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VOLUME XXV. KEYTESVILLE, MISSOTJBI, FBIDAY, JTJXE 19, 1896. NUMBER 22.
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Your Daily
will taste better ami iiTll
feel better by vrasliiug lh iu
dovcn with Blaiiks Cotiee.
There's satisfaction i:i clrls-k-ins
it. Then-' liaM in
drinking it. Why.' Simply
because it' pir., an i line
flavored, and deltrioui.
No matter how pmtl "'.lier
Coffees are, competent judges
always say Blanke's is lit
tle better than all th" nir.
Every customer of mint who
Las tried Blankc-V JIVe
commends it, ami will not
drink any other kind. Three
pounds, $1.00.
There Are Tricks
in the Grocery busiiv tJiat
fool some grocers. ():i of
these tricks is to pi up
worthless goods in Ii col
ored packages. lat Tin
careful to know w!t:r i on
the inside of :Y- ; . ka.e.
The outside dupsh: 'unt.
In fact, Vm socar-fu! iiat I
place my word ami i.r be
bind everythin l - : The
latch6tring alv;;. n the
outside of my r.viry-
body is invii-1
see me.
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5. M. wte,
Pure Poo:
KEVTES VI LLC - -
A Happy
Some weeks sine,
mode in the Cou::i
Messrs. I. F. and
. ear Keytesville, to
Kansas, to see the:
Cuddy, who was q
they left with little h
covering.
Since then a happ
effected in her con'!
she renders praise
cr. Her recovery, i
out of the ordinary.
A Kingman paper
column in giving an
storation to health,
vious to the beginr.i:
she was very low, s
could not hear the
tion in her room 1
elusion of visitors. :
titc and scarcely ei
partake of any noun
When prcparatir.
send for the doctor
saying she felt very s
she might be dyirv
some sort cf a tranc
to be buried until i
was dead, and then
any change that ni
short time she was s'
ing her hands in
army style. She tr!
friends that the Lor?
.and that she cod J
new life in every fi
ller family and fri
-was only the Strang
upon whose brow
death had already 1
the intervention cf 1
-would have arisen a:
Since then, says
.gives the account, s
assistance and ca
liand. And now t .
-What is itr "II
accomplished!" Th
Sessional Christian
lRI.
r.cntton
:itof
!I')r, of
;nty,
r. Asa
.'I.! whom
. cvt r rc-
ins !ecn
: .r which
1c ileal
Lv.st, is
t .i u:oa?.
rvurly a
;f Iut re-pre-'
ri ;ivcry
r tout she
:i:e ex
xv appc
vrcngth to
. .c m.ide to
;; ed it,
: though
i;oi into
aoked not
Lt:;vn she
m ait. d for
ot-.-i". In a
. ; ;;r.tl clap-
. ..r solvation
.- & r.-.ily and
. !ic!:ng her
thri-1 of
. t" !:c-r being.
. . -j-ht this
. r. v of one
hand of
.-.v.. Butfcr
' xA mts she
; . ;er which
:-.-eded no
. harvest
uns arise:
this cure
- re no pro-.-"
e healers in
the neighborhood. That way of heal
ing had never been thought cf by Mrs.
Cuddy. She is said to be an intense
ly religious wemaa of unbounded faith,
and no doubt her trust brought heal
ing to her body. Wc cannot account
for it in any other way. We hope to
hear more of her case from her own
l;p3 further on. The how of her heal
ing may be a mystery and but little
understood, but she and her friends
know that she was sick, nigh unto
death, and that now she is compara
tively well.
State Democracy.
J. J. Moore, chairman of the Dem
ocratic central committee of Chari
ton county, was called to St. Ixmis to
attend a meeting of the state Demo
cratic central committee and ail the
chairmen of the several county com
mittees of the state, who had been in
vited to be present, for consultation
concerning plan? for conducting the
campaign this year. There was a
very large attendance. All the state
committeemen were there and every
county in the state was represented
either by the chairman of the commit
tee in person or by proxy. The plan
formulated was organization by school
districts for the county campaign.
