The Marshall republican., 1911-04-14

anu Iatnlly. ne nas inc COHtract
for the plumbing job in the SOL
diers' Home at H~igginsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Z. Mounts were
up from Blue Lick Friday. We
were sorry to see Mrs. Mounts
suffering very acutely from an alb
scess of one eye. She was here
to have It treated, and the doctor
assured her IL would soon be in
good shape again.
j. W. Swan, of Highgate, Mo-,
has been in Nelson for about three
weeks, organizing the Modern Bro
therhood OF America there. He got
about fifty-nine members in that
time. He came from there to Mar
shall, and will be here organizing
for some time.
The Marshall Board of education
met Friday night ~electing officers
and appointing committees. There
we're practically no changes in the
existing arrangements; DIR. Ed.
Sharp was reelected president and
Geo. L. Rose reelected vice presi
dent. The committees remain the
same.
VIM McClelland, of wicks,Ark.,
spent Sunday here with old
friends. lie was the guest OF Doc
Smith, c. b. Bacon and Il. Il. Bar
mum. Mr.. McClelland received a
paralytic stroke some time ago
which Is still troubling him at
times, but he looks well.
L. ID. Mecum let the contract for
his new residence Tuesday, to be
erected at 500 N. Jefferson to N.
Chaffee. He had four bids for
carpenter work and material-Sam
sMiller, $ii0o; Joe Mccormick,
Si27S; Mike Jacoby $1,000; Norman
Chaifee, $ii90. The residence is to
have five rooms and a bath. The
ground was broken Wednesday.
Orr. G.. 7. Nuckles and wife en-
tertained a number OF friends In
honor OF Miss Edna Morris, last
Friday evening. She has been in
Marshall for several months, but
is now leaving again. The evening
was very pleasantly spent; about
n dozen we're present and they
spent the time between games and
refreshments.
H.rry livingston, and sister,and
Louis Kurtz, with his sister, of
ear Sweet Springs, were guests
OF Miss Ella Lemler at Edw. Zahn's
Sunday. We are told they didn't
get home till 2 am, Monday, no
doubt finding Marshall ice
cream very cold the other fellows
sister very interesting,or maybe,
they drove slow horses. a
A. A.. Vesser told us Saturday
that he saw Doc" Cross going out
on his regular round to sell con-
dition powders, and he had three
quarts OF 'Barb-wire" whiskey in
his pockets. What made Vesser
hot was that Cross didn't offer
him any, and he was almost sure
Cross had stolen il out OF his back
room. A bad state of affairs, truly.
Col Harry Miller helped to cry
a sale at Jefferson City last week.
1t was a combination sale, and
there were auctioneers from sew
eral cities. One hundred horses OF
all classes were sold. The highest
price was $500, the next,$1225. The
sale melted s2s,Si4.00. Col. Mil
Ter returned to Marshall Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schanz left
Sunday afternoon for Boulder,Co
orado, where they will spend a
week with Mrs. Schanz's brother
and then proceed to Port Town
send, Washington, by way of San
Francisco, to remain a year en-
joying the fine climate. MI. Schanz
has promised us a fish story, so
our readers may expect to hear
about catching of a whale as soon
as he gets settled.
George and Henry Giger OF Sa-
line Valley, We're In Friday.
r M. Rail took q couple OF ears
OF hogs to st. Louis Wednesday