Randolph County, Missouri - Chapter 16: Townships, Continued Moberly, 1920

Chapter 16: Townships, Continued Moberly

CHARTER GRANTED TO RAILROAD - PLAN TO INDUCE SETTLERS TO COME HERE - PATRICK LYNCH FIRST SETTLER - REVIVED AFTER CIVIL WAR - RAILROAD ACTIVITY - TOWN PLATTED - SALE OF LOTS - HOTEL BUILT - OTHER BUILDINGS - EARLY MERCHANTS - PANIC - FIRST TRUSTEES - NEGOTIATIONS WITH RAILROAD COMPANY TO LOCATE SHOPS HERE - LAND DONATED - BONDS VOTED - TOWN INCORPORATED - FIRST ELECTION - CITY OFFICERS- PUBLIC SCHOOLS - PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS - LIBRARY - CONTRACT WITH RAILROAD COMPANY - BOND - FROM MOBERLY'S FIRST NEWSPAPER.

In 1858 a charter was granted to the Chariton and Randolph Railroad Company, with authority to construct a road from a point in Randolph County to Brunswick, in Chariton County. It was desirable that this road should tap the North Missouri road at the most convenient point for its construction, and what is now Moberly was fixed upon as the point of departure. The company laid off a town and drove up stakes marking the lots. The village of Allen, one mile north of where Moberly now stands, contained several houses, and was the shipping point for Huntsville and other points west. To induce the abandonment of this village, the Chariton and Randolph Company offered to all who would remove their houses to the new site the same amount of ground they owned and occupied in Allen. This was in the summer of 1861. But the inhabitants of Allen either had no confidence in the company's ability to build the road, or thought their own town better located, and destined in the future to beat its rival, which then existed only in name and on maps. From whatever cause, the proposition was rejected by the majority, and was accepted by only one person, Patrick Lynch, father of John E. Lynch, president of the Bank of Moberly and the present United States marshal for the eastern district of Missouri, had a small, one-story frame house in Allen, and believing the junction would one day be the better point, he placed his domicile on rollers, took a yoke of oxen, and drew it down to what were then and still are lots 11 and 12 in block 12, fronting on Clark street, opposite to the Merchants Hotel, and running east with Reed street to the alley between Clark and Sturgeon.

This was the beginning of Moberly. The land around was a prairie, without fence or enclosure of any kind, and here "Pat" Lynch lived with his family, solitary and alone. The Allenites laughed at him, but he stuck to his contract and stayed. The Civil War put a temporary embargo upon town building, and Mr. Lynch concluded to profit by his lonely position. He plowed up the stakes set to mark the lots, and cultivated the land on the west side of the railroad, where the business houses of Moberly now stand. Nothing was done toward the further sale of lots by the Chariton and Randolph Railroad Company, and Lynch continued to occupy the place and "hold the fort" during the continuance of the war, unmolested by soldiers.

When business began to revive after the war, the franchises and prop- of the Chariton and Randolph Railroad Company passed into the hands of the North Missouri Railroad Company, and the project of building the road and extending it to Kansas City was renewed. At the head of that company was Isaac M. Sturgeon, of St. Louis, a practical business man of eminent ability.

Having determined to complete the extension to Kansas City, it seemed to be certain that a large town would grow up somewhere about midwa,y between the eastern and western termini of the road. The junction of the north end with the western branch seemed to offer a good opportunity to lay out and establish such a place. Moberly was, therefore, resurveyed, and a sale of lots was advertised to take place on the grounds September 27, 1866. In the first map of the place, issued by the auctioneers, Messrs. Barlow, Valle & Bush, of St. Louis, machine shop grounds were indicated. The terms of sale were one-third cash when the deed was ready, onethird in one year and one-third in two years, with interest at the rate of six per cent on deferred payments^lO on each lot to be paid at the time of bidding. The sale was pretty largely attended and lots sold at fair prices. The lot on which the Merchants' Hotel now stands was sold for $150, and some other lots brought prices ranging from $85 to $125. The

The original plat of the town embraced four blocks north of Franklin average price of lots at this sale was between $45 and $50. Before the sale began, Mr. Sturgeon ordered that lots 11 and 12, in blocK 12, be marked off to Patrick Lynch and a deed to them be made, he to pay $1 as recorder's fee. This, as Mr. Sturgeon said, was in consideration of the fact that Lynch had "held the city during the war without the loss of a life or a house." Among the purchasers at that sale were William H. Robinson, 0. F. Chandler, Dr. C. J. Tannehill, Elijah Williams, John Grimes, Ernest Miller, C. Otto, J. G. Zahn and Patrick Lynch.

