Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-07-25
aRAPHIcs.

How does this issue OF the GRApnc
strike you?
The new platform at the depot il
about completed.
i Il, L. johnson. of this place. was in
Can't on last week.
| New wheat is selling in Lewis coun.
ty at 80 cts per bushel.
Memphis is to be minus saloons fol
the next twelve months.
Don't forget the Blaine and Logan
club on Saturday night.
Rev. is. Boyd has been gwen a va.
cation by his congregation.
The walls OF Kennedy & Links ware
house are nearly completed.
The Adalr county teachers institute
convenes on the goth of August.
Baylor is happy. He got his barn
within IRE limits at a cost Of $35.
The Canton Press celebrated its 23d
birthday by DOMINIC dress of new
type.
The Baptists CT Memphis have COM
menced the erection oil new church
building.
Quite a number of handsome resi-.
dences are going up in the different
parts Of town.
Good butter has been quite scarce
in market this week and the price has
come up little.
Green corn and black berries have
made their appearance in market.
Also the festive cucumber.
1t only costs thirty FIVE dollars to
put barn or other wooden building
within the fire limits.
w. l.. Griggs reports that his Real
Estate Index is enjoying a decided SUBJ
scription boom" of late.
The holiness people are sieging the
town of Memphis. Their camp is
situated just west of town.
Canton has spent $1,000 recently in
matchmaking the streets. She has
now nearly six miles of macadam.
The wind storm Monday night blew
down considerable fencing and damag-
ed the corn to some extent northeast of
town,
We learn that Mr. G. NJ. Mcclure
offers to give 5000 toward an artesian
well, providing flowing we'll Is guar
ranteed.
With the thermometer ranging up
in the nineties, all sorts of amusementS
requiring physical exertion are at
discount.
Monticello has secured the NJ. e.
church (south) District school. Palmy.
"a, Canton, Monroe CITY and Monticel-
10 were the contestants.
F. NJ. Springsteen, after year and
two weeks manly struggle to maintain
greenback paper at Edna throws up
the sponge. The Globe will be remov.
ed to Nebraska.
Remember the basket meeting next
Sunday at Rural Dell. A. Russell, by
request, will also preach at the Center
School house on the FIRST Lords day in
August, A. NJ. and P. NJ. Perhaps this
will be basket meeting.
Through the courtesy OF Hon. VIM.
H. Hatch, the Normal library has been
favored with 500 volumes of public
documents, comprising congressional
reports, War Records and other valua-
BILE works OF reference, issued by the
Government.
w. r. Freeman, whose corn pros
spects we have heretofore spoken of,
sent 20 dozen ears of green corn to this
market on Tuesday. He has twenty
four acres in silk and eleven acres tas-
selling. Says he can beat the state on
potatoes and pumpkins, game chickens,
and squashes.
We have been favored with the cur
rent catalogue of the State Normal
just issued by the Hannibal printing
company. The book contains a large
amount Of valuable information and
statistics of our school. The work has
Teen fairly done, but we see no reason
why such jobs of printing should go
abroad hereafter.
Rena Shaw, one of the girls employ
ed at the Parcell's house succeeded in
creating quite an excitement Friday
afternoon. She swallowed two ounces
of laudnum with the avowed intention
of crossing the river" to that land
where tickle lovers are supposed never
to tamper with maidenly affections, or
to go back on plighted troth. The
alarm was raised and of course a
GRAPHIC reporter was quickly on the
ground. Two doctors Messrs Burton
and Willard also came. and a strong
emetlc was forced down Miss Rena's
unwilling throat with the usual result.
A young dry goods clerk. and another