Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-09
Missouri Items.

The tax lovy in Boone county Il
81 IS OIL the hundred dollars.
Chills and fever are somewhat pro.
valent in the vicinity of Brunswick
The next monthly stock sale OF
Bates county will be held ut Butler
OIL the 9Th inst.
The wheat crop o: Livingston
county is pronounced excellent and
harvesting is nearly ove
The burlington Il Southwestern
Il. Il. has been opened to UniUnville,
Putnam county.
The Scdalia Building and Loan
Association is reported as being in a
prosperous condition.
1t is claimed that fifty miles of the
Fort Scott railroad will be built dur
ing the present year,
Daniel Is. Meyer has been put in
Jail in Tuscumbia, charged with the
murder Of his fathcr-in-Iaw, John X.
Hall.
They have an Eight-AIile Anti
Horsc-Thief-Societys in Cass county
that promises to be n complete sue
cess.
e. O.. Broodhead, who has been
appointed State Gcologist, is exam
lining the mineral rcsoul ccs of Bates
county.
A fatal accident occurred on the
Al. Il. Il I. railroad, near B~oonyille,
on the 18th ult., by winch benjamin
Wilson was killed in attempting 10
board q train i'll motion.
A %prccocious thief in Warsaw. Il
years Of aye, robbed three store draw
ers of twenty dollars each. and
another party of q number of uickles,
a few days since. That chap will 60
to congress.
AT Warsaw, OIL Saturday last, La
fayettc Benedict made q murdcrous
assault upon his fatl:er-in-law, Asabel
McNutt, with an AK, cutting him
seriously IN the back and head. and
killing him. Benedict was
arrested, and III default ofbonds was
put in Jail.
Ex-copgressman Walden, having
distributed his part of the salary
steal among tho several counties of
ms district, the honest farmers of
county met a few days since
ana resolved that the money be at
once returned to the aforesaid Walden
IS having been dishonesty obtained.
The farmers of Salt Pond have Or
sanlzed a Grange ut Brownsville, of
JAS. Graham is Master; s. Ii.
ludson, Overseer; q. W. Gilmore.
lecturer; VIM. .Ehlcn, Stewart; II.
). Winar. assistant Stewart; j.. l..
Fucker, Treasurer; D.. X. Gilmore,
Secretary, and John y. Hunter, Gate
Mrs. d. K. Gilmore, Ceres;
Mrs. II. E. ffunter, Pomona ; Miss
Graham, Flora; Miss O'Cook
L. assistant Stewart. h,
The great sale of sliort-horns by Z,
Larilnorc, of Galloway county,, u
which took place on the 26th ult.,
vas we'll attended and resulted in the ,
ale OF twenty-five animals, mostly
u calves, Basil Duke, an eight !
ear old bull, heading the list and bid {
III for $1,000, while Oxford Airdrie !
brought $3.50. Other prices ranged 9
rom $500 to $500, the whole lot reali- !
ing $500 or an average Of exactly :!
800 a head. The Fulton Press states
hat the scarcity of money and the q
hort time, only four months, allowed :
o purchasers, contributed to depress !
bidding, but all things considered !
! is to be regarded as one of the |
argcst sales ever made in the State.
The Cass county Courier reports
nc following organization of oranges: Y
ny Creek, organized Saturday, juno
l, 1873, with thirty members: Jas.t
Hawthorne. MASTER; w. ii. Bar
o%verseer; Will Laslcy, secretary
Laslcy, treasurer; Joseph I
lecturer; S. e.. Caldwell, Ii
haplain ;J. w. Robinson, steward S
Ohm II. Arnold, assistant steward: l
amcs L. Sharp, gate keeper; Mary v
). Custer. ceres; Augustus Graham, L
ora; Molie. Jones, pomona: Mrs. C
lucy IL. Shary,, lady assistant stew a
Peculiar Grange, organized Satur- v
ny, june Fl, 1873, with thirty men, Il
ers; j. w. Griffith, master; Ii. G. "
onovcr, secretary. c.
Gum city grange, organized Mon o
ny, June %, 1873, with twenty men, d
ers; Lewis Sterling, master; S. q. o
artzler, secretary. is
strasburg grange, organized Mon ii
ny, June %, 1873, with twenty mem II
'rs; Robert Scott, master p. w. p
uan Secretary. t.
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