Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-02-05
Mestrllle. Mo.

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the usual posture.
Tine following named person
are recorded on the sick list th
r week: James Robinson, sr., jaime
Watts, Miss Martha Cupp, and Mrs
, A. Al. Staples, of whom we reporte
last week. She is much better an
doubtless will soon be up.
: Your ID" (which is an abre
: Waited term for deviI) made US sa
: last week that Mr.. VIM. Ruberson
instead of Mr.. Robinson, dumpe,
the girls in the snow. Luther Rile'
and Billie Robinson were the yer,
boys.
Mrs. NJ. j. Vincent, of nea
KeytesviIle, is attending her daugh
ter, Mrs. A. NJ. Staples in her ill
ness. DR.. N. D. Stephenson is Civ
ing her medical treatment.
Several of our farmers have sold
and delivered their tobacco to John
son Tobacco company, at Bucklin.
"A large crowd of our pleasure
seekers went down to DR.. Brooks
last Friday night where previous ar
rangements had been made to have a
royal time in the various amusements
incident to such occasions.
Our winter term of school closed
last Tuesday, and the pupils were
treated to good supply of candies
and raisins. They have in general
been good pupils during the term,
having applied themselves very close
ly to the work assigned them.
On Wednesday night of last
week, quite crowd of young folks
assembled at James Coy's residence,
at which time and place they were
very agreeably entertained in So
cial way by the members of the fam
lily.
We learn that Mrs. John Parks.
of some three miles west of West
vile, is very low with consumption.
We hope that she may soon recover.
Misses Tinnel and Eliza
Haywood accompanied by Messrs.
Robert Lewis aud John Stephenson,
from the Forks of the Charlton,
were up several days last week visit
ing James Coy's family. While here
they visited the closing exercises of
our public school. They returned
home on Thursday taking Miss
Amanda Coy with them to visit sew
eral days, with her relatives in that
community.
Mrs. George Evans, from near
New Cambria, Macon county, was
visiting hes relatives at and near
Westville last week. Mr.. Evans
having moved from here about twelve
months ago, to where he now re-
sides.
MIR. George Gardner, and fam
lily, also from near New Cambria,
are at present visiting Mr.. Samuel
Staples family. Mrs. Staples be-
ing his sister.
Mr.. Henry Kelly, of Rothyille,
came over this week and honored our
saaetum sanetorum with his cheerful
presence and we had the pleasure of
caring for him while here. He vis-
tied our public school part of two
days, being there at the close Of the
winter term, and in responding to an
invitation, he made very approprl-
ate speech to the pupils and they ap-
preciated it very much. Mr.. Kelley
has just clos his winter term near
RothvilIe. and Will resume teaching
again at Rothville on the lst of Feb
ruary.
MIR. Robert Long having just
closed his term of school at the
Hayes school house some five miles
northeast of Westville, came down
last Thursday and favored our school
with pleasant visit. He is one of
our active educators
-Ye horseback editor was In our
little city again this week, and We
are sorry that it was not our pleas
ure to- meet him, in person. But
under the circumstance We will have
to excuse him, for it was much easier
for to thusly burden US with grief
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than for those sparkling eyes to be
dimmed with tear. We also learn
that Sheriff j. j. Moore, was up
with him. perhaps on official bust.
ness.
Let every one remember thai
our Institute will meet in Westvllle
February the 9Th, at 10 O'Clock a. m
/ We are authorized to state that the
institute of Clark township respect
fully solicits all grammatical sen
tences or questions anywise dIfficult
/ or ambiguous, to be sent from any
portion of the county or ajoining
counties sent to the Westville insti
tute, will receive prompt attention
by analysis and returned.
-Messrs. Fred and Edward Hay,
den, Melvin White and Pete Pittca
all of Linn county, came down to at
tend our school exhibition which dls
not take place as they supposed
We presume they were not by any
means greivously Disappointed A
each oz them called % see bis .1es'