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Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

As friend and supporter of the
present town administration, We wish
to utter a word of warning. 1t is this;
One issue at time. If the violations
ofthe liquor law are fully corrected
and stopped, it will have served its
purpose. An election is approaching
and public sentiment is sensitive and
capricious. The friends of temperance
cannot afford to weight themselves
down with side issues, or create adj
verse sympathy by unnecessarily harsh
measures, Administer the law fairly,
squarely and justly, but let there be no
element of persecution even in SEM
blance.
Other abuses which may have
grown up into custom can be looked
after when new board and mayor go
into office. Not that we would for a
moment condone wrong, or urge the
present authorities to do so, but the is
sue for the spring campaign is fully
made up, and the opponents of tip
ping shops will be required to meet
the other party at the ballot box, and
decide the question for the coming
year one way or another. They can
not afford to carry too much extra
weight, and their course from now till
April will prove either their salvation
or defeat. Let there be firmness tenn
pered with moderation.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11
ENCOURAGING.

There has, probably, at no time
within the last decade, been such in
dicatons ofgeneral prosperity through
out the country as there are to-day.
1t is a rare thing to hear man ours.
ing the country, and lamenting his fate
because he can't leave it Upon the
contrary the farmer, the mechanic and
the business man is contented and hap
py,because he has faith in the future of
his county and his business, and he
lays hold as if he intended to stay and
as if he believed his reward would be
in accordance with his industry and
his frugaiity. Money is plenty; what
ever there is for sale brings the cash;
the merchants are all busy both in the
town and country. and loaters stand
ing upon the street corners from day
to day is thing of the past. Rsal es-
tate is rapidly advancing, and lands
are being bought and sold almost dal-
". We know one man who two years
ago offered his farm of 200 acres for
SI7.so per acre, who has sold within
the last month the same farm for $I7
per acre; and when man now sells
his farm, the di' position Is not to rush
off immediately in search Of better
country, but he looks for another and
what he thinks to be better location
in his own county.
The list of taxable property, as
shown by the assessors book, when
the last assessment was made and that
when the better times had only just
begun, is nearly $Ioo 900 more than
the assessment OF the year previous.
showing that there is healthy in
crease in the wealth of the county.
In the town the indications Of pros
perity are equally as encouraging; ev-
cry business house is occupied, and
there is demand for more. Every
house in town that is fit to live in is
occupied, and numbers OF families
have been unable to rent houses, and
hence could not move to kirksvllle.
Next season, it is safe to say ther,
will be more building and improve
ment in kirksville than there has ever
been in one year before.
Now is the tine to buy property
either in town or country, for real es-
tate of all kinds is advancing, and to
the immigrant who is looking for,
home in Missouri, no county can be
found offering greater Inducements,
and no town of the size of kirksville
in the state can excel it in the way of
schools or churches, moral, cultiva-
ted and intelligent people,or as place
for pleasant home.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11
ThHrsiaT. lie lib daY Of Easmar. I2sl

Between the hours ut3 o,,,e, iu the. forenoon,
and . o ciog K in the Afternoon of ina, d1v
"Aiic iAe circuit CONT .or h;air county. ifi,.
>nurl j. IN 7y>si"i, 40 fine couf: LoIi-e l1t. I'm
NlFhsTl-ie. Adair coGutr, Missouri. sell tEe
some, gr So mUth thereof as may be- required
al public sale, 70 the highest bidder for ca-I'
IN hthi' t~u2ject 70 al prior licus and iuG.7.-
meHts 10 satisfy said -yet u.iun ar.F ca-s
JOHN SHAVER.
-1u.r-ff I.,t.. &C.. "
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

When you meet with an accident get
sprained ankle or are otherwise injur-
ed don't go to the expense of sending
for doctor, hut apply some of kendall's
Spawn Care and you will experience
relief at once. Read their advertise
ment in another column.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

The Democrat in its zeal against the
GRAPHIC did not hesitate in trying to
burlesque us to at the same time bur-
lesque two business firms either of which
are of far more Importance to our coun-
tv than half a dozen such concerns as
the Democrat. But the source as well
as the animus of the article in question
is quite well understood in this com
munity and will pass only for what it
is worth-whlch is precious little.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

