Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-07-30
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For Machine Oil.
The dreuth continues.
I. i. Graves sold his fine sorrel
driver last Saturday to Mr.. Port
Hovey of Kansas City.
Rain within few days would
give us surplus of corn in Adair
county.
There will be picnic in Will
sons pasture a mile and half
west of Greentop, Saturday, Aug.
the 18th. Everybody is invited.
Maxwell was sentenced to be
nung August 81 bat stay of exc
cution till October I'd has been
granted.
Prof. McGinnis has been offered
and will probably accept the chair
of Latin in Antioch college, yell
low Springs, Ohio, at salary of
$780,
The Sublette Sunday school
will hold its annual picnic in the
grove one fourth mile west of Sub
lette tomorrow July 31st) Rev.
Ely and Prof. Mason will address
the people Everybody invited.
The greatest corn show ever
seen in the world will take place
at the Exhibition Building in
Chicago, Nov. s, to 49, Each of
the seven corn growing states will
compete separately, and then alto
gether in sweepstakes.
One day the latter part of last
week, while the steam thrasher of
Mr.. Ricord, was at work on the farm
Of Calvin Smoot about Il miles
northeast of town, a wagon load of
grain caught fire from the engine,
and grain and wagon, with the ex-
ception of one wheel, were entire
ly consumed. So rapidly did the
the grain burn that it was with
difficulty the horses, attached to
the wagon were saved.
About thirty of our citizens
went to Krksville last Friday to
hear the Rev. Sam. Jones deliver
his temperance lecture. A special
train was run for the their conven-
fence. They report about 5000
people present, and each one was
we'll pleased with the gentleman S
remarks.-Memphis Democrat.
The storm which swept over
the western part of the county, on
the 18th inst, did a great amount
of dam re. Hail fell as thick
as rain drops. Corn fields In some
instances were almost totally de-
stroyed, window lights broken out
gardens ruined and roofs damaged
the damage in some localities being
as great as that of the storm three
years ago ON the same day.-Linr
County News.
The Iowa Blade calls attention
to swindle being worked on the
farmers there. A man goes around
through the country buying uI
straw stacks for paper mills. He
gives his note for the sum, takes {
receipt and departs. lis merely
dodge to get the farmers sigma
ture to a paper which afterwart
t.lrns up to be a promissory not'
left at the bank for collection.
A passenger of No. 2, Saturda,
evening was slugged ON the hea(
by some one just as the train pull
ed into Trenton, and was robbed
of his pocket book. Officers Bur
nll arrested man when the trail
stopped at the depot, who was sus
pected of committing the robbery
but a thorough search failed t.
Snd anything on his person estab
blishing his guilt, and he was pei
mltted TO go.-Trenton Republi
can,
Train No. 6 going east on Satur
day struck woman named Rot
lnson, about two hundred yard
this side of the depot at Seymour
Iowa, killing her almost Instant,
From the way she acted the trai
men are of the opinion that sh
placed herself in the way on pun
pose, with the intention of con
hitting suicide. She was struc
by the pilot and thrown in Ehe al
and the boiler head struck he
again as she came down, crushin
her skull. She died in a few me
ments.-Trenton Republican.
Nelson Thomas, living in til
/ northeast part of town had dc
| attacked with hyrophobia la!
/ Monday. The dog was prompt
| killed, but it is advisable for pc
sons living in that part of town,
keep close watch upon the
dogs for several days, as some {
them may have been bitten.