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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
The Ranking Inv.

The Philadelphia Ledger says:
"1'he agitation for radical changes III
the banking laws is not merely the re-
suit of pressing circumstances, but is
likely to be continued. 1t IS be-
coming palmer every month that the
principle of free banking is the
only L. that is sufficiently elastic
and that corresponds closely enough
to the varied conditions presented to
command lasting confidence. 1t Ia, If
we are not mistaken, becoming
clearer AMI clearer that tic attempt
ia imtrust TO any government official
administering definite powers fixed
by statue the task of making deposit
tors in national banks secure, is a mis-
take. With every turn of the vary
ing fortunes of the Stock exchange,
it becomes more evident that gov
eminent supervision is incapable
Of preventing evils, and therefore
invites them, because it makes the
depositors less vigilant by promising
to do for them what otherwise they
would do for themselves. One proof
oftiiis fact is that the gold spectators
have received direct aid from some
of the banks in operating for an arti-
fetal rise in gold. Two prominent
national banks aud the same number
of private banking houses have CO.
operated with combinations, spd the
reserves required by law are con-
stantly impaired by methods that
cannot easily be fOrcseen, orif Gorcsecn,
cannot easily be forestalled. This is
but n single instance of the many
that might be cited, all Illustrating that
III Il business like that Of banks Of de.
posit, individual, can look out for
their W interests better than tho
government can do it for them.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
After sEm.

Says the Pleasant Hill Review /:
Our country is being ovcrran with
horse thieves. and every conceivable
manner of viliaihies are being trans
acted throughout the State. The fate
OF hcsslcr, of the Fulton tragedy, ap-
pears to have failed in the healthy
effect OH scoundrelism that was an
ticipated and desired, and we need
not be surprised at any moment that
swift justice has again been meted
out to the deserving. However much
We may regret this manner OF dealing
with crime, u people are beginning
to feel that desperate diseases REQUIRE
desperate remedies, and are deter.
mined to rid themselves OF lawlcss-
ness though they be compelled 10 use
1.-The hair OF the dog to cure the bite"
Our exchanges tell US the viglanters
the State.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
Moments of Nuserx.

Some occurrences in real life re-
scmble The climax of a bad dream.
The bystandcrs who witnessed the
following narrow escape related by q
French paper, must have felt ex-
tremcly anxious to wake. A child of
five and a half years of :,gc was play
ing ut one of the windows of a House
in the Rue de la Trappe, when it
lcant too fan out and fell. The
mother dartcd to the window in
agony, and saw her child hanging bv
its pinafor. to all iron hook fastened
20 the half-opened shutter OF a WIN
low on Il lower story. In spite Of
The entreatics of a ucighbor, the uu-
happy mother stood gasping for
breath, her hands %clutchtng the Win
dow-siil, and her whole appearance II
model for Il statue of despair. Sud-
denly a voice cried: Make haste
his pinaforc is tearing" The mother
tainted, but the door had now been
broken in, aud the porter drew the
shutter gently inwards, and thus at
succeeded in placing the child
safe and sound on the floor OF the
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10

A gentleman Of Kingston, IN this
state, recently witnessed . novel
bsttls in . garden Of thst place.
Two green back humming birds were
the cSmbstspts, aud the fray lasted
seventeen minutes. The tiny antag-
onists would dart Oh each other
most viciously would soar twenty
feet or more In the air, and then re-
turn TO the flowers in the beds Tor .
moment or two, where the warfare
ragged most bitterly. Occasionally
the larger would pin the smaller TO
the ground, when tho latter would
strike vigorously at tho throat VI its
foe. Finally the larger bird appar-
emily became very much cnraged,
and mahc an energetic squirt. The
other fell tn the ground, its wings
iuttered, the body quivered, one
quick gasp, and the ruby-throateu
little one was dead. The victor
fiew to . dead twig on o neighbor-
ing shrub, smoothcd its rufted piu-
mage as q dove would,an twisted It's
neck from side to side, theh
for q moment lowering over the
lifeless body of its enemy, as IL to Dc
certain life was extinct, it few swift
ly away.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
No Cholera at Fayeste.

