Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-10-12
SURROUNDING AUDRAIN.
Accused of Stealing a Trousseau
For His Fiancee-Lasses
Making at Auxvasse.

and when they came to a road
house the boys got out to get
drink, leaving the girls in the car.
riage. They very sensibly drove
on home and left the young men
to walk.
Hay wagon excursions were
made to the institute at Florida,
in Monroe county last Saturday.
The Wafer Ash, Dashner, South
Fork, Santa Fe, Poage and Victor
districts each arranged TO send a
hay wagon loaded with pupils
and patrons.
Wesley Stuckey of Lincoln
county plead guilty to fogrery in
the 4th degree recently, and was
sentenced to a term of two years
in the penitentiary. Stuckey is an
ignorant young man, and can
neither read nor write; still he is
guilty of forgery, as he induced
another to actually commit the
crime.
The old Auxvasse Presbyterian
church is making arrangements
to celebrate the fiftieth anniver-
sary of the pastorate of DR.. j..
F. Cowan with that church about
the middle of November. The en-
tire ministry of DR.. Cowan has
been spent with that church, 60
ing to it as young man.
Lawrence O'Brien of Noonan,
Rails county, let barrel of gaso-
line fall on his foot, cutting one
toe off.
II. p. Creasey was given a six
months Jail sentence in the circuit
court at Columbia last week be-
cause he refused to answer certain
questions put to him by the grand
jury and later by the Judge. The
questions pertained to recent pur.
chases of whiskey. The sentence
was for six months, unless Mr.
Creasey's memory comes back. All
he is expected to do is to answer
Eyes" or "no." "
Hubert D. Smith of Moberly is
engaged to marry Miss Lena
Logsdon of Sturgeon. Smith has
been in the employ of the Wabasf
railroad and the other day he wa'
arrested for turning traitor to hi
employer, the said Wabash rail
road. lie is charged with pilfer
ing from the cars while en- route
important parts of a trousseal
and presenting them to his fiancee
The young lady is wholly innocen
of any completely, but Smith
he's got himself in hard trap.
A Centralia man found it ad
visable to put on ragged suit o
clothes in order to repair som
machinery. After he had finishes
he went home to dinner. He me
} tramp coming out of his from
a gate as he went in. The tram
I mistook him for a knight of tn
} road. He held up warning hanC
"Duck it-retreat, cautione
the tramp. "I've tried her an
= she is regular bearcat.
John McPheeters has quite a
t industry in the shape of a so,
ghum mill at Auxvasse. He
grinding out 100 gallons of swee
ness per day. The Review says
e is quite interesting to visit the mi
y and see the green juice go in or
d end of the evaporator and con
y out at the opposite end a constal
'e stream of sorghum as fine as ca
le be found anywhere.
A county spelling match will
held at Paris this fall, probably
connection with the corn al
L poultryshows. The winner will
lie given a free trip to the state co
81 test, to be held in some city yet
N be agreed upon, and will recei
rt valuable prizes if successful thel
IL Superintendent Carter is askil
as every school in Monroe county
r have a preliminary contest for t
d. selection of its representative
oy the county contest.
NJ Robert Baker of Spencerbu
III was tried at Curryville last we
for using obscene language a
disturbing the peace. He W
I'm fined 81 and costs, amounting
ch $34 Bad whiskey was the cal
le- of the trouble.
ia Holland Hatton. son of ID