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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-17
Christmas Bells

call to mind Christmas giungs. There
is nothing more acceptable. useful or
more appropriate as a gift than good
fountain pen. "The Parker''-the
standard of the world-with the lucky
curve feeder, which is a distinctive
feature in this pen. Not only does Il
feed the ink perfectly, but it prevents
soiled fingers. In many styles, $s =
Sc; other makes, 81 to S..
H. M. SIcLocH, "The Jeweler,"
Keytesville, Mo.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-17
Pemberfon's Insurance Paid.

John w. Pemberton, who died at
the residence Of his brother-in-law,
Jos. Pope, 3 Ia miles west OF Keytes-
vile the 18th Of last month
was a member Of the knights
and Ladies OF Security. fraternal in
surance order, a local lodge Of which
was instituted at Keytesville a few
weeks ago by d. c. Bolton OF Sedalia'
Mo. Mr.. Pemberton carried an insur.
ance policy Of So, 900 on his life in this
order, and last Monday eS-Sheriff ].
7. Moore, who !. a member of the lodge
at Keytewille, received a draft from
headquarters for $1,000 in full pay
ment of the policy Mr.. Pemberton
held, 81. 900 being the amount paid on
a $4,000 policy under the rules. The
benefciaries are Mr.. and Mrs Pope and
in less than a month from the time the
proofs of Mr.. Pemberton's death were
fled the benehcianes were paid theiI
money. This is n record Of which the
Knights and Ladies of Security as an
organization have right to be proud
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-17
Epworth League Program for Dec. I9

Subject-Life of Christ.
Topics for Discusslon-The Final
Stages of His Preparation, and the
Year of Obscurity.
Final Stage. of Preparation-Misses
Della Drace and Anna Rucker.
Year of Obscurity-Will Crawley.
The First Miracle-Miss Nadine Elliott
Cleansing of the Temple-Miss Katie
White.
Nicodemus-Miss Madge Wallace.
Select Reading-Allen Drace.
Religious and Social Condition of the
Country-Miss Willie Davis and
Will Drace.
Reading Minutes-Miss Anne Minter.
Song-Miss Annie Grinstead.
Song-By the League. Prayer.
Leader-Will Crawley.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-17
Holiday Rafes-..I697.I8oS.

The Wabash railroad will sell tick
cts at one and one-third (1 I-3) fare
from all stations on the line of the
Wabash railroad. Tickets on sale
Dec. a4th, a5th and 9th, and Jan. 1st,
1898. Good going on date OF sale;
good returning up to and including
Jan. 4th, 1898.
w. H. CARSON, Agent.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-17
Mrs. Annie X. Bns9g's WlL

4 The will of Mrs. Annie K. Bragg,
keeased, wife of E. o. Bragg Of
Brunswick, has been admitted to pro-
ate, its provisions being as follows:
Il Item Ist-I desire that all of my
Iust debts shall be.paid out of the FIRST
honeys coming into the hands of my
txecutor.
Item and.-I give and bequeath to
my cousin, Lula McGraw, who has
been and is now living with me, the
sum of S., 900, which amount shall be
placed and invested by a trustee in
such manner that she may receive and
|use the interest on this sum of $1,000,
annually only, unless through misfor-
/ time or sickness the annual interest be-
comes inadequate to her support. In
Isuch case the trustee of aforesaid fund
| shall allow her such other amount as
! he may deem necessary to supply her
wants. 1t is my desire that this be-
quest be so secured for her that she
may use it as above stated
during her life or until her mar
riage, and in the latter event tn,
'',s.errsyos'hsnd = she sine shall b
for the use of herself and her bodily
heirs. Should she die before MARI
age, or after marriage leave no lega
bodily heir or heirs, the aforesaid funt
or so much as remains thereof shal
revert to the tncn living heirs of m,
estate. 1t is my desire that my hus
band, E. o. Bragg, shall act as tfuste'
Of the fund set aside for the said Lul
McGraw.
Item 3rd.-I give and bequeath II
my sister, Lena Bell, the sum O
81 900 for her absolute and individua
use.
Item 4th.-I give and bequcatl
the residue Of my estate, not other
wise disposed of, to my husband
E. o. Bragg and to my daughter
Julia Moore Bragg, to be di
vided share and share alike betweel
them. Signed.
ANNIE K. BRAGG.
| The will was made on the 9Th da
of May, 1896, and the signature of tn
testatrix thereto was Witnessed b,
Nesdames Alice v. Kingsbury ant
Lena Bell.
Mrs. Bragg was formerly Mis-
Annie K. Kingsbury of Howar,
county, and she has large RELATIONSHIP
and many friends residing in tha
county. and by all of whcm she wa
held in the highest esteem.
| E. o. Bragg, the husband Of tn
lamented wife, has qualified as the ex
i ecutor of her will. -
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-17
The wsfson-Sfeiman.Kaiinks Case