The leading citizens of Fayettc, in
Guiding President Wills and Profes.
sors Forster and Miller, of Central
College, Gen. John Is. Clark, Jr., the
MAYOR OF the city and others, have
Just issued a circular in which they
state that there has been no we'll de-
tined case of cholera for two weeks
and over, and that they L confident
tie danger is past. The disease was
brought to Fayette by workman oil
the railroad. Ono Dr. two cases fol-
lowed, but no general apprehension
was excited. On July Goth, n negro
festival. at which large crowds in.
dulyed in the usual eXcitcments and
mtempernnce, gave opportunity TO
the pesiilcucc to break out with vio-
lencc. Then followed a lull for sew
cral days, and it was supposed that
tho danger was over.
On Monday, August 18th, the pes
thence SO lin broke out in a family
which had returned 10 town. Four
deaths occurred in this house within
twcnty-four hours. From this date,
II or two cases per day, mostly of
those persons who had been engaged
with thcsc. continued 10 occur. until
Sunday. the Oath Of August. Theto
tai humber OF deaths Sd far is set
down by the physicians ut forty
seven.
The two colleges. the Central and
Howard Female College. will open
on the 18th and 18th of September, as
heretofore announced.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10

The Masons Of the United States
have under way more than $4,000. 900,
worth of new Halls and Temples.
The ono at Philadelphia is probably
the most magnificent structure of the
kind in the world, not excepting the
splendid one ut Cincinnati. When
entirely completed and furnished, it
will be worth considerably over a
million. it seems to be the opinion
of some that a large portion of these
moneys would have better spent in
providing for Masous' Widows and
Orphans, aud other objects of Mason
ic benevolence; but it should he re-
WONDERED, that most of these Mason-
ic Halls and Temples are SO construct
cd as not only to answer the purpose
of lodges and communicates but
large portions of them l. rented to
merclI:.h 8 nd other business men,
aud in this way they bring III a larger
income than the money they cost
could be made to yield invested i'll
any other wav.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
Situation.

The last monthly circular of Henry
Clcws u Co., Of New York, takes u
decidedly hopeful view of the finan-
ces of the country for the fall and
winter months, which the last three
years have led business men to look
forward 10 with much apprehension.
They remark that a: London the rate
OF interest is low, and on the comti-
nent also is steadily declining. The
present condition of English trade
suggests a probability that the home
mercantile demand will be moderate,
ami the reaction from a wild spccu-
lation OH the continent is likely TO
be followed with ease, and also with
:':il>l osit.on to employ capital abroad.
AT the same time, u variety ofcIrcun,-
starces have lately combined to inf
encc American credit in Euron =.
Willie there is considerable uncertain
~ about a class OF Investments into
Which large amounts of money we
flowed within late years at L..nlon
AMI oI some Of the continental huuses.
From these considerations it seems
reasonable to anticipate that when
Honey here touches the legal rate or
goes hey ond j. important relief will
IA AVN Az toASICh iisl MUS.
While The reserves of the New York
banks are not greater than for Two
years past Of great strinscncv, and in
this respect those institutions are NOT
in better condition than they have
been, tLey | cd ST., 200, 600 less OF the
funds oi other banks than IL Year pre-
vions, which is all important modiii-
cation of the situation. The superior
care and precaulion of business men,
it is believed, has put them in a much
better condition for the approaching
season than heretofore.
Tho gold market is in All anomalous
condition. Lower quotations might
be expected but for the operations OF
the gold clique Of Wall street. The
clique is prepared to take all the gold
that offers, aud hence for the present
are masters of the situation. Cir
cum>tanccs f .voriug lower quotations
are all n%eutralized by this direct fact.
The course of foreign trade and the
balances would warrant a lower
price, and the exchanges now border
on Il condition to bring gold here
from Europe.
The advanced state Of the season ell
ables the cotton crop to be closely
estimated, aud it is believed the Weld
will reach $4,000 bales, going up to
the full figures reached before the
war. AT the present prices this fact
tells wonderfully OIL the trade of the
country and has Il direct bearing up
On the price of gold. From the gem
eral survey it is fair to anticipate a
total escape OF the trying times oflast
winter.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
Address.
Ts she Live stock men, Pr~svisisn
Dealers and Packers Of the Wesss
ths NoFshWese and b %

