The Palmyra Spectator from Palmyra, Missouri • Page 8

lieebpr'Haiioii Makers direct to consumers means a saving of the middlemen's profit. We would invite special attention to our Men's fashionable flour soon there is liable to be a bread riot in this vicinity. Our school will not begin until the 12th of April, on account of sickness of the teacher, Miss Gertie Clark. We aro informed that Dan Keck has sued his father and brother John for $50 damage as a result of the late law suit over a milk cow. The April fool man was in town fishing for suckers Thursday, and succeeded in getting several on his string.

Benbow needs a brass band. We should have music in the park at least twice a werk. Rev. Bishop failed to meet his appointment at this place Sunday. The peaches are not all killed, as now in working order.

The school ma'ams are happy. Miss Anna Leake commenced our school last Monday. We most certainly wish her success. Rev. Ingman, pastor of the Baptist church, delivered two excellent sermons Sunday.

ne is indeed a first class minister. Mr. and Mrs. John Horseman visited pareuts in the town last Saturday and Sunday. They made so short a stay that we think he is rather selfish with his bonny bride.

Two ladies for pity's sake we'll call no names went to Palmyra this week and had rather bad luck. Had not the kind gentlemen have helped them, we fear the ladies' horses and buggy would still be found in North river bottom, but we are glad to know tbey reached home in safety. Singing school closes tonight, Mr. Rellen Cheney has been instructor, and we can most heartily say he iJ a good one. He thinks Emerson class can excell any class iu the country that has equal amount of practice.

What do you think of that? If you don't know what to think, come out tonight and you'll know. Where is "White Rose?" Please give us another interesting letter soon. We heard a young lady say she was very fond of hearing news from or near Nelsonville. Substitute. All fresh from the pressing irons of our Tailors, in a great variety of plain and fancy Cheviots, Worsteds, Cassiraers, Tweeds, So confident are we of their strong value that we beg a comparison with the best other stores can show from $2 to $3 higher in price.

Call and See Them. 5.00 7.50 $10.00 $12.00 $15.00 The Grandest line of Boys' and Children's ever shown in Quincy. Rider Haley have their telepnon line to Nelsonville completed. It keeps one hand busy at the country stores counting eggs. If it were not for the egg trade they would have to hhut up their stores.

Ballard Bros, bought five barrels of flour one day last week and sold it all before night the same day, and Hutch-son sold the same They can't keep in flour. Nearly every farmer has to buy-his flour, and what is worse they will have to buy for another year, as the wheat crop will be very poor. That makes it very hard for the farmers, and more people will have to eat corn bread this season than ever before. The prosperity that the Republicans aid would come when McKinley was elected has not come, nor will it come soon. One thing is certain, if it comes we will reap the benefit with them, and if it does not come we can stand it as well they can as a great many of them are in the same boat with us.

There is considerable sickness again. Richard By waters is very sick. Dr. Rhodes is his physician. It has been very hard on the doctor, as he has had to go a long distance to the bridge when he did not cross the Fabius in a skiff.

We are the most neglected people in the county as regards bridges. We have to go ten miles to get two when the creek is up. We will live in hope, however. The Montana fever is still raging in this neighborhood. James Crawly and Emmet Swisher are going to start for that state in a few days.

They ure going to work on a ranch near Great Falls for Thomas Chanling. We are sorry to see so many leaving, but it will give those that stay more room. Mr. Jack Pryor is not expected to live. He has been ailing for a long time, but for the last week has grown much worse.

His son, Bud Pryor, is over from Illinois. George Dinwiddy is also very low with that dread disease, consumption. Our school commenced last week for a term of three months, with Miss Leake as teacher. There is not much building going on this spring. Dudly Hutcherson is going to build a dwelling house this spring, and will commence as soon as he can have the lumber hauled.

Marion Poor has the contract for the house. Sunshine. Nelsonville. We have been having plenty of rain and the farmers have had quite a rest, as the roads and weather have been so bad they could not work much. The merchants have a hard time now hauling out their goods.

Miss Annie Hutcherson writes her friends she is haying a very pleasant visit with relatives at Columbia. Richard Bywaters has been very sick for some time, but we are glad to report that he is some better at this writing. Mi9s Annie Lake, of Benbow, has been visiting in this vicinity. Carl Oviatt left last Thursday for Iowa. We feel sorry for the young ladies as all the boys are leaving the country.

