Mexico Missouri message., February 22, 1906, Image 1

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February 22. WHli'mcton'
Birthdav a dt revered by tlie
nation.
Miss Martha Frost is better af
tar a fortnight's illness. - ,
Boy Cable and family of the vi
cioity of Champ, will move to
Mexico.
Mrs. McCabe Howe, returned to
her home in Kansas City Friday,
after a visit with her parents, A.
C. Barnes and wife, in this city.
Mrs. Rachel Holt who has been
suffering with- cancer of the month
is now quite ill.
Justice A. B. Cluster united in
marriage last week Mr. P. P.
Yhung of Callaway and Miss
Francis Wooldridga of this county.
The Fulton A. O. C. W. last
week initiated 14 new members.
Supper was served to a hundred
guests. B. II. Robinson of the
Mexiao Lodge was present.
A party was given Feb. 14th at
the home of Mr. A. B. Smith.
Some artistic work was done in
portrait drawing each, guest had
the pleasure of seeing himself as
others drew him;
C. E. Stokes is here again in
the (interest of the Chautauqua
movement. Be ha already dis
posed of more than 500 season
tickets and prospects are flat
tering. Paul Lackland, son of Lamar
tine Lackland living south of this
city, was thrown from his horse
Thursday last. The horse caught
its foot in an obstruction and fell
heavily, breaking its neck. Paul
ww only slightly injured.
Mr. Oscar Lewis of Mexico and
Mrs. Hedges, formerly of this
county, were married last week at
the home of the bride's parents in
Sweet Springs, Mo. They will
make Audrain their home.
From the Fulton Sun : Robt.
A Oilmore and Miss Minnie C.
Boyd, both of Auxvasse, were
married at the home of Warren
Thomas, ia easf Fulton, Thursday
afternoon at 3:43 by Rev. M. A.
Hart.
"The Citizens' Bank of Benton
City" has been organized with a
capital of $10,000. J. F. Harri
lon is president and C. A. James
cashier. The stockholders are
farmers and business men of Ben-
ton. 'Rah for Benton City and
her new bank.
A new bank with a capital of
$10,000 has been organized at
Hawk Point, on the Burlingtou
Cut-off, in Lincoln county, and
the following Mexico citizens have
taken stock: R. D. Worrell, E.
A. Howell, Mitchell Faber and J.
0. Matxlyv
Middletown Chips: James Gib
son, a young man living two miles
northwest of town, was picking a
dynamite cap with a ramrod one
lott tffonk wtifln tha can ii-
UttJ . w
ploded, blowiug off the first joint
of one thumb and two angers in
such a manner as to necessitate
ttia assentation of all three of
HUV rnttfbcrtf
Rolirrt Waller of RiihIi Hill whs
id Meii-n Friday.
The little child of Mr. and Mrs
dardin Rixey still remains seri
ously ill. .
Mrs. Warren Harper is recti per
ating from a recent illness.
Rev. 0. A. Mitchell of Mexico is
assisting in a revival meeting' at
Curryville.
Henry Rodhouse, who sold his
fHrm recently, has bought a home
in Mexico and will move to same
soon.
The Laddonia, Rush Hill and
Mexico Telephone Co. meet in
Mexico Feb 26. All stockholders
will be present kor send vote by
proxy.
Edward Reubling of near' Wells-
ville, formerly of Rush Hill, was
in Mexico last week ou business
and paid the Message a pleasant
business call.
W. H. Norris is at home after a
pleasant three months' visit with
his daughter, Mrs. B. A. Bag? at
Riverside, California. Mr. Norris
is preparing for a lively trade in
trees this spring.
K. M. Laugblin, formerly of
Mexico, is now located in New
Haven, Conn. The Message is
pleased to receive a short note
from Mr, Laughlin, iu which he
indicates that he is well and pros
pering. Miss Lena Gass, of this city,
will graduate as a nurse at the
Baptist Sanitarium in June. Miss
Lena is in the highest ranks of effi
ciency in the institution and her
friends are proud of her record.
W. F. Mayhall, our genial neigh
bor of the Bowling Green Times,
was in Mexico Friday at the Dem
ocratic conference of- the Ninth
Cougressional'district. The Times
has a new type-setting machine
and an electric motor. William
now thinks he can take that pleas
ure trip to California.