Before the dawn of tho frst CEN
tsnnia! year Of our national indcpehd.
etce the public m nd To- becoming
aroused, aud more and mor colviii-
ced Of the utility and benefits Of Or
EaDized cooperation. Hence. upon
every hand, In every civilized land,
In every trade and department Of
manufacturing anu mechanical indus
trlos, reaching sven to the rural dis
tricts, to the home Of the %ngricultIis
list, oil, everywhere, are seeking
Organization" 1t Q the order Of tile
honr ; the Shiboleth for all grievances
both public and private; the tocsiD
to whose trenchant note listening
millions hcarkcn. But among the
various organizations, trade unions
aud cooperative associations, there
live stock and Its products. Therei is
none among whose membership can
be found the ranclman, the drover,
the cowboy, the shipper, the com
mission man, the cattlc-spcculutor,
the grazer, the feeder, the packer or
the provision dealer mingled and as
s0cinted together for mutual strength
and aid, So easily obtained by organi-
z%ation, and attaiiabie by no other
means. Therefore, that this chaotic
state of affairs may no longer exist,
SO far as may apply TO those interest
ed i'll live stock and its products
throughout the West, the Northwest
and the Southwest, it is deemed adj
visuble that a mass.meeting of all
those interested bc held in Kansas
City, OH the seventeenth day OF Sep
tcnibcr, whercto every ono who
knows or feels himself Interested, di-
rcctly or indirectly, i'll the production
and marketing of live stock, OF in the
preparation and commerce Of the pro-
ducts thereof, is cordially invited to
como. Come, then, from the sunny
Lone Star State; colnc from the
cleaning platcaux Of New Mexico;
come from the grass-robed table,
lands ofCol0radO, where nightly the
welcome breeze from the snow-clad
and handicapped peaks OF the ancient
Rockies swcetly woo the weary herds
man to delicious rcro-c; cone from the
illimitable plains of Western Kansas
and Nebraska, where Craze the count
less hcards OinnDthcr state and cline,
in stern conflict for mastery with the
untamcil buffalo. whose destiny is as
the setting SUMS; come from the
lonely camp of the tronticri rendeZ-
vous, from standing weary sentinel
over sleeping herds; come from the
waving corn fields and empty feed
/ yards of the Missouri Valley; come
from The rich pastoral regions of Ilii-
npis and the Middle States; ON
from the rafting, dusty stock trains,
from the crowded lanes, alleys and
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
A Freak of Nature-Wondrous,

Washington county, Indiana, has u
wonderful MsuS nature in the person
OLA boy not yet three years of age.
From a gentleman who recently visi-
ted the house of the father ofthe boy.
and saw him with his own eyes, we
learn the following particulars :
James Williams, a well-to-do farmer,
who resides twelve miles east bv
south of Salem, has IL boy who
will be three years old on the 1lth o.
October next. The child is very
healthy, and well formed in ever,
respect except his weight is, seventy
five pounds, II little above the aver
age. When about one year of age
this child began to develop rapidly,
and now presents the appearance. ofu
man. Upon the face ere long black
whiskers and mustache of remark
ably thrifty growth aud t%inencss of
texture. The back and breast of the
child are covered with silken black
.:air from two to three inches in
lensth.-[Indiaua Paper.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
Thurman Fires a Broads3de,

Senator Thurman, Of Ohio, "let
himself OUT in a speech at Wavcrly,
Ohio, on the "a inst. The report Of
it in the Cincinnati Commercial say S
lit was doubie-shotted and aimed to
hit aud hurt" lie paid his respects
first to that almost exclusively Re-
publican shame,it!.e credit mobilicr
affair. The report says:
Senator Thurman showed the ex-
tent or II frr~Is ~ sl,a last To lie far
greater than have been generally
supposed, and that the of the
swindlc rested, with tho single cx-
ccp:icn Of Brooks, of New York, CT
Republicans. The senator was par
ticularly severe on Colfax, and Bius-
ham and Shcllabargcr Of this State.
Garfield had cleared himself and
Blaine had wriggled through, but the
disgrace of Vice President Wilson,
Coifax and Bingham, whose influence
rs chairman of the committee that
bought, was deep and damn
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
Honor the Scissors.

THO Guelph "Mercury" saws
"Sollc people, ignorant o fwhat good
editing is, imagine the get ing up OF
selected matter to be the easiest
hing i'll the world to do, whereas it
is the incest work that is done on o
paper. If they find the editor with
scissors in hand, they are sure to
say, Eth! that's the way you get up
original matter, ch?' accompanying
their new and witty questions with
all idiotic wink or smile. The facts
are, that the interest. the morality,
the variety and usefulness of a paper
depend i'll no small degree upon its
selected matter, and few men are
capable of the position who would
not themselves be able to write many
of the articles they select. a sensible
editor desires considerable selected
matter, because he knows that one
mind cannot make SO good O paper as
five or six"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
saved by u Hands Brculh.
IFrom the Pleasant Hill tMo.) i:cyiew.l

