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Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-09-21

Thousands of experiments are now
under way to develop the capabilities
of electricity as a motive power. its
latest application is on pleasure
launch on the River Thames, in Eng
land. The boat is forty feet long and If
good beam. tits propelled by a screw
driven by Sieman's motor and the
Sellon- Nolckmar dccumulators. There
were twenty-one persons on the boat,
and about eight miles an hour was
made. The expense is about the
same as that OF steam, and the weight
ofthe machinery is about the same,
bur the advantage is in the very small
space taken up by the accnmulators.
A twenty-foot electrical launch will
allow as much room for passengers or
freight as a thirty-foot steam launch.
Then it is the very perfection of a
pleasure boat. There is no heat,
smoke, dust, steam, no smell of oil,
and no noise of any kind. This
Thames launch will run for six hours,
when the accumulators must be charged
afresh for further journey. The
pleasure yachts of the future will not
be propelled by sails or steam, but by
this new motor. The close of the
nineteenth century may be called the
age of steam, but the beginning of the
twentieth promises TO usher in the reign
Of electricity and perhaps of even
more powerful motors.
The effect of women dabblins in
politics is illustrated in Iowa. A
gentleman was nominated for the office
of school director by the republicans
and his wife for the same Office by the
democrats. The other day she took
the stump and told all she knew about
her husband and he, Poor fellow.
hasn't the courage to reply. Un-
the woman would have the
last word, but that man owes it to
himself and his sex to do something
and do it at once. It's to be hoped
however he will not take advantage of
the Canadian judges ruling, that a
man has right to whip his wife. He
may feel like it. but if he does it he can
Just bet his bottom dollar the woman
will beat him at the polls, Verify it
IS hard for man to buck against his
wife.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-09-21
Csasty Csurt Prscssliass.

County court met Monday Sept. 3rd
continued in session three days and
transacted the following business:
Approved Augustus loves bond to
the school fund for eS15. Also John
SHELLS for 800, also Ransom Pearce's
for $1Ss.0S and Geo. F. Moots for $50.
Approved Andrew Roberts bond as
overseer road Dist. 8. Clay Tp., also
Jacob Haffner's as overseer Dist. Q
Morrow township.
Ordered VIM Voelker taken to the in
sane asylum at Fulton. Mo.
Granted John NJ. Wilds license to
run two billiard and one pool table in
Kirksville for SIX months.
Declared the j. w. Mccoy road q
public highway, also the w. j. Sandry
road and the Michael Hays road.
Continued Thos. H. Gibscn's and
Geo. w. England's petition for dram
shop license till the Nov. term of this
court.
Appropriated $75 to build bridge
on the Nine-eh road near Jas. Longs
residence in Benton tp.
Selected the following persons to serve
as Grand Jurors at the Oct. term of
circuit court. Lou Willard, D. H.
Nighswander. JOSIAH Wright, Samuel
Noyinger.jr.. Geo. Huston, John w.
Gill, E. IL c. Norelotk. Enoch Ross,
Jas A. Crow. Solomon inspsch S. D
Ahercrom HE, and Sam. Mci;cew and
the following as Petit Jurors for said
term: Theo Brigham. Ttos. Sees, j. D.
Markey. John Leech. ". f. Kibler.
VIM. B. Deaton. Jas. Wait, David Feg.
ley, Isaac Capps, H. 0. Ryon, Perry
Garlock, John Patterson, Horace Paul,
Jacob Salada, Richard Hughes, J. H.
REYNOLDS, VIM. Smoot. Jacob Garner.
D. A. Ely. jr.. Geo. Miller, s. NJ. Craw-
ford. H. F. Hays, Theo. Meyer and
Jesse Joplin.
THE FOLLOWING WARRANTS WERE OR.
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
Letters from the People.

