Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-10
STATE NEWS.

l
drinking ali ounce OF laudanon' out
was restored by physicians.
4 lot of94 hogs, IS months old, and
averaging 3Ol pounds, were not long
since 4 Saiime county.
The married ladies of Hannibal
nave organized a Come Home Illus
band Club" Broomsticks figure
the inducements to come.
:. & Fihpps, Twin. nrar Hunts
VILE. has i hive of bees that have
given out three swarms in as many
days.
y move is on foot in Mexico 20 es
tablish q joint stock company, forthc
manufacture "f rluws and other agri-
cultural implements on ali extensive
scale. Some $4,000 have already
been subscribed for that purpose.
Hickory county and Oregon coun-
~, have appointed delegates to the
state Convention and instructed for
Wilson for Governor.
Col. john NJ. Glover and Thomas
l.. Anderson are making speeches as
candidates for the Democratic NOM
inatlon for Congress.
The st. I.oui. Times prOprictors
will soon build n magnificent Office
on northwest corner of fifth and
Olive streets. St. Louis-thc most
prominent place in the city.
An exchange says that Mrs. Il.
Gratz Brown is a winning lady. \
more interesting question just now
is, whether Mr.Gra,z Brown is a win
ming gentleman.
Last Friday. Gooch's Mill. situated
5 miles soutl, of this place was burnt
to The ground. Loss about 81 800.
1t was owned Ivy Wiseman 4 Robin
son AMI used as griSt and saw
miil.-Ro"h"port Enterprise.
\ horrible murder orcrrcd in Holt
county last week. in which ono, John
Hughes murdered his hrnth"r-in-law.
David FiIzwatcr. The murder is
said to have been entirely umpro-
vokcd, the murderer havin. lain in
wait for his victim for three years
past.
a runaway horse in Scdalia a few
days ngo, dashed through the glass
doors Of u restaurant, producing PAN
ic among customers and smashing
things generally, to the tune Vi 500
worth.
The Scdalia Fair eacrs $3.50 for
the best band to play before them
this fall.
says the NenshO journal, makes the
, tenth homicide in Newton county
within a year. Excluding the two
men hung by Lynch law in Srnara.
There rs Il man iir Randolph county
! who has IL foot so large that his shoes
are II IA inches long and II inches
around the instcp. An ordinary
pair of shoes for him weighs
five pounds. His name is Gee. How
is that for lung.-ErytesriU" Herald.
The wheat crop, what there is of
it. is now ready for harvesting. and.
although OF fair quality, will be less
than onc-half. Some isolated fields
weld we'll and there is INC about
four miles from here that will yield
thirty OF thirty five bushels TO the
! acrc.-NcOSh0 ,TOHrnat
The light of the Centralia Guard
.rowc,h dim. Stevens the great ''med-
icimc man." ~retires from its columns
in a farewell, that ia the way OF
! rhetoric is truly killing" Hence
for,l, his undivided attention is to
. he given tn his ''rressimS profession
al dmtics.'
y wild man was captured In Pike
county one clay last week. lie was
entirely unknown to amy one i'll that
| iitFt ol INC SuNh'In ahu IL pSth
wandering ia salt River township
for several days. He would give 40
account Of himself. and was taken I"
B"wlin. Grccn and confined in the
Jail. Ibis clothing, wlicl, consisted
of an odd cIotl, cap, Il blouse, Il pair of
brown jrans pants. n pair of brogan
| shoes. wore aimsst in tattcrs.
Tie Trenton Times. Of Jtne eth,
VS.: '.Mr. &. a. Evans. of this
county. purchased Il Durham DULL calf
| six mouths cid fromAacf. Bideford,
Of Monroe county, Mo.,,for which Ii"
paid $500 cash. a few days since.
! Some Of the old fogies laugh at the
| idea of paving 500 for one calf. Mr..
f.. ~ one Of II most successful
stock growers, and will soon dem"n-
| stratc TO scrub" stock growers the
wisdea Of his purchase: The calf
weighs 600 pounds"