Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-06-19
NElGHBORH0OD NEWS.
Facts and Incidents Cleaned for the
Weekly Graphic.

Facts and Incidents Cleaned for the
Weekly Graphic.
The safe of Mr.. J. N. Erying. grain
and lumber dealer, at I.aPlata was
blown open by burglars, on Thursday
night of last week. 1t contained
nothing of value No arrest so far.
PUTNAM roryTY
Unionvillc papers barren of news
this week.
The New Century complains that
all the census enumerators are republic
cans.
Mr.. A. Hargrave has been appointed
by the governor as county Judge, in
place of Davis. resigned
SULLIVAN COUNTY.
The Standard mournfnlly remarks:
Candidates are announcing in almost
every county but this.
The editor of the Republican has evi-
IDENTIFY got back from the stars The
half sheet shows some signs of i'm
proyment this~eck.
Standard: One day last week a.
freight train on the Q. NJ. & +. was
wrecked near Greencastle The ground
was wet and spongy and gave way un-
der the train No one was injured to
amount to anything. Three or four
car loads of shelled corn scattered around
rather promiscously, was the greatest
damage.
The same paper says: Mr.. Robi.
Caldwell. Of Liberty township. lost
valuable horse On Thursday night of
last week He hitched his horse to
fence stake at John Caldwell's. and as
they came out Of the house with light,
the horse got scared, pulled the fence
stake loose, and ran about quarter of
a mile when the stake wounded it so
that 1t died.
Republican: On last Sunday David
Bundle, aged Is years. living south Of
here few miles. was found dead. 80
yards from the house. with a no. y re-
voIver by his side. He was discovered
by a little girl.
Thirty baptised at Browning last
Sunday.
Frank Rattan. OF Greencastle has be-
come citizen of Milan, and is in the
employ of Berg & Bloch as salesman.
Frank is splendid fellow, is well quail |
flied for the position and will give gen
cral satisfaction.
Isaac Keller. aged % years died at his
residence last Thursday, after a long |
Illness.
Ntr1x COUNTY.
Macon has an ordinance against stock |
running at large.
Macon Republican: Two young men |
named Kennedy Were arrested here last
Monday for passing bogus coin. On |
their persons were found several pack |
ages Of bogus hall dollars. Of these
some were labeled Moberly, some Mexi-
co and some other places. The young
men had evidently got through here.
apI were on their way to Moberly. /
After their arrest it was suspected that |
they We're cOiners a. well as showers Of |
the queer. A search warrant was
sworn out and the house and premises
Of their father, Esq. Kennedy was ex-
amined and in an outbuilding the Of
ficers found two plaster of Paris dies
several dollars Of unfinished coin, lot |
Of unused metal, and several packages |
of chemicals. Marshal Clayton, 5. |!
Hanley and Dept. Sheriff Davis made I
the arrest They Were arraigned be- /
fore L. 5. Commissioner Brock on Tues
day ard the cause continued until Mon 1
day next. Their bail was fixed at -. /
900 each, but thus far neither has given /
bond.
Uncle Bayliss Mcpherson Is unques-
tionablv the oldest working blacksmith !
in Missouri. if not in the United States !
On Wednesday last he reached his !
cightieth birthday and celebrated il !
by working in his shop: on that day he /
shod horse and did it we'll. using 10
spectacleS. His natural eyesight still /,
performer and could take an active part |
in an old Virginia reel yet Register. |
SCHUYLER COUNTY
The cyclone that did so much damage
in this county, two weeks ago, contin-
ued its destructive course through
Schuyler. The Excelsior says: Last |
Saturday tornado swept along the
eastern border of this county and passed
over into Scotland county. doing much |
damage. Our informant first heard OF |
the storm at Jacobs. where it tore
down hi. barn. Next the widow Ainetts !
house went. and next the widow Powcls |
house. with smoke house. and all other |
buildings on the premises. were de-
Stroyed. and Mrs. Powell, her daughter. |
Mrs, Caywood (wifc Of Richard Cav
wood Of Lancaster.) and the latter |
child. were seriously injured BY the fly
ing debris. Next everything on Tom
kirkland's place went. and then Bon
derland's and Geo. 5. Collins barns
were taken. At this point it had reach
ed Scotland county. The last place at
which our informant heard ofthe storm
was at Cole Winns house, in Scotland |
county, where it tore down his old
house and considerably damaged his |
new brick house, which did not lie in
the direct course Of the storm. Proba-
bly, much damage was done of which
we have not heard. The tornado was
not very wide, but very powerful, lit
orally cleaning the ground of every
thing in its track. Where it swept
through the woods it left a cleared
space like fence row. All fences
along its line were completely removed,
and men were out all day Sunday put
ting them up again. The course of the
storm was from southwest to northeast.
and it occurred about half past five or
six o'clock in tie evening.
SCOTLAND COUNTY.
We learn from the Democrat that
the storm struck the county near Wal
nut Grove, and some five OF six houses
and barns were destroyed. while fences,
orchards. and forests in its path were