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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25
From Gad.AbOut.


Drifting about coz rsiderabIY of
late has given us an opportunity to
ascertain the condition of the crops
and gather some items of interest to
the dear old Courier.
We have not seen such uni
versally goodprospect for good corn
crop in many years. Besides, the
acreage is large, and with the boun-
tiful yield promised, will certainly
give the farmers good times, not
withstanding the loss in grains and
meadows occasioned by the late
heavy storms.
Tobacco, though small in acre
age, compared with former years,
when old Charlton could boast of her
tens of millions of pounds, is prom
ising
The potato crop is just superb.
Everybody seems blessed with rich
gardens, furnishing an abundant
supply of all kinds of vegetables.
The health is generally good
There are no cases of dangerous ILL
ness within the range of our tele-
scope.
We note that the northern part
of cur county has made rapid inn
provements in the way of erecting
comfortable dwellings.
Two of Clark Townships clever
citizens, George r. Evans and Rob-
ern Green, have erected handsome
farm residences.
Farms generally have been
greatly improved. A few days rus
ticating will convince any one that a
spirit Of enterprise has perched in the
midst of the people, and has come to
stay.
The pastures are teeming with
stock the grass was never better.
"A large number of hogs and cat
tie will be fed and marketed in vari-
Gus parts of the county.
We must not fail to speak of the
pleasure furnished by croquet
party, given at the residence of Mr..
Richard Stevenson on Saturday even
ing two weeks ago. The very warm
weather prevailing did not prevent a
crowd of young people assembling,
all bent on fun, which they had in
abundance. Miss Carrie McFerrin,
of Triplett, a young lady of many
charms, was visiting the family of
AIr. Stevenson at the time.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25
AdulteratiOn.

The human race still survives.
How this can be is unexplained by
nineteenth century science, which
gives us full details of the many
methods by which we are daily pois-
oned. A perusal of the list of adul-
terations is enough to make the most
careless liver shudder. Our atmos-
phere, says science, is unhealthy !;
our food Is adulterated, and our
drink is poisoned. Our brain pipes
supply us with foul gases from the
gutter, our wall papers cast arsenic
into the air, and our clothes contain
poisonous dyes. Bread and butter,
tea and coffee, sugar and sweets, and
general groceries are all condemned
as being adulterated. Sugar and
sweets hold net only glucose, but
matter of a very injurious nature,
such as limestone. Tea is mixture
of dye-stuffs-a compound of ar
senic and other poisons. Coffee Is
not much better, being colored with
chrome yellow, Prussian blue, yellow
oehre, umber, Venetian red, lamp
black, gum arabic, soapstone and
charcoal. In medicine, one-twenti-
eth of grain arsenious acid is con-
sidered a heavy dose. Analysis has
shown that a cup of coffee made
from the dyed bean contains one
sixth of a grain. Flour is either
white clay or ground chalk. Meat
teens with trichin@ or tapeworm.
Canned chicken is made from bob"
veal. Sardines, fresh from Italy,
are packed on the coast of Maine.
French wine, fifty years old, is made
at home from logwood and petro-
leum. Beer and spirits are manu-
factured of still more Objectionable
materials. Even honey is innocent
of bees, butter has never known the
COW, and mustard is made from nap
thaline yellow. Pepper Is actually
dust bread crums, and the ford
German sausage owes its complexion
to red lead. The science of the
century, which has detected these
triumphs of ingenious adulteration
does not, however, inform us how it
is that the race not merely survives,
but grows at a truly astonishing
rate.-ChicaOo Grocer.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25
Beil,s Scllool.House.

