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Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22
Read This.

The following is the law con-
cerning the form Of tickets to be
used in the elections in this state,
and the punishment for voting
fraudulent tickets. 1t may inter-
est Independent candidates and
their friends to read it:
SECTION 5,493, r. S.: Each vot-
or at any election shall, in full
view, deliver to one of the judges
of election single ballot, which
shall be ia piece of white paper, on
which shall be written or printed
the names of the persons voted for,
with designation of the office
which he or they may be intend
ed to fill. Said BALLOT shall not
bear upon it any device whatever,
Inor shall there be any writing or
printing thereon, except the names
of persons, and the designations
of the Office to be filed, leaving q
margin on either side of the print
ed matter for substituting names,
Each ballot may bear a plain
written or printed caption thereon
expressing its political character,
but on all such ballots the caption
or headlines shall not in any man.
ner be designed to mislead the vot
er as to the name or names there
, under. Any ballot not conform
ing to the provisions of this chap
ter, shall be considered fraudu
lent, and the same shall not bt
counted.
Section l, page 162, laws 1885
1t shall be unlawful for any per
son to steal or wilfully conceal
deface, mutilate or destroy an,
tickets that may be furnished b,
any organization or individual a
lany voting place in this state Oh
! election day, whether said elec
ton be general, special or primary
Provided, that nothing in this sec
ton shall be SO construed as il
any manner to interfere with righ
, of the voter to erase, or cause t
: be erased, from his ticket tn
name of any candidate and sub
: stituting on the margin thereo
+ the name of the person for WHOM
, he intends to cast his vote.
Section 2, page 1852, laws 1885
v Any person violating the provis
ions of the preceding section shal
, be deemed guilty of misdemean
or, and, upon conviction, shall pa
a fine of not less than S25 no
more than $100.-St. Louis Re
publican.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22
Troy Mills.

Apple gathering and cider max
ing are the order of the day.
Quite a number of movers have
been traversing our lanes during
the past week. They seem to be
going where the orange blossoms
grow
A number Of wagons from Iowa
have been loaded with apples IN
this neighborhood during the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Fickle took
possession Of their elegant new
residence Wednesday.
The lecture delivered by Prof
Blanton at our school house Fri
day night was well attended and
highly appreciated by all. We
hope he will be permitted to favor
us with another at an early date
which he has promised us and fol
which a small admission fee vii
be charged for the benefit Of the
school library.
Death has again taken away ont
of our number, Miss Minervl
Dodson, who was loved and re
spected by all who knew her.
Society convenes every Satur
day night and is doing good work
| Prof. Barnard will deliver a lee
| tilrc here in the near future, 0
which due notice will be given.
Guy.
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Wilson Waits.

We are having delightful
autumn weather.
Farmers are very busy breaking
ground. Taking time by the
forelock," that they may put in
large crops next year.
A large acreage of corn was cut
up this fall; all report more corn
than last year, and much more
than was expected.
Wheeler & johnson have just
finished the threshing, for the
season, in this locality. They have
a new Aultman. Taylor machine
which cleans all kinds of grain
and seeds, including clover seed
very satisfactorially.
| DR.. Rice, of Green City, was il
our village few days ago looking
around, with view of locating
here. Says he likes the looks ol
the country, and thinks he will be
here IN a few days, for permanent
practice.
A sister, of Mrs. J. M. Taylor
Mrs. Benson, of Ill, has beer
visiting here.
Mrs. Gore of Ill, is visiting hel
daughter, Mrs. Clotfelter.
| Keith Newton who has been il
Kansas and Colorado for some
time past, gave his friends a very
pheasant surprise few days since
by coming home. He will remai1
here during the winter and vii
perhaps go west again in the
spring.
The Wilson S. S. has a ''nev
organ" to the infinite delight o.
the lovers of music in this vicinity
| Rev. Orchard of Locust Hill
preached here yesterday.
Oct. 18th, 1886. Rustic.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22
Young men, if you want to

