Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-17
ST.iTE NEWS.

SITE NEWS.
While an old building was iciu"
torn down in Columbia on ti,c lJlh
inst. one of the walls tel uucNirct-
IDLY and crushed the life out Oh
hcOrgc Washington, Venerable
darkcy.
y 81. Louis merchant proposes
netting $1,000 that Grant doe. not
carry Missouri; 5000 that he is not
reelected: 800 that Ii" does not carr
Illinois, and $500 that he docs no:
carry Indiana. Ohio or Pennsylvania.
Col. Quinton I'crrhrr. Of Boone
county, died ut the residence of Nj.
Hume in Columbia. on Saturday The
Both of June. II" WIS Il confederate.
Colonel during the war. and quite
4 prominent man in his county.
{. II. Lakeland. of .Aulrain county,.
recently bought Il two year old steer
of j. NJ. Fountain. of Boone COUNTY.
for which he paid Sc. per III. The
steer weighed 1890 pounds-makin-
Sll5.
An eighty year old negro Snmnain-
buli>t.a few nights >illcr. walked
out Of the third story window ofilic
county Poor House while asleep and
fell TO the ground. His thigh wa,
broken by The fall, and he WAS other
wise so seriously Injured tia. little
hope Is entertained OF hi, r~ctoycry.-
st. ChH!icS NcwS.
MIR. LarIimorc, living near Fulton.
Galloway county. is the most noted
breeder of short-horn cattle in the
state. 1t his sale Of the 9th inst.
twenty head of pure bred short-I,orn
calves sold for Sj,3j2-avcra.ing
500 90 per head. Boone county
furnished the most liberal bidders on
the occasion, ano. She got two OF the
best heilcr>, Cooper county one and
Galloway one.
Richard Moore, formerly OF Liberty.
was killed in the nrighbovhood o!
ilavncsvillc. several DAYS ago. by lii-
own brother. On examination o!
Young Moore it was PROVEN that he
acted only in selt-dcfcmcc. ard that
the deceased had repeatedly threaten
ed his life. The accused was dis
charged.
An old man by the name of Eckc.
- years of age, was in Kansas City
on the nth inst, looking out for Il
runaway wife, who had robbed him
of over 5000 iii MAY last. and de-
ramp"d with her ~son-in-law. nalne,l
John Granite. Before leaving home.
Mrs. Eckc and Grante sold the old
mans land, forging the decd. and
pocAcicl the proceeds thereof.
The B%oonviilc Advertiser SAYS:
Ome of those horrible raScs of fratri-
eide. which the heart rccoils from
even hearing. is reported l-, havin"
occurred about fifteen miles cast oi
here. hear JinItuwn. As alleged, two
brothers, Mat. and F. Cooper. aged
respectively - and 20 wears OF age,
have led Il sort Of dl>~ulutc ANA quar-
rcl>omc life for some time. GA The.
9th inst. Mat. the oldest one. appears
to have been on Il spree. Al night
they went to bed together. and in the
morning the Younger brother was
found III the bed with his throat cut.
and dead. We understand that Maj
has been arrested and now lies in Jail
, AT California.
The Jonr>burg Leader details u
horrible cas- of drowning. Il, fellows:
Mrs. Maria Springer. wife Of VIM.
>~pringrr."f liol>tcim. Warren county.
committed suicide and drowned her
two infant children on FRIDAY even
ing last, the 2S:h ult. We have
merely learned the bare facts. and
give them as told one of our citizens,
by the Sheriff of Warren on Monday.
Mrs. Springer walked out upon :!
I"". over a small pond. near Ei"l>,rin.
and, with Il child under each arm.
plunged into the pond where the
water was only three feet deep.
drowning herself and her two little
bows. Search was made that night
and the bodies found at half past ::
o'clock on Saturday morning. in
water not over Is inches deep. The
mother still tightly held All infant
under each arm. cold in death. Mrs.
Springer vas highly rr>pcclrd, she
WAS the daughter of DR.. ltldgc OF
!lui,ticu. We hear of no cause being
assigned, save Insanity, for her rash
ana unnatural act. The buiie, were
buried III the same coffin on SUNDAY
last.