Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1891-11-05
NUMBER A..
all is being done for the little fellow
that can be done.

all is being done for the little fellow
that can be done.
Henry Ransberger. an old and
highly esteemed citizen OF Saline
county, died at his residence in Mar
shall on Thursday morning OF last
| week, aged 73. He leaves d via
and eight grown up children, all rep<
utahle citizens of the comfy.
The Rev. James E. Sharp, who has
had charge of the Cumberland Pres-
byteriaa church, at Marshall, forsthe
last eight years, was again chosen ..
pastor one day last week for the
ninth time. lie is deservedIy popu.
lar with his church people. svssrv
jason Jackson, an employee Of q
restaurant, at Marshall, met with O
singular accident on Monday evening
of last week. He went to the door
to throw out pan of water. and in
turning around to go back into the
dining room, broke his leg and had s
| to be taken to his home in another
part of the city. ta
S. W. Fields, one of Saline eounty's ,
most prominent young farmers. and
Miss Leona Thompson, reigning
belle in society circles at Slater, were
recently united in marriage at the
Baptist church in that city, the Rev.
J. NJ. Bell. of Miami, officiating.
The firm of Walker, Mauch & Adams
at Marshall, have on display at their
iewelry store, in that city, a SIT, 900
African diamond in the rough 1t is
about the size of a partridge egg, /,
and was procuerd by these enterpris-s
ing gentlemen from a friend who had !.
made the tour of the dark continent. 4
An i'll feeling was stirred up between
Marshall and Slater over the trent.
ment of few refugees from the form
er to the latter city. 1t seems that
these refugees were given to under
stand that their room was more de-
sirable than their presence. Thus Of
Tended, The Marshallites are resenting
the insult.
The Miami News claims to have )
700 cords of wood due on subscrip. y
ton and not a stick athis pile.r This
is indeed sad experience for a, man .
living in country where cord-wood q
is considered legal tender, and d
newspaper one of the fine arts.
|. The citizens of Slater witnessed
what they characterize as the cham
pion dog fight on Tuesday evening j
of last week. The entire population
turned out, with q few honorable ex-
eeptions, to see the canine set-to. s
Judge William o. Mcguire adjourned
his court to umpire the fight. y
A gentleman and lady drove q val
liable team to the eentrance gate ofthe
Sweet Springs cemetery one morning
last week, got put and went into the
cemetery and have not been seen or
heard of since. The team stood
hitched to the fence for twenty.four
hours, when it was unhitched and
taken to livery stable whers it still ),
remained at last accounts.
rg- sIAcx.oaausHr tea cure. Consdpasioa-
HOWARD 8. )
j. NJ. Morgan, of Cooper county,
purchased of Patrick McCreary q 2
year-old trotting colt one day last
week for 5000. Howard county iss
coming to the front in the line .of
good horses. There is number OF
other colts in the county just as yal-
liable as this.
Bill Mayses, a negro roustaboubt Il
and tough character generally, was o.
arrested in Fayette one morning last ~
week on charge OF using q razor on
another coon, in that city, and wasi
bound over for his appearances at tlis
cifcui' eouio' 81
james Boggs, a negro with an uq-
savory reputation, got into fliffictl.
ty with another negro by the name
Of Givens at a colored dance, near
Estill, on Saturday night of lastl
week, which resulted in Boggs shootsa
ing Giyens, inflicting a fatal wousri:
A little boy, attending the public
school at Fayette, this fall was so
poorly clad that he seemed ashamed
to go out and play with the other
boys. The other boys seeing his en-
barrassment Clipped in and purchase
ed the little fellow new suit.
Concluded on fourth page.
Specimen Cases. Kin,
S. I'll. Clifford, New Casser, Wis.,
was troubled with Neuralgia aadis
Rheumatism. his stomach was dis
ordered, his Liver was affected to an :