Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1890-12-26
MISSOURI

letter, much to the disgust OF tEe
Democrats.
The President has appoint
cd Henry b. Brown, of Michigan,
to be associate justice of the Su-
preme Court, vice Justice Miller,
deceased.
The weather b Is been of.sthe
very best brand, and if winter be-
gins now there will be little ex-
cuse for the one that is found un-
prepared.
The insurance rates for
Kirksville have been ordered in
creased since the late fire. Of
course the Mckinley bill is to
blame for it.
1t is thought that the recent
disaster in Kirksville will cause
some more talk about digging a
big, deep we'll. The talk will be
met with very dry enthusiasm.
The farmers of Sedgewick
county, Kans., have resolved that
the price of corn must be fixed at
one dollar a bushel. 1t would
have been just as easy to resolve
that the price must be fixed at
three dollars a bushel.
The working season has
b,en long, work plentiful and wag-
es good. The farmers have had
good crops aud have sold them at
good prices. The opening of the
year 1891 will find Adair county
in a very satisfactory condition.
Nearly 1000 tons of Mis-
souri, zinc ore have been recently
sold to foreign smelteries. The
fine quality of the Missouri ore,
and the heavy purchases by Tor
eigners, it is thought, will bring
foreign capital into the state to
establish smelteries.
In the year 1889 over 1,6O0
car loads of poultry were shipped
from North Missouri to Eastern
markets, and were valued at ST.
100000. The egg product ex-
ceeded in value the amount real
lied from the sale of live poultry
which raises the value of poultry
products of North Missouri to
more than s3,OOO,OOO.
Mr.. s. Fl. Blake, of Toron-
to, says new2aper men live in an
atmosphere of eavesdropping, ly-
ing and exaggeration, Mr.. Blake
is a lawyer and is probably getting
even. Newspapers have SAID loret-
ty much the same thing about
lawyers at sundry times. And
there is probably as much founda-
tion for one story as for the other.
The destruction of the Ma
sonic building, in which WAS locat-
ed the county offices and circuit
court room, has brought the ques-
ton of building a new court house
prominently before the people.
The county is now without place
for records or offices, and that this
want should be supplied now
seems almost imperative. The
selection of a site has already
caused not little discussion, and
as usual in such cases, there Is
variety of opinions. But all are
agreed that court house should
be built, and that with as little de-
lay as possible. The city park
has been named as the proper
place for the building on the
ground of economy. But it is evil
dent that the selection of the park
as suitable place could only be
advocated by those who have not
given the subject single thought.
From an economic stand point
a more undesirable location than
the park could not be found. A
court house in the park would re-
quire four fine fronts. To build it
otherwise would spoil the house
and ruin the town. All builders
know that fine fronts are among
the most expensive items of a bull
ding, and any one of the three ex-
ira fronts that would.be required
if built in the park, would cost
more than a site where land is |
most valuable. If the park must
be occupied by buildings the
can sell it to business men,
"a good title can be given, for