belong to the party Of progress,
now is the time to fall in line,
join the Republican procession
and march with it to victory in
November and in 1883.
The Democratic party tried
for six months during the last
session of Congress to break down
protective tariff. But they failed,
and protective tariff still stands
upon our Statute books. The
finances are administered accord
ing to Republican principles, and
in spite of the Democratic party
the tide of prosperity Is again set
ting toward our shores.
The Globe Democrat is
boiling again. The Globe Demo-
Gratis candidate for congress was
Col. d. P. Dyer, but Mr.. Frank
got the nomination, and now that
paper says Mr.. Filley dld it. Mr..
Filley must be man of wonder
full strength when the "Globe
Democrat" and its consort, the
"Post Dispatch are together un-
able to down him.
The report has gone out
that Prof. Barnard wrote to par
ties in Macon City that Mr.. Hig-
bee was a dram drinker, a fre.
quenter of saloons, and that he
was using whisky in his campaign
In an interview with Prof. Bar
nard, he stated to us that he had
not written any such letter. We
thought Prof. Barnard too much
of a gentleman to be the author o4
such a statement and we are glac
to add his own testimony that sucl
a report is utterly false.
We have not kept our col
umns filed with commands s to tn,
Republican party of Adair count.
during the campaign nor do we in
tend to do SO. 1t is waste O
time and space to be con tinuall,
commanding where each individ
ual is leader. We have un
bounded confidence in the Repub
Iicans of Adair count ty and know
that they will vote for the princi
pies they advocate. Two year
ago we predicted majority of 4O'
for the Republican icket and tn
counting of the votes proved tn
correctness of our Judgment. Thi
year we will incre ,a.e that majorit
by 200. We know that the Reput
licans of Adair county understan
themselves and we can safely trus
the county ticl let in their hands
There will be but one more issu
of our paper before the electio
anc we place our ticket in tn
hands of the voters without an
misgiving whatever as to the re
suit on the End of November.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22
When Edward Higbee be-

When Edward Higbee be-
came candidate for Circuit Judge
the Lancaster Excelsior, one of
the leading democratic papers of
North Missouri and the only
democratic paper in Schuyler
county, had the following to say of
him:
"As an attorney, Mr.. Higbee's
superior can not be found In the
State. He is our friend and
neighbor, and when we say he is q
gentleman of fine social qualities,
a good citizen, an honest man and
an honor to his chosen profession,
we only voice the sentiment of the
community in which he lives and
is best and most favorably known.
We are satisfied he would make an
able, upright judge, who would
honor the bench as he has the
BAR"
The day has passed when a
man can ignore his party and yet
run as his party's candidate.
The Independent Candidate
will have more trouble to get his
name on the regular democratic
ticket than he did in his last
campaign.
Ten years is long enough
for one man to hold office and the
voters regardless of party are
ringing the word change" in every
township in the 9th Judicial
circuit.
1t is rumorsd that Capt
Hatch will not address the demo.
cracy of Adair county during the
political campaign. His speech al
the reunion a year ago will last
this county a long time.
Just now would be good
time to start the ball rolling fo1
the purpose of getting canning
establishment in Kirksville by
next season. The more institutions
we get established the better en-.
abled we are to keep our money at
home, circulating among our OWE
people.
Many young men who cast
their votes in 1884, have declared
that they have gone deep enough
into democracy. Young men who
cast their first votes the End. OF
November should think of this
and SO vote that they will have no
cause to regret the act in the fu-
ture. Vote the Republican ticket.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22

The President has not
learned that any federal officers
have violated his order forbidding
their interference in politics. His
long fishing trip helped him very
much not to know what was going
on in the country.
The Building and Loan
Association of Kirksville is in ex-
cellent condition. This is a grand
institution-the rich mans help
and the poor mans friend. tits
probable that another series of
stock will be issued in January.
The Chicago anarchists,
convicted of melting the Hay
market massacre, will be brought
to the gallows. There is noreason
to exult over this, but there is
reason for satisfaction in the fact
that the result of the long trial is
not different. There has been had
in Chicago a broad test of the pow
er of anarchists and such revolu-
tionary classes on American soil,
leading to the conclusion that this
country can well take care of itself
as against these classes.
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Advertised Letters.

