Mexico Missouri message., 1911-01-19
AUTOMATIC MAIL BOX.
o. T. Cox, and Thereby Hangs a
Tale-That Poisoned Candy
Case.

Jlln DTONu, COlOTeu, JdHilOI lol
the public school at Bowling
Green, was hauled up the other
day on the charge of bootlegging.
but the evidence was not quite
strong enough to convict, ami jim
was let loose and told to go AMI
sin no more.
"Uncle Dick" Matthews, a Con
federate soldier, one of the pio-
neers of Northeast Missouri, died
recently at his home over the line
in Lincoln County, where he had
resided since 1858. lie was the
father of Jas. Matthews of Van
dalia.
The two negro highwaymen who
held up the station agents at Paris
and Monroe City three weeks ago.
escaped from Jail last week NJ
Paris by removing a block of mas
onry from above their cell Win
dow. and with help from someone
on the outside in removing a big
bolt from the steel windoY
frame.
o. Il. Cox at Columbia has sued
for divorce from his wife, Bessie,
and thereby hangs tale. The
wife is only l6 years old. Cox al
leges that his wife objected to do
ing chores and the real basis Of
the suit is that she would not learn
to keep house. wash or milk. The
climay in the COx's domestic trib-
ulatiOns came when the young
wife avowed she would never al.
tempt to milk again because the
cow switched her in the face with
her tail.
Charles Suggett of south of Fui.
ton, who has some of the pleas
ants that were distributed ther,
last fall, says that they are doing
well and are frequently seen witt
the chickens and hogs. They
seem to be afraid of the whit,
chickens. hut take up with the
Rhode Island Reds and the cock'
are game enough to make thu
roosters stand around when the!
are about.
j. II. Motley of Indian Creek
Pike County, has an automati
mail box which delivers his mai
from the road, a quarter of mil
from his house.
Sunday morning while the Sun
day school was in session at Pay
nesville, the church buildin
caught fire and was totally de-
troyed. 1t had recently bee
painted and re-furnished at IA cos
of $4,000. The building was
brick one and was nearly fift
; years old. The congregation ha
made preparations to celebra'
the event the coming summer.
: Mrs. j. NJ. Cole, wife of a team
= ster of Montgomery City, has r.
ceived notice of the death of he
bachelor uncle, Wilson Leary, c
Vancouver, British Columbia, VIII
y left her a fortune estimated {
100000. Mrs. Cole is one of thre
: heirs. Mr.. and Mrs. Cole hay
been laboring hard to keep the
children in school. The dead ma
was formerly a Missourian. II
:, left this State in 1877 and wei
West. amassing fortune.
Fulton has just completed
$ new ward school building at go,
{ of $4,000. 1t has ten rooms,
|. constructed of vitrified bricI
n with Spanish tile roof and interiC
hardwood finish in mission brow
II has IL moicrn Stean-heatir
II plant with forced ventilation u
Il program clock system with ele
II tric call bells.
y The l.. -. Government has SCI
representative to MOntgOmel
City, Mo, to investigate Il
''' kind of candy they have bee
81 selling there, to place the respon'
II bility for the death of little chi
II three weeks ago after il hi
'' eaten cheap candy bought at oI
VI of the stores there.
+. +. ketter visited his o