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The Morning herald., 1876-01-21
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}EIECTION or OFFICERS.

AT a meeting of the Rugby Literary So
ciety, held yesterday afternoon, the follow
ing officers were elected
President-Charles E. Whitley.
Vice Pres.-D. Wilson Jordon.
Secretary Harry l.. Tantall.
Treasurer.-Robert OByrne.
Librarian. w. II. Seidel.
Editor Edwin H. Gryley. =. 81
Business Manager .--.Charles G. Phillips.
The Morning herald., 1876-01-21
THE 4CICKSIEP6.

The Quickstep Base Ball Association held
a meeting last evening but no business of
Importance to the public was transacted.
The next meeting will be held on the First
Thursday in February, when 1t 10 expected
a captain will be chosen and nine selected
to play next year.
Lafsrty will certainly play with them
next season.
The Morning herald., 1876-01-21
The weather To-Day.

r For the New England and Mddb Ssatss
and Lowsr Lake rsgions, clear or partly cloudy
and %slighAy colder weather nth ''orthseest
winds and stationary or slow.y rising 6arorss-
Ar
The Morning herald., 1876-01-21

separsted the corporation entirely from the
Exposition. 1,.l,",- :,
Mr.. Banks spoke e1oqusntly and with ef-
feet. AT the conclusion of his speech the
House adjourned. l 'T'
The Morning herald., 1876-01-21

The drift Vi sentiments i'll the Georgia
Legislature appears to be sll ongly in fav.
or Of calling . Constitutional Csnvsatiou
The Morning herald., 1876-01-21
WASHINGTON.
.orcs FROM THE CAPITOL.

rhe mississippi Debate-Merton ON
Honesty IN Government The
centennial and It's Prospects
Kind Words In the House
vote o.day or TO.mOr.
ruw-Ihe wilson OBJ s
scquies f
sCnHte. ga o.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15
MAYHEM.

Items scarce; too hot to hunt them up.
Oats are beginning to take the rust. They will
be ready to cut next week, il it does net keep
raining.
Corn is suffering for the want of blowing. A
great deal of it looks sickly, and 10 turning
yellow.
r. Puckett's store and residence Is undergo
ing q fresh coat of paint.
We ale q peaceable people out here; our court
keeps closed doors.
E. B and H. C. Powell have in about $50 acres
wheat; at this writing they only have 80 acres
cut; they have use4 all efforts to cut it, but ow-
ing to the mirey condition of the ground they
will have about 100 acres which will go uncut.
There will be q large acreage of wheat that will
not be cut in our neighborhood; could not get
hands enough to use the cradle; there is . large
quantity of it rlpened and fell. If our farmers
had their farms with cross fences. they could
make the fallen grain pay by turning their hogs
upon it; but as it is there are only = few farms
properly fenced; therefore, most of the wheat
that is down will be 4 total less.
The people are live and active In regard to
having our county Offices filed this fall with
good and honest men. They often get in groups
in our village and discuss the issues of the day.
If any of our county aspirants to office think that
they have not had their standing and capacity
thoroughly Investigated, they are mistaken.
1 think our primary convention, which meets
at Whsatley's school house ON August 18th, will
be we'll ATTENDED. I hope that the voters will
turn out en- masse and see that proper men are
put forward to Office. While this 10 centennial
year, let US do a work that will be remembered
for retrenchment and reform from president
down to constable.
by the way. we did net have . big ratia"-s'--
| meeting, put we are all for Tilden and Hen
bricks.
Mr.. Moore's son. Of whom we made mention
last week of being low with typhoid fever. IL
at this time convalssing. BOOMER.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15
FREEDOM TOWNSHIP.

