Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1891-06-05
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GRAPHIcS.

Kirksville will celebrate.
Tinsman for fine photographs
Carter Bros. dentists south side
Judge Lewis has $1,000 to loan
on real estate.
The trial of Beeman for cattle
stealing will not come up until
next week.
The celebration July 4. will
probably be held in the Normal
grounds.
The weather of the past week
has been unusually favorable for
the growing crops.
Children's day will be observed
at Trinity church, Clay township,
the fourth Sunday in June.
A large crowd was in town yes
terdsy, but the rain spoiled the
pleasure of picnic in the park.
The report reached Kirksville
yesterday that David Smallwood
was killed in Colorado, Tuesday
No particulars.
There was a heavy wind in the
southwest portion of the county,
Tuesday night, and considerable
damage to orchards is reported.
John Garard is the new post
master at Sloan, the new postotfice
recently established at the place
formerly known as Sloans Point.
Judge Lewis has $1,000 to loan
on real estate in sums of 5000 or
more. Call at his Office on south
east corner of square, Hecker
building.
There will be preaching at the
Mulberry q. P. church, by Rev.
Bailey, the second Sunday in
June. All are cordially invited to
attend the services.
Success Lodge, No. 33, Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen,
Trenton, Mo-, will give an excur-
sion to Quincy, June Is, 1891, and
return.
U. Updyke shipped a spe cial
train of stock over the o. K. line
to Chicago, June 3. The train
consisted of six cars of cattle and
two cars of hogs.
Joseph Baum says that the
Masonic order OF Kirksville, is
ready at anytime to 60 to Brashear
or Gibbs and lay the corner stone
for the new court house, and will
guarantee that it is square.
There will be an effort made tc
get an excursion train from Quin-
cy to Kirksvllle, July 4th. This
would enable everybody east OF
Kirksville, to come here to cele.
brate and return home the same
evening.
A man engaged in truck farm
ing in Knox county, last year
cleared $1,000 on sixteen acres Of
land devoted to the business, and
had to ship his vegetables tc
Quincy. Cucumbers were his prin.
cipal crop.
Charles N. Lewis, who was ar
rested in Quincy two weeks age
for bigamy, an account of which
appeared in last weeks GRAPHIC
pleaded guilty to the charge, and
last Friday morning was senten
ced to two years in the penitentia.
ry.
Mr.. W. S. Stewart, of Sperry
who recently went to Columbus
Ohio, to be treated for cancer Of
the lip, returned home Saturday
evening. The cancer was success
fully removed without knife OF
plaster, and the sore has healed
nicely, without leaving scar.
The Cumberland Presbyterians
of our city will adjourn their fore.
noon service next Sabbath in or.
der to unite in the Normal Bacca
laureate service. At 7:45 tha
evening ''The Children's Day ser
vice" will be conducted in tha
church to which all are cordially
invited.
We want to see number of fins
specimens of the French and Ger
man sugar beet exhibited at thu
Adsir county fair next fall. Care
full cultivation by the farmers te
whom the seeds were distributed
will demonstrate whether til,
sugar industry can he made profit
able in Adair county.