Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-07-08
The boss fly killer at w. H
Beasley & Cos.

The young ladies and gentlemen of
this city, gave ball at the City Hall last
Friday night. Quite number attended
and "tripped the light fantastic toe,"
notwithstanding the tn ermometer ranged
high.
The trustees of the NJ. E. Church,
South, of this city, purchased last week,
through B. f. Berry's agency, the Ry-
mex house and two lots, in Hammond's
addition, for parsonage. Considera-
ton SOS,
MIR. j. A. Grace will open this
week branch lumber yard, at
Breckenridge. Mr.. Riley Parks,
who has been with Mr.. Grace for Il
long time, will take charge of the
n cw yard.
w. W. Thornton and wife received
the sad news last Monday of the death
of Mrs. Thornton's mother, Mrs. Wilson,
living eight miles north OF Albany, Cen
try county. They lett Tuesday morning
to attend the funeral.
Mr.. John Caster, wife and child,
returned from Kansas Saturday
night. Mr.. Casters business will
keep him in Iowa, tor the next few
months. His family we understand
will remain hero.
/ "A son of Mr.. - Williams, of
Mooresville township, while at the pic
mic in Mooresville, last Saturday, was
run over by team and had one of his
arms broken. lie was also pretty badly
bruised about the body.
Leeds Gilt E lge Tonic restores the appetite.
7 Trenton Republican: The following
Knights were up from Chlllicothc last
Thursday, aud took part in the ceremo-
nies and parade: L. N. Barker, II. w.
Stevens, w. !. Miller, Fred II. Hoppe,
A. Hoppe, j, L. Smith, &. G. Brown and
W. B. Leach.
When Mr.. John Walker, of Howard
county, candidate for State Autitor, was
in the city last week, he stopped part of
the time at the Hemsworth House with
his fri end and acquaintance, Major
Hem sworth. The Major formerly lived
in Howard county.
"A young mandy the name of George
Jones, aged about II years, was killed at
Brookfeld on the a4th ult., by the over
turning of an engine. A misplaced switch
was the cause of the accident. Deceased |
lived at Hannibal and had been to the
railroad picnic at st. Kate.
In the Trenton Republican Of last
week we notice that Postmaster Horton
OF that place was robbed on the night of
the 25th ult., of his pocket-book, which
contained $i72. Some one entered his
bedroom and extracted it from beneath
the pillow where he had placed it.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of the American Book Exchange,
app, airing elsewhere in this paper. They
should be carefully read. The prices
are astoundingly low and the books are
standard works. The literary revolu-
ton has certainly struck ChilllcOthe.
The Presbyterian Sunday School
held their regular quarterly exercises
last Sunday evening, which consisted of
a brief review ot the lesson i1terspcrsed
with solos, duettes, etc. 1h. house was !
crowded and quite numbar were TUNED !
away, because they were ln!c e find
seats.
Mr.. Balsar Lconhar' Is fitting up
and will have in operation The latter part
OF this week an elegant sui. OF bait
rooms, on South Locust Stree. opposite
his barber shop. lie has rtyn TO ronsid
cradle expense fitting thGm up, but vii
undoubtedly reap his reward, 10 Chilli
cothc has for a long tim been in rset IS
OF good cheap bathing house, ",
-Norborne Independent As sam
pie of the great producing Qualities
Carroll county we.will cite tic Whea
! crop of James HreemanJ ESQ., whi'
yielded an average of 81 bushels pga
acre. Mr.. Freeman has already pac.l
upon the market 1000 bushels Of VIII
and is not yet dtnsnthreshng. On ,..
Friday afternoGS, $50 bushels Ne.r
threshel on his + ,rnise7. .,a
That Coffee Tot, which is a.oa,
one called the "Boss" is the bo5s't ~
of all the bosses. People should nl d
this new way of making coffee, h"',r
cause it is undoubtedly the best
We tried it this morning for break (
fast and unhesitahngly pronounce IL
the best we ever drank. Ii it is Oh
exhibition at the stove and tin store
of r. L. Seay, on the South Side, by.
j. w. Dotson and W W. Williams.
Mr.. w. w. Thornton, who has for
number of years been connected with
the drug store of Mr.. S. F. Boyce, as
PrescriptioriSt, has resigned his posi-
ton there and bought half interest in
the drug establishment of w. H. Vincent,
on the north side of the square. Mr..
Thornton is widely known, and his
friends are legion. He has the conf
dence of all who know him, both as a
gentleman and druggist. We extend
TO the new firm our best wishes for their
future success.
-l=By small bills, that were scattered
through our city last week, we are in
formed that 2. T. Barnum's New and
Greatest Show on earth, will be here
on Monday, the 23d day of August. 1t
is useless for us to attempt 10 tell the
people anything about Barnum or his