In view of the mean and arbitrHry
course assumed by the National Banks
t. Ostracise the T-adr Dollar, which they
well know is the best and heaviest one
ever it, circulation, simply because it
lacks til legal tender qualifications,
wOuld il not be good idea for our mer-
chants and the public generally. to re.
fuse to take their bills, or promises to
pay as they are called, unless the 10
per cent reduction i, made.
Their nuteS are nov money They
have no ,e-l III tender or intrinsic value.
No man is obliged to take them in pay
ment for labor or merchandise unless
Ne chooses 80 70 do. Would it not serve
the banks right" Every railroad,
steamhoa' and telegraph. manager will
tell you tuaJ they are willing to take
them if the hanks would. The banks
are clearly to blame in this matter, and
shuu Il he handled without gloves.
After in,'ing millions oftheir money,
not one duliarO Of which is or ever was a
legal t"n'ier upon the people, now at
this time when Congress is not sitting,
they Lave the audarlty and meannes>
to boy cor the trade o.lar, or in other
words take advantage Of the poorp peo le
to rob them OF II per cent. Of their hard
earnings. Now, is it not about time
that tnc>e Judges of the currency and
oppres.ors of the poor were made t.
take d dose Of their own medicine?
They cannot complain it would h'
only "'i, Tor tat :" They opened th'
BAH, and It !. a poor rule that does no
work borh ways. Just let the buSlne,
Llen and the pubic rake this matter il
hand fr little while and it would b.
settled b. yond a doubt, for it makes ;
vast d.tirr"n e you know whose OK i
P"red in he fight ~
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
y..he., py.yes,ou.w,re,

AT the Manhattan Beach Hotel, Sat
urday evening, while digniied look
ing gentleman, about 40 years OF age,
and young lady with blonde hair and
attractive appearance were seated at a
dinner table, a lady in black, who
proved to be- The wife of the gentleman,
quickly approached and drawing a
riding whip struck the young lady sew
eral blows across the face.
The latter fled from the room scream
ing, and the husband and wife then
passed ont, the husband finally breaking
from the grasp OF his wife and escaping
in the crowd. The husband is said tC
be u lite insurance agent, but concern
ing the young woman who was punish
ell nothing could be learned of her his
tory,
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
'1he Indian OueNtfOO.

WASHINGTON, July s-Ata conf T.
ence Saturday between Secretaries Tel
Ter, Lincoln, General Crook and Mr.
Price, Commissioner of Indian affairs
it was agreed that the Apache Indians
lately captured by Gen. Crook and 9th
rrs that may be- captured, shall be kept
under the cuntro! of the War Depart
mpnt until further orders, the War De-
parrntnt to De entrusted with the en-
tire police control Of all the Indians on
the reservations.
In an interview with Gen. Crook he
was asked If hr believed it practicable
to convert the savage warrior into a
ptactable and selt-sustaining citiZ"n.-
He replied that h" knew it was, The
Indian himself knows it is 70 his inter
est to leave the warpath and take up the
peaceful pursuits of the white man.
In nearly every instance the Indian
is forced upon the war-path, and we
shall always have trouble with him
until the government adopts settled
and fixed policy. Whatever is done
toward civllizing the Indian must be
done gradually, and it is not reason
able to suppose that he can be convert.
ell into farmer in few months.
Gen. Crook has gone to Oakland, Md,
where he will spend a few days, and
then proceed to Arizona
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
Mighway RDobery,

About 10 o'clock last Friday night
Charles Murray, son OF Councilman
Murray Of the Tenth ward, was knock.
ed down on Water street between West
and Tatnall streets, and besides being
badly beaten, was robbed of his hat and
coat He recognized his aSsailants as
John Craven and William Begley, both
OF whom are well known to the police.
As soon as he made his escape from
them he pre- ceedet TO Front and Market
streets, where he found officer Mar
guess and told him how he had been
used by the tpotpads.
The officer started IN search of ,ht
men and after some time saw them
when they took 10 their heels and run
He continued TO follow them, and final
'y succeeded in arresting them bott
near the bone mill and took them II
the hall, where they We're locked up am
Mr.. Murray notified To the s,lrpris.
Of the officer, he refused to appear
against them or make any charge what
ever, and they were allowed TO 20 free
Craven said that II the case was pres,et
he would testify against Begley, VIII,
he declares beat and robbed Mr.. Muir
ray himself.
1t is a singular way of doing bust
ness and it seems thar it would further
the end, of justice if persons who make
such Complaints TO the officers wer'
compelled to prosecute them before fh'
Judge. 1fthese men were guilty, the,
should have been prosecuted, aud
they were not, Mr.. Murray should NO
have made the complaint: i'll fact, h'
should not have made it at all, unIes,
he intended to appear against them.
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
Work Ofthe Flames.

