Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-13
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Apple blight Is complained Of In
Johnson county.
farmers Oranges are increasing In
Clinton county.
A large wagon factory 10 talked Of
at Richmond, Ray county.
Prospects for tho fall fairs arc very
encouraging.
Immediate ccnsus Of that town.
Many new and substantial improve
ments arc going up Mt ROCKVILLE.
Hot days and cold nights at Cltn-
ton. Ague aud .chiils are looked for.
A dead body was picked up out OF
the river ut Boouviile o few days
since.
The great camp meeting near Troy,
will DO held on tho :4th Sunday III
September.
Fruits aud vegetables of u very SUI
perior quality + plentiful In Clin-
ton county.
Ex-Govcrnor j. w. McClurg is.
master of tho Linn Greek Lodge of
Grangers.
The Spectator chronicles the death
of William IL. Walker, the oldes:.
male settler of Palmyra.
The johnson Democrat says far
mers IRE blowing aud preparing for
sowing the fall wheat.
Pike comfy horse thieves have
been getting the worst of 1t by being
pursuud, caught aud placed In limbo.
Large and increased premiums arc
to be offered by the officers of the
Grundy county agricultural fair.
Franklin Ieagcr was struck by
lightning, and instantly killed near
Carrollton last week.
The Gallatim county court has
purchased the John Cooper farm,
two miles from town, for q count
poor farm.
A grand Sunday School Reunion
will be held near Warremsburg, john
son county, on Friday, the 10Th inst.
The Unionville Republican says j,
is not true that tho L.inneus branch
of tho 3. s. S. w. railroad is TO be
abandoned.
The Changers and Patrons of Hus-
bandry. give quite o grand pic nic
near Pacific City, Franklin county, oil
the 10th inst.
Complaints are general throughout
the state of dry weather and excess
sive heat. Corn is suffering for rain
extremely.
The residence of Col. NJ. r. Single
ton, in Liberty. was destroyed by an
incendiary fire OH the 5th inst. III
sured for S., 500.
There is a family living near Cam
den, Ray county, that has five cases
of smallpox among irs members, one
of which may prove fatal.
The farmers and stock raisers of sew
eral counties in Missouri arc organ
izin. to prosecute parties who import
Texas cattle in violation of statute
regulations.
The county debt of Galloway c0un-
ty is 5000, 500 of which amount $780,
900 is on railroad account. There are
only four counties in the State that
have q larger debt than the above,
viz: Lafayette, Howard, Pike and st.
Louis.
The Butler Record SAYS that those
who had sued the Lexington, Gulf
and Lake railroad, and levied on its
road-bed, have lately had their claims
paid in cash, aud thinks this a sign
that the company expects to use its
bed pretty Don
GRAsSHoPPERS. - These insects
have made their. appearance west of
town By the million and are cleaning
things up as they go, chewing tobac-
60, cutting down mullen, destroying
dog fennel and stripping corn clean.
Nothing stops them. They will be
here in II day or two, and people had
better keep their children housed or
some of them will be eaten up
lItichiEond Conservation.
The building OIL the northwest cor
ner of Washington avenue and Sixth
street, in st. Louis, formerly known
rs the State Tobacco Warehouse. hut
for ONE time past occupied by a
number of small shops, caught fire
Monday last and was totally Dies
troyed.~ Aggregate loss, $4,000, di-
ancc not known. The new Liudell
Hotel opposite, III process Of con-
struction, was not injured.
The Ccntralia Guard knows a thing
or two about the prevention Of chol-
GiNs . lihii hOllluSsNl Ill llO
liquors, drinks 10 ice water. drinks
wears flannel, battles three times a
day, keep his back yard clean, pays
his taxes, avoids water. drinks BRAN
does not smoke, and follows such
common sense may dictate, he need
have liz fears of cholera"
The Liberty Tribune is sound as
4 dollar. Hear it: "The 'softs' are |
again trying to get the Democrat
party to play 'possum' us
they did in ~, and give up their
organization. This fool game was
played last year, and the result was
the Radicals whaled the juice out of
the 'possum' party. Why act the
fool n second time? If the great
Democratic party with its perfect Or
%gauiZation upd millions Of voters,
cannot succeed, what chance is there
OF Il new organization succeeding?
Democrats should stick to their par
ty. In no other way can the Radical
hosts be routed"
A PHENOMENON Last Wednes-
day, the people residing a few miles
south of Centralia, were astomshed
at the sight of an immense cloud of
grassLoppers, which passed over their
heads, going i'll a south-easterly
course. So numerous were the ill
sects that they oDsGured the sun, and |
made II deep shadow on the earth be-
meath, while the noise they made in
flying was like Il tornado sweeping
over the country. 1t is estimated |
they were about eight feet thick, and
covered III area of three miles square.
The sight was witnessed by hundreds
OF people, none of whom hal ever
seen the like before.-[Guard.
fires in Warrensburg: