Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1885-08-21

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LrNsEus lays claim to having one
OF the best cornet bands in northwest
Missouri.
Maryville is to have two electric
towers. They viii be erected by =
Chicago company.
Green Ridge Enterprise: Our
base ball club complains Of lack OF
courtesy on the part Of the la Monte
club toward them last Saturday.
Butler Democrat: From Z talk
with number of our farmers We
conclude that more wheat and less
fax will be the rule next season in
this county. and this 10 no doubt .
good idea.
CarroIlton Democrat: Signs era
hopeful; business is improving; the
erection Of new houses is going for
ward, which with tie waterWorks
enterprise, gives Carrollton = sub
stantial boom.
CaIrollton Democrat: We are Ia.
formed that hog cholera Is smaking exc
tensive depredations upon that ami
NAL in this county. A large number
belonging to Mr.. Darr. east OF town,
have sickened and died. and sever
al farmers west Of town are losers.
Plattsburg Democrat: Aaron Shoe,
maker, who lives about four miles
north Of here, has lostin the past few
days about 35 head OF spring calves.
from the disease known as the black
leg. John lI. Jones has also lost
eight head from the same disease.
Butler Democrat: An item hss
been going the round of the neigh
borhood press for several weeks to
the effect that G. F. Burns, . for
mer citizen of Butler, has been mys-
teriously missing from his post for
some time. hIr. Burns has many
friends here who are anxiously in-
quiring about the matter.
A large and valuable deposit Of
fire clay has been discovered at HAr-
risonville. A drill has been put
down forty feet without reaching
the bottom of it and test recently
made at tile factory proves the
clay to be Of superior quality. The
proprietors willtake steps immediate
ly to secure the building Of ; facto-
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ry for the manufacture Of fire brick
and tiIing.
Holden Enterprise: Esquire A.
f. Carpenter showed as q ripe ap-
pie and limb covered with blossoms
from the same tree. Last May
lightning struck near, killing two
lor three trees and paralyzing one
half of tins particular tree. Since
the shock the mildred half has been
coming to life and few days ago
revived sufficiently to begin prepara-
tions for its summer work. The
blossoms were put out in good faith,
but We fear for nalght.
Louisiana Press: The LouisanA
hotel company winch was organized
On Thursday last, with . capital Of
sI5, 900, commenced to break Rronnd
Monday on the city lot, corner South
Carolina and Main streets. The
building, so We are informed win be
frst-cIass in every partscular-re-
plete with all the modern improves
ments now to be found in hotels Of
more pretentious dimensions, and
will when completed be as comforts
bic as money can make. it.
CarterviIIe Mining Review: Sever
al men working in the Spencer q
McConcy mines on the north side,
had narrow escape from being bur-
led alive last Wednesday. They
were working in drift where the
roof was about 20 feet high, when
they heard a grinding sound shove
them. They ran FOR their lives and
had hardly reached place Of fsafety,
when hundreds of tons Of rock and
dirt fell to the floor, covering up
their tools to a depth of ilve or ak
feet where they were ct work