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Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-05-29
COLORADO CORRESPONDENCE.
Mavsville. Colo. MAY II

! Editor GRAPHIC That | may con-
tribute something to the hemterest of your
new and promising paper. | propose to
keep vour readers posted in regard to
the mining interests Of this section OF
Colorado.
arrived in this town one week ago.
and found the excitement at fever heat
over some rich strikes made in driving
tunnels ani sinking shafts.
There are as yet but eighteen or twen-
| ty claims being worked TO any great cx-
tent and they are proving fuliy equal
to expectations, while by the first or
18th of June at least five hundred will
be undergoing development.
Maysville is located on the south Ar
kansas river, eleven miles from its
junction with the main river. and Is
now only ten miles from the nearest
railroad station. the track having rea-
ched that point to-day from Pueblo.
The rush OF proSpectors TO this point
Is immense, and as a general thing are
a good looking class OF men.
Wages range from $3.50 to $3.50 per
udN, dHd tHeTe Is WORK lor all VINO want
it.
recently saw a Mr. Bagg from your
place. He is doing well.
attended church last Sunday and
and heard the first sermon ever preach
in the place also Sunday-sehool.
Maysville has a population OF about
five hundred. with a Mayor, Council,
and waterworlss. We of course have
saloons and dance house which does
not speak well for our towr, but these
new mining towns are cursed as well
blessed.
1t is still too early to get into the
mountains for prospecting. June will
be soon enough, but those wishing to
dig for an interest can go right to
work. Ton JONES.
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The Present Situation.

Before the next issue Of the GRAPHIC
reaches its readers the Chicago conven-
ton will have met and probably decid-
ed who shall lie the next republican
candidate for president.
From the data now before us. we
hardly feel justified in making predic-
tions regarding the result. though we
believe if the unit rule is enforced that
General Grant viii be the nominee,
otherwise we DO not think so.
His enthusiastic friends claim that
his nomination Is assured, while the
friends of the other candidates claim as
positively that his defeat is certain.
Our readers will probably get good
idea of the situation from the estimates
of few OF the leading papers of the
country:
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-05-29
The o, VI, d p, r, L,

After long years of waiting the
above named road is completed to our
beautiful City. We hail its advent
with feelings of joy, because new era
of prosperity is ushered in by Its COM
pletion. But few years ago we were
struggling to secure one road. now we
have two. On last Saturday the lay
ing of the iron was completed to the
track Of the Burlington and South
Western. This connects Us by rail
with Quincy. one of the iivelieSt little
cities in the west. Il gives Us a direct
eastern outlet for onr' produce and
stock. 1t is the nearest point to the
Mississippi river and of course freight
on lumber and everything else will be
less than by any other rout The new
road is in the hands of the Wabash, st,
Louis 4 Pacific, company that will
extend it to It's western connection and
make it a trunk line. Our citizens eel
ebrated the completion of the road to
this point by the firing of anvils etc.
Sullivan county is proud of her Rail
roads, Milan Standard.
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New Subscriptions since last issue
Which is the Worst.

Occasionally we see young man that
has been reared as democrat, who
unites himself with the republican par
ty. Like all new departures in any di-
rection, he gets the SCOTS and sneers of
his old party friends. If he possesses
true manhood, he VIII let them sneer
and scoff, and continue to advocate the
cause he has eSpoused But should
he prove weak and vascillating, he may
be forced to return to the party and the
political errors of his fathers. No stone
is left unturned and no pressure that
can be thought of, which Is not brought
to bear to force him back
He Is called stubborn: "a smart Alec.
who thinks he displays more wisdom
"by opposing the ways Of his father );
and SO on ad nansemn,
It requires some nerve, we must ad-
NIT to meet such pressure, but he who
is truly in earnest can endure it for the
sake Of principle.
If the young democrat ought to vote
rs his father before him. the reason
would be equally valid that the young
republican should remain as he was
taught. This bars all change, all i'm
provement and all progress. 1t requires
no reason from their standpoint TO be
either. But thinking man, builds his
opinion on his knowledge Of men and
measures, and their relations to society,
and not because of either the approval
or disapproval of any one.
When the young man applies the pat
riotic promptings of the heart in the
shaping of his political creed. that which
was hidden through political prejudice
and the force of habit, from his father
may be plain to him. He has no warp
ed judgment, all is clear as day. to his
view, and while in the democratic par
ty he sees doctrines dangerous to his
believed country, in the republican par
ty he sees carried out the principles his
conscience tells him are right. He sees
in the democratic party, slothfulness,
opposition to advancement, opposition
OF Indifference to public school system
and an aristocracy of ignorance. In
republicanism he sees true patriotism,
honesty of thought and purpose, party
which is the friend of the poor man and
the young man: the enemy Of the state,
rights heresy but the friend Of human
ity and he chooses that which he be-
beves is right. Now which is the more
manly Arepublican on principle or
Democrat because dad was p
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CONDENSED TELEGRANS.

