The Holt County sentinel., 1916-06-02

a couple Of hobos that had drif,ol
into town about the same time. The
told him they were hungry and he
paid for their suppcrs. They had an
old clock that they were trying to sell
and when their only offer for Il was
IN old revolver. Gerstcl kindly volun.
teercd To pay "A dollar for the gun 80
that they could get their money out Of
he trade. They complained that they
had no place TO sleep, - he allowed
them To share his wagon that night.
And during the nigh, they robbed him
and when he followed them To town
md tried 10 recover his money. they
Informed the police that he carried n
sun and had tried to shoe, them. ~"
vas arrested, III. gun was found on
iim and he was pu, In jail. The hobos
yer" allowed 10 escape. Now the au.
,hnrltlcs have verified Gcrstcl's tory
and they wish they had ARRESTED the
other Fellows instead al Gcrstcl
The Saratoga Springs. y. y, I mes.
Union ha- thi, To- say with ref, rncc
q n Missouri woman who l., q clc.
gate tu the Methodist Genera con-
'crcncc from savannah: "Misr Maud
NcMurry t. the youngest delegate If
IA" general conference. II l., The first
i'm" that u Woman has been ,,rt "a
q delegate from Missouri. VI Me.
Marry h. n descendant of Peter Cart
wright. She j. u tine worker among
the young people aud in the iiiblc
schol. Sh" IL an honor 10 the Mis-
souri, delegation"
The Savannah Reporter print. An
drew county's financial statement.
which shows that the county las u
balance even after allowing fui pay
mcnt of u few unpaid warrants. The
total receipts under the head of gem
cral revenue were So ,GiO.5i, starting
with balance of 81 500. and ending
with u balance of 800. Special road
district taN collected amounted 10
ssa,sl6, and current road fund Sli,-
263.
At the recent intercollegiate track
meet at Tarkio. William Jewell col
lcgc won first honors, Springfield
Normal second. Westminster third
Tarkio fourth, Kirksvillc Normal fifth
and Maryville Normal sixth.
Rev, J. II. Tharp, a pioneer North
Missouri preacher, died N Kansas
City hospital, Saturday, May II, aged
% years. Mr.. rharp was pastor Of
the First Presbyterian church at Gal
latin at the time of his death. the
same church which was his frs, regu-
lar pastorate after his ordination in
1873. During his forty-onc years OF
service in Missouri he served On
charges at King City, Albany, Odessa
Mt. Zion, Pratherville and Green Val
ley. by public proclamation, the bus.
, mess houses Of Gallatin were closed
during Mr.. 1harp's funeral on May
%.
Following striped telephone poles In
Ford jitney and getting lost between
Kansas City and Gallatin was toe
much for +. A. Woodruff, the big
jolly landlord of the Woodruff hotel
Sleep was necessary, regardless OF
what il cost. When he awoke he
fOu-i himself minus q $40 watch with
only the dangling chain left. The
watch has not been recovered.-Galla,
tin North Missourian.
Charles l.. Ficklin, in the DeKalt
County Herald, "This is great era
TO have certain days to do things
There is Mothers day and Father:
day and the day to swat the Rooster
These are busy times"
The North Washington correspon.
dent of the DeKalb County Herald
says, Thousands of dollars worth o.
damage has been wrought to the
farmers Of DeKalb county BY washins
Of recent rains. Not only have tht