But never mind girls, they'll all come back in the "sweet by-and by." Calvert Hutcherson visited at Dick Spratt's Sunday evening. Miss Edna Leake is teaching our summer school and is giving good satisfaction. Miss Edna is a good teacher and is well liked by all her pupils. Minor Vanarsdale has been on the sick list for several days. was supposed a few weeks ago.

We had no mail here Friday on account of high water. Joe Adams ha9 gone into the clothing business. E. W. Wood, of Maywood, was de-liyering fruit trees here Monday.

An old lady informed us last week that if hens are set when the wind is in the east the eggs will not hatch. Poultry raisers should make a note of this. Earl Yarbrough has accepted a position for the coming summer with Henry Walker. All a boy in this vicinity has to do to sport a gold watch is to turn agent for two or three days. The time of year for bacon and greens is close at hand, and this reminds us that when many years ago we were partaking of this early spring salad with a good old lady whose eyesight had begun to fail, we made the discovery that the worm is liable to meet a worse fate than being carried away by the early bird.

A house on Sherman Walter's place, in which a family by the name ot Ponther lived, was destroyed by fire last Monday. All of the contents were burned, which leaves Mr. Pontuer in destitute circumstauces, as he was a very poor mau. are be in solicited to aid him. The house was a worthless concern.

Marvin, the nine-year-old son of Ed Ward, died Saturday morning after a week's illness, said to have been rheumatism, and was buried at this place the following day. There will be a vote taken at the coming school election to form a new school district south of here by cutting off a part of this and part of the Ewing district. It incluues one-third of the children in this district, and as nearly half the voters iu the proposed new district are opposed to it there will be some pretty hard kicking against it. We noticed recently that Monroe City proposes to help build a bridge in Marion county. Only a few years ago Quincy helped build one.

if we can persuade Durham to chip in, perhaps we can get a bridge across Troublesome. What a blessing it is to be surrounded by benevolent neighbors. As soon as Bill Webber's mammoth black snake returns, which escaped from him last fall, we will tell the readers of the Spectator how he will make it serve a useful purpose. X. Nelsonville.

The mud is drying up except in the bad places and they are bad sure enough. A few have commenced sowing oats. There will not be a large crop sown this year as it is getting late and other work is crowding the people. The ground will not be in good condition for a crop this year, as it has been packed too much by rains. The rain last week did more washing than all we had during the winter put together.

The merchants at Nelsonville have a hard time getting goods to supply the custom. They have to haul from Blicker on the O. K. railroad and it takes six horses to haul any kind of a load, so you may judge what kind of a condition the roads are in. Hound (J rove.

Farmers in this section are talking of sowing oats, if it stops raining long enough. Dick Bywaters is very pick at this writing. Joe Kaylor's eldest child is also on the sick list. D. P.

Bevill, who resided on Mrs. Jolly's farm, has moved out and is now in Lewis county. Schools began Monday. George Bowers, of Shelby county, was in these parts Thursday and bought a milk cow of H. C.

Gooden. This is the second man from Shelby who has bought of him this spring. No gardens have been made in this part of the county as it is too muddy to work in them. There will be a few peach blooms out here, but only a few. Haley Rider have begun work on their telephone line to Nelsonville and Cherry Dell.

They have the wire strung to Carlisle and a 'phone in that place. Mrs. Mary Burk, of Steffansville, died Friday night of heart disease, after giving birth to a child. Mrs. Nanda Holbert has been very low for the past two weeks.

Her sickness is nervous prostration, caused by worrying about her husband and child. Some time last fall two boys near Concord turned their clothes wrong-side out and caught John Colbert's horse and demanded his money. This worried Mrs. Holbert and she brooded over it and heard of threats which the boys made till she is in a critical condition. This was done in fun, the boys said, but such fun is not the right kind.

This ought to be a fair wraning to reckless boys. G. lienbow. Our present road law is a failure. There has been a large amount of timothy and clover seed sown in this section this spring.

Farmers are waiting patiently for the ground to get in condition to sow oats. Not a great deal will be sown. Feed is getting scarce in this section. Corn is hard to find at 20 cents aud the hay is nearly all fed out. Earl Terpenning started for Kirks-ville Saturday, where he will attend the State normal.

Fred Gallagher and Carl Oviet left for Iowa last week to seek employment. J. W. Terrill made a trip to Quincy last week by way of Durham. If our merchants don't bring on some Absolutely Pure.

