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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12
'RoUNDABoUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made blythe Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Orgi-
nal, Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

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A Salisbury girl rocks as she
walks and calls il her carriage.
The man who owns several Mis-
aouri mules 10 sure 70 be wsll
heeled.
II Is to be hoped Rolling Home,
Charlton County, did not get its
name from the habits q its male
residents.
Chicken thieves hare been 30
bold in Warsaw that the finger Of
suspicion is pointing sterniy In
one direction.
A bill increasing the salaries OF
circuit judges to 5000 . year
was favorably reported to tns
Missouri senate Tuesday.
,
Jasper County cannot on. iee'
a bit jealous. In Little Rock has
been discovereo .ne ose.s'
eVer ''eo
lers.
''The feller that goes 70 sos me !.
girl when the roads are Daa'
says the Biigginsviiie Dug's'
''sure goes through thick ano INN
tor he'
Ed Blackburn, cashier OF tne
Hunnewell Bank, while acting as
clerk'a 2 sale q week ago. was
kicked by q mule. The injuries
resulted in his death Monday.
William Candill, down IN tne
Ozarks divorced his, wife, susie,
and marsisd again. Recently
AIRS. Candih No. y, d,ed ana ne
soon hunted pp Spsie and mar
ried her again.
"Dsye" Ball has decided not
TO move to Kansas City. but says
he would Il he were ten years
younger. Ten years ago Dave
had been running foe governor
only q few years.
Mrs. Alta M. Heard, charged
with the murder of her sister-in-
Jaw, Mrs. Elizabeth Heard was
acquitted In the Wsrfensourg
circuit court Thursday. Self de-
Tense was the plea.
For lie centennial oslsbration
81. Charles wants sne sss.e 70 sp-
propriate ss'oVo, ous y mas pesn
suggested shat tne 'oWn snoulo
produce PROOF ina. II y awe 0s'
tore Doassing Oh iss ago.
A dwarf hermit at Brookiisld
was found dead in his shanty
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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12

La year Platte County ship.
ped . large quantity Of the far.
famed brand Of Cairo and Turkey
tobacco to Russia 10 be used by
the high-tonsd people Of thai
country. Word has Just been
received that most Of this tobacco
il grown in less than 100 miles
from Louisville, KY, or within q
like radius Of Raleigh. N. g,
Nov 40 the American Tobacco
trust purchased thousands Of
pounds Of tobacco from Platte
County tobacco rsisers, 1t ID
reasonable to suppose that some
Of this tobacco goes to Europe
with the turkey ''and Havana
brands. Dick coffsy OF Weston,
who IL q tobacco specialist and
expert. should make Q note Of this
and enlarge on Il in his usual
brilliant and fetching style.-St. :
Joseph Observer.
Because his stepmother, Mrs.
Annie Wright, is alleged to have
said ct the grave Of his father:
"His son Ripley, stole my horse, -
Ripley Wright was awarded $500
damages In the Boone County
circuit court. Judge Hail T.
Wright died last fall. Mrs.
Anna Wright wAs suing him for
. divorce, but attended the
funeral. At the grave the scene
occurred upon which Ripley
Wright recovered damages.
Last week ct sturgis the plusky
girl night operator for The rail.
road at that point, deliberately
held up q arobber with her trusty
"4z,'s and with her frss hand
wired 10 Chillioothe for The sher-
ia. She backed the prisoner into
= corner and held him until ths
official arrived. she u only
tweutSetwo, hsndscnA and un-
Equsssionably brave. For The
convsnisnce Of our young men
her name is Mary MoCarty.
Mexico has the right sort Of an
ordinance in regard to minors
buying liquor. Instead Of arrest
ing and fining the saloonkeeper.
as was the custom heretofore, the
boys who buy the whisky are arr
rested for doing IL. Only last
week three young fellows at Mex
leo were arrested for making the
bsrksepsr believe they were Of
age and causing him 10 sell them
drink, were fined s10.75 each.
The Missouri Historical Associ-
alton now has 3 total OF 40, 900
volumes In the historical rooms
of the University Of Missouri. OF
this number, /, 800 are by Missouri
authors, and 92S bound volumes
Of Missouri periodicals are also
included IN the collection. The
historical association was organ
lied by the Missouri Press As
sooistion, May 20, 1893.
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Some time seo David Rankin
Of Tarkio took an inventory ol
his possessions which showed the
following: 25,640 acres of land,
200 fattsning hogs, 1900 cat.
tie. 800 horses, more than 900
cottages, in which the employees
Of the big farm are housed, grsa
quantities Of farm machinery and
the like. The total foots "
something like s4.oo0. 900.
An attempt was made 10 rol
the Fsrmsrs' Bank ct Bogsrt
Saturday night, but without sue
!, oess. Entrance 10 the building
wss through the front window
which were broken. After get,
! ting inside the burglars attempt
cd 10 reach the inside Of the ysul
J by digging under Il, In this the,
!, failed for they made but sligh
progress.
John Bzilingsr, 9 Rock Islam
brakeman, was almost instantl,
; ikslI11 n yzdoarkor fun.i;on Il
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12