From The iIensant Hill tNO.) iscview.l
1t is seldom we are permitted to
chronicle all Instance Of such mob e.
hearted manhood as That which &C.
Cured between li~arri>omville and
Holden a few DAYS ago. On Monday,
the 1st inst. A. ne train Was running
at full snecd between the above
named sla. iohs. u little girl about
twelve wears Oh, was discovered on
the track, a short distance ahead.
The wi,'s,le of warning was brought
into play. as also the whistle of
''down brakes" but the child had be-
coInc so palatyzed with fear that she
could noi move. Quick rs thought
the engineer, Mr.. VIM. Brown, taking
in the position at a glance, emerged
from his cab, ran along the side-bOard,
down to the cow-catcher to the pilot,
and just al the child was about to re-
ceiye her death-blow from the engine,
he brushed her from the track with
his hand. The mother OF the Child
came TO the rescue, and the last seen
OF her. she was giving the little girl
VIII It "Paddy gave the drum -a.batin
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
What Grant md Kc;Iog Have Done
for Louisiana.

Mr.. Wood, or Kew Orleans, Il
prominent Fusion senator, draws the
following sad picture OF his city and
State:
The State bonds are; about 80 the
city bonds are about GO. Genera! bus
mess is disappearing 50 that here are
over 1O.UD vacant labirah.,. proper
lies and stores now in New Orleans,
one auction firm alone having recent
ly specified by name aud location 3U5
such, with the additional words of
'irany others i'll their hands'-s,urcs,
dwellings, warehouses and oli.cr
premises. Eight thousand white Inc.
cl'inics have left Nrw Orleans during
the past few months. No building
and little repairing is gong on; no
new business starting. no anything
but taxes, ard suits, and irtlamnna-
tory false appeals"
This is the result of Radical rule in
Louisiana. Texas may hope to save
herself from such doom by an over
whclming Democratic victory in De-
,'einber next, and 10y no other means.
Let il be remembered.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
seclam,n's dig .
six Mtlliens Of dollars far Rccev
eriae u French inheritance.

A dispatch was published q few
DAYS, ugo announcing that through
tina fundamentally Of Hon. j. p.
Scnismiu, two ladies in Georgia bave
recovered an inheritance IN France,
valued nj xi2, 100000.
Tho ATLANTA, Tia, Herald publishes
the interesting details:
From positive authority II Is asccr-
iaincd that Mrs. Virginia NJ. Campbell
and niece, Mrs. Elmira Chambers, of
Madison, Tia, are entitled to $4,000
900, now waiting IN Frsnco to be
claimed by these fortunate ladies:
Mrs. Campbell il n widow about
seventy years OF nge : her niece, Mrs;
Chambers, is also n widow, a2eu
about thfrty-six. The vast propert!
which they have Inherited belongs 10
| the Rcnnauleau estate. Information
in regard to it was received by thcm
about three mouths since and by the
advice OF a gentlemen in Madison,w who
saws he was once a law partner of the
Hon. Judah p. Benjamin, they al
once wrote 10 the latter ut London,
asking him what course to pursue in
the matter. MI. Benjamin aftGr
thoroughly Investigating the case,
wrote TO Mrs. Campbell aud Cham
pers that there Il not a question oil
| doubt in regard 10 their claim, and
advised them to come to Europe,
| The property descemds TO these ladies
through n Mrs. ltenmauleau, grand
mother of Mrs. Campbell, aud great
grandmother Of Mrs. Chambers. Mrs
Campbcll's maiden name was Ma
Suirc, her mother having been Mad,
amoisclle Rcmmaulau. They are con
nected with one of the best famiiic!
in France.
by the terms OF nj agreement be
tween Mr.. Benjamin and the TIVE
ladies, The former will take ohe-hal
of the whole amount of tho estate. AN,
the ether half, six million dollars
will then fall to Mrs. Campbell anC
Mrs. Chambers, the neat little sun Of
So. 900. 900 Il, Lars each. Seven million
and a halfare in the hands of the Bank
OF France, aud four millions aud a hall
arc in the hands OF the Rothchilds
Mrs. Chambers was in Augusta OF
the 10Th, making arrangements 70,
The voyage of her aunt aud EcrselftO
Europe. They will be accompanied
Ivy q lawyer from Savannah aud Mir
Antoine Picquct, of Augusta. who
goes for the purpose OF identifying
them. They will also carry papers
signed by the oldest citizens Of Au.
gusta, proving their identity.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10