List of letters remaining in the
post office, Kirksville, Mo-, and
advertised Oct. 10 1886.
Beal, Jno. Fisst, Mrs. M L
Groves, Everett Patterson, Alfred
Dake, Israel Richard, Laura
Tumbolt, Laura Sphere. Mrs L
Ward, Mrs A A Wise, W. G.
Wilkens, A Wilson, e.
Parties calling for above letters
please say ADVERTISED.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22
Brashear Items.

ED. GRAPHIC: It seems that all
of the correspondents from Bra
shear have taken Horace Gree
ley's advice and "gone west
The fact is this, we are all so
very busy talking politics, that
we don't have time to discuss the
general news of the day, nor to tell
others of the wonderful changes
that are being made in our part
of the county.
Brashear is rapidly coming to
the front, as regards business and
beauty. The new iron fence
around the park is just being fin
ished and shows taste on the
part of the citizens, that is not ex-
celled in larger towns or cities;
and speaks volumes for the gener-
al prosperity of the community.
Our merchants seem to be in very
good spirits Notwithstanding hard
times, and are getting in their fall
and winter goods.
Frank Keller and J. r. Clark
returned a few days since from ST.
Louis where they purchased fine
stocks of goods, which are arriving
daily.
The G. A. R. Post is preparing
for the excursion to Quincy; al
expect a grand time.
Brashear Academy, Business
College and Musical Institute is IL
a fourishing condition, there be-
ing about sixty students in attend,
ance, which is good considering
the number of private schools in
the state.
The institution embraces sly
courses. The Elementary course
the Musical course, the two year.
or Practical course, the Academic
cal and the Normal course.
tits conducted in manner that
reflects credit on the Proprietors
Messrs S. B. and S. P. Barr. The
Literary entertainments given IL
the Academy Hall every Friday
evening are source of pleasure
and profit to all who attend.
We had quite an enthusiastic
political meeting in town a few
nights ago, and speeches were
made by several Of the candidates
Republicans who acquitted
themselves with credit to the
grand old Republican party. The
Kirksville Campaign Glee Club
furnished music, which was sim
ply immense.
Brashear needs a newspaper
and must have one. If you cal
find a second hand press, please
send it along with your bes
"deviP and we will at once takt
our place as editor and genera
rustler, etc. Take wood on sub
scriptions, and live fat.
L am hurriedly, X. Y. q.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22

It's a funny way the Am ericans
have of doing things. If a. white
man in Arizona steals CO at he Is
hanged; if an Indian scalps white
man, he is sent to Florida to gath
er oranges.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22

Monday afternoon while the
northern bound freight was being
made up ON the Wabash, a breake-
man left the switch open and
three cars were thrown from the
track, OBTAINING the train about
eight hours.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22
MUST HAVE STRAIGHT GOODS.

