Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-03-20
EDITORIAL NOTES,

Gen. Grant is improving.
There is little hope, however, of his
complete recovery.
Cleveland has issued procla-
nation warning all parties TO keep out
of the Oklahoma district.
The great principle The
Workman is Worthy of his Hire" has
made a gallant fight for two weeks
and has won.
Gov. Marmaduke has been
severely and justly criticised for so
hastily calling out troops when ther
were not needed.
There will be grea! disappoint
ment in Texas if there is not sangui-
nary termination to the Marmaduke-
Rainwater controversy.
Senator Vest says the state
patronage will be left with the con-
gressmen. By little close observa-
ton We may find out something We
did not know before.
Snglandis is making extensive prepa-
rations for war. Russia has long been
preparing for the present crisis and
England has caught herself mapping.
The ice gorge at the mouth Of
the Des MONIES river last week caused
an overflow of all the lowlands, result
ing in loss of thousands of dollars
worth of corn, hogs, cattle and horses,
To-day there are $5oo,ooo,o o,ooe
in the Treasury at Washington
Twenty-four years ago there was not a
cent. The next four years will give ar
excellent opportunity for-the study o
current events.
The strike is at an end. Tnt
freights are being moved as usual ane
the blockade is rapidly being cleared
The hands have returned to work a
the wages received before the 10 pc
cent cut in September.
1t was not intimidation tha
kept the engineers hand from th'
throttle during the late strike, but TIT
sympathetic chord, stronger than ;
cable of steel, for his fellow laborer
that drew him away from thai, whicl
the railroad managers and Cor. Ma,
maGuke thought his duty.
--England has again been humll
lated. Russia is quietly taking pos
session of the territory from whic
England demanded a Withdrawal c
Russian troops. When the Afgha
chiefs become convinced that they ar
deserted by England, Gen. Lumsden
who is now in command of the Britis
troops in the Afghan territory, will b
sacrificed at once, as was Gordon l
the Soudan.
The Illinois legislature is n
nearer electing a U. S. Senator tha
they were a month ago and at tn
writing they are seemingly not so ne;
as they were week since. Each wee
they claim that on a certain day the
will surprise the public. but the da
comes and goes and the public fails
be surprised. The fact is the Illino
legislature is becoming an object
rIdicule.
-Rcansaw and Texas are dete
mined that Marmanuke and Rail
water shall fight. if a continual whool
ing up of the two rnen will bring
about. They seem to think it wouI
be Just the thing to relieve the tediul
for a few days while the legislatures
Ark. and Texas are in session. "
think the suggestion of the Gl06e-DeD
0fraf good one: that they be con
PEELED to fight it out with fists accorc
ing to the Marquis of Queensbur
rules giving the best man the belt, an
we would add,if Rainwater proves be-
throw in the governorship.
The Postoffice Appropriation bill re
Gently passed by Congress makes tn
following important changes: Th
weight OF all single-rate letters is ii
creased from one-halt an ounce each I
one ounce. All newspapers sent fror
publication offices or news agences, il
cluding samples copies, are entitled t
transmission at the rate of one Gel
per pound Any article IN a news p;
per or other publication may be mari
ed for observation, except by write
or printed words, without increase {
postage. A special Io-cent stamp
also to be issued, which when attache