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Wlliri gniltj tatrjmiia boom: county hailkoad riday Morning Nov 14 1879 A DYER Conductor 11 TRAINS TO COLUMBIA A Sunday Train loaves Centralia al 5:00 a tn and arrive In Columbia al 0:30 a and leaves tor Centralia at 5:00 tn arriving al Centralia al 4:80 in STATIONS tCcntralla 8 0iaru 8:10 in lllokinaii 8:37 8:40 Brown' 8:64 Btaphons 0:01 8:68 Persinger 4:00 Columbia ar 0:80 4:80 TRAINS ROM COLUMBIA 111 I HU iW 1' IfclBJ Ill I lll 1 II STATIONS Columbia 10:30 a 6:00 10:47 6:17 Stophens' 10:58 0:25 Brown's 11:02 6:81 lUukinan 5:48 tOentraliaar 11:55 0:30 (f) Telegraph Stations TRY THE BIBING SUN LOUR Patunt Process or rich and elegant bread it has no equal I'rlco $1 Oo Sold by 77 lyr Garth Clinkhcale MERE MENTION Zink la THE BOSS tailor (diS Col Moro returned homo yesterday evening All the latest styles of boon and shoos oau be found at Levi Brus 72 Ct IV Dunoan returned Thursday morning trorn St Louie Jo Vie Barth have a lino of beautiful elite haadkurubiefs d5itf Mr Blanks returned Thursday from a Short lecturing tour Rockford Quick Train Watches at Bazar one door west oi Dr d38t 1 Mr James Garth and bride have removed to their term north of town A 50 lb eack oi Rising Sun only co ts 26ots more than the common flour Try it Sold by (77 lyr) Garth Clinkscales Douglass Esq returned Thursday from Si Louis and Mexico Everybody wanting to buy their winter boots and shoes good and oht ap will call at 73 Levi Bros Mrs Luther Smith returned Wednesday from a visit to friends at ulton Mo Mr dcWerthorn our jeweler has Ms lut iratohes for sale Seo the Quick Train watch dstf Gilman Dorsey flue silk umbrellas only $2 50 at Jo d51tf Mrs Rider returned on Thursday from a visit to the Western part of tho state Ladin wanting a neat stylish laoe or button boot good and cheap will do well to call at 72 6t Levi Bros Ask our Mr doWerihern for tho Quick Train Watches Gilman Dorsey 13tL Col Switzer left for St Louts yesterday io attend a meeting of the Missouri Historical Sooiety is tbe dialT of Life" why not have the best? Tho Rising Sun lour Patent Pro cess is the cream from the best wheat grown in Mlsourl Try only 8400 per cwt Sold by 77 lyr Garth Clinkscales Gents it you wish a good lilting boot or shoe call et LevI Bros 72 Gt Miss Grace Bibb returned Thursday morning from a visit of a few days to friends In St Louis Campbell City Tailor gives Satisfao ttou io ALL his Patrons Call on him Shop over Strawn erguson A dry goods store (d 45 tf) Tho Handsomest Trunks tn Columbia aro at Jo A Vie dOltf Mr Moses Myer returned Thursday from a business trip to St Louis and reports his brother Mr Myer uh much better Tho only place In Boone county to buy the Rookford Quick Train Watch 1b nt Rich one door west of Dr d33tf BE CAUTIOUS BE CAREUL Be SURE thattho words "Rookford Watch Co Illinois" is marked on every dial To be bad of one door west of Dr (Sept 19 dAW tf) SILVER MEDAL We have just scon a very largo handsome Silver Medal presented by the St Louis Col lege of Pharmacy to Ohs Gosewiioh drug gist with Gilman Dorsey It reads on one side: to Chs Gosowtsch for attaining tho highest proficiency in all BRANCHES March 1878 St Louis Mo" On the reverse side Collegil Phar maouotlct Sanotl These words in a a circle and around an engraving of luboraotry apparatus (d76 6t) THE WEEKLY STATESMAN AND GO BOOK will be furnished subscribers for 1680 at 93 76 postage prepaid RELIGIOUS A UNION PR AYHR MEETING Meeting riday 7 Leader: Prof leet Meeting Saturday 7 Leader ProfUher Ir' 1ism Um uuiB il li i at i I1 WI POLITE SALESMEN A gentleman of Culture made this remark a few days ugo in our storo have cer tainly the most pollto and courteous clerks in your employ that It has In un my pleasure to meet with for many a This we regard ns a high compliment to any house Wo appro elate It and we trust by continued effort on our pm to please our patrons and the