Dcsidcs the members of these re
spective committees there were present
a large number of leading Dcmocatic
politicians of the state. The cnthuasi
asm for free silver and 'Hand and the
coming together of these gentlemen,
charged with the coodnct of their party
machinery was a kind of political love
feast that will not soon be forgotten
by them. We hope they githiud a
sufficient volume of Democratic fire
while consulting together and compar
ing notes in Su Louis to sct-the woods
on fire after returning to their respec
tive homes, and as a result there will
be a larger Democratic majority in
Missouri this year than has heretofore
marked the present decade.
IJut the members of these respective
committees cannot do all the work,
necessary to be done, themselves. Let
every Democrat in every county, and in
the state, lend a helping hand to the
organization. If he docs so a splendid
victory will be achieved.
In comparing notej on the state
ticket the conclusion was reached that
Stephens, I.csevcr,Sc:bcrt, Uamcyand
Pitts were in the lead for governor,
secretary of state, state auditor, su
preme judge and state treasurer, re
spectively. In fact, it is said, that it
was easy to be seen the nomination of
these men is the program to be carried
out by the silver men of the state.
In reference to the strength of Jordan
and Crow for attorney-general the
opinion is said to have been divided
as to which is tn the lead.
To Prevent Lycloaes.
Prof. Itadcn, of the water bureau
at Washington, has a plan for destroy
ing approaching cyclones or tornadoes
before they can do any harm in thick
ly populated towns. It is well known
that water spouts which threaten dis
aster to ships at sea are rendered
harmless by being shot with a cannon
ball. He proposes to accomplish the
same with cyclones and tornadoes by
shooting them with dynamite. To do
so, of course, requires preparation.
Cyclones almost invariably move from
thr southwest to the northeast, and
Prof. Baden's plan is to prepare for
ihem along their route by establishing
lookout stations extending north and
couth so as to interpose a barrier on
the danger side from which the re
volving storm inwardly comes. This
barrier would be made xfTcctivc by
means of a system of dynamite bombs
onncctcd with the station by wires.
Guards to go on duty when warned by
the signal weather bureau service
showing conditions favorable to cy
clones. On seeing a funnel-shaped
cloud approaching, the operator would
simply wait until it got near enough
and then touch off the cartridges,
which would blow it, the funne!-shapcd
cloud, into smithereens. Of course
it would cost something to construct
the stations, but if tie plan is really
effective, the cost of it would be a
small consideration compared with the
desnucjon of a cyclone like the one
that recently visited St. Ixmis, which is
said to have dsttroyed $20,000,000
worth of property, to say nothing of
the loss of li'c.
An Incocpeisat Critic.
The on!y left-handed compliment
paid the recent souvenir edition of the
Courilr was inflicted by the Triplett
H(ra.U whoss editor murmured of
what he was pleased to call "rocky
proof reading."
There is no room to doubt that
Ilrothcr Ross is a competent judge
of proof reading as the following
words in the last issue of the Herald
unquestionably prove: "Rccieve,"
"cuckle," lightening," "Caines," "re
paring," 4,occassions,M excelent,'
"marning," theirselves," ccmetary,"
"appropcratc," "hcroicly," etc 11
The above errors do not include a
number of mispunctuations and sever
al instances of bad grammar.
The Courier, always quotes criti
cism from those who arc competent
to criticise, but under the circum
stances wc seriously object to so in
competent a critic as "Editor" Ross
throwing rocks at ths souvenir or any
other edition of this paper.
Let him first cast the beam out of
his own eye and then he shall sec
more clearly to cast the mote out of
his brother's eye. ;
The S:reet Fakir.
Th3 to Til of Key tcsville U the county scat -Of
ttii erar.tlet county In tUc Hate.
Wiicre all cix-wen of people meet
To transact business an J relate ,
TM happening that to th-M occur. f
And 1 3 somo of vrh!ch wc now reier.
AncJt of coaui?rce com- tnd go, f
Dut dot and then there cornea a Ulb . '
Who cll9 hi vootfs fo Tcry low.
JuM a Il:t!e cah to make.
They nine aons icvt o3a Jjst
Some of "the boy a" can tell the rest.
Xit, 'twas on l.vt Monday nlht
T'jto men sang none and made fun.
