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THE F1KST HOKK. Missouri's Legislature Convenes, Temporary Organization Effected in Both lIoaseH. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 2. At exactly 7:30 o'clock this evening Mr Thurmond, of Callaway county, call- ed the democratic caucus of the house to order. Waller Young, of St. Joseph was made chairman and got a round of applause as he took the speaker's stand, and he made a clever speech just long enough. W. T. League, of Butler county, was made secretary, with John Se bree and Turner Hornbuckle as as sistants. Frank Seebree, of Saline county, nominated Joe Russell, of Missippi county, for speaker. Harry Shaw, of St. Genevieve, and Thurmond, of Callaway, seconded the nomina tion, which was unanimous. Bob Hicklin, of Lafayette, made . neat speech in putting John F. Morton, of Ray, in nomination for speaker pro tern. Houck, of Stod dard, seconded the nomination, and his selection was also made unani mous. Then came the struggle of the caucus the vote for chief clerk. The roll had not been culled up to this time, but it was at once demand ed in order that there might be no mistakes. Lupton, a wheeler from Texan county, who had voted for Church for temporary chairman by mistake in the morning, announced that he intended to act with the dem ocrats, and his name was put on the roll amid applause. Fogel of Schuyler, a strong looking member, nominated C. G. Yates, of Lewis; Ed. Seay of Dent put Rhey McCord, of Osage, in nomination; Kneisly of Boonu, nominated Ed. Crum baugh, of Columbia, and Newberry, of Bates nominated Ed. Vance, of St. Louis. After a number of sec onding speeches, the roll was called with tho following result: McCord 32, Yates 28, Crumbaugh 13, Vance 4. The name of Crumbaugh was withdrawn and Yates was nominated by the following vote: Yates 44, McCord 33. XlHOn KOMINATION3 MADE. Harry Myers, of Sedalia, was nom inated for assistant chief clerk with out opposition and the other nomi nations were: Engrossing clerk, J. H. Pratt, of Newton; enrolling clerk, James S. Turner, of Carroll; door keeper, L. D. Bolton, of Versailles; official reporter, R. P. Thompson of Linneus; sergeant at arms, J. B. Dameron, of Salisbury; chaplain, Peter H. Trone, of Clinton. Sam Majors of Howard county, presided over the senate caucus. There were no hot fights and the following officers were elected: President pro tern, H. W. Johnson, of Montgomery: secretary, H. L. Gray, of Sturgeon; assistant secre tary, Baxter Brown, of Warrensburg; sergeant at arms, Ash Ewing of Jefferson City; doorkeeper, A. Tel lary of Plattsburg; official reporter, A. C. Lemmon, of Jefferson City; chaplain, J. M. M. Johnson, of Jef ferson City; folder, Reese of Noda way; pages, Masters J. P. Noland, of Jackson county, Hugh Claycomb, of Jasper, Morrison, of Pulaski Jmd Paul Yantis of Jefferson City. THK HOUSE'S FIK8T VOTE. At noon the house of the thirty fifth general assembly was called to order by Turner A. Hornbuckle, chief clerk of the last house, Dunn of Lincoln and Church of Harrison were nominated for temporary chair man. The vote was a strictly party one and the result was: Dunn, 77; Chnrch, 59; Smith of DeKalb was the only democrat absent. The ab sent republicans were Dodd, Porter and Swift. The union labor repre sentatives from St Louis all voted with the republicans for Church. It was the first party vote and showed that the full democratic vote was 78, and the opposition 62. It takes 71 votes to pass a bill. "Waller Young of St 'Joseph, Ed. Tumey of Plattsburg, and Church were appointed a committee to es vurbjur. juunn to the chair. He thanked the house briefly, and then Hornbuckle was elected temporary hief clerk. Secretary McGrath's official list of the members was read and the members were sworn in ten in a bach by Judge Brace of the su preme court. The house then ad journed till to-morrow morning. THE SENATE'S OBGASIZATIOS. In the senate the proceedings were briel. Acting Lieutenant Governor Ball called the senate to order, and a temporary organization was effec ted as follows: secretary, H. S. Co ker; minute clerk, J. H. Davidson; journal clerk, W. S. Wilene; door keeper; A. J. Shackley; sergeant at arms, A. E. Ewing. The newly elec ted senators were then sworn in by Judge Ray. On motion of senator Johnson of Madison, the following committee was appointed to confer with Lieu tenant governor Clayccmb and re port on rules and committees: Johnson of Madison, Johnson of Montgomery, Smith, McGinnis and Majors. The republican caucus to-night was purely perfunctory. The rep resentatives met together and the followisg officers were made: Presi dent pro tern, of the senate, S. W. Headlee of Greene; speaker of the house, J. T. Moore of Laclede; chief clerk, Paul Jones (colored) cf Kansas City; chaplain, the Rev. Father Jackson of St. Louis; ser geant at arms, Joseph Lesing cf Gasconade;"engrossing clerk, Henry Newman; enrolling clerk, Frank Dou billout. Kansas City people will ap preciate the honor of the nomination of Paul Jones. James Smith secur ed it for him probably as a balm for his