Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-13
Ford deserves credit for her part in
this drama, as without her the child
would inevitably have been ruined.

Ford deserves credit for her part in
this drama, as without her the child
would inevitably have been ruined.
Mr.. Ben. w. Gilbert, deputy county
clerk of Platte county, was joined in
holy bonds of wedlock to Miss Belle
Armstrong, daughter of Hon. C. p.
Armstrong, in Atchison, Kansas, last
week. AS old RIP Van Wrinkle
would say: Here's luck, may they
lif long und been happy.
Chas. Bradbury, . notorious for
ger and murderer, was arrested at
Houstonia on the 9th inst, aud
lodged in the Pettis county Jail. Sew
en- years ago Bradbury was dealing
heavily in stock in this and Saliue
counties. He forged several checks
against bis father and drew money
through the First National Bank of
Sedalia. For this he was indicted by
the grand jury, but made his escape.
His father, a wealthy and respected
citizen of this comfy. moved to Col
orado. Charles also went to Colora-
do. He is charged with having killed
q nan there some time last summer.
He had returned to Houstonia in dis
gust, expecting to meet his wife
there, but the officers were close
after him, and now have him safe in
Jail.
A mass meeting was held recently
in Fsyette, Howard county, by the
farmers and stock men, for the pur-
pose of giving their views as to the
Importance of building up the stock
yards in st. Louis in preference to
East St. Louis. Resolutions were
passed expressive of the appreciation
that st. Louis is the natural market
of this section of country; of the
great interest we should feel In
building up the city of St. Louis; of
the belief that all rebates now given
to divert stock from its legitimate
market will be in some shape collect
ed off of US in the future and of a de-
termination to stand by the st. Louis
Union stock yards as long as by their
fair dealing and care and comfort for
stock they deserve patronage. The
farmers, grankers and stockmen of
the state were cordially invited to
cooperate in this movement.
Mr. John A. Jackson, a farmer re-
siding near Knob Noster, thinks that
misfortuues never come singly.
About q month ago his residence was
destroyed by fire by which he sustain
ed q loss of twelve hundred dollars.
More recently as he was engaged oil
his farm hauling corn his team be-
came frightened and ran away,
throwing him from the wagon and
breaking his left arm between the
shoulder aud elbow severely brulsing
his right hip aud soaring his face.
Mrs. Jane Jones,of Nodaway coun.
ty, on her return from church a few
Sundays ago, sprang out of the wag'
on, alighted on the ground with hel
foot bent under her. The weight OF
her body caused her ankle bone tC
break, and drove the sharp piece Of
bone through her shoe in two places
making an exceedingly painful
sight. Her sufferings have been in
tense and there is little hope of hel
recovery.
The Columbia Herald of recent
date says: Our county Seems to be
in great danger of being swept away
by fire. Thursday last fire caught
from q molasses furnace belonging te
James Morrow, five miles northeast
of here, and soon spread with won
derful rapidity, burning up three
fourths of q mile of fence for William
Conger, a wagon shed, a wagon,
farming utensils and twenty tons Of
hay for Levi Fore, twelve tons of ha!
for Robert Gallop. almost the entire
farm of 12O acres of Simeon Hamm,
about 1000 shocks of corn belonging
to Thomas Baker aud William Sims
80 acres of corn belonging to Eli Do
ty aud a great deal more that canno'
be estimated. Probably $4,000 rail-
were burnt, and it is though TIT
damage done was between 1875 ,OO'
aud $4,000. Between four and fiv'
miles of country is laid waste ant
great suffering will result to tn
losers. Another fire has since occur
ed seven miles east of Centralia, nea
Thompson's Station, caused b,
sparks from the railroad engines
burning up all of Ed. Haley's farm
and doing great damage to Reubel
Pulls and others. The railroad com
pany have been at work CONSTANT,
burning grass along the side of tn
track to prevent fires.
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The newspaper dispatches are mix
: ing up the following names in tn
whisky ring as being concerned wit
Mckee aud Mcguire /: Oryille Grant
brother of the president /; Henry I
, Blow, Dent, Babcock and Casey.
u JOAQUIN MILLER,s B0YHOOD.
From the Poets Late Lecture at Washington
Mr.. Miller said: "When 1 was abou
. to leave the mountains of Oregon, a fe,
. years ago, and try my fortune in til
q rroot wide wor1 "a the nhraSa ,uns a