The "Macon Democrat" the
leading democratic paper of Ma
con county contains the following
sensible article on independent
candidates: 1--WE have frequently
of late been asked if Judge Eli
sons name is to be put on the
Democratic ticket at the coming
election? We do not know the
intention of the executive commit
tee in regard to this matter, but
we do know that his name has no
right to be there. Judge Ellison
chose to make an independent
race, not even as an independent
Democrat but simply independent.
And he has no just claim to place
on any party ticket. tits not just
that man should ask the party to
support him as a party man while
he is in every way ignoring it in
his race.
Partisan zeal should not blind
us to party justice. Individual
preferences should not force us to
establish precedents which will
afterwards prove very trouble
some. There is only one way by
which man can rightfully occupy
place on a party ticket, and that
is through the action of Demo-
cratic convention or primary. 1t
is usurpation for committee un-
authorized, to place the name OF
any man on a ticket upon whose
qualifications and general fitness
the party have had no opportunity
to act.
We do not in any way mean by
this, hostility to any one But we
wish the principles of Democracy
adhered to in every way where 8
contest arises between true Dem.
ocracy and bossism. We are now.
have ever been, and ever intend
to be, unequivocally, and
unalternably opposed to let.
ting the few speak for the many
tits dangerous to the welfare Of
the party to allow the personally
interested friends of any man
simply because they have manag'
ed to get in a position to do so, te
refuse to let the party speak il
the selection of its candidates, an6
then assume the responsibility oi
acting for the party, by placing
him on the ticket.
1t will be worse than useless tc
make fight against bossism, and
then tamely submit to the wors
form of machine politics, that il
i which the voices of the masses
d have been stihed, and the chose1
n few allowed to bind the hands O
the voters. No party despotisn
, could be greater than that in which
: the voters in the party are posi-
lively denied the right to select {
candidate and then have one PLACED
) on their party ticket without hav
, ing their wishes consulted even il
this. No machine politics in ours
We must, and will insist OF
! straight goods. We want men wh'
are Democratic enough to be will
ing to abide by the action of thei
party.
Let Judge Ellison be voted 70
Just as he has made the race, as a
: independent candidate, not eve
: and independent Democratic can
a didate.
No friend of the Judges can sa
9 that we have been unfair in an
way. We have shown all the coul
tesy consistent with Democracy
and we only protest when Demo
t cractic principles are in danger c
being subverted. With Democ
3 racy men are nothing, principle
$ everything. Then let us adher
c strictly to principle even if th
t personal interest of our friend
must suffer by it,
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22

James NJ. Smith had a house
burned about half mile west of
town Sunday night. The house
had been vacant three weeks and
it is supposed that it was
set on fire by boys, smoking.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22

Over at Perry last week farm
er took home a whiskey barrel, IN
tending to clean it and use it for
molasses barrel. He took the wa.
ter used in washing the barrel ard
poured it IN the hog trough. In
less than an hour every hog on the s,
place was "too full for utteran ce.
Monroe News.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22

Services at the Episcopal church
Sunday the Oath inst, by Rev. E.
Talbot, morning and evening.
Holy communion celebrated at
the evening services. All are invit-
ed.
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College Notes.

After the usual drill Friday
evening the Military company as
sembled in Prof. Proctor's room
to elect officers. The following
officers were elected: Captain, Fl.
K. Noel; First Lieutenant, O. W.
Snyder; Second Lieutenant, W.
R, Abbott; First Sergeant, J. NJ.
Mummaw; Second Sergeant, Fred
Darrow; First Corporal, Ira o.
Pollock; Second Corporal, Fred
Pollock. After the election of Of
ficers it was unanimously agreed
that caps be ordered for the COM
pany Immediately. A committee
was appointed for that purpose
and has made the order according
ly.
Miss A. l.. Heath has charge OF
Rev. Chambliss' class during his
absence.
Mr.. Tinsman is at work frssco-
ing the book keeping room and
the work already done adds great
ly to its appearance.
Mr.. Ed Ray of this city COM
menced the book keeping course
Tuesday.
Mrs. Brigham has organized a
class in painting which meets
every afternoon.
The dwelling house of Jno. W.
Steele two miles from Gilead, was
destroyed by fire last Friday
night. The kitchen fue had
burned out while supper was be-
ing prepared but as there was no
apparent danger the family re-
tired as usual, and were awaken
ed about IL o'clock by the roaring
flames to discover the house on
fire with no chance of saving it.
A good portion of the furniture
was removed, but the house was
entirely destroyed. We learn
that Mr.. Steele had insurance to
the amount of S700 in the Home,
of New York.-Canton News.
| Pork in Canton is worth four
cents per pound. When it comes
back it is worth fifteen cents, max
ing due allowance tor gross and
cost of killing and curing we pay
about ten cents per pound to have
it carried to Hannibal, dressed,
cured and canvassed. The pro-
ducer gets the tail, the packer gets
the sides and lard, and the rail-
road gets the hams and shoulders.
IL the consumer gets any of it ne
pays for it. Surely the hog
market is badly out of joint
Canton News.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22

