Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-29
Personalities.

t.nn,., tree I'm the court house yard Monday.
Wilkinson's case is set for trial on the 10Th
of May.
Col lax. Child was In town Wednesday.
He took in the show we do not know whetn-
er or not any one took him in.
Miss Tilly Powell, of Richmond 10 vislt'ns
friends and relatives in this city. we nope
her stay may be pleasant.
Mira A. #. Winsor, of Wayerly, has been
visiting friends and relatives in this city 1or
. week past.
We received a call, Thursday, from MIR.
Aldridge Corder. of Waverly. He reports
business improving III his town, anu "nea'
looking wellin the adjacent country.
In considering candidates for state tress-
urer. don't count old Lige Gates out or
you'll be fooled. No man In the STATE HAS
more warm personal friends than he.
Capt. Mark l.. Belt. of st. LOUIS was IN
the CITY last Monday on business IN connec-
tIon with his interests In the Lamonte coal
mines.
Forrest Lotion and Brice Letton returned
from their trip to Utah, we'll pleased Win
their sales of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES True hen-
tu.Li-o.
Mr.. Marsh Yantiss, of Saline county
called to see us Thursday. He Is = candidate
for congress from this district. We ound
him to be q pleasant gentleman.
Col, Blakey, of the Pleasant Hill Review,
has been appointed passenger agent of the
Missouri Pacific railroad, with headquarters
at Lesvenworth.
The remains of Judge Russell Hicks were
Inferred at Independence on the 23d inst.
The bars of Kansas City, Warrensburg and
other places have passed resolutions of re-
spect to his memory.
Thu everlasting Benders have been heard
from again. The old man is captured at Me-
sllla, n. M, and the cid woman and her ami
able daughter have been arrested at Laramie
City, Wyoming. So they say.
Mr.. Strong, who has been teaching q class
in bookkeeping here, has completed his la'
bors, and is to be congratulated on his sue
cess. He teaches the art In q practical way
and is a competent instructor.
A jackson county correspondent OF the
St. Louis Times urges that Gen. James
Shields should be put on this state ticket,
either as secretary of state, auditor or regis
ter of lands.
A leading democrat of Alabama writes the
Pittsburg Post that Judge Black il a favorite
In the south. T'would be a stupendous
climb from the stolid Grant to the erudite
and accomplished Black.
The commuters on the Pacific railroad, near
st. Louis, are loud In their praises OF Mana
ger D. r.. Garrison, for reducing the rates of
fare. 1t seems to be paying the company
too. as the number Of passengers Is increas.
ing every day.
Norwich Bulletin: 1t Is mentioned as a sin.
gular fact that Solomon never laughed and
was a very melancholy man. II should be
remembered, however. that he had 800 wives
to advise him what to do when he had a sore
throat.
Farmer Minos Adams dropped in to sec us
Tuesday. He is beginning to assume the
bronzed complexion of his new profession,
but we did not notice whether his palm:
were horny from an acquaintance with thu
handles of the hoe and pillow.
Messrs. Eames, Wlllets and several othel
marrow gauge gentlemen were in town du
ring the beginning Of the week. We hav'
not been able to learn from them whether o.
not the road will stop lsng at what is callet
the &c mile point. We hope to hear some
thing from them officially by our next issue
Everybody and their uncles, aunts an,
cousins were in town Wednesday at tn
show. They only came to see the animals
you know. but somehow they strayed int
the big tent where the gauzily attlred eques
~trienne and the 1.-the tumblers were showin
off their good points.
Danbury News: The delicate buds are n
sooner formed than sun Donnets appear
Sun bonnets are mostly seen at this seaso
near the fence. There are generally two, a
though as many as five ut one fence have bee
seen. They are close together, and were
not for certain vibratOry movements migf
be supposed to be resting on liteless frame!
q A fence is an element In society not to be IL
o spised ut this time Of the year.
Josiah A. Bennett, agent and local repor
er Of the Kansas City Times, has establlslie
It his headquarters at Mo. p. r. r. Office of 7
: W. Anderson, adjoining the City Hotel,
this city. Mr.. emmett represents a live ,ul
usually e%nterprising and interesting dali
paper. that will give our citizens the gene
al and telegraphic news twenty-four hou'
ahead of the St. Louis papers. In additio
Z to this, a column will be devoted to Lexin
. ton news making the Times, the leading dai
democrptc.paper of the Mississippi Valley
local daily paper to the city.
= Last Friday night, Just as we had got OF
press to running, there came q gentle tap-ta
II tapping at our door, and in walked Mr.. Mis-
II accompanied by Miss lilly Powell, of RI
t county, and Misses Gussie and Hattie X,
IS Ter, of this city. OF course we were glad
II see them. and did all We could to show the
- how newspapers are made. We were mu'
Z pleased with their visit, and hope they wer
- As the above mentioned party was about
leave, the door swung wide open, and
walked ten of the prettiest young ladies
Lexington, accompanied by six very hap
10 escorts. We are forbidden mentioning t
names of the ladies of this party. but any o
D, can guess who they were, from the above
Sc scriptiOn. To say We were glad to see the
of but family expresses our feelings. We Il
I'll honored by their visit, and regret that o
he agitation prevented our explaining the m.
~ teries of printing to the satisfaction Of Ell
D. one. All hands were rather abashed at 81
ing such a large umbe OF ladies, and ca
one tried to appear seli-possessed, but I
effort was = failure. The mailing clerk "
SO excited he could not get his machine
work, so he fled from the office. The be
foldsd the papers wrong side out, and W,
IA all trembling for fear somebody was lOoki
at at them. And when we were explaining
working of the press, we could not tell
te type from q cog wheel. We hope the pal
~ may call again, and give us warning
their coming, that a better reception may
extended. We will then hide away all 4
60 and ink kegs, and try to keep them FRI
to spelling their dresses. Such visits are hi!
,s ly appreciated. and make our gloomy of
~ more endurable. We snail not soon for
es the visit, and hope our visitors will not CT
e =? slider the time wasted.
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lis WAvERLY. April 90, 1915
III. EDITOR %INTELLIGE NCE The nea
ice we get 10 the meeting of our state cow
l" ton the more names we, IN this great st,
have to bring before it for the suffrages
" the people. And while VT have naushl
'ad say against any gentleman whose name