Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1891-11-05

| The clothing store of Ayres Bros,
at La Plata, was burglarized on
Wednesday night of last week, and
! $1,000 worth OF clothing taken. This
is the lrrgest haul that burglars have
ever made in Macon county, and il
required boldncss and courage to &c.
complish it.
Try sIacx.DsAussI tea for Dyspepsia.
CARROLL.
w. +. Adkins, of Wakenda, went
to Carrollton on Tuesday morning
OF last week, and while riding in a
i lumber wagon from the Wabash de
pot to Carrollton, lost his pockct-book
containing $110. He offers areward
of $50 for the recovery of the money.
j. A. Lewellen, substantial farm
er living in the neghborhood of De
Witt, had six head of valuable cattle
to take violently i'll on Monday eve
ming of last week, and in less than
three hours from the time they took
sick four of them had died and the
Others were not expected to live.
! Cornelius Holderman, one of the
Oldest citizens of Carroll county. died
at the residence of his daughter, u
Mrs. johnson, living q few miles west
of Carrollton, on Monday morning
of last week, in the 8Sth year of his
age. The deceased had been prom
inent citizen for many years.
Thos. F. Shepherd. while working
on the top of q new building whichhe
was erecting for James Webber, afew
miles south of Carrollton, on Friday
evening of last week lost his balance
and :ell to the ground, a distance of
fourteen or fifteen feet, receiving very
painful and serious injuries.
Mrs. II. C. Mooth, Of Dewitt, went
home from her millinery shop on
Friday evening of last week and un-
| dertook to start a fire in the cook
stove by the use of coal oil. There
happened to be few Goals of fire in
tn stove, which ignited the oil, caus-
ing the can to explode, and envelp-
ing Mrs. Mooth i'm n volume of flames.
Her son happened to be in the house
and extinguished the flames with a
blanket.
Clay Thomas, living near Dewitt,
had valuable mare and COW bitten
by rabid dog some time ago. On
Monday of last week both animals
manifested symptoms of rabbies and
had to be killed. The same dog bit
lot of other stock in the same neigh
borhood at the same time.
Harry Reed, a young man, OF Bo-
gard, fell from a passenger train on
the Hannibal & st. Joe railroad,
at Breckenridge, on Monday morn
ing of last week, and was instantly
killed. He had just boarded the
train to return home at the former
place.
John Zimmerman has bought and
and shipped fifty car loads OF corn
from Coloma in the last two weeks.
The most of this large shipment was
purchased for less than 30ets per
bushel. This is only small part OF
the large surplus of last years corn
crop now on hand in Carroll county.
Dennis O'ConneIl, living in the Mis-
souri, bottom three miles east OF Nor
borne, had the misfortune of losing
his farm residence by fire one night
last week. The house and Its con-
tents were entirely consumed. Inc
insurance was small. How the hre
originated is a mystery, as the iiues
were supposed to have been ina good
condition:
A freight on the Santa Fe railroad,
ladened with silks and wines, passed
through Carrollton on Tuesday oi
last week en- route east. The value
of the cargo was estimated at more
than miilion Of dollars,
asz.sss,s w.ss eE easDu! for Weak Nerves.
SALINE.
A small child OF Charles Basket,
a reputable farmer living several
miles east of Marshall, by come
means got hold Of q box of concen-
trated lye on Thursday evening OF
last week, and before it was discover