For SALE-Farm of 200 acres
one mile and half from Kirksville,. hpe os-
chard Of 1000 trees, good house and ossa.
Positively bar gain on easy terms. Aaaies'
this Office.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22

For SALE.-Farm of 132 acres
within 81 miles of R. R. Depot, good hosse
and barn, two orchards, Address this unnss'
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-10-22

FoR SALE-Two good houses
and two lots within blocks ofthe square A1
dress this ONCE.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-11-04

Last Wednesday night terrible
disaster occurred on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad at Rio
station, west of Portage, Wis. The
Chicago limited, while moving at a
speed of forty-five miles an hour, ran
through an open switch totally wreck
ing the entire train by which the
lives of at least twenty persons were
lost, and others were badly injured.
AS soon as the wreck occurred the
day passenger car, which was COM
pletely demolished. took fire and in
less than FIVE minutes the whole
train was In flames. The victims to
the accident were all in tho day
coach from which none escaped ex.
cept young man, and two children
who were rescued.
Mr.. C. p. Maginnis. of this place,
was on the train on his return home
from Racine. Wis.,, but most fortu-
nately he was on the sleeper and es-
capped uninjured to do valiant serv.
ice in the saving of life at the wreck.
Two children of Mrs. Scherer, of
Winona, who, with her mother.in.
law persisted. were rescued by him at
the risk of his own life. Those who
escaped are high in their praises Of
his heroic work at the scene of the
disaster.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-11-04

All the twaddle in the Tribune
about Becker's treachery to our Mr..
Pearce is empty wind. The vote of
the county shows conclusively that
Mr.. Pearce received far more than
the full party vote. and carried the
county by large majority while Mr..
Becker, on the same ticket, received
some two hundred and fifty votes less.
In this village there was not vote
that we know of polled for Becker
and Costello while a hundred were
polled for Hixson and Pearce. In
this village Hixson received major
ity Of 33 and Pearce, co-candidate of
Becker, III majority. Does not this
give the lie direct to any charge of
trading on the part of Becker and his
friends!
Mr.. Becker is a straightforward,
gentleman and all trumped
up accusations will be disbeliev ed by
all dIsinterested men.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-11-04

Last Thursday evening a dem o.
cratic rally was held at the court
house in Morris. A. s. Keys, of Min.
neapolls, was the speaker, Hon. G. NJ.
Fsote being detained at home on ac-
count of sickness. The Excelsior
band was out. and large crowd
gathered at the court house to listen
to the issues of the campaign dis
cussed in a plain, honest, respectable
way, and none were disappointed.
Mr.. Keys is a good speaker, and his
remarks were received with good
deal of applause. He had no abuse
for Mr.. McGill but engaged in a
pleasant talk with our farmers on the
questions of vital Importance to each
and every true citizen of tho land,
showing them clearly and truthfully,
of the two state tickets, which one
represents their interests and which
one everybody is in duty to himself
bound to support. Tho election is
now over but our people have been
given much food for thought for an
other campaign,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-11-04

The Catholic Total Abstinence so.
ciety are about Ito start library and
reading room in this village, for the
use of members and donators. Dona-
tions Of books, periodicals or news
papers will be thankfully received.
When 1t is made self supporting it
will be kept open every day and even
ing. Books of the purest character,
daily and weekly papers, and the
standard magazines will DO kept on
file. The use of books and papers of
the library will be free to all, except
sufficient to pay running expenses.
Members wishing to take books
home will be required to pay a small
monthly fe or annual subscription.
The society contemplates giving en-
tertainments for the benefit of the
library durig the fall and winter
months.
In this connection rally will be
held at the Agency Hall next
Sunday evening and Mr.. j. F. Ca
rerre will be present and address the
meeting. Everybody is invited to
attend.