Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-09-09
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Greentop. Sept. d-Corn buyers plenty.
The Methodist church trustees met on
Saturday evening las, aud let the contract
TO build n church house. II will 25xbyl5 and
III foot walls. ]. r. Ilutchisoh will build the
| church. He commences Monday next. MIR.
| II. is II good workman.
There will he Sunday school pic mic ut
Grecntop. in the Lewis Grove. September "a.
All Sunday schools are invited To attend and
every body else. Good speakers will be
present.
4 man in town last week selling fruit trees
and humbuging the people. Farmers you
had better purchase your trees from our
home nur rscries.
Wells " Reynolds shipped two car loads Of
cattle and one Of hogs to-day. The cattlc
averaging l425 lbs. each. They were as good
q lot of cattle us have been shipped from this
place for several years. Mr.. Reynolds
brought them from his farm east of this
place. Mr.. Reynolds goes to St. Louis to-
day with them
Our town is still Improving. Il. r. Wells
has just completed veranda to his resi-
dence. which helps the looks very much. He
is having fine picket fence put up in front
Of his residence. MI. Weston Is doin. the
work He is also having his house painted.
Geo. Owen is doing the painting. When com
pletcd he will have fine rcsiden &C.
b. Chasc is going into the beer and whisky
business He is now building house. wh.n
completed he will ill it up with whisky and
beer. Some of the ladies in ,;rccntOp are
swearing vcngca nee.
W. s. Gatlin Is having Il well dug ut his resi-
dcncc in the south part OF town, and struck
water ut ~ feet depth, and still going down.
He says he's going to have plenty of water.
John Herring and Grindlc are doing the
digging.
John Low was in town last Saturday. He
is thinking of putting up Il mill in this place
Hope he will. He understands running
mill and can do u good business ut this place.
Mr.. Fisher of thcQ. NJ, SP. r. Il. was in
town last week.
John Owens Of Illinois, is visiting his
brother, G. b. Owens ut this place this week.
S. B. Lind shipped two cur loads of young
cattle TO this place last week from st. Louis.
B. Herinden has new girl ut his house,
n Spccr has been on the sick list for sew
eral days but is now able to be out again. We
noticed him and 4. Buckallew going hunt
ns last Monday He was feeling quite
proud and SAYS it is IL girl at MS house.
A man in town last week who wanted to
know who j. S. was. We live in Greentop.
Judge Roberts went to Illinois last week
to visit his son Samuel Roberts.
John Davis was in town last week and
loaded to cars with bridge timber which was
| sawed out ut Frietly and Millers mill.
Mrs. Frietly has recently purchased prop
erty in Lancaster and will locate ut that
place.
MI. Mctcaf has been qucc sick for scycr.
days, we learn to-day he is improving.
CE, Kinman. editor of Pell Nell Green
5acker delivered an address at this place on
Friday evening of last week, not very large
attendance.
Z. Herring of kirksvillc llas purchased tbs
c. s. Wells property ut this place, and we
understand he will move TO GIeentop in few
days.
On Saturday evening of last week we no
ticed disgraceful row on our streets. Sew
eral parties had been taking too much tanglc.
foot whisky and the side walk was blocked
and We noticed Il lady walking out in the
street to get around the drunken crowd.
Whiskey is getting plenty in Greentop
again on account of water getting scarce.
j. S