The State WorkhouSe at Bridgewater
Massachusetts, was destroyed by fire on
Saturday morning, all the bulI,hngsex
cept two barns being consumed. The
loss is estimated at about Si4p,nNl. IL
is believed the tir" was stared by Il col
orrd prisoner, who is missing.
The loss by the tire in Evansville,
Minnesota, on Thursday might, is "s,l-
mated al Slj0.0'U rhr largest inutv,-
dua, losses are : Wells Brothers, gtE"r-
al merchandise, S. .Oro Bank .: Evans
vlllr, SG,Ooo M-ek-r house and nalh,
$4,000; the Weekly Enterprise huiid-
ing. 81 600 Good>h-tirr billiard
hall, S5,OoO kr"hn X Never, general
mtrchanGii>,, S-u.Wm : a. AnVn>t n
Co., general lnelyhantl>r.S. 81, ,noC; Ern-
erick Hanson, Nrn-gl>'. 5000 R"ri-
sen Brothers, hardware. S1.onu l)aI-
helm and johnson, hardware, $4,000 :
Z. Reader, billiard hall, $1,000.
The Arrow ice h"n>t. al Athens, New
York, was consumed by lightning on
saturday nigur with a large stock oi
ice.
A second lire broke out ol. SATURDAY,
III the oil rerilery of Tnaine, Abbot n
Co., near We,lsyi,,p ohio, and an rIi-
ployer named McFtr,N Wa, burned "a
death.
Six brick sores il Gilman. Ilti!ul-.
were Du ned uli Fr!'.".
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
IN A BAD FIX.
A Chartered Boat Leaves an Hour
Ahead OF time with only Half "'
The ExcursiOntsts on Board.

The excursion to Salem, N. J.,yester'
day,by the members Of the A. U. N. J.
Church was a,tend.d d by about 400 per.
sons. The steamer Moses Taylor, I"
Philadelphia, was chartered Tor tue
occasion and left this city at an early
hour, with al! on bo; ri happy. When
the boat landed at Salem, the excursion
lists weEded their way to Claysvllle, /"
small place Lear Salem, where Ils
quarterly was III pr gress, where the
day was spent.
II was generally understood that fhe
boat would leave Salem on the home
ward trip at 5o'c!ork sharp, and per,
sons were in no hurry to reach tne
wharf much before that time. Abou'
700 OF the number, however, becoming
tired wendell their way to the boat cary
in the afternoon and were the only one.
to reach home last night, AS the boas
left her moorings at O'Clock instea" u
as agreed upon.
When he balance OF the excursi0nis's
about l5O in number, arrived 1T tle
wharf shortly afterwards, the boat wa. ID
gone and their surprise was great. lucy
we're also very indignant at the acto,
OF the captain Of the boat and threa'e"
suit for damages.
Nothing was left, however, for thr,"
to DO but to remain over night in oa
lem. and take the steamer Major hey
bold this morning for New Castle a'" n
from thence to Wilmington ny ra,, ,Ia,
which was attended with con ,iderap'
expense and anxiety among the nun,
her. Many of them occupied position,
as walters, cooks, ETC., in the city ~" Ga
were considerably alarmed for fear u =" "
discharge. The ac ion Of the cap'a.'
ol the boat is strongly cond' d''',m, nr
ed and steps will no doubt be taken u"
those who got left, TO recover damages
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
The Cholera Egypt.