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Missouri farmers once raised
tobacco and cold Il for So per
hundred and less, and though!
they were making money. Then
they raised from 1000 to 1,500
pounds 10 the acre. Now, good
lesf tobacco is worth from $40 10
$40 per 100 pounds and with the
present varieties 1,500 to 1000
pounds can be raised on an acre.
you raise but 800 lbs.
and sell it for 80. your ground
has earned you s150 per acre in
one year. On his basis suppose
q farmer with three hands raises
twelve acres Of tobacco besides
other farm products. his tobacco
alone would bring him 81, 300.
Doesn't this look like tobacco
could be raised at q profit in Mis-
souri,?
When Sidney Loring, q gar
dener, appeared in Q st. Louis
police court after having told the
police an indefinite story Of hav-
ing been held up and robbed, he
asked to take the stand in his
own behalf. In spite Of the pre-
vious testimony Of four police
men, Loring said that he hadn't
had . drop Of ofhquor, apd persist-
cd that he was the victim Of
Just then Q dustbegrim-
cd picture of George Washington
slipped from ito mooSings above
the witness chair and crashed to
the floor. ssWell, judge, I guess
Esas . Little drunk. I" Loring adj
mittsd. "It's lucky that didn't
land on your head" said the
ju ige.
Hiram Lloyd, The st. Louis
Republican boss, who came with
in . few votes Of being speaker Of
the house Of representatives, vis-
tied his old home Q few evenings
ago and was .mysteriousiy"
waylaid after . nap on 9 street
car. His mother would not have
recognised him after u was oil
over. One ear was half bit off,
one eye painted . beautiful
brown, hair scattered over several
city blocks. and various other
members of his body more or less
mutilated. This reformer win
hereafter be "afraid to 60 home
in the dark
When w. ]. Canning, . wealthy
farmer, whose home was In Fair
view township, Livingston coun-
ty, failed to appear at supper
time last Thursday night, his
wife went TO the barn and called
him. Just as abe did 90 Cam
ning's body fell to the florr. He
had hanged himself, and the rope
which he had used broke ct the
moment his wife opened the
door. Worry over . land deal ID
believed to have deranged hii
mind.
Clinton has 90 much money
planted In Joplin and gone for
'sver that the luck Of Elizabeth
Pfsiffer, Carthage school ma'am
sounds like . fairy story. 6hs
invested $50 IN the pavy Crocketi
mine which barely made expenses
until the other day when : bias
revealed : ysin Of pure jack
She could sslI ont her share an,
time for g, 900 and Il b Rsttin(
more valuable every day.
The nsrvisss man % Missouri
|if NOT In de world, lives nes
Mound City. He hss ; stock iisi'
east Of town. relates ne Jeifsr
sonian, buE couldn't esi zny on
o drive his cows. Nor he take
then out b the morning, en-
shen cells np ne people ovsf a
! phone md sslks than 10 kindl,
drive his eo41 II = thsy coma .
toHn,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12

