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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06

B est all-purpose horse. E. M. Shupe
Best carriage horses. DAVIS Woodward
Best two-year old heifer VIM. Ward
Best steer. Wesley Lamb
The premium for the prettiest baby
was awarded to DR.. and Mrs. Richie.
1t may be some consolation to the
disappointed mothers of other babies
to remember that Baby Richie was
held by B. P Chapman while the
award was being made, and as Brother
McGrew suggested, the committee
was no doubt largely influenced by
the contrast.
Excellent music was furnished
throughout the institute By Mrs. J. NJ.
Ingram, Miss Galloway and Messrs.
Corey, Chapman and Dr. Richie.
Altogether this was Inc most
successful institute ever held in Men
don, and we now give Secretary
Rippey of the state board Of agricul-
ture warning that we will ask for it
again next year.
NATHAN CLAIR, secretary.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06
Marriages.

GROTJAN-MEYER:-Fr d GroGan
and Miss Christina Meyer, an esti-
mable young couple OF near Dalton
were married at the residence of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Meyer, Sunday, October I, Rev. w
L. Meyer launching their hymeneal
bark. The attendants were: Messrs
w. H. Burnes and Henry Heyer, Jr.,
and Miss Lena Meyer. sister of the
bride and Miss Phena BAender of
Moberly. The COURIER extends con-
gratulations to Mr.. and Mrs. Grogan,
and hopes for them unbounded jop as
they travel the pathway of welded
life.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06

George R. Layher, several years
a genial agent of the Wabash at
Keytesvllle, but now freight agent for
that company at Buffalo, N. Y. stop
ped off here Wednesday ajternooon
to greet old friends all of whom
were delighted to see him. George
had a weeks leave Of absence, and
was on his way to Kansas City. He
has lost none of his congeniality and
is the polished and courteous gentle
man of yore.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06
NUMBER 81
townsman ]. J. Moore was chairman.

The following were those who reg
lsteredat Wednesdays reunion, but a
a great mans were present who failed
to register. We first five name,
place OF birth-year of arrival in Charl-
ton county and age.
H. H. Richardson, Virginia, 1890,
aged IS.
G. S. Mcdonald, Kentucky, 1858,
aged 70.
John o. Doughesty, Howard county,
1898, aged 65.
G, w. Tillotson, native, aged SO.
J. H. Dameron, Georgia, 1850,
aged S..
James T. Coleman, Kentucky,
1856, aged 55.
Capt. H. Stevenson, Howard coun-
ty, 1865, aged GO.
c, W. Singleton, Livingston
county, 1880, aged IS.
w. A. Henderson, native, aged S.
John McAvan, Ireland, 1857
aged 90.
Mrs. John McAvan, native, aged
GO.
Judge J. B. Hyde, native, aged 50.
n. J. Agee, Virginia, 1898, aged
I65.
B. F. Mootman, Kentucky, 1914,
aged SIS.
James shaughnessy, Ireland, 1889,
aged SO.
Marion Hibler. native, aged 81.
George Chapman, Virginia, 1887,
aged 63.
Thomas Williamson, Kentucky,
1855, aged 90.
H. c. Chrisman, Kentucky, 1868,
aged 65.
I. N. Wright, Tennessee, 1885,
aged 90.
w. 7. Adams, native, aged 70.
B.R. Franklin, Kentucky, 1886,
aged 65.
Elisha Harris, Virginia, 1852, aged
S.
F.M. Welch, native. aged IS.
]. X Mitchell, New York, 1850,
aged 81.
P.s. Gordon, Virginia, 1888, aged
c. W. Ponsler, Ohio. 1875, aged
IS.
A. G, Arlington, Virginia, 1868,
aged So.
Warner Ford, Kentucky, 1865.
aged 81.
WI. Humphrey. Virginia, 1885,
aged 81.
Thos. J. Henderson, Missouri,
184o, aged 50.
Robertson Moore, Kentucky, 1917,
aged 81.
In addition to registering Mr..
Moore made the following note, writ
ten in a neat, legibIe hand: MY
father, John Moore, first visited Mis-
souri, in 1916, when the town of
Charlton was laid off at which time
he bought lots in the town, and the
year following moved to this county
which was then a wilderness inhabited
by Indians.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06
Sick Headaches,

The curse of overworked womankind,
are quickly and surely cured by Karls
Clover Root Tea, the great blood
purifier and tissue builder. Money
refunded If not satisfactory. Price IS
and 20 cents. Sold by W. c. CASTOR
EeytesviUe. Mo.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06
Probate Pointers.