4 disease called ''blackleg" is Killing
the cattle near Nandalia, No.
Mrs. Charles 7. parson was the first
LADY to ascend Pixies Peak this sum
mer.
In Galloway county, Mo. T. D. Mich
ols was shot and fatally wounded by a.
b. Starks.
Near McCallister. ]. T., Bill and Bud
PtsslGy. two brothers, had fight IN
which, Bill was killed.
A light between VIM. Rife and s.
A. Jackson, at Abingdon, Va, resulted
in the death OF the former.
At Iowanda. ka., two men named
Wait and Pickens We're sutiocated by
foul air while cleaning out an old
well.
\ deaf and dumb man named VIII
liams was killed by Il train while walk
ing on a railway track near Dubuque,
Iowa.
The first new Texas wheat sold at
Dallas, Tuesday, at 81 80 per bushel.
The general assembly of Rhode Island
has elected A. II. Littictield Governor
Mrs. Hannah Green Louisville. KY
swallowed glass half full of arsenic
and died.
A soldiers monument will be unyeil-
ed and dedicated at Lichfield, H.. next
Saturday.
In saloon at Clyde. o.. Fred. Palmer
was struck on the head with beer tau-
Get in the hands Of John Brecker and
fatally injured.
A party of Mexicans went to the
store of Henry Bishop near Edinburg,
Texas. stabbed him to death. outraged
the servant girl, and robbed the house
of several hundred dollars.
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Traces Of Barharism.

The occasional on: groupings of the
mob spirit, however much the peculiar
surrounding circumstances may seem
to Justify. Is only TO he dcplored and the
mere discountenanccd by every good
citizen.
The hanging of Young in Clark
county, the recent mob execution at
Moberly, and the barbarous and savage
raid made by a so called vigilance COM
mit,ee on the county jail, and the hang
ing of three prisoners, at Osccola, in
this state, are but recent examples of
the prevalence of a spirit of lawlessncss
in itself quite as criminal as that which
il proposes TO punish. 1t affords one Of
the strongest Of proofs that our boasted
civilization is yet but mere step from
the barbarism from which il emerged,
and liable to sudden and disgraceful
relapses whenever occasion presents an
opportunity or an excuse.
Ii is dangerous for any community
TO encourage or permit the least step
away from the due and peaceful pro-
cess of law, for the reason, that like
scum on the boiling cauldron the very
worst elements come to the surface, and
ultimately control, so that this agent of
punishment, at first evoked to crush
crime and awe evil doers, becomes an
engine Of evil aud reacts on society it
self No community can long afford to
disregard the forms of Law. The law
in meeting out justice and punishment,
is impersonaf and leaves the criminal
class only their own misdeeds to blame
for the consequences. The security of
life. the value Of property. and the safe
ty Of society are only the more secure
by the prompt application and enforce
ments Of the penalties of the law against
crime; but the same penalties executed
by Judge Lynch. however Just and i'm
partial leave leaven of bitterness and
the seed of future trouble that will gen
crate and spring into life whenever
circumstances favor. and the cOmmuni-
ty, the city. the county OF the state
where this disregard for the sanctity of
law is least observed will, in time reap
the Interest Of harvests.
TIE mob at Osceola hung three of the
prisoners confined in the jail. while one,
perhaps the eastguilty escaped. These
three men may have all deserved death:
but not such a death. The escaped
prisoner reports that among the two
hundred, for the time being savages,
who set themselves up as the superiors
of law, he recognized two persons, and
one of them was jeff. Younger.
The Sedalia Register in commenting
on the Osceola mob concludes by saying:
If there are two hundred barbarians
in ST. Clair county who would do deed
ike the one above depicted, they should
be pointed ont to the world. They
should be made so feel the grip Of the
law and suffer the penalties of then,
crimes. 1t is time an example should
be made of such outrages and no mat
ter what the standing of the parties
implicated, their former good name fur
niShes no palliation for ignoring the
laws of the land and perpetrating such
an awful insult to our civilization.
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MISSOURI NEWS NOTES.