Ashland. Pa, June 3rd 1850. A case
.,f SPAWN that came under my observa-
ton was eatirely cured by one bottle of
your Keadsii's SPAWN Cure and the
Horse sold afterwards for two hundred
1ollas. Yours truly, c, H. Barnard.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

The editor of the Canton Press, a
bourbon democratic sheet, regaled its
readers last week with an editorial on
sanctifcation. If there can be anything
approaching, even in the remotesl de-
gree to sanctifcation on the part of a
Missouri bourbon and the fact can bs
proven the editor of the Press will he
welcome to our second best hat on de-
mand. We demand the proofs.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11
Over thirty feet Of water is reported
in the jetties at New Orleans.
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, William Br.sfeli and hi
wife, Mary jane Brasfeld by their
certain deed OF trust. dated the fifth
day of April, 1915 and recorded
in the recorders Office Of Adam.
county. at deed book }. page i3O.
conveyed to Joseph d. Miller. ;as sheriff
all their right. title. interest and cstdte
In and TO the following described real
estate. situated in the county Of AdaIr.
state of Missouri. VIZ:
The north west fourth OF the south
east quarter OF section nuaber thirty
one Oh township number sixty-one l6t1
of range number fifteen l5I IN Adai,'
county. Mo. Which said conveyance
was made IL trust to secure the pay
ment OF Il certain promisSOrv note III
said deed described and whereas the
said note has become due and partially
unpaid. and where's j d. Miller is 10
longerslieIiti. now. therefore, in acc0r-
dance with SAID deed Of trust. and at
the request OF the legal holder of sad
note. shall proceed 10 sell the above de-
Scribed real estate at The court house
door in the town of kirkSr;lla. III the
county of Adar. state aforesaid. to the
highest bidder for cash at public auc-
ton on Friday the ith day OF March. Is /
81. between the hours of nine il the
forenoon and FIVE in the afternoon Of.
that day to satisfy said note together
with the cost and expense Of executing /
this trust. JOHN SHAVER. !
Sheriff.
Dated this 9th day OF Feb. ISL.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

The house bill relating to benevolent
and charitable associations, with the
Mott amendment, was passed on the
5th by unanimous vote in the senate
AS there is an emergency clause the
benevolent societies throughout the
state will feel relieved at once.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

Proctor. the great English astloao-
mer. is 10 be at Moberly on the End
inst. We wish kirhsville could secure
him for a course OF lectures.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11
1,,.s,, c,rv E.h sIn III,

Jefferson Cry. Feb. Sin the
senate bills were introduced: Allowing
defendants r6 years Of age to be sent
to the penitentiary; giving clerks OF
assembly IS per day; to refund out
standing bonds and renew the same
by issuing bonds of $Io. $Ioo and
ST. 900 at a per cent.
The bill making stealing of dogs
grand larceny was ordered engrossed
The following bills having passeo
both houses, were signed by president
Campbell: Bill relating to change OF
venue in circuit court of st. Louis;
bill number 17S relating to benevo-
lent, charitable and other associations;
the MAYORS bill and resolution re
garding sale Of leaf tobacco.
When bill No. III was reported
to be signed by President Campbell
several errors were discovered in the
enrolment 1t is claimed that the
bill has been tampered with and an
investigation will probably follow.
JEFFERSON Cry Pm. 9.-The river at
this point is rising rapidly, and IS al
most hani;ful. The capital Guards
give their annual ball masque tonight.
1t will be Il grand affair.
THE SENATE.
Senate. Cabell introduced bill pro-
vidng for th" registration of the voters
of s. Louis, the appointment by the
Goyenor o' a recorder of voters for the
city and the appointment OF deputies in
each ward. The following Senate bills
passed: an act to discourage the keep
Ing of useless and sheep-kiliing dogs:
az act providing for the election OF Ma
vo:> in cities OF the fourth class. and
providing that candidates therefor shall.
where said cities have not been in exist
ence five years. have been residents of
the State live yearS-ths is for the be-
netit OF Rich Hill: an act providing that
the Commissioners of Deeds shall hold
their office for four years: an act re-
quiring the importers of Texas cattle
to give bond for any damage that MAY
be done to native cattle through disease
from said imported
Senator BryneS introduced bill linn
iting the change of venue in civil cases
to bur one removal.
Senator Bryant: \ bill providing
that IA lien of Judgment or decree shall
extend as well to zeal estate acquired
after the rendition thereof as to that
which was owned when Judgment was
rendered. Such liens shall commence
on the day ofrendition of Judgment and
continue for three years.
THE HOUSE.
Not a bill was introduced to-day.
The Mott Benevolent Society bill was
called up and errors corrected, but as
several members objected thereto. Mr..
Mott reintroduced the measure. The
House went into committee OF the whole
on the appropriation bill considering
the State Department.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