Upon the application of Sarah
Moore, one of the distributors of the
estate of Elizabeth Dinim, deceased.
Public Administrator T. z. Mackay is
appointed administrator Of said es-
tate.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06

James Duval granted letters of ad
ministratlon on the estate of Emma
DuvaI. and his bond approved In the
sum of $1,000 with John H. Walker
and B. F. Montgomery as securities.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company.

Il H 'SI SduOtS plCSlOCut, JOuA
Gladbach, vlce-president; w. l..
McCampbell, treasurer; E. S. Osgood.
secretary; E. E. Weygandt, w. L.
McCampbeIl, VIM. R. McGrew, C. E.
Allen, Barney Reiglesberger, John
Gladbach, R. a. Partch, and D.
Longsdorf, board of directors. A. O.
Greene is also a member of the board
of directors. but was absent. There
was also a goodly number of policy
holders in the company in attendance.
The meeting was called to order
by President E E Weygandt, and on
motion R A. Partch was elected
assistant secretary.
The minutes of the last annual
meeting were read by Secretary E.
S. Osgood,
The secretary's and treasurer's re-
ports were then read. and showed the
affairs of the company to be IN good
condition.
The report of the auditing COM
mittee composed of A. o. Greene John
Gladbach and R. w. McGrew, show
ed that the reports of the secretary and
treasurer were correct.
Five minutes were gwen those who
desired to ask any questions or to
offer anything for the good of the
company. E. A Chapman, R. S.
Maupin and others discussed the
matter of sending receipts to each
policy-holder for dues paid, and 1t
was decided for the secretary to mail
receipts on postal cards.
The report of the condition of in
surance of the company for the year
ending September 50, 1899, is as fol-
lows:
Amount of insurance in force Sep
tember 80, 1898, $324,727
Amount of insurance in force Sep
tember 80, 1899, $34o,94o.
New business written during the
year, S58,172.
Cancellations during the year,
$ao,365.
Policies expired, $I1,I5O.
Rewritten policies during the year,
5000.
Rewritten during the year on &C
count of changes, $I7,8So.
OF the new policies issued during
the year E. S. Osgood wrote 90, Rev.
R. S. Maupin, I9; D. Longsdorf 4; H.
E. Elliott, 4; John D. Stoner, 2, Theo.
DoerrIe, I.
Total amount of insurance written
during the year, $8I,I52.
The matter of raising a fund OF
81 900 for the purpose of meeting
losses promptly was discussed and J.
n. Games made a motion to that end,
but when a vote was taken the motion
was lost.
The next order of business was the
election of three new directors to
serve for a term of three years. and
resulted in the election of the follow
ing gentlemen: E. E. Weygandt, w.
R. McGrew and A. o. Greene.
There being nothing further to be
done the meeting adjourned after
voting to meet at Mendon the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
October, 1900.
Immediately after adjournment the
board CT directors met aud organized
by electing the following officers;
E.E. Weygandt, president; John
GIadbach, vice-president; w L.
McCampbell, treasurer, and E. S.
Osgood, secretary.
The members of the Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Chari-
ton county, who were in attendance
at Tuesdays meeting, were a fine
looking, intelligent, substantial body
of men, such as should create con-
fdence IN and make business for the
company.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06
The Oldest Confederate in Missouri.

Geo. w. Bradley, an old Confed-
crate soldier who is an inmate Of the
Confederate home at HIgginsville, is
in Charlton county this week, having
arrived Monday night to attend the
old settlers reunion and picnic at
Keytesville Wednesday. He has a
50 days leave of absence from the
home, and was among the attendan is
at the ex-Confederate reunion at
Clinton, Mo, last week.
Mr.. Bradley lived at James Pages,
near Forest Green. for several years,
and is the oldest Confederate veteran
in the state, being now, he says, in
his o2nd year, and has taken several
premiums at Confederate reunions
on account of his advanced age,
among them a nice silver watch,
WI as presented by the citizens
Re aword cane that IS
III yeaH 9d, and was presented to
John c. Haythe, the first justice Of
the peace of Virginia, by Gen. Nc
Donald of revolutionary fameV Feb
1o, 1882.
This cane, after beng handed down
from one generation to another, was
finally presented to Charlton county
in honor of General Sterling Price
and was given to Mr.. Bradley by tht
Daughters of the Confederacy at Sc
dalia in September, 1895.
Mr.. Bradley informs.us that the Con
federate home at Higginsville is run
ming smoothly; that the old soldier!
there are all contented with their lot
and that Geo. E. Patton, the superin
tendent, is the right man in the righ
place.
Get nv prices on ladies caPes anC
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06