public to merit such compliments nt all times dSl8tawl46l GILMAN DORSEY PROGRAMME Of tho 1st District Sabbath School Con vention of District No 2 to bo Hold in Mexico Mo Nov 20 and 21 1870 I Devotional one half hour II Organization enrollment of delegates (declion of olHiiors etc Hi The objects of this Convention IV Advantages of organization Bible study tho preventative and cure for infidelity "VI The successful Sabbath school toaohor a publicibcnefactor VII How can wo effectually reach the young men? 1 VIII Tho Sabbath school a philanthropic as well as a religious Institution IX The Sabbath school position his work and his reward Thu influence ol the Sabbath school on a community (a) On tho family (b) On society () On religion (d) On politics XL The benefits derived from Sunday school Conventions NIL work In the Sabbath school All pastors and lovers of the Master's cause arc cordial 'y Invited to attend and come pre pared to speak on soino topic of tbo pro gramme Tho Distrlc? embraces the counties of Boone Audrain Monroe Marion Ralls and The Association will convene at 8 o'clock Nov 29 The generous people of Mexico will kindly entertain all visitors Il is hoped that Boono county will be welt represented Bernard Ashloy Mo Committee on Programme and Dist Sec A PROMINENT DRUGGIST Mr Williams of Clinton Mo in at tendance at tho recent Convention held at Sedalia remarked to a brother drug gist that he bad a customer at home who told him he would sooner do without a cow for hts family than be without cohosh a tar in hts house Try it all ye who sufler with coughs and colds (d 7C 6t) BOONE OOUNTY IN8TI TUTE According to announcement the Bootie County Institute met in Prairie Groie church on riday Nov 7 1879 The Institute was called to order at 11 am tho president 01111 lathe chair The exercises were opened with prayer and In the absence) of the secretary 0 Leggett was chosen secretary pro tern Verbal reports were submitted by Messrs Waters Leggett Shaw Burgwin lood and Wade and Misses Crockett Rockford Ruff ner and Withers read written reports and in her absence tho report of Mrs 8 Tuttlo was read by the president A class exercise on latitude longitude and time wan conducted by Mr Wade At 1 the Institute adjourned for half an hour for refreshment and on reassembling listened to a paper by Miss Crockett on grams in Grammar" ollowing the above Mr Babb read an ex cellent paper abounding in useful suggestions a casual remark in which called forth a lively discussion on the merits of Latin Class exercises on and Common ractions" conducted respectively by Leg gett and Shaw closed the work of the day and tbo institute adjourned till 7 At the night session Sebastian of Co lumbia favored tho Institute and many visi tors with a fine address on the need and im portance of the common school At the beginning of tho second ses sion it was voted that a committee of five be appointed to confer with tho Text Boek con vention to be held next January that of this committee the president be chairman Tho committee was completed by the addition oi tho names of Miss Crockett Mrs Tuttle Messrs Waters and Shaw After some discussion of the merits of vari ous Text books the audience was entertained by a spicy essay by Miss Salmon entitled in the School which called forth much praise This paper as also that of Mr Babb were requested by the Institute 1 for publication The Query Dox was found to contain a num ber of questions on subjects amusing and in teresting which were answered by the teach ers present Messrs Reynolds Singleton Murry and Miss lood wero received as new members A motion was made and carried that the chair appoint a committee of throe to confer with tho Dean of the Normal faculty of the Missouri State University with regard to a University Institute to bo held during tho winter Alter passing a vote of thanks to the people of tho vicinity tor the generous hospitality offered to Its