Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-15

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Schools and Religious Pedagogy IN
Vanderbilt University. /
Clarence Grace, who is charged with /
having criminally assaulted Miss
Engledow Boas at Mineral Point GU |
,he Sd inst. was arraigned for a pre-.
iminary hearing last Saturday before |
Squire Maxwell OF Potosi, but waived i
and is held without bond
for trial in the circuit court at the
August term.
According to the st. Louis Times,
Miss Clara Bub. formerly of this place
has been appointed assistant to Claud
Jarvis, manager of the Democratic
State Headquarters in St. Louis. Miss
Bulbs Potosi frien ends will wonder how
she is going to reconcile the political
traditions of the Bub family with her
duties at a Democratic political ma
chine.
Prosecuting Attorney Cooper. S. G.
Nipper and M. E. Rhodes, the latter
for the defence, went oyer to Gale
donia last Saturday to try the case OF
State vs.. VIM. Pierce ON a charge of
sheep stealing, which has been taken
before Squire Marrow on change Of
venue from Irondale, where the alleg.
ed offense occurred. The trial result
ed in hung jury and will have to be
tried again.
The Missouri Farm Colonies Com
pany of St. Louis has bought 40, 900
acres of land in the western part OF
this county, the Austin Land and
Lumber Co. property, on which 1t
proposes to locate large number of
"back to the farm" people. A move
ment is now on foot to get the people
OF Sullivan interested 10 building a
passable wagon road to the location
of the lands.
The heaviest wind and rain storm
that has visited this section for a
number of years, swept over POtosi
last Wednesday night about 9 80. The
storm was heralded by vivid display
Of lightning flashing almost continu-
ously 10 the storm cloud, and it broke
with rush OF wind that leveled a
number of trees and wrenched the
branches from others all over town.
All along the path OF the storm there
! is good deal Of fallen timber No
serious damage to property was done
here, but other localities 10 this sec
ton of the state suffered more harm
from the wind. There was over two
inches Of rainfall 10 the interval of al
hour or so that the storm prevailed.
The mails here last Thursday moro.
ing were delayed until noon oy serious
wreck OF No. Z, the fast mail, ou the
Iron Mountain. at dead Mans
Curve" 10 the suburbs of St. Louis.
Three men were killed, Walter Doug.
las, engineer, of De Soto: Robert
Sheppard, fireman, and Jas. L. La
safer, mail clerk, OF st. louis. The
latter two were instantly killed and
Douglas died soon after being remov
ed from the wreck. The accident i.
said TO have been due to running the
train at the speed of sixty miles az
hour around dangerous curve. where
a number OF similar accidents had al
ready occurred, and where the train
men have orders to slow down to 2;
miles. Douglas had just been pro
NOTED from fireman to engineer on
the fast mail and was on his first trik
out when he brought his train tt
grief which left St. Louis three min
utes behind time, and he was evident
ly speeding to catch up with his
schedule. Twelve other men, the
conductor, brakeman and ten mai
clerks, were injured more or less seri
ously.
Heard at the music lecture the
other day:
"Say, Name, do you play the Dish
Rag?'
mo. Jen; but l can play the Pow.
| der Rag fine
The Postofflce Department has 10.
creased the salary Of a large number of
postmasters IN Missouri. The follow
ing raises OF salary we're made 10 post
offices in ST. Francois county: Lead.
wood, from $1,000 to $llG0: Desloge,
sl4OO to $500: Bismarck. $1,000 to
SllO0.
Addison Pogue reprimanded Marion
Snider at Fredericktown one day re.
Gently for using vulgar language 10
the presence Of ladies, with the result
that Snider got mad aud poked a knife
Into Mr.. Pogue's ribs. cutting him
severely, but he will recover. Snider,
who was drunk at the time. was land.
ed 70 Jail by the sheriff.
Conscientious Uncle Sam.
Last week A. II. Cashion received
from the United States Government a
check for IS 20. balance due him for
services as soldier of the civil war
The war denarLment wrote him a