Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-04
MISSOURI ITEMS.

The Crow block in St.sLouis ha.
been selected US the site for the new
custonl-housc.
Gen. Jas. Craig, of st. Joe. was
Nominated for Congress~by the Lib.
erals and Democrats of the ninth
district.
DIR. Church, late of Lexington, and
later of Nevada City, is removing to
Sommervillc. Tenn, in the teaching
line.
Col. L. T. Critteudcn, of johnson
county, has been nominated for Con-
grcss from the seventh district by the
Democratic convention at Scdalia.
Mr.. w. f. krrdolf, of Lexington.
paid us IL visit during the week. Mr..
kerdolf is the "rr,t Lexington nil.
Ter. and his star brand isequal TO
"Gold duSt.-EJohnson Democrat.
All citizens of Missouri whose resi-.
rlcncrs antr-,late 1914 are urged and
solicited to attend the Old settlers.
meeting that i to be held at Miami.
Saline county. Missouri, OH Scptcm-
Der the llth. 1872.
Mr.. y. K. Mckanc. of Mason coun-
the extra train seat from Mobcriv To
Macon. H. was lci-urcIy walkin.
down the track. and the engineer
10 ring the bell. or blow the whistle.
He was about 40 wears of are. and
leaves Il wife. but no children.
y cold booicd murder and rob-
berry was committed near Mexico.
Mo, OH Monday week last. The
murdered man was an Irishman.
He WAS supposed To have cousldrra-
bic money about his person. The
whole back part of his head was
mashed in. and money and pocket
book missing. No c!uc to the muir
dcrcr.
SuIc!DE.- Sarah Jane Hcnfro.
daughter "fJnhn isriitro, Twin" near
Millvil!c, i'll Ray county. committed
suicide. on Monday night. the 26th
ult.. by hanging herself on al apple
+, tree nra the house. Coroncr's in
quest held Tuesday. 10 rati>r dcvel-
opcd. The dcccasri was ahout 50
years old. and, we m" informed
highly esteemed By IcrarpuaintauccS,
and respectfully connected.
About , o'clock Tuesday. tie wife
Of I. ". Butler. OF the firm OF Steel
x Butler. stove dealers. cor. of Eth
and Main streets. was cleaning come
Lamps, when by some means the oil
caught fire. and h!azlng uprnvcloprd
he lady. setting her clothes on fire.
P NtI,. ,I-ns I,,iI.,,,t -, tl. 49,. l.I;,.
hammer. Her nose. cheeks. forehead.
breast and other parts of her body
are almost completely baked. Mrs.
Batter has been married only about
six months. She died Wednesday
evening" ka.i>as City News. jOti!.
The details of Il distressing acct
dent ONE to us from Holt rouuty.
tl!i> state. Mr.. j.. Il. Wclrll lost
three children by drowning" last Fri
day week, aged six. eight and ten
years. 1t seems they started from
home in search %: grapes. and coming
TO the river. they rum"!utlrtl To 20 in
bathing. The lpdi"> we're all rcrov-
cred the n"Nt day. II i Inferred that
one Of lhrIa :rr'ir- int" deep water.
the other =" W"il To lii rrScuc and
all were u:uwnv,i.
Mr.. r:jnr. g" iicaih'~ Creek town.
ship, ~i'"ii,~ county. has rrirainrd
ON rhii!i% for fourteen days. Her
friends LAY >i..' irf- not eaten Il bite Of
an! Kind Oi TODD los: HAT time. so far
as they know. Mrs.. R!iinc i some
ii!iN wears n.l. :: tcvoi"d member of
th" Baptist church and the second
wife to Martin Rhine. She is, of
courr". very weak. but persists in her
determination to sta"ve herself to
death. His i Il most singular tatu-
ity. but is one HAT will soon be
settled If she persists i'll retaining
from food.
HORRIBLE THAGEDT.-N MAN
SHOOTS MS WIF:.-Dn Thursday
morning last. August 22I. a tragedy.
unsurpassed in horror in the annals
of Grim" in this county. was enacted
in the Missouri river bottom. about
twelve miles south of i'uluHll,ia and
near the town of Eureka. The vie
tim was MR.. Matilda Nnmalivrr, wife
of Carlton anlivrr. and the killing
was done by her husband. They
had been married about fifteen ears,
and h1l lived together apparently
very ~pnaccah!y until about :, >,'ai.
ago. hen Il difficulty arose between
them. and the wife left hitn. He soon
afterwards wcml to Virginia and
stayed several months. returning to
the hciglborhu0ot about the La. of
ti:" winter, bat nul ~pin. 10 III,
nome. He subsequently, went 10
Bate county. Missouri. but returned
TO this roi.niv three weeks a-u. 4: i
said that the day before the killing
took li"r" he called at hi- home. but
what passed between him and his
wifi" "r nave no, learned. Tie mex.
m@rnin" he went there. when from
some c"'i>c Il quarrel en>uch. in
Which he drew Il doIb!r-blrrrl shot
gun upon her and >hr lid out OF the
house. y, abe turned the corner he
fired. mlSHin" her. but still pursuing
her. he again fired II full load OF buck
shot INTO her back. from the effect,
rt which she >onu died. He imm"Ii-
atcly lrd and has not 10 ihi> writing
been arprcl:cnlrh. \. Ilrmr nuinhcr
OF citizens are III search Of him, and
there l. SAID 10 he the deepest feeling
against him throughout that section.
The mother OF The deceased womau.
Mrs. Berry Wren. whose husband
was once Il well known BAPTIST
preacher of This county. has u!lrrcl
$500 for the r"iirm OF Ianhivcr, and
the sheriff has offered 800 iorlii> cap
tirr. He is aonIt thirtv-tivc wears
"fag". SIX feet high with dark skin,
hair and eyes, and sandy whiskcrs.
BE was not especially Il Troublesome
man before this killing, bnt WIS
rather mor"-c in his manner. The
couple had Eve children. all of whom
living. LColTmbia Herald.
y mad OK on the streets of st.
L"ni>. on Friday. cut 80 many rapcr>
and created such an excitement that
his career furnished Il iir-t-"laS- local
for the city papers. At 18th and
i;i,ldlc streets he went through Il
ward. up>cltiig two baby wagons and
iInIaiing II lille girl on his horn.
1t passed through her shoulder like Il
bavonct. and lc carried her thirty
yards in that way In the alley nray
by he thrust his horn into the head of
Il boy four years old. penetrating
through the eve into 'lr .rranInl
cavity. \ woman in underwriting TO
save her children. WAS kuorkrd down
and slightly hurt. a negro had the
flesh ripped on his arm from the
wrist to the elbow. GA his way
down town. the infurial"d animal
dashed int. Il shoe shop. scattering
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