Carrolton gives tramps fifteen min
utes 10 leave town.
The railroad boom has sent town lots
way up yondcr in Bethany.
A fine vein of lead mineral has been
discovered in Reynolds county.
The Jnmesport June races have been
postpoIa j from June 2 to June 10.
Hcssan flies have put in an appear
ance in the wheat fields of Perry coun-
ty.
A republican paper is TO be started
at Poplar Bluff with Col. Moss as editor.
St.Joc is to have telegraph line con-
Meeting at Summit with the Iron Noun
tain.
Three six-po,,nd babies were born to
the wife Of John Parkshill i'll Perry
county lately.
Over 2OO head of sheep were drown
ed III Wolf Creek, st. Francois county,
last week.
The house of Mrs. Young, near Wa
kenda, took fire during her temporary
absence, and her infant child perlshed.
Scott county sends Alex Melton and a
man named Bell to the pcnitentiary
the former 90 years for murder and the
latter 4 years for larceny.
Richard l.. Mctcalf is now publish
ing the Southeast MissOurian, Bro.
Kelley having formed partnership
with johnson, of the Poplar Bluff Citi-
zen.
Frank Cumming, who has been in
Jail at Poplar Bluff for three months,
pleaded guilty to grand larceny and
was sentenced to two years in the pen
itentiary.
Hon. A. H. Burkcholder, who some
time ago removed to Bcloit, Kansas,
has had enough of the grasshoppcr
State, and has returned to Trenton to
reside.
Negotiations are pending for the es-
tablishment of an extensive manufact-
ory of queensware at the Cape. There
are large and excellent deposits Of kao-
lin in the vicinity of Cape Girardeau.
Mr. NJ. W. Crispin. of Ray county
clipped an average OF 13 pounds of wool
from Is cotswoid sheep: and from 10
ewes and / yearling buck, cotswold, Mr..
James w. Harrison clipped an aver
age of II ~ pounds.
H. H. Yeager disappeared from his
home near Knob Lick, five or SIX
weeks ago, and nothing has since been
heard of him. He was last seen at
Frederlcktown. Any information of
his whereabouts will be thankfully re-
ceived by his wife.
A little son of James Brush, of Mer-
Ger county, aged six years. wandered
away from home and got lost. The
whole country for miles around turned
out cu masSe and searched for the little
wanderer for two days and nights. On
the morning of the third day, the at
tention of Mr.. Miller, a farmer residing
near Modena, sixteen miles from the
boys home, was attracted by the bark
ing of a dog in his sheep pasture, and
on Investigation found the little lost
one sound asleep under bush. with
hi, faithful dog standing over him.
Mr.. Miller soon had the satisfaction Of
restoring the child to Its distressed pa
rents.
Last week a Methodist preacher
named Mccullough, residing in Appa-
moose CO., Iowa. just north OF Grant
township, beat his daughter in such a
terrible manner that she died in a
short time. The girl had gone astray
and the brutal father learning of the
fact became terribly enraged and beat
her in a most horrible manner. He
was arrested and is now in jail at Cen
terville awaiting trial. Unionville
Republican.
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The MaStins Mnlcted.

