Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-01-02
WEEKLY GRAPHIC
K,RxsvILLE.MIssouRI.
T. SUBlEITE. Publisher aat hu prlstu
w. NJ. GILL, Editor.
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Times are very hard in old
England. Free trade doesn't seem to
'e as gilt edge system as il might :,
,e.
Missouri statesmen continue to
make pilgrimsges to visit the next
president. Cleveland continues non-
These are the times when the
wicked democrats stand in slippery
places. |,
Over seven thousand workers
are out of employment in St. Louis.
"A newspaper has been started
in New York that starts with the novel
plan of having absolutely no editorial
department. Since we come to think
about it we are not sure but this would
be an improvement on the average
journal.
-Talmsge the Brooklyn preacher
whose sermons are probably more
widely read than those of any other
miihster in the county predicts boom
in American affairs in the near future.
We hope he is correct.
"A year OF two ago the political
economists were oeploring the fact
that American wheat was too high for
export abroad. 1t is certainly cheap
enough now when it goes begging in
Kansas and Dakota at less than forty
cents per bushel. Still we find it abou.
as difficult to keep the family flour,
chest filled now as 1t was then.
Texas leads all the states in the
number of cattle in her borders. She
has s,o6o,715. Iowa comes next with
3.664,44o, and then Missouri with
a.s8a,Ioo. Texas also leads in horses
Iowa second and Missouri third. Blu,
when it come to mules, We take the
lead, and Texas comes second, the
number standing I94,oI7 to 1886,
and this doesen't include any but the
four legged ones. Iowa has the larg-
est number of hogs, beng s,1o7,435,
followed by Missouri with 3,So2, 2,o2o,
with no reference to democratic pollti-
Clans in the count.
Gen. Ben. M. Prentice recently
visited the battle held ofShiloh. We
learn fIom an Iowa paper that he re.
commends that the unknown confeder.
ate dead be removed from the field
and be given interment in one of the
national cemeteries.
The gold excitement in Georgia
continues to increase, and recent dis
coveries afford good basis for the be-
lief that there are rich mines within hel
borders. Gold veins and deposit:
have been found principally IN the
Northeastern part ofthe state and arr
now beng worked quite extensively
Many OF the mines are said to be yield
ing large profit on the capital invest
ed. Within a radius of seven mile.
around Dahlonega twenty gold quart,
crushing mills are in operation, agre
eating 400 stamps with an investment
of $500, 900. A move is on foot tc
secure branch of the U. S. Mint a
this place
General Grant is reported Ii
poor health caused by his anxietie:
and troubles in a financial way. The
following comes as special dispatch
to the Globe Democrat from Philsdel
phia "Gen. William T. Sherman
Geo. w. Childs and A. ]. DrexeI held {
conference this afternoon at the resi-
dence of Gen. Sherman's, son-in.Jaw
Lieut.. Thackara, No. 2221 Trinity
place, which resulted in an engage
ment for all three to lunch together to-
morrow at Mr.. Drexel's banking house
for the purpose of discussing ways ane
means to assist Gen. Grant out of hi:
financial difficulties. Gen. Sherman
came over from New York on Satur.
day. While in that city he learned
that an inventory had been taken Of
Gen. Grants possessions under the
judgment entered against him in favo,
OF VIM. H. Vanderbilt for $Iso,ooc
and interest," loaned to him when he
was trying TO save the firm of Grant &
Ward from failure. The execution
covers nearly all of Gen. Grants pro.
perty, personal and real-his St. Louis
and Chicago farms, valued at Sos,
his houses in this city and Washington
and even the Generals presents OF
swords, bric-a-brac and rare articles,
made TO him at different fines hv