Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-05-18

| Geo. Tull thinks strongly OF taking /
trip TO the aOld Dominion soon. :.
Getting lonesome.
i Frank Link moved TO his farm OF
Monday.
| Mr.. ]. B. Larkins will visit W,scon
| SIN on business IN a short time.
1t takes power Of yelling to keep ,
football IN motion.
| When it does get to raining here
well it rains.
Business ofall kinds has been very
slack the present week.
j. W. Tinsman Is having q big rush
of hack ground orders. Glad 10 hear it
Several Of our citizens have their
eyes turned lonA inRly toward Florida.
Edna is to have another new school
building. The catholics are erecting
| it.
Macon has had cyclone and two
c:rcuses this week. Macon always was
little hoggish
As vacation approaches there Is occa.
sionally vacant house for rent once
more. The supply mas not been equal
to the demand till recently.
All the indications point to the i'm
mediate building Of that new railH DAD.
But whether Kirksville gets it or not
is question as yet unsettled. We must
have it.
Or. Shirley, of Greentop, dropped in
on US a few moments this week. Call
again.
Mrs. J. F. Parker and daup inter-, Miss
Jennie, went to Moberly, on Saturday
to visit her married daughter, Mrs. S.
J. Ross.
Geo. Marchapd has resumed his
duties as route agent on the the Q. M.
& P. after three months enforced idle
ness, from a broken ankle.
]. NJ. Cooter. formerly Of this place,
but recently of Edna, has now located
at Holden.
Miss Gennie Grove is visiting friends
in Texas.
The trial of Frank James begins at
Galla,in on the third Monday in June.
The Edna Sentinel wants its young
folks to organize home dramatic
company just as though there was not
already enough fussing and pickering
in community.
Rev. j. 7. a. Henderson and wife, of
Sedalia, parents of Mrs. Maynard of
this city. spent a portion OF last week
in Kirksville.
At the late examination for State
Certificates, held by the State Board of
Iowa, out of eleven applicants, but
four received certificates, A. B. Carroll,
a late graduate of the Normal and now
principal OF the public schools of Morn
ing Sun, Iowa, was one OF the success
full candidates.
Judge Sands went to Macon vester
day to look after one of his houses
which happened to be in the track of
the cyclone. 1t was da mayed, but how
much we have not learned.
A call is ont tor a public meeting to
consider The school house question. 1t
IS set for Monday evening. We hope
there will be large turn out OF voters
Rev. ]. S. Wheat and wife, went to
Mexico, No. yesterday for weeks visit
to friends in that city.
Ned and Matt Halliday are both
enacting the role of "lone widdowers"
their better halves having gone to Illi-
n DIS on visit.
Mrs. Bolts, mother of Mrs. B. F. Hen
~, accompanied by her grand son,
Master Clifford Henry, was in Klrks-
vile the latter part of last week, visit
ing friends.
Brick work is progressing quite rap
idly on the Writing Institute.
One OF our local cotems has decided
to withdraw from the world we judge,
as it advertises for cave. The cave is
coming, dear one, fast enough, and even
a fog-horn will not he loud enough to
Won when once you have
;rawled in.
We learn that Squire Easton, of
Liberty township, has been quite Ill,
md that his recovery Is considered
doubtful. We hope the last may prove
! mistake and so disappointthe IS quab
,lers" on both sides for his official
;hces.
DR.. j. N. Swetnam, we see by the