Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-19


ton on last Monday evening for WASH
ington City.
~ Persons interested would do well t
read the advertisement of Ken. Ryland
50 in another column.
lo The gas company has accepted tn
contract as offered in the city ordinance
3 printed in our last issue.
o There has been NO ice harvested a
q this point as yet; and the prospect grow
every day beautifully less.
We are glad to lou that MI
George Setter has so far recovered from
his wound as to be able to be Out.
q If j. L. Young will tell us where h,
has been receiving his paper, we will
make the change to Fayetteville, Mo.
as requested.
Elder L. B. Wright will preach al
Glenwood school house, in this township,
s tomorrow morning; and at the county
farm in the evening.
The ''Leap Year Party" at Dover, on
Friday night of last week, is SAID to have
been a delightful affair. We sincerely
regret our inability to attend.
Ladies, go to Conkling s. Beeding's
and see the new shade in ..crepe lise"
ruching; also the genuine .'ecru Lace
ruching-the latest thing out.
A Linn county man raised, on ga
three acre patch" 1000 pounds of tobac-
co. At Z cents per pound, about the av.
erage price now, this will bring 1920.
Tobacco raising pays.
Nj. A. e. Burnham, county road and
bridge commissioner, desires us to say
that his post office address will hereafter
be Lexington instead OF Dover. He
makes the change in order to accommo-
date the various persons having business
with him.
John A. Lockhart, of Dover township,
while hauling fodder from the field, last
Wednesday, slipped from the load,
and n wheel of the wagon ran over
his right wrist, injuring it quite serious
", though it is thought no bones were
broken.
The gas company had intended begin
ming to light the streets next Monday
night under the contract with the city,
but to accommodate the Presbyterian
festival the lamps were lighted on last
Thursday night, and will continue to be
when not excused from duty by an un-
clouded moon.
R. M. Sparks bought in the neighbor-
hood of MAYHEM forty-seven two and
three year old steers; the two year olds
averaged 1856 pounds; the three year
ODDS averaged 1,Oss pounds. Also a
small lot of stock hogs. Price paid for
cattle, from 81 to 4 cents for hogs, "a
cents.
We very much regret the necessity
which has called forth the card of Rev.
M. Pugh, which will be found in an
other column; as Mr.. Cobb, the person
unfortunately injured by the report
alluded to, is one of the most estimable
gentleman who has ever made Lexing-
ton his home. k
The BIRD Concert" given by the
teachers of the third ward public school,
last Saturday evening, was eminently
'uccessful, both as to the number of '
persons whom it attracted, and as to the a
character of the performances by the h
children and their assistants. We con- 6
sratulate Misses Mcdowell, Maddox t
Finley upon the result. t
Hog Cholera.-We call attention to t
Alexander, Cook & Co.'s advertisement, o
n this issue. of DR.. Alexander's Hoe
jholera Medicine, and would advise our u
rlends, that are owners of hogs, to give \
t a trial. The doctor seems very SAN a
'uine of his medicine, and offers quite a
arge amounts of money to back up his c.
ssertion. II 81
>. w. Reinhart, opposite the Morrison p
ventworth Bank, has just received tt
Ill and complete stock of hardware, ia
utiery, gardening implements, SC, n
'hich he proposes to sell at the lowest re
ossible figures. Lookout for his adver- Ii
next week, and in the meantime Ell
you wish anything in his line, call and
his stock and prices. Wv
mi ~
The following certificates of marriage %
ave been filed with Capt. J. D. Conner, On
'unty recorder. during the last thirty al
avs: Hiram U. Anderson to Mary c. P.
lxon, by Milton F. Price, j. P; John II,
hornton to Narcissa Bruce, by Rev. w. "
!. Thompson; Peter Miller to Marga- :"
Ute Keick, by Milton F. Price, J.P.: CO
I'M. F. Houser to Martha F. Crane, by W.
j. Miller, p; Gordon B. Caldwell %
Louisa c. Wrenn. by Rev. H. Talbird T 0
achariah Davis to orphy Fields, BY
mes M. Pool, j. P; Levi NJ. Fox to ~
A. Tracy, by Rev. A. A. Moore: N
rtemus Theodorus Carlton to Salitha n,
Mipter, by Rev. Milton Atkinson: tn
Edwards to NJ. E. Allison, BY Elder :"
'orge Plattenburg 7. H. Mathena to ia'
atie Dodson, by Rev. w. NJ. Bewley: no
enry Moore to Minnie Davis, by Rev. pt
IS. d. Ewing; Bowdry Mediation to W.
'dia Hannah Ahart. by Elder w. R. ps
James Franklin Ahart 70 Ii
'ulsa Alice Crane, by Elder w. R. Cum 20
ngham; Robert Hays to Anna Allison. Ole
Elder George ~Plattenburg; Milton ea'
sndrix to Margaret Young Carter, by
". j. A. Quarles; Francis Toner to wa
artha M. Walker, by Rev. j. A. las
.larles; Ambrose Kite to Lydia A. ant
m Meter. by Rev. w. NJ. Bewley; Cal rec
l Brown to Mary E. Fox, by Elder S.
Meng; Mortimer W. Slate to Teresa wa
endy, by Rev. o. j. Hoog; James M. CHI
to Sarah c. Ramey, by Rev. Jno. Mr.
=. Dawson; Augustus c. Moore to tab
IRA P. Barnes, by Rev. j. A. Quarles. anc
Ne publish the following letter as of nat
crest to u people: tho
NAPOLEON, Mo-, Feb. 16, 1876.
D. GRIMES: [ learn from DR., Belt mo,
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