St. Louis had half million loss by
fire Saturday night. The approaches
to the big bridge had a narrow escape,
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

WASHINGTON. Feb, s., To-day the
house appropriation committee refused
to grant the money which was asked to
continue the monthly consular report
In the senate the committee on post
offices and postroads agreed to appro-
pirate 81 100000 for the encouragement
of the foreign mail service. This is to
compensate owners of mail steamers.
which vessels must be built of iron and
manned by Americans.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

THOMAS Carlisle, the great En-
glish essayist and historian, died on
the morning of the 9th.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11
\ d. RISDON.

ATTORNEY IT LAW.
hirSsyiIle. 40.
Prosecuting Attorney Oriee-.Up .-s,r,
III baylor's puidinE-.ir,i door.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

An exchange makes this sugges-
ton for business men: In all towns
where a newspaper is published, every
business man ought to advertise in it,
even if 1t is nothing more than a card
stating his name and kind of business
he is engaged in. 1t lets the people out
at distance know that the town is full
of business men. The paper finds its
way into thousands of places where
hand bills cannot reach. 4 card in a
paper is travelling sign board, and
can be seen by every reader. Think of
these things and let your light shine.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

Hanchett & Carter, proprietors of the
great 18th st. Llvery. Chicago. ILL.,. IN a
letter dated Dac. 5th 1879 speak thus
of Kendall's spawn cure: 1t is several
wears since we bought the first of you
and we do not hesitate to say it Is the
VERY BEST article for spavins, ringbones.
scratches, splints &c, that we ever used.
We would not be without it in our large
livery for thousands of dollars. We
pronounce it one of the greatest discov-
cries of the age. 1t stands without
peer in horse liniments. See adv't.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

A strong effort is being made to get
an appropriation of four hundred
thousand dollars made by congress for
the improvement. OF the Mississippi be-
tween st. Louis and Cairo. Such i'm
provement will be of incalculable adj
vantage to Missouri and Illinois.
Europel Is by far tie best market for
our surplus, and with water transpor-
tation, which is only one tenth the cost
Of that by rail, sufficient to carry the
surplus products of this great valley
the gains to the producer would be high
up in the millions each year, while at
the same time the consumer would be
almost equally benefited.
The cheerful giver- he who give
kl,.o, oboa,,
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

Trenton Republican: 1t is a uni
versally admitted fact nowadays that
a live newspaper exerts a pstent and
poSerrul influence in giving character
and reputation to the town and coun-
ty in which it is published. Let man
pick up newspaper that is carelessly
edited, poorly printed, containing
scarcely any local matter, and show
ing no signs Of life and prosperity in
home advertising columns and the cor
clusion is irresistible that the town in
which the paper is published is dying,
if fnot deed; but upon the other hand
let the paper be filled with accounts of
local happenings and public enter
prises, and contain a generous show
in its advertising columns of business,
thrift, energy and go-a-headitiveness.
and the reader at once sets the town
down as being alive and vigorous.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-11

The cheerful giver- he who give
three cheers.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26

