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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-23

Milton F. Evans, of ST. Clair
county, of whom We spoke last week
as having been bitten by q mad dog,
and gone to Kansas City to try che
virtues of DR.. Dickson's maidstone,
died in horrible agony on Friday
night. He had convnlsion after COM
vulsion in rapid succession, being
conscious all the time and suffering
excruciating pain. The maidstone
did him no good, it having been ap-
piled, as the owner alleges, too long
(several weeks9 after the injury.
From the newspaper accounts Of his
struggle with death, it must have been
a frIghtful and heart-renderIng scene.
Evans did not believe from the first
attack that he would ever recover,
and begged his friends to bind him
in some out-house and let die aloneg
Moberly Monitor. F
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-23

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About $3.50 o'clock Monday morn
ing our citizens were startled by the
alarm of fire, and the residence Of
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones was discovered
as the terrible scene. Faithful work
was done, and the household goods
were most all saved, though the
building went down into ashes. The
household goods were insured for
$3.50 in the Orient of Hartford CO.,
Willard Smith agent, and the build
ing insured for $3.50 in the German
American Co., Furr & Co., agents.
About the same time on the same
morning the large barn Of Messrs.
j. w. and C. f. Givens one mile
from town was burned to the ground
together with, nine head Of work
stock, 20 tons of hay, corn, harness,
etc. The stock G. mules and q
horse) were insured in the Home os
New York company, for slo0 eact.
They also held insurance in The same
company, on the barn for $500, on
the corn $500, hay $500, harness
aud saddles $50. The other horse
belonging to Jim Buoy which was
not insured. Messrs. Givens held
on his entire lot of stock 81 800 in
surance. Only q few weeks since
BENZ. Givens at Sebree suffered
about the same loss in the same way.
Il seems that some one is determlns
ed to burn up all these gentlemen
have. They have not The remotesL
idea as to who their enemy may be.
Advertiser.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-23
Growing Dfstrust Of the senate.

1t is no wonder If the feeling
grows that the senate is too Ear re-
moved from the influences Of public
sentiment, that its power to confirm
appointments should be taken away,
or even that it would be a gain for
popular government il it were aboI-
lshed altogether. There is no deny
ing the fact that it is the subject Of
great and growing distrust, and that
this is due to the low standard Of
public duty and of public action
which prevails among the senator's.
New York Times. SstllE1
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-23

Missouri is. fast coming to the front
in temperance work. Saloons are
being closed everywhere and the efEi-
GERS propose to prosecute, every.
druggist found selling liquor contra
~ to law. As whisky isone Of the
greatest desriments cur state has to
contend with II is nothing more than
right that It should be blotted out.
At present we have laws in this
state by which Che sale Of intoxlcst-
ing liquors ear effectually be stop
pedLaH we need is officers who are
not afraid TO take hold Of the matter.
Monroe City NaKs.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-23

At Yaqui Bay, Oregon, the fishing
IS done by Indians in canoes. They
fish in about one hundred and twen-
ty-fivs feet of water mile and q
half or so from the shore. They use
no bait, but have the shank of their
hooks covered with block tin, the
glitter of which attracts the fish, and
the hook does not reach the bottom
untiliti is seized by a fish. The beau
ty of this system to the fish canning
establishments is that there can be
no great loss. If an Indian or ca-
noe goes down, all that is necessary
is to go up to the reservation and get
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-23
Some Of the VetOes objeciionahIs.

There IS no doubt that a majority
of the pension vetoes sent in by
President Cleveland sre deserved,
but there is danger that he may. 30
too far In debating to congress and
become involved in. a very unpleas-
ant controversy. Some Of his Yetoes
are certainly unquestionable. He
has rolled upon the pension Office for
his facts, and that that bureau some
times goes wrong Pension Ccmmis-
sioner Blacks recent admission be-
fore the investigating committee are
abundant evidences. The most pest
ferrous form Of demagogue we now
have in public life is the old soldier
demagogue. tits high time that he
was suppressed, and If President
Cleveland can contribute to this end
he may be forgiven for doing soma
injustice here and theres-Provis
dence journal. gafs
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-23
benevolent and I.itersry.

