Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1873-10-29
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A. #. SPRING eult0f OF tho .LatIaF
Missoutiail, 70 dead.
"A large Catholic convent IL to be
bniit I'M Montgomery City.
Tho Versailles Gazetie still re-
ports now leaL discoveries.
shecp.kiilibg dogs are plnying
havoc among tho sheep III Lewis
county.
Kirksyille has pnssed nj, ordinance
prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating.
liquors IN Tic town or within one
iaIlo Of II.
The residence Of DR.. Rcdman, SOW.
en miles below Arrow Rock, was
t,iestroyed by hre o,, the night ct the
18th inst. Everything total loss.
Insured.
Boouville Inns a lyceum and Is nr'
ruuuiuv ior lectures by ptonIinch'
llu,ie orutors. Hon. James s. isallin-
has the first call aud will probable
tell what he knows about cancnses.
| One hundred aud forty pupils. says
tho Fulton Tclcgrapl,, have entered
the asvium for the deaf amt diiint
since the opening of the school on
the 24tm Of September. Twenty oi
more will be added To this number
within the next two weeks.
The Weston Commercial states tiia
in shooting scrape occurred few
miles south of Platte City, last Sat
urt!ay, In whicl, William Glance,
was slot nv Columbus Surritt. Sur
ritt's father seems to be implicated
III The shooting.
Worth county has u strong man
TWENTY-FIVE years old. named Davi'
Williams, who lifts II TWO hundred
pound piere of iron above his hcat
without touching his body or shut
ting his eyes. s.
| People arc not allowed TO wall
across the bridge nj St. Charles. Th'
other day-tl,c Montgomery Stand
ard says-a man tried il and had ;
fight with the bridge keeper on I
narrow " plank tvs hundred feet above
the water. The guard got the hes
of il, and made the fellow go back.
A man named Tully, all employ,
OH the Pacific railroad. was latel!
struck by an cmgine near Otterviil
in Cooper county and literally dash
ed to pieces. His heart and lung
being found several feet from hi
Ieyes aud other portions of his body
Col. Cooper, of Sweet Springs moto
riety, was in town this week. lie wa
rather poorly, and says his physirin
has recommended him to take Fftt
exercise, aud nj present is engaged i
. the pleasant and profitable occupa
ton of lay,ng 6rich!-[Marshal
Democrat.
Johnson County Items.
Farming lands are in demand b
reuters who are already looking ou
for the next year.
Houses in Warrcnsburg are scarce
A sale is made occasionally at goo
figures. a little house south OF I'll
railroad sold one day last week fU
r $40.
, The old county Jail has been Fl
] paired. Supposed TO be stroi'
, enough to protect the inmates agnin'
) any ordinary assault OF judge lynch
, IOfficials.
5 The temperance societies of Wa
= rcnsburg are accomplishing gioriot
and much needed reformation of Oi
liplcrs aud venerable topcrs.
Work which was suspended at IL
stone q,arries two weeks ago, hi
= been resumed.
The circuit court docket for Il
next term embraces 800 cases, four
D which are for murder.
1 The growing wheat crop is vel
$ promising. Alter this year Johns,
!. county will be ont OF debt, save $l3t
QUO voted to the Normal school.
Young BucEmaster, says the Wa
Il rcnsburg Standard, aged ten year
the SON OF the widow BucknaStr
living eleven miles north OF WA
: rcnsburg, met with a terrible dra
last Saturday afternoon. The be
c was driving team, when one OF Il
u wheels of the wagon struck STUN
" the jolt throwing him against L
e wheel and breaking his skull in
. shocking manner. lie died install