A colored man uamed Clark nud
a white man named Custard fought
over a crap game nt Laddonia the
other day. Custard was fined and
fled the country and Clark was
sent to jail. A nigger" and a
white mau and a crap game!
Well, Custard's custard should
have been in jail with the nigger.
The Y. M. C. A.
The Y. M. C. U. at their meet-
ins Thursday night adopted the
new name and are to be connected
With the state Association: - The
irvmnasium and reading room will
soon be completed at which time
an informal opening will be held.
Light refreshments will likely be
served and Mexico business men
and friends of the association will
be invited to visit the young men
in their new quarters.
The MiBses Snidow and Miss
Koenig entertained a party of
young people the evening of St.
Valentine's day. Progressive verse
making was the chief amusement,
Miss Elizabeth . Shannon winning
the prize, A small arrow was
thrust thru the red heart centers of
the ice cream which was served,
and hearts were in evidence every
where. Some of the guests lost
ttreir hearts and are now seeking
rjtnCTi tn return.
THE TWEXTY-SECOXD OF FEBKUAKY.
Pule la the February sky,
Aud brief the mliUlay'ssuniy hours;
The wlud-swcpt furfist seems to sigh
For the sweet time of leaves and flow
ers. Yet ha no mouth a prouder duy,
Not even when the summer broods
O'er meadows In their fresh array,
Or autumn tints the glowing woods.
For this chill season now ngftln
Brings, In Its annual round, the morn
When, greatest of the sons of men,
Our glorious Washington was born.
MARRIED AT CENTRALIA.
Wife Deserted in St. Louis Was a
Former Resident of Vandalia.
The St. Louis Republic contain
ed the following article a few days
ago:
Sick almost uuto death when
her baby was born, seeing it for
one brief moment after its birth,
Mrs. Eula Johnson, alone and de
serted by her husband, has sought
in vain for her child, which was
abducted from her when it was but
four days old.
The facts in the case will be pre
sented to Chief of Detectives Des
mond in the hope that the police
department may be able to restore
the infant to the sorrowing
mother.
Mrs. Johnson, who is but 20
years old, and a pretty and intelli
gent woman, was married lust
February iu Centralia to Victor
Tucker Johnson, 29 years old, who
was then attending the Law School
of the State University at Colum
bia, Mo.
The marriage took place while
the girl's mother was very 6ick,
aud was kept secret until after the
death of the latter last March.
When Johnson was graduated
from the law department of the
university, he sent his wife to
friends iu Frankford, Mo., while
he went to Texarkana, Ark., to
ook over the grouud preparatory
to engagiug in the practice of
aw.
After spending some time in
Texarkana he decided to locate in
St. Louis, and. with his wife, he
came here about last September 1,
taking a room in the boarding
house of Mrs. Anna Shernick at
No. 2236 Olive street.
Here the baby, a girl, was born,
late in November, 190u. The
youug mother saw her child but
for a moment, then sank into un
consciousness, vov uays sne nov-
ered between life and death and
her husbatid despaired of her life.
Then the crisis was passed and
she opened her eyes in the first
conscious waking for four days
since the baby's birth and called
for her child. It was gone. Fran
tically the mother asked if it were
dead, aud she was told that it still
lived, but was with friends.
Mrs. Johnson says she learned
that her husband, believing that
she could not live and fearing to
to be burdened with the child,
found a home for it with strangers.
She claims that for four days after
the baby's birth he inserted au ad
vertisement in the newspapers for
some one to take care of the child,
and after that the child was taken
away from the house.
The woman constantly question
ed her husband as to the where
abouts of their baby, and wearied
by the questions and her pleadings
to have back Iior baby, the hus
band left her January 24.
She lias not seen hitn since but
has received one letter from him
dated from Landers, Wyo., in
which he told her that he was
there for his health aud that he
would 8t?nd hier some money as
Lo, where, beneath an Icy shield,
Calmly the mighty Hudson flows!
Hy snow-clad fell and frozen field,
1 Broadening, the lordly river goes.
The wildest storm that speeds thru space
And rends the oak with sudden force.