I-EYrEsyIttE LTpRAKf--l y. b. kellogg, librarian
.,nen from to II .. m. and from :. fo4 =. m.
wAnREx IoDss No ~ A. y ana A. ii John
GIivers, Master; IA N. \ n1crson, Secretary Regu-
meetings Saturday evening preceding fun inson.
OnARIfos hoioE, No, III, A.. o. U I. W.-Jno.
D. Butler, n W.; n. II. Tisdaie Recorder. Regular
meetings 7d and 4th rass.lly sxening At o'clock
CHARIroN Co. afEp1cxL socIETT.-sIects the Fourth
rharsday Ia each meath at Salisbury
sgLEcrs KxIGn5s, A. o. w.--Aiects 2d and 4th
l-ridny evenings In each month. j. } sieore, sc.
r. II. Tisdale. r.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-23
The Ras,lespaks md .as pr..r.e per.

The strange companionship is ex-
planned thus: The, prairie dogs
burrow IS the only shelter afforded
the snake from the intense, neat of
those torpid plains and as the dog
always sinks well ON his premises.
tits the only means of getting water,
and have demonstrated to my sat-
isfaction that rattlesnales speedily
perish without it. In return for this
hospitality, the grattlesnake takes
charge of the census, and thought
fully prevents the prairie dog from
accumulating a larger family than
he can conveniently support. AScien-
tific American. 5im,3 .ly
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-23

The true secret of success Is mer-
it. This Is so with Red Star Cough
Cure, purely Vegetable compound,
entirely free from opiates, poisons
and narcotics, and which has receiv-
ed the public endorsement of ply
siclans and chemists everywhere.
cents.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-23
Raliriona.

p:>nirKriAN t.,' Preaching firsl an,i ti;rs.
) ,hLatI. Rev. pastor. Stbi.,Ifh
-rhool cry Sas bath nr,rHisas at o'clock.
METHODIST clIcRcu fSohtlsl-Res. g ". uuIisy
ast0r Services the foatth SabJatiso each EIon tn
aIorning and evening. SABBATH school -Tery Sab
afhmorhing at . O'clock.
FIasT BAPTIST GHvRcH-Rey.-- kclIiief pastor.
ervices second and fourth sundays OF each m, nth.
A. IL. r. CHURen-Rev. r. 4. Crockett, pastor.
-erriccs second and fourth sabbatns catm hlonih,
morning and evening Sabbath school every sabbath
Vt pm
BaPrIsT cIuacH tcoiofcdl -s,bbath school every
iabbatl 81 z p N -.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-23
.tata omoera.

i0vprHor- John s. Narnaadnke of ST Louis
Stt9rney-Gcneral--B Banton g. Boone, of Henry
secretary Of State-5i. K. McGrath, Of St. Louis
state AHditof-Jno. Walker, OF Howard.
State rreasarer--PhiI. Il. tihappelI of Cole
Su.s't Pablie Scitools-E. $. COleInan of Saline.
isssiatcr .. Lands Robt. Mccullough, Of Cooper.
t'lsressnaril ths) District-J. b. Hale II Carroll.
State SeHator tthisJ 9th 1istlict-W. Halliburton
lHigs this Iii. Judicial Ciicnif-G d. Burgess.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-23
Conntz Onoera.

itrIrrsrnintiFe Salisbury
Prosecuting sftafa,y q. Wailac,t
} b. Hyde, President.
iH'tses Isnnty Count. w T.. Perkinsen w District
G G. cameron, r.. District
;iyrk .s.,nty tionrt ..........Tno \. Lee
iircuii tSierk als' Iecsrier. ......Janles A. Eg.t
~ we 81 .-.--..it; =: slinter
Treasurer. IL. kellogg
Public J. Via
County SRryeysr-..-..... 49,. Samuel csttef
u sr I pot
cHntS SaIr'i tsonnli>siorrr Tyson Dimes
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-23
GENERAL DIRECTORY
Railroad Time Table.
Courts

Courts.
Observation-Disclosures are held the first
Monday ia April and third Monday in October.
PROBArECOURF-fttgulart terms are held the second
Mondays Of Februsry, May, August and November.
C9UNTY c0URF-- Regular terms arc held the frs
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-23

The President Of the City
Brewry, Mr.. j. Helmus, of Louis
vile, KY, was entirely cured in one
week of severe attack of rheuma-
tism by st. Jacobs Oil. "a nss
Smyrna times., 1886-06-09
ReIrnnl1t-

