Chariton courier., 1903-03-27
Tr,plett Topics.
A. o. Greene was in town Tues

D. H. Zimmerman has been on
the sick list for several days.
Judge B. F. Fleetwood was in
Keytesville this week attending
court.
Ed. Dorsey filled his appoint
ment at the Christian church
here Sunday.
Mrs. j. C. Bowman went to
Salisbury Sunday evening to
visit relatives.
Miss Leonard of Salisbury is
visiting the family of w. F.
Bruner this week.
Mrs. w. F. Shaw of Brunswick
was up Monday visiting her par
ents, R. T. Morehead and wife.
Rev. C. P. Smith of Kansas
City, Kas., will preach at the
Christian church in this place
next Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Lee of the In
dian Grove academy had to dis
miss her school on account Of
the measly measles.
Travis Hampton has been on
the sick list for several days, but,
we are pleased to learn, he is
much 5etter at this time.
Judge w. H. Poland of near
town handed us the sheckles to
pay for the COURIER for another
year. Thanks. Judge; that's the
way to make us smile.
John Sunkin, the gentleman
who purchased the Barlow farm,
near town, went to Kansas City
last week and purchased Is head
of cattle to feed on his place.
i Miss Bessie O'Bryan was in
town Saturday interviewing our
people in regard to the CoURIER's S
piano contest. We found her to
be very pleasant young lady.
! The Triplett postoffice received
40 additional lock boxes Tuesday
which have been badly needed
for sometime, owing to the great
increase the in mails at this
place.
G.. F. Merrifeld and wife, who
have been enjoying a well de-
veloped case of the mumps, were
both in town Saturday and able
to laugh at their former misfor-
tunes.
J. S. Daniels came in last
| week and handed us a dollar 10
, make himself solid with the CoU-
RIER. When it comes to the
) quality of a newspaper you cant
: fool "Uncle' Stephen.
D. H. Zimmerman & Son have
shipped IL loads of hay from this
, place this season, and Mr.. Zim-
norman informs us that had il
? lnot been for the bad roads they
would have shipped 40 loads by
this time.
, A social was given at the City
3 hotel Friday evening where quite
9. number of the young people
r met and had an njoyable time
until about II o'clock. We fail
; ed to get the names of those
- present.
$ Andy Wohlgemuth of neal
: Triplett and Miss Pennington o
!, Bcsworth surprised their man,
!. friends last week by getting mar
ried. They are both popula
young people and we wish then
great happiness. They will liv'
8 On the r. T. Morehead farm
e 1.2 miles east of town.
Il L. l.. Farr of Carrollton,
f. nephew of Mrs. j. r. Derry o
this place, was married Marcl
% at the First Methodist churcl
in Fort Worth, Texas, to Mis-
(. Lundy L. Cox of that city. 1
reception will be given at tn
q home of the groom's parents il
g Carrollton, Mo-, the 25th inst.
after which date they will be a
IS home to their friends in Waken
* da, where Mr.. .Farr is in business
Some one, whose name we fail
l. ed to get, went into the store c
id w. F. Bruner & Co. last Frida
night about IL o'clock, and pro
"a ceeded to help himself to sue
- - articles as tobacco tags, chewin
W ~ gum, gum boots and other sma
50 trinkets he thought would inter
est him, also about $500 in col
i to carry with mis- tobacco tags
D. After leisurely making the abov
it selections he quietly left via tn
front door that is generally use
to by customers in making their de
of parture, but here is where b