When l inquired (write5 n Chicagoan In
London) why the steamers are so small h,
replied; !" Becos we cawnt get a bigger one
to a fire." "Why not?" "Osscs cawnt
pull bigger one than this ere. AM wots
more, " this with a ferocious glare at me-
"wOt nd be the good of 'avin' bigger one
than this-sere?" Thinking that / had
better explain why / was so curious, ven-
tured to suggest that larger steamers would
be more powerful, throw more water, and
do better execution generally, and that such
change would improve the effectiveness of
the brigade. "Cawnt prove it. It's the
first i'll the world now. 1t don't need no
improvin', it don't" "Were you ever in
Chicago?" "Shecawgo? W'cre's that 20
In the United States. Now if
"Oh, see. You're from the place
were they throws the firemen down stairs,
and shoots the happaawtus hout of can
non to fire. We've card of that place be-
fore, but we cawnt do anything like that
'cre, You know. We don't know cnuf ere,
we don't. We amt 'ighly enuf heddicated,
we amt. We don't shoot no happarawtuses
hout of a cannon, we don't" And with n
loud gufiaw at the imperceptible joke in his
remark, he turned away and began polish
ing up the machinery.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26
loves Conclusions.

The body of u man was flshed out OF the
jury rendered n verdict to the effect that he
had died of heart disease. His remains
were claimed by II middle-aged maiden,
cation:
But you haven't seen the body" pro-
tested the undertaken
"Well, 1t don't matter; / know it's him.
she replied, wiping the moisture from her
eyeglasses; "he died of heart disease. and
and allus said his love of me would kill
him.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26

WEARY AND WORN with work, John s
Dwight announces his retirement from the
battle that he has waged for full thirty
years for the higher law in music. He re-
tires with the honors of war, for although
his Journal has suffered a defeat, it is but a
financial one. The community at large has
no doubt greatly benefited by the zeal and
knowledge with which Mr.. Dwight has ad-
yocated the claims Of his great masters
Beethoven, Bach and Mozart. Enthusiastic
ally devoted to the cause that he has cham
pioned, he has been bitter opponent of
Wagner and the new schools which he
deems unworthy, and has lost ground by an
tagonizing the popular taste so demonstra-
tively exhibited during late years.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26

CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY, is pesteret
by home organization that styles itsel
the Natives" The members have deyel
1ped decided distaste to railways, and are
~obstructing the completion of the Big Sandy
Railroad by fgnSi;'g the operatives and en-
.deavoring to wreck the construction trains.
Perhaps these remarkable Natives are the
boatmen who have earned their livelihood
from time immemorial by rowing defeated
politicians up Salt River, and fear that the
modern innoYation might injure the busi-
ness.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26

WITH JUSTICE FIELD sitting a solitary
and lonesome Democrat, on the Supreme
Bench, now that his distinguished colleague
in the faith has gone, how should the place
of Justice Clifford be filed? There is time
for the country to express an opinion on
this subject before an appointment can be
made. Mr.. Lincoln had the manhood and
independence to place the Supreme toga
over the shoulders of a jurist who enter
tanned different political creed. The pre-
ponderance of Republicans on that import
ant Bench is entirely too great now, and II
there is any logic in the argument that pol
itics should not enter into this lofty tribu-
nal, there can be no valid objection to Sc
lecting large-bnined Democrat for the
honor Let the President go ahead with
the harmony and reconciliation that have
commenced. II would be a graceful act.
Material is abundant.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26
Restrained by Religion.


The dencons of u certain church were toe
pious to quarrel or in the slightest degree
handy hard words. But they were sorry
for the sins ofench other, and when Deacon
Gocart got up and fervently prayed that
the manifold sins and wiclsedness OF ID beacon
Pump might be overlooked and forgiven,
Deacon Pump got up and earnestly peti.
Toned that the Lord would pardon DEACON
Gocart for all the malice, falsehood and
deviltry of which he was guilty. And they
both felt that If ii wasnt for the wicked.
ness of the thing theY,d cllnch
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26
Practically picturesque.

conundrum Is often put without know
ing what Will come of It, A Chicago aesthetic
editor asked WHO will define pic
turesqueness? and the next morning he
appears In the police court with pair of
eyes that seemed to have been painted to
answer the question. The magistrate, who
WAS an nppreciativo mnn, remarked
" Neiiiy. say unto you that Solomon in all
his glory was not arrayed like one of
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26