A ST. Joseph dispatch of the II says:
In the suit ofstate treasurer Gates VS..
John J. Mastin and his securities. grow
ing out of Gates deposits of state mon
eys in the detunct Mastin bank at Kan
Sas City, Judge Grubb this morning
gave the plaintiff judgement in one
case for $174,000 Two other cases
We're brought here on change of ve-
nue. from Jackson county. Gov. Hall
appeared for the plaintiff and C. O.
Tlchnor, Esq. of Kansas City represent
ed the securities.
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WHAT OUR NEsGHBORS SAY.
Neatly Printed


We are in receipt of the initial num-
Der Of The Graphic, a new republican
Journal recently established in Kinks
vile. bv DR.. J. VI. Swetnam. 1t is a
large - column paper, neatly printed.
and ably edited b. Mr. VIM. Gill We
wish the enterprise financial success.
i Huntsville Herald.
Well Executed.
The Gruphic. the new republican pa
per at Kirksville. is on our table. 1t is
ar eight column sheet. ably edited and
we'll executed mechanically. We hope
it will succeed Edna National.
Decidedly Newsy.
\ copy of the first issue Of the Kinks
vile Graphic has just reached our Ia
bic. Il is au exceedingly well printed
sheet ard decidedly newsv- Union
vile Republican.
Deserving Support.
The Ueekig G,uph@ Is a new repub
lican paper just established in kirks
vile by DR.. J. NJ. Swetnam under the
editorial management OF W. NJ. Gill;
TIE first number has reached our table
1t isa bright and newsy sheet, unob-
.iectionable in tone and spirit ard bar
ring its political bias. deserving of
generous support Canton Press.
4 Lively Kicker.
The Kirksrille U'eehly Graphic was
born May day. For Il young thing it is
lively kicker. With DR.. swetnam. the
publisher, to nurse it, and DR.. John, of
the Democ,ut. to spank it occasionally.
we have no doubt brother Gill will bring
up the y. q. infant in the republican,
way it should go.-I BrookEeld Gazette.
Full of News.
The Graphic, the new republican pa
per. at kirksville. the first number of
which was issued May 1st, is on our Ia
bic. 1t is an eight column folio, and
presents splendid typographical ap-
pearance is ably edited and full of news.
In all these respects it Is much superior
to the Journal. the other republican pa
per in that town. We wish the pro-
prietor success pecuniarily to his ven
ture. but hope the democrats OF Adair
may be able to knock Its politics sky
high at the polls, in November next.
t Register, Macon. No.
Make Tn Good.
A copy of the initial number of the
Ueekly G,wphir, published at Kinks
vile by DIR. j. III. Swetnam. and edited
by W. NJ. Gill. is before us. That
makes the second republican paper pub
llshed at that place, and while we can
not commend the pesky political princi-
pies it advocates, we wish it success
financially. The make up and mechan.
ieal execution of the Graphic is good
and its editorial productions evince
more than GILL their superior to the
average country newspaper Memphis
Democrat
Shows Ability.
The first number of the new republi
can paper at kirksville, the Weekl,
Graphic, has reached our table. 1t pre-
sents neat appearance and shows ahili
ty in its editorial department. We
wish it success in every respect.-t News
Canton.
Very Creditable.
The new republican paper at Kinks
vile has appeared. the first number
dated Saturday LIST day of May. 1t i
an eight column paper, filed with goot
things for republicans TO read. Tn,
Weekly Graphic is the name it will b.
known by. and is edited by VIM. NJ
Gill an old hand at the business. VIII,
possesses more than ordinary ability
The number now before us is a YER,
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A special dispatch to the Post-Dis-
patch from the Moberly convention
contains the following:
Fourteen cases of WINE, four fve-gal-
lon demiiohns and six cases of beer
arrived this morning addressed to J. G.
Prather.
This is part of the T'ilden movement.
The P.-D. is democratic paper but
opposed to Tilden.
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Township Organization.

An act passedat the last session the OF
Missouri legislature enables any
county in the state tc
adopt township organization. if {
majority of the qualified voters of the
county xish it.
If one hundred of the legal voters Of
the county sign a petition to the county
court asking that the question of town
ship organization be submitted to the
people, then it becomes the duty of The
court to order the submission of the
question at the next general election.
Let the petition be gotten up that
the matter may be submitted this fall
We are in favor Of its adoption and
want the matter thoroughly canvassed
throughout the county. We do this tc
call attention to the matter and later
we will give our reasons for advocating
its adoption in Adair county.
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Five Cents Reward.