Belmont. always attractive, is
never more so than in June with its
wealth of roses, vines and multi-formed
evergreens. The beautiful CARPET of
green that underlies the evergreen and
deciduous trees, the broad avenues and
tortuous walks, the varied forms of
tree-training and variety of plants and
blossoms make it indeed a delightful
place to saunter, but as delightful as
the park is, without Belmont Hall that
sits like baronial castle on the highest
point of elevation, it would be like the
regal crown bereft of its Jewels.
By the way, Mrs. Peterson has been
further adding to its attractiveness the
past few weeks by some embellishments
of art. The chief of these has been an
ornamental finish at the top the
Walls of Troy" in the place of what
would be tower, a style of finish es-
pecially adapted to "a structure like this.
A new coat of paint, dark brown stone
in color, has also been given the walls
of the house, and tasteful window
boxes or terraces of flowers to the bal
ustrade at the top exhibits delightful
blending of art with nature, at once the
refinement of taste and the depository
of cultured industry. We can well
quote the question that has been asked,
before, What would we do without
Belmont ?"
Smyrna times., 1886-06-09
Strawberry Nofes

Last week was a busy week with
the strawberry growers. The WELD
was good and the prices fair until Sat
urday when there was Il break in the
market, inferior berries dropping down
to four and six cents per quart in New
York. Boston (where the best berries
are sent toy has not fallen, we believe
below ten, and has gone as high as
twenty cents per quart. The New
York market rallied again on Monday
somewhat, but the lateness of the sea-
son, throwing us in competition with
New Jersey, and even New York and
the Eastern States, puts high prices
this week out of the question.
Considering the abundance of the
crop everywhere we think the growers
have realized their expectations. be-
cause from this fact and the iabor
troubles in the cities, they had not set
their figures very high.
Even If the growers. should make
nothing beyond expenses, the money
that finds its way into the pickerS,
hands and thus into general circulation
at once, will aggregate in the straw
berry sections of the Peninsula a good
MANY thousands of dollars.
When women and children (classed
among the nOn-producers) can bring
into the weekly receipts of the family
from 81 to Sc each where before there
was nothing scarcely that could be
turned from their hands, they can well
afford to not only appreciate but bless
the strawberry, and other berry crops
The pickers (whO get two cents per
quart for picking) have had " soft
snap" IN gathering the large berries
that some of our farmers have grown
II. Z. Massey had some women 6ickers
Chat would gather 100 quarts between
seven and eleven o'clock This stated
hours for rpickingl, or 25quarts per hour.
Jacob Leinberger brought to the
TINES office on Friday box of straw.
berries for US to look at 1--WE did not
sample them that contained twenty
berries, the largest one Ofwhich weiohed
two ounces. A growerdown in Wicom-
leo county boasted of one WEIGHING an
ounce and a-half, but our butcher
farmer beats him twenty-five per cent
ANA, what IS more, he ships them bv
best. 0'''' iOi Viie
JOS. l.. Lavender thought he had n
good thing land so he hadl when no
produced a box that was filled with d.
ana tipping the scales at "a ounces. lust
an ounce each, but he had to acl<n0wl-
edge himself beaten, as per the above.
-Four cars were loaded at CLAW
ton; our shipping station, OH Monday.
Excellent berries have been SELLING
IN our local market the past week M
Iour boxes Tor quarter, inferior ones
less, and egen the Sharpless, that leads
All the others for size and quality. have
0eeh so abundant in some cases rs TO
be purchased at these figures.
IL Is hardly necessary too add in
closing, that our people have been lux
ufiatlng on this prince of berries the
past week.
Smyrna times., 1886-06-09
The Opening of the Public Reading
Room.

The Inauguration of the new pub
lie reading room in the Cooper Build
ing last night was, as far as the OPEN
ing exercises could demonstrate. a
complete success. The room, which is
ample in size for the practical pur-
poses intended, was handsomely dec
grated with flowers, banners and en-
bIems. The space was crowded, and a
number who came after the hour of
opening were unable to gain admit
tance. Mrs. Jennie H. Quigg, Presi-
dent, III Il few brief but Well-chOsen
sentences, announced the purposes of
the meeting and what was intended bv
the establishing of this reading room,
VIZ: to furnish a place where our peO-
pie OF both sexes. and especially the
young men and boys can have a place
TO spend pleasant and profitable
evening away from the deleterious ef-
tects of the bar-rOOm, billiard saloon.
&c. After prayer and music (singing
and instrumental), Mrs. Anna H. Mar
tindale, of Dover, was introduced as
the first speaker, and for twenty min
utes by her ready flow of language,
earnestness and pathOs of incident.
held the closest attention of the au-
dience. Her address was confined
chiefly to the organization of the w.
G. T. u, the "sober second thought
of the WOman's Crusade, now num-
bering 100000, and in closing alluded
to the organization of the society here.
five or six years ago when a resident
OF this town, two of the most active
members Of which she missed from the
company before her-Mrs. Mary Nelson
and Miss Mary V. Spearman--the former
now sleeping under the June roses and
the latter restricted to her Western
home. Addresses of about the same
length were made by Rev. Wm. B.
Gordon, of this town and II. NJ. Cooper.
OF MoOrtOn, and shorter ones by J. V.
Smith and f. V. Cooper.
The speaking was interspersed with
music, Miss Grace Quigg Mt the organ.
William Stevenson, cornetist. and
James Ford and Virgil Gorden, violin
lists. In the vocal music was finely
rendered quartette, J. Ed. HoneckeT,
first tenor; L. NJ. Price, second tenor;
w. 0. Hofecker, baritone and I. O.
HOugh, bassO. The meeting adjourned
at halfpast nine o'clock everybody
seemingly pleased with the evenings
entertainment.
Smyrna times., 1886-06-09
Children,s nau

