Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-10-02

hey considered Capt. Eads' visionary
of deepening the channel of
he Mississippi by means offs system of
ettles,a ARE beginning to take Il differ
ant view of the subject since the work
has been actually under way, Capt.
Eads has but fairly begun his inn
provements; he has driven about
IA 900 feet of piles and sunk a quanti-
ty of willow brush tied into bundles,
aud already the bar at the mouth of
the Southwest Pass has fourteen feet
of water. while it only had seven
when he began his operations. Capt.
Eads is confident that by the first of
January the channel will be open for
the largest steamers.
The srlenic fever, or Texas cattle
disease as it is generally called, which
so great 4 mortality among
in the west a few years age,
has recently made its appearance i'll
New England and in some parts of
this state, the animals affected htv-
ing undoubtedly contracted the con
tasion from Texas cattle, brought
north for Slaughter. The evidence
of this in II case was very plain.
In Crans:on, Il. L., i'll July last, Il
Texas steer escaped from a butcher,
aud made his way into a pasture
some four miles from the village,
where the owner found him running
with his-swn cattle. The steer re-
manned there a week or two until he
was claimed, and soon afterward the
fever made its appearance On the
place. Out Of thirteen COWS that had
been exposed to the contagion five
died, and others were not expected
to live.
A marriage ceremony was perform
ed at Sebec, Maine, the other evening,
uniting two who had previously been
divorced. The bride is reported to
have been married twice since her
divorce from her present husband.
Husband number two was divorced
and number three died, and so num-
Der IL takes the place of number
four, and concludes to try it again.
Mrs. Tilton suffers more than all
the rest of them put together. She
is obliged to live with her mother
now.
DR.. Mary Walker says she would
not take off her pants for a million
dollars in gold. She probably makes
some exceptions of time and place.
The Kansas City News says that
material is being daily delivered for
the Narrow Gauge extension, and the
work is still going on.
Miss Mary Hengy won the prize
on Tuesday evening, as the prettiest
girl in Holden.
A horrible incident occurred re-
Gently near Falmouth, Jamaica. A
white man and his wife having had
differences resolved to separate, and
a judicial order to that effect was OBJ
tanned. A dispute arose as to the
custody of their youngest child, and
this one day was followed by a scuf-
file. Each seized the infant and at.
tempted to drag it from the other,
and in the struggle they actually tore
the child to pieces, killing it. They
we're seized by their neighbors, and
would have been hanged to the near
est tree had not the authorities over
pow cred the mob and taken the
wretched couple to Falmouth, where
they were committed for trial by the
magistrate.
The Sixteenth Duchess of Airdrie
died at WOODBURY., Thursday last,
leaving II calf six OF seven weeks old.
The COW had been sold to all English
breeder for $4,000 before the birth
of her calf, and the calf was sold by
MIR. Alexander for account of her
owner, to b. Il. Groom IL Son, of
Clark, for $l2 600, making IL loss to
her owner of Sc, 1000. She was consid-
cred one of tile best of Duchesses.
A full vote iii OHIO this fall, ac-
cording to the latest calculations,
ought o reach $40, 000, or nearly 1OO,-
U0 more than was cast at the election
for secretary of state in 1874. AT that
time the democratic vote was $50, 4O6
and the republican 22l ,2O4, and it is
very evident that the strength Of the
former has been increasing at IL much
more rapid rate than the latter.
Jno. T.. New, the successor of Gen.
Spinner, is loyal" Upon his TAX
ing charge, he compelled every en-
plOye to take the "iron-clad oath"
although it had been abrogated by
congress years before.
There is a rumor out that White
Stockings, the Clay county horse that
won money and laurals at the Ex-
position i'll Kansas City lately, is the
property of the James boys, and that
they were present while lie raced.
On last Monday President Grant
was in st. Louis. At the same time
ex-President Davis was there on his
way home from Colorado. They did
not meet.
1t is now thought that the number
of lives lost on thc Texas coast dur
ing the recent storm will not fall
much short of 800. The destruction
to property has been very great.
The Macon journal reports but lit
tie damage to the tobacco in Macon
county by the trOsts, and adds that
the crop is o all housed.
The National Council of the Cath
Ole church in Ireland is the second
that has been held in that country
fog seven centuries.
The h"s cholera il raging il
portions of Central Illinois and i'm
southern Indiana to quite an alarm
ing extent. With all the sure
cureg' that are in..vogue il Is a little
singular that thousands. Of hos are
swept off every year by this disease.