Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1891-12-18
FRIDAY DEC. is ISL.
Col. J. l.. Porter is spoken

SOl. y. -. OTtcT 10 spohtu
of as a candidate for Congress
against Mr.. Hatch.
Missouri will make an edu-
cstional exhibit at the Worlds
Fair. Every teacher in the state,
whether in the common or graded
school, should give helping
hand to this WORK.
--knox county bas paid
$4,000 interest on her Q. Nj. & p.
debt of $50, 900, but has not paid q
cent of the debt. This is one of
the advantages gained by getting
a big bonded Indebtedness on
hand.
The editor of the. journal
did not publish his Hatch editor
ial in the weekly edition of his
paper. Did some one quietly sue-
gest to him that it would lot
make good reading for the country
Republicans?
Judging from the tone Ct
some of the Democratic papers, it
vouldrequire a powerfullyrestrain-
ing influence to prevent their ed
itors, should there be war with
Chill, from joining the Chllian
hosts, and again attempting to
desecrate the American flag.
"A public market place has
become pnblic necessity in
Kirksville, and the city should Sc
cure a block conveniently located
and put it in proper condition to be
used for that purpose. Here the
farmer could 60 with whatever he
had to sell and find a purchaser On
the market waiting for him. By
this arrangement neither the pur-
chaser nor seller would be compell-
ed to lose valuable time looking
for the other. To add to the con-
venience, city scale should be
put on the market place, and the
fees for weighing would af-
ford sufficient revenue to employ g
competent and reliable weigher,
and keep the market place i'll coed
order.
The talk recently indulged
in by one of the Kirksville papers,
that the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road contemplated extending its
line from Beardstown, ILL.,. to Kan
sas City, was only railroad racket,
and that of the most unreliable
sort. The B. & o. has not the
slightest interest west of Cincin-
natl, hence can have no line at
Beardstown, ILL.,, and there is not
now the remotest idea that the
B. & 0. will ever extend its inter
ests west of Cincinnati, the present
terminus. The talk of extending
the B. & o. was started by the
c. B. & Q. people to squelch the
Santa Fe project which was being
developed for the benefit of
Quincy, and TO the very probable
detriment of the G. B. d Q. and
o. X. lines. The interviewer and
interviewed were not 'onto" the
combination, and the result WIS
that one of our city papers pub
lished a lot of "stuff" and gave it
to the people as reliable railroad
news.
In the midst of the general
quietness preceding the turn of
the year, attention is mainly GEN.
tered on the prospects of 1892.
These are broadening and multi
plying in way reassuringly sig
nificsnt Unless there shall be
great financial commissions abroad,
it now appears certain that the
new year will bring with it pros
perity for all the commercial and
industrial interests of the country.
The magnificent crops gathered
the past summer and fall are
bound to be felt in every channel
of trade, either directly or in
directly. They are now serving to |
make the balance of trade with |
other countries 30 largely in our
favor as to gradually restore the
S70,00O,00o of gold exports of
same months ago, and will add
much more of the yellow metal 10
our gold stock besides. Their
has also made railroad
earnings heavy to which fact may
be ascribed the increased pur-
chase of rails and the bright out
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