Potosi journal., 1909-08-25


is visiting her auDts. the
Misses Castleman, OF this place.
Mrs. Delmar Pitts and children,
Who have been visiting relatives on
Bates Creek for some time, returned
to their home in st. Louis on Friday
last.
The social given by the Priscilla So
City of the Presbyterian church at
the home of Mr.. r. NJ. Bugg last
Thursday evening was decided sue
cess, the society realizing thirty dol
lars.
C. R. Hutchings and family Of st.
Louis visited his father, Fl. D. Hutch
ings, OF Belgrade for the past few
weeks. He was in Potosi Saturday
and ordered the Journal sent to his
address.
Down at Melville, in Scott county,
on Wednesday last during saloon
fight Ed Cook struck John Jones |
blow with his fist and broke the lat.
ters neck 10 two places. killing him
instantly.
Capitalists have optioned $1,000
acres of timber land near Bismarck
which they expect to open up and
raise tobacco on. Missouri's soil will
| n Dvfk hi hn hn in
the temperate zone.
The picnic at Mineral Point last
Saturday given for the benefit of the
Catholic church there, was not up to
expectations in point of attendance,
but the affair passed off pleasantly
with all who were there.
Mr.. w. F. Isgrigg of Antonies Mill.
a hustling young stock dealer was in
town last Saturday shipping three
car-loads of cattle. He made the
Journal office visit while in town to
get square with the printer.
Mr.. W. F. Dent, eldest son Of the
late Flemon Dent, who left here for
Texas about twenty years ago, is back
with his on a visit to his old home at
Bismarck. His home is at Post City,
Carer county, in the western part OF
Texas.-FarmiDgton News.
Misses Bridget Casey, Lille Carr,
Lonnie Blount, Idabelle Smith, Eva
Plank, Jessie Motley, Laura and Lii
lie Swift, Gladys Nichols and Marple
Wood were among those from here
who attended the picnic at Caledonia
, last Saturday.
De Soto is talking about organizing
a 15,O0O-population club. 1t will find
the organization OF the club easy COM
pared with getting the population.
We don't see what anyone wants to
live in De Soto for while there is
plenty of room in Potesi.
The parties down in Iron county
3 who claim they saw an airship pass
e ing by in the neighborhood Of Iron
Mountain lake were probably viewing
the sky at the time along the longi
tude of bottle elevated at As degrees
People often 'see things" under such
conditions.
President Taft will travel over the
Iron Mountain R'y on his trip to Tex.
as. He will pass by Mineral Point
8 about o'clock on the morning OF
+. October 25th. He will not be on ex
hibition there however, as the trair
will not stop. An effort is being mad,
to have him stop at De Soto for {
u short talk.
1t leaked out few days ago that il
W. Harris was the father of anothe
u baby girl, the same having arrived
two week ago. Old "Hiney" liet
about it and ought to be thrown il
,. the creek, and the printers may do it
Mother and babe are we'll, and th'
worst is over with Henry except th'
e creek.-De Soto Republican.
The mill of the Welch Stave an.
Mercantile Co., located near the depo
II in Potosi, had a narrow escape from
II being destroyed by fire last Thursda!
afternoon. A spark from the boile
fire got into the shaving house and be
y fore the fire was observed the shavin
'0 house was burning fiercely. Promp
action on part Of the employees in get
n ting a stream Of water from a fore
ia pump thrown upon the fire saved th
IS plant.
John Chapel and James Matthews
lie both colored, had quarrel at Festus
in Mo-, on Monday of last week over 5
,e cents. which they had apparently sci
tied between themselves without dl1
ficulty. A little later while Chappl
as was STOPPING over Matthews stIuc
,e him on the head with ball bat au
80 killed him instantly. Matthews wa
% arrested. The latter, we understand
lc formerly lived on Lost Creek, tht
county.
IS Judge F. E. Cole of Belgrade was
IT, town this week and handed US dollar t
ne pay for his Journal to 1910.
Andrew McKinnon of Potosi is anon
our renewals this week, and Chas. Wi
a liams 81 Kirkwood. Mo. is a new SUI
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