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Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

To-day, we leave for Iowa, for a
visit to our old home and among
old time friends and associates.
We expect to be absent a couple
of weeks, during which time the
office will be left in competent
hands and the paper will come out
regularly, though should any
thing of an offensiye nature be
published during our absence,
please remember that we will not
be held responsible, and the devil
and his imps must fight their own
battle. Corn, cobs, cordwood, po-
tatoes, pumpkins etc, donated by
delinquents may be dumped in
our back yard, just south of the
hen house, and we'll receipt for
the same when we return. We, as
well as our subscribers, have long
been in need of q rest, and we
seek this opportunity to recuper-
ate our energies and regain our
usual avordupois.-Edgar Neb.
Times.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

Mr.. David W. Judds illustrat-
ed correspondence from the west
is the leading feature of the Amer
lean Agriculturist for October,
which presents greater amount
and great variety of reading
matter than ever before appeared
in single number Of this periodi-
cal. Nearly fifty writer's of repu-
tation all over the country writes
upon topics pertaining to the
Farm, Garden, Hearth and House
hold. There are four full page en-
cravings by weIl-known artists,
and nearly 100 other original en-
cravings of farm animals, farm
and household conyeniences and
labor-saving appliances, scenes at
the Fairs, new designs for rural
buildings, &c, &c. All the lead
ing State Fairs, so far held this
year, are described in detail by
editorial writer's on the ground.
S1.50 year; single number, 15cts
751 Broadway, N. Y.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

On Monday night prisoner by
the name of L. S. Williams, who
was charged with robbery, eseap-
ed jail. He made his escape by
cutting through the floor of his
cell with an axe which was handed
in by some party from the outside.
The only other occupant OF the
Jail was Jack Hubbard, the mur-
derer of Kennedy, who also crawl
ed through the same hole and ap-
prised the sheriff of his absence.
Hubbard claims that the axe was
lying on the outside and that
Williams got the same by reach,
ing through with a couple of bed
stats, which story is absolutely
false, as it has been demonstrated
that no article can be picked up IN
that manner through the CRATES OF
the jail. On former occasion
Sheriff Sewer found q hatchet IN
the jail which had mysteriously
found its way in there, but the
prisoners were unable to account
for the manner in which it got In.
These facts, coupled with the es-
cape of Warren in the spring, VINO
had his cuffs unlocked by an m
genius friend speak very PLAINLY
and it seems to be understood
Milan Republican.
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Green Grove Correspondence

AS local sketches, of intera..
from nearly ever neighborhood =
the county. are published in tba
GRAPHIC, it certainly will not II (.
unreasonable for Green Grove =
press her claims for recognition !:
the columns of your paper. W. =
hope not to be considered eeotist;
cal when we claim for the citizsn.
of Green Grove. that they stand
high in the scale of sobriety. mor
atty, religi on, and industry. Tbs
improved condition of the farms u -
this neighborhood, and the good
crops, Notwithstanding the droutb
we think, speaks well for the thrift
and enterprise of our people. On,
hay crop was fair; corn nearly an
average; oats and wheat never bet
ter. The writer of this artiels
assisted Joseph Vansickle Il
thresh IA bushels of wheat Of eT.
ira quality, the product Of sir
acres of ground, an average Of q
bushel per acre. There have been
but few wheat crops if fany, thresb.
ed in this neighborhood this sea.
son that has yielded less than %
bushels per acre. There will be a
larger acreagelof wheat sown this
fall than ever before, in the wheat
growing section of Adair, hencexe
realize the necessity of a FIGURING
mill in Kirksville.
Light rains have made good fall
grazing and inspired everybody
with renewed hope and energy.
More Anon, SUBscIBER.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

Sheriff Sewer met with an aeei-
dent on Friday last which is painful
to.say the least, and might have re-
suited much more seriously. On
Thursday night he stopped with
Mr.. Riley Walters near Greencas-
tie. The next morning he went to
the barn to feed his horse and in
passing a horse belonging to MIR.
Walters he was kicked, the cork Of
the horses shoe striking him just
below the right eye. He now car
ries his head bandaged.-Milan
Republican.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

A correspondent at Oceanic, n. j.,
says: 81 have recently occupied a
part of an afternoon in picking up
with trowel few hundred small
maple trees, punching them, pull
ing off their leaves and planting
them a few inches apart. Being
on a small piece of ground they
can be easily watered and looked
after. Then, as they grow larger,
they can be planted in rows in land
that is the least valuable on the
farm. More attention should be
given to tree culture than is gen
orally done. [ know of instances
where trees were thus planted,
and when the time came for turn
ing them into timber more money
was realized than if the land had
been annually cropped"
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01
The Gold Bugs Silent.

