Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-01-31
NE1aHBofHooD NEWS.

became ! mother, and charges that a wellt.s-
do young man, whist she was attending him
as u nurse, scduced her. She claims 80. 900
damages and has engaged the services of a
prominent attorney OF ST. Joseph to cocduct
the prosecution. |
The citizens of Utica are greatly excited |
over u trunk mystery. A Chilicothe paper
gives the following particulars:
ION the 18th u citizen OF Utica, while
working in a corn field near the water tank, |
discovered 4 small TIN hand-trunk concealed
IN Il thicket. The cud of the trunk had
been cut open and the contents taken out.
except an envelope containing some official
| papers signed by the Register and Receiver
of the Land Office at Grand Island, Ncbra>-
Ia. Other papers of q like character were
| sourl scattered around. and the dry grass
had apparently been piled together To make
L bed. These suspicious circumstances led
The good people OF Utica to the belief that Il
robbery. AMI possibly \ murder. has been
committed. and they have set to work to UNI
ravel the mystery"
Solomon Houck. an old. respected citizen
OF Westpurt, died ut the residence Of his ,On-
iI-llw. Rev. j. VI. Cobb, on the l. inst. He
was one of the earliest traders with Mexico.
a lea,lins Western man forty Years ago. i
Mason. Methodist, and over seventy years
of age IT the time OF his death.
Rev. Tyson Dynes, one OF the oldest mill
listers in the NJ. +. Church. South, is tempo
rarily iiilin. the pulpit i'll Carroilton.
On tho night OF the 18th inst, 4 fire broke
oat1l BrooH:icid, Linn county, OH the ii. 4
st. 10. railroad, destroying twelve build
in"s. among them the Gazette printing
office. Loss $4,000.
Morris township. Carroll county. on the
23.i inst. voted an appropriation OF S33.33333
TO the Lexington It Utica. K. L. 1t was
carried 10y only five votes over the required
two-tliirdS.
On the 10Th INST. 4 da>tarily attempt ut
ASSASSINATION W2s made in O>ceuia. A. Mr..
I. Z. piNi>. editor of the OSccula Democrat.
was passing aicn" the street. at night, Hear
an open cellar. some ni>cY'a ant tired Il shot
gun. loaded Will, buck and turkey shot.
seven shot entering h!. body. Though >cri-
Dusty. he is not dangerously injured. some
comments on the ana-cm OF the Trhn d
'A.'t aIl'AiN' ~ ~
paper the previous week, are said 10 have
ln-tigated this cowarily atlcmpt ur,a his
life. No ella" to the p"rpctratUr.
On the night ofthc Eth inst. Il most wan:
ton murder ar singular accident orcurcd in
Hannibal. Geo. Bacon. Jr.. Il merchant of
the firm of George Bacon u Sons. attended Il
bail and became intoxicated. He entered i
saloon TO get more ~iirc-watcr, and asked
Linus Odds. a fireman On the railroad. for Il
stick he had in his hands. which Old> re-
fu>c.i 10 give up. Bacon told Kim If he did
not give it up he would shoot him. at the.
same time ilouri-hin@ y pistol. During thr
DEMONSTRATION the pistol was discharged.
the ball entering Dlt>' neck and dcaih rn>li-
ed the following day. Nac"n's examination
was held on Thurday last. and lie was bound
over in bond of STOOD 10 appear 1T the
; March term Of court.
Elder W. II. Robinson, of MirIni, Saline
county. has sold his place about one mile
and 4 halt from town, consisting Of a5UU;
iifty acres. Tor $1,000.
p, Rev. y. \. Euckncr. 1 prominent minister
y of The Baptist Church. died at its resi,i"fiCt
r in kan>a> City. not lony since. His di>rn>,
WIS congestion Of the lun"S aud heart. hi,
!, aeati being sudden. lie had been ~ we'll Il
i. usual during the day, and had been arount
town tran>ac'ing his accustomed business
and was only taken >ich i few hour bciol,
hi, death.
y North Methodist preacher by the nam,
of John ellis has walked up the >lccpin:
sinners in the Charlton bottom, six mic
below Glasgow. The meeting continue,
seven weeks, AMI rc>ultcd,ir one hundred
and thirty five nccrs>ions to the church. !
u church hou>r will be Immediately crcrtcr
in that nci-hborllood.
Warr-u>Lur@ j. excited over the small il
;, Irregularities of her J.. VI. The office ha
:. !ccn di>cpi cred to he $1,000 in arrears. Tn
b"nI-imcn have taken charge of the oiii,r
, to rrtr,nrh the expenses 81 the "cnncrn.
and r>pcct 70 bring to light other dainayIn
matters.
David Harrison. 4 farmer living '"ar Nal
IL shall. while moving some corn. Ian upon
H. host of genuine Norway rats. an! >ugrrr'lr
i'll ki'ijn" three hundred of The \"r,hcrn il
Is ,Id,r~. The p~r"gr"-- say that these pes!
have destroyed lar5" Quantities Of grain i
" Saline county.
It, The saline county ease in reference 10 III
20 E.00.G'a Subscription of -t""h - lii" Ia.
It. Missouri River railroad, W., ar-urd an
" submitted Ia the supreme Court At Jciicr,u
T. City last WICK ON Moniiy it>t the con-
re announced that jude .Adanr> lid not sit
ty in I-r. IT. he rad been council in d!
Galway cnUrty cas-. which i >imii..r to ii
a. D an i 1, Sri,,.. mat b. "a, L., 81. II -. ,ar ~,
nj Bliss. are on the Saline and ,Aia"ay case
" divided i'll opinion. The r"-ttli j. that the
al TWO cases 20 over TO the mrAI term i'll .iui
in next. and in the meantime. by The Law
lis sucl cases. I'll, parties will select som" alto
Ia ucy ''isaTnrl in law" to lit with the cou
~ III The trial ofthr case at the nest term.
he tho parties clnnut a@rer upon 4 person to :
with ihr court, then TIE court ii>,if W
Int cI"">: ono.
-, \ y"In- man b. the nam al l:rni. Gih>V
living not far from Holden. Jnin~.n count
=. met with a serious accident not .pms >ins
T., y Holden paper states that he Wa> prrri
y, in- to 20 oUt hunting. aud had taken i
dnub!r-hlrrr'r! shotgun from j. resin
~, place. lie set the butt of the gun III
=, ctlaii for some purpose. irnn which ii >r'
after Slipped oil. the Iinmmcr> striking Il
edge of the char with -urI fore, Il to =
llod" til" caps. The contents Il both barr,
were discharged. entering the Shoulder
IA ,
y"'in@ Gibson, tearing away such 4 mass
flesh IL to expose the bone. The muZZic
the gun was - close TO the arm that |
clothes were burned. and the blood and lie
sraltrrcd over the wall of the room. DR.
. FralIZry Il Moore were sent tor mnmcdiitri
who Went III: and dressed the woui
While the wound i very severe and pal
iul. the yn'In" man may congratulate Inns
that ii is no worse.
An elder brother in coming to town aft
- the Doctors, was ri,iin. his horse at Il raj
rate. The ground WAS rough. and VII
" hear town his horse fell, flingins GiuSon
the .rounion his face, ~hrui>ins and cu,ti
il up badly.
The ChilicOthc Constitution has the folio
Iox lowing:
We learn that 4 fatal shooting atlray
-, Cured in the town of nevada. Grun
in county, last Saturday, but have been unll
To ascertain the details Of the affair.
II, Srudge of long standing had exist
.r. between two individuals, residents
fb,f ,J,.o mr. vicinity ono nf ,>I,,u,