For both of then were "out of sight".
And soon their ware to sell begun.
7Si?y sold soap cud :u3 the Itch to stop.
And pave a receipt for soda pop.
Nome cf our citizen, on business bent.
When double the price the men Kave back.
Stood round the war?n quite intent.
And thought they'd try the thins; a whack.
M.m7 Invested freely, so they say!
Hut fur further pointers ask O. P. Hay.
Mr. Cooley, or cbaiiK the first letter to a T,
InYeMcd some of hi nithy lucre.
but if I'm wroni; please don't bluno me.
Was among those who got the euchre.
At th-i City drua store's the place to stop
To i,ct the ncw-Langlcd soda pop.
Ltxx.
A Dlt ot Dally Newspaper History.
We arc not disposed to interfere in
the quarrel between the Salisbury
Democrat and the Chariton County
Republican as to the relative merits of
the two Salisbury dailies that were
issued by the Democrat and Press
Sccfa.'jr dunng the late commence
ment exercises of the Salisbury acad
emy and North Misiouri institute, re
spectively, but wc can not forbear en
tering our protest against the justice
or truth of the Democrat's claim that
it was the first morning daily ever is
sued in the county.
If "Grandma" Dismukcswill scratch
her head and do just a little thinking,
the old lady will no doubt be able to
call to mind that the Courier issued a
morning daily for three or four suc
cessive years during the palmy days of
the Kcytcsvillc fair. Our daily was
not a try-daily," that is, got out one
day and tried to get out the next, but
we got out six consecutive issues.
Our innate modesty forbids our say
ing anything as regards the daily
Courier's merits. It told its own
story.
In the history of Chariton county
journalism we believe the Courier
was the first paper that ever published
a daily within the county's borders.
The Democrat will please paste this
on the office cat's back for future ref
erence. Qaxrterly Meeting.
Rer. J. R. A. Yaughan will hold
the 4th quarterly meeting of the Dal-
-. . . 1 ,
j ion circuit; at, .'uam3 cnapci uk
I Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday
mm m mm . 1 - .
night He M prcacn at icaienary.
Wetter If Not Wiser.
Lewis CI ear kin and Miss Susie
Clark, of Triplett, had rn experience
Sundiy they will not socn forget, says
the Mendon Citizen. The stopped
in Mendon to wait until the rain was
over, and when they started home and
reached the branch south of town they
found the water running over the road.
The team was headed for the bridge
and they started to cross, but when
they reached the st: earn the bridge was
gone ani the water was so swift that it
floated the young lady out of the bug
gy and she lodged against a wire fence
on the west side of the road. Mr.
Qearkin swam to her rescue and car
ried her to a place of safety, then,
with the help of some parties who
were near the scene, the team and
buggy were gotten out without any
damage being done to either and the
couple started for home, wetter if not
wiser.
Township Mass-Meetings and Cctsaty
Convention.
Democrats, don't forget to attend
your township mass-meeting on Satur
day, June acth, at which dtlegate3
will be chosen to the county conven
tion to be held at Keytesvillc on Tues
day, June 23rd, for the purpose of
electing delegates to the judicial con
vention at Pcrtle Springs on Tuesday,
June 30th, to nominate a candidate
for the Kansas City court of appeals;
the state convention at Jcflerson City
on Wednesday, Aug. 5th, to nominate
candidate for the various state offices,
and to the Second congressional dis
trict convention to be held at Chilli-4
cothe on Tuesday, Sept. 8th, to nom
inate a candidate for congress.
The basis of representation to the
county convention has been fixed by
the county, central committee at one
delegate for every 50 votes or fraction
of 25 votes or over cast for Wm. J.
Stone for governor ia 1892.
Under this representation the vari
ous townships are entitled to delegates
as follows:
Townships. No. Delegates.
Bee Ilranch 3
Rrunswick 8
Howling Green 2
Clark 3
Cunningham 3
Cockrcll 2
Chariton 2
Keytesvillc 11
Mendon 2
Mussel Fork 3
Missouri 2
Salisbury 16
Salt Creek 2
Triplett 4
Wayland 4
Yellow Creek 2
Total 69
Wc sincerely hope that every true
and loyal Democrat in the county will
be present at his township mass-meeting
to-morrow, and that a full and
fair expression will be had by Chariton
county Democracy as to their choice
in namin? the Democratic nominees.
