Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-09-11
cRAPHIcs.


Reunion next week.
Splendid rain this week
Grasshoppers have concluded to va
cate.
Our town clock has struck. 1t ceas
ed work yesterday.
Two weeks warm weather will give
Us abundant pasture.
Prairie Bird communication came in
too late for publication last week
AT the Pastors conference, Monday
it was decided to begin the evening
meetings at $50 until further no.
tice.
The Postmaster at LaPlata viii
please notify US of any failure of the
GRAPHIC to reach that Office on Sat
urday morning.
Seventy two barracks have beer
completed and more are in process o.
erection. There will be accommodation:
for all who attend the reunion: One
battery of artillery has been received
and placed in position:
Lee Bros, received from Quincy last
week an elegant new bus. for the oe.
commodation of their patrons. 1t i;
of the celebrated Miller make and by
far the finest bus ever brought to
Kirksville.
The Democrat will Issue daily dur.
ing reunion week, of four pages, eight
columns, the size OF the Weekly Demo
crat. and it will be filed each day with
fresh matter. A daily OF this kind
must be issued at considerable cost and
should receive the liberal patronage Of
our business men.
Farmers should keep a lookout for
two swindlers that are gong around
the ate. One of them purports to be
after crop statistics and the other has
a remonstrance against high taxes
Both ask farmers to sign their name;
to papers which afterward turn up to
be prom iSsory notes. Carrolton Demo
GRAFT.
There is a lively competition between
the bus drivers OF KirksYl!le and then
zeal last Monday morning. each
to lead the other. got them bott
into trouble. They were brought be
fore the mayor and healthy fine i'm,
posed On them, which. no doubt. will
prevent further demolition OF side
walks and endangering the necks O
passengers.
Mrs. Lucy Thomas, of Pure Air
writes US that she has hen that vii
not be year old till the 18th day o.
next November and had both feet
frozen of during last winter. Thi:
hen has Matched one brood of chickens
that is grown and another that /:
three weeks old, all from her own eggs
She thinks Johnnie ADKINS will have
to try again. Next
Mr.. Looms, of Abel Iowa, is In tow
and If the people of this place offer hin
sufficient inducement will establish i;
foundry and machine shop here. NJ
better place than Kirksville can be
found in North Missouri for a foundry
and machine shop, and their advantage
to the town cannot be over estimated
KirksviIe came near getting foundry
several years ago, butlwas out ibid b.
another point. See toit that this chanc
is not allowed to pass.
The Macon Association will convene
with the LIST Baptist church in this cit
on Saturday. 18th, inst, at 10 a. m.
This District Association is compos
ed of churches situated, for the mos
part, in Macon county. II meets year
ly, for the transaction OF business per
tanning to the general welfare OF tn
chu1ch and chiefly for promotion G
activity IN the various departments @
Christian work. Its sessions are opel
to all friends OF religion.
The North Side Gallery tor pictures
Grand jurors for October term q
circuit court:
VIM. Mills, j. H. Fort, NJ. B. Fon
canon, P. ]. Sublette, John Bags
Thos- Sees, D. H. Crawford, A. II
Heinzman, Us. Mcintyre, Benjaml
Millay, ]. W. Blakely, A. j. FAN
childs.
PETIT JURORS.
Wardsll Western, John Virden, N
B. Horton, John w, Brownell, John +
Lagle, Henry Caps, j. F. Hawkins
Isaac Brenneman, D. NJ. Lantz, j.
Baker. F, S. Northrup, John Gardnel
Jas. Wry, Ira Snyder. W. P. Casol
Thos. Mitten, Chester Woods. A. NJ. {
| Mahood, Jno. Dimitt, Sam'l Abereron
| bic, Chas. Callison, WILDER William
D. E. Ratliff, D. E. Williamson.
We give below the official vote of tt
election Tuesday for restrain ing shee
and swine from running at large.
FoR AGAINs