EDITOR 1NTELLlGENCER: we see d CAL III
your paper for Captain Richard Collins from
Dover TO become q candidate for State Senator.
We indOrse that call. We in Freedom are well
acquainted with Captain Richard Collins, know
him to be high toned gentleman, a true soldier
and statesman; he is a kentuckian by Dirth. a
Missourian in sympathy anu Interest,"; his whole
soul and body Is enlisted in the cause OF democ-
racy and the saving of this government from the
robbers that are now holding the reins of this
government, which is daily being trampled
under foot and torn to pieces-the constitution
and rights of the American p~eople-by whisky
rings and all manner of thieving rings with a
total disregard of all civil rights by the presi-
dent, cabinet and senate OF the United States.
Theft and Extravaganza is the ruling motto OF
the present party now in power, which has dis
graced US as a nation in the eyes of the whole
world. Captain Collins has the talent, zeal and
firm determination and manly pluck to point
out to the radicals all their villsiny. We there
fore, in Freedom, ask of the democratic con-
ventisn to put Captain Richard Collins of La
fayctte county in the battle field to make this
race. Let him open his battery by authority OF
the convention on the thieving enemies OF the
country; you may rest assured that Collins will
charge his battery heavy with democratic prin-
ciplcs; the Captain understands well how to
load the democratic cannon to kill of the radi-
calls; he always takes good aim, never was
known to loose Il shot or miss the enemy; he ie
rs ready and successful in political battles as
he was with his battery against the FederaiE
during the rebellion; he then pored death ano
destruction into their ranks; he was under Gen.
J.O. Shelby during the war and made q Doid Cap
| tain, always found at his battery taking gooG
| aim. He is bold and determined, unyielding
to the enemy; he will make. if NOMINATED, {
brilliant crown, do honor and credit to thu
| cause. FREEDOM.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15
BERLIN.

No excitement here. No sprees over railroads,
or candidates nominated. The road we expect
to see in the course Of time, but we do not ex-
pect to live to see the day when all the csndl-
dates are elected.
The new wheat is about being threshed out,
and the crops are very fine round about here,
especially near Page City. Mr.. l.. W. wern-
wag has just harvested 8 very large and nne
crop in that section, and 10 now engaged in
threshinx. The Messrs. Chin, Gordon. Down
ing and Shelby have each q good harvest. l
have lately been through their neighborhood
and examined the farming prospects,. and find
the most fattering prospects in all crops. Ills
true the rams have seemed not to be so favorable
as we wished in our human weakness. but, af-
ter all, no serious damage has been done. In
my passing, l stopped with Mr.. Ike N. Shelby,
and found him surrounded BY an abundant
growth of everything, but blue and impatient
about the rains. While Jke's fields produce
well, his better hslf knows how to get all from
| a garden that it ID capable or producing. Mrs
5. has the best garden I have seen.
Near Page City. July 9Th, ls7s, to the wife Of
Mr.. George Gordon. q girl.
Our school closed on the It'll, and Saturday,
the 9Th, the little ones enjoyed y pleasant tim,
for a few hours, in the woods, where they par.
took ola splendid rspast. prepared for them BY
their parents and friends. K.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15
PRIMARY

TT appearing that = small clique OF political
demagOgues are at the present time running
tue democratic party OF Lafayette county, and
have complete control OF the primary meetings
for the election OF delegates. both for state and
county o1ices. coming into meetings with their
plans matured and perfected to carry out their
selfish and ambitious purposes, generally IN the
interest Of some candidate, an asplrant for
Office, who, upon his intrinsic merits could not
carry . single township Of the county, and ny
y ticket ready prepared and by base trickery
misleading those present, not in the ring. int
the unconscious support, indirectly. of men that
are not their choice. And seeing no remedy Tor
this evil. as matters now stand. the people fthe
county sustaining the Democratic organization.
should demand At once that the primary elective
system be established. that the people may DE-
clare their choice as to the qualification Of the
different candidates. aspiring to the ne, 93 nl@ :
tn ,ir men,. without being biindly iea ny me
nose by . few political chsriatans ana trlck-
sters, Tor their own individual aggrandizcment.
| We are in favor of primary elections % Drlng
| out the different candidates for county omces 70
be voted for and elected in November next.
| What say the honest masses OF the democratic
party? Speak out At once, reform 10 necessary.
f r. n. FIELD.
Hieeinsyille, July 8, 1876.
p. s.. IL this does not meet with the nearly
will and wish of the farmers, mechanics ana
isborers, / do not want 1t 10 prevail. l demsnd
in the name of the people the change from 2
primary meeting to q primary eiectlon. VII
our honorable democratic COMMITTEES make the
necessary changer tlwl f. N. f.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15
DOVER.

