Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-01-02
Leon Broom Brigade IN an engage.

Leon broom brigade IN ai engage
ment.
John Fohey's frame dwelling house,
I've miles northeast Of Bethel, was de-
stroyed by ti,e on the 18th inst. Mr..
Foley and family were absent from
home at the time the fire occurred. and
and returned Just in time 10 witness
the completion Of the work Of destrue-
tion by the fire. Nearly all the con-
tents of the building were lost No
insurance. Shelby Co., Herald.
Frank Griffith, of the vicinity of
Stoutsvllle, who accidentally shot him
self recently, at the time of the acci-
dent was ina field where there was 8
lot Of cattle. Wien they smelt the
blood from the wound they charged
down upon him and his brother who
was with him, and it was all they
could do to Feep the cattle from rum
ming over them. The boys describe
the cattle as in an intense frenzy
Paris Mercury.
One of the twin children of F. W.
Repbow, railroad agent was choked to
death while at Supper Wednesday
night. The mother was feeding it and
placed bit of sausage in its mouth
when it bit her finger which she sud.
denly withdrew, and IN doing SC
frighted the child which thereupon
commenced choking, and despite all
efforts for Its relief, it died soon after
Canton Press.
The brethren and sisters of the color
ed Baptist church of this city have
been having warm times of late. A few
evenings since an excluded femal,
member of the church took her seat TO,
near the mourners bench to be agree
| able to some of the brethren and sis
ters. She was invited to move ant
upon refusing to do so. burly trothe
moved her by main strength and awk
wardness. The woman had the gen
tleman arrested and be was fined S13.
90.-Macon Times.
One of the most horrible crlme
, that has ever been n8earthed in Macol
county We Ar5ught to light on Frlda,
evening last, before Ben. H. Stean
: ESQ.,, of this city. S. S. James, OF Tel
Mile township, this county, whose wifi
has been dead for sometime, and VIII
has been living with his Two children
all alone, in little secluded cabin i
the wood, at some distance from an
other house, in az abject state of power
ty, and who was reported as heing t
indolent to work even enough TO kee
, sufficient clothing on himself and chill
/ dren to hide their nakedness, being tn
: man brought up for trial. He
charged with incest.-Macon Times.
The collector of Charlton county, Nj
Hamilton. is IN hot waiter, laborin,
under the charge of collecting fees tina
he was not entitled to. It seems tina
e during the campaign one of the oppc
S lsltion speakers charged that the tax
e payers were robbed by the collecto
! taking fees he was not entitled to o.
compromised taxes. Through th
. lnefficiency of former officers the ia
books tor number of years, it
l. claimed, are so defective they canne
be read in evidence, hence no Judge
e ment can be obtained, it is held fc
!. taxes due for these years, and th
d county court has ordered great man
# cases ut taxes COMPROMISED, the ia
!. payer paying one third of the amour
- assessed against hun. When the col
lector collected such compromise
: amounts as assessed, and not simpl
l. upon the amount paid into the treas
e ury, whereas the law says commission
d shall be received upon the amour
actually collected. Hamilton plead
guilty on this charge.-Macon lime