Immediately after the sale S. P. Tate began the construction of a hotel on the southwest corner of Clark and Reed streets. The structure was a two-story frame. John Grimes also began the building of a hotel on Sturgeon street, which, being completed before Tate's, is the first house ever built in Moberly. Messrs. Chandler, Otto, Robinson, Miller, McDaniel and other parties followed in rapid succession, and the noise of hammer and saw was heard everywhere along Clark, Reed, Sturgeon and Coates streets.

Adam Given owned a horse mill and sawed the lumber for the first house erected in Moberly. The house is still standing, street and bounded on the north by the lands of the railroad company; five blocks and five half blocks on the west side of the railroad, from Wightman street on the south to the railroad lands on the north, and from Sturgeon street on the east to the alley between Clark and Williams streets on the west ; and also fourteen blocks on the east side of the railroad from Sturgeon to Morley, and from Wightman street to the township road on the north. At the first sale no lots on the east side of the railroad were disposed of, and the new buildings were erected on the west side. The first brick house built in Moberly was a dweUing on the southwest corner of Coates and Williams streets, erected by Perry McDonald. In the fall of 1867, another sale took place, at which a large number of lots on the east side were sold, and the work of extending the area of the city began. This sale also attracted many bidders, as live men had begun to appreciate the value of the location as a business point.

Since then many additions have been made, and the territory of the city has been vastly extended, the old Umits being gradually filled with business houses and dwellings, the population steadily advancing, and the permanency of the location becoming every year more and more assured. The wooden structures at first built gave way to more substantial brick edifices, the frame hotels and wooden store rooms were superseded by commodious and solid walls, and the small one-roomed dwellings were moved to the rear to make room for larger and more imposing buildings.

The first oflScers of the town were: Trustees, A. T. Franklin, president; Charles Tisue, L. Brandt, Asa Bennett and Wilham Seelen; marshal, Martin Howlett; justice of the peace, E. Sidner; constable, Charles Featherston; notary pubhc, W. E. Grimes; postmaster, Charles Tisue, who was also agent of the Merchants' Union Express Company.

Up to 1873, the year of the great panic, the amount of building and the increase of business were sufficient to justify the assumption of the now popular sobriquet of the "Magic City." Mining and oil districts have sometimes gathered larger populations in shorter time, but they have not carried with them the evidences of solidity and stability that marked the growth of Moberly. But the panic placed a temporary check upon the spirit of speculation and enterprise. It checked, but did not stay the progress of the town. Even under the most discouraging circumstances the work of extension was continued, and if there were fewer buildings erected than in previous years, still the citizens and property holders had unfaltering faith in the future of Moberly, and continued to build as the wants of the place demanded. Meantime Moberly had grown from a place on paper to a smart village, from a village to a town, from a town to a city.

On the 6th of June, 1868, the first board of trustees met, chose A. T. Franklin chairman, and appointed the chairman and C. Tisue to draft bylaws and ordinances. At a meeting of the board June 14, 1869, a resolution was passed offering one of three tracts of land to the North Missouri Railroad as a site for the location of the machine shops, the ground and its appurtenances to be exempt from city taxes so long as they v/er3 used for that purpose. These tracts were the Concannton farm, 67 acres, northwest of town; a portion (60 acres) of the farms of Grimes and Meals, north of town ; a portion (60 acres) of the Hunt and Godfrey farm

On the 20th of August the purchasing committee reported that James Meals offered to sell "near six acres along the West Branch Railroad at $200 per acre, and the remaining portion north of said strip and 'ncluding the ground his house is on, extending north to the north line of the land known as the reservoir land, at $500 per acre." No action was taken by the board on this liberal proposition, but an election was ordered for August 31, 1869, to take the sense of the voters as to whether a tract of 100 acres, to cost not exceeding $12,000, should be bought for machine shop purposes. At this election T. B. Porter, B. Y. N. Clarkson and Josiah Harlan were judges. At a meeting on the 4th of September, A. F. Bunker was appointed a committee of one to close the contract with the railroad company for the location of the machine shops.

