Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-10-02
Next Monday is stock sale day.

Next Monday is stock sale day.
The steamer Fanny Lewis passed up
yesterday.
The County Grange meets in this city
leXt Monday.
Probate and county court will he in
session next week.
''F"r the atrocious crime of helm" Il
man" Horrible!
The limbs OF the trees are becoming
and the leaves blush.
The taxpayers convention holds n
called meeting in Lexington, next Mon
day.
Farmers. turn ont and hear Mr..
Wallace on the new constitution, at the
courthouse, neXt Monday. ut | O'Clock.
New CONSTITUENCIES. Election De-
80. Don't forget the day. and
make it your business To be at the polls.
John Zeiler's establishment. on Laurel
fills Il long felt wantin Lexington.
Give him encouragement with your pat
ronage.
When YOU observe a lady drop her
handkerchief in the street, and not stop
to pick it up. the chances are ten to one
that she hasn't got her stoop-ovcr dress
Reaches are becoming Il nuisance i'll
houses in the city. AT house
we have heard OF thousands being de-
stroycd nightly for a week, and still they
are us numerous as ever.
We have no complaint to make about
the administering of Il little %strychnine
TO the many CANNES ofthis city. Just put
it where they will be sure to get it. Give
the mean ones the first bait.
Miss Bette Drysdale, who has been
teaching school in the johnson neigh
borhood, near this city, has been COM
PEELED to close her school in consequence
Of the prevalence of sore eyes.
Mr.. Conklin has so far recovered from
his recent illness as to be able to resume
his position of mail agent between this
city and Sedalia. andis heartily welcomed
back by all the hands upon the train.
The street railroad project is not dead
hot by considerable. We yet IN
pect TO ride upon street ears. between
the depots of the A. Il p. and Narrow
Guage railroads within Il year from this
date.
Mrs. Susan Armstrong. wife of Henry
Armstrong. of Sni-a-bar township. died
Sunday evening, Goth inst. oicongestion
of the stomach. She was buried Tues
day. the 2Sih inst. nj Mt. Tabor
cemetery.
sOld Vinegar Bottle" came too late fer
publication this week. Don't keep Your
communications until Friday before
sending them to the office. or nine times
out of ten. they will have I" lay over
until the next week.
Remember the meeting OF the Lex
ington reading room and library aSsocia-
ton on Monday next, 4th inst. nj the
courthouse. ut ) o'clock p. m. for the
election of officers and the transaction
of other important business.
w. g.. McCausland. who boards with
his father. living about 200 yards west of
the late residence of Col. Rathbun, which
was destroyed by fire last Thursday
night, says he did not learn of the
Colonel's misfortune until his arrival in
the city the next morning.
\ thing of beauty is .iawv forever.
What is more beautiful than Il girl baby,
or what is half so jawy. Echo answers f:
'only Il bigger one" The one we speak
of weighs I pounds. and 10 Clayton
swears she is as smart as a steel trap,
and Il perfect beauty, and the very
picture of her daddy.
Whenever a oma is going away, OF
is to be married or buried, the greatest
happiness she can enjoy is to have her
lady friends come and sec her clothes
Every last II of them come, in response
to some invitation, and then go home
and ~methodically pick the garments tc
pieces, tiguratively speaking.
Let everybody come to town nexr
Monday. 1t will be one of the biggcs,
days since Yankee Robinson's wallapu:
show. With the county and probate
courts stock sales, county grange, taN'
payers convention, Henry Wallace:
speech on the new constitution, ant
several other minor matters. We expect
to see a big crowd. Come along. ant
bring your wife and babies.
BY an unfortunate mistake at our Lex
ington postotlice, our packages Of In
telligencers, directed to Wellington an,
Mayview took the wrong chute last Sat
urday, and did not arrive at their propc,
destinations until Tuesday. sob Youn:
says such mistakes will happen occasion
ally in the best regulated families. bu
he will try to have them occur as seldom
as possible. We have. therefore. agreed
not to get out of humor, and hope on,
friends in the county will also RESTRAIN
themselves.
Why do people have to be told st
often to pay their debts, when one tell
ing is sufficient for other purposes
Those indebted to W. |. Eckle had bette,
call and pay ut once, rs this is the las
telling they will get. The law cumpel
the assignee to commence suit awains
delinquents, and disa@reeable us it is /,
him, he has it to do. Call and settle
and save trouble and expense. for thes,
debts Aun%t be collected. Don't pe
angry if You see the constable hunting
for you. Ii can't he helped.
Fine Parlor Pullman Palace Sleeping
Coaches leave the \. ~ p. depot Mon
day and Tuesday nights for the 81. Loni
fair. Wednesday night through coache
will run without change. The Mis-
souri, Pacific is the oniy line runnin.
cars through without chance from Lex