The quarterly meeting of the NJ,
f. Church was held at Bethany or
July and 6. The presiding elder,
Rev. j. Anderson, was present.
Miss Lucy Chrane, of this neigh
borhood, is on visit to her sister,
Mrs. j. Burton, in Randolph county.
Misses Mary and Rosie Ewing,
of Keytesville, have been visiting
Ms. George Martin and family.
Miss Mary Smith, of Rothville,
is visiting. her sister, Mrs. NJ. F.
Courtney.
The school at Bells School
house, with Miss MolIie Patrick as
teacher, closed Thursday, July 3.
She is a lady of high accomplish
ments, and has made a great many
friends in this neighborhood, who
regret to see her leave.
-Married-On the evening of the
18th of June, 1884, Mr.. James. Fur
row, formerly of Charlton county,
but now of Kingman county, Kan
sas, and Miss Mary Piper, of King
man county.
Mrs. Levie Furrow is here on a
visit to relatives and friends. She,
with her family, consisting of hus-
band ana three children, have been
making their home in Kingman coun-
ty, Kansas, for the past two years.
/ have not learned whether they in
tend to remove to Charlton or not.
Cr,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

The New York committee for the
preservation of Sunday as day of
rest are opposed to the Sunday con-
certs i'm Central Park, but the mayor
and corporation and park commits
sioners and good many of the
churches are IN favor of them. So
are the seventy-five thousand to a
hundred thousand people who enjoy
them, and feel comforted and re-
freshed to resume their toll on Mon
day. The kicking committee sug-
gests that the concerts be given on
Saturday afternoon instead Of Sum
day. This would entirely defeatthe
object, which is to give the workers
a chance. The people to be bene-
fited by these concerns are those who
work six days out of every seven.
Doubtless they would like to get off
with five days work, but they can
not under the present regulations of
business, and they have to take their
music on Sunday or go without it..
The Sunday concerts will go on just
as sure as the birds sing on Sunday
Ia hint that the aforesaid committee
opposed to Sunday music mighttake.
ST. Louis Republican.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

The farmers around Lexington,
Mo-, are complaining greatly Of the
damage done the cat crop by the
rains of last week, making it too wet
to cut, while the crop was rlpened.
Some damage was also done to the
wheat in the stack, and threshing
has been much delayed. 1t rained
five days and nights in succession.
The falling of the river despite the
rains seems strange, yet it is going
down now faster than it rose last
week.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

THE Philadelphia Press says that
crazy patchwork on unbleached linen
and crash is the work most in vogue
for young ladies at the seaside.
Many leather-edged crochet mats are
also made. Lace patterns for dress
waists, at twenty-five cents a pat
tern, are sold for handy catch-up
work of morning at the country
seat or watering place. Pongee
pineapple tides are soft and pliable
work, and yield readily to dainty
fingers. Canvas worked with an
tioue-celored .ilk win be greatly ia
vored this season. A dainty lace
crayat in English lace is very hand-
some pattern. Girls are arranging
morning parties of four or Eve to
meet on the rocks at the coast and
crochet cravats for their nautical
friends, who. in turn, are TO take
them on rowing and sailing excur-
sions.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

THE records of the Texas cattle
drive kept at Doan's, north of Red
River, in the Indian Territory, to
July 4, shows that up to date up
wards of 400, 900 head of Texas cat
tie have passed that point thus far
the present season. 1t is foregone
conclusion that the drive of 1884
will exceed largely 100000 head.
Judge Doan says that money matters
are in very unfavorable condition
for stockmen, and if they do not
loosen up pretty soon he fears that
the drovers will not realize their pre-
vious good expectations. Colonel
Goodnight concurs in this opinion /;
he says money matters are very
stringent in the North, and cattle
men as well as every other class of
business men had better hope for the
best, but prepare for the worst.
The crop reports received at the
Dallas Merchants Exchange, from
all parts of Texas, are Of the most
fiattering character. Notwithstand-
ing the excessive rains, the weather
is now warm, dry and very favorable
for harvesting the gram crop. A
large corn crop is expected; hopes
are entertained of large cotton crop
If no mishap befalIs it. The princi-
pal adverse circumstances now is the
scarcity and high price of farm and
plantation labor.-Rural World.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

A cow belonging to Mr.. George
Markham, of st. Mary's Crossing,
on the Huerfano, last week gave birth
to two calves, which are alive and
doing well. This is the second or
third pair of twins which this cow
has gwen birth to and raised. More
over, she is herself twin, her moth
er also having raised several pairs
of twins. Mr.. Markham says the
Herefords, Shorthorns and Polled
Anguses may be very good cattle,
but this breed is good enough for
him.-Huerfano Cactus.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

