Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-07-23
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meeting at the NJ. Y. Wilkes grove
the first Sunday in August.
Preaching in the morning at II
o'clock and at $50 in the after
moon.
Judge Sands, Deputy Grand
Master for the /. o. o. F., went to
Greentop yesterday evening and
INSTITUTED Lodge of the Daugh-
tiers of Rebecca, at that place. A
number of the members of the or
der at this place accompanied by
their wives attended the ceremo-
MES.
Mr.. NJ. j. BRADIGAN, formerly
with P. NJ. Smith of this place has
located in Queen City and gone
Into the furniture business. Mr..
Bradigan is an excellent workman
and good business man and Queen
City has secured an excellent adj
dition to her list of business men.
Our enterprising photographer,
III. G. PARCEL has presented us
with the photographs, cabinet size,
of all the lecturers who spoke
during the camp meeting. Mr..
PARCEL will furnish you photo
graph of any one of the. speakers
for 25 cents or the entire set OF II
for $500.
WIN. NJ. GILL left for Ottumwa,
Iowa, Monday morning, where he
has accepted the position of
City editor on the Daily Democrat.
Mr.. ellis ability as newspaper
man is well known and recognized
throughout North Missouri and he
will be a valuable acquisition to
the editorial staff of that paper.
We had the pleasure this week
of looking through the splendid
Office apartments of DR.. Strickland.
His private Office, operating room
and general Office have been su-
perbly lighted and fitted up in the
most elegant manner. With the
addition of all the modern appli-
ances, he is better prepared than
ever to accommodate his large and
constantly increasing practice.
Last Friday G. FL. Walters, liv-
ing near Zig, was sliding down
from a hay stack he had just fin
ished, when he struck the end of a
a pitch-fork handle, which was
leaning against the stack, and was
seriously injured. The fork handle
had been broken in such a manner
that it terminated in a sharp point
and falling upon it with all his
weight, the only wonder is that he
was not killed outright.
J. Fl. Marley was arrested last
Monday by the Deputy q. S. Mar
shall on information of E. Fl. Arm
strong, deputy collector of internal
revenue, charging him with a
technical violation of the revenue
law, in selling twisted tobacco IN
stamped which he had purchased
of a farmer. He plead guilty and
entered into a bond for his appear
ance at the st. Louis District
Court.
Simpson Ely closed his meet
ings at Macon City last Monday
night. He preached twenty-five
sermons and there were nine adj.
ditions to the Church. Among the
additions was Mrs. Butler, daugh.
| ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Gooch of this
city. The meetings were well at
tended and much interest was
manifested. Often the house was
so crowded that many could moi
find admission. He expresses
himself as greatly pleased witt
Macon City, and its people. While
in Macon he delivered one tenn
perance speech in the Court House
and two at the great camp meeting
there. He says the camp meeting
was successful numerically anG
financially, and the community is
filled with enthusiasm.
Wednesday afternoon Mr.. J. A
Douglass, of Wilmathville drove ,
splendid looking team in front O
Carothers & Greene's Hardware
Store and alighted leaving the
team unhitched, while he stepped
| into the store to get some
small purchases. Just as he step