Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1894-02-02
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AM thing is possible In Missouri.
There are five hundred idle con-
cicts In the Missouri penitentiary.
This contingent of the army Of the
unemployed may be said to have
gone into winter quarters.
There are now six candidates
for the office OF collector in Shell
by county, with a few townships
not heard from yet. Probably
about five of them will be dodging
from the collector next year.
Ii. c. Cupp, of Fall Creek, WAS
in Hannibal lately. trying to con-
tract 10000 barrels of apples. Ii
the fruit crop isn't better this
season than last, it will almost
wear the Cupp out to rake up that
amount of apples.
A citizen of Brook field advocates
the organization of a charity
association, for the relief of the
destitute of the. city. 1t is pro-
position worthy of consideration in
any town, especially when times
are as stringent as they now are.
The Brookfeld Gazette men
tions the fact that a Charlton
county man has a $4,000 pound
tobacco crop, and adds that "l5, 600
pounds OF Missouri tobacco is not
to be sneezed at" Well, if that
editor believes what he says, let
him try some of our Missouri to-
bacco in snuff, AMI be undeceived.
The Lewis county bloodhounds
have been tested and are pro-
nounced satisfactory. They sue
cessfully tralled some chicken
thieves, who were smitten hip aud
thigh by The strong arm of the
law. If the hounds are rs keen
scented in watermelon time ss
now. they will of course be voted /.
i good Investment by every one.
As long as Huntsville escapes a
suit of damages on account of de-
fective sidewalks, other towns in
North Missouri need not be
alarmed. On the zigzag walks OF
Huntsville, it keeps the average
negro of that town busy to avoid
meeting himself coming back and
going through some OF the MN
erous pitfalls to a double death.
Mrs. Nancy Redding died re-
Gently at Unionville, aged one
hundred years, one month and
twenty -one days, and Thuel Eu,
banks passed away at Mexico, after
having rounded out the last dec
ade of a century by all but year.
There Is no telling how long
Methuselah might have lived, had
be been a Missourian,
S. o. Reynolds, of Macon coun-
ly, was sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary for removing a
rail on the Wabash railroad. a
gypsy fortune teller told him he
would come ont all right, SO he
has hopes of a reversal of his ser
tence by the supreme court. 1t
would be in toucs5 with the eternal
fitness to send the gypsy with him
to the penitentiary to furnish him
daily consolation.
The Canton News of last week
contained an article which was
original in the GRAPHIC of the
week before. and gave the Quincy
Whig credit for The same. Of
course the congressman and the
preacher may sometimes be mis-
taken, and even the editor can
blunder once Ill q century or two,
out the News is notified that the
GRAPHIC likes to have its name
appended always ys-"not necessari-
~ for publication, but as an evil
dence of good faith
A resident of Boone county
lately applied for $4,000 life IL
.nrance. He WAS examined thor
,ghly, and proved gilt edged
SIX. He had a corner on longev-
lty that would make any insur-
ance company smile. A. las. he
Was asked if he ever drew pen
sion. He admitted he WAS draw
ing one, just because they all do
it The company refused to take
the risk or moral grounds.
A Knox county exchange says !:
at is generally conceded that
Missouri in the nea, future is to
have the greatest boom on record
The indications all point that
way" This proves that even
down in Knox it has been given
up as foregone conclusion that
Missouri is about ready 10 elect a
Republican governor. 1t is cheer
Ing to read such indirect admis-
sions in our Democratic exchang-
es.
Arthur & ngham, who Was i'm
plicattd in the Browning cat l.
steal not long ago, has been ar
rested on the charge of receiving
sto'en property. Unable to furn-
ish bond, he was incarcerated in
tha ISL ef TiOnaus IF ba jc tha