On the 27th of June, 1870, another vote was taken to determine whether the town would purchase a tract of 104 acres of ground lying north and west of town for the machine shops. The result of this election is not recorded, but it was held to have been unlawful, having been held on Monday. A new election was ordered for August 2, 1870. The election showed perfect unanimity on the subject of the purchase, as there was not a dissenting voice ; and at a meeting of the board of trustees on the 4th of August, twenty bonds of the denomination of $1,000 each were ordered to be printed.

At a meeting held August 19, 1870, William Seelen was required in addition to his duties as vice-president of the board, to "hear and try all cases for the violation of the city ordinances," and on the 7th of October he was appointed to purchase six street lamps. The bond of the town collector was fixed at $4,000; but in 1871 it was raised to $10,000, showing a hundred and fifty per cent increase 'in the revenue within two years. On the 24th of August, 1871, the president of the board was authorized to borrow "such a sum of money as he may be able to obtain at 15 per cent interest for the longest time he can get said money, for the improvement of the streets of Moberly," for which the bonds of the town were to be issued. On the 13th of November, 1871, the proposition to donate money to the North Missouri Railroad Company for machine shops was renewed. On the 21st of March, 1871, the board of trustees accepted the proposition of Dr. C. J. Tannehill to donate the block which is known as Tannehill Park and on which the public school building now stands, as a public park.

On the 25th of March, an election was held to determine whether the city should purchase and donate to the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railroad Company 200 acres of land lying between the west branch and the main line, for the erection of machine shops. The election resulted favorably, the board of trustees proposed to donate this land, also 618 acres one and a half miles west of that tract, and exempt the whole for twenty years from all city taxes. Another inducement held out was that the land thus given contained an inexhaustible bed of coal. Hon. William A. Hall was appointed the agent of the town to present the oroposition. The contract was subsequently made and was ratified by the trustees of Moberly April 2, 1872.

At a meeting of the board on the 3d of April, 1872, W. F. Barrows was appointed to contract for the lithographing of seventy bonds of the denominations of $500 each, bearing 10 per cent interest, and amounting in the aggregate to $35,000, payable in ten years. He was also empowered to sell these bonds without limitation as to price. At the same time a special election was ordered to take place May 10, 1872, to determine whether the town would purchase 818 acres of land for the car shops. The election resulted in favor of the purchase by a vote of 299 for, to 4 against it, and bonds to the amount of $27,000 were ordered to be issued. On the 26th of August, same year, right of way was granted to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company to construct their road the entire length of Moulton street, and across "any other street in said town."

An election was held P^ebruary 1, 1873, to ascertain "whether a majority of the citizens of the town are in favor of having the town of Moberly incorporated under a special charter by act of the legislature," J. T. Young, J. H. Burkholder, H. M. Porter, B. Y. N. Clarkson and T. P. White having been appointed in the preceding December to draft the charter. This election resulted in favor of the charter, and T. P. White was appointed to go to Jefferson City in the interest of the town. On the 5th of March, a legislative delegation visited Moberly and a supper was given them by the city, which cost $272.

The first election under the charter granted by the legislature was held April 8, 1873, and resulted as follows: T. P. White, mayor; councilman at large, C. P. Apgar; councilman: FirsT; ward, H. C. Moss; second ward, William Seelen; third ward, D. H. Fitch and B. R. White. Clerk, C. B. Rodes. At that election, also, it was decided to fund the debt of the tov/r., under the general law, by a vote of 509 to 4. The bonds of the city were ordered by the first council to be of the denomination of $500 each, to be issued to W. F. Barrows or bearer, payable ten years after date, redeemable at option of the city after five years, with ten per cent interest payable semi-annually. The bonds authorized to be issued amounted to $30,000.

