Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-22
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SHORTS.

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There was quite q heavy frost in this re
gion last Monday night.
Concert and Festival at Prairie churcl
Friday evening, May 9Th.
Little Meyer Keller broke one Of his for
fingers while playing base ball last Saturday
Just received $50 bushels OF new mile
seed, IS cents per bushel.
apo e.. A. J. DuNKRL.
Mr.. Ridgway, near AullviIle, wants le(
head of cattle to pasture. See bis advertise
ment.
: VIM. Billiard, who has BEEN suffering from
= rheumatism for some months, Is able to bt
out again.
Mrs. DR.. Chambers arrived home Thurs
day morning from = long visit to relatives
in Dunklin county. =
Messrs. Redd Il Francisco. of Waverly
want fifty teams for two or three months
Inquire at this Office.
Remember the Democratic convention al
the court house this afternoon ut 2 O'Clock
to nominate candidates for city Offices.
The wind last Wednesday blew at q terri
BILE rate, and IN its fantastic cspers carried
away Messrs. McCausland and Bedford's
sign =- sg ss=.a
Mr.. VIM. Morrison is following the good
example set by some of his neighbors, and Ii
reconstructiny the stone wall In front OF hii
residence.
The Greenton temperance club will hold
an open session on Saturday, April 10th.
Good speakers will be In attendance. All
are invited.
Lost.-Between the meat shop and the
slaughter house Of A.. Mark, . butcher
account book. The finder will please leave
It at this Office. aa apr2s-lt
By q letter received from VIM. j. Pigott
: Esq, OF Boonville, we learn th at he is about
to take = trip to Denver for his health, which
has not been coed Of late.
We win pay our compliments to the Reg
lister ON the printing subject next week
circumstances having precluded our atten-
j ton to the matter in this Issue.
Mr.. E.. W. Bedford has gone to Colorado
to nacuperats. will be thsre all hummer,
and prnmfses himself much pleasure In
huntang and fishing u the mountains.-
Miss Emma Farmhouse viii read IN Rich
mond ON next Friday night. W. bsspeak
for her . good audience, and promise them
that they will enjoys trest in hearing her.
Cassimeres from auction, at kriehn q
r Wi,ker's, which they ssre selling at hall
price. Call and secure some of them st
once. You'll never regret II. apr2s-2w
Nj. John Tilden, Of Chicago, an old Lex
~ingtsnian, was. In town Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week. He il Is genial
and lively IS ever and many per cent. fattsr.
The stock sale at Wayerly, ON last Satur-
day, was q success, many people heing In
town and very fair prices being obtained for
stock. There will be another sale on May
Goth. zskE s1H BEGE
Messrs. Thos. NJ. Lake, Clint. Sydnor, and
Charles and W. d. Lewis, OF Middleton
township have purchased . very fine
Attorney bull OF Messrs. Douglass & Son, al
PeeveIy, Mo. f-
We again request o not to forget the
festival at Prairie church on the evening Of
May 5th. Do not rest satisfied with remem.
boring tile fact that it will occur then, but
be sure to be there. -I
. Every business man, merchant and me-
chanic, in town who desires to cooperate
with the democrats IN selecting good men for
city offices, should be at the court house
this afternoon ut 2 o'clock.
p Mr.. h J.E. Ahrens got back from St
Louis last "Wednesday. He says that he
purchased quite a large stock OF goods, and
found many articles lower than he has known
them to be since he has been . merchant.
We call attention to the advertisement OFF. n.
Kesterson, engraver on wood, Leavenworth.
Kansas, which appears in to-day's Intelligen-
Ger. He is strictly reliable In every particular,
and will give entire satisfaction In workman
ship and prices.
As Mr.J.A 1. Payne was riding out Franklin
street on last Monday evening about {
o'clock, his horse stumbled into the ditct
cut for the gas man. The fall bruised bin
considerably about the head and shoulders
The city fathers should require lanterns
to be hung near all such places at night tt
protect passers by.
The following named gentlemen were ii
the city en- last Thursday, looking after tn
interests OF the Missouri Pacific railroad
Col. j.. 7. Redmon, supt. Union depot AM
bridge st. Louis, II. L. Barnes. E.. F. Mill
ken, VIM. Nichols, Capt. TIbbets, L. L
Keller, G. b. Simonds. Job Doran and J..
Antes. They took q look around town, an,
left by their special train at 8 O'Clock, Pm.
On last Wednesday afternoon, when tn
wind was blowing . perfect gale, we cam
very near having q general c~onfsgrattou II
this city. One of the Russell carriage factor.
buildings having taken fire by sparks from
the chimney Of Mr.. Emde's building, on tn
east. BY prompt measures what might hav
been = catastrophe was averted, little dam
age being o even to Mr.. Russelps house
Mr.. C. E. BalIari,of the firm of Ballard /,
Wilson, returned home on last Wednesda
from an extended tour through Mlnnesots
Iowa and. Nebraska, in search or favorsbl
arrangements for the purchase OF lumber
shingles, he. He bought 8 large stock, an
' says that he has made arrangements nears
! headquarters than has ever been in Lexinl
ton before. sd. sbzai aa ~.
Nj. Robert Taubman has recently put .
improved circular saw INTO his mill. at th
. foot Of Pine street. It is constructed on
new principle, being much thinner than tn
ordinary saw, and will run much lighter
1t was manufactured by Messrs. Branch
Cookies & Co., and is IS inches in diameter
with 4s teeth. The mill is . kingsland
Ferguson, than which there is mo- bette
and the Messrs. Taubman ars prepared to d
NJ amount of saving SO soon Is the rive
irecedes so that logs can be landed ut til
mill.
DR.. Talbird- will preach in the Bapti
church Sunday, April %. from Jer. s: 23,2
Observation-Disclosures instruction conysye
in the text. Applicable to all men. Me
generally disposed to glory in some thing
in which they expect to find happiness. ]
discoursing the passage. consider: lit
false grounds Of giorying ; the text mention
r three 1st. Wisdom End. Night; Bird, Bic
rs. 1.-THE true grounds of glorying, s,
know the Lord" LIST. Let US see what
meant by this knowledge; I'd. Why does
constitute the true ground Of glorying.
Mr.. AT Ahart, while engaged In So,
: ing lumber at Barker's mill, on Crooked ri
er. In the early part Of last week, sustain,
q serious injury from q plank which W
caught by the saw and driven with gre
force against the lower part of his forehes
making an ugly wound in the skin. and fra
! ! turing the bone, causing conclusion Of Il
. brain, rendering him unconscious. He W
.. j seen on the day of the accident by two ph
Y sicians from Hardin /; on Friday and Sund;
ittlast, DR.. T.. s. Smith, Of this city. saw hfI
= land thinks he has a good chance to recove
!. Since writing the shove, we learn that N
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