Chariton courier., 1903-06-12
fore the snow flies Salisbury will
have one of the finest.

nave one or the nneSl.
Our rural mail-carriers are
having a serious time with mud
and high waters, but it will be
dry enough after awhile.
The K. o. T. M. lodge Of Sails
bury will give a monster 4th of
July celebration. The order is
!growing here with great rapidity.
Cards are out announcing
commencement exercises of our
public high school for June 20.
There will be a number Of grad
yates.
Hon. A. T. DUNN and fam
| lily of jefferson City spent part
of last week here, visiting friends.
Tom is clever fellow and has
many friends in Salisbury.
Mrs. M. l.. Rogers and Mrs.
w. H. Richardson continue to
have poor health. THey have
been sick long time and hope
for their recovery has been aban-
doned.
When a Salisbury woman
pulls on a pair of rubber boots
and goes out to see about her
chickens she wears a determin.
ed look that indicates heroic
blood in her veins.
j. IF. Pratt, assistant county
attorney, is nursing a blistered
hand as a result of trying to as
sist in preparing dinner. Here
after he will confine himself to
law and hire a cook.
The straw hat craze has struck
our town and the like of pulled.
down before and reared.up.be-
hind" headgear no one ever saw.
They are cheap and ugly, but
pass for the ''real thing"
Henry Bovenizer and Charles
Brill rode the A. o. U. w. goat
Tuesday in cowboy style, and
both fully enjoyed it after the
ride was over. Others who wish
to protect their families would do
we'll to interview his goatship.
DR.. J. F. Welch has purchas-
ed the NJ. A. Robinson property
for 50. 500. Mrs. Somerville and
her son, Joe, will take up their
residence in Columbia, Mo-,
which removes from our city the
last of one of its pioner families
except Mrs. Effie Robinson and
daughter, Miss Brook.
]; Mrs. Sarah Scales, aged 81,
while at the home of daughter,
Mrs. Cam Lee, near Chraneville,
received a stroke of paralysis in
the left side last week, and she
may not recover. She is the
mother of Irwin Scales and Mrs.
G. A. Clarkson of this place, and
is one of our oldest citizens. 'A
Rev. John Grove delivered a
highly appreciated lecture at the
NJ. E. church, South, Monday
evening. There was just humor
enough interspersed to hold the
audience, while his flights of ora
tory at times were sublime. The
audience was small, owing to the
threatening weather, BUT those
who attended were delighted.
, VIM. Garhardt laments the
loss of fine colt whose death
was brought about in a peculiar
manner. A rope halter was tied
around the neck of the mother
| with one end dangling loose. In
some way the colt got tangled
up in the loose end of the halter,
and in struggling to free itself
wrapped the rope around a sap
| ping and choked itself to death.
Our city authorities are after
dilapidated sidewalks and much
growing is heard. Some even
intimate that the sidewalk COM
mittee does not know a good
sidewalk when it sees it, but
they are prejudiced. In no case
) have they torn up a brick walk,
and those who would have peace
would do we'll to put down good
brick walks and end the matter.
Word comes from Joplin, Mo-,
! of the death of Thomas Pitney,
son of James Pitney of misplace,
a miner at the former named city.
1t seems that Pitney and his
] brother, ''Buck, attempted to en- :
+ ter an abandoned coal mine with
a view to re-opening the same
, While attempting to descend on
a ladder, Thomas was overcome
E by foul air and fell to the bottom.
causing his death. He was "a
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