Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-06-05
NElGlIB0RHOOD NEWS.
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mated $500 to the Marshfield cyclon
sufferers.
| kilwinnipg is the name of the new
post-otiice just established at Uniontol
in Scotland county.
LaPlata Press: ". A. Miles sold I.
A. l.. Gibbs. of Adair. thorough bre,
short horn bull calf for 800, and tw,
high grade yearling hciiers, for $40
II pays to raise such stock.
The Canton Press. Wheat is in yer,
fair condition, and will probably pro
duce an average crop. Grass is short
but will be materially improved by re-
cent rains. Corn is fine condition. pre-.
senting very even stand no weeds in
sight. and growing in splendid condi.
| ton.
Col. c. H. Morton a prominent and
well-known citizen of Quincy commit.
ted suicide on Tuesday night by shoot
ing himself in the head with revolver.
The cause is matter of conjecture.
Frank Lane was indicted by the
grand jury of Scotland county, for COM
plicity in the murder of Bill Young.
and having left the state. was arrested
at Yankton, Dakota on Wednesday and
and will be brought back to Missouri
for trial.
Hez Purdom has recently started a
daily paper at Macon.
Dan Courtright clipped II
pounds of wool from year
ling eve. one of the sheep that was i'm
ported from Canada, his entire flock of
20 sheep averaged II pounds. Paris
Appeal.
VIM. Hogue. of Randolph. claims to
have a mare that foalded three colts
this seaSon-one of them IA mule and
the Others horse colts. 1t is the most
singular case of the kind on record.
4 horse belonging to VIM. Cottrel
run away from him near the railroad
bridge and jumped into barbed wire
fence, bruising and cutting the animal
ina dangerous manner.-[Canton Press.
A telephone line between Shelbvvillc
and Shelbina is under contemplation.
The Herald says:
&. b. nuncon is getting up subscrip-
ton for the erection of telephone line
from this place to Shelbina, and is sue
ceeding beyond his expectations. We
need the line and must have it; besides
it will pay stockholders big interest.
Brookfield Gazette: From every sec
ton of the county comes encouraging
reports Of good prospects for corn. A
very large acreage has been planted.
which all looks well. Wheat is looking
splendid, and since the recent showers,
oats and meadows are coming on fine
ly.
Brookfeld is preparing to hold a
grand Fourth Of July celebration.
Preparations are being made to enter
tain eight to ten thousand people. Mai.
Mullins will be invited to deliver the
Grafton.
Macon Republican,: Dan Scarlet.
who lives some four or five miles south
east of Macon lost two horses last Fri
day, it is supposed from poison. Those
who examined them think arsenic was
used. ANY person or pers ons, guilty OF
such an outrage should suffer the full
penalty of the law
Milan Republican: Linneus, Mo-.
was an anti-railroad town, and it ap-
pears she will have her fill of anti"
She laid back on her dignity and lost
the H. d st. J. and now she will loose
the b. & S. w. and The county seat |
will 90 to Brookticld, which town would |
never have existed had it not been for
lntiexible bourboniSm of I.inneus.
Sullivan Standard: w. S. Barnett.
md others quarrying rock created con-
siderable excitement one dav recently
by discovering gold. There is no doubt
about there being gold here, but not in
saying quantities.
The telegraph line from the depot to
he bank is completed. Instead of 90
ng half a mile to the depot to send a
Message. you now can step over to the
'ank. 1t is great convenience.
The following items are from the
New Century at Unionville:
The Lodge of |. o. &. 7. is in a pros
,erous condition IN this place.-lhcy
LAIN about sixty members.
A. NJ. SWEET. is spending few days
'isiting friends in Kirksvillc this week.
A fellow registered at the City Hotel
N Thursday last, as f. Bebce. st.
.ouis, contracting for board for
week, and claimed to be engaged in
elling some kind of soap. On Mon
lay night. he left for parts unknown.
without settling his bill. or even stop
Dlng to bid The genial landlord of the
jity Hotel good bye. He is evidently
dead beat of the strictest sect.
We had on our side ten men against
wo on the side of the rebels. At first
his was not thecase. and as conse-
iuence they got the better of us at least
.wO years after hostilitics commenced.
Il Democrat.
In this manner the Democrat utters
what it knows to be untrue. and falsifies
history in order to slur as brave men as
,ver marched to victory. That the con-
ederates We're brave, patient and true
10 honest man will deny. But the as
ertion that they were superior in either
bravery or patience to those that wore
he blue is a SlanderOus faisehOod. The
,stimated strength of the confederate
orces during the war was nearly mil
ion of men, and they were fighting on
he inside of the ring and on the defen-
fTtn c..
minute men, hundred day men and re-
nlisted men numbered 2.50O,0OO. The
union troops fighting rs they We're an
enemyin his own country, with eighteen
hundred miles of frontier to garrison
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