Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-11
News Of the week.
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81 The Baptist General Association
Z meets IN Glasgow, October 10th.
3 The Lafayette Presbytery 70. g.,
. meets Tomorrow, September 18th
A SON Of VIM. Kicks, OF Houstonia,
aged about ten years, was bitten ST Z
! times by a rattlesnake before his
, c mrades succeeded in killing it. But
little hopes are entertained of his re.
covery.
Mrs. Hannah Waller, recently par.
doned out of the Missouri peniten.
tiary, did something for her country
, while all inmate of that Institution.
and named it after the sheriff who
hanged her husband.
The old Southern Hotel in Kansas
City was destroyed by fire Thursday
morning. 1t was built in 1851 By
Colonel Z. NJ. McGec at a cost of
$4,000, and was formerly the aris-
tocratic hotel of the city.
The citizens of SedaIia will vote Oh
Saturday next on the question, Shall
the bonds of the city to the amount
OF $4,000, be issued for the purpose
of securing the location ofthc Pacific
machine shops, round house, etc.
Last Friday, Lawrence Shannon, a
well known citizen of Kansas CITY.
committed suicide by taking n dose
OF strychnine. He is u man of family.
and it is unknown what motive
prompted him to take his own life.
The widows of Cline, Dutro and
Stevenson. the men who were killed
by a moi in Cass county last April
have each brought suit against thir-
ty-six ~wtll-known gentlemen in Cass
county, for the murder of their hus-
bands.
Geo. Miller, charged with commit
ting seveal burglaries at Sedalia. was
gobbled at Hannibal at Barnum's
show, by deputy sheriff Kelley. He
was sent to Palmyra Jail, to await
orders from the sheriff of Pettis
county.
The "Sedalia Daily Opinion is the
name of Il new morning paper pub
lished in Sedulia by Jas. G.. Macgan.
1t is neatly gotten up, and will
doubtless prosper. Radical, and
principally devoted to the abuse of
DIR. Hull, of the Democratic Press.
VIM. Hetherby and John II. Will
liams were arrested one day last
week, at Hickman's Mills. jackson
comfy. charged with making five
cent nickels. Williams afterwards
escaped. lIetherby has since been
found guilty and taken to jefferson
City.
The Radical State Convention at
St. Louis has nominated the follow
ing ticket: Governor. John B. Hem
derson; Observation-Disclosures John
n. Slower Secretary of State. F. W.
Noerde; Auditor. Dan. O'Conor:
Register of Lands, Jno. +. Niche
Attorney-Go General, JEFF L. Chandler :
Treasurer, d. NJ. Draper: Supreme
Judges, j. p. Green, Ira E. Leonard.
Henry A. Glover, and q. A. Shields.
VIM. l.. Fccbcck, of Pleasant Hill, a
brakeman on the first division of No.
"a, a freight train on the Mo. Pac.
K. r.. was killed Sunday evening BY
the cars, about three miles west Of
Holden. This is the fifth death in the
family, We are told, since the 10th of
June, the father. two brothers and a
sister having died within that time.
poor widow ia nearly distracted
at this sudden and awful b~ereaye-
ment.
At Harrisonville, OIL the Goth ult..
a man by the name of Hopkinsmith
shot and instantly killed his Young
wife. They had been married only
about three and a half months. He
had taken his gun to shoot some
quails that were in the yard, but thew
away, when he returned and
took a seat near his wife, when, in .
handling his gun, it went off and ,
lodged the contents in the side of her
neck, killing her. =.
Alex. Gooch, a farmer living south I
east OF Orrick, in Ray county, being c
III easy circumstances and occasion-
illy laying up a penny for n rainy Il
lay, concluded that the house was I
not as SAFE a depository as he c0nld c
wish. ecurcd an old oyster can, b
'nugiy packed his ~grc-nbacks in it. ii
hiu IT IN the smoke house. A 5
lcgro discovered it, stole the money II
set the smokehousc on fire. Il
suspicion being directed to him, he n
Scared into showing where j, d
vas hid. $3.50 was recovered.
AT Missouri CITY on the 5th, a man
FAMED Barry, Il bartender, was shot t
md fatally wounded hv man Il
aimee McClintock. Barry had been n
small sums from the MONEY h
rawer OF his saloon. and imtimated e.
McClintOck was the thief. Hot n
words passed between the two. 5
vhereupon the latterdrew Il revolver
nd shot Barry through the left j.,
'reast, intlicting a wound from the II
fleets of which he died Thursday Il
light. McClintock is represented as 4
rather a dissipatcd Young MAN. I.
nd somewhat of a desperate rharac. y
rr. lie stabbed a man in Missouri Il
'ity some time ago. \
We had the pleasure, Wednesday. s.
f II call from James L. Dorton, of
who is a candidate for
he Legislature from LAFAYETTE. We
ave known Mr.. Dorton for a num- sc
CT of years. and he is one of the VI
Democrats in the State. ~
ostile to railroad monopolies and :"
onds, and a temperance man of the ot
urest water. He represents the W
oPl'oSSo W III uidCtllt-
ry and tricks of modern politics.
should lie be the choice of the
artv in Lafayette, he will make an p,
ctive, working member. knowing ~
grievances of his people he will ~
o all that lies in his power to anne RI
crate their condition. We wish II;
success Richmond Conserva- !"
,r. =
On Wednesday night, Mr.. Phillips, i
miles west of IIarrisonyiile. ~
cared some nc amongst the mules. Nv
uietly taking a doubled barrelled r..
lot gun he went out to watch. H. Br
three men in the horse-lot, Of
he of whom was in the act of brid- I
ng one of the mules. Mr.. Phillips B.
schargcd both loads of his gun ut
&c thief. the last taking effect. The
man called loudly to his u
'mrades to avemge him. At This june the
re Mrs. Philips becoming alarmed, T.
lPhilips) went to her assistance, ms
I'd the two thieves carried their He
bundled cOmrade away YoSter,f,v II