Friday, 5 Feb 1915--Lee Wright of the Yates vicinity was this week given sixty days in jail for raising some kind of a family disturbance. A warrant was sworn out for him, we understand, by his oldest son. Friday, 5 Feb 1915--Chas. Solbert orders the NEWS sent to his brother, E. W, who, with Will and John Kelso, left the first of the year for Ridge, Montana, where each entered 360 acres of land about a year ago. They like the country fine and write back that the first day they reached their possessions they had a game dinner, the principal dish being prairie chicken. They find but one draw back to the particular section in which they are located, it being that they are about 150 miles from a railroad. Friday, 5 Feb 1915--Born, on Feb 1, to Ernest Dinwiddie and wife a daughter. Since the advent of the little stranger, Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Dinwiddie, the proud grandparents, have been almost beside themselves with joy, it being the first girl in the family. Friday, 5 Feb 1915--Mrs. A. G. Atkins who has been quite sick for several days, is much better. Friday, 5 Feb 1915--George, the six-year-old son of Geo. McGill and wife, has pneumonia. Friday, 5 Feb 1915--Through the kindness of Mrs. Joel Owen her son, Charles, of Marshfield, will read THE NEWS for a year. Friday, 5 Feb 1915--MISS PEARL RICE DEAD--Miss Pearl Rice of this place died at Woodland hospital, Moberly, yesterday evening about 5 o'clock following an operation on Saturday for appendicitis, from which she had been suffering for about three weeks. The news of her death came as a great shock to her friends, although her condition was considered precarious from the first. We go to press too early to give any particulars of the funeral arrangements, and have time for only the above notice. An extended notice will be given next week. Friday, 5 Feb 1915--Ed Pitney last week sold his farm south of town, better known as the Geo. Webb place, to Leonard Ancell of St. Louis, taking the latter's residence in the south part of town in the trade. Mr. Pitney is undecided as to what he will do, but thinks he will buy another farm. He will sell a lot of personal property at auction tomorrow, a list of which can be seen on page 8 of this issue. Friday, 5 Feb 1915--The many Higbee friends of Milt Marshall of Clark will learn with regret that he is in a St. Louis hospital with little hope of recovery. A letter from his wife to J. W. Marshall, a brother, of this place yesterday stated that she had about given up hope. Mr. Marshall, it will be remembered, had his right arm taken off at the shoulder about a year ago, tuberculosis of the bone having set up from an injury to his arm several years ago. It was thought the operation had affected a cure, until recently, when the old trouble returned. We learn that in the second operation one day last week the entire shoulder blade and several other bones were removed. Friday, 5 Feb 1915--A FALSE ALARM--People down town Friday morning of last week were startled on hearing six pistol shots in quick succession, and on running to the doors and seeing a dozen or more men running up the street, came to the conclusion that some one had died with his boots on. But it turned out to be Marshal Williams turning in a fire alarm, news having been phoned down town that the Katy depot was on fire. The engines were taken out of the city hall in record time and hitched to two bob sleds which happened to be passing. It was a rather slow race during the progress of which all were speculating as to what kind of a depot we would have to replace the old one--whether it would be the long desired union depot, and whether it would be brick or stone. About the time some of us had completed a nice 2-story stone structure with a beautiful green lawn on the site of the old transfer platform we were brought to earth by the news that it was a false alarm, and that nothing but the chimney was on fire. Friday, 5 Feb 1915--Mr. Isadore Brown of Fayette and Miss Ocie Roberts of near Myers were married on January 31 at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. Notley Magruder. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.