EDITOR CoURIER:-The article in
your last weeks paper entitled "Wat-
son-Steiman-Kalinka Case Affirmed
is misleading and not exactly true.
We as parties to the case have no
knowledge of an appeal being before
the Kansas City court, and that tribu-
nal knows very little about our "stock
law suit" to this day.
That we have $336.Io to pay re-
mains to be seen.
The bin of costs, among other deli.
cacies, contains about 20 names of
persons summoned by plaintiff from all
parts of the county and state, but for
what purpose we know not. These
persons required the sheriff to ride
nearly 100 miles to find them; and
they came, they went, and the result is
we are t..xed with two or three days
attendance for each one Of them, and
mileage ranging from IS to 100 miles
for each person. A retaxing of costs
will be the order of the day before the
controversy is ended.
The reason an appeal was never
taken is best known by those who were
IN position to deprive US of that privi-
lege.
Now, a word to stock owners of
Charlton county. From the annals of
our experience in our local courts of
justice we have found the, so called,
"stock law" a fake, and not to be
trusted. Where two farmers have a
division fence between adjoining fields
the one owning stock in the one field
will be at the mercy of the other and
must stand all consequences, whether
Mr.. Cornfeld repairs his part OF the
fence or voluntarily goes and throws 1t
down-it is all the same.
The statutes of Missouri contain two
sets of stock laws wholly different in
their requirements. Still we have been
unable to find out which one was
master in Charlton county By simlpy
handing in an amended petition Mr..
Cornfeld jumps from our special stock
law into the general law, and so the
bovine herder is left to mourn and
count his loss. And last. it seems
such as putting up stock, sending
written notices and apr aising damages
as set forth in our stock law is taken
no account of and entirely ignored by
our law solons. Woe unto the stock
owner!
CHAS. w. STEIMAN.
In reply to the above communi-
cation from Justice c. w. Steiman of
Bowling Green township, who is one
of the parties to the Watson-Steiman-
Kalinka stock law SUIT, which was
mentioned in the last issue of the
COURIER as having been affirmed in
favor of plaintiff by the Kansas City
court of appeals, we desire to say that
it seems passing strange that neither
of the defendants have any knowledge
of how the case reached the higher court.
Can it be that their attorney assumed
the responsibility of appealing without
the knowledge or consent of his clr-
ents, or Is the affirmation the result of
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-17

ING s1s esss@-
The above institution is located at
ChiIicothe, Livingston county, and
was established by an act Of the legis-
lature IN 1887, and IS In keeping with
the commendabIe magnanimity of the
great state Of Missouri.
The editor of the COURIER had the
pleasure of visiting the home for the
hrst time the latter part of last and the
fore part ofthe present week, and while
there he acquainted himself with its
objects. aims. management, etc
There are three large buildings be-
sides the steam-heating pover-house
and two barns, which are surrounded
by 81 acres of land. as acres OF which
is in pasture, While the remainder is
devoted to a campus and q garden
SPOT. The three main buildings are
known as "Marmaduke Cottage" !"
the "Missouri Cottage" and the
The Chapel" The first two are oc-
cupied as residences by the inmates OF
the home and those to whose care the
girls have been committed, Mrs. II.
c. Ireland, Christian lady Of culture
and refinement, being the head ofhc-
ial. The chapel is used for a school
building. divided into suitable apart
mens, and also has one large room
nicely seated with opera chairs,in which
SupaAy school, church services anc
other necessary gatherings are held
There are now IS inmates at th'
home, who range in age from 10 to AZ
yefrs, and who are not only taught a
classes of domestic work pertaining .
the kitchen and pantry. but are ais
instructed in plain and fancy needle
work nd art. Not only is this tn
case, DSt they are given, too, the at
vantages of a gooI education unde
three very competent teachers, Mise
Ray, Moore and Downing. In oths
words. the state enables its f,oftgs
this institution % O. shepselyes G
any d the O. dinary avocanons OF hi'
and If they fail to properly appreciai
and profit by the advantages they II
ceive, then the state of Missouri HI
done its part nobly, and has the con
forting consciousness Of duty well pc
formed.
Besides the golden opportunities
ready named in being fitted for usef
lives, the girls at the home are su
rounded by Christian influences. Th'
attend Sunday-school every Sundi
morning. and seem to take a gre
deal Of interest in the work, many
them being teachers. As to the sin
ing VIC never heard anything better
any Sunday-school We were ever in.
In addition to attending Sunda
school the girls go to church eve
Sunday morning when the weather
admissible, and nearly every Sundi
afternoon some local minister OF Chi
cothe delivers 4 sermon in the chap
ut the home. Last Sunday afternoS
Rev. s. Y. Pitts, pastor Of the Baptl
church at Chillicothe, but Who former
administered to the spiritual needs
the Baptist church at Sahsbur
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-17
New Racket Store.