Celebrated for its jrreat loaveniiift strength nd health fulneiR Aaturaa the foot against lnm and nil form of adulteration common to the cheap brands. Royal. Baking FowniiR New York. Philadelphia. Spring seems as far off as ever.

If there is anything in the moon we will have a little less rain for the next month. According to the old Indian sign we have a dry moon. Carl Key has been spending a few days with his sister, Mrs. Ora Tilletts. Little Nellie Morns is quite sick at this writing.

She was taken sick Thursday. Owing to high watpronr mail carrier lailt'd to get through last Thursday and we were without mail for one day. A 10-year-old sob of Ed Ward, living across the Fabius, died last Saturday of appendicitis. Law was expounded in our city last week over a sheep. Charley Haggard lias gone to Illinois on a visit.

cj Miles Summers has been on the sick list for the past week. Mr. Davis, agent for the Baker medicine, makes it a rale to 6top at a little house up in the brush west of town quite frequently of late. If uncle Ted don't mind his p's and q's he will lose his housekeeper. Our new store arrived Monday, and they have a fresh and neat stock of goods.

Philadelphia climbs up around once in a while. Miss Roena Haycraft returned home last Wednesday from a visit to her uncle, Rev. Joseph Terrill, of Clayton, 111. We have some new residents from the southern part of the state in our town. They exchanged property with George Hitt.

The Union Sunday school elected officers Sunday for the ensuing year as follows: Superintendent, Robert Ford; assistant superintendent, L. D. Cort; secretary, Harvey Mallory; treasurer, Miss Edna Smith; organist, Mrs. Robert Ford. Allow us to return our thanks to ''Topsy1 for interest taken in our welfare.

We do not need the spring water, however. Better save it for your own use. Miss Annie Leake had a narrow escape from drowning last Thursday morning in the high waters of the Fabius. We are not' in possession of full particulars, but it appears that she rode into a washed out culvert and only by clinging desperately to her horse was safely rescued. Eiuden.

April 4th and the wind blowing a steady gale from the northwest. News of any kind scarce. No farniiDg done up this way yet. Grass is making a slow start, not quite warm enough for grass to grow yery much. Feed is getting scarce.

There will be but very little feed left over this spring. Lee Turner and wife, Mrs. Phebe Kincaid, of Moberly, and Miss Belle Turner all visited at Uncle Henry Goodwin's Sunday. Miss Annie Moreland has been quite sick, but we are glad to report her better at this writing. Mrs.

Moreland has also been in delicate health for quite awhile. School meeting Tuesday and we hope everybody will go and vote to their own interest, not to please somebody else. Bob Simmons has his new house about ready to move into. Dick Goodwin bought of Eli and Lou Critchlow 18 or 20 hogs last week. They averaged C5 lbs.

Price paid 4 cts per lb. Emden school begins tomorrow with Webster Durrett as teacher. Ed Gregory lost one of his fine beeves last week. Jim Richie's hogs are dying with cholera. Rat killings are the go up here now.

Sam Davis and his little dog are the main participants. They killed last week at Ed Miles', 83; Tom Collins', 75; Minta Davis', 100 and at other places to numerous to mention. In all there must have been 300 rats killed. Sam ought to have pay for every rat he and his dog kill. They ffre a terrible pest.

x. Kmerson. Welcome blessed sunshine. The roads are decidedly better. Many farmers are anxious to sow oats.

Very nearly all of the schools are In reply to "White Rose" about some of the boys working so hard, we do' not think there is any danger of them hurting themselves, not saying that the boys are not good workers at all, but think they will quit before they hurt themselves. Come again "White Rose," or did you get frost bit this cold weather. Uncle Jack Pryor, as he is familiarly called, is very ill at this writing. Dr. Rhodes is kept very busy now, and when he visits patients on this side has to cross the creek in a skift a good part of the time, as we have so much high water.

Roxib. Spring medicine is a necessity which Hood's Sarsaparilla grandly supplies. It purifies and vitalizes the blood and thus gives tone and strength to the hole system. Hood's Pills are the only pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Cure all liver ills.

Notice. In order to sell you goods at lower prices and better quality than you can get then in Hannibal and Quincy, you must bring your cash here. Statements sent out must be settled within 30 days. If accounts are not paid, please do not ask for credit. S.

