Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-21
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MISSOURI Items.
southern Methodists are in cam,
meetlng near st. Louis.
There are at this time about tv,
thousand d%ramshops in st. Leuis.
Extensive burglaries have recentl,
county. 0
Maj. Gentry, Of Pettis, sold 10.
head Of Wintered Texas cattle i'm 81
Louis ut &c
The Saline County C~onven,;o,
meets Mt Marshall on the 9Th of Sen
TENDER.
Col. James McFerran has with
drawn from the canvass for Con~reS,
in the 10th district.
Friday night last, lightning strucl
tue barn OF Jacob keiser, about thre,
miles north of Fayette. The bar,
and contents were destroyed.
A little Sol of Mr.. Harburg. a. to.
%bacconist in Kansas City, was ruiz owe,
last Wednesday by one of Barnnm',
baggage wagons aud instantly killed
The Randolph Citizen saws somco n,
the planters OF that county have com.
menccd topping tobacco, which pro,n.
lses to mature early and prudure !,
large yield this season.
The Osceola Democrat takes down
the name of Hon. Il. p. e. Wilson
from Its columns for Governor for
the reason that it thinks Binyham's
charges Of trickery we'll founded.
The work Of laying iron on the 3.
and S. w railroad goes on, saw the
Laclcde Republican,, ut the rate of
half q mile a day. One of the man
ayers told us a day or two since that
the road would lie finished to Lin.
ncus before fair week.
Last Wednesday the eastern bound
train on the Missouri Pacific road was
itched lear the Blue. 1t was crowd
cd with delegates to the county Con-
ventlon, many Of whom werein con.
sequence compelled to count the ties.
Independence Sentinel, 18th.
An advertisement appears in tho
st. Louis papers for sealed proposals
for the removal of the shoals I'm the
Usage river below Tuscumb,a. "a
recommended by Gen. Humphrevs
SSo'oVV mas been appropriated by
Congress for the Improvement of
The Standard says that it has been
determined to finish the Warrens.
burg and Marshall railroad TO tho
quarries, north of town, which will
greatly facilitate that trade. We are
glad to hear this news, aud hone II
will be the mean of the early com.
pletion of the work.
sunday night, the drug store of
Read Y Kinney, the family grocery
of Pigg Il Witherspoon. and the DRY
goods store of DeArman Il Wells. in
Knob NOster. were all broken into
about $40 in money, and consid,
cradle clothing were stolen, Efforts
are being made to bring the thieves
to Justice; but no definite cline has
been obtained, as yet. These rob.
berries are getting to be quite COM
mon, and if efforts are not made. and
Williams caught, life and property
will not be safe,
Saturday morning, a Miss Mills.
about seventeen years of age. resit,
ny near Liberty, killed her brother
aged twenty-two, by d~ischargino the
contents of n double barreled shot
run into his neck. The brother lad
whipped her younger sister severely
md the young lady demonstrated
With him, when he made for her win
N axe, and in order to defend her.
elf, she ran to the house, seized q
hot gun and fired. She is represent.
q to be Il person of education and
accomplishments.
w e. Cubberly, living about four
MES northwest of Linncns. was verv
adiy injured on last Wednesday.
'lth a moving machine. While tie 8
nam was stopping for some purnosa =,
colt that had been following Tof !
etWeen the horses; Mr.. CubberIv =
topped down in front of the sicLIo -
nd struck the colt with n wh;n +"
Inch caused the team to start. ,hme :,
ade striking him immediately, hoo :.
the ANGLE joint of one Leg. CHI. :
ng and decorating the tissues to Tho :.
1nc, and scvcring the large tendon :
Ist above the heel. !,
"A confidence man, registering his :,
n as d.. BuschOng, Philadelphia !!
uuied the first National Bank of u
ansas City out of $500 a few dovs u
%. lie is said to be the same imiiS n
dual who swindled Donau. of tho u
aucaslan, and his partners. out of u
e tlndicafor printing establish III
ant in st. Joseph in 1868, then mass. c.
g by the name of Muhlenburp. Ua c!
then a first-class job printer. this IL
a druggist, and the Kansas Civ NJ
expresses the belief that bc has u
t his peer as 4 confidence man in III
e United States. W
me jackson county Democratic eN
nv entl0n was held ut Indepen- nc
nee last Wednesday,, ut which the til
lowing nominations were made ty
county officers: W
COR sheriff, &. i. l.. Boothe: for tl
inty collector, NJ. w. Anderson.
county treasurer, Joseph W. nc
for county surveyor, r. II. tn
; for county marshal, G.. ID. Page: bu
prosecuting attorney, X. l.. Yea, tic
for sup't public schools. d. I. til
dwell; for public administrator.
ton Moore; for county assessor Gu
A. Moore ; for coroner, John Sci. m,
w
pr
evils Frccts, colored, who murder on
.len Benson, by cutting his throat til,
Kansas City, some three month mi
}, was arrested last week at that ira
&c. He confessed his guilt to tho wi
GERS but says he committed the me
d purely in self defense: that he the
, in q room with Benson when the
lculty occurred, and that Benson ,
ked up a skillet with which 10 take
life ; that he (Freets) grasped a
knife from over the door sill \
lch he had a short time before dis GAG
cred, and struck Benson with IL In mi,
throat, almost severing his head eel,
II his body. w.
he st. Louis Times saws: Tho lie.
tn Missouri railroad, now known oo,tt
the st. Louis, Kansas CITY g. vi.