The tenth Duchess of Airdrie, the
most remarkable COW on earth, own
ed by S. f. Ward & Son, Westport,
Mo-, and now in her sixteenth year,
presented them last week with a vig-
orous, well-formed, roam bull calf,
by Oxford vinewood Sd, 33, ,427,
lately deceased. This is the COW
whose offsprings have already sold to
the amount of $3.50, 900, and thought
when purchased by Major Ward to
be past breeding. but from her pres
ent appearance she is good for few
more of the same stamp as those
that have already made her world
famous. Her calf of last year was
born dead.-Indicator.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

The rank growth of weeds in the
vacant lots scattered over the city
will be fruitful source Of malaria
when they begin to decay in the fall.
In view of the necessity of taking
every precaution to remove causes OF
sickness from our midst at this time,
the owners of the said lots would
earn the gratitude of the public by
having the weeds cut down and eff
fectually destroyed.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25
Vehicles OF Malaria.

Ague is commonly supposed to be
due to the entrance into the system
of miasmatic organism. But no
microscopic has ever seen this
organism, neither can we account for
the intermittency of ague paroxysms,
nor can we say for certain through
what medium it finds an entrance
into the system. The majority of
writer's hold the opinion that the air
of marshes is the sole cause of in
termlttent fever. But there exists
strong evidence going to show that
water, too, is a carrier of the poison.
Take. for instance, two or three
cases cited in the Lancet, and, at
first, the case recorded by Boudin.
of three vessels sailing from Aigiers
to Marseilles, conveying 800 SOL
diers, who on shore had been ex-
posed to the same atmospheric con-
ditions. Two of these vessels were
supplied with good water, but the
third with water from a marsh. The
two former arrived at Marseilles
without sick man, but the third ship
lost IS men and had 120 sick, 98 of
whom were affected with malaria.
Again, there is the eoutbreak ofague at
Tilbury Fort in 1871, cited in Parkes'
"Hyglene, j." where "a men out of a
garrison of 103 were seized with
ague, while the people at the railway
station and the coast guard men and
their families just outside the fort
entirely escaped. The troops had
been supplied with water stored in
tanks, collected from the rain waters
of the roofs, while the people out
side obtained theirs from spring,
the atmospheric conditions in both
cases being identical.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25
Mr.. John Adams, team ran AVA,

Mr.. John Adams team ran away
not long since, with the following re-
suits. Mrs. Adams was thrown from
the wagon and received several Sc
we're bruises, but was not seriously
injured. The wagon was completely
wrecked.
We learn that strong effort is
being made to build church in the
neighborhood of Mr.. Jesse Swain.
At last reports one-half the money
sufficient to complete the enterprise
was subscribed. GAD-ABOUT.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

GEORGE w. FLAGG, Secretary of
the Massachusetts State Republican
Committee, resigned, as he could not
conscientiously support Blaine and
Logan.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

Nor particle of calomel or any
other deleterious substance enters
into the composition of Ayers ca
thartic pills. On the contrary, they
prove of special service to those who
have used calomel and other mineral
poisons as medicines, and feel their
injurious effects. In such cases
Ayers pills are invaluable.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

A LADY writes: 81 have used
Ayers sarsaparilla in my family for
many years, and could not keep
house without it. Fer the relief Of
the pains consequent upon female
weaknesses and irregularities, 1 con-
slider it without an equal -
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

Boss MALONE is having trouble
with his henchmen in Virginia. In
the Petersburg district there are two
Republican.candidates for Congress,
and the ''straightout" says he is
to stay.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

An enthusiastic Cleveland and
Hendricks ratification meeting was
held at Hermann, No., last week.
Among the speakers was Hon. r. p.
Bland.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

Or seventeen German papers in
Ohio, not one, it is said, suppOrts
Blaine. This must furnish some oc-
casion to the advocates of sumptuary
legislation to damn the Dutch with
vigor.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25
nanavolsnt and Literary.