CAIRO, July S.-Froin balnl"Nla :"
deaths from cholera are reported to-day,
Mansurah 4S, from SamanUul Il, from
Sherbin 6, sl'. only fro Al"Xandr!".
Several cases have occuroed among The
gendarmes forming the cordons around
the infected districts.
CONSTANTISOPLE, .In,y S.-The san.
itary council. in rider ~ prevent the
Introduction ot rh. era u " Turkish pos.
Sess!uns, have resu yea .t~ The Porte
10 rt4nest he t.. ,'l;n. .'N':nmtnt Il
prohlhiI refugees lrun Sal ~ ''r tht
Turkish coasts, and 10 inform thai
government that if any refugee us ar
rive at ports he onglng to TURKEY they
viii not be- allowed to land.
LOEDON, July S.-Last Friday tn.
popuIace at Br,n,lisi trariug the in
PRODUCTION OF cholera refused to allow
the PeninSular and Oriental Company
steamer Surat to land the Indian mail
even when tumicattHi. The Italian GOV
eminent ordered the SIrat 10 SIr2Zle Il
undergo twenty day, quarantine, an'
maintained fir order n".rirr tls i,sc
that the only prt'c%' ter hat ac'iun w;.'
StOwn ~ hr clerical error III he am
er's bill Of health. The Surat went
t. Trieste.
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
Another House RrOk en- Into.

About ; O'Clock thi, morning the
residence of Mrs. Hammer, No. Sl2
Poplar street, was broken into by a
burglar. He first tried 10 effect an
entrance by means Of a rear basement
window, but not being able to force it
open. climbed on the shed and entered
n room where a married daughter Of
Mrs. Hammers, who is visiting her
mother, was sleeping. Th" noise he
made in entering woke Ter up, and She
seeing him standing by the bed called
to her mother who occupied an AL join-
ing room, that there was IL man in the
house. Her mother, and two sisters
commenced to scream for assistance,
but before any Of the meighhors arrived
the thief had made his escape by re-
rcating by the way he had entered,
thence down side alley to Poplar
street. The daughter, in whose room
he happened 10 get, has several
pieces Of very valuable jewelry, and
| it is supposed that is what he wa'
after
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
A WplcOlOe Change,

The >,lll rose yesterday morning red
and fry, with every indication that
rhe h"a' would equal that of the six
day, thar had preceded it. Persons who
had passed IA >Ieeple,s night in their
furnace IKE bed rooms rose llnrefreahed
and viewed with dread the prospect
of >well"ying through another fervil
day. A: noon the thermometer had
reached 80 degrees, and as the afternoon
wore on was preparing for Il jump to-
ward 1000, when Suddenly about three
O'Clock, Wlthpu, any warning or pre-
moni'ion, the ambitious mercury wa,
struck by delightful bretzt from tht
northwest lakes, and Knocked ont il
one round.
This was followed by "A shower whicl
turned INTO steady rain that contin-
ucd To fail until late in the night, cau>-
ing The Thermometer to show only 66S
At midnight. 1t was certainly wei.
come change, and was hailed with de,
light by the sweltering thousands wh'
had almost sucrnmbel to the terrific
heat This morning was cool and pleas
aut, and every one felt as though new
life Lad been infused into rheir tXhans
'tl bodies
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
The Louisiana lotteries.

Postmaster G"nera! Gresham has
rendered a decision " he Louisiana
Lottery case After l-vicwiug The
ruling Of Postmaster General Key Ut
November Il, 1879, iorbldding III" pay
ment Of postal lunner.0ricts drawn in
favor Of NJ. A. Daup..:in, and the Suhse.
uuent suSpen sion Of III" "rter pending
legal proceedings, ,ini"- gresham de-
clles that III" suspension q! III" rrt'hihi-
tion has brell virtually rn'!eu toy the az,
ton OF the courts, AID nr therefore
rules the first orirr prohibiting pay
tered.
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
FOURTH EDITION,
The Crime Record.