The following is a list of officers of Moberly from the founding of the town in 1869 until its incorporation in 1873 : 1868 - Board of trustees, A. T. Frankhn, chairman; Charles Tisue, Asa Bennett, Louis Brandt, William Seelin; marshal, S. L. Austin, E. Sidner, Martin Howlett; clerk, J. W. Dorser; treasurer, W. E. Grimes; assessor, William Williams, W. S. Tompkins ; collector, Martin Howlett.

1883 - Mayor, D. S. Forney; councilmen, A. E. Simmons, at large; J. Q. Mason, W. A. Chisholm, J. E. Camplin, E. H. Mix, M. A. Hayes, Norris Tuttle, William Coyle; marshal, George Keating; clerk, C. T. Hunn; attorney, W. B. Sanford; treasurer, C. P. Apgar; assessor, W. T. O'Rear; collector, J. B. Davis; police judge, D. A. Coates.

1884 - Mayor, D. S. Forney; councilmen, A. E. Simmons, at large; W. A. Chisholm, R. C. Murray, H. R. Suppe, M. A. Hayes, Norris Tuttle, A. O'Keefe; marshal, George Keating; clerk, V. M. Tedford; attorney, W. P. Cave; treasurer, J. T. O'Neal; assessor, M. V. Greene; collector, C. T. Hunn; police judge, D. A. Coates.

1885 - Mayor, D. S. Forney; councilmen, A. E. Simmons, at large; J. Tagart, R. C. Murray, H. R. Suppe, M. A. Hayes, N. Tuttle, A. O'Keefe ; marshal,. George Keating; clerk, John Floyd; attorney, W. B. Sanford; treasurer, J. T. O'Neal; assessor, W. S. Boulward; collector, Jerry Shaw; police judge, A. J. Featherstone.

1886 - Mayor, A. B. Thompson; councilmen, H. R. Suppe, at large; J. Tagart, Robert Little, F. Haley, M. A. Hayes, N. Tuttle, Enoch Deskin; marshal, J. E. Lynch; clerk, John Floyd; attorney, W. B. Sanford; treasurer, George W. Sparks; assessor, C. M. Berry; collector, John Pierce; police judge, A. J. Featherstone.

The present city officials of Moberly are: Mayor, James T. Cross; clerk, William H. Wilson; treasurer, Herman Lotter; collector, E. A. Bowman; attorney, Edmund Burke; police judge, William Haynes; marshal, Melvin Marshall; health commissioner, Dr. Thomas L. Fleming; engineer, Carl Haynes; street commissioner, James C. Green; chief of police, Melvin Marshall; chief of fire department, John Crews; assessor, Ben L. Young; councilmen, first ward, William Hulen, M. F. Kirtley; second ward, William Biggers, W. B. Davis; third ward, E. P. Hutchinson, F. M. Grimes ; fourth ward, W. R. Butler, W. P. Vandegrift.

Moberly Public Schools

Prior to 1872 there was no regularly organized public school. Private schools were taught from time to time and short terms of public schools were held. W. Tandy O'Rear and Charles Rodes were among the passing teachers.

In the year 1872 the first graded public school was organized, the principal being Prof. Tuck Powell. Among his assistants were N. E. Walker, G. N. Ratliff and Luther Terrill.

In the summer of 1876 began the erection of "Old Central," which stood for years at the corner of Johnson and Rollins streets. At the time of the purchase of the plot of ground for this building there was a thoroughfare called Phipp's avenue, lying between this ground and Tannehill Park. This street was formally closed the next year.

The high school was organized in 1877 by Prof. Marion Bigley, who took charge of the schools as the first superintendent. He reorganized the old first ward school on the east side, introduced new methods and was, in fact, the founder of the present school system.