The new Racket store in the 7. p.
Tippett building in Keytesville is now
open to the public and ready for busi-
ness, and will sell you more goods
for the money than anybody. You
are cordially invited to call.
THE New RACKET.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-17
Second Quarterly Meetings.

Keytesville station. Dec. 76th;
Keytesville circuit at Adams chapel,
Jan. Ia; Salisbury station, Jan. 9th.
]. r. A. VAUGHAN, P. E.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-17


As to the question of costs about
which Mr.. Steiman complains. we will
say that the figures we gave were
taken from the bill of costs in the case,
and if they are wrong then Mr.. Stei-
man can seek redress by having the
costs retaxed as he suggests. We
only published the facts and figures in
the case as we gathered them from the
records.
As TO the point Justice Steiman
scores concerning the Kansas City
court of appeals knowing nothing
about the stock law suit here at issue,
we leave that for the court itself to say
if, indeed, it has not already said.
AS to the stock law and its varied
interpretations, we leave that for great
minds like Justice Steiman's to unravel
We are but little interested in the stock
lawas We have but one .'stock" and
that is a COW, and she kicked us
the other night and we have been
sorry ever since that we had a single
"stock."
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-17

Robt. Coy. the Clark township young
man who struck James o. Kelley across
the head with a double-barrel shotgun
at the Cox. Fuller charivari near Mike
on Wednesday night of last week, was
arrested last Monday by Deputy Con-
stable L. A. Embree upon a warran,
charging him with felonious assault.
The prisoner was brought to Keytes.
vile, and when taken before Justice ].
NJ. DeMoss he waived formal arraign.
ment and pleaded not guilty. Young
Coy was thereupon bound over to the
grand jury, his bond being fixed al
5000, in default of which he was COM
mitted to jail. His case will be inves.
tigated by the special grand jury at the
January term of circuit court at Sails.
bury. Kelley is reported to be get.
ting along well, and no serious results
are nov looked for from the severe
blow ne received. We are always
sorry to hear of such disgraceful rowdy'
isms, yet they are the natural conse.
quence Of the charivari and Its attend
ant revels, which are nothing less than
a relic of barbarism.
20
The general merchandise establish.
ment Of Messrs. Tracy & Hopper al
Sumner was burglarized of about SIS
worth Of goods last Monday night, and
now the county jail has three more in
mates, who will doubtless find a straight
road to the penitenuary. The burglars
gained access to Tracy & Hopper's
establishment bv prying open a WIN
dow. 1t was only a few hours after
they committed the burglary until they
were under arrest. The light snow
that was on the ground made it an
easy matter to track the freebooters
from the store to a ravine a short dis
tance north Of Sumner, whittier they
had taken their plunder and were
huddled around an outdoor fire wher
they were captured. Four other par
ties who were met on the way to tho
ravine were placed under arrest ant
taken back to Sumner and lodged II
the village calaboose pending the de
velopment Of more convincing proc
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-17

The somewhat notorious Jasper
Petty of Mendon township, who went
before Justice F. M. Lewis at Sumner
about three weeks ago to file COM
plant against Henry Stewart, also OF
Mendon township, charging him with
carrying concealed weapons, failed TO
have the opportunity of airing his
grievance in Justice Lewis court fo'
the reason that after making an inves'
tigation concerning the merits Of the
case Justice Lewis reached the CON
clusion that there was not sufhcien
cause for action against Stewart and
therefore refused to issue a warran
| for his arrest. 1t remains to be see'
lfo what Justice Of the peace PeEty; va
next endeavor to relate his tale .
woe"
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-17

default on the part of the de-
PENDANTS to perfect their appeal2
1t has certainly been passed
upon, however, by the higher court,
which affirmed the finding of the lower
cor:it in favor Of Mr.. Watson. the
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-12-17
The Criminal Calendar.