IT MUST DE NICE to feel that one pos
sesses an ancestress who died in the year
1882, and to know that she was nice
woman, and bore the pretty name of Lady
Lucy Latimer.' Neither old china nor even
old diamonds can give such solid satisfac-
ton TO the fortunate owner. This great
personal luxury is possessed by the Baroness
Burdcttc-C -Coutts, who is so uncommonly
fortunate as to have the money to renew
the monumental marbles that decorate the
tomb of her ancestrcss.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26

THESE DEMOCRATIC PAPERS ought to
keep run of their family connections better
The Baltimore Ga-eite states that Justice
Clifford, at the time of his death, was the
only Democrat left upon the Supreme Bench,
while the Pittsburgh Sunday Critic, rabidly
Democratic, classes the distinguished Cliff
ford in the same category as Bradley when
speaking of the inglorious Electoral Com
mission
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26

A CORRESPONDENT of the Tcrre Haute
Mdit says she does not believe in swinging
in hammocks at moonlight picnics, except
under certain conditions. Name your con.
ditions, my dear. If not too rough, we'll
take them under adviscment.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26

A WASHINGTON dispatch says that the
Attorney General has decided that "a silver
dollar is dollar This would seem to en-
title the powerful brain of the Hon. Wayne
MacVcagh to long vacation.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26
Ups and Downs in Life.


PA, "quoth Sammic to his sire, "why
don't you go out West?" "Why do you
ask, my boy2m Because Bill Higgins
father went, and he struck u banana" !" +" "A
bonanza, you mean. Sammic!m "Wcll,
what's the differencc?" why, when peo-
pie strike II bonanza It sets them up, and
when they strike banana IL sets them
dOwn-and very emphntically to ~
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26

VIENNA PROPOSES to hold celebration
of the four hundreth anniversary of the in
PRODUCTION of printing into that city. One
of the features will be the publication of a
volume exhibiting the series of inventions
that gradually perfected the crude first eff
forts into the accomplished art of the pres
cnt day
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26

THE DRIVING of Washington, when it is
good, is very, very good but when it is bad
it is awful. The ample width of the streets
gives the careless Jchu all the license of u
country road, and he zigzags along accord
ing to his own sweet will, regardless of the
rights of pedestrians
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26
Forney's Marrow E.cape.


great man, living or dead he always begins,
:" As my friend so and so said, +" i, " AS my
old and Intimate q sociate Louis Napoleon
remarked, etc.. ETC. This is tolerated be-
the person alluded to; but he was pre-
served from an awful catastrophe the other
day by. proof reader. who fortunately
erased the reference TO "my dear old chunl
King solomon, In quotation from the
Proverbs
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26
Umbrella Logic.


of weeks ago, he took with him the Derrick's
only diamond-studded,v ,velvet-tiimmed um-
brella. which Paddy O'Brien had lust re-
turned from the shop. The Colonel forgot
the umbrella, and continued forgetting IL.
until there came another rainy day, when
word was sent TO him that IL was needed.
The Colonel, with his characteristic brey-
ity, sent the following note: ''It's n rainin,
now, an can't 20 out doors; wait till the
rain Is over an Ill bring IL bacl<r
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26

AT RUGBY, TENNESSEE, they are not
making the desert to blossom like the rose
just yet, and some iratc colonists complain
that the completion of this pretty project of
gardening is being hindcred by the agent,
who persists in planting thorns in their
maths
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26

ELIZABETH PEABODY is in failing health.
This energetic and earnest woman is widely
known rs the great apostle of the Kinder
garten in this country and laborious and
incessant laborer in all the good work that
her ever busy hand and active brain have
found to do
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26
An Editors Lament.



a man In Ballsville found human jaw
In his yard. Although not II Psychologist,
he knew right away that IL had been once
1T was so elastic and the teeth had been
worn down by the tongue He must have
deeply regretted that IL was not lost by his
wife
The Evening critic., 1881-07-26
Am Altered Christinn.

chicago Times.
Henry Ward Beecher an alleged Chris.
tian, Is to reply to both Bob Ingersoll and
Jerry Black, and In the review which pub
lished the papers of these gentlemen define
his views of religion, II he has any.