Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-07
MISSOURI ITEMS.
Richmond wants a silver baud.

mill.
A case of hydrophobia in Chilli
cothe is recovering.
1t is said that not a colored person
resides i'll Pulaski county.
The Congressional Convention for
the sixth district will meet ut Verona
August 28th.
Prof. James Love and lady get a
salary of $3.50 per month as teachers
of the public school III Liberty.
John Reed shot and killed a Young
man named EXtor, at the primary
election 1T Smithville, last Saturday.
The total male population of Mis-
souri, over t~wcntv-une years of age,
according TO the last census is SSl. =
l29.
One hundred guns were fired in
Kansas city Friday evening over the
Democratic victory in North Caro-
lima.
Elder NJ. NJ. MoiiSctt, of Louisiana.
Mo-, has been acquitted of the charge
of intoxication, by committee of his
church.
Judge Lucas has agreed to adjourn
the Clay Circuit Court from the 18th
t" the 3oth Scptembcr-till after the
County Fair.
In 1865 there we're only two news
papers in southwest Missouri,
where there are now thirtv-scven-
Is Democratic, IA Radical, / Neutral
ami l Liberal.
The office of the Holden Democrat
was totally destroyed by fire on the
morning OF the 3lst ult. supposed TO
the work of ;.n inccndiary. Insured
for 81 200,
st. Joseph has %tifty-sevcn LAWYERS
and thirty-tive doctors. and still her
people are unhappy. There is Il good
opening there for Young men just ell
tcring the learned professions.
The case of Maddox against Nelson,
involving 10000, tried in the Circuit
Court of jackson county, last wear.
and appealed to tho Supreme Court.
las been decided i'll favor Of the
plaintiff.
The premium list of the Kansas
City Industrial Exposition has alp
pcarcd, and the premiums are quite
liberal. a~g"rcgating owe $15. 900.
The exhibitions will take place on the
23d. 9th. 25th. Goth. eth and 2Stli
days of September.
"A bitter controversy is going on
through, the independence Sentinel
and the Kansas City Times between
Geo. {. Bingham and r. u. G.. Will
son. the latter al aspirant for (iubcr-
Material h"nors. Their achievements
i'll 1inging dirt at each other are
worthy of the Radical press.
Two boys, aged seven and nine
years respectively. sons of a Mrs.
Potter. on lIeath's Creek. Pcttis
county. were left alone at home on
Sunday week, and got TO PLAYING
soldier with an old pistol. The elder
one aimed ut his brother in play. and
I" his horror the pistol proved to be
loaded. and sent II bail through the
brain of his play yellow.
a little son of Mr.. \. W. Roper. of
Glasgow, Mo-, one dav last week.
got his arm caught in the coEs of Il
wheel i'll his fathers carding machine,
which was running. and while the
wheel was tearing the flesh from his
arm, he coolly kicked off the band
that ran the wheel. thus stopping the
machine. That bow would take rare
OF himself in n railroad smash up.
Says the Marshall Progress: Pro-
fractcd meetings have been going OH
all this week at the Christian and
BAPTIST Churches. the former Under
the ministration of Elders Haley and
duncan, and the latter of Rev. w. NJ.
Bell. Much interest has been mani
tested, and full congregations have
attended. y number of conversions
have been made and the converts
baptized i'll Salt Fork.
Col. +. X. =. Twyman. of Howard
county, near Roanoke, is the largest
man in the State. He measures SO
inches around the waist. 52 inches
around tLc chest. and 81 inches
around the thighs, and weighs 800
pounds. If there is a mar in the
State iargcr than Col. Twyman, we
would like TO know where he lives.
He is Il clever gentleman and highly
rcspccied.-[GlasgOw Journal.
HORACE AND GRATZ.-Our friend
Joe. Is. Cliles. of Slblcy, has a pair of
kittens with holes in their ears, and
ribbons in the holes, luXuriating in
the above historical applications.
When they were first christcncd, it
was agreed to call one Gratz, and the
other Mrs. Graft; but after Il few !
days DR.. R-discovered to their in
tense regret, that Mrs. Gratz Wasn't
that kind of "A kitten. so thev named
it Horace. Whether for Horace the
poet, or Horace the wood-choppcr.
we didn't sarez. - independence
Herald.
The Circuit Court of Carroll coun-
ty, for some days past has been en-
gagged upon an important land suit,
the plaintiff being Mr.. Blcdsoc. of
Indiana. and Mr.. Simms, of Carroll,
defendant. This caSc has been in lit
lgation since 1858, and has been
watched with much interest. The
land IN question is situated near DE
VIII. anu Is held TO be very valuable.
On Wcdnc :iay morning the iurv
III inc case returned Il verdict in IA
Q OF defendant. 1t is understood
that an appeal will be taken.
The following.tablc exhibits .the
aggregate valuation of all the prop
erty Of each railroad in the State. in
riu'iiiis road-bed, and all other prop
erty of whatsoever kind.
pan;nn "os'Ph 900. -.--....... Sc, $40, SIS
,Ii,n,;c ,.; $3.50, or
Sorth Men, i" i,9II, 500
81 I MS e tr,r SO 4.0l2, 742
Missouri, Kansas Il r-Xus. "'.l,',s?
81. Louis a Santa Fee. 'm"'.1a
h ti.is City, 81. DO. 4 E.. B.. ny,'."o
Missouri, Iowa 4 Nebraska '.,',m
Mo. River, Fl. Scoit 4 Gulf m'G
Miss. Valley 4 Western ... n'noa
Quincy, Missouri 4 Pacific So"
Louisiana h Missouri River 800
-. Louis 4 81. joseph. .. I1IG9