Next Sunday will be generally oh
served i'll the Methodist connection ~
ChIldren's Day, but the NJ. +. Sunday
school of this town selected last Sail
bath, and the day in its bracinp temner.
azure ana success in every way, proved
the wisdom of the choice, whatever
may be the subsequent Sabbaths. No
previous observance has, we think.
Oeen so satisfactory in its execution
and pleasing to the participants and
the audience. The church was trim
med for the occasion the evening before
and when the audience assembled on
sunday morning they found a beauti-
iul array of flowers. A platform was
erected to cover the space of the altar.
the carpet covering of which was bor-
dered with broad band of roses and
other flowers. At one side of the plat
form was large. cross of field daisies
on ground of gilt and on the other
side the organ. In the immediate
front, facing the centre aisle was a
table thickly covered with blossoms
forming a bed of roses, above this what
might be termed n pillow of the same,
while little in its rear, little more
elevated, was a skillful combination of
roses to represent bower in which
was q beautifully designed anchor at
rest in a ground work of flowers.
Hanging baskets of roses and trailing
vines swung from the lamp brackets
and beautiful boquets graced each
window. From the arch centre of the
pulpit recess floral representation of
a crescent was suspended while on the
wall in the the rear was a design COM
posed Of white and green suggestive of
n comet in its flight across the heavens,
symbolzing the rapid advance Of
christian civilization in the uttermost
parts Of the EARTH"
At the ringing of the second bell the
Smyrna times., 1886-06-09

The editor Of the Smyrna Record verri-
lied in the last issue of that paper his
promised independence on taking the edi-
torial chair by declaring himself unequivo-
eally for the principle Of Local Option. on
the general principal that it is the genius
ofrepublican institutions for the people TO
rule, and that any legislation which over
rules 1t or prevents an untrammelled ex-
preston is at variance with the spirit Of re-
publican government. The editorial con-
cludes as follows:
The Legislature Of 1888 in the face Of a
strong public sentiment, and in utter disro-
gard ofa petition numerously signed ~ III
huential peasons, refused to grant the neo-
pie the privilege Of expressing their min
ion upon the whiskey question. and in tbat
refusal proved itself recreant to that trust
Of the people and to an essential prineiple
Of republican government The temper
ance people therefore have a grivance
through its Representatives, against the
party which wasin control Of the Legisla-
ture. The temperance people in perfectly
legitimate way, are now moving TO secure
a full expression Of the temperance opinion
by placing in the field candidates pledged
60 their cause. Their meeting will be held
at Dover, on the 22nd Of June"
Il remains now for the Delaioareaa TO
condemn the party impediments Of the
past % the progress Of temperance, and
place itself squarely in the moving line, to
e.e tune Of the Land Of the Free and the
Home Of the Brave"
Smyrna times., 1886-06-09
TOT Ult 9DlVTIIU TN
Ihe ChalYbeate Snrinr.