Hirnkr. Notice of Dissolution of Partnership. Palmyra, April 1, 1896. The partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned John T. Threlkeld and Harmon A.

Hollyman, in the grocey business, is this day dissolved by mutual consent, and said John Threlkeld is authorized to col lect all accounts and debts due said firm. H. A. Hollyman. J.

T. Threlkeld. Alexis and Ernest Blanc, two young Frenchmen, were hanged for murder at Lafayette, Friday. In style. In quality.

In assortment. In prices. UIVE US A LOOK ON In all the New Shapes and Colors IVI 1 lllgi THE MARKETS. Palmyra, April 8. Wheat 85c per bushel.

Oats 15a20c per bus-Corn 22c per bus. Eggs 6a7c perdoz. Butter lQal5c per lb. Hens 5c per lb. Chickens 5c per lb.

Lard 5c per Jb. Tallow 3c per lb. Hogs 3.50a3 60. Butcher's Stuff 3.00a3.5(J. Fat Steers Quincy.

April 6i Wheat 8oc per bu. Corn 20a21cperbu. Oats 12al7c per bu. ogs $3. 70.

Cows and Heifers Cal ves $4. 50a5. 00. Eggs (tyc per doz. Butter 10al2c per lb.

Chickens 3a6e per lb. Turkeys 6a8c per lb. St. Louis, April 8. Wheat 93c per bu.

Hogs Corn 21c per bu. Oats 19c per bu. Miss Grace Metcalfe, a beautiful and talented St. Louis society girl, who went to New York about a year ago to study for the stage, has abandoned the footlights and returbed to this city. The cause assigned is that her Randall Garrison, son of Mrs.

Nannie Garrison, 3516 Page, objected to stage life. The young lady studied under the late John Norton and gave promise of a brilliant future. She had many flattering offers for next season and has recently been understudy to Dorothy Morton in the "Geisha." Her Mrs. Ada Metcalfe, and her sister, Ma bel, are still in New York, where the latter will finish her studies for the dramatic stage. Several months ago-local society was in a ferment over the report that Randall Garrison had run away to New York to marry Miss Metcalfe.

He sold his bicycle, bicycle hose- and watch to obtain money to make-the trip, but when he arrived in the metropolis Miss Metcalfe gave him such-a chiliy reception that he took the next-train home. Both the young people are allied to St. Louis' aristocracy, ands it is hoped their storm of vicissitudes will soon blow over. Louis. Chronicle.

A small boy in one of" the Detroit-schools recently handed-in this com-, position on cats: "Cats have four4 legs and nine lives. Why they are five legs shy 1 do not kno at this time-1 guess I cao find out when I die. I think cats wood be agould deel funny-enf they had nine legs and five lives, don't you? Cats have tales whitch they rap round thare feat when they set down so as to hold them togather. I kno a bob taled cat that is ashamed to set down in public a tall. I gaess it is af rade its feat wi 11 skatter.

Thare -are Tom cats and Puss cat9, which the Tom cat is more massive and has a more soundin voice in the midnight darkly when all elts is still. Cats cries like babies sometime, but you cannot give them parrygorick Jo quiet thare nerevs sistems like you can babies. We have a baby at oiir house that I gess has drinked about four quarts of parrygorrick and every nite it cries ju9t the same for more. 1 0 gess that baby must have the parrygorick hab-bit. Young cats are very frisky and tbey will play all day because they don't have no sohool to go to.

I gess-I would like to be a young cat till I was growed up to be a man. Cats-eat milk and mice regular and the-canary for dezert. Only a few weeks left in which to-pay your city taea 1 (KKK0KKHK0 NEW STORE! HEW GOODS! NEW PRICES! VVe beg to announce to the trade that we are showing an entirely new and nobby line of Dry Goods and Notions for spriag and summer wear, which are 'WWWWWAWWV Superior HARDWARE. Out fMcni ranfurQ Short time and short prices, Ul INtJW ttllU I you to buy fifteen per cent less than long terms and prices, and giving you exclusive lines not found elsewhere. CORSETS.

TABLE LINENS. Our prions and styles suit the times. We are now arranged to do business, and will bepleased have all our friends and the public generally share their patronage with us. Our prices will be correct. Special low prices on Glass and Queensware.

HARKELL HOLLYMAN. Found only at our store JL at popular prices. Our store is brim full of bargains in every department, and when in our city do not fail to visit First deer of Sarisgs SuL o-ooooo-o.