Perry S. RAIDER, guardian and cura-
tor of Mary S. Tillotson, a person of
unsound mind granted authority to
sell. at private sale, certain real es-
tate belonging to the said Mary S.
TilIotson, proceeds of SAID sale to be
placed at interest for her benefit.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06

ClaIrborn and Millard Franklin and
Chas Bennett. the latter of whom the
prosecuting witness supposed to be
Crone when the warrant was sworn
out, were taken before Justice J NJ.
DeMoss Monday by Constable l..
AsEmbree and pleaded guilty to the
charge of trespassing on the premises
of Mrs. David BrInker of five miles
northwest of Keytesvile by going
into her pasture and gathering hick-
ory-nuts without her consent. The
defendants were fined 81, each, and
costs which they paid and were per
mitted to go hence. The young men
were also charged with disturbing
Mrs Brinker's peace by abusing her
when she took them TO task for tres
pass, but this charge was dismissed
by consent of Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney /. F. Pratt.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06

Call on Holcomb for your estimates
on builders and painters supplies.
Bottom prices made
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06
Criminal Calendar.

George Miller, COL, of Dalton
pleaded guilty before Justice VIM. P.
Jared of Keytesville last Saturday to
the charge of selling a crop Of tobacco
on which he had given Jos. Miles, a
Dalton merchant, a mortgage, and
was sentenced to the county jail for
80 days.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06

Get my prices on ladies caRes and
children's cloaks before you buy else
where. M. HENRF'
Triplett, Mo.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06
Old Settlers Reunion ..

tiers of this county, held at Keytesville
Wednesday, was a success in every
particular. The weather was ideal,
with exception of the dust, and the
previous arrangements were carried
out to the letter with nothing to mar
the proceedings of the day which were
highly enjoyed by the 5000 people in
attendance.
The morning hours were devoted
to a speech by A. T. Dunn of Sails
bury, a general handshakfng and
social conversation. When noon
was announced all were invited to re-
pair to the tables which were laden
with all the substantial and delacacies
calculated to satiate the appetite of
the inner man. All were welcome at
the festal board, and if any went away
hungry it was on account of extreme
modesty, as an appetite that could not
havs been appeased there must have
been extremely hard to satisfy The
good ladies had prepared a feast
which was served from one long table,
and for quality and quantity could not
be surpassed. A business meeting
was held in the afternoon at which
officers for the ensuing wear were
elected, each township choosing its
vice-nresident as follows.
D.. p-oob TT p-ool,n,on
po..,; Co.. Ion p,,o,..o.h
pruns.s,oL NJ puerv
Cho;.o, 7 pr+,er
Nv, ~ D,.-
Coa,.u.n H. Vr.aar
C.nn;nuhon, 1ooo
TJ.-'-:1~ = w D.
,1andon NJ Herndon
n,;.-; E1o,,;no,
,,.,to.,- Ua,oL
c.I:.l III wo,,o
c-o...
T-:,g.. r,oo,,.,a
,U.,.iad M cars
- NFarohont of p-,,n.n,;cl~ No.
re.elected nresident. Tobn Knapnen-
her of K Kevtesv,IIe treas surer and T 7
Martin of KavtasvilIa sacretarv
Kavtasvi,Ie was decided On bv
unanimous vote for holding the next
meetinq and the first Tuesday in
October was the time agreed unon
for holding the reunion
There was some discussion about
adonting Kevtesviue as the nermanent
loo .t;on for boIdinq these annual
GATHERINGS but no action was taken
and i will nrobabIv he brought I'M
o,;n >. .bora : tou, % n,,robos;na
su.ohle Grounds here near town mt.
So, -, ,uo-o- oond;,;o, o,d ded;-
o.;. :. = tio of .ho ia sa,.lar.
d ~ o.har n,oa.;nns 90 . s;r,;Io,
~, n. Ill.,, o.. -
:. III =, U1'"-0N
ui9PenSeu iHOsi' to' '"e uHy 'nu 'Ne
boys fully sustained tneH previous
sPlendld reputation 1of gooo music
Hons u. A BAH OF PlKe county
and A. M Dockery OF Oalaun' can
dates Tor guDernatorlai honorS' were
present and they greeted the audience
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06