Wheat growers have been spending the past
few weeks alternately upon the mountain OF
Hope, and in the slough of Dcspond. If the
grain is saved it will be almost miraculous, az
ter the continual soaking to which it has been
subJected; and yet nobody seems inclined to
seize the opportunity and stack; all want to
thresh from the shock
Oats harvest is but Just beginning; crop lam
aged by rust.
The corn Is later than usual, and much OF it is
SO overgrown with grass, owing TO the rains.
which have prevented blowing, that we cannot
expect Il. full crop. 1t is well there is etill some
old corn III the country.
Now that the steam Touring mill moves with
some regularity, its tri-daily whistle reminds
us that life is pretty well taken up with eating.
Why don't some Yankee invent u method by
which mankind could live without undergoing
the eternal round of preparing and clearing
away meals, and thus render life II tolerable toy
TIE LADIES
OF the Baptist church at this place, realizing the
universal necessity OF satisfying the appetite,
have established u delightful retreat on Main
street, where they are prepared to cater to tina
tyrant in the most successful manner. Every
Saturday, from noon until 9p. H., the pubic
may resalc themselves with ice-cream, cake,
lemonade, and other luNuries peculiar to the sea
son and OF the most delicious quality. \ parlor
is fitted up for the comfort OF those who wish u
bass the hours in conversation. All are invited
to visit this pleasant retreat anu contribute thell
mite toward the furnishing Of the new church
now III course oil erection At this place.
The bridges are many OF them still out OF re-
pair, and II the one over ILbo ID not repaire,
soon, the rains will cal-y away the abutmcnt oil
At - MI. ,n,n. ,r,ll Sn va ,,,,,..v I.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15

they spend all their energies upon the only class
of people who are ION the fence the coiored
and strange as it may seem they
have already thoroughly imbued their minds
with the belief that 1t is a life struggle with them;
that if the democratic ticket is victorious, they
are bound to 60 back into ~slavcry-thelr doom
is sealed. This work OF misleading is done
thoroughly and successfully, not through the
public journals, tthst channel through which
the democrats do all their electioneering, open
to the scrutiny Of its oppoasnts) but through
separate, individual effort. and AS silently ss
came the tread OF the death angel through the
households of the Egyptians, when their first
born We're SLAIN and not one Of their habitations
bat wore the badge OF mourning. Early in the
fray rs 1t is, i venture the assertion you will not
find one colored voter that has not been thus
mislead, and that too when their former owners
could not be hired to take them back.
Yours truly. OSlER
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15
AullYlllE.

The business of our burg cannot be surpassed.
We have u country surrounding us sufficient to
make any branch of business prosperous and
lucrative.
H. S. Chadwick 4 Son are closing out their
nam moth stock of dry goods, groceries,, &c, at
cost, in order to make room tor u new stock.
Mr.. Grove Young is selling good goods SO
cheap that it makes one wish they were sole
proprietors Of that railroad robbery. in order to
be flush with cash, as it tskes that kind OF u
customer.
We have NO vacant houses in the way Of resi-
dences. But there are several so-called bust
ness houses ~unOccupied.
1t was hoped that Ike Reed would bring on
his stock OF ready made clothing. but there is =
striking contrast between Ike's notion and the
peoples hopes.
Our Touring mills are nearing completion
rapidly.
Mrs. Keller from the Corder neighb orhood
has moved int town and will soon open a frs,
class milliner's establishment. This is q desir-
able point, 1 should think, rs our ladies ART
| prepossessing IS well as fashionable.
The Methodists (north) are making preparation
| to straightsn up and paint their meeting house
| This body is very weak here; this is too far soutf
| for that; the climate and soil is not adapted t.
| growth of Northern Methodism; it cannot b.
kept alive.
The Complexities house is moving up slowl!
from some cause. but Fsirplsy says there 10 nj
such a body in or around here as Complexities
Your correspondent knows there is such q body
and they are building q church in this place. AM
every man, m and child in this place Gal
point out the place whore they are building.
The farmers in this vicinity have begur
threshing wheat; there are several thrashers il
running order to-day. Mock Rros. 4 Co movct
their machine to the farm Of Seth WilDorne an,
began thrashing. MoRE-A-NON.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15
WELLINGTON.