One day last week s3,957,47
in gold bars reached New York
from London, but the "Gold-bug"
press of that city has nothing to
say on the subject. If an equal
amount of gold had been shipped
from this country to England on
a single day what chorus of con-
demnation of silver coinage would
go up from the Gold-bug press, OF
New York. As a matter of fact
the coinage of silver has nothing
to do with the import of gold
Denver News.
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Still Going Up.

Silver has gone up a notch,
yesterdays quotations having been
50 7-8. This is the highest point
touched in several weeks. The
change from the day before was
only tllree-eighths of cent an
ounce of an advance, it is true, but
it was in the right direction. Globe
Democrat.
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Prophetic.

The following prophetic para
graph is taken from an address
on temperance delivered in 1912
by Abraham Lincoln:
"And when the victory shall be
complete : when there shall be
neither slave nor drunkard on
the .earth-how proud the title OF
that land which may truly claim to
be the birthpiaceand cradle of both
those revolutions that shall have
ended in that victory. How nobly
distinguished that people who
shall have planted and nurtured
to maturity, both the political and
moral freedom of their species"
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

Levi Stewards barn in Lincoln
township, was struck by lightning
Tuesday morning, between two
and three o'clock, and was entirely
destroyed. One 2 year old Dur
ham bull, s head of sheep, 10 tons
of hay, $50 bushels of corn, 200
bushels oats, one set of harness
and all his farm implements weis
consumed by fire, besides two
milch cows were killed ON the out
side of the barn. The total loss
is about 81, 200 and was insured
for $500 in the Home Insurance
Co. of New ork.-Milan Repuli-
can,
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Walnut Items.

Mancil Garrett, of Silver Cliff,
Col, is visiting friends and rela-
tives in this community.
The good templars have organ
lied very interesting lodge at the
Fritz School House. William
Broyles Worthy Chief.
The Fritz school house was
burned one night last week; sup
posed to be the work of an incen-
diary.
VIM. Prentice and wife, of
Leofier were,avisiting relatives
here last week. G.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

During the storm of Monday
nighta stroke of lightning decen-
ded upon a barn on the premises
of Alonzo Graves, near Lewistown
Mo. In moment the barn was a
mass of flames, and was soon de-
stroyed, with all its contents. In
the barn were six good work mules
one horse, a lot of hay, etc. The
loss will foot up $1,000, on which
there was no isurance. Mr.. G..
was away from home at the time.
Canton News.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

Siace Doneghy Bros, have op-
ened their store at this place they
have been receiving new goods
daily q nd now have a large stock
of goo, Is which they are selling at
very low prices. Eckert Bros.
who ha We charge of the store, are
very T leasant, agreeable young
men an d we bespeak for them a
liberal patronage. -Greencastle,
Ind.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

Monday night there was another
Jail delivery at this place. In some
way unexplained the prisoners got
possession of an ak, and with that
instrument they cut through the
iron cell and from there through
the brick wall. There were two
prisoners in the Jail. A. J. Hub
bard who is charged with murder,
and a man named Williams who
was charged with making one Of
the bosses on the new railroad
sign an order at the point of a
pistol. Hubbard is said to have
gone to David Clements house to
get some tobacco, and from there
he came to the Payne livery barn,
but failing to awaken any body at
the barn, went to Mr.. Sewer, the
sheriff and awoke him and told
him that the other prisoner had
skipped. So far as we know there
are no traces of the escaped
prisoner. Sullivan Standard.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

A remarkably handsome woman
is said to be the moving spirit in
a philanthropical movement in
Russia to supply the poor of that
country with DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup, the great remedy for coughs
and colds.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