Henry c. Carton, whose arrest up
on a warrant charging him with steal
ing three tons of bottom prairie hay
from Jacob Stombaugh, and which
was recently chronicled in the columns
of the COURIER, viii have his trial in
Justice F. M. Lewis court at Sumner
next Monday.
James and Chas Mccormick ol
near Sumner will be tried before
Justice T. ]. L. Hutcheson of yellow
Creek township next Tuesday, Dec
3rst, for assaulting and "battering'
VIM. Foster on James Mccormick
farm several weeks-ago, an account o
which was published in the CoURnl
af the time. The warrant for the ar
rest Of the McCormicks was issued b
Justice F. NJ. Lewis, but the defendant
swore they could not get justice d
Cunningham township, and filed thei
Affidavit and application for q chang
of venue to Justice T. ]. L. Hutche
sons court, which was granted b
Justice Lewis.
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Houses In London and Berlin.

live at Berlin in Il house where
there are eight families. each of
course inhahitinG n separate part.
Only the inevitable piano practices
break through the barriers, and
that Is certainly not less the case
here whore the walls are so thin
than with us i'll Our more maSsively
built houses. The only real differ
ence consists in thiS-that the "cas-
ties of the Englishmcn are built
up close to one another, while ours
are above one another, and that in
consequence thereof we have our
rooms all on one floor while theirs
occupy several floors One can safe
ly assert that by far the larger mum
Der of the houses in London have
frontaScS of only two or at most
three windows in width They live
on the middle floor, take their meals
on the ground floor and sleep on the
upper floor. As n consequence there
Is total abs"nc" of reception rooms.
Should any one wish to invite the
court to Il ball, he has To get q large
temporary room erected in the
courtyard for dining purposes, an
other aS retiring room for the
queen, whilo the refreshments arc
to be found served on the ground
fioor-that is, if one succeeds in get
ting down the narrow staircase.
Everywhere there are crushing and
difficulty of moving about. Again
and again You may expect 70 find in
London mansions the frontages of
which are i'll bad taste, though of
immense dimensions. The whole
side Of square or of a street may
be composed of one uniform set of
buildings which are throughout in
the same style and of the same col
Or Moltke's Letters to His Wife"
FOR three years we have meyer been
without Chamberlain s Collie, Cholera
and DiarrhTa Remedy in the house"
says A. ii. Patter, with +. C.. Atkins
" Co., indianapolis, Ind, land nv
wife would as soon think of being with.
out flour as "a bottle of this Remedy i'm
the summer season. We have used il
with all three of our children and il has |
never failed to cure-nOt simply stop
pain, but cure absolutely. 1t is all !
right, and any one who tries 1t will find |
{ So" For sale by y. Il. Sydenstricker |
= Co.
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REPORT ON RESULT OF EXAMINATION OF !
OF - BltADDOCK'' RY WHISKEY received from Mr.
Qualde, Manager for the JAMES CLARK DISTuLING c.
ton, Va: -
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And Something About tn" Obsolete San,
nONCs aud Sand.

r., -, g.,
IN Encl,rl ,b.,,. us, g, ,hi,, blot
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80, - ''''.' '''''',,S l'"-
yer d" - U.s." ''''' - '"iCny tor
"l"''l"S l'"\'9 III DOCKS. Here we
use ON desk Sh""I OF plotting pa
per l" 10y ~ inches, the standard
size, which may be- turned over
when one side il pretty well filled
with ink. In England tho thin blot
ting paper is folded r.,nlrr of
sheets together moknu , ,,rt of
pad. something lnry,r th,,n Irnol can
paper. and when = leaf ,,,,t- >1t,rut.
cd with ink it is torn OF
Blottinr MINER j. NOT new. Int II
was first made in this country only
about 40 wears ago. Before that time
we used some of the thin English
blotting PAPER. importCd. but more
commonly. to prevent ink from blot
ting. we used sand. which was pour-
cd upon the written sheet out of n
sand box. The sand box WAS u com
mon article of desk furniture, as the
wafer box was at one time. and al
most as commonly seen as the ink
stand. 1t was made sometimes of
tin, sometimes of wood. 1t was per
haps inches in height and mavbC
2ic inches across the ton. where its
diameter was greatest. Itwas some
thing like a pepper box in tho man
nCr of its use, but as TO shane. in.
stead of having Il convex top. it had
Il ConCavc top. like a little saucer.
The bottom of this saucer was per
forntcd. The box was filled with
sand through these pcrforations.
When the box was used, sand was
poured from it upon the writing. A
little of the sand adhered to the fresh
ink and kept it from blotting. Vert
much the greater part of the sand
poured out law scattered ,,non tho
paper. Lifting the book or paper.
the surplus sand was poured back
into the box.
Many of the wooden sand boxes
wcrc handsomely turned articles.
Tho sand used was a peculiar. fine
black sand of uniform grain, brought
from Lake George, in this state.
At the time of the civil war IN this
country blotting paper had como
into comparatively common use. 1t
is only within Is or 20 wears, how
ever, that it has como into tho wide
and very nearly general uso of the
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HAVING bought the interest of W. l..
MOORE | will continue the business in
my own name. | thank my friends and
the public generally for their patronage to
the old concern, and solicit share Of your
patronage for the new. | have already
bought for Spring trade the largest line Of
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CONS STABLES.