Alfred Harvey, one Of the men in
Jail at NOrristown on suspicion OF being
son ,erned in the murder of Mrs. Jack,
comulitte,l suicide by strangling him
sell with his pocket handkerchief on
Friday night
Eloi Bro ssard, 94 years of age, hang
ed himself in iberia Parish, Louisiana,
a few days ago "tor tear that he would
become a helpless charge upon his great
grandchildren.
Michae. Guilty committed suicide by
shooting himself on his wife's doorstep
at enwich, New York, on Friday
evening They had separated, and he
had been unsuccessful in attempting to
get control ofhis sou.
James Finnegan killed himself by
taking laudanusn, at Long Branch, on
Saturday afternoon. He had been
drinking heavily.
Dr. l.. Pinkston, being insane, COM
mi ted suicide near Montgomery, Ala
bama, Oh Friday.
The insane wife of julius Mettler
escaped from her attendants, in Potage,
Wisconsin, on Saturday morning, and
drowned herself in the river.
Henry Stein, aged As years. a soldier
of the late war, committed suicide In
New York, on Saturday by cutting his
throat.
In Sunset, Texas, on Saturday night,
deputy Sheriff Owens, attempte to ar.
rest a drunken lio'er, when Samuel
Hunter interfered, firing at Owens, but
missing him. Owens returned
the ire with fatal effect. A mol
of Hunters friends gathered, and
the deputy t-legraphed 10 Decatur for
help. Two officers lett Decatur, and at
last accounts they and The deputy were
midway between Decatur and Sunset,
"aboul to make a stand against an
armed mob Of fifty
At Gre.n,burE, k"n'ucky, on Satur'
day, night, Marshal Hrn>lry and four
others attempted 10 arrest James owen
in his house, AID round that he had
gathered his friends 10 resist capture.
About tiity shots wrr" exchanged.
Hrn>ry was klllrd, and one Of his
posse morally wuinde', wheltnpon the
ui her- fled
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
Thunder and Lightning.

Great havoc was done by II thunder
storm at Wilkesbarre ON Friday night.
AT the electric light station much dam
age wa, cone and the engineer was
knocked down and stunned. \ house
near the Lrhigh Valley round-house
was struck and damaged. a wolnar
in one Of the streets was badly mi urcd.
Heavy rains have fallen during the
last trw days in Virginia, along the
line OF he Norfolk and Western Rail
road The crops have been badly wash
el, and much corn has been blown
doHn. During storm in Cumberland
County, on Friday evenings farm hand
WAS killed by lightning.
A terrific thunder storm passed over
New Brunswick, New Jersey, Oh Fri
day evening. a number of trees wert
blown down the High School wa
struck by lightning and had its roo
torn of, and two horses were killed.
During a heavy thunder storm in
Lancaster County, Penna., on Friday
evening, Mrs. Law, at work in tobac
60 field in Paradise Township, was kill
eu by lightning.
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
-"
Another e1Otlse Robbed.

SUmeiimr h,tv"cu midnight Satur-
day and ) 0'r.uck YESTERDAY morning,
he house AMI >T"ge II \ltr''! y. Good
win, corner raN ior am, Walnut Stree $,
was robbed of Il watch, two pairs OF
shoes, a coat, "A brrasrpin and emf but
TONS. h,sites cigars and tobacco from
he show case III the store. The hrsf
know i-,ige Mr.. Goodwin had OF the
robbery MAS when he came down stairs
Yesterday morning 10 get ready to 90 10
th' st-r. n" found that every place on
| be- loser ti'"l had p'.il pretty thor
Olghiy ran sacked, although they missed
some ml"u+y II at he ilad left in one OF
I n- rooms. They had taken 81 belong
lng to his ltti" glrl, and some small
change thai had been lett in the money
drawer. The coat and one pair OF
shoes, with some nl the tobacco and
cigars were returned 10 him by colore'l
III VI named Fountain, Residing on
French street lbov" Eighth, who found
them in his alley. MIR. Fountain found
"A postal card in the coat pocket directed
10 Mr.. Goodwin, ard Judging the ar'i-
cleS had been stolen took them to his
house.
The thieves had evidently tried t.
wear the shoes and found them toe
small, as the itiIings We're mashed
down. MI Goodwin thinks they were
stcrct"l in the house before he shut up
on saturday night, as there is nothing
10 show that they broke in, and the
back door and alley gate were standing
open in The morning, showing the way
l i
robbery III thai vicinity within week
and rhr residents on Taylor street are
thanking about Lir' ing a special officer
or t"r'ning Il vigilance committee Il
protrcr themselves from thes" thieves
wh" sreHl to think Taylor street pro
titab!e ani safe reld Tor their opera
| tlUn>.
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
A sunday Shot.

