Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-05-06
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Tobias Teller, of Brashear, is
very low with consumption.
Miss Carrie Daniels is visiting
her parents at Pure Air this week.
ED. Hollowell, of Canton, will
preach at Sublette next Sunday,
May s. All ale invited.
A full report of the proceedings
of the State Convention will be
found in this GRAPHIC.
Revival services at the First
Baptist church every evening at
7:30; all are cordially invited to
attend.
Prof Laughlin was taken sud-
denly i'll Sunday night, and wss
unable to fill his regular appoint
ment.
The proceeds of the public
school entertainment for the bene-
fit of the library amounted to
SlO9.o5.
The townships to-day elected
delegates to the Democratic coun.
ty convention which meets here
tomorrow.
John W. Tinsman received this
week an order for his sample back
grounds from Columbia, South
America.
A Republican League will be
organized at Bullion Saturday
evening, May Ia. Everybody In
vited to attend.
The city council has ordered an
election May 81, to vote upon the
proposition to make Kirksyille q
city of the third class.
81. E. Greene, who has been i'll
for several months is now improv-
ing, and his many friends hope to
see him out in a short time.
Rev. Geo. W. Sharp will deliver
an address and organize a Sunday
school at the Pleasant Hill school
house next Sunday at 10 a. m.
DR.. B. 9. AxteIl attended. the
Iowa State Dental Association at
Ottumwa, Wednesday and Thurs
day. He will return on the 10
o'clock train to-day
The heavy rains have caused
numerous washouts on railroads
A washout west of Milan delayed
the o. r. passenger train several
hours Thursday morning.
a wreck occurred on the o. K.
line in the big cut east of Edna,
last Friday morning. Two cars
of the west bound freight were
ditched and the east bound pas
senger was delayed at Edna until
the afternoon.
There was a rear end collision
at Edna Monday, between two
freight trains, Warren Hamilton
who was in the caboose was
thrown across the car and had his
wrist injured; no damage was
done to the trains.
The GRAPHIC has just received
from Washington, D. c., a sup
ply of sugar beet seed. Persons
wishing to make the test of beet
production will call at GRAPHIC
Office for seed, or, if they reside in
the vicinity of Gibbs, they will
apply to P. D. Grub. to whom a
portion of the seed has been for
warded.
William Thompson who was fin
ed for striking the deputy sheriff.
says that he meant no disrespect
by keeping on his hat in the gal
lery of the Opera House two
weeks ago; that the crowd was
great, and that he kept it on to
keep it from getting mashed. he
states further that the exercises
had not opened when he was Or
derei to take off his hat.
The reported whipping of Elias
Page, of Sperry, by white caps.
was investigated by the grand
jury last week. The investigation
occupied nearly three days, and a
large number of witnesses were
examined. Nothing, however. that
would reveal the identity of the
individuals connected with the
outrage, could be learned. 1t was
reported that Page knew one of the
men, but he says that he was not
able to recognize one of them, as
they were all masked.
The social event of the season,
was the entertainment given by
Mrs. ID. G. Pierce and Mrs. j. r.
Musick to their friends in Mrs.
Pierce's parlors last Saturday ev-
ening. The parlors were thrown
open at Z o'clock and by s o'clock
over hundred invited guests had
assembled. The exercises consist
ed of comic and dramatic recitals
and impersonations by Miss
Lucian B. Griffin, the celebrated
elocutionist,of New York City, in