Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1890-06-26
MaYCeHne.

week, over large scope Of the
county by way of Hess post-office.
S. B. Cole has the premium crop
of wheat in that locality.
John Welch is building a neat new
residence on his fathers farm, near
McGinnts bridge.
Miss Alice Pollard has been visit
ing a married sister, in Carroll
county, for the past five months.
Thomas Turner purchased so
acres of the Neighbors'tract of land,
but we are not apprised asto the price
paid.
Harrison Fox, bought of James
Guthrldge, this season, so acres of
land, east of Hess, for which he paid
$500.
Mrs. Emma Bills was thrown
from horse, last Friday night,
from which she received some slight
injuries.
T. Ii. White has completed his
paymeats on his 40 acre farm, re-
Gently purchased of Perry Stacy, the
amount being $500.
The Farmers alliance club that
meets at the Grubb's school-house
seems to be growing in interest as
well as numbers.
Miss Matte Veal, versatile
school narm and an accomplished
lady, will visit relatives and friends
in Norborne, in few days.
Mr.. Hess Is now being moved with
inexpresslble JOY over the late ar
rival of Is pound girl that claims
an hcirship to his worldly posses
sions.
We were Informed that the Santa
Fe Railroad company, and the coal
miners pay out monthly 100000 to
their employees, in that city.
We are indebted to our friend, DIR.
T. T. Martin, for his kindness in
conducting US into many attractive
parts of the city, and introducing us
to many of the leading citizens.
Miss Emma Knott attended the
commencement at the Warrensburg
normal school, this week, to witness
the graduating honors to be confer
red on her sister, Miss Minnie.
We departed from there FRIDAY
morning. to the county of boyish
sports, and visited the Maupin pub
lie school, being taught by Miss
Lizzie Barbour, most accomplished
teacher.
&c. Couch went to Chicago, last
Tuesday, with shipment of hogs
and cattle. Cal says that Chicago is
three times larger than Marceline
and ten times larger than his own
town, Westville.
Mrs. Belle Bell, while rambling in
the woods near her residence, pluck
ed from a May apple stalk one stem,
bearing four large apples In one
cluster, and presented it to your
reporter.
We called also on our friend, j. p.
Hess, the genial merchant and post
master of that little burg, and IN
terrogated bim concerning the news
of the day, and are indebted to him
for the following items:
We called for few moments to
visit Miss Anna Showers school, at
the Pollard school house, and found
her faithfully In the discharge of
her duty, with over so pupils en-
rolled. Her term will expire on or
about June 2Sth.
J. II. Walker had one of his 5000
mules to die, last Friday morning.
He had worked her very moderately
all the day before. Some time since
Mr., Walker sold to some Chicago
shippers three car loads of cattle and
about 500 head of hogs.
The building boom does not seem
to he as cxtravagant now as it was
fifteen months ago when we were
there, but yet a number of new resi-
dcuces and building houses are in
conrsc of erection, while several flnc
ones have been quite recently com
pleted.
Prospects for crops are passably
good, and quite recently they hate
been favored with splendid showers
of rain. The indications for q good
crop of fruit is also very fattering.
Mr.. Hess has very fine young
orchard of three years growth, aud
of the latest varieties and which is
now full of fruit.
rhe little city seems to be priding
herself in the building of good,
broad streets, and many other en-
tcrp, ises of public character, such
as electric lights, that the waytarer
and traveller may not err as go
astray wnen all nature Is wrapped
in darkness, by the shades Of night.
We next arrived at Marceiine, the
magic city of the prairles, and just
over the county line, in Linn coanty.
The fact that q ~ery large population