Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-06
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
YELLING TON.
TIE IIEE IIDN

tuition, the only notable local since our
last correspondence. passed oil quietly
and orderly, with little excitement. rs
the thing was pretty much all n way.
which will be seen by reference to the
official report in another part OF this
paper. We are sorry there was so little
enthusiasm manifested.
MARRIED.,
Tuesday morning, Oct. 2Gth. at the
home Of the brides brother, Charles
Ward, on Texas Prairie, by Rev. a. A.
Moore. Mr.. Lee Jack, OF Warrensburg.
to Miss Mollie Ward.
ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA.
A rather singular but marked atmos-
pheric phenomena was felt in this place
and n~eighborhood Friday. Oct. 29.
about IL O'Clock. A stiff. raw breeze
had been blowing up to the time. from
the north. when il suddenly changed to
the south with an almost scorching
| wind which lasted several minutes. SO
| pcfrrptiblr was ii that i'll many instan-
rce people ran ont Of their houses. think
ing the housed something close by was
burning. The sensation Of heat is de
scribed. by many who felt it. As il
coming from Il burning brush pile" The
general expressed opinion is that ii was
one ofProt. Tice's prophetic atmospheric
freaks or cyclones.
c SCRAPS.
The Narrow Gaugers are here. side
stalking.
Rev. W. NJ. Bewley received the APP
pointment for this circuit for another
year, which is acceptable to everybody.
Mrs. Jesse Rulings is absent on Il visit
to her sister. Mrs. Dalby. nj Sedalla.
Our town has been lively with drum
mers this week.
Rev. A. A. Moore will preach here
neNt Sunday.
Sorry t" report our Sunday school on
the w,ne.
From the prices the merchants here
are Offering their goods they seem to be
determined not to be rndersold by ny
body.
John &. Moran has opened n butcher
shop here, and supplies the citizens with
beef of the best quality.
Mr.. Pharez Terrell, once Il citizen Of
this place, but for several years OF
Kansas City, spent last week here on u
visit tn friends and ral1tiyaS
The weekly prayer meeting has revi-
we'd again. and meets every Wednesday
night at the church.
/ A drove of Gypsies passed through
this place last week, going east.
All the horses about here have the
epizootic. No eases fatal yet.
Mr.. r. ID. Harris, near this place. has
been very i'll for near two weeks.
The dirt fill, in the big gully. was
measured again last week, and we hear
that there is i skirmish on hand between
the county court and Mr.. Lillis about
the rock work done ut the Mcclellan
bridge.
Uncle Abner Houston had a public
sale last Saturday, and sold OFT all his
household furniture. etc, and will be OIL
for California in a few days.
DISCOVERED.
On the summit OF Grady's Knob. four
miles south of Wellington. was discov-
cred by Thomas j. Armstrong and John
| NJ. Crews. the bodies Of human beings,
which We're evidently deposited hundreds
of years ago. Satisfactory evidence OF
this Is ascertaiued from the folio ing ::
On the 10Th ult., the latter named person,
i'll conversation with the former. made
reference To a suspicious looking eleya-
ton which had for many years been
noticed by the people Of this vicinity. In
response u proposition was soon made
for Il thorough investigation, which was
readily accepted, and on the 9Th ult.
the parties procured an old axe and i
spade as tools for the excavation. Slowly
and steadily they assembled as though
The hidden treasure Of some unfortunate
l NV Va 4 III ~ III Ut~
ed. The spot was about twenty fee. i'll
diameter. with an elevation of three feet
above the level of the hill. The center
had suuken in where the work was COM
menced. Alter working about IN hour
evidence was given that The structure
was the work of human hands, for the
center consisted of IN cIiptical space.
enclosed bya stone wall. After digging
about two feet in dirt and gravel the
spade was checked by a large bone.
tGin, of some human being. \ variety
Of other bones We're soon found, among
which were the ribs, pieces 81 spinal
column, scapula, femer, Uranium, teeth,
&c. Among The teeth were found the
different kinds thirty-four Of them in
all-twentv-eight ncisors, two CANNES
and four moiars. The majority Of the
teeth We're large enough for the teeth OF
L grown person, but some of them were
evidently The tceti, Of children. The
teeth oftwo "yarmintS" were also found.
cN itSiiiN LiS ~ vi Solii' tio u
animal. There We're some eight or ten
buttons, with one hole in the middle.
They resemhlcd pearl very much, and
crumblcd when taken ont. Three
arrow points We're iuund among the rest
Of the relics, which were made very
neatly. Two OF them were black and
the other white flint. As 4 whole, there
seemed 10 be no regularity in the ar
rangcrn"nt, but all promiScuously arrane-
ed ir"mi one and Il half Ia four feet.
INFERENCE.
The d~iscovcrers readily drew The in
ference that the above named place vas
long ago used by the Indians lur depos-
iting the bodies of their dead, and tina.
as they died they would cover them
lightly and place thr next one ahove.and
5 % on, and finally covered the top over
with about fifteen inches OF dirt and
stone.
The writer has had occasion 70 travel
over Missouri lately ON i business "trip.
Ia the course OF which he visited all the