Can raise no ripple on his face,
Or slacken his majestic coursi'.
Thus, 'inlU the thrones, shall live
ruiuarred, tindlmmed, our hero's fume,
And years succeeding years shall give
Increase of honors to his name.
Brtant.
soon as possible.
Three days after her husband
left her Mes. Johnson received a
clue "that, her baby was iu the
care of a family on Salisbury street
and she traversed that street from
morning until 10 o'clock at night,
asking for news of her child at
every house on the street from
Fifteenth street to Broadway, and
even stopping passersby.
All her efforts were fruitless and
she appealed to C. L. Stradley, of
the Merchant's Secret Service
Company, to aid her in finding the
infaut. Altho she had no money,
Stradley agreed to help her, hav
ing been acquainted with her in
her happier days. He ran down
every clew, but was unable to dis
cover the whereabouts of the baby.
Then he decided to turn the case
over to the city detective depart
ment. Mrs. Shernick, with whom the
Johnsons boarded when they first
arrived in St. Louis, but who is
now employed by a tobacco com
pany aud resides at No. 3634
Luck strett, denies that she was in
any way responsible for its abduc
tion. She was questioned about
the matter last Thursday in the
office of the Circuit Attorney,
aud admitted on that occasion that,
after the disappearance of the
bady, she had gone to see it at a
house in Salisbury street.
She said she had taken a Belle
fountain car aud had walked east
ou Salisbury street a."ter alighting,
but could not remember the num
ber of the house, nor could she de
scribe it. She said that her visit
on that occasion was in response
to a message thai the baby was
very ill.
Mrs. Johnson was bovn in St.
Louis, being the daughter of D.L.
Forgey, now dead. Her mother
removed to Frankford, Mo., where
she married W. J. Hetzler.
Victor T. Johnson was a well
known college athlete and member
of Kappa Alpha. He grafted with
the Nebraska basket-ball team, aud
also took a great interest iu col
lege secret society work.
Sunday School Looking Up.
The Sunday School of the Meth
odist church here, S. P. Emmous
superintendent, is attracting at
tention by its increased attend
ance. 219 were in attendance last
week.
The Christian Advocate gays,
"The Mexico Sunday School is in
a very prosperous coudition. Last
Sunday the highest water mark in
poiut of attendance in the history
of the church was reached."
Mrs. Osier, mother of Dr. Osier,
who advocates chloroforming the
aged, is now in her huudredth
vear. Her son would doubtless
make an exception in her case
Mrs. Osier was the wife of a min
ister, aud her four sous have all
distinguished themselves. Dr. Os
ler of chloroform fame is regius
professor of medicine at Oxford
University. The other sons are
E. B. Osier, M. P., Justice Feath
erstone Osier of the Court of Ap
peals, and the late B. B. Osier, one
of the foremost members of the
Ctiuadian bar.
DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE.
Committeemen and Newspaper Men
Hold Harmonious Meeting.
At tlic direction of the Demo
ratio state committee the commit
eemen of the Ninth Congressiona1
iistrict assembled in this city Fri
lay. The meeting at the Ring
Hotel was called to order at 1:30
6. m. by R. L. Robinson of Troy.
W. L. Gupton, of Montgomery,
icted as chairman and H. F. Chil
lers, of Troy, secretary.
Each county of the district was
represented in the enthusiastic
folks.
Brief addresses were made by
Silas Carr of Jonesburg, Ovid
Bell of Fulton, John Tapmau of
Owensville, Howard Ellis of New
Florence, W. F. Mayhall of Bow
ling Green, and others. No ef
forts will be spared to further th
interests of the Democratic party.
The following delegates and edi
tors were present:
Dr. R. L. Robinson, Troy.
Dr W B Smith
T J. Ayres, Bowling Green
W L Gupton, Montgomery City
F H Kallmeyer, New Florence
A H Drunert, Jonesburg
Silas Carr
J N Lavender "
Joseph Tappman, Owensville
Wagoner Adcoek, Callaway Co
J A Guthrie, Audrain Co
J T Ricketts
W H Kennan
H F Childers, Troy Free Press
Ovid Bell, Fulton Gaaette
A C Bush, Fulton Sun
Zed Hook, Auxvase Review
Johu W Jacks, Montgomery
City Standard
Howard Ellis, New Florence
Leader
W F Mayhall, Bowling Green
Times
The Mail says Vandalia has two
citizens who should be driven out
of town. They "toil not, neither
do they spin" and as a conse
quence have plenty of time to con
coct schemes to drag others down
to their level.