members the Institute adjourn ed subject to call of the Executive committee Throughout the session the more arduous labors ot the Institute wore interspersed with sweet music Miss Sue Harris of Callaway presiding al the organ with much grace i Leggett ALL IN ATTENDANCE at tho last lecture delivered by Prof Schweitzer on will remember that Ids tost of different oils kept for Salo in the stores showed our coal oil to bo the best among tho 150 standard oil We still sell the same (d81 8t w5t) Gilman Dorbby 1 JLvlv A plaooe to gel uheapjob work THAT SHOWER METEORS twinkle little star flow I wonder whut you are Up above the world ho high Like a diamond in the Columbia people have been on the qul vivo tor several days making arrangements to witness tho shower oi meteors which was promised to occur lui night A number of our people were up and about Wednesday night od tho lookout for the shower but the shower did not come only a tow meteors meeting their gaze Tho first part of lastnightgave promise of a dour sky but before tho hour arrived lor the promised shower ol stars tho heavens were covered with clouds tho earth with darkness rain fell and many of our people retired In anything else than a good humor COLUMBIA POSTOICE JAMES RIPLEY Postmadter unclaimed letters Remaining in tho PostotUoo oi Columbia Boono County Mo Nov (J 1979 If un claimed in 30 days they will be sent Io the Dead Letter office Persons calling for these letters will please state that they are Advtr tised Buckner Alonzo Carlos Carlton Clark Miss Caroline Dolly Rosie Gross Henry Gerkin Harris Mtss Cora Hart I Hopper Mrs Id Hurly Samuel Kelly 8 Palmer Miss Cannlu Shadrfck Lemuel Taylor Albert Thornton James Terrill Mrs Mary Wlloox Mrs Ophelia Wilklus St Charlcu Bridge Notes Mr Staler Smith planned the bridge in 18G8 and in September of that year tho work ot construction be gan and was finished in May 1871 The bridge was opened for travel on May 29 1871 costing tho owners the St Charles Bridge Company nearly $2 000000 The bridge was leased to the railroad company under a perpetual lease and at an annual rental from $150000 to $200000 About a year ago the newly organized railroad company purshased tho bridge and refunded the bridge bonds Tbo bridge and approaches form an outline of a letter 8 and had a total length of 6640 feet the St Charles ap proach being 1472 feet in 46 spans of iron trestle work similar to the Eaet St Louie trestle to the St Louis bridge Tho bridge proper was 2178 feet in seven spans haying a clear elevation above the ordinary stage of water in the river of about eighty feet The Si Louie county approach was 2880 feet in 90 spans of iron trestle The piers in the river are 30 feet by 16 feet at the base and 20 by 7 at the top and rust on caissons These pi ere are of Grafton limestone and are from 92 feet to 145 feel in height from the bed of the river The seven spans of the bridge proper were of various lengths and independent of each other their ends resting about three feet on the top of the piers The west or St Charles span No 1 was 305 feet long Nos 2 and 3 each 317 feet long No 4 span 321 2 8 feet iong and Nos 5 6 and 7 each 308 feet Spans Nos 1 2 6 and 7 were of the dock truss plan or with the trestle work underneath the floor Spans Nos 3 4 and 5 wore of the double triangular trestle girder plan and with the trestle work above tho flooring The girder pieces of these three spans were of cast iron 15 feet long 18 inches in diameter and weighed about 6500 pounds each The other iron work was proportionately as large and was of wrought iron All the spans were constructed to stand a working load of 23000 pounds to she square inch and the estimated heaviest load that could over be brought to bear on it was 12000 pounds Markets by Telegraph 8T LOUIS MARKET St Lovis Nov Dull very little doing outslAe ot UHual local demand of butchers and canning company Native steero 850400: grass Texans 