In the fall of 1885 the frame building on East Rollins street was burned. It not rebuilt. Instead the other part of the present building was erected in what was formerly Moss Park, at a cost of $13,200.

West Park was built in 1884, at a cost of §13,000. This building is located on a prominent hill in northwest Moberly, and is a commanding landmark.

On the evening of December 5, 1894, the old Central building burned to the ground. An issue of bonds was at once voted by the people to erect a new and up-to-date building on the same ground.

The first commencement of the high school was held in the "Wigwam," a big frame building erected on the corner of Reed and Fifth streets, in the spring of 1880 to accommodate the domocratic state convention. The "Wigwam" seated about 3,000 people and was crowded to its limits with those attending the exercises.

The graduating class consisted of Will A. Rothwell and Arthur Grimes. Will Rothwell delivered the valedictory address and Arthur Grimes the salutary. During the evening Superintendent Biglow was presented with a handsome heavy gold-headed cane. This was the gift of the students of the high school, and the presentation speech was made by Hon. F. P. Wiley. The diplomas were presented to the two graduates by Dr. W. A. Rothwell, president of the board of education, assisted by S. G. Mason, secretary. The class of 1916 contained fifty-four graduates.

The school facilities were increased in 1913 by the erection of a modern building in northeast Moberly and the addition of two rooms each to East and West Park, and later a new $15,000 school for colored children was erected at the comer of Franklin and Horner streets. In 1916 a bond issue of $100,000 was voted for two additional buildings and improvements on the old.

Diregtors Of The Moberly Public Schools From 1871

The present board of education is as follows: President, Dr. C. B. Clapp; secretary, Robert L. Kingsbury; superintendent of schools, P. P. Callaway; secretary to superintendent, Mrs. Carrie Simmons.

Parochial Schools

In addition to the public schools there are two parochial schools doing excellent work. The oldest of these is St. Mary's Academy, which is in charge of Sisters of Loretto. The school was started under the pastorate of Father McKenny in 1877, with Sister Phillippi as the first Mother Superior. The building is located at the corner of Ault and Farror streets. At present Sister Christine is the Mother Superior, and associated with her are Sisters Josephine, Casimer, Anunciata, Alacoupue, Elvira and Alexis. Sister Alacoque is the music teacher; the other branches taught are the eight grammar grades and one year of high school work. The building is a commodious brick structure, and excellent work is done.

The school in connection with the Immaculate Conception Church was founded by Father Straubinger, in 1888. This school prepares its pupils for high school. It is well attended and has capable teachers.

Library

The free public library building was the gift of Andrew Carnegie. It was completed in 1904 at a cost of $20,000, and is supported by taxation and kept open day and evening six days in the week. Mrs. Bessie Lee, librarian.

This institution is the culmination of the efforts of the first association, formed in 1872, whose president was T. P. Whie ; secretary, William Maynard.

Through varying fortunes and under different names library organizations have existed from that time to the present. The railvs^ay employes took a leading part. In the fall of 1900 the Wabash Railway Company, which had been giving its assistance, withdrew its help to give to the new Y. M. C. A. The Railroad Library Club then faced the problem of support and for advice turned to G. R. Rothwell, who suggested making use of the new state law, permitting cities to maintain public libraries by taxation. This was favorably received and a committee was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Rothwell, Lowell and N. E. Walker, to manage the movement for establishing a public library. The matter was voted on April 2, 1901, and the tax authorized.

Of the Commercial club members who were active in working for the Carnegie building may be mentioned, President J. R. Lowell, Rolla Roxhwell, Dr. C. B. Clapp, John O'Keefe, L. E. Frost, R. A. Curran, E. B. Mahan, G. J. Ginther and Harvey Baker.