wounded feelings caused by his humiliating defeat for city attorney in the city convention last spring. A MODERN CASABIANCA. Joseph Owen, Eleven Years Old, Near ly Perishes Kt His Post. An 11-year-old boy named Joseph Owen, who lives at the comer of eighth and state line streets, was hired Wednesday afternoon to assist a family moving from the Boulevard to Ceutropolis. At 5 o'clock it be came necessary to unload some of the family effects near Centropolis and the boy was told to guard them. Although the head of the family said that he would return soon for the goods, he did not come and the boy remained at his post all night and until 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when a carpenter named L. I. Peck horn found him in a half conscious condition and had him taken to the city hospital. His feet and hands were so badly frozen that it was thought that amputation would be necessary, lnis morning he was so much improved that they will not be operated upon. When asked why he remained at his post all that bit ter night and until he was nearly dead, he replied: "I was afraid that if I left and any of the things wero taken they might think I stole them." OCCUPYING THE EARTH. A Kentucky Family Which is Obeying the Injusctien. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 20 John E. Week, an industrious carpenter liv ing at 1825 Duncan street, this city, enjoys the distinction of having the largest family in Louisville. Up to last Friday morning it consisted of seventeen of girls and one boy, the oldest 20, and the youngest 1 year old. On this day Mrs. Week presented her happy husband with two bouncing boys, making the to tal number of children twenty. Of this number fourteen are living un der the parental roof tree. When they pile into dinner it reminds a visitor of an orphan asylum. Mr. Weeks is about 49 years of age; his wife is 44. The new arrivals are in the best of health and for the next year or two will be rocked in the cradle that their brothers and sis ters occupied during the same peri od of their lives. A peculiarity about eek' household is that two cradles have been going since the first two years of his marriage. Gov. Foraker, of Ohio, will not be in the cabinet, but he may go as , consul to the Scilly Isles. FROM THE PACIFIC SLOPE. California no Plate For a Poor Man- From former Bates Co. citizens. Lokdsbukg, Cal., Dec. 25, 1SS8. Ed. Times: It has been quite a long time since I have had the pleas ure of writing anything for the 'Booming Times," but as to-day is "Merry Christmas" I can't resist the temptation to tell you something of this land of Sunshine as it appeared on Christmas We have had a season of Califor nia winter for a day or two; that is it has rained. The rains began this year earlier than usual, which was about the 15th of Nov. The result of the early rains is tkat vegetation of all kind is mo6t luxuriant. The grass is about six inches to a foot high and will continue to grow at that rate till May or June. Vegeta bles of all kinds are still in the mar ket, but such vegetables as tomatoes are getting scarce, not because they don't grow all right, but because the days are too short for 6uch fruits to ripen. We had a Christmas tree at our church, but there was something lacking to make the festivities seem real. There was no snow, ice or celd, which are so closely associated with a Christinas times, and the time didn't seem like Christmas Eve. A person can not tell by looking out over the green earth that this is Christmas. It is by consulting the Almanac that one is aware that this is th" season of Santa Claus. Oily the commonest fruit trees such as apple, plum and peach have shed fboir foliage. The only differ ence in the orange, lemon and other evergreen trees is that they have a darker heather green since the raits have washed off the dust. Oranges are getting ripe now. The first car load went east a week or two ago. When we came here last April the orange trees were laden with fruit, and orangss could be gathered from the trees till the 1st of June. They begun getting ripe again the 1st of Dec, so you see oranges can be gathered from the trees at least six months in the -year. From one to ten kinds of fruit can be gathered from the trees any day in the year. How does this strike you for fruit. Oranges are the only fruit that real ly requires irrigation. All other kinds of fruits grow without any water except what nature supplies by the winter rains. Also all kinds of grain and vegetables grow with out irrigation, unless more than one crop is desired in a year, then irri gation is required. It is a mistaken idea some people have of California to think we can't raise anything without irrigation when the fact is we are surer of a crop without irrigation than you are in Missouri. The use we have for irrigation is to raise tv;o or three crops. Alfalfa grws from four to six crops without any irrigation. It is foolish for any one who never lived in this lovely climate, to try to run down climate and productions of southern California. These win ters can't be excelled in the world, and the summers