No lack of enthusiasm should pre
vail, for a silver plank and the adher
ence of correct principles on the issue
of tarifl reform are now, wc be'.ieve,
assured by the national Democratic
platform, hence the prospects are
bright for a sweeping Democratic vic
tory on the 3rd of next November.
Iet every Democrat, then, do his
whole duty to his party and his coun
try by contributing all in his power in
again putting down Republicanism
and all of its attendant evils in foster
ing trusts and combines and giving
legislative pap to plutocracy by rob
bing the comsumer for the benefit c
the manufacturer.
Letter Us.
The following is the list of unclaim
ed letters in the Keytesville, Mo., post
office June 19th, 1S9&
Mr. Henry Hand,
To'Jy May,
Mrs. Elizabeth Nester,
Mr. Casper Smith.
When calling for the above letters
please siy 'Advertised."
John Ohyess, P. M.
Suckers Will Bite.
Iist Monday night Keytesville was
visited by a ccuple of shatpers. who
succeeded in "doing" the town, or
rather in catching a string of "suckers'
to the tune of $10 or $15.
One of the men, who had a wooden
leg but not a wooden head, first sang
several songs, with a banjo accompani
ment, and was not long in attracting
quite a crowd. The vocalist took up
a collection after siugiog several airs
and secured as much, perhaps, as 75
cts or $1.
He was followed by a companion,
who dubbed himself as "Crazy Bill,
from over the hill, who never told a lie,
and never will."
Demented, but truthful, William
commenced operations by offering for
sale several cakes of soap at 25 cents
a cake. He sold several pieces of
this soap, and not only gave the pur
chasers their money back, but 25 cts.
on top of the price paid for it.
The soap sales were superseded by
William's placing "a scalp wash" on
the market at 50 cents a bottle. With
each bottle sold, William counted out
$1.50 to which he added the 50 cts.
the price of the scalp wash and
laid the $2 down in front of him,
leaving the impression that he would
give the $2 to each and every pur
chaser of a bottle of the scalp cleanser.
But Billy didn't do it. He just kept
on selling scalp wash and when he had
made all of the sales possible and
presented each purchaser with a re
ceipt to make soda pop, he hastily,
but gracefully, shoved the money into
his pockets, blew out the light attach
ed to his wagon, addressed his team
in French, tipped his hat and drove
off.
Yes, suckers will bite, but of course
the Keytesville suckers who bit last
Monday night would, no doubt, like
to see "crazy Bill" sent to the asylum.
But there are people who insist that
Billy's patrons should accompany him
to such an institution to take treat
ment, too.
We timidly suggest to those who
purchased irrational Billy's scalp wash
that they use it on the inside of their
ncads instead of the outside.
Tbeaallstin Water Strip.
One of the most perfect little in
ventions of the aire is the Gallatin
water strip, sold by Geo. W. Conrad.
The undersigned citizens, of Key
tesville, have tried it and guarantee it
to keep water from running under an
out side-door, save carpets, keep out
cold, etc
Hugo Bartz. J. E. Dsmpsey.
W. T. Rice. J. C. Kellogg,
llansmaa 3t Kiel. II. A. Wheeler.
C. F. Tnra3h.
Assaulted His Drothsr-in-Law.
Henry Imgarten, a German farmer
living near Forest Green, pleaded
guilty in Justice J. M. DeMoss' court
in Keytesville last Monday to assault
ing his brother-in-law, John F. M.
Meyer, a week previous, and was fined
$3 and costs. The total amount of
Imgartcn's fine and costs was about
$16.
It seems that the trouble grew out
of an opprobrious remark made by
Meyer to Imgarten while the latter was
passing the former's house, whereupon
Imgarten dismounted, seized a club
and ran Meyer several hundred
yards, but was prevented from doing
him bodily injury by passers-by.
