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'ROUND ABOUTTHE STATE. Gleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears, the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Original. Some Credited, and Some Stolen. but Nearly All Interesting Reading. A south Missouri undertaker Cassius Hopkins, 80 years old 3 well-to-do bachelor of Wil advertises "heme made coffins" liamsburg, made final arrange for the ultra- fastidious. ments today for his burial, when The new town officials at Clearhe closed a deal for a $200 cas mont, elected at the April elecket with a local undertaker. Th tion, refused to qualify. firm recently openeri a branch a "When the Hon. Jeremiah Williamsburg and Hopkins wen Jones finished his speech," conto the store to look over the stock fides a Missouri exchange, He decided the most expensive "everybody cheered." casket suited him and ordered i put aside for him. -Hopkins A trust company in Clinton of bought a tombstone severa fers to draw up wills free of months ago and had it erected or charge for folks who will place a lot he bought in the Wiliiams their property in its care. burg Cemetery. By a vote of 467 to 13 CameMarion Branstetter, aged 23 ron school district favored the iswho is charged with killing his suing of $55,000 bonds to pro16-year-old sweetheart, Mis vide for the erection of a new Gertrude Griffith, near Marion school building. ville, Sunday night when h Two.Kirkeville men, examinfound-the girl in the company of ,ing the label on a bottle of herse another man, was arrested near ;liniment, found it was 90 per Aurora after two posses spent cent alcohol. Their chances of the entire night in scouring the ,recovery are good. country for the alleged murderer. Estimates based on the numBranstetter is also charged with rber of namesin the 1914 St. Louis firing two shots into the body of City Directory, just from the his victim's mother, Mrs. Pheobe ,press,gives this metropolis a popGriffith. The girl died forty-fiv ,ulation of 853,395. minutes after the shooting. Mrs. Griffith's condition is grave. Just t show its contempt for the Mexican government, the Former/United States Marshal Atohison County Mail refers to A. J. Martin, of the Western Dis,the provisional president familtriot of Missouri, has been indicpaily as Vic Huerta. ted by a federal jury charged with embezzling $2,040 funds reA Liberty m&n who was knock ceived from the sale of contra. ed unconseious recently.by a fallband ,whiskey and vinegar while ing-lim reports that he was right he held the office. Martin reup in the blue dome grasping at signed from the office last Feb,the stare for a while. ruary. He W88 appointed by According to the Richards President Taft in 1910. Martin Progress man, a couple after has been active in Republican ,settling down to housekeeping politias and formerly was editor ,have longed for the rice that was of a newspaper at Unionville. ,thrown at them on their wedding Crop note from the West Plains day. Journal: Peaches promise a fair The hay in the McDavid livery orop and apples and small fruit ,barn Excelsior Springs caught seem to.be unhurt, but even if fire from some unknown cause there should be a shortage in ed,Friday night, and before the fire ucated fruit, we natives will get could be placed under control, 38 along fine on wild blackberries head of horses had been suffocaand strawberries, huckleberries, ted. persiminons, pawpaws, black Senator Stone has been given haws, May apples, wild grapes a judgment for $4,800 against and wild honey. These, with the the St. Louis Union Trust ,Co., acorns and all kinds of nuts, are for services as receiver of the a sure crop and furnish mighty Mullanphy Savings Bank. The good eating for man and beast. oase.bas.been in the courts since Mrs. Manora Johnson, of Car 1897. thage, celebrated her one hun The Macon Republican, remindreth birthday last week. She iscing over the Mexican war of is six feet two inches tall, weighs 1846, tells of a hero who was 307 pounde, does all the housestruck several times on the acwork for her 7-room house, takes ooutrement. And everybody care of two children whom she knows what a painfully injury adopted a few years ago and finds that is. time to attend to a garden and Convict labor will be used to take in sewing. Ten years ago build 30 miles of rock road be. she chaperoned a party of ten ;tween Chillicothe and Lawson, Carchage girls on a visit to the World's Fair in St. Louis. Mo. It is the intention of push ing road through to Excel Two bank robbers were cap. sior Springs if conviot labor tured by a posse near Lebanon comes up to the expectations of recently, and the Rustic announthe engineer. ces frankiy: "When the shootWe were informed this week ing-began most of the searching a man who seemed to have party disappeared over the hilldoubtless as most of us would an cahave dcne had we been there official figures showing that the earning electric and when the men aurrendered pacity of about $8,000 a mile. It only five of the party were prepromises to be one of the best sent." paying lines of this sort in the state.-Liberty Advance. 557 names are now entered in A Columbia man, Samuel the boys corn growing contest, that will be held in Maryville this Baumgardner, is building a house of concrete. On the conorete fall. Several outside prizes have been offered, among which are blocks are pictured various hapsome cash prizes by the Farmers' penings of Mr. Baumgardner's n life. He says he intends to Trust Company, and the boys have the house serve as a monare going after these prizes ument to him after his death. strong.