Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1888-03-16

"A general strike Of the Lo-
comotive Brotherhood, would be
the beginning ofthe downfall of
the organization.
The silly twaddle of Vest
and Blackburn reminds one of the
the young lady, born and reared
in North Missouri, who was so
intensely southern, you know"
1t is said that there will be
one hundred speeches made |
in congress on the tariff
question. We may safely conclude
that there will be nothing done
with the tariff this session.
An unprecedent snow storm
and high wind caused an almost
entire suspension of business in
New York, Monday. The snow
storm was the heaviest that has fall
len for many years and all trains
were greatly delayed.
Bill Walker, the chief OF the
bald-knob gang Of southwest Mis-
souri,, has been found guilty of
murder in the first degree and SEN
fenced to be hanged. The only pity
is that the entire gang has not re-
ceived the same sentence.
The metropolitan dailies
haev wasted a great deal of space
on Sullivan and Mitchell since
their disgraceful attempt last week
to pound each other out of shape.
When newspapers cease to
give notoriety to men, whose high
est ambition is to be bullies, the
barbarity of prize fighting will be
thing of the past.
We all feel that we must
try some novelties every season,
yet experience has taught us that
but seldom do they prove of much
value. That farmer is safest, who
carefully grows and selects his own
seed, and he who does SO for ten
or fifteen years will rarely find
that anybody at a distance can sell
him anything SO good as what he
already has.
/. Late dispatches show that
the great storm in the east Monday
and Tuesday was more severe than
at first reported. A number OF
people were frozen to death in New
York and all traffic was suspended
New York City, Philadelphia and
Baltimore were completely cut of
from all outside communication,
The fierceness of the storm was
equal to n Dakota Blizzard.
Chinese treaty was signed
Tuesday. 1t prohibits the en-
trance of Chinese laborers into
this country for the period OF
twenty years and gives an
Indemnity of two hundred and
seventy-five thousand dollars for
violence to Chinese in the United
States. 1t allows Chinese having
families here or property of the
value of a thousand dollars, to &c
to China and return on proof OF
the fact.
-Senator Black burn in his
speech IN the Senate the other day
made an attempt at being very
caustic, when he stated that Sena.
tor Ingalls,, at certain time, was
sitting IN judgement on Kansas
Jayhawkers. We wonder if this il
not the same Blackburn, who
about that certain time, was serv.
ing term in the Ohio peniten
tiary for aiding John Morgan il
horse stealing in Ohio and Indi.
ana.
In a general way Americans
understand that their country is
making marvellous progress in po.
pulation and wealth. But they will
never quite realize the fact until
the census of 1890 is taken. 1t will
then be found that in no previous
decade has tlere been any such
progress as between 1880 and 1890
The three sections Of the country
which will show the most remark
able developments are the South
West and Pacific coast.
Judge Gresham Wednes
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