Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-12-31
GRAPHICS.

Eggs are 20 cts. PER dozen, but
the egg-nog season is at hand and
they are steadily going down.
Use Maynard's Cough Candy
and cough no more. Manufacture
ed and for sale by ]. W. Maynard,
Kirksville, Mo.
Monday morning was the cold
est of the season. Thermometers
in unsxposed places, registered 90
degrees below zero.
The celebrated four's Highpatent
and Daisy Dewitt, at j. n. Dod-
sons Feed Store, the best -four
in the state and cheap for cash.
Some of the boys, on the east
side, have been smoking red hct
cigars, at the expense of generous
friends. during the holidays.
"Jim Cummings" who robbed
the Pacific Express on the Frisco
road in October has been arrested
with all his accomplices.
a spittoon containing saw dust
and lighted cigar stump came
near causing fire in Wild's bill
ard hall Sunday morning.
Rev. J. A. Kelso, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at LaPlata,
committed suicide by hanging
himself to a tree near his his barn,
Monday evening.
The surveyors for the Atchison
are southwest of Leoffier and &C M
ing this way. The Atchison and
Burlington roads, each have a
corps of surveyors a. Richmond,
Mo.
The violation of law by the
drug stores, and the getting
drunk, which was INDUCED in
Christmas day, is greatly to be
deplored. Yet many good people
think it little worse than the
lottery business.
In the Ellison-Higbee contest
the motion to dismiss on account
of jurisdiction was sustained. Mr..
Higbee would just as soon had
the case tried before Judge Eli
sons cousin in the first place, but
felt dslicacy in taking the case
before a relative.
A person receiving letter from
the post-office by mistake, or find
ing one in the street or elsewhere,
can under no pretense, designedly
break the seal without subjecting
himself to a severe penalty, the
endorsement, opened by mistake,
being "to thin"
A man when asked, how he got
his riches, replied: my father
taught me never to play till my
work was finished, and never to
spend my money until [ had earn
ed it. i'll had but an hours work
in a day, l must do that and in an
hour. Then l could play with
pleasure. 1 early formed the
habit of doing everything in time
and it soon became easy to do so.
tits to this l owe my prosperity"
Let those who read this do like
wise.
A number of horses n the vicin-
ity of Woodville have recently
died. One day last week P. Daniels
hired six teams to haul corn and
that night eleven of the horses
died. Mart Hogan fed his mare
Thursday night on corn that was
not shucked, and on Friday morn
ing the animal died. Six other
horses are reported to have died in
that vicinity in similar manner,
1t is supposed that the worms in
late corn are the ciu5e OF the
death of the horses.-Macon
Times.
Messrs Browning & Phelps have
opened shop in this place, for
the repairing of sewing machines,
and have the most complete outfit
west of Chicago. Old machines,
that have been set aside, as useless
for years, are rebuilt and made as
good as new at a trifling expense.
They guarantee all their work
and if you have the slightest doubt,
about the genuineness of their work
call at their place of business,
northeast corner of the square, one
door east of Baird's Marble shop,
and see what they are doing.
Last Saturday morning a Wa
bash coach on No. 2 was ditched at
the Junction and in the evening of
the same day another coach on
No. s, the cannon ball, was ditch
ed at the same place. While they
were pretty badly smashed up no
one was injured. Nathan Hall, the
section foreman, was laid off on
account of the accident. Our opin-
ion is that the accident was caused
by the neghger ce of the company
in not furnishing decent material
for tracks and side tracks, and
that Mr.. Hall is entirely blame