How popular Blaine is be-
coming.l
1t would be an excellent
time for the organ to turn on a lit
tie power. But perhaps the ma
chine is out eff order.
The Republican club meet
ing was largely attended last Sat
urday evening. Judge G. P. Hess
delivered one of the most power
full campaign speeches ever heard
in Kirksville. The Judge is q
talented lawyer and his ability as
an orator is rapidly winning him
recognition throughout North
Missouri.
The fishing season is over,
and Grover Cleveland is again do
ing business at the old stand in
Washington. That is, the appoint
ment of tie postmasters, for the
rural districts, which has been his
chief occupation since March 1885,
still continues. The failure of the
fisheries question and the Mexican
embroglio shows not only his weak
ness as the chief executive of q
great nation, but also his deter
mination to let nothing interiors
with post-office appointments.
"A careful review of the pres.
ent administration, shows that
Cleveland has married; appointed
great many rural postme. .sters
vetoed number of pension bills
for worthy soldiers; caught a few
trout and killed a deer in the
mountains of New York; has beer
kicked by gun, and on all ques
tions bearing upon the prosperity
of the people or the dignity
of the nation has KEEP
eloquently silent. If he has
done anything else the country
is not yet apprised of it.
1t was not the treachery O
the Republican party that caused
the defeat of Blaine in 1884. bu-
the "rule or ruin" factions which
pretend to be a part of the
Republican party. These factions
like the buzzard, are always founc
around the carcass, and as the
combined powers of all the politi
cal parties in the United States
can not keep Blaine out of the
nomination and election in 1888
it is not strange to see them be.
ginning to hover about the Plumed
Knight.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01
The Howard county

The Howard county bank has
suspended payments, but is
thought that the assets of the
bank will be sufficient to pay of
all the depositors. Everything
has been placed in the hands of a
receiver for the benefit of the de-
positors first, and any surplus to
90 to the stock holders.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

The State Republican Commit
tee of Ohio has invited Hon.
Chauncey [ Filley to canvass the
State IN the coming campaign on
the pending issues. We under
stand that Mr.. Filley has consent
ed to give portion of his time to
that State.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

No city in the world was ever so
beautifully decorated and illumi-
mated as st. Louis was during the
past Conclaye week.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

m nT n selds scarce, but those sne - -.
HHI 1 L Stinson Co, Portland, Naiss, VII -
u.DI ufree full information about sSfk -, -
"IuII rthsy eaa d. and live al home fhsi sA. - -
" OAxS thsn from IS 70 IS per day. se@S se@SS.--..
earned $50 In day Either seI young Or e a %
not required You are ssariea free- Those sno snosa-
sIs absolutely sure Of snng liisis fortunes Ans
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

KIRKSyIIME, NO.
Z. Z. Sublette, F roprietor
Friday, Oct l, l $50.
For Supreme Judge,
J. K. CRAyEN.S,
ofJackson County
Tor State School Superb iil,endenr.
III. X. WARREN,
of Marion CouiAty.
For Rai.read Commissioner,
GEO. W. HITCHINGS,
OF Greene County.
For Congress, LIST District,
w. P. HARRISON,
ofMarion County.
For state Senator, 7th District,
THOMAS MOODY,
OF Macon County.
FOR JUDGE OF THE 9th JUpIcIAl
CIRCUIT,
EDW ARD HIGBEE.
of Schuyler Co.,
Republican County Ticket.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
JOSIAH W. DAVIS.
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK,
JAMES B. DODSON.
FOR COLLECTOR
ME-. STROCK.
FOR ASSESSOR
II. G.. SOHN.
FOR JUDGE-AT-LARGR.
VIM. P. LINDER.
FOR JUDGE 1sT DISTRICT.
r. n. TOLER.
FOR JUDGE 2dDIsTRIcT
G. R. HUSTON,
FOR PROBATE JUDGE.
G. L. LEWIS.
FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
]. W. JOHNSTON.
FOR SHERIFF.
J. IT. KINNEAR.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
MI. ROSS.
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
S. S. MCLAUGHLIN.
Officers for Benton Township.
FOR JUSTICE OF PEACE.
JOHN RICHEY.
SANFORD SNYDER,
B. W. ROSS.
FOR CoNsTBLE.
JACOB SHOLLY,
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ADVERTISERS ss. sss: ss., ss :, .:...
advertising space when in Chicago will lind it On file at
Is ss.s,s 10 ~ s,sas.n ST. Ord &IH0mAS,
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

