Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-14
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The assessed valuation of property
in Independence amounts TO over
100000.
The three-card monte men arc do
ing a rushing business along the Hun
nibai aud St. Joe road.
A negro named Fillmore Gibson
was drowned in Salt Fork below
Marshall on Monday last while bath
ing.
A man named John Tarrant, q
member of Johns & Williams band.
committed suicide in Kansas City
last Saturday.
B. F. Smith, Esq, left Carrollton
OIL Thursday. last for Golden Clty,
| Colorado, where he intends to reside
in the future.
The Miami Fair will begin OIL
Tuesday, September 10th, aud con-
timue four days. The Marshall Fair
begins OH the 3rd prox.
DR.. b. r. Anderson returned to
Saline county on last Saturday from
Colorado, where he went some months
since, in search Of health.
Joshua Laduc, of Henry county,
received the Democratic nomination
for State Senator ut the Convention
held i'll Clinton last Thursday.
The ladies of Roanoke and vicinity
will, during the fair week. give al ell
tertainmcnt for the benefit OF the
Widow'sa and Orphan's Home ofkan-
sas City. . -.
Samuel S. harrington died Mt his
sons farm, in Howard county. on the
9TH inst, ut the age of seventy years.
He had been n citizen Of st. Louis
for forty-five years.
Rev. n. NJ. Talbot, for over forty
wears a minister in the Methodist
church, died ut his residence eight
miles southwest of Arrow Rock,
Wednesday, July 81, 1872.
Roger p. West. one of the veterans
dcncc of his son, DR.. Jno. w. West, in
Charlton county Mo-, Oh the 18th day
OF July1S72, at the advanced age Of 81
years.
Elder Il. NJ. Mcssick and ID. T..
Wright of the Reformcrs, closed a
prOtractGd meeting ut Corners Grove,
near Little Compton q few days ago,
with % accessioms to the Church,
[Carrollton Journal, 9th.
John W. Layne has resigned the
presidency Of the Saline county
Agricultural and Mechanical Asso-
citation. and our old friend Will. II.
Wood. of Arrow Rock, has been
elected in his stead. A better selcc-
ton could not have been made.
Mr.. George 3'hruston, living hear
Versailles, while prospecting for lead
which abounds in large quantities in
that county killed a COW snake meas
uring six feet three inches in length
and ten inches in circumference.
A competitive examination for the
appointment of cadet in the U. 5.
military school at West Point, for
the old Sixth district, was held in
Kansas City last week. Edward q.
Moore, u clerk in n wholesale store
in Kansas City, won the prize.
On Wednesday morning, Snmuel
Dunkertom, g~roceryman in South
Carrol;tOn, met with a serious and
painful accident. In going down
the cellar of his store he slipped and
fell to the bottom of the steps and
broke his leg. lie is getting alon.
well.
Captain John Stevens, an ole
stcamboatman, about sixty years o,
age, was beaten to death at Carson
vile, a suburb OF ST. Louis, By. hal
Il dozen roughs, i'll All ARRAY Weducs,
day night. a man named join,
Nolan has been arrested as the prin-
cipal i'll the ARRAY.
The Democrats of Carroll county
on Monday, held their convention and
selected delegates to the Democratic
State convention to be held at Jeffcr
son City. viz: George Deigel, ID. Ken,
nedy. and VIM. NJ. Eads. AItcruatcs
l. ". Ballow, Stephen Stafford and
j. W. Brown
Samuel Zimmerman, living ucal
Parker's Grove Camp Ground, il
Carroll county, met with u severe ac,
cident on the 9Th inst. He had been
stacking hay, and after finishing hi.
stack, slipped off, and in doing so,
slid on to Il p%itchfork, the handle OF
which penetrated his groin, ranging
upward, which produced an ugly anu
dangerous Ounu
At the Democratic primary elec.
ton last Saturday to nominate can.
didates for county offices. in this
Qloward) county, there were 2,277
votes cast for Assessor and some
tickets scratched, SO that it may be
safely said that there were $500 vote.
cast. There are not less than 2,5OC
Democratic voters in Howard county
that will be cast next November
[Fayette Advertiser.
MUSCULAR CHRIsTIANITY. The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
has a large publication house III ST.
Louis. under the management of
Logan ID. Cameron. Rev. Thomas
NJ. Finney is chief editor of the Chris
tan Advocate, published there.
These two individuals event in" on
their muscle the other day, and arc
now quarrcling as to which whipped.
The Globe IA y the clerical gentle
man is entitled to the champion
ship. while Cameron says he not ONLY
called Finney Il liar, but licked HIM
to boot,
At the primary elections in CLAY
county last Saturday week, the DEM
O~cratic masses voted for candidates
for the different offices to be filled.
The vote resulted favOrably to the
following named. gentlemen: For
Representative, John T. Chandler
for Prosecuting Attorney, James f.
Lincoln; for Sheriff, George Z. Pat
ton !; for Collector, 1. j. Moore; for
County Judges, 1.-TWO to eleei), John
Br0adhurst aud VIM. Il. I.ape:, for
Assessor, John W. Cmlins;. for
Treasurer. j.. L. Allen for Surveyor,
4. Il. Rogers. "a -.
The venerable Mrs. Lucy Preston.
widow of the late Col. Francis Pres.
ton, died in Chillicothc July eth.
Her age was about IS years. Mrs.
Preston. was in many respects a re-
markable lady. Her maiden name
was Claiborne, n family of the Old
Dominion noted for its talent. Her
first husband was Judge RowIev, of
Washington City, with whom she
lived many years in that city. during
the administrations of Monroe, John
Quincy Adams aud Jackson. and
where she associated with the first
circles of the capital.
Elder Samuel Rogers of Kentucky,
preached at the Christian church I'm
Columbia on last Sabbath morning