Ephriam Martin, col. swore out a
warrant before Justice VIM. P. Jared
last Saturday for the arrest Of James
Dewey, COL, for entering the dwelling
house of Mrs. Kittie Prather, COL, OF
this place and stealing couple of
coats belonging to the afiant. Dewey
has skipped to Macon, Mo, and if he
will only stay skipped" the towns
morals would be improved.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06

Either Prosecuting Attorney J. A.
Collet or Assistant Prosecuting At
torney J. F. Pratt will 90 to Salisbury
this morning to prosecute a case Of
the state against Shelby Ray, col, in
Justice J. R. Mason's court. The
youthful defendant is charged with
entering the residence of w. w.
Rogers at Salisbury last Sunday morn
ing and stealing some provisions and
ransacking the house generally.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06
Very truly yours,
G. B. CRAwLEY.

Keytesville, Mo, Oct. 8, 1899.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06

Upon the written request Of f. V.
Seigle. a minor over Il years Of age,
Jos. Miles Is appointed curator of
the estate of said minor, and said
curators bond in the sum OF $500 is
approved with VIM. Bitter and Moses
Fletcher as securities.
The will of the late B. F. Barnes of
Missouri township admitted to pro-
bate. BY the terms of the document
the deceased's property, consisting of
about $50 acres of land and personal
estate of the value of about $500
was wiiled to the testator's wife, but
she, having died the entire estate IS
heired by the testator's son, AIonzo
Barnes Of HigginsvilIe, who was ap-
pointed administrator, with will an,
neNed.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06

Needing ram.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-01

SOLICITORS-Two men wanted for city
solicitors; must be hustlers: will pay
salary and big commission to workers.
Call Monday, between 9 and 10 a. M,
AZ East Sixth st -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-01
CHAMPION BEER DRINKER.
Five Gallons and Half In Two
Hours and Ten Minutes.

Liquor Trades Review.
Matthias Sommerman, Of Union Hill,
n. j.. is the undsputed champion beer
drinker in the world. In the record time
of two hours and ten minutes Sommer-
man swallowed lightweight glasses of
beer, each of the capacity of half a pint.
or five gallons and half in all. He did
not complain at the finish of any sense
of eNertton, but expressed a willingness
10 attempt the consumption of what re-
manned on the table before him. He was
fain TO admit, however, that the edge
had been taken off his thirst
The championship was the result of a
contest with George Bertrand, a fellow
brewer. who is a noted gourmand as well
as beer drinker. Bertrand threw up the
contest on the eighty-second glass at the
end of three hours. He had however in
cidentally devoured during the bout a
pound and a half of chopped meat. two
pounds of boekworst. six hard-boiled
eggs. three lunches of celery, and a loaf
of rye bread.
TO understand exactly what Sommer-
man accomplished it must be remembered
that the ordinary key of beer, or fourth
of a barrel, holds but a rev gills over
seven gallons. There is no reason to
doubt that. the Union Hill ''todtseuffer'
could have emptied the key before which
he sat. rs
With the modesty of a true champion,
Sommerman' thus dtscourses upon his vic
tory:
cit isn't so hard to drink a glass of
beer every two minutes when you get
used to 1t. When 1 drank with George
Bertrand the other day took eighty
eight glasses in two hours and ten min
utes, and I didn't feel 1t much George
gave out at eighty-two, but. he's young
yet and will learn. They weren't very
big glasses, just the ordinary mug you
get In saloon. That holds a little over
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-01
NO PUBLIC SMOKING.
When Germans Were Not Allowed to
Smoke on the Streets

