Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-07-09
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Go to Fout for Machine oil.

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Use nothing but the best ma
chine oil on your harvesters, Fout
keeps the best.
Eighty cents buys a season
ticket to Temperance Camp. For
sale by B. f. Heiny & Co.
The Independ ents are talking of
heading their ticket with Geo.
Shaw for representative.
Brashear had a big day Satur-
day. For particulars read cores
pondence from that place.
A few good booths can be had
on the camp grounds by applying
to j. Q. Barnard at once.
Judge Sands received letter
this week stating that Clarence,
third son of Prof. Seitz, died last
week of typhoid fever.
Pure Air Items came in too late,
last week for publication. Com
munications should reach this
Office by Wednesday morning.
Season tickets for the Temper
ance Camp are now on sale at
Heiney's book store. Price So
cents, you will save twenty five
cents by buying this ticket.
At meeting of the Republican
Congressional Committee in this
place Wednesday, it was decided
10 hold the convention at Kahoka,
August 10th.
W. A. Adams and Sanford Sny-
der received by express from Little
Hooking Ohio, a coop of very fine
and valuable chickens yesterday.
They were of the Houdan and
Langshan varieties.
Mr.. J. B. Fridley the old reli-
able timer formerly with Carrot h.
ers & Greene has engaged with
the new Hardware Firm of Dun
lap, Quinn & Cole. He will be
: glad to see all his old friends.
Rev. CUM, of Queen City, de-
sires us to state that a long alb
sence from home prevented his
making an appointment to preach
to the Germans ut Kirksville but
he will do SO at an early day.
A boy threw fire cracker ON
the roof of the wooden building OPP
posite Hecker's hotel last Saturday
which set the building on fire. The
fire company responded to the al
arm in splendid style, and their
run for the fire was one of tie prin
cipal diversions of the day.
F. NJ. Harrington reports an en-
thusiastic meeting of the Repub-
lican State Central Committee at
st. Louis, Wednesday. The Vice
Pres. Crawford was chosen as
chairman in place of Mr.. Warner
of Kansas City who has resigned.
Racing on the public highway is
a dangerous amusement and
should not be INDUCED in. A
number of young people were seri-
ously injured last Saturday by the
upsetting of a vehicle, while en-
gagged in this foolish and danger
Gus sport.
There was a "mill'' on the street
in front of Hannah's grocery store
last Saturday afternoon in which
Len and Phil Nicholas and fell
low by the name of Mum, took a
hand. Mum was fined for disturb
ing the peace and the Nicholas
boys will answer for their INSIDE
meanor, before Justice Richey
Saturday.
Judge Lewis and ]. W. John
ston Grated at Shibleys Point last
Saturday. They report big
crowd, good dinner and a good
time generally. The Greencastle
brass band furnished excellent
music for the occasion.
The colored folks of Kirksville
undertook to celebrate Indepen-
dence day, by having a ball in
Fowler's Hall at night. Some
'coons" from the neighboring
towns got ON drunk and the ball
was broken up by general row,
in which the colored folks OF
Kirksville claim to have taken nc
part. We believe there were nc
arrests.
Mr.. Alanson Buck brought to our
Office last Friday, a bunch of wheat,
81 feet in height, which yielded sc
bushels per acre. 1t was cut with
a cradle--too heavy to cut with a
reaper. 1t is known as the May
wheat. 1t is no use to say any
longer that this is not a wheat
country. "Home Press.