Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-04-17
STATE NEWS.

liz ] lCdsdilt I'LL IsCS'C"
on the 9Th inst, by Blakey and Ben
nett, to +. and j. l.. Cameron.
James buchanan, OF California, ior
many years q road and tie contractor
on the Pacific X. r., died recently al
Memphis, Tenn.
Contracts for forty-fivc thousand
bushels of coal for the I-'inatlt
Asvlnm at Fulton were let on tho Isl
inst. The prices were Sl-2 and
cents per buslcl, delivered.
Bv the revenue law just passed by
the Legislature, siieriils cannot receive
stor collection OF taxes present tccs
tuntil January 1>t, 1873.
Athrcc year old hcifer belonging
to II. Gillespie, residing a few mile.
cast of Mexico, gave birth 10 Il call
will, one double hind leg, from the
second Joint down to the foot. The
two form, are said to be separate and
distinct, but are enclosed in the SAINT
skin.
, Mr.. John F. Guthrie, living ncaI
New Bloomfield. Galloway county,
sold tn II. ). Hubbard of the sam,
section. one day last week, pcrhap'
the largest COW III Central Missouri
She weighed over 1000 pounds. Mr.
g., also sold lS head oftwo and three
year old steers, which averaged hin
$43 per head.
At the late election in B%oonville.
Milo Blair received 1870 negro votes
and was elected Mayor.
Mr.. y. Il. Noble, of Marshall, has
been commissioned Clerk OF tho
circuit court Of Saline county, to til
the vacancy occa>ioned by the dcatl
of John \. Trigg.
In Polk county potatoes are scared
and high. a wagon load from Bates
county sold in Bolivar 1T SD PEI
ibushcl. And last year Was Il g"ot
potato wear. too. But the frost ha,
. been severe on seed potatoes.
Under the new law recently passco
by the Legislature, we will have
three circuit courts 4 year. beginning
on the I'd Monday in February. Jun,
and October.
Two men in Holt county held IL
egg sucking match the other da:
The result was one swallowed thirty
the other eighteen.
They have a woman acting as con
.ductor oftlc Hannibal and ST. Jose?l
railroad. on ono of the passenger
trains.
Newspaper enterprise is dcvclopin:
in Galloway county. a three cniumi
paper called the Concord Obserre,
has been sem adrift.
4 horse belonging to Oliver
Knight. near ST. Joseph. died tn.
other day Of hydroplohia. 1t was
clear case. The animal had been
bitten in the nose by II rat terrier
about five weeks before.
\ mare belonging TO Mr.. IInhg"
livin. near Huntsville. gave birth tho
other day toa colt. having only two
legs. Except the want "ftwo fore
legs it is in other respects II perfect
and we'll formed colt.
The l:aptists Of Missouri held 10:
Sunday school conventions last year
The amount of money granted in ait
or.rlI""lS was %2.j5i.i3. The amour
collected in the field was S..7"7.1n.
In Boone county ON the 18th inst.
while David liruinn was engaged il
:. l~ontling goods Into n wagon. hi
horses ran away. thrnwiug him uulr,
the wheels of tho Wagon. whicl
passed ovcr his body. hrrakim. hi
ribs aud iniliriim" other fatal injuries
from which he died IN IA short time
The tarrolltnm journal says: \
nrar" mnu 10y the nnnr of rrt". Twin:
IN Dewitt. had been I" Minm, Il
visit his relatives. aud returning ~
foot was way.laih nmd shot hv som,
unknown person.; the shot tnkin. rf
feet IN his len arm.
y. G.. ('nwnu. Of Holt county
lately purchased II hull calf for $500
1T Inns the best rerurd for fine bloc,
aud stock prli%rrr of any anima
brought west Of III" State of Ken
lucky.
-, Louis has n registered vote q
Ai,Wn: vet only l4.h39 votes wrr
! east nj the bate municipal election -
= leaving 1870 ut h"inc.
The ~l'incviiie Democrat vnurhc
tor the statement that Il Mrs. Harn,
in the C!l"rrk"c Nation recently CAV
birth to four children, three boys an
one girl.
\ @ Opera House is to he bull
in Kansas City. at the cost of 1925,
Nua.
A tenant on J. NJ. Hammctt's farm
i. near Huntsville, stole a wagon fro,
!. one ncighh"r, and n pair of horse
-, from another. With this outfit Il
. tried To move himself and family on
i, OF the nci"hborhond, but being fol
lowed and nearly overtakcn, h
leaned out of the wagon and took I
the woods, leaving the stolen proper
F.. " and his wife to the tender mcrcic
of the outraged ncighbors. TIL
: property ran be disposed Of casil
| enough, but what to do with til
( woman, is the question.
=, Congressman Beck, Of kcnturkS
in the House last week, declared tina
enormous sums had been used bv Il.
= present administration as a CORFU
:, tipn fund, and alleged that the Wa
Department had covered up tn
figures to avoid giving intclIigibl
. accounts N the amoun Of none,
j., tic further said that $l3O, 900, 900 ha
been spent nv the War Drpartmcr
IN the last five wears without All al
preparation or without the action {
the courts, and had been speut larpel