Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-08
Eureka !!

lty, surprising all u sister cities IN It's
brilliancy. Other cities boast of pretty
women; ours are more beautiful-there
is no use disputing this point. And now
we have found our c%entenarian. This is
40 hoax, either, but a simple, unvarn-
ished tale. In 4 little cabin, near the
large ravine between Main and Lafay-
cite streets, in this city, resides an old
colored woman named Bette Langhorn.
who, from her own statements and from
her recollections of incidents in the past,
is calculated to be 1O4 years of age. She
was born in Buckingham county. Vir-
ginia, between Cumberland and Buck
ingham e. H., a slave OF Samuel Ander-
son, 4 lawyer, who married a Miss Nam
cy Dabney, of Richmond. She lived
with Mr.. Anderson until his first child,
a daughter, was married to Mr.. Morris
Langhorn, when she was given to her,
and lived in her family and that of her
descendants until she was liberated by
the emancipation proclamation. She
remembers, distinctly, when her master
was drafted into the revolutionary army,
and furnished a substitute in the person
Of Richard Anderson. his nephew. She
remembers a great many incidents of
those old days, but not historical ones.
She a y hat her first husband knew
many of the celebrities of the war for
Independence, having been an officers
body servant. and that she has often
heard HIM speak of them. She has a
daughter living in Virginia who is up
wards of seventy-fve years old; has had
eleven children, the youngest Of whom
is over forty years of age, five of whom
are living. We found her nursing a
great great grandchild-the grand-child
OF her granddaughter. She has raised
over thirty orphan grandchildren, all
Of whom are grown, and have left her,
or are dead-among them Cy. jackson,
formerly Langhorn), well known in
this city; Bette, Mollie and Jennie
Langhorn, half sisters of Cy.'s. The
father of these children was sixty eight
years old when he died, about six years
ago. Her health is generally good and
she is able to get about the house and to
church. Her eye-sight is still pretty
strong, and she talks quite intelligently.
She continues to do considerable work
in sewing and knitting. She has a first
rate appetite, and has considerable life
in her old body. She told us that she
had not had a good, old fashioned dance
for seventy years or more. We give
these statements as we received them
from the old woman, whom we only dis
covered a day or two ago; and we shall
do what we can to determine whether
OF not her claims to being a centenarian
are founded on fact.
Conkling & Bleeding will sell you
goods cheaper than any house in town.
Glenwood Brilliant Club.
In the neighborhood OF Glenwood
schoel-house, three miles southwest of
Lexington, the young folks have formed
a social club, and their meetings are
called "Brilliants." Whether the name
comes from the corruscations of wit,
or from the flashes of fire
from sparkling eyes, we know
not, but we know the club held a
meeting Wednesday night at the resi-
dence of DR.. Sanford Smith. A crowd
of about seventy persons was present,
and a jolly good time was had by all.
We think the DR.. is considerably
more or less, somewhat, a great
deal interested in these meetings,
and of course he took great car
to properly entertain his visitors, and.
of course, he was very successful.
At this meeting it was determined to
present a fine cake to the prettiest lady
present, the fact to be ascertained by
vote, each person being allowed one
vote, and no more. Of course the femi-
nine hearts fluttered with hope and ex-
pectation, and of course each young
man wished for a thousand votes, to cast
them all for his sweetheart. Every lady
present received some votes, but the
following received the largest numbers:
Misses Ollie Grady, Annie Ewing. Isoa
Tarleton, Annie Allen, Rachel Allen,
Sarah Grady, Fannie Whittlesey, Fannie
Duling, and Miss Goodbrake. Miss Ollie
Grady received 60 votes. and the other
ladies whose names are given, each re-
ceived from 20 to 25 votes, making a to-
tai of 260 votes, besides the scattering,
all cast by 20 persons. This is re-
peating worthy of a radical politician.
Miss Grady was presented with the
cake, DR.. Smith making a neat little
presentation speech. Miss Grady then
presented the cake to the company, and
it was cut and eaten. We acknowledge
the receipt of an invitation to attend, and
regret our inability to do so. We also
thank DR.. Smith for samples of the sew
eral cakes. We wish the club a bright
and happy future.
They are selling everything in the
dry goods line, atConkling & Beeding's,
F at grasshopper prices.
We give below a recapitulation made
from the itemized report of the county
clerk, to the court, of the receipts and
expenditures IN his office for the year
1875. The balance mentioned as due
the county has been turned wei to the
county treasurer:
|. Fees from state......... 5 ISL p
III. Fees from county ....... 4,s92 81
III. Fees from individuals. G3O As
l. Licenses .--.....-........ 26l w
=. Tax receipts. ............ 23O A.
3. Road fees. 49,. Ii Us
I. COmmis's &c. OfOfhcers.. 2j w
D.. StrXys. 30
+ 4. Acknowledgment ofdeeds $50
:. Certificates 30 w
5. Certified copies. IL %
.. Registering physicians. so
) ~. miscellaneous. 40 w
Total receipts. .......... 81, 37l y
EXPENSES OF OFFICE.
l.. Deputy hire .............. 2l24 20
=. Postage Observation-Disclosures. - Is
). Express ..... ............. III ~
4. Telek raph ng $50
D. Care ot hre.............. Il w