Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-03-26
LOCAL n1urrroH.

Saturday was q busy day In Lex
I~ingtop. The streets were alive with people
anl teams, arriving and departing frsR,ssfly
morn till frosty " Merchants. snd fisk
sisants, clerks had al they could do y sccS4
mediate the busy throny 81 buyers, whoaBs
bowsd and jostied each other Tor the PRIV.
ilege of spending their money. Wenrs hap-
py to chronicle every symptom offs business
revival In eur midst.
The Register finds fault with what
our correspondent had to say about the Pscif.
ic R.R. Company, IN connection with tiIs exs
, brilliant tariff on frcight,. Does the Register
feelit incumbent on itself TO take exceptions
to every thing in the fSrtLLfGkNckRf
Either this. or 1t must regard the Mo. Pacific
~ belonging to the North Missouri X. X.
and the Missouri river packet compstftes.
John II. Peacock's Leviathan will
make the coming season ut his stable one mile
east Of Iflgzih,vilip; ten dollars 10 insure.
J.H Weiborn's Ned will stand three miles
southeast OF Aullvills, on the Georgetown
road ; insurance Is. A. G. Tracy's Young
Norman will he found at his stable three
miles north OF Chapel Hill am three miles
ives, of Mount Hope; o. to insure.
Don't forget to com or ssud to the IyTEf-
LIGEScER for your bills.
Mr.. II. +. Royle of the hrnl Of
Ro,in 4 New, returned rom, S;. Louis and
the Fast since our last Isstue,. v here he has
purchased . bran new stock Of spring good.
that will show to advantage 10 asy cornpc-
ri,ion. This frm il 50 well ksown tor prob.
ity and fair dealing that Il ues,!s no c0nmen.
dalton, md the simple announcement Of new
goods viii he sufficient to Insure q large mum
Der OF customers.
IMPORTANT suIT.-Mrs. Martha
Moore. formerly proprietess o! the Pine
street hotel. has. IN conjunction with her
daughter, Mrs. Ncrhold and her husband,
brought suit In ejsetment against Ti!ton
Davis, EsT., fer the place now occupied by
Lin, known n, the Oliver Anderson property.
The plaintiffs claim under ope Dobbins, who
used TO live in Lexington, but who was
Killed many years since, somewhere in the
lower part OF the state. Their claim also
extends to = large amount OF other property
IN Lexington and vicinity, and much liti2a-
ton is Threatened. Mr.. Davis does not seem
TO br very appprchenslye Of losing his fine
residence. .
ALMOST A FIRE.-The residence of
Rre.J. A. Quarles. on Third street. narrowly
escaped destruction on Saturday night, or
rather Sunday morning, last. About I
O'Clock A. NJ. an unmistaksbIc smoke filed
the house sufficiently to arouse the sli-pi-
cions Of the family, and on opening the din
ing room door The porch was discovered to
be on IRE. The alarm was given. and the
palsCn went to work at 1t is though he had
run with the machine" all his life. and IT,
naily succeeded in distinguishing 1t before
many persons arrived. tn IRE engine was
promptly on the ground, but its services
we're not needed. The huil.!ins Is = frame
one. and \ little more headsaV would have
rendered its loss almost certain.
Mr.. Quarles desires to return his thanks to
his ueighbors and the tire COMPANY for the
very prompt response to the alarm Of fire.
ALL IN THE FAMiLY.-C. o. Smith
has been selling so many copies of the mag
niiircnt portrait of Gen. Lee. that A.. W.
SMITH i, kept iusy making franes for them.
Sritiier TIE pirtures nnr the frames 10 any.
ii.rrrdis Ia either Of thcn, anil W. hope {.
o. will give A. ". a summers job. That
they hriosg 70 the same family is evidenced
Nv them bearing the same sin .ular name.
For good good, in the grocery line.
at bottom figures. Gui OF The very best quail
';y. call on H"ssrs. 4. A.& J. O. L-sueur,
aorn"r Nh.tn and Pine street,. Read their
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