Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-29
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SHORTS.
St. Valentines day is approaching.
The Leiderkrantz had a good time last
Monday night.
Rev. j. A. Quar:es will preach al
Dover tomorrow.
The County Grange will meet on
Wednesday, the I'd prox.
Rev. Robert P. Kerr will preach al
the Methodist church next Sunday
evening.
We regret to announce that Mrs. Roth.
wife of Rev. E. Roth, near Dover. is
quite ill.
We had the pleasure of a call, last
Wednesday, from Mr.. John 7. Pigott,
of Boonville.
1t is estimated that Charlton county
will realize one million dollars for her
past seasons tobacco crop.
There will be q meeting of the Opera
House committee this evening, at the
Office of Messrs. Wallace & Chiles.
We thank Hon. CELSIUS Price, State
Superintendent Of Insurance. for a copy
of Col. Britton A. Hills book on Finance.
The subject Of Col Nice lelland's lecture
on next Thursday night, will be
Libraries" Turn out. and enjoy q
treat.
John Catron, Esq, of this township.
has gone to Stockton. California. for
health and recreation, and will be ab-
sent several months.
Every farmer in the vicinity Of Lex
ington should raise tobacco. as the girl
and boy labor that is necessary can al
ways be procured at reasonable rates
The shipments by tile Missouri Pacific
railroad for the past week have been:
Stock. 5 cars; coal, So cars; merchan-
disc, 6 cars. Received, 8 cars merchan-
disc.
The farmers of Lafayette county in
tend raising moro tobacco than they
have over done in the past. We need a
tobacco factory at Lexington. Who will
start itp
Mr.. Joel Ewing sold four Poland Chi
ma hogs. in this city, last Tuesday, which
weighed net, respectively. 457 lbs, 542
lbs, ~ lbs, and $50 lbs. Total, 1926
lbs, which, at u cents. amounted to the
snug little sum of $1s6 90.
Hon. N. v. L. McClelland will deliver
a lecture for the benefit of the Lexi2g-
ton Library, at the court house, on
Thursday evening of next.week, Febru-
airy 3rd. MI. McClelland is an interest
ing speaker. and we hope to see atull
house.
Mr.. Mac Demuth, formerly connected
with Lne CAucastau, ha, boon in nity
for two or three days. He is making
himself useful in this section of country
as editor of Ross Land Record, of
Sedalia. He hangs his hat up in our
Office while here.
All the saloons in town are using Lex
ington beer, made by Mr.. Hoffman, and
it is said to be excellent. Its fame has
penetrated beyond our borders, As we
see by the saloon OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
in the Richmond papers, ''fresh Lexing-
ton beer every morning"
Messrs. Jnd. w. Waddell and C. o.
Grimes have received two of the finest
hogs in America from John SHELLS Sons,
of Edmonton, Canada. They are
Thoroughbred imported berkshires. We
shall give a full description Of them
with their pedigrees in u next.
Two individuals went through town
yesterday q afternoon in a buggy whooping
and hallooing like Comanches. They
were, unfortunately, not recognized, as
in case they had been Marshal Brant
could at some future time interview
them and give them 8 lesson in good
manners. 83E6e
We had the pleasure of a call from
Maj. Geo. P. Gordon. of Davis town.
ship, on last Wednesday. He reports
trade good in and about Concordia.
money much more plentiful, and farm
.srs and merchants in good spirits.
Wheat looking %splendidly. aud fruit not
injured thus far.
Mr.. VIM. Pearcy, of this township, has
laid upon our desk a few hands of
white STEM tobacco. as q sample Of
what this county can do. We shall take
pleasure in showing it to persons inter
ested, and have forwarded some of it to
Messrs. ]. w. Booth & Sons, St. Louis.
for an opinion on its merits for this
vicinity, and its value.
Persons knowing themselves indebted
to this Office will please call and settle.
We cannot do a credit business and
live. Examine the date printed with
your name upon the margin of your pa
per, which indicates the time for which
you have paid, and if that time has
passed., call in and renew, or you may
fail to get your paper.
Many people suppose because the pa
irons of husbandry work quietly and IN
ostentatiously, that their organization
is at a stand still or diminishing. This |
is not the case. The order is growing
in strength and influence all over the
country, and notably so in our own
county. The membership is constantly
increasing. and the interest in the work
is undated.
There will be a grand festival at Shell
by College, in Middleton township, on
Tuesday, February 9Th, for the purpose
of raising money to purchase a carpet,
chandeliers, &C., for Maplewood Pres
byterian church. The public is invited,
and all should go who can make it at
all convenient, as no ladies in the coun-l
ty know better how to make an affair of
the sort pleasant. than do those of that
neighborhood.
We thank our friopdo ubo b,r. ,n