/ l. AAt5 1Ld1y DGSle4 SDr1n3s
Mr.. EDITOR:-I see by the SMYRNA
| TIMES that John Mustard has opened that
| dear old spring at the mill pond. The peo-
| pie of Smyrna ought to do some greatt6inp
for that grand old man. l will tell YOU
something that happened at that spring be-
| tween fifty and sixty years ago.
AT that time it was the rule when n
| young lady and gentleman kept COMPANY
they were called cousins" Although l
was very young had cousin" / re-
member one Sunday afternoon after Sun
day school we took walk to the spring to
get a drink. In dipping up the water he
made msstep, and, as the sailors saw.
went over on his brOadside," face and all.
IN the soft mud. l stepped forward TO
take the glass from his hand, but sprang
pack, leaving one of my shoes. and it Is
there to this day, for all l know. That
was all of my mishap, but my cousin" "
mad long and painful spell of swelled
face and tace-aehe. | had to pretend to
teel great sympathy for him, but | have
had many hearty laugh at the figure we
cut walking from the spring to the hotel.
Whlch was my home and his boarding
place, ne with one side pure white. the
other covered with that pecular-colored
mud, and l with one shoe 1t was the rule
IN smyrna then for young people to dress
IN whlte all Summer. His pants, vest
shlrt' cnns and collar were all pure white
except his coat and it was a bright warm
Sunday afternoon. l am sure that there
are many people now living in Smyrna
that will remember the incident. Mrs NJ.
A; &. IS one, Mrs. II. c. is another and
others l could mention. I was then about
fifteen years old, and now | will turn in
seventy my next birthday. l could tell
many good and funny stories about that
Old spring and the old Presbyterian Church
near by. | have not sent you this express
ly for the Smyrna TIMES, but if you wish
to say anything about it, you are welcome
TO do so. How dear to my mind are the
scenes Of my childhood, when fond recol-
lection recalls them to view"
VI. \ KINNEY.
IPe8tfcld, N j., Jilne lst, 1886.
Smyrna times., 1886-06-09
Selling blows

Four wagon loads of plows passed
through this town yesterday morning,
intended, we presume, for sale among
the farmers Of this county. The Mid
dletown correspondent of the EUera
EUening, of Monday, thus sketches the
operations with this plow in Cecil
county:
" For some weeks past a set of agents
have been selling in Cecil county the
Kalamazoo Sulky Plow." The agents
price for the same is S3G. In some cases
their dealings have been unfair and farmers
were duped. One farmer seeing a chance
by which he could get back what he had
lost by the smooth-tongued agents, became
a dealer in these sulkies, he selling the
same implements for Sis. The agents
hearing of this visited the wide-awake far
mer and offered to give him steady employ
ment if he would discontinue the SIS bust
ness. Failing to accomplish their object
they then resOrted to abuse and threats of
suit. The farmer appointed time for the
agents to meet him in Elkton. Again thew
failed to bulldOze him, and now thew have
decided to thrash him. If thew attemnt
this single handed, odds are against them.
The manner in which the farmer gets his
MACHINES, which he sells at SIS. is novel
and Legitimate, and he is making it verv
uncomfortable for the S36 men,"
Smyrna times., 1886-06-09

school marched into the audience room
from their room below by twos, taking
their seats in the front part, which had
been reserved for them. The notice
able feature in the Introductory exer-
! cises was the instrumental accompani-
ment-cornet and two viOlins, which,
united with the organ, gave both a
fullness and mellOWness to the singing
that was highly enjoyed. The exer-
cises of the morning were not varied
much from the accustomed service only
adapting tito the day and the occasion,
the pastor, Rev. J. B. Quigg, preaching
a short sermon, bringing it, as much as
possible, to the comprehension of the
children.
THE EVENING SERVICES.
The Children's Day exercises proper
were reserved for the evening when
they had it with a full swing. The
The house was packed in both the au-
dience room and galleries and the ex-
ercises moved along with a promptness
that was admirable, the programme
being gone through with in an hour
and five minutes. John H. Hoffecker,
the uperintendent, had charge of the
exercises throughout; Miss Grace
Quigg presided at the organ, and Wal
ter o. HOtfecker, as chorister, had
charge of the music, which, with the in.
strumental accompaniments above re-
ferred to, formed leading feature of
the exercises. The opening prayer
was by Rev. Herman Roe-a prayer
that seemed to have its inspiration
from the flowers that beautilied the
place, and breathed in sweet perfume
the language of beauty, innocence and
love. The exercises throughout the
evening were varied by recitations,
singing and responsive readings, the
latter embracing such subjects as
sources of wisdom, natural symbols of
wisdom, the symbol of flowers, symbols
of birds of the Bible, sc. Edward G.
Budd, gave the first address stating
what was cOmprehended by Chill
dren's Day, followed by an address
of Welcome by Paul B. Jefferson. At
proper intervals during the evening
recitations were also made by Misses
Lillian Wilds, Ida Lord and Bertha
Smithers, the speakers all acquitting
themselves admirably. Little"
Tommy Humphreys made the shortest
address, but it was the taking"
speech of the evening, both plucky
and amusing, and in reportorial lam
guage, would have brought down the
house " if it had been in any other
place than the church. The collection
taken was that ordered by the Confer
ence and known as the Educational
Collection - the congregation asked to
join with the school in singing "Old
Hundred" which was done as if they
had been waiting for an opportunity to
take hand in the exercises the bene-
diction pronounced by the pastor, and
the immense audience dispersed with
pleasant recollections of Children's Day
just closed and happy anticipations for
those of the future.