8225300 Steady supply light Yorkers and i Baltimore 330340 packing 340860 to select f350(3365 Nov $121 Jan asked Dec I123J Oom Nov 8tJo Deo 86i year 391c Jan 874c PROVISIONS Butter scarce and firm1 oholco to select dairy 2880e country 1022o low gradcs914c Eggs slow shippers count' 13 1 60 guaranteed fresh 16o Pork better 91026l050 New dry salt meats steady car lots 25 to 80 days old 3(0640660 Bacon nominal 1 Lard easier $640646 CHICAGO MARKET Chicago Nov 11 Wheat dull and a shade lower No 2 red winter 9118 No 2 spring oasn $114 bid Doo 91151 Jan No 3 spring $102 rejected 86c Corn steady and in fair demand 428c cash rejected Oats steady 82j32Jo cash 32jo Doc 328c May Rye mid barley steady and unchanged PROVISIONS Pork steady and unchanged $07510000 cash 9960955 Nov 966 9 60 Dec Lard firmer $650 bid cash $657 J660 Dec Bulk moatH steady and unchanged Dull and easier mixed packing $350365 light 350390 choice heavy 1 Moro active native shipping $350450 stockcrs $265 290 Texans230285 1' ROTHWELL HOUSE 1 1 1 Thomas Erskine i Corner of Reed and Streets Moberly Missouri irst Class in all its Appointments Reasonable in all its Charges Oot24tf INAL Notice is hereby given thatl will make application to the Probato Court of Boone County Mo which Is to bo begun and held on Monday eb 9 1830 tor Icavo to make a final settlement of my guardianship and ouratorshlp ot the tato of Martha I) Evans and that a just and true exhibit ot the account between myself and my said word for the purpose of a final settlement is filed with snld court JAMES A STEVINSON NovU794t() Guardian and Curator COLUMBIA LAUNDRY! BROADWAY (Opposite Mrs Millinery Store) All goodt delivered to any part oi tho ulty and called (or free of charge Satisfaction guaranteed to eooh and every one Tbo Deparmont under the oohtrol and management of Mrs Jaokaon Gent's Suits cleaned and pressed in good stylo Charges Reasonable HENRY PARKS d31if Proprietor LIVERY AND EED STABLE AS GOOD TURNOUTS As there are In Columbia which will be let to customers as LOW as any livery Stable In the place QSTHorses fed asCHEAPLYasat any othe stable ULfTOno square northwest of the Court House (d46tf) JOHN VANHORN wa 1 Wt III' Irvin Switzler IRE INSURANCE MULES WANTED Wo want to buy good mules from 4 to years old 14 hands high and upwards CLARK MILLER CO Nov 14 70 3t Columbia I OBIGGS? Manufacturer of Glass Tin Oil Clolli Muslin Wood STG JSTS Show Cards of all kinds ence Advertise ments a spMalty Shop opposite Clark Miller Co's Livery Stable Columbia Mo 79lm AGENT COLUMBIA MO Represents the ollowing Companies Imperial Northern of London British America of Toronto Canada Home of Now York Phoenix of Hartford 1 I American Central of Louis 1 I Best Insurance at Low Rates TO TAX PAYERS Notice is hereby given that I will meet the tax payers of Boone county at the times and places hereinafter mentioned for the purpose of colleotiag the taxes duo from them for the present year 1870 to wit Columbia Columbia Monday luesday Wednesday Thursday riday and I 8aturday Nov 1718 1920 21 22 (Circuit Court week) 1 Erbche Harrisburg Monday and Tuesday November 24 and 26 Wood landville Wednesday Nov 28 Missouri Rocheport Thurs day riday and Saturday November 27 28 and 29 Tax payers will please be warned that while i the books for 1879 aro out at the above named pHoes there can be no taxes received at the oflico In Columbia except back taxes And you must remember that tho law requires the Collector to mako but one trip over tbo conn ty and requires tho tax payers to meet the Collector at those points and pay tbeir and further requires a penalty to be added to all taxes not paid before the first day of Janu ary 1880 and if not paid before March first the Collector must seize and sell proneriv JAS GILLA8PY Collector Mo I will accompany tho Collector in above appointment to aaaess those parties who missed in the regular oanvass M1 G' QUINN Ooi 2479 AiHtwt Mo S'.