Potosi journal., 1917-09-19
HAPPENINGS
Of shs evssk
IN MISSOURI

ton. iio is charged with \ speech
against tho United Sta,os and favor.
Ing Germany IN the war
Myatery surrounds tho death OF
William ", Stcoly. ts years old. oi
Ash Grove. whose body was dincov.
cred recently In sinking creek. u half
milo south OF Evcrton. Stccly had
drowned in ten inches Of water.
One hundred and fifty thousand dol.
lars has been earned by selfsupport.
ing students OF the Missouri univer.
si,y In tho last eighteen years through
the help Of the Y. NJ. c. A. employ.
ment bureau.
On the eve Of the sixty sixth ami.
Nersary OF the government land office
In Springfield plans to abolish 1t are
being made and within few weeks
the office will be closed. J. II. Bowen.
for many years register. was not re-
appointed and G.. 4. Leavitt of the
Washington land office has taken
charge.
Private Archibald F. Reynclas, Com.
pany +. First Infantry. was taken to
the state hospital for the insane At Ne
Nada violently deranIed. The man
had shown no symptoms OF INSANITY
Ia n, hnt
became unbalanced during tho night
A special election has been called
In st. Clair county for October 10
pass upon the question OF compronhs
ing the old railroad bond indeht'd'
ness. Judgments in the federal courts
against the county total S55oooa.
kilksNillc Normal school for several
years and one OF tho best known edu
Gators in Missouri. died recently al
kirks,ilie of heart disease.
Amelia Hilton, 3 years old VAS IA
tally burned AT Crane tho other day
while playing with u box OF matches.
The quarantine on the medical de-
tachment OF the Fourth Regiment
from Louisiana. Mo, placed Wnh the
discovery Of what vas believed b>
physicians TO be case of spinal men
ine,tis in the camp, was littcd after a
consultation of tho medical stan ~
the camp The raac proved uHG'r mi
,roscoWctl examination to b" not
M, ntnEttis. only a reaction froW anti
= yphoid serum. which had been inj''t
cd IN the afflicted man two DAYS Nr
fore The symptoms NJ meningitis
and n" ,tNpho,G reaction. II was
,a,d. are nearly identical
Secretary UllAnict of the Mi sourI
state talr has be-n advised tha' Mrs
Fired " Gardner. Wltr ui IN" Fu>"rn"t
II Missouri viii lrlN" the stir OF
california September u, and "ilt rep
recent Missouri At the historical pa.
Eotut to d" gnCu AZ th' tar IA Sr
dana Muuda. night, Scp''nh'r ~
Fully two thousand people viii tab
part IN the Pageant
Men who fraudulcn,ls pretended 10
rcprrscu, the =, Louis Wolucn'N cen
trail committee on food conservation
or the United States food survey, ha>"
obtained considerable quantities ot
canned food and preserves FROM ST
Louis housewives
Ono OF the largest single apple deals
ever consuumaicd in the Ozark fru'i
region was closed when N W tald
we'll. a broker OF Topeka, kasn rnr'
chased 5000 barrels ot applies In or
chids pctwc"n Springfield and Aurora,
paving an average price OF 81 per bar
rel
r. ". knight 81 Year. old, secretary
~ the john, protective boatd OF the
brotherhood ot Halfway Carmen ot
America. OF the Frisco rystrm, died
suddenly IN IA hotel Al Springfield ~.
. ttHtbs IilF u''iA' "tH H' ''"lh'tH, wv
|, cost John Rilycu. youthful fcudis,.
5000 tn shoot Guy Hilton, july IL
mr, In Christian County recently
found RiNeu guilty OF the charge o'
iclouious aSsaul,
! John u plrck, retired P"ttis County
farmer v ho Was born in Ohio seventy
fiyc year, ago. IN dead of paralysis,
near Seda'ia
| The first twelve soldiers from Salln"
county were given ~ reception by citi'
yens OF Marshall On IN" eve ~ th",t
departure for Camp Funston Tho
ministers alliance presented each boy
with a Dible,
Ms. Virginia Des,. IS years old. Wild
! ow OF the late Dr, John Hes:- North
east Missouri pioneer physician. 10
dead at the home of her son. John
Best. Jr.. at High Hin
That the Hams Prairie coal field,
( pouth Of Fulton. said To be underlaid
with one OF the finest veins Of coal
| in the state. is soon TO be developed
by a syndicate, Ia u report bascd on
the activities OF W + Ringle of Fitts'
burg. kas, and J II Meredith Of Jop'
lin. who already have secured . mum.
Der OF leases and are still at work
Adam Orth 2S years old. dropped
dead on the dancing platform al tho