Information has been received AT
the Navy Department, via Copenha.
gen, that the steamer Juniata arrived
Al holsteinburg, Greenland, on the
18TH OF July, having touched at Fis-
herhais ma Sukkertappen, where no
nogs u be found. Commander
nfaine, through Governor. LARSEN,
y! Hasialnberg, having procured
eIgnteen dogs, and IN abundance Of
seai-sEins for the officers and men of
S3e iigrSss, sailed ,en the 18th for
lDisco aud thence to Upernsvik
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10

Col. Robert II. Honeyman, former.
~ q we'll known citizen of st. Louis,
,,ied ut his home in New German
Town, New jersey, on the l4th Of
.:uue. Col. Honeyman commanded q
!. regiment Of New Jersey troops in
lie army Of the Potomac. aud after
t.,c-war removed to st. Louis, where
lc was engaged in business until last
,.ear, when he removed to New York
40 obtain o wider field for his very
/. considerable mean and active bust
Less habits. He was q man OF fine
{ .crsry tastes, and nearly all the
,,adiDg american magazines have ct
40 time or another published ar
1jries from bis pen. !,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10

Don't he afraide, yung man, tew
make n blumder once In u while; not
ali the bIundcrs are made by the sin
cere and honest. Unjust respekt thoze
I suppose, who never make emmy
plumbers, but l don't luv them: !
like them kind Of folks who, IT they
do once in n while weigh out a pound
with only thirteen ounces in 1t, are
just as apt to make the next pound
weigh nineteen uuces l Inv my
phailings. 1t IL theze that make me
phecl that l have that touch ov ma
lure in mo that makes me brother
tew G man living.-JOsh Billings.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
News Items.

The RAY county Chronicle ssys:
On Friday, the 18th day ofSeptcinber
o grand barbecue and picnic will be
given Of our neighb0riDy down OF
Orrick. on the main line oil the H.. u.
St. L. u N. Il. L., TO which all are IN
yited, ss IL IL intended by tic citizens
of that place and vicinity 70 make u o
dry long TO be remembered In the
annals Of Ray county. The Masonic
fraternity have been invited and are
expected to take part In the proceed
ings Of the dny
The Carrollton Journal says that
the entire GRO of wheat raised by
Mr.. John COOney, o farmer living
near that place, averaged thirty-three
bushels to the acre, and sixty pounds
to the bushcl.
The Palmyra Spectator says rain
is needed very badly in that vicinity,
and that in many places there Is such
o scarcity Of stock-water that farmers
have to drive their stock two and
three miles to water.
A fearful tragedy occurred at
Knightly's station, OH the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas RAILROAD, about
six miles west of Scdalia, on the 3Oth
ult. 1t appears that William Knight
ly. who has been laborins for somc
time under an alteration Of mind
bordering OH lunncy, killed Dr. caused
the death Of his sister, Adelaide,
aged forty, and his nephew, Louis
Stobbs, on the S0th ult., closing the
tragedy with killing himself aud
burning the house. IL.
On tho 9th Of August, sixty miles
southeast of Mount Deseref, on the
coast Of Maine, there was picked up
the fragment of O raft, .with~an in-
scription dated August "a. to the eff
feet that the schooner Eliza Francis
was water-logged and upset; that
she afterwards went to pieces, and
six men had been two days on the
raft without food. 1t is believed
they we're all lost.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10

The entire cost of the projected
: ontinental railway, with double
track 10 Chicago and a single II to
Council Bluffs, is estimated at about
$3.50, 0o0,0 900; and at a meeting of gen.
t.emen interested i'll tie enterprise,
held in New York con Wednesday,
Mr.. Abbott, the engineer, stated that
- 900 600 had boon subscribed,
and that the work would soon be
commenced. The road will have but
light urv and be used mainly as q
direct trunk fline, with the intention
of running at twenty to fifty per cent
cheaper than any. existing lire.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10

Our young friend Zach. L. Ander-
son, who Inns been employed on the
Pleasant Hill & Lawrence road rs
Express messcnger, left Oh Friday
evening last, for Lexington, TO take
a position OH the Lexington and ST.
Joe branch of the North Missouri
road. Zach is a live business young
man, prompt aud reliable-a chip Of
the old block-and will make hosts of
friends wherever he goes. Good luck
attend him.-[Pleasant Hill Dispatch.