Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-11-22

ROUND ABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears.
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Oriei-
nal Some Credited and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.


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n names are printed in the pape
F. and the president is W. A. Scan
10 Ion.
. A monster python snake wa
abandoned or left behind by
show at Flat River, recently, say
q the Pennington News, and a for
eiener found it. He saw some
thing moving about in an olc
sack and opened it up. Wher
the snake, which is about four.
teen feet Ions, stuck his head uE
he left promptly for the mex
: township. Some boys to whom
he told of the find were not SC
timid and they went out and cap
tured his snakeship and sacked
him up again. The show was
, telegraphed but did not reply,
and the boys now are showing
the snake to pay for his keep.
A man selling spectacles went
to a farm house near Essex and,
after examining the eyes of the
farmers wife, who was nearly
blind, told them he could cure her
for S1OO, giving them a written
guarantee by which he promised
to return the money on January
lst If her eyes were not opened
oy that time. They paid over
the money, but on looking over
The agreement became suspicious
and the farmer started out to se-
cure the return of his money. By
means OF friends automobile
the man was overtaken and com.
PEELED to pay back the money.
1t is said that the Ringing
Bros. circus has instituted a suit
against the |. M. because of the
failure of the latter to land the
show trains in Poplar Bluff in
time to have an afternoon per.
tormance on September 18th.
The show trains passed through
here about 8 o'clock on the morn
ing OF the 18th and the general
surmise was that the circus would
be late getting into the Bluff.
The show people ask $40, 900 dam.
ages.-lronton Register.
The st. Louis Progressives are
already beginning their organi-
zation for the Spring campaign.
They say they intend to fight to
end, and see that the Taft faction
ls completely whipped out. The
state organization is also beinr
strengthened and is to continue
as political factor in state poll. !
tics. In some sections they will :
control the political affairs of the
counties as they cast more votes
han the Taft wing.
On account of tho recent death q
If Judge W. T. Marshall, in Mis- G
'lssippi county, who was the DEM S
'cratic candidate for representa-. G
i've, and died few days before /,
he election from the effects of n
N operation for appendicitis, the [
committee put A. R.
'oone on the ticket and he was p
lected. Mr.. Boone will be ro. 7,
rendered as candidate for 4
eutenant.govern at the Aug a
st primary. q,
Oh, but itgalls the Globe- DEM pi
crat and all the other Republi- fl
an sheets OF the state to not be e
bic to yell "fraud'' at the result IN
the election in st. Louis. Al ~
lough The Republicans controls
1 the election machinery and W
le police they were beaten into th
le mud, out Of all the places to ps
. filled winning only three rep fr
'sentatives in the first district. er
nd them only by the skin of their an
eth. n.
Sikeston'is preparing to extend q
; water mains and spend about gr
', ZOO in doing IL. oa %