Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-04-10
STATE NEWS.

!. rrcss from. the Springfield district, is
said TO be teaching school in Colora-
do.
II takes two local columns of the
iGlo,"ow Journal ID describe the
%uup,ials of Miss Jennie Thompson of
GLASGOW. and Mr.. W. II. Armstrong
of ST. Joseph, celebrated on the :slll
ultiino.
IN Srdalia are nineteen handsome
widows, with fine homes and fortunes
in tn, First National Bank, waiting
for the happy day. when some MAJ,
will take them away. or words to
that effect.
Mr.. l.. Hunter, of Illinois, has
bought $4,000 head of beef cattle i'll
Saline county in the last twelve
months.
The board Of Trade, of Scda!ia,
have unanimously extended the hos
FATALITIES of the city to the Editorial
Convention. which, meets i'll that city
on the 22d of May.
The Springfield Patriot says: We
learn ,!a, few days since 4 man
rod" A. Is 4 house q few miles west
nt brighton, Polk county. and DELHI
trn,ek $40, down. Il little girl, four
or five years Old. who was playing in
the yard. AMI then coolly rode off.
VT did not learn the names of any of
the parties.
Richard Marshall. IN old pioneer 81
years of age. died i'll Saline county
not long since. He had lived i'll tho
State since $50.
Ex-t.ovcrnur Thomas {. Reynolds
has been appointed county Attorney
of -. Loui, county. 1T Il salary of ST.
800.
Noun" Arnold of Linn county,
while out squirrel hunting, was shot
in the breast. and killed by the acct
dental discharge OF Il gun, in the hands
of his companion. Zach Morris.
Thomas \. Harris, cx-Brigadier
General. and aftcrward u member of
the Confederate Congress from Mis-
souri,. has now thrcspccial control of
the New Orleans Weekly Times.
On Saturday the 3Oth ult., the day
of the great frcshet, a Young man
named Mctralf aud Il Young lady by
the nanic of VIVA Neal. with Il little
boy, attempted to cross 4 swollen
stream in Cass county. in a wagon.
The swiftucss of the current swept
the wagon away. drowning the young
man and lady. and both horses. The
little boy got out.
In pc1tis county during the storm
on Saturday before last, a log house
was blown down, killing Mrs. Allen
and child.
Greene county, Mo-, promises to
produce half Il million bushels of
apples and peaches this year.
The Pcttis county Agricultural and
Mechanical Association has awarded
to the Sedalia Democrat office the
lprinting ofi,oDO Fair Pamphlets, and
extensive advertisements in the paper
a box contailiim" the badly mutt
lated corps" of an unknown INA" WIS
found floating in the river at II
City on t.c 23th ult.
g. The Scdalia Democrat runs up its
rooster over the victory at the cleo
ton in that city on the 2d inst.
The Huntsville wooden mill proper
tv has been sold 90 Mr.. John Shultitr
of the Silver Creek mills ut ssl4 900.
The cotton crop of Dumkling county.
Mo-. is estimated at five thousand
bales f"S this season.
1t is stated by the Mobcrly Monitor
that the congregation of the Christian
church. at Paris. has held its weekly
prayer mcctin" for 81 years without
missing q night.
Horace Bolc>. Of Gruudv county.
lla> Il dairy farm of 1880 acres, with
dwelling houses for tenants. Il school
house in running order, and 60 cows.
Drake. the murderer Of the Rev. $.
:. ii, adlcc, was arraigncd at the late
term of the Laclcde Circuit court,
when Il n"Ue prOScY"i WAS entered
and the prisoner discharged. lie was
irlmcdit. ely rc-arrr>tcd on an in
dictmcnt tor murder in the first
degree. fou.'d at the last term of the
L.arlcdc EQUITY circuit court. H.
gave bail in the sum Of fifteen thou
sand dollars, and was released from
custody.
\ fire in Holden. johnson county.
on the 3D. inst, destroyed $4,000 worth
of property.
\ youth by the name of John
Mason, of Jackson county. while
rolling wheat. met death in u singu-
lar manner: lie was walking behind
the roller and becoming tired got on
to the frame in front. and the lines
brin" too long. threw them around
his shoulders and around his meek
once or twice, andit is supposed that
the ends of the lines caught under
the roller and jcrked his head down
Under it eal>iu" him TO be clIokcd
severely and also breaking his neck.
Jasper county has one good sized
farm. 1t is 1000 acres on Spring
river, with plenty of water power
lot vet improved. Last year this
farm yielded 27.O0O bushels of corn.
$500 bu shells of wheat, $500 of oats.
600 acres Of corn. $50 Of wheat, $50 of
barley. and 30 of clover and timothy.
will be cultivated this year.
AT Il recent term of the Randolph
circuit court. Vim. Butler, Il justice
Of the Peace, was found guilty of
marrying" Il minor without consent of
parents. and his punishment assessed
ut one months imprisonment in the
county Jail.
t"rKT>IIIr Defined Devil
drrins definition Of the word.'court-
ship was given by a witness in M
amusing brracl-o -broui.r case rc-