The Centralia Guard says that
'Fightin' Johnny" Rogders, now
of Mexico and who lately had two
suits in the Circuit Court, former
ly lived in that town and "he us
ually kept everything moving in
his immediate vicinity, so that no
one could complain of dull times."
Here is how it goes with the
Auxvasse Review man: Two sun
dogs were seen near the sun last
Sunday afternoon, and the oldest
inhabitant said to the Review
mau: "We're going to have some
mighty stormy weather, soon. I
never saw that sign fail and I have
lived nigh on to 80 years. Look
out for squalls." We did look
out and, by gosh, we took cold the
first time we poked our nose out of
the front door. Confound the
sun dogs and the groundhogs, any
how. If it were not for them we
would have summer all winter.
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll once
called upon Bishop Phillips Brooks,
and was told by the maid at the
door that the Bishop was very
much occupied and wished to be
denied to all callers. Nevertheless
Col. Ingersoll begged her to pres
ent his card, and in a few moments
Bishop Brooks made his appear
ance, smilingly extending his
hand. Before leaving Col. Inger
soil ask ed the Bishop how it hap
pened that he consented to see him,
when refusing to see others. Bishop
Brooks smiled and said: "Well,
you see, Colonel, I expect to
spend eternity with all my othef
friends." The Christian Register
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE,
Baud Bishop of Vandalia Tired
111 Heath
ei
Last Thursday just after dinnejt
Band Bishop, son of Book Bishop,
deceased, shot himself. He has
been in ill health for some time
and to that is attributed the cause
of the rash act. He is Superinten
dent of the Mississippi Glass Co.'s
works, has been the support of his
vounger brothers and sisters sins
his mother's death 4 years ago,
md stands well in the community.
The ball entered below the heart
md physicians say there is little
hope for recovery.
Arthur Stotler died at Lsddonia
last week of asthma He had been
sick about eight months.
We deeply regret to learn of the
death of Rev. B. Craig of Paris.
He had been the regular pastor of
Long Branch for a number of
years and had many friends who
will miss him sadly.
Joseph Fritsch, of Saline county.
was killed by jumping from a
train at Gilliam last Friday morn
ing. He brother Morris, who was
a C. & A. engineer, was killed
about a year ago by jumping from
his engine on Bowling Green HU1.
'Squire Roberta, of near Sallnt
Audrain county died at his homr
Monday at about 1 o'clock p. m.
of stomach trouble. He was aboat
62 years old, and leaves a wife and
seen children to mourn his los-
Mrs. C. W. Lyon, Mrs. F. M.
Green, Nellie and Charlie Roberts
of Centralia and Luther and Le-
nore Roberts of Saling. The fu
neral was preached at Pleasant
Grove, Audrain connty, by Rev.
Egan Herndon, after which the
remains were laid to rest ia the
cemetery at Pleasant Grove.
Centralia Fireside Guard.
Nellie McKee, the 16 year old
daughter of J. D. McKee, City
Collector, died last Thursday morn
ing. She had been in declining
health for some time and her
death was not unexpected. The
parents and a brother, Louis, sur
vive her. Nellie was a dutiful and
earnest Christian girl; tha home is
lonely now, her death leaves a va
cancy which can uever be filled
The sorrowing father and mothev
and brother have the sympathy of
all. Funeral was held at the home
Friday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. A. A. Wallace. The pall
bearers were: J. B. Graham.
Frank Luekie, R. R. Arnold, Jr.,
J. C. Wilkins and F. A. Morris.
Boooville. Mo , Feb. 16. The
body of J. W. Bell was !found this
morning by his brother-in-law,W.
A. Hoefer, iu a cistern on bis farm
four miles esst of here. Later a
letter was found advising his wife
as to the disposal of hU property.
It is supposed he was gnfftring
from temporary insanity.
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