Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1889-06-28
The WEEKLY GRAPHIC
TIE. SUBLETTE, Proprietor
r,,rsv,,Yr MISSOURI
FRIDAY. JUNE 2S, 1889.

The farmers of Lewis coun- S
tv have concluded that there Is no :
trust on binder twine.
There i, an ordinance
against throwing paper and other
trash into the streets. Ihe town
council should see that this or
dinance is strictly enforced.
Prohibition was defeated
in Pennsylvania last week by
majority of $4,000. Pennsyl-
vania is now in excellent shape to
do good work for the cause OF
temperance.
At the Ohio Republican state
e,rva-.;--I..ll- OF Columbus.
Taesday, June 25, J. B. Foraker
was unanimously nominated tor
Governor on second d ballot.
The latest trust is the castor
oil trust. There would be little
difficulty in the way of getting up
boycott against castor oil and the
children would join heartily in the
movement.
There is an admirable prac-
tice which some school teachers
have of inviting their pupils to
give all account each day of I'M
portant events mentioned in the
newspapers. When directed by
iadicious instructors, such exer-
cises cannot fail to exert power
full influence for good on youthful
minds.
1t is useless to call atten
Gon to our new story which be-
glQs in this GRAPHIC. In the two
preceding Issues we have pub
hshea part Of the first and
second Chapters to attract atten-
ton to hestory, and it is need
less to say thss we have succeeded
Now begin with the first chapter
whicE appears in dis issue and
read 1t to the end. It is one ot
the best stories we hsve eyer
published,
Recently $7OO0,000 of Eng
lish capital have been investe d IN
st. Louis industries and deposited
to the credit of st. Louis capital
lists. This is a great addition tt
the capital of the West an(
should have the effect to lower the
interest rates considerably. Th,
fact is, capitalists ara hard press
ed to get good investments fol
their money, and this condition O
the money market must sool
cause a great advance in the values
of western lands.
Immediately after al pr1
mary or other election. there are
always individuals, familiarly
known as "sore-heads," who loud
ly threaten to bolt because result!
do not suit them. They make al
outcry, for time, against methods
But the public never fails to dis
cover that results and not methods
are the cause of the hurting. The
history of politics is that the re
cord of sore-head kicker will no
bear the light of investigation
: and he is always unreliable in ,
close contest.
Justice Miller, who intend
to retire from the Supreme Bencl
in the fall, is 73 years old, and ha
been member of the Court sine,
1862. He is man of huge anC
portly frame, and has a round
jolly face, innocent Of beard. HI
began life as a doctor, but wa
attracted to the law, and hi.
shrewd, hard sense quickly wol
for him leading place at the bal
of the State of Iowa. He was jus
the kid of man that Llncol1
admired. Lincoln had many ,
legal tilt with him in the days be
fore the war, and when, in 1862
lie had to appoint justice, he
sent out 20 Iowa for this quick
witted doctor.lawyer.
Two weeks ago we called
attention to the condition of th,
Park. Since that time the stree
commissioner has done what h,
could, on his own account, to bet
ter its condition. The propert,
Al l. IL.