Contract With Railroad Company

The following is the contract entered into by and between the inhabitants of the town of Moberly, Missouri, and the St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Company, and locating their main shops at Moberly :

A. D., 1872, between "The Inhabitants of the Town of Moberly, Missouri" of the lirst part, and the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway Company, of the second part, witnesseth: That said party of the first part, for the consideration hereinafter set forth, hereby binds itself to make a perfect title in fee to the party of the second part, to the following described lands, situate in the county of Randolph and state of Missouri, viz.: All of the land now belonging to said party of the second part within the lines as marked on a plat filed in the office of the attorney of said party of the second part, marked

"Exhibit A," and designated as the plat here referred to by the signature of William A. Hall, which said land is north of said town of Moberly .and contiguous thereto, and to the land now held by said party of the second part and is between the main line and the west branch of said railway, and also six-hundred and eighteen (618) acres on the west branch of said railway, as designated on said plat, about one and a half miles west of said land first above described, subject to a coal lease on two hundred acres, on the west part if said land - (the rents and profits of which shall enure to the said party of the second part) all of which appears on the said plat, and said party of the first part, in consideration, etc., as aforesaid, further binds itself to pay any and all taxes that may be levied by the authorities of said town of Moberly, on the property now owned, and on the property to be conveyed under this contract, by said party of the first part to said party of the second part, for the period of twenty years from and after this date; and if any other municipal corporation shall be created to cover said lands, the said party of the first part binds itself nevertheless to pay any and all tovsTi or municipal taxes that may be levied, or assessed by such municipal corporation so created, on the said property now owned and which is to be conveyed to said party of the second part, as aforesaid, for the period of twenty years.

And said party of the first part further binds itself that no roads, streets or alleys shall be made over, through or across the said lands to be conveyed by them to the said party of the second part, adjoining said town without the consent of said company, and that said party of the first part will have vacated any streets or alleys which may now be located on said lands, and binds itself that it will forever oppose any extension of the corporate limits of the said town of Moberly over the said land to be conveyed by said party of the first to the said party of the second part, adjoining the said town, and further, that it, the said party of the first part will not accept any law authorizing any extension of the corporate limits of said town that will include the property referred to in this agreement without the consent of the said party of the second part, and said party of the first part further binds itself to perfect the title in fee to said party of the second part, and deliver possession of the lands adjoining the town as above described in ten days, except so much as has belonged to a minor heir which shall be perfected in forty-five days, and that it will perfect the title to the six hundred and eighteen acre tract subject to the coal lease in. thirty days, and that it will have vacated the streets and alleys on said land adjoining town in ninety days. In consideration whereof said party of the second part hereby binds itself to said party of the first part to permanently locate their principal car and machine shops within the limits of the land adjoining said town of Moberly, to be conveyed by said party of the first part to the said party of the second part, as shown by the plat referred to.

In testimony whereof, the said party of the first part has caused this contract to be signed by the chairman of the board of trustees of the town of Moberly, and the seal of said coi-poration to be hereunto affixed, and the said party of the second part has caused the same to be signed by its president, and its corporate seal be hereunto affixed on the day and year first above written.

In Witness Whereof, I, J. W. Dorser, clerk of the board of trustees, of said town of Moberly, do hereby affix my name and the corporate seal of said town of Moberly, at office in said town, this second day of April, A. D., 1872.

Contract

selves, our heirs, etc., to the St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Company in the sum of one hundred tfiousand dollars, upon the terms and conditions following, to-wit:

Whereas, The inhabitants of the town of Moberly, in Randolph County, Missouri, have submitted a proposition to the said railroad company for the purpose of inducing and assisting said company to locate on lands donated to said company by said town, adjoining said town on the north, their principal car and machine shops of said company. And said town also proposes to and donated to said company, six hundred and eighteen acres on the line of the west branch of said road, known as the Horner farm.

And Whereas, The said company has duly accepted said proposition of the said inhabitants of the town of Moberly; now, therefore, if said inhabitants of the town of Moberly shall furnish to, or cause to be furnished to, said company, a good and complete title in fee simple to all of the lands named in said proposition, subject, however, to the coal lease therein mentioned, then this bond to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

The Moberly Herald was Moberly's first newspaper, published un the first day of each month, by W. E. Grimes. The first issue appeared on Wednesday, March 10, 1869. The following is taken from the second issue:

