Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-12-11

Congress is in session. Jno.
Sherman, of Ohio, was elected
president of the Senate and Jno.
Carlisle, of Kentucky, speaker of
the house.
The Belcher sugar refinery
at St Louis resumed operations
last week, and the Laclede rolling
mills opened Monday. Steadily
the signs grow more plentiful that
better times are drawing nearer.
VIM. Fl. Vanderbilt the great
railroad king died suddenly of
apoplexy, at his residence Fifth
Avenue, New York City, Tuesday
afternoon. He was 62 years old
and the wealthiest man in the
United States, his wealth being
estimated at S260,000,OO0. 1t is
thought that his death will have
no depressing effect on the stock
markets.
The Presidents message
will be remembered chiefly on ac-
count of its great length. As
business review of the country it
is good. As to his ideas on the
tariff question, we still grope in
the dark. On the silver question
he is unmistakably clear and re-
commends the suspension of silver
coinage. His arguments, however
are hardly logical enough to con-
vince the western man that a sus-
pension of silver coinage is neces-
sary to his business interests.
The Boston Double Uncle
Toms Cabin combination was
greeted by a large audience in
the Opera house in this city We'd
nesday evening. The entertain
ment was an excellent one, and the
applause was long and loud. Dur
the performance of ''Topsy" and
little Eva, laughter and tears were
commingled. The plantation
scenes took one back to the "Sun-
ny South" before the war. The
plantation songs, Uncle Tom, Topsy
and little Eva Will always draw a
large house when they appear in
Kirksville.
1.-THE Poultry show was a
success" is the verdict of every
one who visited it, and the only
surprise expressed was, that Adail
county could do so well. To the
untiring energy of the Hannah
brothers, W. A. Adams, B. A
Bowman, Horace Sheeks, W. j
Richey and the business men who
SO kindly donated funds to help for
ward the enterprise, this success
is due. We are proud to chronicle
this success, and another yeal
Kirksville will have a poultr,
show that will compare favorabl,
with any IN the United States.
One of the queer things W
do in this part of the country il
shipping the entire hog crop t
Ottumwa, Quincy, st. Louis AM
Chicago in the fall and then buy
ing the bacon and lard back th
next Summer, after paying tn
packers at those places profit fo
their labor and money inyeste
and transportation both ways; al
other is, the sending of thousand
of dollars to eastern cities for cal
ned vegetables and small frui
when thousands of bushels of I'll
same rot and go to waste in tn
county every year. If we were
look closely into the queer thing
we do, it is probable we would fin
the cause Of the extreme han
times that are now upon us.
One of the best evidence
that can be afforded of the in
proved business conditions of I'll
country is furnished by the bank
At the middle of last July the rC
serves in the New York ban
amounted to 64,500,000, or
round numbers S50,000,000 aboy
the amount of reserves they ar
required by their charters to hay
on hand. This amount represent
so Auch idle capital which We
earning nothing. Since that tim
reserves have been reduced to les
than s30,000,000, showing tht
some S36,000,000 has gone into ac
ual use in business. Capitalist