The weather is fine, and the dark, watery
clouds that have o%verhung us for several weeks,
to a.at"aI- tho HOO
ward nf labor and toll, have all disappeared anu
now, instead OF gloom, is sunshine, anu all ma
ture Seems gay and lovely.
1.-THE morning smiles, the beamlng ray
OF Phmbus makes all nature gay;
The yellow harvest next appears,
With lofty stem and loaded ears;
The barn capaciouS now receives
The abundant loads which labor gives
The wheat, after all the wet weather and
trouble IN harvest, is better than was antlclpa-
ted, and farmers are agreeably disappointed to
find the wheat much better than they expected.
and less lost and damaged, and is now thought
will be an average crop in both quantity and
quality.
Now, the following incident did not exactly
occur here in one of the many and continual re-
vIvals of our colored church-folks ,notwlthstand-
ing several about US good have: ''She was q
coIored lady. and attending n revival OF relig-
ion, and had worked herself up to the extreme
pitch of going to the good place i'll u moment, or
sooner, if possible. AS her friends gave vent
to their feelings, she likewise gave vent to her
feelings, and exclaimed, Il wish | was q June
bug A brother standing near inquired: What
you want to be one for?' That l might fly away
to my jesus You fool, Niger; weodpecker
ketch you fore you git half way dar.'"
Weather fine and warm.
Business very good.
No sickness scarcely.
The grape crop will be abundant.
A good many farmers are threshing theil
wheat from the shock.
Several small lots of hogs We're shipped from
here last week.
The narrow gauge is still all right, and jus
''gOes a flying"
The few apples in this vicinity are badly af'
fected by the Goblin moth.
Conductor Stephens has left the N. g., ant
gone back to his first love North Missouri
We're sorry.
Andy Graham, of Lexington, was in thi
place and vicinity selling the ''old reliable
Mccormack reaper and mower.
The Fannie Lewis gave u half-fare excursion
to Wyandotte and back on her last trip up. 4
good many ladies and gentlemen of this plac
accepted the hospitality and liberality OF he
officers, and went and came, and were highl.
pleased.
Mr.. E. WinsOr, of Lexington, was here on
day last week, looking after patronage to tn
Central Female College.
Look close in taking the new twenty cent si
yer coin, or you may mistake it for 4 quarter
Several instances OF the kind have occurred here
You need never make the mistake il you will RI
member that the ~ cent pieces are smoOth-edge
while % cent pieces are milled.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15

Evidently Sitting Bull is no ordinary
Indian. He is said to be a man who
has never been a party to any treaty
with the whites, and had never resid.
ed at any of the agencies. His lieuten-
ant is said to be a half-breed Sandwich
Islander, who speaks a half-dozen mo-
dern languages. and all the Indian dia-
lects, and is a man of a high order Of
ability. In view of this class OF leader
ship, and of the further fact that the
Sioux, whenever they have taken the
field, have shown themselves tirst-class
fighters. the present campaign promises
to be one of unusual duration and severe
fighting,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15

Senate Paddock has introduced a bill
in the senate authorizing the president
to accept the service of volunteers from
Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Dakota
and Utah, or either of them, to be em-
ployed as part Of the army of the United
States against the hostile Indians. Why
not take a few thousand of the regular
troops from the southern states and let
them do some fighting instead of car
ringing elections in the interest of Grant
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15
STRAY NOTICE.

TAKEN up by W. l.. Anderson, living in
l. Sniabar township, IN Lafayette county,
Missouri. and posted before the undersigned,
Justice of the peace of Sniabar township, county
and state aforesaid, on the 18th day Of May,
1876. stray horse, described as follows: One
few white hairs on the forehead; some saddle
marks. Appraised to $40. by JAS. n. Keith
and A. G. Tracey, who were by me duly sworn
according to law, to appraise the same. Wit
ness my hand, this day and date above written.
iuIyl5-3W l. n. BLEDSOE, j. r.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
nat. HIDE.

