Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-03-03
'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
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the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Orig- .
nal Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

Auic uiOTuiuS Ah sho hohS
received q draft from Antlers,
Okla.," says Bill Southern, jr..
in the Independence Examiner.
"It was an artistic draft with q
10-pronged set Of deer antlers
pictured in one corner. But the
feature that attracted my stten.
ton was the signature, 'Octavia
Lesueur, Cashier. And then /
remembered that Capt. A. A.
Lesueur was at Antlers and had
become the proproprietor, as it
were, OF the town. He is the ice
man and the banker. Captain
Lesueur is one of the old mem.
bers Of the Missouri Press Asso.
citation, and was at one time its
president. He was editor OF the
Lexington Intelligenoer ard wac
elected secretary Of state. After
this service he organized the com.
pany which bought the Kansas
City Times and was the editor.
After this experience Captain Le-
sueur left Missouri and has been
q resident Of Oklahoma, where he
has prospered. He still remem.
bers his old home state and the
men with whom he was associa-
ted as a country editor"
"The lightning transactions
that take place on First Monday,
when Jockey street. is crowded
with horss-traders from far and
near, 10 shown in this instance Of
last Monday" says the Liberty
Tribune. "a well.known trader
Of the county having sold all the
animals he brought in came up to
the south side OF the public square
with his saddle on his back. He
noticed a white horse that looked
good to him. Going over he put
the saddle on the animals back
and mounting wanted to know
whose "hoss" it was. The owner
walked up. He was asked the
price of the thoroughbred and the
words were no sooner out of his
mouth than the money was thrust
into his hand and the horse In re-
sponse to git up galloped of
carrying it's new owner"
A curious suit was filed in the
Macon circuit court Saturday,
The plaintiff, Charles E. Gray,
sued the Burlington railroad fol
the destruction Of his cork leg
asking $3.50 damages. Gray livet
at Macon. He said that he bough1
q ticket September 10, 1910, fol
Bevier, and that before the trair
came along he stepped into side
room and while there he clsimi
the agent switched off the light
Gray says by reason Of this h
fell off a platform, "splintered ant
permanently injured his corl
leg" He also asks 1900 fol
personal injury to himself as re-
suit Of the accident. Gray say
that the artificial limb cost s16(
aud that he will be compelled tc
purchase q new one. r. 8. Mat
thews & Son are his attorneys.
The big horse and mule sale o
the Rankin Forms Co., Rankin 4
r. E. Gowdy, Rankin Farms 4
W. D. Kendall was held Thurs
day afternoon at the home barn
che day was tins and there was
crowd OF about 500 men present
including buyers from all the sur
rounding country. The sail
amounted to tS4.90o. One hun
drcd and eigbty.eig horses ant
mules were sold. A team Of $50
weight mules brought s6i0, th'
nsvt highest bringing 1855. Tn
highest price paid for horse wa
t265. Col. A. c. Manifold mad,
Q splendid record ss suotioneer
Sixty horses and mules were sol
I'm sixty minutes. .-rarkio Ava
lauoh,