Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-02-16
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.

Pennsylvania.
The Ohio river at Cincinnati has
touched the guage at six,y-five feet one
and a half inches, this outstripplng The
great food Of 1882.
1t is estimated that 10000 people
are seriously afflicted by the food and
The loss Of property will foot up many
millions.
Lawrenceburg, Indiana, is entirely
under water but the people still cling to
their half submerged houses.
The southern railroad depot and
and passenger sheds at Cincinnati were
submerged and swept away. but later
reports say the loss of life described in
the first dispatches was not true
From 5000 to 5000 people have
ieen driven from their homes at Louis.
vile
IT will be seen by our subscription
reports that the GRAPHIC continues 10
flourish Notwithstanding.
AT LOUISVILLE and Cincinnati the
inhabitants along the Ohio river have
been driven from their homes by the
advancing waters.
The persistent Payne. the would be
pioneer settler of Ocklahoma, was az
rested, with his party, few days since
and turned over to the civil authorities
at IT. Smith.
Who IS it, in this county that has
benefited by the tax-sales The
county and state /! Not to any alarm
ing extent! My dear 2 Who then 3
The organ and the RS h-h-h-! Hush.
We notice an article in the New
York Obsy0ey in which an eminent
divine deplores the tendency to levity
and a weakening of the dignity and
solemnty Of the pulpit. Here's anoth-
or social dyspeptic.'' "bra,nless, dog
IN the manger species of humanity" as
our elegant cotemporary over the way
would term him.
II is probably true the editor of the
GRAPHIC has been little adverse" III
his pursuits, but has managed to hang
on long enough to make the paper
grand success in the face of some very
unprincipled competition. Queer he
should succeed so, isn't it? He had
the Office fever-just slight touch
once-but it didn't become chronic.
which probably accounts for the ability
70 change off to something new oc-
casionally.
In addition to being a grand swim
die in the hands of rings and combi-
nations, the present delinquent tax law
often results in injustice and wrong to
private parties. We learn of case
this week, where a nonresident land
owner, who holds clear receipts for his
land, finds himself rated as delinquent,
his land sold. and doubtless stripped
of its timber, which made it valuable,
and still worse, likely to never to be
able to get MS own back again through
The bunsllng of hi attorney, and the
delay caused thereby.
WE DID not expect to meet the four
ior-a-quarter intellect of the gentleman
from Brashear. in the bloodless arena
of mental conflict or We should have
kept mum on the lecture question:
Some CT our older citizens will remem-
ber, but for the benefit of our many
new readers who may not understand.
we will state that our ill-natured col
league has has been growing and
mumbling, every week, like sore
headed-bear over something we said
some weeks since. Those who wish
10 keep track OF the subject can have
access to our back files. We have
iresher subjects to deal with.
A Kansas City dispatch Of the 18th
inst says that upon the representation
of the Daviess county authorities that
they had evidence which would likely
convict Frank James of murder, Judge
White, of the Criminal Court, this af-
ternoon issued an order granting the
immediate delivery of the prisoner to
the officials of that county. He was
accordingly brought here from Inde-
pendence Jail at 5 O'Clock and taken TO
Gallatin on the evening train. The
indictments in Davless county are for
the killing of Westfall and Mcmillan in
the Winston train robbery, and Sheets
IN the Gallatin bank robbery. He will
be arraigned there for trial on Monday.