Smoke the Streets.
Newark Call.
There are many old-t time Germans who
remember how strictly the law against
public smoking used to be enforced That
the law is dead is one of the fruits of
the revolution Of l84S. The Berliners were
the first Germans to smoke in public
Courage to do SO came to them during
the memorable days when they dictated
laws of their king Frederick William
~, the present kaiser'S grand-uncle.
AS that monarch. while standing on the
balcony of the Berlin CASTLE was COM
manded by the revolutionists to uncover
before their dead, the mob" says a.
contemporary chronicler, "heaped the ad-
ditional indignity upon him of putting
huge pipes in his presence
The citizens stuck to their pipes and
cigars during the following months. when
the police and military dared not inter
fere with them on trifling proyocation.
Afterward, when the tide had turned
an attempt was made to again enforce
the law, but the people got SO wrought
up over the matter that the police drop
ped the prosecutions. In March 1919 the
old law was repealed.
AS it happened liberty to smoke ev-
erywhere except in church and in the
theater was one of the few results of
the revolution that have never been in
acts.
Before the revolution disobedience TO
the ant1-smoking law was punishable by
fine OF one thaler If a German passed
a sentry box or royal palace with q
pipe in his mouth he was nulcted five
thalers The smoking of cigars in pub
lie was deemed particularly offensive and
judges frequently imposed an extra thaler
on the person guilty of smoking such an
arucle. In Germany the cigar came to
be considered "the correct thing" only
after the Introduction of matches IF
was easier to light a cigar than a nine
by the neW-fangled agency; hence the
cigar increased in popularity, and be-
came gradually recognized as the SUI
perior of the pipe in a social way"
But liberty to smoke is not yet uni
versal in Germany or elsewhere In Ber-
lin, Munich and other capitals, including
Vienna, army officers and soldiers are
forbidden to smoke in the principal
streets through which members of the
royal family are liable to drive. If in
other streets they see a royal carriage
approaching they must throw away their
cigars. In AIsace-Lorraine Catholic
priests are forbidden to smoke In pub
liza rule that prevails in all Latin coun-
tries. But the state has nothing to do
with lts prohloltion. 1t Is regulation
enforced by the church of Rome.
Smoking was introduced into Germany
In N2o by English soldiers, and soon be-
came popular. AT the close OF the thirty
years war Q649 all the princes of Ger
many agreed to stamp out this helltsh
nuisance" The use of and traffic In to-
bacco was then punished by excessive
flnes. In Switzerland, too. smokers had
hard time Of it. Up to 1850. smokers.
in private or public, were liable to the
pillory, in addition to Imprisonment and
a fine
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-01

half pint, but, of course. there wasn't
any foam. A brewer never drinks that.
1t S, the foam on glass of beer that
makes you sick.
Il had no bad feeling while I was
drinking / got little sleepy afterward,
and George was a little 'dopey' too, but
that was because of what he had eaten
more than what he drunk. He's a good
eater and good drinker, but he can't do
both at once. He and the foreman ate
frankfurters the other day, and George
ate thirty-six in d little over an hour.
Il didn't time myself in my drinking
contest. l just drank as much as [ could
and then waited minute or two and
drank more; besides, I'd been drinking
my usual amount all day: So had George
If George hadn't stopped 1 could have
gone right on drinking beer for the three
hours
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-01
ELECTRIC BARBER SHOP.
The Latest Novelty Introduced Ii
Paris.

FQr1Ss
A very animated description Of bar
Der shop in which most of the familiar
operations are conducted by electricity Is
given by LElectricien. For example,
hot water Is obtained by passing the
stream of a hydrant through German
silver tube in a soapstone case, the tube
being electrically heated, so that the wa
ter is nearly boiling when it passes out of
the spigot. For the crimping of the
friZZes Of our young women there Is no
longer necessity for recourse TO the hot
iron. For a long time the defects Of this
method of heating have been noticed, for
the capillary artist sometimes forgets and
leaves the iron in the heating apparatus
to long, so that when 1T does not make
a burn, it makes the hair red, which is
even more DISASTROUS
The new curling irons heat themselves.
In the interior of the rod Is a fero-nickel
wire, which can be brought up to the
proper temperature, and will then remain
at this same temperature indefinitely.
But it is in the cutting of the hair that
electricity has produced the most COM
plete revolution. The scissors have slow
ly given way to clipping machines, and
these, in their turn, must disappear be-
fore an electrically heated platinum wire
with which the hair may be burned off
The apparatus, as described, consists of
metallic comb, along one side of which
is stretched the hot wire, and as this is
passed through the hair the red-hot wire
burns 1t off neatly and smoothly, and at
the same time seals up the end of the
hair, 1t being supposed in this way to
produce a desirable effect. The method
Is, of course, entirely antiseptic, but 1t
hardly seems likely that the air of a bar
ber's shop will be very pleasant when
these new methods obtain a wide popu-
larity.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-01

AGENTS wanted for the new combina-
ton floor scrubber and cleaner, and
window cleaner. Slama Mfg. Co., III
Randolph ST., Chicago
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-01

ever saw. and that such bones. muscles
and sinews- are rarely found under the
skin of modern people. Jennie is of old
time slave stock. and consequently very
polite and trustworthy. She claims that
her strength is constantly, increasing.
though she does not gein very much in
weight. -BfazoS.