Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24
STATE NEWS.

4Sates county has adopted township
organization by nearly 1900 MAJOR
ity.
The Louisiana Pike county, Jour-
nal has a column leader endorsing
y. j. ColInan for Governor.
1t seems to be the general impress
sion that John Il. Henderson, OF
Pike county, will be the iiahlcal can
didate for Governor of this State.
Aiwclvc year old girl was cnticed
into Il secret place i'll Kansas City,
not long since, and raped by Il negro,
Steve Tarwatcr.
Col. T. L. Bell, of st. Louis, is
proposed by the St. Charles News
and ]Itaonvillc Advertiser for, State
Auditor, and is warmly commended
by the st Joseph Gazette and Soda
liza Democrat.
The Columbia Statesman contains
tliir,l->rvcn announcements of call
di'latc> for the various offices within
til" gift of the people of Boone
county.
Mr.. Jno. G.. Provinces, editor of the
Fulton Telegraph. has withdrawn
from that paper, and will hereafter
devote himself exclusively to The
practice of law.
Eugene Williams. of Scotland Co.
ton of 1868, and afterwards II mc,n-
Der of the State Senate, died at his
home on the Goth ult. He was Il ma
tive of Maine
Hon James II. Lucas. of ST. Louis.
IS estimated to bc worth fifteen mil
lion dollars. and has an income of one
thousand dollars II day. His sister.
Mrs. Annie l.. Hunt, is said to be
worth five millions. Hon. Charles L.
Choutcau is reported to be worth at
least twelve millions.
The luckir>t man we have heard
of lately is Nr. j. Il. Gcggic, of the
firm of Lctnu~wcll Il Co., real cStat"
dealers, ST. Louis. who drew the
$4,000 gold prize in the Omaha Lot
terry. He visited Omaha and re-
ccivcd $54.70O i'll currency for the
same. How happy that would have
made five or ten editors.
a shooting affair in Kansas City.
on the 18TH, between two gamblers.
Potcc and Nolan, resulted in the
wounding of the former and the
killing of the later.
Sedalia has been visited by another
severe fire which destroyed her Opera
house and Post office building
Loss estimated at $4,000: insured
about $4,000.
Mr.. StilSon IIutchins, the founder
of the st. Louis Times. has sold his
interest in that paper to Maj. Ewing.
who for some time has been part
owner. The price paid for two
thirds was upwards of SGT. 900.
The counties of Clay, Platte.
Henry, Hickory. Oregon. Pulaski
and Pcmi>rott have instructed for
Hon. II. Z. G.. Wilson for Governor.
No other counties have yet instructed
for II candidate.
In the Eleventh congressional dis
trio, ~Laflvcttc). Il writer in the ST.
Louis Times. from Lafayette county.
nominated Gen. John Il. Clark for
the race, and sets forth his claims and
fitness III a short article. Gen. Clark
is & good man for the place, and
would make us a fine member.
The St. Louis Times declined al
elaborate article setting forth the en-,
inent qualifications of W. IL. Hatch
for Governor. on the ground that i
does not express any preference fOi
one candidate W. another. and thai
all such communications must be
paid for.
The Ccntralia Guard SAYS:
Yesterday morning. a the Colnm.
bia train was approaching Pcrsinge,
Station from Columbia, Mr.. Andrew
kcan attempted to cross the track
Immediately ahead of the locomotive
with Il wagon loaded with meal and
flour and drawn by a span of mules
but ere the wagon wa fairly on tho
track the engine, which was going a
full speed, struck it and smashed i,
into splin,cr>: instantly killing Mr.
kcan and II of the mules. \ ncgr,
who was asleep in the wagon at til,
time escaped unhurt. The train wa:
stopped. and returned to Columbi;
for Mr.. kean's father. No blame i
attached to the engineer. who di,
his best to avert the collision, bu
/ without avail.