Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1891-05-08
MISSOURI

The Supreme Court of Ne.
brsska hss unseeted Governor
Boyd on the ground that he is not
citizen of the United Stttes, and
Gen. John NJ. Thayer has taken
the oath aud been indicted into
Office.
The Grand Jury appointed
to make thorough investigation
of the recent killing of Italians at
New Orleans, has completed its
labors, and reports that thorough
examination OF the facts fail to
justify the presentation of auy in
dlctments.
Trinity school, SO far as this
office has been advised, is the
only school in the county that OBJ
served Arbor Day. To Miss
Fannie Mccoy, the teacher, Adalr
county seems to be indebted this
year for keeping alive the interest
in day that should receive uni
yersal recognition throughout the
state.
"A bill for S24 was presented
to the county court, at its April
term, by DR.. Cohen, the claim be-
ing the amount of rental due him
for rooms occupied us Offices by
the sheriff of the county. The
bill WAS rejected, the court claim
ing that the statutes made no
provision for the payment OF Office
rent for sheriff. From this decis-
ion DR.. Cohen appealed to the
Circuit Court, and Judge Ellison
decided in favor of the plaintiff,
giving him judgement against
Adeir county for the amount call
ed for in the bill. Mr., Campbell,
the prosecuting attorney, was in
terested in the suit having had
his office with the sheriff, and as
an interested party could not ap-
pear for the county. II. f. MILAN
was appointed by the court to de-
fend the county against the
claim.
The first petition to the
county court, asking for special
election to vote bonds to the
amount of $50, 900 for the erection
of court house in the public
square, was withdrawn this week, |
the petitioners having found that
the amount asked for was made |
quate to build a Jail and court
house. The naming of site in the
petition was also unnecessary, and
on these grounds motion to with |
draw the petition was sustained
by the county court. Another pc
tition asking for a special election
to vote bonds not to exceed $50
600 in amount, half to be payable
in ten years, or in five years at the |
option of the count, and half pay
able in twenty years, or in ten years
at the option of the court and all to
bear four per cent interest, paya-
BILE semi-annually, was presented. |
The petition was granted and an
election ordered to be held June 2 |
1891. The new petition does not
mention site, and the only thing
the people will have to decide is
whether they will vote bonds to
the amount of $4,000 bearing 4
per cent interest, payable semi
nually, for the purpose of build
Ing court house and jail.
Mr.. Blaine must greatly enjoy
the discontinue of his democratic
traducers of late. They predicted
all sorts of misfortunes as certain
10 follow his conduct of the Italian
negotiations, and they have been
compelled to acknowledge that
his manag ement of the case has
been mastery and that he has
greatly enhanced the standing of
.he United States among foreign
nations; they predicted that fail
Ire was certain to follow his
sffort to negotiate a trade Ii
reciprocity agreement with Spain s
% include Cuba and Porto Rico,
md now to their chagrin he
las in his possession a COPY
If that agreement, which on {
y needs the proclamation of the I
President to become the law of the G
and. This should have been
ufficient to have stopped the !
of the democratic predic- f
ion machine, but it wasn't. Now S