Yesterday morning about four O'Clock
It .oud report of a double-shooter rang
o,t loud and clear on the Sunday
,no,niEg air on Rodney street and
Lowering avenue.
An investigation into the cause show
rd hat resident of that neighbOrhood
having Income eXasperated at the dis
appearance Of two chickens II night,
had determined to stop the leak iron
his hen.ht use ifpossible.
With dissemination in his heart, and
fire in his eye, he armed himself with
his Sdouhle-harreied breech-loader and
sailed down to his hennery. He had
not long to wait before II large gray
feline, with sides extended from gorge
Of young chickens, emerged from the
shadow and started around a couple o.
houses.
Bu' the avenger was upon its track,
and Us it turned a corner it failed tt
get the rear around in time to avoid /
load Of shot. This was the cause Of tht
Sunday shooting,and in consequences o
it the lives OF some chickens are spared
and there is one less feline in that neigh
... i,,,.I
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
Temperance Meeting Yesterday

quite Iorge audience turned out for
the temperance meeting held yesterday
afternoon III the FIRST NJ. =. Church,
considering the heat Prot. ID. W.
B!ssell presided and jos ph Pyle, E-q,
spOnsihililie, of voters. A few r marks
followed by H. W. Morrow, when the
meeting closed with the doxology and
benedict N. Several LANES were oh
taineu 10 ne independent temperance
compact. Excellent music was render
ed by the church choir. These meet
ings are 10 he kept mp every Sunday at
ternoOn, AT half past three o'clock.
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
Quarterly Meeting Yesterday

Yesterday WAS devoted to the regular
quarterly meeting servicesat the Amer
lean Union NJ. +. church on French
street, above Twelfth. A powerful ser
mon was preached in the morning by
the pastor, Rev. William Billingsley,an
another in the afternoon by Elder Thos
Blackstone, of Christiana. Bishop
Williams was present at the Afternoon
service, and after the sermon he sacra.
neht of the Lords Supper was admin
isterrd.
There were good congregations pres
ent both moraing and afternoon, bu'
there was no service held in the even.
ing.
Daily Republican., 1883-07-09
DEATHS.

KERRlGAN.-On the 9th inst James Ker'
| iiKan. aged IS years.
Relatives aud friends are respectfully in
vited to attend his funeral from his late
residence, JustisOn street below Fr, mt, on
| Tuesday morning, at o'clock. High mass
at st. Peters church. lnterment at the old
Cathedral Cemetery.
BESTE-On July 8, Anne. daughter Of
Bernard and Mary Beste, aged II months and
2 days
The relatives and friends are invited to at.
tend the funeral from the residence of her
parents, No. 7O2 West Eighth street, on Tues.
day morning, at $50, to proceed to the OLD
Catholic Cemetery.
| LOWDEN -nn the 8th inst of diphtheria,
Mary Ella. infant daughter of VIM. H.. and
Mary LOwden.
Inferred on Monday morning, the 9th inst,
10 o'clock. Riverview Cemetery.
PRlCE.-On the 9Th inst. Sarah Jane. wife
of Harrison X. Price, in the 3Oth year of her
age.
Relatives and friends of the family are re-
spectfiIlly invited to attend the funeral from
the residence Of her husband. No 1887 Wal
nut street, on Wednesday afternoon. Services
at the house at O'Clock. lnterment at XIV
erview cemetery.
IGREEN-In this city. on the Sth inst, Ber.
tina, daughter Of Elijah and Alice Green.
Funeral leaves res dence Of her parents,
Monday, July 9, at 2 o'clock.
Our little Bertie's days were few,
| Few, indeed, but sweet we're they,
| W" little thought the hand of death
So soon would on her lay.
She was too X ID child f,r tarth,
| And JESUS cal ed her home,
She now If In tie spirit land
Where pain and sorrow cannot come.
Oh parents dear weep not 70, her.
She is free from + II her pain:
We know your loss Is very great
| But greater is her gain.
Kind father, cease your weeping.
Fond mother dry those tears.
| Prepare to meet your angel child.
| In u world that's free from cares.