Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-03-20
STATE NEWS.

year, and the day appointed for their I
Attacked q few days ago,
by a fatal disease, and feeling that her
end was approaching, she sent tor her
afianced, and was married to him on
her sick bed. In one hour anu II hall
the ceremony, she closed her
eyes in death.
In some neighborhoods Of Pettis
county. the wheat is killed, and iar-
mers are providing to seed their iaho
with spring wheat.
The Sedalia Democrat complains
that the trains leaving Scdalla Tor inns
point, are very irregular i'll their
time of departure, varying o
half to an hour, OF lore. Passengers
during this time, have to stand Tree
zing OH the platform, as no warn
room is furnished them.
The Democracy of Randolph
county, in ilamense mass meeting at
Huntsville, xfcw days ago, resolved
against '.passivism."
Mrs. Beers, of Sedalia. was taken
sick a few days ago, and i'll vomiting,
threw up Il lizard. From the days
of old mother Eve, down to now ,crucl
.Sorpicnts have been the great female
trouble.
At Eugene City, in Carroll county,
about ten days ago, i'll personal
difficulty, Lewis Thorp was danger
ously il not fatally stabbed, by
Athcrton, who made his escape.
Milton Standby of Carroll county,
will drive 1000 sheep to Colorado i'll
the spring.
For the last six weeks a p%rotractcd
meeting has been progressing i'll the
! Methodist E. Church South at Mob
crly. Up TO last dates, there had
been some 80 additions to the church.
a man by the name Of Hicks, sold
20 skunk skins in Chillicotllc for $l5,
and 3 mink skins for $40. This was
the result of one days hunt, and all
the skunks were caught i'll hole.
How was that for concentrated per-
fumcry?
Thomas G. Graves, ofSalinc county,
has an old grey horse, called Riley.
foalcd i'll 1885, and is now 81 years
old, and can see good, trots and
works we'll. Who has an older horse
than Riley?
The name of the North Missouri
railroad Co. has been changed to St.
Louis, Kansas City Il Northern Rail-
way.
The Boonvillc Eagle says: y bill
was introduced last session i'll Con-
gre>s, authorizing the construction
of Il bridge over the Missouri river at
Boonville, but did not pass. Two oi
three bills OF q similar nature inclu
ding the Glasgow charter, were intro
duccd ut Il later day, and passed both
Houses of Congress.
II Col. T. L. Crittcndcn, of Warrens'
burg, once n resident of this county
is f%avorably spoken of for congress b!
some of the journals of his county.
: a correspondent of the Herr!
County Democrat strongly urges tn
!. claims of Hon. W. j.. Knott, OF Osag'
county, Tor State Treasurer.
q Vim. Thomas, q Kansas City rascal
has been sentenced to seven years II
@ the pemitcntiary for counterfciting.
IL One day last week, about forty con
C victs attempted to break out of til
G pcnitcntiary, at the State Capita
l. Pat Duffy, u murderer was shot i
the arm, and the riot suppressed.
F." Gov. Brown refuses to sign tn
John d. Gray bill, but as it passe
: both houses it will become IL law b
lapse of the constitutional time.
=, Two persons, Barnes and Moore
, attempted to escape ON the Raj.
Il county Jail a few days ago. In I'll
, melee that ensuSd between them All
the sheriff, Moore was shot i'll the cy'
and Instantly killed by the sheriff:
e. Col. w. j. Doughcrty, the Wardc
:" of the Penitentiary, has leased out !;
Is the female convicts ~ Parsons Il &c
shirt manufacturers of st. Louis,
III % cents wages per day each. III
III number of this class of scamstrcsse
III whose keeping costs the State abo'
H. II cents 4 day is twcnty-six; thus
III clear profit of about So per day wi
II 90 into the State Golfers.
NJ Three frame buildings, two Of the
al filed with dry goods and groccrit
were destroyed by fire at kinSsvilI
johnson county, on the 9th inst. )
~ insurance OH the buildings, $2s
NJ insurance OH the goods.
Is. 1t is estimated that there will
IL one-and-a-quarter million pounds
1t tobacco put up at the various fact
or ries in Randolph county this seaso
ell On the 9th inst, i'll st. Franco
ks county, in a personal difficulty, Cal
Ben Tyler shot and killed his nephe
Mr.. George Hill.
James II. Hill, of Shannon coun'
RI killed four bears the other day in I
tn course of an hour; and it WASH
,n. very good day for bears either.
OK a terrible atfray occurred at PC
Oak, Lincoln county, recently,
zen tween Edward Guyolt and ID.
ng Carter, during which the latter
'co ccivcd stabs from Il knife i'll the hai
of the former, that resulted i'll de
III ten days after. Both were young a
Ter highly respected men.
lay
,se Geo. w. McCalvy undertook
Nh. jump off passenger train al Han
ton, Mo-, while it was in motion.
ion cost him n doctors bill of Sam
the s%poliation of his physiosnomy.
elf. Mr.. j. j. Sims, a respectable citi;
md of Stoddard county, was assassina
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