i.ETgssyILLE LIBRARY-O. +. Smith, Librarian
Open from TO IL q. m. and from 2. TO p. m.
ellvers, Master; L. NJ. Applegate Secretary Regn-
lar meetings Saturday evening preceding full moOn
CHkRfeox LopeE, No. 1T, A. o. u. w. c.
Wallace, n. W.; II. II. TIsiale, Recorder. Regular
@eetfngs 2i and 4th Tuesday evening at o'clock.
CHARIToN Co. MEDICAL SOcIETY.-Meets the Fourth
Thursday in each month at Salisbury.
SEEEcrs KNIGHTS, A. o. U. w.-Meets 2d and 4th
friday evenings in each month. J. d. Butler, c.,
u. IL. Tisdale, R.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

FIVE thousand Democrats ratified
the Democratic ticket at Louisville,
KY, last week. The meeting was
addressed by Henry Watterson.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

The Hon. Allen G. Thurman de-
livered an address at Columbus, o.,
on the organization of a Cleveland
and Hendricks club.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

No one questions Mr.. John Kelly's
ability to handle New York, but the
United States of America is trlfie
too large for him
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

DR.. Koch, the distinguished in
vestigator of the causes of cholera,
says dryness is fatal to the injecting
germ. He, therefore, advises that
the streets should not be sprinkled
in exposed cities, and that all ex-
posed clothing and apartments be
made perfectly dry. The microbes
die when separated from moisture.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

CONFIDENCE is good thing in poll
tics, but too much confidence is dam
gerous-just as too much caution
sometimes is.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25
JOB PRINTING,

AcToRs are said to dread a Presi-
dental campaign. As rule, it hurts
their business by making salaries
low.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

A MEMBER of Congress from North
Carolina scouts at the idea of Blaine
carrying that State, which is reliably
Democratic by 10, 600 majority.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25
COUNTY omcera.
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Religious.

lF4sssYTEaiAs cae --Preaching first and third
Ss,f.6atG. Rev. s. NJ. Watson, pastor. Sabbath
SrasDol srety Sabbath morning at O'Clock.
METHoDIsr CHURCH (South)-Rey.J. y. Shores,
pastor. Services the fourth Sabbaths of each month,
mornipg and evening. SABBATH school every Sab
ath mOFning Mt o'clock.
FiRsT BAPTIsT CHURcH-Rev. II Barton pastor.
ervices second and fourth Sundays OF each nth.
A. NJ. +. CHURcH-Rev. p. A. Crockett, pastor.
Services second and fourth Sabbatns month,
morning and evening Sabbath school every Sabbath
at2ip. M. Co.
BsPrIsT CHURcH (coloredt--sabbath school every
ssRbha III at p. m
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25
CHARLTON COURIER
LEGAL BLANKs

Aiargestock Of Legal Blsnhs for Justiess - ~
Peace, ,constables. Tow nship OtS~rs, Conveyaneels
and also Miscellaneous Blanks. kept constantly sn
hand, and for saleat Hannibal Prices. We ase N
very best paper, and our blanks all OF stant ar
forms such as by the stetusss OF sIa
In general use.
JOB PRINTING.
All Kinds Of Job Printing, from the Sinplest Car
to a Bound Book, neatly executed short KstsS
aud atthevery Lowest Living Prices, in the LAtsSa
Styles and ofthe Best Quality. We keep mp WITH
the timAs in all the new designs OF display type
In comparison Of work. tsss
We Solicit Your Patronage.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25

State Ofacers.
i;overnor-Thos. I. Crittenden, of johnson.
Lieut.-GovernOr-Robt.A A. Campbell, of st. Louis.
.tttorney-Genernl-D. III. Mcintyre, of Audrain.
Secretary Of State-M. X. McGrath, of st. Louis.
State AuditOr-Jno. Walker, Of Howard
state Treasurer-Phil. =. Chappell, OF Cole.
Supft Public ScIoOls--W. s. Coleman, of Saline
Register of ofLands-Robt Mccullough, of Cooper.
Gaagressman (this) 10th Districk-A. NJ. Alexander.
state Senator tthisl 9th Districk-W. Halliburton.
Judge (this] 18th Judicial Gil cutie. d. Burgess.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-07-25
GENERAL DIRECTORY.

