Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1890-09-04
was issued weekly by Nathaniel Pat
ton and Benjamin Holloday.

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Colorado Springs had cloud
burst Oh Thursday, drowning two
persons and damaging property tc
the extent of S200,000. For a few
moments a solid block of water
poured down, accompanied by hail.
Roofs were broken in, fences hurled
to the ground and walls undermined.
The duration of the storm was TWEEN.
ty-fve minutes, and its path was a
mile wide.
A special dispatch from Chicago,
announces that Mrs. Jennie V. Nc
Henry and Miss Clara Cleghorn have
commenced suit in Chicago court
against Mrs. Clara Hoffman, of Kan
sas City, president of the w. c. t.
u, OF Missouri. The papers filed
in Chicago by the plaintiffs charge =
conspiracy to defraud, and ask for
al accounting. The amount asked
for is $4,000 and interest since
1856.
In all Kentucky there are but six
ex Confederate soldiers who are 8
charge upon the counties of their
residence. A prominent Federal
soldier recently SAID that this fact
of itself, was the proudest monu.
ment the Confederstes could wish
The confederates draw no pensions
but they help to pay them to others,
| they have no soldiers home, but are
taxed to support those of the mer
who fought them.
Another cable train has made the
wild run down the incline at Kansa:
City; this time without injury tC
passengers or damage to cars oil
track. The men in charge were toe
excited to apply the safety hooks
and brakes specially prepared fol
such an emergency. BY the tune
the conductor got his wits to work.
ing lie and the passengers were fiat
on their backs on the floor of the Cal
at the bottom of the incline.
Miss Bayard, daughter of exSec'
retary Bayard, had most miracu
lous escape from instant death
short time ago. She had ridden uT
to "Flag Rock, "the topmost peak OF
the Warm Springs range, and in at
tempting to turn the buggy it was
upset and rolled over q precipice
Miss Bayard fell about forty feet and
strange 10 say was unhurt. The
buggy and horse fell about l10 fee'
and what is truly wonderful to re-
late, neither were seriously hurt.
Under the new system of election
in this state there can be no trading
on candidates or ballots, nor car
there be any spurious or fraudu'
lent tickets at the polls. In ST.
ouis and Kansas City the ticket:
yo,. are printed by the recorder oi
and in other cities and coun'
,ios ~ H. state by the county clerks
The names on the tickets can only
=. o ,didates certified anC
nroner,v nomfna, ed by the respect
i've party organizs> IONS a cana'
date may withdraw be. 'ore HIS n'n'
is printed on the ticket.
At the Sedalia Sunday-scht u Gun
vention Secretary Rutledge repC ''e'
5,522 Sunday-schools in the stat
with an enrolled membership of 49,
977, of which number II 400 are
church members. The report also
showed that there are 537,07S chill
dren in the state outside OF the Sum
day-school. The report of Treasurer
Randolph showed the financial con-
dition of the State ASSOCIATION 10 be
healthy, enabling the officers to do a
cash business and pay all the ex-
penses of the convention, including
publishing the proceedings. Sun
day, October ., 1890, was designat-
ed as the day for annual offerings OF
Sunday schools throughout the state
=" have no sympathy" SAID U.
S. Hall, of the +. & L. U g, the 9th
er day, "with demagogues who go
over the country advocating the the
ory that the thieves ore all in town
and the honest men arc all in the
country. The retail mere nants are
not your enemies. Where there is
competition among country retail
merchants you will find no trusts OF
combinations to take ad vantage OF
you. Everywhere l have bten !
have found spirit of competition
existing among retail merchants, cut
ting down prices and undermining
each other through the columns of
the newspapers or printed handbilIs,
all bidding for your trade. In "a
counties I have travelled over l have
failed to find the combine among re-
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