Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-10-09
News Of the Week.


Rev. James B.Harbison died on the
18th of September, in Pleasant Hill.
No. He formerly lived in Ray county.
There are t~hirty-one -four mills
IN St. Louis, and they devour on an
average $1,000 bushels of wheat
every "a hours.
The Registration in Galloway coun-
ty has reached $500 and is expected
to amount. to 400. Oregon county,
which only polled 1876 votes two
wears ago, has registered over 600.
There is to be a grand Democratic
and Liberal Republican barbecue
held at Marshall the 18th of October,
at which time several distinguished
speakers arc expected to be in atten-
dance.
AT St. Joe, Mo-, dispatch of Octo-
Der LIST, says that "IIon. Joel F. AS
per. ex-memter of Congress from
this district, died at his home in
Chillicothe, Livingston county, Of
dyspepsia of the heart.
A. W. Johnson, a teainstcr, enga-
gedi in hauling goods. III Warrensburg
Monday morning last, met with sud
den death. The team he was dri-
wing ran against a tree, precipitating
him from the wagon upon the tongue.
and breaking his neck. He was pick
ed MP lifelrss.
The $loO baby carriage offered by
Matt Foster at the Kansas City En-
position to the best baby, was award
ed to Bessie. the eight months old
daughter Of Il. O. and Anna Lucas
of Kansas city. Her father is a prin-
ter in the Journal Office.
The Radicals held a meeting at the
court house in Marshall on Saturday
last. There were present about rs
negroes. and only one white a
Delegates were appointed to Il county
convention. to be held at some time
in the future.
Not DOWN IN PROGRAMME
W. learn from the La Grange Demo-
Graf that a lady named Mrs. Long.
gave birth to q child on the fair
grounds, OH the last day of the fair.
The little stranger was tOo late, how
ever, to compete for the premium
offered for the best baby, the award
having just been made to Prof. j.
n. Cook.
"D-N THE DUTCH.''-When John
B. Henderson ran for congress. twen-
tv wears ago against Gilchrist Potter,
the Wing candidate, and got beaten,
expletivc of his-"D-n the Dutch"
He is now running a. a Radical candi-
date. instead of Il Democratic, and
"a -. tt.Ii. l. az ll -.
portuuity to "D-n the Dutch again
in November next.
a special from Osccola. st. Clair
county, contains an account OF the
shooting of desperate named VIM.
Sanders alias Red Bill, by the City
Marshal of that place. The officer
attempted to arrest him. when he
resisted and drew his pistol: The
Marshal then shot him with q double
barrel shot gun. the charge entered
hi. breast above the right nipple, kill
ing him Instantly. The officer gave
himself up to the Sheriff.
DROWNED IN A CIsTERN.-Ycster-
day morning Officer Crabtree was
called upon by the wife Of Mr.. W. T.
NVtit. i'oi'ihS vi q otiSSty pC-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets, to assist her in discovering
the whereabouts other husband. who
had disappeared in a very mysterious
manner on the night before. She
} stated that her husband had been
sick, and had during the night got up
and passed out into the yard, az she
supposed TO get some water, since
which time nothing had been seen or
heard of him. Messages had. been
sent to the police. headquarters and
every effort made to discover his
whereabouts. Mr.. Crabtrce after
looking over the ground where Mr..
Gould would pass after coming out
of the door, concluded that the open
t%rap-dOor of the cistern was n likely
: place to search into to find the miss
ing man. After feeling round in the
cistcrn with a pole, Crablrec discov-
cred the corpse of the missing man.
and drew ii to the surface. whence 1t
was taken to the house.-[K. G..
Times.