Although so quiet, VIC are neither dead nor
On the contrary, we have been riding
reaper for the last two weeks; so, you see, we
have had very little time to ''toot'' our literary
horn. The same thing that has kept us from
writing sooner, has also prevented our gather
ing many items of interest from this part of the
''mnral vineyard
The one, all = absorbing theme among the
farmers is the ram and mud, and the difficulty
of saving the harvest. 1t has been rain, rain,
rain, with rapid alterations OF sunshine, for the
last two or three weeks. There Is u great deal
of wheat uncut, and if 1t still continues to rain,
some will be lost in the field. Water is stand
ing in the fields in many places. Reapers mire
in the fields, and are dragged out through the
mud, or abandoned to their fate, with probably
nothing but the evidences OF q desperate struggle
to mark its last resting place. They will be ex-
humed, however, when Tees ''dry weather.
comes. But isn't it jolly, though, to swamp
your machine, and be compelled to stop from
one to half a dozen times each round, roll up
your sleeves to your elbows. and pull the NOR
tar-mud and straw-from out the wheels and
gearing? One feels, in these blessed moments
of ~ccstatic felicity, like prOnouncing Solomon n
miserable old bachelor, or n cross = grained
ascetic, for saying that call is vanity and vexa-
ton of spirit He certainly never taught q
country school in the backwoods. or run .
reaper through the mud, or he would never have
so undcrvalucd terrestrial pleasures. Nothing
but the strongest adjectives are adequate to ex-
press the heartfelt emotions which bubble up
like the waters of u California geyser. or burst
suddenly forth with the OF a volcano,
or the abrupt impetuosity OF II tempest, upon
such rs the above described occaslons. One
feels like mounting his reaper, and calling all
his hands and neighbors around him. aud deliv-
ering Il discour se on the necessity for patience
and humility, or the awful crime OF profanity.
And then one sees, with such infinite delight,
his hands, whom he pays from 81 50 to 81 per
day, finish their ''station" before you get hall
way round, and comfortably and gracefully re-
cline IN the shade of a "snock'' for ten minutes,
to enjoy Il cool sicsta, and await further devel-
opments. 1t puts one IN love with all mankind,
and himself in particular. and he feels like EN-.
bracing his whole family. black cook and all,
and call for more.
The Morley Bros, of this place., shipped, pc
steamer Fannie Lewis, on last Friday, upward
OF TO head Of hogs. PHIL.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15
RESPONSE TO FREEDOM"
DOVER, Mo-, July 10, 1916.

Dover, Mo-, July 10, ls7d.
EDlToR INrELLIGISCER:-m reply TO the very
complimentary call from 'Freeuom, PUBLISH
ed in Intelligencer OF the sth iilst.' ASKING me 10
become y candidate for state SENATOR from this
district, and highly appreciatinS the confidence
manifested in the call. but not beng an asrirant
for political honors, Il thank my unknown friends
for their words Of commentator, and very re-
spectiully decline becoming n candidate.
Very truly, "A. r. A'hoN1.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15

Another change in the presidents cab
met. This time postmaster-gencral
Jewell's head falls in the box. Second
assistant postmaster-general Tyner is
his success o Jewell was a friend of
Bristow, hence his removal. There is no
room in the cabinet for those who have
even a suspicion of honesty about them,
or who has a friend who is honest.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15
DI1nIIC SAIE OF LAND.

D virtue of an ord r made by the lafayette
Is County Court, ut its April term. 1876, l.. the
undersigned, will on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF JULY, 1876,
sell ct public vendue, at the courthouse door, in
the city of Lexington, in said county, and state
of Missouri, to the highest bidder, Tor cash In
hand, the following described real estate: eight
() acres taken OF the north side OF the south
quarter OF section i've (5), in township fifty (5G,
Of range twenty -seven en-, and known as the
Robt. Hale farm. ROBERT TAYLOR.
julyStd County Agent.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15

The work Of emptying the peniten-
tiaries has commenced. Seven of
Grants whisky-thieves were pardoned
out of the Indiana prison the other day.
Mckee, Joyce and Mcdonald are ex-
pected to be freed in few days. They'll
all be turned loose before election day.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15
STOLEN.

EROM the subscriber, near Prairie n
L Church. this county. on the night %6sHN
OF June 18th, one very dark brown ~
horse, four years old past, 10 hands III
high, three white feet, ~ small white star in lore
head, hair OF just under left eye. some white
hairs on the seam OF his belly very heavy boned,
awkward look; carries his head very high; hair
knocked OF at point of right hip, and has no
saddle qualities. Will give Il reasonable reward
Tor his delivery to me, or information as TO his
whereabouts. JOHN BOWLDRIDGE,
jull5W3s Lexington, Mo.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15

Hayes letter of acceptance ''was SUBJ
mitted for correction and criticism to the
leading members of the republican par
ty." This shows what sort of a man
Governor Hayes is. His letter of ac-
ceptance is, in reality, the letter of &C
ceptance Of ''the leading members of
the republican party" and should he be
elected as tigure-head, 1.-The leading
members Of the republican party" will
be the actual executive, and we shall
have four more years of Grantism under
an alias.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15

The Fort Wayne Mining Gazette, the
leading republican paper of northern
Indiana, has declared against therepub-
lican state ticket, and the fact creates
great CONSERVATION among the republic