Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1888-07-20
GREENToP CRUMBS.

Wheat harvest is over. The crop
is very good.
Hay and oat harvest has COM
menced. There is finer ont crop
in Schuyler this year than has
been for long time. The late
winds and rains have blown and
beat them down considerably,
which will make the harvesting
somewhat difficult.
Our town was treated to little
sensation, Saturday, morning by it
being made known that burgular
or burgulars had broken into
Tice & Parker's store the previous
night. The manner in which
these "crack" gents effected an en-
trance was as follows: On the
north side of the store and ad-
joining thereto is a ware room, the
sides of which are boarded up
with plank placed vertically; one
of these had been pried off, which
made an entrance into the ware
room. The door that opened from
the ware-room was fastened on the
inside with an iron catch or bolt,
that was fastened to the door by
staple, which went through the
door and clinched in such way
that it was impossible to get the
door open without first removing
this bolt. 1t seems however the
"cracks" knew just what kind of
job they had to accomplish, before
they could make their entrance.
consequently, had gone prepared
to do their work. With a brace
and bit they bored around the
staple until they could knock the
piece out, which the staple went
through; this done, they were in
the store. They had taken a CHS
ell with them, and with this they
pried open the money drawers,
but found nothing, as the money
had been removed. Next was to
get into the safe. They had gone
prepared to do this, as two holes
were drilled through; one of them
into the combination. After they
had drilled the hole into the lock,
they had taken a punch and with a
sledge hammer had broken the
cast boxing that holds the combi-
! nation; and in breaking this, had
broken the cylinder, around which
the dies are placed that form the
combination. This of course de-
stroyed the working of the combi-
nation, but by some means they
could not turn the bolt after all
their trouble and were thus pre-
vented opening the safe. 1t is
presumed that they were scared
away, by some noise on the outside
as the sledge, brace and bit, and
, the chisel were left lying on the
floor. The sledge had been taken
from Mr.. Heiliger's blacksmith
: shop; the brace and bit and chisel
from Mr.. Mapis' work shop. The
+, party or parties who did this are
evidently old hands at the bust
y ness, as everything done indicated
experience. As they did not get
:. into the safe, they did not get any
|, money and the only thing missed
from the store, is a pair of shoes
and pair of pants. Messers Tice
: & Parker offer reward of S25 for
e the arrest and conviction of the
S guilty parties.
q Our town is still making i'm
provements. DR.. Wilson is put
L ting up an office and G.. B. Owen
I. is building a room to be used as q
4 grocery store.
s Mr.. Gordon Frank, formerly Of
a Queen City, has moved to Green.
top.
s. Mrs. McEwen has bought the
John Owen property and moved
O to town.
0 Miss bessie Wolf of Iowa. i:
10 visiting the family of E. Owens
$ Miss Lucia Scott of Carrollton
10 Mo-, is visiting her grand neither
o Mrs. VIM. Gatlin.
o Mr.. S. French who lives on
- mile north of town, raised th,
10 frame of a large (60x60) barn las
L Saturday. Mr.. French says he il
,e tired of going out TO the field, cole
IS winter mornings to feed his stool
>. and intends to have place wher
:; he can have his stock comfortabl
i and where he can feed them an,
o. not be exposed to the cold winds
e This is right. Ii there were NOR
Of bans in this country like the on
II Mr.. French is erecting, itwould b
=, a great saving of feed and trouble
10 in the way Of attending to stocl
to AT the present writing heav
t. rain is falling which is going t
Is make it bad about saving the oat
70 and hay.
A social scandal has been agi
20 our little town for som
's we don't care to def
~awS we will n6