are just as fine. But then, eastern people say the "Boom is Busted." Well, that is a fact The mania for building towns is "busted" and that was what cre ated the craze in real estate. If peo ple had invested like sensible people, in something real, instead of in schemes and paper towns, the coun try would have developed instead of "booming." What the country needs now, is men of means to come and start something by which the hordes of idle people who are here can make an honest living. You can't conceive of the number of people who are here and can't get anything to do. Naturally, this is a fine place for vagrants and tramps, but the laws are so strict against vagrancy that the tramp's life is a perfect misery to him. The county jail is fairly swarming with tramps and vagrants, and unfortunate honest men who had to turn tramp as a means of liveli hood, or rather as means to keep from starving to death; it is feast or famine in this country. There are hundreds of millionaires here. but there are also thousands who "take up their bed and walk," and the only home they have is under a friendly tree at night, and to tramp the public highways in the day time, and they must "tramp" too, for if they do not the dreaded "constable" will be sure to take them in. You may ask who will be safe in coming to California? Well, I will tell you; if you have a good home and good health and live in Bates Co., you are foolish to come here. But if you can't stand the climate of Bates county and have enough mon ey to buy a comfortable home at from $300 to 1,000 per acre, then come here, you can fix you up a home that will outrival the garden of Eden. But for the young man who has a small capital and is seek ing a good investment for that small capital I wouldn't advise him to eome here, and the young man who expects to come here to make a Hy ing by the day's work, don't come, eyen if you are a first class mechanic, don't come. We don't need you; we have first class mechanics here now who have to beg or steal to get the necessaries of life. Yours, W. B. E. BOTH MEN SHOT TO KILL. Terrible End of a Family Quarrel in Arkansas Deadly Nerve. Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 28. Some time ago the wife ot William West, a prominent farmer living near Mark -ed Tree, separated from him, return ing to her mother, Mrs. Mary Dairy, and began proceedings for a divorce. Yesterday West called at Mrs. Dairy's house and asked to see his babyind when his mother in law brought the child to him he began to abuse her, saying she had sepa aated him and his wife. Stephen Dairy, a son of the lady, came out of the house and ordered West off the premises. This enraged West still further, and drawing a revolver he fired twice, shooting his mother-in-law in the arm and Stephen Dairy in the head. Dairy staggered into the housf and reappeared with a Winchester rifle and leveled it at West, who was standing with his revolver covering him. Each fired twice and almost simultaneously at each other. West was shot each time near the heart, and died in the yard. Dairy whs shot in the forehead and through the right eye, and died some hours later. Mrs. Daiay, it is believed, is not fatally hurt. This was the first shedding of blood in that section sinco the war. Rheumatism and Neuralgia cured in I to 1 davs for 7c cents bv Detrhnn's "Mystic Cure." Do not suffer and waste money on oiner remedies, i nis abso lutelv never tails. Sold hv W. T. lavs down, Druggist, Butler, Mo. 8-6m. Terrible Freak of a Mad Man. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 2. Johu Ar thur Burns was arrested here to-day for a murderous assault on a woman in a disreputable house and when asked to plead he answered: "In the presence of God, the destroyer of impurity, not guilty." The woman testified that Burns had choked her and threatened to cut her throat and tear out her heart. Her neck was badly lacerated by his nails. He changed his mind and seizing by the ankles pushed her body out of a third story window and was in the act of hurling her to the sidewalk when offioers seiz d him. The man, who is mad as a March hare, says he was ordered by God to slay this woman for her im purity. He said he came from hades and when he had completed his mis sion would return there. The Denver News says: "It must be a curious event, the pr. posal of a stuttering lover. He would have some difficulty in telling his fair one that she was the pup-pup-pearl of his life, and the dud-dud-darling of his heart. $500, or a Cure. Gor many years the manufacturers of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, who are thorougly responsible finaucia.iy as any one can easily ascertain by iu quiry, have offered, through nearly every newspaper in the land, a stand ing reward of 500 for a case of chronic nasal catarrh, no matter how bad, or how long standing, which they cannot cure. The Remedy is mild, soothing, cleansing, antiseptic, and healing. Sold by all druggists, at 50 cents. WITH YOU Pi PM uHUhi tiki.' I S fifIB -With a Clean Stationery, Paints, Oils, &c. 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