
STOLE A PIG-THoMPSON
GIRL MARRIED.
Rev. M. L. Bibb Located at Perry
Terrible Powder Explosion.

Capt. ]. T. Holland, who fell
down stairway last September
while in Mexico in attendance at
the Confederate Reunion here.
died Tuesday Of last week at his
home in Auxvasse. He was 73
years of age. The wife and eight
children survive him. The children
are: Mrs. Wallace Overfelt, Mrs.
Charles Holt, Mrs. Logan Connor.
Jake Holland and Miss Emma Hol-
land, all of Galloway county, and
Thomas Holland of Alaska and
Everett and Lee Holland of Cali
fornia.
R. L. Keithley was in town Sat
urday soliciting funds to build
Presbyterian church at Estes, Pike
county, says the Vandalia Leader.
Vandalia business people contri-
buted to the extent of 800. Mr..
Keithley says $500 have already
been subscribed in two days time
and they expect the required
amount $500, to be raised short
ly. The congregation is composed
of 60 members. The church will
be built in Estes and will be a
frame 30x40 feet, and they hope
to begin its erection next April.
Miss Eva Mosslander of Gala
way county, died the 21st inst.
Rev. ]. D. Greer of Mexico preach
ed the funeral discourse at Rich
land Christian church.
A Louisiana girl was recently
married after a courtship by mail
and she now threatens to have her
husband arrested for using the
mail to defraud.
Mr.. R. NJ. Brown, son of Shan
Brown, of this county, and Miss
Ethel Muir, of near Hatton, Gala
way county, were married last
Thursday.
John c. COonce, in the Galloway
county circuit court, is suing j. o.
and Addie Brown-an action to
recover 1882 damages resulting
from the alleged depredations by
the chickens of the defendants on
the growing corn of the plaintiff.
he petition reciteS that the chick
ems of the Browns have wrought
great damage to the crop on 20
acres of ground in each of the last
four years, the plaintiff alleging
that the defendants have "suffer-
ed and permitted their chickens
and other fowls then in their pos
session and under their control to
run at large in said corn and TO
eat and destroy said corn in large
quantities." " This present year, it
is alleged, the chickens Of the de-
PENDANTS scratched up the seed
corn after it was planted.
Emmett Turner, % years old, of
Galloway county, under sentence
of three years in the penitentiary
for forgery, was parOled by Judge
N. d. Thurmond, of the Galloway
circuit court, a few days ago.
Besides promising to live an up
right life during the time he is
under parole, Turner was obliged
to agree not to live with his
seventeen-year-old wife until she
becomes of age. 1t is said that Tur-
ner's most serious offense was
stealing the girl and prevailing on
her to forge her mothers name
to an order asking the recorder of
Cole county to issue her a mar
riage license. With the mother rec
onciled to her daughters choice
however, the friends of Turner
hope that he will have to live apart
from his wife no longer than Sept
ember Of next year. The wife is
but II years of age.
Ollie Pugate, two mules and &
heavy farm wagon were literally
blown to pieces and six workmer
were injured last Thursday morn