Friday, 9 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 49--Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Robb, assisted by their daughters, Misses Naomi and Esther, pleasantly entertained at their home Thursday evening, February 22, twenty-five small guests with a George Washington party, in honor of their children, Nellie and Harold. The house was beautifully decorated in small hatchets and the dining room was especially pleasing to the eye, a small cherry tree being arrayed in the center of the dining table. Many and various games were indulged in during the evening, and at a suitable hour dainty refreshments were served. after this the little guests received a very delightful surprise, when they were taken a car ride. At an appropriate hour the little ones departed with merry hearts, and desiring to enjoy such another happy occasion in the future. Friday, 9 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 49--Born, on March 2, to Ola White and wife, a daughter. Friday, 9 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 49--Born, on March 2, to Arthur Bradley and wife, a daughter. Friday, 9 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 49--A daughter born to J. T. Stark and wife on the 3rd, died on the 6th. Friday, 9 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 49--W. L. Cave, who recently moved to Kansas City to work at automobile repairing, has moved to Okmulgee, Okla., where he will follow the same business. Friday, 9 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 49--Mrs. Janet Fleming, mother of J. C. Fleming of Moberly, and well known to many Higbee citizens, died at her home in Nevada, on Feb. 28th. She was 82 years old. Two sons and five daughters survive. Friday, 9 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 49--Matthews Evans, who moved to Springfield, Ill, some twelve years ago, is again a citizen of Higbee, we are pleased to state, and we hope he is back in the old burg to stay. His family arrived Saturday. Friday, 9 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 49--T. R. Hamilton informs us that on account of the continued ill health of Mrs. Hamilton, he will leave Higbee for time, and maybe permanently. He is undecided as yet, as to where he will locate, but will likely go west. Friday, 9 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 49--J. W. Mobley, who runs the old Jones farm at Myers, has decided to quit farming and will enter the Normal school at Kirksville. He will sell a lot of stock at the farm on the 16th, a list of which can be seen elsewhere. Mr. Mobley will rent his farm. Friday, 9 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 49--D. P. Tomlinson of Kansas city, who is the guest of his son, Eld. G. C. Tomlinson, of near town was a pleasant caller at the NEWS office Wednesday. Mr. Tomlinson, who is 77 years old, and who saw some very hard service in the Civil War, had many interesting experiences to relate, chief among them being his escape, with 13 others, from the federal prison in St. Louis, known among the prisoners as "McDowell's College," Mr. Tomlinson was the originator of the plan to escape, and the idea came to him when he discovered by jabbing a long wire through a crack in the floor that there was a cellar beneath the building. By means of a loose plank Mr. Tomlinson, Jas. R. Kirby, a relative of the Kirbys of this vicinity, and another prisoner whose name we do not recall, entered the cellar when the opportunity presented itself, and began digging a tunnel, storing the dirt in the cellar. After they had started their tunnel they had one of their fellow prisoners to step off the distance across the prison yard and to a certain brick house beyond the prison fence. They worked for weeks, scratching the dirt behind them, and after they had tunneled something over 100 feet they made an opening to the surface, when all made their escape. With the exception of Mr. Kirby, Mr. Tomlinson has never heard of any of the others since. Friday, 9 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 49--CHAS KIDWELL FREE--Chas. Kidwell, who was sent to prison from this county for assaulting and robbing Warren Tucker at this place two years ago last July, was released this week under the three-fourths rule and arrived home Wednesday. Kidwell came here from Boone county and at the time of the trouble had been a resident of Higbee only a few weeks. Friday, 9 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 49--Mrs. Ocie Stuck of Moberly was burned to death Friday of last week, her dress catching fire from a stove near which she was sweeping. Neighbors rushed to her aid on hearing her screams and succeeded in extinguishing the flames with bed clothing, but not until after she had been fatally burned. Mrs. Stuck formerly lived at Huntsville and is survived by one son. Friday, 9 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 49--JACK DYSART MARRIED--John C. Dysart, better known to his many friends in Columbia and Boone county and to many all over Missouri as "Jack" Dysart, and Miss Louise Britts, of Clinton, Mo, were married Saturday afternoon at the home of the bride in Clinton. The wedding will be a surprise to practically all of the grooms friends, as it was thought by them that Mr. Dysart was a confirmed bachelor. The groom is a son of Mrs. M. S. Dysart, of this city and Mr. Dysart himself lived here a number of years. Of late years he has been traveling far one of the large wholesale drug firms of the country. No one is more popular with a host of friends than he, and none more highly esteemed for his personal characteristics, his geniality and his business ability--Columbia Tribune. The above will be of interest to Higbee people, Jack being an old Higbee boy and son of the late Wm Dysart. Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments welcome.