school board, for taking . hall
holiday on Lincoln's birthday,
without permit Of the supsrin.
tendent and teachers.
| A MiddlstoWn boy who nov
lives in Western Kansas writes
back to Chips that he ID In trouble
with . nsighbor about some post.
holes. The holes were on his
property, but the recent big wind
blew them across the line.
Ray County will hold . special
election on Saturday for the pur.
pose Of voting on q proposition
to issue bonds in the sum Of s25, !.
600 10 be used for the purpose ol
buyinesa site and the erection Of
Q county poofhouse thereon.
Rocheport merchants bought q
car Of Kansas oil TO spite the
trust, but there was no inspector
in that place and they could moi
unload 1t. Il has stood on the
sideirack 0 month awaiting the
appointment Of an oil inspector,
Near Shelbins the sheep barn
Of Sam Todd was struck by light
ming at night. When Mr. Todd
got to the barn and opened the
door the whole interior seemed
ablaze and the 125 shssp Il con-
tanned wsrs either dead or help
less.
st. Clair County seems to be
the exception TO the rule. That
county has been dry about q
year. It has been the boast oi
the county that its jail is empty
most Of the time, but the fret OF
the month there were Eve offend
lers within its walls.
In sCafrolliop is the grave Of
Gen. James Shields, who was in
Iths Mexican and civil wars and
was United States senator from
three states. Minnesota, Illinois
and Missouri. The grave is soon
to be marked by . handsome
monument, to bs erected by the
government. y
Near Salisbury ave boys killed
Ii17 rabbits with sticks in one
petch Of weeds. They hitched
horses TO 9 pole twenty feet long
and brushed down" . pstoh oi
weeds, the boys standing around
the patch with sticks. As the
rabbits were driven from cover
the boys killed them.
The recent death Of Mrs. will
liam overlin near Lebanon re-
minds the Aurora Advertiser oi
what is spoken Of as the mos
heroic deed ever done in Aurors
district. II happened sboul
eighteen years ago. William
overlin and . man named Friend
were sinking 9 shaft. Friend had
Just touched OF several fuses snt
been hauled 70 safety when, BY
sn unaccountablssa ccidsnt, buck.
ct and man tumblsd fifty feet
down the shaft. Though there
seemed almost no chance OF find.
ling oil the fuses and tearing then
Iout in time, overlin instantl,
dropped the rope and slid dowr
10 his unconscious "buddy," ant
by what seemed Q miracle rippet
out al the fuses In time.
John P. Attsbery, who com
mitted suicide in Kirksville Mon,
day at the age of seventy min
! IyssFs. was one Of the forty -ninsr
jthst crossed the plains in
lprains schooner. With q part,
lof people collected from Maccl
and the sdioining counties b
started % the gold fields alonl
TIE old orsfon ksiI. and whel
only ) few hundred miles west Q
lonsha ths party wss stlsoks
- Sioux Indians. Only Ate
.ibsry and one woman escaped
, He was afterwards captured b
1.-The Indians. Fiftsen month
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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12
The board q railroad commis.


The board Of railroad comma.
sicners Of Miseouri gave out ig-
lurss from reports Of railroads ii
the state showing that several
trunk lines earned more on each
mile under The s-esnt fare Law In
1908 than under the S-cent fare
for the previous year. The fig-
ures also show that earnings for
each mile in the state are greater
than the interstate earnings.
Abandoned in her home, q
bare, three-room house, III and
without food or money, Mrs. Mary
Ann Crotchsr Of st. Louis gave
birth 10 triplets Wednesday. The
infsnts died soon after. It 10 be-
lisved that II they had been given
proper attention they would have
lived. One Of the three, all Of
whom were girls, lived until noon.
The others died soon after birth.
Clark and Hale, prisoners In
the Ray County jail, made their
escape from the institution Tues
day night. Clark was in jail
awaiting trial on an information
charging him with abduction, and
Hale, who was convicted upon
charges Of criminal assault and
chicken stealing ct the recent
term Of court, was in fail in de-
fault Of payment Of the fine OF
$3.50 assessed against him.
A move 10 nov on foot for
another big Improvement in
Nodaway County. The scheme
10 10 drain the Nodawsy Rivsf
from near Quihman 10 the lows
line, or rather from the Iowa line
10 nssr ouitman. The proposed
ditch viii run on q direct line
from thess two points and will cut
out the windings Of the river end
reduce the water bed Of the river
frsm ifty 70 ahosit sixtsen miles.
!. 1ns ssgss u missouri prcducsS
Z. $50 ounces OF silver las. year,
according to figures gathered by
the state labour bureau. This
silver came from the lead mined
ct the mines In st. Francois,
Madison and Jefferson counties,
and was extracted by Eastern
smelters where the lead was sub.
jected to an intense heat. From
one 10 one and three fourth
ounces were taken from each ton
of lead.
"Hurry up and take my money
90 I can ostoh my train," said
Edward Coglsy, q Wabash engi-
nesr, when waylaid by three
bandits at st. Louis Tuesday.
Cogley was due to take his train
out Of the union station . short
time later, and chafsd under the
delay incident TO being robbed OF
So, . watch and q gold medal for
bravery which adorned his
breast. He urged them TO make
haste 90 the train would not be
held up as well ss himself.
When asked for his ticket an
elderly passenger on the Shelby
County railroad said: .sNo,
havsn't got there yet. I won'i
give you my Ticket until I gel
there safe and Bee how I like It. y
When the train reached Shelby
vile the conductor asked the pas
sengsr how he liked II. The pas.
senger surrendered his ticket and
said: ..Oh, Il reminds me oI
riding on the ocean wave.
have ridden on them at fairs. .
The passenger was J. T. Alex.
sndef Of Shslbins, sixty -fouI
years old, and It was his first ride
on Q train.
Mrs. America Stockton, wh,
Hives with 1 daughter near ssur'
lgson. q IN unusual woman. Be,
sides being in hst siehiy-ssyentl
Iyear, she 10 the mother Of sIsvs.
lchildrsn. ell Of than yet living
lMrs. Stockton, who was bora /,
| virginia In 1920. and cams !
| Missouri when d little Girl. I'll
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12
Nisht ON Bald s4oantain

