Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-05-19
'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges Made by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.


Two men under the name of
Bean, recently came from Illinois
to Stoddard county and began
their operations in and around
Puxico, Advance and Dudley.
They would have business sta.
tionery printed, secure some bank
checks on the local banks and
send in orders for goods to vari-
GUS wholesale houses, enclosing
checks in payment. When the
goods came they would take them
to some other place and dispose
of them regardless of price. The
checks were generally found to
be worthless and the wholesale
firms we're accordingly losers.
The postoffice authorities were
notified of this scheme, with the
result. that the brothers were in.
dicted by the federal grand jury
at Cape Girardeau.
After two hours deliberation
the jury in the case Of James
! Hunt, on trial for the murder Of
John Land, Jackson county, fixed
his punishment at life imprison-
ment. In the court room when
the verdict was returned was Mrs.
Hunt and her two children and
Mrs. Land the widow of the slain
man. Thirty farmers living in
the vicinity of Ripley, eight miles
east of independence where the
shooting occurred, also. waited
for the verdict. Hunt killed Land
on October 16, 1910, on the Lex
ington road. Both were farmers
in that vicinity and had quarreled
over Hunts dog, which Land had
killed.
The railroad force is busy and
the road is now nearly into Mars
ton. Track laying will begin
pretty shortly out of Marston to
and through this city and that
portion OF the st. l.. & NJ. S. Ry.
will loom up. The road is now
being fenced and cattle-guards
are being made, ties put on the
dump and the laying Of track will
go with a whoop. New Madrid
will soon be on a through line oI
railroad. The company is put
ting down a very heavy rail and
it will be equal in construction
and equipment to any road south
of st. Louis.-New Madrid Mis-
sourian.
Bob Ooteen, aged 81 years, re-
Gently committed suicide at Gov
ington, a point In Pemiscot coun'
ty. Ooteen recently broke jai
at Charlottesville, where he wal
confined for carrying concealed
weapons. Officers learned OF hi
whereabouts and appeared at th'
house to arrest him. After the.
) had made themselves known
} shot was heard in the room il
which Ooteen had retired and al
} investigation showed that he hat
shot himself in the head with
Winchester rife. Though he liyet
! several hours he never rec oyere,
consciousness, dying the SAM
day.
!, Extensive railroad and mininl
I, developments in Madison count.
4 promise to take definite form
within the next few months AM
> Fredericktown,' the unfortunat
r city, is to be the chief beneficiary
r Preliminary steps have beel
looking 10 the floating of a bon
issue sufficient to build the VIII
, Evansville, Greenville q st, Loui
railroad north into Fredericktowl
!, through Mine LaMotte and thenc
| to the Mississippi river at Chss
ter.-Lesd Belt News.
i A man at limo has > maidstone
A little girl from Kelso who hal
: been bitten by dog, was take
) there and the stone adhered +
the wound eleven times.