Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-08-16
'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges-Madeb by the Shears.
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Soms Origi-
nal Some Credited. and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.


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A temporary building for the
Nss of the senate and holse OF
representatives. of the general as.
aambly wiil be constructed this
Call. As two Legislative sessions
will have to be held In il the con-
struOtion and equipment viii be
more expensive than would other.
wise be required. As the new
cApitol has not been designed and
work on the building cannot begin
this year it will doubtless be three
years before the interior can be
prepared for ths use Of the legis.
latixe bodies. Meanwhile the
vatious departments OF state gov.
ernment must asmSin In rooms
not at all adapted to their Nse,
whepe records are imperiled and
whers the clerks must do their
work under many difficulties.
che capitol commissioners have
made haste very slowly. The
preliminary preparations have
been far more difficult than was
anticipated, The bonds have not
been sold, hence the interest &C.
count Is not growing. As the
money 10 needed they will be sold.
Several hundred dollars In an
old mattress, according to the
version Of Coroner U. 8. @. Ar.
mold, 10 responsible for the death
OF Mrs. Lawrence Haberstroh,
near O'Fallon yesterday. When
her charred remains were found
several old tobacco boxes were
picked up en- tho ground near
her. They had evideatly fallen
with the old mattress which she
had dragged out Of thehouse and
which ell aAame had probably
caught her clothes and hair on
fire 80 that she herself perished.
In the tin boxss0aretully wrapped
in paper were q number of ten
dollar bills, twenty dollar bills
five and even fifty dollar bills.
Most OF the money 10 burned to q
crisp, butit is thoughtthat enough
remains 30 identify each inaivid-
ual bill. The money will be sent
by Coraner AGnold to the u, s.
treasury department and the heirs
OF Mrs. Haherstroh will be given
full value for it.
"Ms0or Marian Donnelly, a
thrifty farmer and frog promoter
OF southeast Audrain, was In town
Tuesday shaking hands with
iriends," the Mexico Owl wriles.
"Martin says he has just receiNed
q blanket and halter for his big
bullirog, Reuben Dale, cent to
him by friend in Hamburg, Ger.
many. Martin savs he has nav
In stock 400 young frogs and t5o
aged ones, all high Jumpers and
high divers, and oil of them are
OF the Scotch.Irish variety, all
sizes snd oolors, green eyes; none
,Ot them wear speotacles. Martin
says he has rings in the noses OF
oil his frogs TO keep them from
roofing up the grounG. Their
tails are all out short, and when
Martin clips his frogs he sells the
hair to Sem Morris for q long
priss per peund."
A single boil ef lightning killed
four In . family Of seven and se'
riously shocked the others during
% violent electrical storm near
Riphland Tuesday afternoon. The
bolt struck the home OF Joe Paddy.
The family were gathered In the
Living room and the electric cur.
rsnttone Paddy's shoes snd stock
lipes iaom his feet and pitched
him into corner. deaA. Three
childrep were also killed, their
bodies being denadsd Of clothing.
The wife and rsnaining two chill.
ldrsn were stunasd ana Il ives
some tina bsfoFe they negained
laonscicussess