On : icnely night Alex Benton Of
Fort Edward, N.Y., ehEbed BaldMoen-
tain 70 fhe home Of 9 zeiehbor, tortured
bg Asthma, bent On curing him With Dr.
Kings New Discovery. thai had cured
himself o. asthma. This wonderful
medicine coon relieved ard quickly cur
ed HE neikhhor. Later Il cured his son'A
wife ef ; severe lung trouble. Millions
beliexs Il the greatest Threat and Lung
eurs On Earth. Coughs, colda, Croop.
Hsmo!FhsEes and Sore Lungs are surely
|onred by 7. Best Tor Hsy Fevef. Grip
and Whoeptng Cough. 80 ana ei.09.
Iiai hot1I1 tree. Guaranteed Of
Johnstoass Pharnsey.
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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12

Mrss America StoCkton, vine
lives with 1 daughter near ssur-
igson. % an unusual woman. Be-
sides being il hst siehty-sssenfh
year. she 10 the mother Of eleven
children. ell ol than Jet living,
Mrs. Stockton, who was born u
virginia In 1920, and csms q
Missouri when . little girl, til
|osns 10 acres near CLARK which
abe snd her hushsnd entered, r.
Ieeivlne : spatent from the govern,
ment during the Monroe admin
strstion Her son, James o. sayl
he remembers when she made Il
the clothes for her large tamil,
of nhiJdrsn.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-11-05
Advertised Letters
OVerSeGl.

The following list of letters if not
called for in 30 days will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office.
Mrs. David Abel, Letters 2, Cards g.
Thomas Anderson, Letter; Jas. l..
Beals, Card; W. E. Burbank, Letter;
l.. Bobmank, Letter. Mrs. G. Bunnell,
Letter: M. Cunningham, Gard; l. R.
Collard, Gard; Irwin W. Farmer, Let.
ter; Miss Ellen j. Gibson, Letter; John
c. Hall, Letters 2 Cards l.. Warren
Harren, Gard; r. B. Hullhurt, Letter;
R. L. Isbel, Card; Miss May lines,
Card Walter Jerren, Card
Mrs. Alice Malony, Letter;
Jack McLachlan, Card; John Maher,
Letter; John Miller, Card; S. w. Mosh-
ier, Card; John Near, Card; Chas. S.
Abner, Letter: Chris Rapp, Gard; Fred
C. Wrilke, Letter, Mrs. Cora Wheeler,
Letters, 2; Klemeur Karl, Letters, 2.
CHAS. w. WHITE,
Postmaster.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-11-05
DR.. GRANT BABCOCK
Dentist
Office Hours 9 to IL a. m. to 4 o. m.
Rooms and 4, Postoffice Blk.
Julesbure. Colorado.
Notice for Publication.

Notice tor Publication.
Department of the Interior. U. S.
Land Office at Sterling, Colorado
October l6, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that Mary B.
Adds, of Crook, Colorado, who, on
October 8, 1904, made Homestead Entry
No. 1850, for NE Ia Sc Ia, S l-2
Sc Ia, Section 10, NV Ia SW Ia,
Section IL, Township 10 NJ, Range AS,
w., 9Th Principal Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make final five
year proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before Register
or Receiver. at Sterling Colorado, OF
the Sth day of December, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesse
George Cole, of Sterling, Colorado
Herbert E. Snyder, of Crook, Colorado
Clayton Snyder, of Crook, Colorado
John l.. Cole, of Crook, Colorado.
W. H. POUND, Register.
First publication Oct. 81.
Last publication Dec 3.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-11-05
Election In Deuel. County
County Division and the Mos,
OF the Republican Ticket
Carried

The result of the election
show that Deuel. county polled a
vote Of about 1000. County
division carried by 20 majority.
As to the certainly of the can
didates the following are elect
ted by a g >od majority:
Jack Mccormick, rep. clerk;
Henry c. Peterson, rep. treas
urer; and Walter Clark, rep.
sheriff. The remaining candi-
dates had no opposition, isaac
Woolf, dem. judge; c. II. Smith
rep. coroner; Vera Yockey, rep.
superintendent; and A. c. Neu-
man, rep. commissioner of the
Bird. district. The three newly
elected officers, clerk, treasurer,
and sheriff are all from the
north side of the river and as to
whether they vii! move into
this county in the future in or
der TO hold their offices here at
this time is uncertain. In Chap
pelI precinct N. E. Zehr was
elected deputy precinct ASSESSOR
and w. X. McEldowney road
OVerseer.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-11-05
Executors Notice