The American Agriculturist for 0ct
1886.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

1t would be an excellent
time for the organ to turn on a lit
tie power. But perhaps the ma
chine is out ef order.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-01

FOR REPRESENTATIVE
JOSIAH W. DAVIS.
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How popular Blaine is be,
coming!l
, 1886-09-30

The city fathers Of Steubenville, Ohio,
concluded 10 lay "A new pavement two
years ago, and they Just dug one foot be-
low the surface OF tue street, put in four
inches of sand, four inches Of gravel and
then set IA .ich friedrich on edge.
Then they covered the top with sane for
"A time, aud now they have the finest
pavement in the word. This Is on the
main street Of Stcubenville, aud after two
years use shows no pcrceptib.o wear
nj all
As TO it, advantages. II Is almost en-.
tirly noisele,s Ice doesn't adhere TO II
in winter time at all. 1t can be taken MP
md repaired without any trouble
Horses slip on Belgian blocks and on
asphalt, but on this, no matter how wet
the weather may be. they Will retain a
firm footing There is no objection what
ever to be raised against this style Of
pavement The merits Of It are beauty,
durability. noselessness, %cheapness aud
safety in driving. IL possesses every ele-
meut that a good pavement should have.
1t is absolutely periect-New YORK Trib-
uUC.
, 1886-09-30

The new French steamship La Bre-
tagne, which arrived in New York re-
Gently. cost 81. 200. 900, exclusive of her
decorations, which were done at an ex-
pense OF s75,0Oo. La Bretagne measures
7.ooO tons. Her dimensions are; Length,
5os1s feet; breadth Of beam, SIS feet, and
depth of hold, BIZ feet, Sac was built in
he yards of the steamship compan at
Penhoet, near St Nazsire, on the river
Loire. The hull is of the highest grade
OF s eel, from the foundries of Terre-
More, and the wool used is of the FL est
quality of Canadian elm and teak. The
water-tight %bulkheads are e ever in num-
Der, and extend from the keelson TO the
second deck. These give the new vessel
twelve water-tight compartments, with
which it would be almost impossible 10
sink her. The engines are Of the triple
expansion style. Chicago Times.
, 1886-09-30

CANDIDATES for county Offices are nu
merous this autumn, but they are all too
modest to publicly announc their wants
Generally speaking, they are lin the
hands of their friends, and if they con
suited their own wishes, they would not
come out for Office at all. Bat the people
demand the sacrifice at their hands, their
friends are urgent in voicing their wishes,
and much against their inclination they
permit the use of their names in order to
keep the country from going to the dogs.
Patriotism, pure and simple, is their ami
mating motive and the handspring of
their action They don't want office. 1t
las no charms for them-but they ARE in
the hands of their friends"
, 1886-09-30

My deepest Impressions from witne sslng
the sublime spectacle OF the midnight sun
were received at a point nearer the Arctic
circle. 1t was one of those hushed even
ings which occur with a falling barometer
30 still that the CLASSY surface OF the I'M
dulating sea was unrufied even by the
breath of n zephyr. Southwark, above a
wall or cloud. majestic mountains reared
their snowy peaks. Far in the west fioatei
a fleet OF fishing craft, and long lines of
water fowl were winging their way to
rocky resting places. Above the sun,
which from my stand near the compass
watched swinging n%orthward, lay sew
eral parallel strata of fieecy clouds The
water horizon rolled up higher n
higher. until, like a great golden globe,
the sun rested upon its rim. The lower
cloud stratum became orange-tinted- The
next was dyed with sa ffron shades, while
the rosy reflection of the upper stratum
painted with delicate pink the Kjolen
cliffs In the spoth. For several moments
the motion of the earth seemed checked,
the sun still resting on the oceans rim,
and then-most startling visionl-a lineof
light appears below tine fiery orb-the
horizon is retrograding. BY thus forcing
the mind to regard the sun as stationary
In his true position. and cent-rins the at
tention on our own planetary motion, an
effect is produced far more amazing thar
that experienced by the startled Hezekirk
when the shadow retreated on the great
dial OF Ahnz. Norway Cor. San Francisco
Chron. Gle.
, 1886-09-30