A reward of FIVE cents is offered to
any one who can tell whether this
weeks issue of the Democrat, was from
a greenback or democratic stand point.
This is a good opportunity for some
professor of political economy to not
only earn an honest penny. but immoral
ize himself forever.
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The late greenback convention seems
to have aroused "reminiscences in the
brains of the Democrat editor, causing
relapse into the greenback mania of
last year 1t is hoped the patient may
yet be restored to convalesence by the
time he is compelled to run up the ma
tional democratic ticket.
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Wade Hampton has kept faith again
and Ben Hill and Vest cannot get Kel-
logg out of the senate before the expir-
alton ofhi term. 1t is within the pos
sibilities that Grant will begin his ad-
ministration with republican senate
Grover, of Oregon. is supposed to be 20
stricken by disease that he will never
take his seat again. Should the Ore
gon legislature to be elected this fall be
republican, with Malone, of Virginia,
the majority now held by the democrats
wOuld be wiped out ES.
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A republican paper that is 50 occupied
with fighting its own party friends. that
it can't find time nor space TO answer
its democratic opponent. has about out
lived it's usefulness, and had better shut
up the shop and retire.
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GclNiaUy.

Berlin. May 25th.-Germany has with
drawn her objections to the conference
of representatives to the Sisnatory pow
ers of the Berlin treaty, but stipulates
that a definite programme shall be
framed before the conference is called.
The powers are agreed that if the use of
force shall become necessary in Turkey.
all the powers shall combine for mutual
action.
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It's Just one hundred years since
Robert Raikes established his first Sun
day school, and employed girls at a
shilling piece to teach. Now thenum-
lerof children attending Sunday schools
,brouphout the world exceeds ten mil
lions.
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The Dewoeyat of this week in an edi-
tor;.l On the greenback idea, asserts
that onr late civil war was from 1865 to
1870; which by the way is a little near
er the mark than lie usually comes.
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A good reason why more Cinnamon
do not become naturalized in this coun-
try. The Chinese penalty for renounc-
ing country or allegiance is death to
the guilty party, confiscation of all
property, and banishment of all the
relatives.
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Extensive preparations are being
made at Kansas City for the reception
of fGen. Grant who will pass through
there On his way to Colorado about the
1st Of July.
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Italy

Rome May 26.-Returns from all
constituencies except one have been re-
ceivcd The Government claims 2tj;3}
votes against l49 of the Right and 90
DisSident left. The election in five
constituencies through irregularity
was not proclaimed.
MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.
The Italian parliament opened to-
day. The kings speech was almost
exclusively devoted to internal affairs.
An Assassin Menaecd by Lynchcrs.
Memphis. Tenn, May 26-Ed. Nelms,
the negro who assi,ssinated Rufus
Armistead by shooting him in the dark
three weeks ago near fernando. Miss,
was captured yesterday in Tunico coun-
ty, Miss, by three colored men, who Sc
cured $3.50 reward offered for his body
dead or alive. The assassin is now in
jail at Herando. 1t is generally be-
lieved he will be taken from jail to-
night and hanged by friends of the
murdered man.
Trying kailoch.
bodu L Id ltHCL,Co. 4adS .Jtu." 1 lt NIL
loch impeachment case goes on trial to-
day before Judge Carey of the Superior
court, assisted by as many other Supe-
rior Judges as can give the matter their
joint attention.
The South American War.
New York, May PA dispatch from
Lima states that the Peruvians recap
tured Moquequa, and Arequipa. Fore
es marching south. Callao bombarded
on the 10th inst. without effect
Russia.
st. Petersburg, May 25.-The militia
ry authorities, presided over by Gen
Todleben, are discussing the plan of
campaign to be followed in case of war
with China Gen. Todleben in such an
event would be commander in chief
The imperial Bank of Russia announ-
ces an issue of four per cent cOnsolidat-
ed Russian railway obligations to the
nominal amount Of 100000 silver
roubleS.
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This estimate does not include Hi
nois, Alabama, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Colorado and Louisiana. Since the
above estimate was made, Illinois has
instructed u votes for Grant: Alabama
20 votes for Grant, Minnesota 10 votes
for Window, first and Blaine second
choice. Nebraska 6 votes for Blaine,
louisiana sends q divided delegation.
and Colorado 6 for Grant.
General Grants friends possess one
large advantage over the opposition.
in being united and determined, while
the opposition though determined, is
divided into factions which are more or
less jealous of each other.
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A single stick f,ll'' az lines) of argu-
ment is worth whole column of bald
assertion such Us the Democrat shoots
off at the GRAPHIC this week.