Estate of John c. M. Gilbert, Deceased
The undersigned, having been APP
pointed Executrix of the last Will and
Testament Of John c. M. Gilbert,
late of the County, of Sedgwick and
State of Colorado. deceased, hereby
gives notice that he will appear before
the County Court of Sedgwick County.
at the Court House in Julesburg at the
October Term, on the First Monday in
December next, at which time all per
sons having claims against said Estate
are notified and requested to attend
for the purpose of having the same ad-
justed. All persons indebted to said
Estate are requested to make immed-
late payment to the Undersigned
Dated this First day of November,
A. D., 1909.
ANNIE M. GILBERT.
ExecutriX.
First Publication Nov. 4
Last Publication Dec. 3
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-11-05
Suu mons.

SSN u1OnS.
County unity Of Of Sedswick. SIS,
In the District Court
No. 3Ol.
The New Jersey Plate Glass
Insurance Company, cor
poration,
John ]. Neal, James E. SUMMONS
Neal, George d. Ellis,
Diedrich kregel, and c. J.
Schmidt.
Defendants,
The People of the State of Colorado,
To the Defendants above named
Greeting:
You are hereby required to appear in
an action brought against you by the
above named plaintiff, in the District
Court of the County of Sedgwick,
State of Colorado, and answer the COM
plant therein within twenty DAYS after
the service hereof, if you are served
within this county; if served out of
this county, or by publication, within
thirty days after service hereof exclus-
i've of the day of service; or Judgment
by default will be taken against you
aCooIuihe " lhe prayer VI 'N WIN
plant.
If a copy of the complaint be not
served upon you herewith, or II service
be made out of the State of Colorado,
ten days additional to that above spec
fled shall be allowed for your appear
ance and answer in said action.
This is an action brought to foreclose
a mortgage made by the defendant,
John j. Neal, to the plaintiff, dated
December 2lst, 1907, and filed for re-
cord in the Office the Clerk and Record
er of the county of Sedgwick, state of
Colorado, and recorded at page 279 in
Book q of the records of said Office,
which mortgage is upon, and conveys
to the plaintiff, the following described
land and premises, situate in the coun-
ty of Sedgwick, state of Colorado, to-
wit: The East one-half (E l-2) of Sec
tion Nine (9) of Township Eleven on
North of Range Forty-Six (46) West of
the Sixth Principal Meridian Is r. M.),
being three hundred twenty (32O) acres,
more or less, according to the Govern
ment survey, less the right-of-way of
the Union Pacific Railroad, and the
Petersen Canal, and the Public Road,
together with all and singular the ten
ements, hereditaments and appurte-
NanceS tleFeunto belonging UT III any
wise thereto appertaining, to secure
the payment of promissory note for
the principal sum Of Thirty-five Humid
red Fifty Dollars ($3550. .00) made and
delivered by the defendant John J.
Neal to the plaintiff on the day of its
date to-wit, December 2lst, 1907, pay
able to the order of the plaintiff ninety
days after said date, with interest at
the rate of per cent per annum from
said date, and also the sum of Twenty
seven Hundred Fourteen Dollars and
Eighty-one cents ($2714.S1) for assess
ments and taxes on said lands and
premises, advanced and paid, or to be
advanced and paid by the plaintiff, and
an attorneys Zee in the sum of Three
Hundred Dollars $500. .OO), and for the
costs of action, as will more fully ap-
pear from the complaint in said action
to which reference is hereby made.
Witness, C. N. Harris, clerk of said
court, with the seal thereof hereunto
affixed, at Office, in aforesaid county Of
SedGwick, this 23rd day of June, 1909.
C. NJ. HARRIS,
Clerk.
(seaD
First publication Oct. 8.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-11-05
Notice for Bids for Repairing
Court House.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the Board of Commissioners of Sedg
wick County up to l O'Clock p. M,
Monday, November 8, 1909, for the fur
nishing of all work, labor anfi material
necessary in making repairs on the
court house in accordance with the
plans and specifications now on file in
the Office of the County Clerk, and can
be seen during Office hours.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids, or parts of bids.
BY order of the Board of Commits
sioners.
NORAH B. REDFORD,
Clerk
Dated this 2lst day of October, 1909.