Fort SPRING.. +. Barker Irish Cor
ner- White Sulphur
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MIKE NJ. COLLINS.
CONVICTION, VA.
GOOD & CHEAP WHISTLES.

HAVE been doing business with the
Il people of Greenbrier and adjoining
counties for the last five years, and |
hope l have given them satisfaction
and that my Goods proved to be what
represented. a great many of the
people through G1eenbrier know me
and know | will do what say. am
now able to gay that | can furnish bet
ter Whistles and Brandes for the
Money then can be bought elsewhere
buy from one of the best and most
reliable Wholesale houses in the conn
try and get my Good at Car load prices
do my own work and can sell at very
close profit. ! will sell irst-class apple
Brandy, at So. so per gallon Kentucky
Bourbon, $500 to $3.50; MARYLAND
Rye, $500, $3.50 $500 and 81 90. |
will make the jug trade a specially for
the people of West Virginia. So don I
fail to send your Christmas orders. and
they will receive prompt attention. |
guarantee satisfaction or money re-
funded.
M. NJ. COLLINS,
Dec. l7-tf. COvimgton, Va.
| always keep on hand the wear old
Belle Of Nelson.
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SHOES, LACES. HAMBURG. WASH
GOODS, DOM ESTES, &c, that we have
eyer shown, and ask you to
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NOTICE.
THE BIGGEST CUT IN PRICES
EVER YET MADE BY

:. +. MY LES, Failing Spring. W. Va.
In order to make room for Spring an
Summer Goods he will sell the remain
der of his stock OF Fall and Winter
Goods At greatly reduced prices. for
Cash. In order to make us clean Il
sweep rs possible within the next 80
days many of these goOos VIII DC sold
at and below cost. Boots, Shoes, Hats.
Caps, Mems OvcrcoatS, Mems and
Boys Suits, Gents Winter Underwear,
heavy all wool Dress Goods, us well as
everything in the Dry Goods line, re-
duced so low that YOU will hc surprised
at the purchasing power of the al
mighty dollar. Watches. Clocks. solid
gold and plated Jewelry, Stationery,
Books, Notions, Razors, CUTLERY, Spec
tacles, full line of Groceries, Hard
ware, Queensware, &c. Timothy seed
and General Merchandise. al lowest
Prices. No room to name prices, but
a call will convince the most SkcptiCal
that now is the time to buy. Remcm-
Der that while this clearing out sale at
sacrifice prices is only for cash, vet
highest Prices will at all times he paid
for Produce, and goods given in at
lowest trade prices. Watch ana Clock
Repairing speciality at lowest prices.
Watches cleaned for 81 cts, and other
work in proportion. Watches sent by
mail will receive prompt attention.
ton. :. +. MNLES.
Jeweler and dealer in General Mer-
chandiSe,
FALLING SPRING, w. VA.
Feb. 18th. 1897.
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GO e : cnis sy:
In effect Dec. Goth. 1896.

EASTBOUND.
Trains leaye Ronceverte as follows:
6.42 Il. m. daily. Express for Wash
ington, Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, New York, Rich.
mond, Old Point Comfort
and Norfolk. Dining Car to
Washington.
9.32 p. m. daily. f. f. V. Limited
for Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York,
Richmond, Old Point Com
fort and Norfolk. Dining
Car.
$50 p. M. Daily Express for Clifton
Forge.
wEsTBOUND.
7.25 a. m. Daily. f. f. V. Limited
for Cincinnati, Louisville,
st. Louis, Chicago. west
and Southwest. Dining Car
9.5l p. m.-Cincinnati and st. l'onlS
Special for Cincinnati, IN
dianapolis, st. Louis, Chr,
cago, Louisville, West ana
Southwest. Dining Car
$50 II. M. Daily Express for Hunting
For additional information address
"A. Is. G. Bray, Agent, Ronceverte' OF
ii. w. FULLER,
GenI Pass Agent.
G.. w. STEVENS,
General Manager.