Officers Of The Town Moberly Business Directory

MOBERLY BUSINESS DIRECTORY. J. J. & G. W. Jones, Dry Goods, Etc., Coates Street, East of Railroad. T. P. White, Dry Goods, Clothing, Etc., Comer Clark and Reed Streets. Mrs. Foose, Milliner, South Side Reed Street. Mrs. E. Werden, Milliner, North Side Reed Street. Berry & Harmon, Family Groceries, Clark Street. E. H. Miller, Grocery and Bakery, Sturgeon Street. H. Overberg, Meat Market, Reed Street. Wm. Seelen, Hardware and Cutlery, Reed Street. B. Y. N. Clarkson, Reapers, Mowers and Threshers, Reed Street. Chandler & Adams, Druggists, Comer Reed and Clark Streets. L. Brandt, Boots and Shoes, Corner Reed and Sturgeon Streets. Wm. E. ^Grimes, Real Estate, South Side Reed Street. J. D. Werden, Real Estate and Insurance, Reed Street. I. B. Porter, Attorney at Law, Real Estate and Insurance Agent, Reed Street. North Missouri Coal & Mining Company, Stui'geon Street. J. S. Clarkson & Company, Fruit Trees, Hedge and Shrubbery, Reed Street. E. H. Petering, Lumber, Coates Street. True & Briggs, Contractors and Builders, Clark Street. Joseph Anson, Carpenter and Builder, Williams Street. W. K. Christian, Resident Dentist, Residence, Fifth Street. Dr. J. C. Tedford, Physician, Coates Street. Dr. C. Adams, Physician, Corner Clark and Reed Streets. Tate's Hotel, S. P. Tate, Proprietor, Corner Clark and Reed Streets. Wm. Teeters, Restaurant, Reed Street. 0. N. Kaan, Barber and Hair Dresser, Reed Street. Manlin & Co., Saloon, Southwest Corner Reed and Sturgeott Streets. P. McLarney, Moberly Saloon, Sturgeon Street. J. D. Bailey, Carpenter and Builder, Williams Street. J. H. McQuaid, Lumber Dealer, Moulton Street, East of Railroad.

NEW FIRM - NEW GOODS - NEW PRICES. T. P. White having purchased the stock of goods of Tate & Bennett, will continue the business at their old stand, under Tate's Hotel, Moberly,

Missouri. He is now purchasing and will bring to this city the largest and most complete assortment of Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Clothing, Groceries and Queensware.

"THE WAR IS OVER AT LAST." I have a house and lot in Moberly, Missouri, which I would sell. Located on Williams street only two blocks from the depot. Lot, fifty foot front, running back 120 feet. Good fence, cistern, etc. House contains three good rooms, and would rent for about $15.00 per month. Price, $1,000. Title perfect. - J. D. Bailey.

For Sale

Two hundred and fifty-six acres of good land, lying two and a half miles east of Jacksonville, ninety acres in cultivation, balance in timber. Improvements consist of a double log house, two stories high, stable, etc., never failing water, saw-mill and carding machine within one mile. Price $12.50 per acre.

A farm of 105 acres in Monroe County, lying within three and a half miles of Middle Grove and about the same distance from Madison. Improvements consist of a frame house containing four rooms, stables moderately good, smokehouses and other out-buildings, good water, a young orchard of select fruit, seventy acres of farm in cultivation, remainder in pasture and timber. Price, $22.50 per acre.

A large and commodious hotel in the flourishing town of Renick; building new, two-story frame, 30x40 feet, with fifteen rooms. Situated near depot, doing a good business. Price, $2,000.

The Hannibal And Moberly Railroad

THE HANNIBAL AND MOBERLY RAILROAD. Mr. Mclnally, one of the gentlemanly contractors of the Hannibal and Moberly Railroad, informs us that at present they are working about one hundred hands on that part of the road that lies between this place and Paris, a distance of twenty-four miles, and that the whole line is being pushed to an early completion. So we may reasonably conclude that within a year the quiet citizens of Paris will be startled by the shrill whistle of the locomotive. The iron is already being laid down on the Naples and Hannibal Railroad, and when finished will fill a gap in the most important direct line of road across the continent.