Subsequently Meyer had Imgarten
arrested, with the result already given-
A. O. U. W. and D. of H. Picnic.
B. I. Chapman, M. W. of Mendon
lodge, A. O. U. W., requests us to an
nounce that the Degree of Honor and
the A. O. U. W. lodge, of Mendon.
will have a picnic on the 4th of July to
which all the neighboring lodges of the
D.of H. and A. O. U. W. are invited
The Mendon brethern became tired
of waiting for arrangements to be
made looking to the holding of a
union picnic by the several county
lodges of the D. of H. and A. O. U. W.
and concluded to have one of their
own.
We suggest that the committee ap
pointed by the several lodges of the D.
of J I. and A. O. U. U'- meet with the
Mendon lodge on the 4th of July and
and perfect arrangements to hold a:
union picnic at some point in Charitonc
county later in the season.
Hoffman and Hunch (Jive Bond.
D. H. Huffman and J. N. Bunch-
mention of whose arrest was made inr
the last issue of the Courier, for ob
taining a note and other valuables un
der false pretenses from Jas. T. War-
den, of Brunswick, had their prelimi
nary trials before Justice G. W. Cun
ningham at Brunswick last Friday andL -
were both bound over to appear be
fore the grand jury at July term of the
Salisbury circuit court, which convenes
on Monday, July 13th. Their bond.
was fixed at $1,000, each, which Huff
man gave with Saml Huffman, hist
father, as security, while C. Hammond,
of Brunswick, and Harry K. West, of"
Marceline, went on Bunch's bond.
The case of the state against Huffi.
man, for obtaining money under false .
pretenses from Benjamin F. Drew,
was tried beiore Justice DeMoss ia
Keytesville last Saturday and resulted
in the defendant's being bound oven
to the July grand jury in the sum cfr
$6oo, his father, Sam'l Huffman, and
Chas. Billingsley standing sponsor foe
his appearance.
Convicted of Wife Abandonment.
Oarance Trent, col., of Dalton, was?-
arraigned in Justice Singleton's court
in Keytesville last Monday to answer
to a charge of abandoning his wife and.
refusing to maintain or provide for her
and his infant child. &
The defendant was married to Miss.
Intha Ward, col., of near Dalton, by
Justice C W. Steiman on the 25th o
January, 1896.
Their marriage was the result of at
"compromise by which. TrenJt agreed. , V
to marry, the Ward girl, who was
under age, if she would withdraw the
suit she had brought against hint
charging him with seduction undec
promise of marriage.
The matrimonial alliance thus en
tered into proved to great a burdens
for the bridegroom and he left his
bride the same date on which they
were married.
Subsequently a child was born, ot
which Mrs. Trent alleges Clarence
Trent is the father.
Trent's trial last Monday was had.
by jury, which fined him $50 and
costs. He took an appeal to the
July term of circuit court at Salisbury
and gave an appeal bond in the sunt
of $100 with Geo. TIechleras security.
L. N. Dempsey is Trent's attorney.
Wedding Bells.
Jackson-Stephens: Mr. Thomas:
Jackson, of near Musselfork, and Miss
Lucy Stephens, of near Chraneville.
were married at the residence of the
officiating justice of the peace, H. A-
Wheeler, in Keytesville on Wednes-
day, June 17th. The bridal coupler
were accompanied to Keytesville by
Miss Alice Barnes, of near Prairire
chapel, and who joined in extending;
congratulations to the happy pair.
Christian Church Supper.
There will be a supper, consisting;
of meats, salads, pickles, ices, cakes,
etc., at Hotel Snyder on Thursday
evening, June 25th, for the purpose o
raising funds for the new Christian
church, soon to be built at Keytesvillew
A cordial invitation is extended to all
and especially to those who eat,.
Plenty of good music and a social
good time are assured.
Sunday Excursion
Excursion to Randolph Springs,
Sunday June, 21st. Fifty cents foe
round trip. Excursion train leaves
Keytesville at 1 1:48 a. m. Returning
leaves Randolph Springs at 7:30 p. mv
W. H. Carson, Agt.
Attention Stockmen.
I have two extra good yearling HoK .
stein bulls, now ready for service, foe
sale. Both are registered and as de
sirable individuals as can be found in .
the state. Jas. F. Taylor,
Keytesville, Mo.