Courts.
CIRcsTF CoURf-Regular terms are held the hrst
Monday In April and third Monday In October.
FnoBkfE Coz Rr--Regular terms are held the Second
M0udays Of February, May, August and November.
c0UNfr CoURT-ReguIar terms held the hrst
&Sudnys In February, May, August and November.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-02-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
SHERIFF'S SALE.

Minors of Melissa Barton for Fam''
~ Meeting, etc.-No. 45l-Pro-
bate Docket, 10Th Judicial Dis
trict Court, Parish of Rapdes,
Louisiana.
PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF
sale issued by the Honorable
the 18th Judicial District Court !"
and for the Parish and State afore
said. in the above entitled and
numbered suit, commanding me in
accordance with the deliberations
of the family meeting held therein,
to sell the hereinafter described
property, shall offer for sale at
public auction, at the front OF the
Cont House door in the Town o'
Alexandria. La, between the hours
prescribed by law, on
| SATURDAY, the lat of MAkCH
A. .. 1884,
the following described property
to-wit:
A certain tract or parcel of land
situated, lying and being near LIE
comte, in the Parish OF Raplde,s
State of Louisiana, containing tn
| onantity of one aud half q!
aces. together with all the build
ines and improvements thereon
: and being the same property PM
n chased from Messrs. Hardy an
$ Weems, Jany. 8, 1883.
Terms-Cash. The property WI
II not be adjudicated unless the RI
" amount of the appraisement 10 h'
. D. e. PAUL,
Sheriff and ex-officio Auctionee
IL Ian 3O-tds.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-02-23

for enjoyment. They are
carried even to church and to the
bar of the judicial court, Pnbhc
sentiment, however, is gradually
awakening, and will make the
crime of carrying concealed weap-
ons 50 odious that no one, except
thief or a rufian, will venture to
carry them. The next Legislature
will, no doubt, enact a moro strln-
cent law on the subject than now
prevails. In the meantime, it Is
hoped the graud jury, while it is IN
session, will find indictments in all
cases of concealed weapons report
ed to them. The life and safety OF
the most humble of men is too pre-
cious to be exposed to the freaks Of
the fellows with pistols strapped
9 around their persons, or hidden
e away in the hip pocket of thei'
y pantaloons. The law should b.
l. enforced vigorously. If the Law
; cannot reach the high al d the low
n alike, then let every man go arme'
and be on an equal footing with III
Of neighbor. shreveport Democrat
ur JOB Printing neatly execute
n at this Office.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-02-23
SHERIFF'S SALE.
VIM. J. CALvIT
va ) M. SSU4s

WIN. !! vs.. cA1''' }so. 1904.
ARTHUR EvERITr. }
district Court, Parish Rap'des, La.
DY VIRTUE OF AND TO SAT.
Il isfy a writ of tierl facias issued
and to me directed in the above Ell
titled and numbered suit, have
seized aud will offer for sale at
nublic auction in front of the Court
Honse door, in the Town of Alex
andria, La, between the hours pre-
scri,pd by law, or.
SATURDAY, the lat of MAKCH,
A. D 1894.
the following described property,
suecially ordered to be seize', and
A certain piece or parcel of land,
situated, lying and being in the Pa
rish of Rapides, State of Louisiana
on the north side OF Red RIVER
which is described as follows, to-
4 Vito start at point on the
lower line of Treadway tract now
owned by this purchaser, ninety
e feet from the rear line OF said tract
d thence run at right angles with
said tract. thence run at right an
IL ules with said line five (5) acres
h thence run parallel with the divl
e ding line of said Treadway AM
na;1,e tracts, ten acres, thence rn1
70 at right angles five (5) acres to La
re yid's line, So as to contain the quar-,
se tity of fifty acres Of pinewood
land, being a part of the 32O acre
X If the Huffman tract. and IS oont
- ded on the one side by lands OF D'
w vid. and on all other sides by lane
:. Of Daigre. :,
IS, Terms - Cash, subject to a.
TO- D. C. PAUL,
IS, IS, I'm a0-tds. Sheriff.