The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-12-04
BONNIE TERRE NEWS


ing caught from a defective flue.
desperate effort was made to put out
the fire but owing to the fact that on
ly one stream of water could be
brought TO bear upon the house, the
fire was not stopped until all the up
per part was burned. Mr.. Murphy
sustained loss Of about 81, 600, and
carried $1,000 insurance. The many
friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy sym
pathyZe with them sincerely in their
misfortune.
Mineral Lodge No. 90 X. Of p. at
tia annual election of officers which
was held at their Castle Hall on No
vcmbcr oath, elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: j. W.
Porter, c. c.; Tohs. Abduction, V. c.;
A. X. Fraser, Prel.; j. d. Poston, X.
r. S.: n. l.. Cole, NJ. of r.; l.. Mar
shall, NJ. Of f.; s. a. Holdman, NJ.
at A.; c. p. Hill, NJ. OF W.; Frank
Richie, !. e.; S. Dubinsky, o. G.; r..
A. Benham. Financial Trustee; j. D..
Poston, A. X. Fraser and p. Grand
homme, Widow and Orphan Trustees.
This is most excellent corps Of of
ficers. and with the hearty co-opera-
ton Of the membership there is no
reason why the order should not
flourish and prosper
Mr.. Thos. Settle, who resides few
miles west of town, had n fine bay
mare taken from his farm on No
vember 18th. He offers a reward Of
$50. for information leading to her
recovery. The animal is described as
follows: Bay mare. years old, dark
name and tail; name lays on left side
of neck. Speck Of white on end of
nose; wears No. three shoes and 10
inch collar Droops behind; PAGES
when being rode. Worth 100000.
Jas Holdman was seriously hurt
and Sam Boyd considerably bruised
Tuesday evening Of last week, when
n high-pressure pipe exploded under
ground near where they had just eaten
their evening meal. They were taken
to the hospital at once and their
wounds dressed lloldman had sew
eral ribs on his right side caved in,
and the physicians fear that his liver
is injured by the broken bones. He
also received several ugly cuts and
bruises about the head and face
! Boyd received several cuts and hruis,
es about his body and legs. Both
men have families. H0ldmGn, with
wife and five children, lives in Settle.
ton. Boyd, nth wife and three chill
drcn, lives IN East Bonnie Tcrre. The
men are getting along rs well as coulC
be expected at this writing.
Elmer Ward, who was operated or
at the hospital for appendicitis last
week is recovering very rapidly, and
hopes are entertained that he vii
soon be out again.
Percy poston, who has a position
in drug store At Clayton, No, spent
! Thanksgiving with his parents, Mr.
W. G. Poston, and family of this city
He returned to Clayton Monday morn
ing.
VIII Francis and wife recently re
turned from Colorado, where they
have been sojourning and will max,
this city their home. Will is work
ing in the butcher shop with his bro
Their, Harry.
NJ. NJ. Drake Of the Efficiency De
partmcnt Of the NJ. X. & T. Railwa!
spent Thanksgiving here with hi!
brother-in-law, DR.. Albert Marshall
and family Mr.. Drake was formerl!
employed in the Offices of the NJ. r
& B. T. Railway. in this city.
Mr.. John Spence of this city, witt
is representing some capitalists who's,
names we failed to learn, secured ;
contract with option price from sew
eral land owners in and around Ger
many Church settlement, west o
town n few miles. Mr.. Spence in
forms us that he has contracted 70
something like $500 acres of land al
ready. No bonus is being paid, bu
it is understood that liberal optic
is taken provided the findings ar
satisfactory. No definite time is sc
for drilling the lands. Efforts ar
being made to get option on severa
other tracts of land in that vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Miller of thi
city spent Thanksgiving with Mrs
Miller's sister, Mrs. VIM. Burns, o
Flat River.
]. d. Poston, Jr., who is teaching
the Cave Springs school, spent Thank
giving with his parents, Mr.. j. d. Pos
ton and family of this city. He re
turned to his school Sunday evening.