Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-03-19
LOCAL MENTION.


from Washington and Is stfll In Office.
j. D.. Shcwaltsr, Esq, ofSt. Louis,
Il on q visit to his friends in Lexington.
Saturday was blustery, Sunday
balmy and Monday blowy.
Business promises to be refreshing
ingiy brisk this spring.
Lesucur & Co. manufacture the
best soap IN the west.
The biggest nosed man in "seven
States" was recently IN Lexington.
Our neighbor was seriously impos-
ed on by Collins jolly joke.
A. H. McFadden wants agents to
canvass this and Ray counties to sell hi.
steam washer.
Samuel Jewell has been appointed
postmaster at Tabo vice Mcvay. who has
sold out his store to Jewell.
A large grey wolf has been killing
Mr.. Theodore Bates sheep on Texas Pratt
RE. They have got his scalp.
Mrs. Arnold has received a bcauti-
full assortment of Spring Millinery. to
which she invites the attention OF the ladies.
Chanslor, Russell & Co. are build
ing = new front to their livery stable on
Laurel street.
County Court was in session OH the
18th and 18th inst. See their doings 10 an
other column.
Lexington is tho New Castle of Mis-.
souri,. The coal wealth OF Lafayette county
Is i~nexhaustible.
Winkler's furniture mandatory IL
one Of the most extensive in the State of
Missouri.
The latest game of the Caucasian
Pool. The game Is played by "going 1t
blind" at s., 3
Doughertv's coal shaft on Franklin
street is an object o fmuch curiosity. Near
ly every one feels called on to 60 and see 1t.
The Lexington Coal Company are
sinking a shaft on the farm of Joseph Nesle,
Esq, a half mile east of old town.
One case of cerebro spinal menin-
gets in Dover has been reported, the only
one so far in the county.
A. w. Rucker, Esq, formerly q
lawyer Of this place, was married in Baxter
Springs on tho 4th inst. We'll done.
The new fire company had the en-
CINE out on Saturday afternoon, and consid-
erins everything, its performance was first
rate.
We are informed that Mr.. Pcachcc
stead Of $l5 90, as stated by the conscien-
tious Caucasian.
The boys are industriousiy prac-
ticing the noble calling Of base ball playing.
Now for smashed noses and dislocatcd
thumbs.
The ALI. Jones suits in the Ray
Circuit Court have one adversely to that
gentleman. We hear they will be taken to
the Supreme Court.
Spots OIL Main and Franklin streets
are being re-nacadamizsd, for which VIC are
indebted to the ~unfortunates who hammer
on the city rock pile at the Calabccse.
Capt. Loomis has repainted the
deck and cbimneys of the Belle of Lexing-
ton, and has otherwise repaired and Improv-
ed the appearance and efficiency Of his boat.
n. Somerville has removed his
grocery store to the house recently vacated
by NJ. GratZ. on Main street, a few doors east
of the city hotel.
Chas. Glenn, late in j. II. Ardin-
gers dry goods store, has gone to Fort
son's bank at that place.
The Caucasian is much Exercised
over Senator Bogy, and strange to say the
Senator remains provokinsly serene, and
neglccts to send in his resignation.
What temcrity!
St. Patrick's day was celebrated by
our Irish friends on Monday by u procession
late in the afternoon and a reunion in the
evening at Dougherty's Hall on Franklin
street.
Robt. Cox, Esq. of Dover, who
went out to California in December, passed
through Lexington Monday on his return
home. lie left Sacramento "Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. Nellie Smith, wife of our
esteemed fellow citizen, Joseph IF. Smith,
Esq, returned last week from IT. Union.
New Mexico, where she has been spending
some time with her father.
The Caucasian says we arc "draw-
lug III Jul hOIuss ouI hClSuool uiStOoh
the movement. We were simply holding our
nose while trying to read one Of its odorous
farm romances.
Elder L. b. Wilks; formerly ofLex-
ingtou, Ky, will commence a protracted
meeting In the Christian church this evening.
Elder Wilks will be remembered rs the able
debater who Won golden opinions from our
Lcxingtonians TWO years ago.
The Catholic school has not been
discontinued on account ofthe retirement o
Mr.. Walter NJ. Heating, as stated in the
Caucasian. The school will be continued
under the direction of Father Hcoy, Until
MIR Keating's place can be permanently tilled'
The pleasant and plast;cally-plaus.
ible editor of the Register has returned from
a sojourn East, ut the seat Of government
and other points. 'The servant is worthy Of
his bire,' II we suppose the Airer (higher
powers have not been unmindlul of the ser
vices of our interchangeable neighbor.
Our Wellington correspondent
speaks highly OF Messrs. Young & Green, the
new livery iirn occupying the Mammoth
stables on Pine street. They have a large
number Of first rate horses for all uses, and
thew will be found Nc l men to deal with.
Run OvER.-A Swede, named
Schnider, was lying drunk last Fri
day, OH the lcvee, and was run over by the
transfer omnibus. Two of his ribs were
broken, DR.. Smith attended him, and he Ii
now In q fair way to recovery.
A little sen OF Henry Sanders, nine
years old, in Irish town. was struck III the
eye by a stone thrown by one of his compan'
ions on Thursday, which 1t is feared may
cause the loss of the eye. The stone was In
tended for some other object. but he hap
pencd to be In its way.
Now that the canvass and delivery
of DIR. Kitto's illustrated History OF the Ri
BILE is completed for this city, wo would say
this much further in addition to what We
have hitherto said, with reference to the
same: We know OF no other work offered to
this people, that has had such an extensive
sale, or Is giving such excellent satisfaction
This Is but AUST comment upon one OF the
most valuable Of books. 1t has great merits,
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