Newspapers develop In the public whom
they address, many curious phases Of
thought, which he who runs may read.
and be admonished by, If he will Il does
not want sci, nee that has been hung up
10 dry, or school book facts or figures
But science that takes n new departure
that stimulates ideas, that open, the door
10 practical work, that enlarge, our out
look, II suggests firmer ground for re
ligious or speculative philos ophy-is well
coined, and finds a larger aud eager circle
among newspaper renders. Tn general
public, TOO, resents the advocacy OF u
cause. twill not pay for being preached
10. aud reslsts any attempt to convert It
10 special ideas. Where n strong public
opinion existed or has been created, an
-orgRn" Of it may enjoy n certain amount
Of prosperity. but II only reaches those
who are already believer. In the doctrine
II advocates. A paper tiat starts to rep
resent a cause must be sustained by lndi-
vidual effort. and often AZ great sacrifice.
or fail altogether Jennie June.
, 1886-09-30

Ten years ago | knew a young man OF
unusual brightness who had literary in
clinntions. with talent TO uphold them.
In common with all his friends / hailed
him as a hero. He wrote poetry with
Il. bness, and one string OF verses that he
dedicated to Whittier brought from the
Quaker poet n letter that was not OF a for
ma type at all. He showed his apprecia-
ton of the young mans talent by asking
that "other specimens of versiication" be
sent him. The result was a prolonged cor
~respondence, and, IL l mistake not, the
younger poet went n summer up into
New England as Mr.. Whittler's guest.
My friend had one peculiarly. His themes
were always religious. "No true poet" ne
said to me once, can ever write what he
does not feel; and am the chosen poet OF
the church." The other day | cnancel
upon a man who has known him since he
drifted out of my sight; and-my faith in
the general goodness OF things was shat
tered. The young man to whom Whittier
took the strong fancy, the chosen poet Of
the church," is in jail A Philadelphia
judge has sent him up for a year for beat
Ing his wife. -"Halston" In New York
Times
, 1886-09-30

A London correspondent Of Tn Boston
Herald recently secured an interview
with Miss Geneviove Ward. Mentioning
the custom OF society ladies-amateurs-
adopting the stage M Il profession. Miss
Ward strongly deprecated the course Of
any one going on the stage unless pos
se>sed Of uncommon gifts. u advise my
young laiy friends she sals. "who are
stage struck, fascinated like silly moths
by the glare and glitter. to keep away from
the deceptive footlights Sometimes
there arc pronounced gift. 20 p IL on the
nee ssity thus TO seek a livelihood. The
stage Is a noble calling. but Mt the best it
Isl hard, weary lite l went on the
stage because ! had TO earn my living
and believed myself nttel TO become an
actress. I've worked hard and have snc.
ceeded, people say 1t Is my rule TO help
otherf as far as lies In my power, for | do
not forget my own strug gles. now hap
rily that the road is nowery Tor my will.
ing feet ~ Exchange.
, 1886-09-30

The Democratic convention Of Laramie
county will meet in this city, to day, Tor
the purpose of placing 10 nomination a
ticket for county officers to be chosen IN
November next.
TIE LEADER has labored zealcusly Tor
come time to create a public sentiment IN
favor of a clean ticket from beginnine To
end, and to day hopes to be g%ratIled p'
the convention doing its work thoroughly
well to the very end. Every man on the
ticket should add to its popular strength.
All localities and interests should be ia'rly
represented by persons whose personal
qualities commend them to public accept
ance. The whole should be a ticket made
up of names Of well-tried and true men
who will command the sufIrages OF all fair
minded and unparalleled men and women
Of this county. Give us such a ticket TO
day. and the victory is half won at the
very outset.