Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1891-06-19

of lS92, the free traders Ind the
road up hill and exceedingly
rocky.
MIR. L. q. Niedringhsus, of
st. Louis, the manufacturer of
tin plate, is causing the Democrat
ic press more worry than all other
men in the West.
john L. Sullivan says that
he will fight any man that
breathes if the stakes are big |
enough. Some one should inform
him that that "niggel" is still Wig
orously working his respii atory
apparatus, and has plenty of back
ing.
-Adsir county's wheat fields
are the pride of the people
this year, and it is unfor-
tunate that the crop in the west
ern part of the county is be-
ing damaged by the fly. Had it
appeared ten days earlier the crop
would have been ruined.
1t is estimated that the
states west of Ohio, will, within
ten years, produce enough beet
sugar to supply the sntlre demand
of the country. The homemade
and homegrown product will take
the place of the foreign article.
Capitalists have great confidence
in the future OF this industry and
are investing large sums in it.
The Alliance of Cloud county,
Kansas, has repudiated the third
party and resolved 10 return to its
past affilistion, because it believes
the third party will injure the Re-
publican party. This is very sig
nificsnt as Cloud county is the
home OF Senator Wheeler, the only
Alliance member OF the Senate in
the state, and has always been con-
sidered the Peoples party strong
holi.
The north and east sides OF
the square should be macadamized
and the work continued, at least,
one block each way from the
square. There is no doubt that
the property owners on each side
of the street would be willing to
hsye it done, and the county, of
course, would pay flor half of the
cost of the work about the square.
Ii the county refused to pay for it
the square would sell TOR enough
NJ - <fiiiO w pay hoi lhC SooAby {
share of the expense.
The cessation Of gold ship
ments is a relief of the money
markets. Finsnciers of the high
est character declare that if the
government will now declare its
intention of renewing the Il per
Z cent bonds outstanding at % per
cent the financial situation will be
all that could be desired. The
additional national bank clrcula-
ton which the renewal at this rate
would cause TO be issued would
come out just in time to assist in
handling the crops next fall, and
vast sums of money that have been
boarded would be released and
set to work in the Legitimate chan
nels of trade.
William Mckinley, Jr.,
was placed IN nomination for gov
ernor before the Ohio State Re-
publican convention, Wednesday,
morning, and was nominated by
acclamation. The platform of
the convention indorses the Nc
Kinley bill, approves the coinage
act passed by the last congress,
endorses President Harrisons s
administration, the reciprocity
policy. and Senator Shermau's
course in Congress. In accepting
the nomination Mr.. Mckinley re-
newed his adherence to the princl-
Piles OF the Republican party, and
made al extended defense of his
tariff bill
The editor of the Bloom |
field Republican in looking over
merchants day book of the date
1916, found the following prices
which will be of interest in
comparison with the prices
of the present time: Two pounds
of nails, Ii cents; one pound of
tea, SL25; seven yards of calico at