Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-25
WELLINGTON ITEMS.
DEATH OF AZ OLD crr,xrS.

DEATH OF An OLD CITIZEN.
Jesse bean. ou& Of the oldest citizens of
this neighborhood. died At his home neat this
place, on Thursday la>t. In the death OF Mr..
Dean We loose one Of our very b.st citizens.
He had the love and esteem Of all who knew
him.
RETURNED.
Our popular dry goods merchants, Vim.
Corse, Horace Ardingef. Tunstall & Son,
have all been east and just returned, and are
now receiving and opening the prettiest and
cheapest fall stocks Of good, ever brought to
this market. Bargains can now bchadssure for
the cash. bu, credit is positively played out.
Each merchants motto now iS."a niinhle SIN
pense is worth more than i slow shilling"
Poor Trust is dead.
Bad Pay killed him"
MUCH Apo ABOUT SOMETHING.
Much .Nsltcment last Week IN our little
town and neighboghood. caused by the
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
of two of our citizens. Many were the in
quirlcS of the Whereabouts of Conrad Sow
erwine and Charley Allen. partners in the
steam saw mill. Il thre>hins business. Some
feared the mill had burst her boiler and
kille.! them. and fastened 10 the mil site
in hopes OF finding their bodies. but on ar
irving NJ the imaginary scene of horror and
destruction. were a.recably disappointed 10
find the mill in >tatu quo. Imagination then
took Il turn IN the shape of fears that they had
been murdered for their money, as it was
a>certaiued that they had borrowed 4 con-
siderable amount but II few days before from
some of our un~>u>pecting citizens. The
my sicry was finally. solved by learning that
one Charley Allen had gone I" Lexington
and taken your 'bOb taii' tn Kansas City
the other had hired Il teams .r TO take him
the shorter aud more direct route to the
same city. where Imagination says they met.
and from thence Went East. and are now in
Canada !drom whence they came. The sud
den change. This information produced can
only be appreciated by All eye witness.
\ dozen or more. including nearly every
merchant i'll our place. and others. hunting
up Sqlirrs. con>tablr> aud sheriff, and such
i getting out of attachments you never dii
see, for cattle. Wagons, chains, ropes. SAW
mill. lumber, house, Nc.. Sc. Dan Bates and
Sheriff rauhnan, both with pockets full
of legal papcr-. each under whip aud spur.
to beat the other to the coveted prize, OF
arriving, ami when about to appropriate
the same to the Uses and purposes set forth
in the aforesaid legal papers, were coolly In.
formed that all the above property wa.
mortgagcd but II few days before for more
than it was worth. to this, that and tn,
other party not for debts they were owing
but for Ready cash borrowed on same.
THE FACTS
In the case. after summing up the whole
affair, are, Conrad Snwcrwiuc and Charley
Allen gone % y, nobody knows where
lcavin. nearly every merchant in our town
and many Others, including several farmers
hotel keepers an saloon Keepers in arrcar.
some largely.
TIE CAUSE
Hard times. bad iinancicring and ra>cality
prorortioncd thus:
Hard times go. z. /
Bad tinancicriuy -. -. cong. y
Rnscality cong. dcccc
Mixed.
One dose sufficient TO ask credit TIVE
doses sufficient To ASH the second time tire,
to ask the loan OF money; four TO make M
the mind to pay; fifth to leave between
Two days. OIL the shortest, quickest and mos
direct route East.
BuSINESS-LIkE.
Two steamboats, ut our wharf last Monda!
morning, both taking in and putting gu
freight.
MEETING.
Elder j. Q. P~iattcnburr. of the Christian
church, has Just closed II very interesting
meeting in this place, which WAS protrpctc,
tor over a week.
PROGRAMME
OF things to he attended to here:
Tie taX-Collcctor will he in this place sep
tcmihrr :Oth. October l>t and Ind, 10 cUll"c
the taxes OF 1872. The Registrar for tii
precinct. Richard Carr. on the 9Th, stii an,
9Th Of October. Pay your taxes If you hav,
the money, and don't fail to register If yol
do you will have no vote.