Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-29
And still NO news from the street rail-

road.
And now they begin to complain Of the
dry weather.
Blackberries sell at 10 cents per gallon In
Stoddard county.
Shipments of wheat are brisk from this
point and along the branch.
The Senatorial Convention meets IN this
city next Tuesday, 1st day of August.
We wonder il it Is riding in the sun that
makes all the candidates' noses so red.
When a man ties his team by tho lines he
must expect to get his harness torn to pieces
some.
One dollar per bushel is the price paid by
buyers, for the best grade Of wheat IN this
market.
Mrs. Watts, of Madison parish, Louisiana,
Is visiting her brother, Sheriff Mountjoy, in
this city.
The city board of education meets next
Monday. The vacancies In the corps Of
teachers will then be filled.
MI. Green Bedford will be in Lexington
with quite a number OF his fine Berkshire
hogs for sale, ON the first Monday In August.
She may be accomplished, and pretty, and
all that, but can she, with grace and In the
presence Of her lover, eat green corn Oh the
cob.
The New York Sun prints the name OF
John E. Rylsnd, democratic presidential
slector for this district, as ''John England"
SIGH 10 fame.
The ringing Of the Christian church bell
mornings and evenings during the week
has been for the purpose of calling the sing |
ing class together.
]. l.. Marshall, of Wellington, has . full
stock Of both Tinware and Stonewsre. Call
ON him If you want anything IN that line;
he is sure to please you.'
From the number of weddings now on
the tapis, we think the motto of the ladies
must be "let 10 single man escape" Look
out, boys, its still leap year.
Harmony Grange, No. 66s, will meet at
Maple Glen schoolhouse, on the LIST Satur-
day in August, at 2 O'Clock p. M. A full At
tendance of Members is requested.
The Johnson aud Lafayette Sunday School
Convention, of the Baptist church. meets
with the Enon church, Pfttsville, johnson
county, on Thursday, August oath.
DR.. Bolton is wanting 3 good young horse
for saddle purposes. Will pay . fair price.
| He is still ut his old stand between So and
II, nearly opposite the City Hotel. tt
The sun sends down such burning rays,
1t almost melts the stones;
OF that l could take OH my flesh,
And sit down in my b0nes."
One OF the abutments and also portions of
the wall near the McPheters' residence have
fallen already, and the entire wall will prob
ably 20 during the next spell Of wet weather.
Jack Williams and Gill Scott are expected
to arrive home from their long Wanderings
sometime next week. The last place they
chung out" was in Little Rock, Arkansas.
F. X. Threlkeld, the handsome and pop.
ular clerk in Royle & New dry goods store.
left last Thursday for a months vacation.
tie will take in the centennial during his
trip.
We are glad to learn that DIR. Herndon
succeeded in saving his piano, reported
burned with his residence, about two weeks
ago, though in q somewhat damaged con-
dition.
Edgar Fleming, who has been studying
law with Messrs. Wallace & Chiles for some
months, left last Wednesday for st. Louis.
city his future home.
hi democratic primary meetings for the
purpose Of selecting delegates to the county
nominating convention, meet ON Saturday,
the 18th of August. Convention on the for
lowing Monday, 18th. I'd
The colored band Of this city will pump
the music ut \ grand celebration Of the
emancipation proclamation, at Clinton,
Henry county, on the 4th of August. Lex
ington il becoming tamous for her music.
When Mr.. E.. Turner states that the editor
and publisher of this paper. OF anyone
directly or indirectly connected with 1t, is
under indictment for any offense whatever,
he states that which is false. For proof, If
any IL necessary, we refer him and all others
to the records.
A false Impression has gone abroad that
Mr.. Chsney's sale means the closing Of the
Elizabeth u Seminary. Such is not the
case. The school will open as usual, ut the
proper time, and, we are pleased to learn,
with better prospects than usual.
Any unmarried lady with . good estab-
iishment and plenty Of means, who desires
to adopt q bright and intelligent boy OF
about 30. can hear Of something to her ad.
vantage by addressing this Office at any
} time during the present hot snap.
For Rent-A nice, comfortable dwelling
! house, in good repair throughout, recently
) painted and papered, and everything nice
and clean. Neigbborhood good. Apply al
this ONCE or to John Duvall, at his photo.
graphic gallery, over Kriehn's shoe store.
There is to be a grand picnic at Sehool
ingsville on the 4th of August. Everybody
, il invited. A bounteous repast will bt
= spread on the ground. Music and dancing
= Public speaking. No liquor. Plexsan,
= grove and lots of pretty girls. Let's all 60
BY the late change Of time upon the NORTH
Missouri railroad, We are deprived OF the
e Kansas City papers until the day after they
are printed. st. LOUIS and Kansas CITY
q papers now reach here at the anne time
? Formerly Kansas City WAS about twelv,
o hours = head. 1t lsa great inconvenience
The gas reflector above the pulpit In tn,
o. s. Presbyterian church is . great i'm
provemsnt over the old-style pulpit lamp
1t does not hurt the eyes and does AWAY
with the ludicrous shadows which Wer,
sometimes visible upon the wall back Of tn,
1. pulpit.
+. 1t IL said that If . man Is walking TO
health and enjoyment, four miles an hour i
the best gait. This may be true a. regard!
health. but, for enjoyment. We remembe
one night when it took us four hours t,
g walk = mile. 1t happened, however, tina
the old folks had gone to camp-meetinx, and
1t as far a. health was concerned, we didn'
D. really care If 1t took all night.
" We acknowledge the receipt of the fiftl
annual catalogue of the South Missouri
State Normal School, located at Warren.
burg, johnson Co., for the scholastic yea
E 1856, Nation 4 Middleton printers. 1t is
neatly printed pamphlet of thirty-si
pages, and from it we learn that the after
es dance last year was 41t241 ladies and II
gentlemen. Quite q number were frol
this county. Capt. Bahlmann will remain i
ar the school for the ensuing year IS profssso
a. Of ancient and modern languages.
b.. A s.dificulty occurred last Monday, Jul
ks about dark, between William Rulings an
q James Sanders, both colored, near til
nR residence of Major Wilson. During th
melee Sanders drew an old-fashionei hors
to pistol and discharged it at Rulings, but, TO
tunately for both, missed his aim. Sander
was arrested by a couple of citizens m
It. turned over to Sheriff MountJoy, who place
y, him in Jail, and the next morning a chars
., Of aasaulr with intent IN kill uoo NraYorro