Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-15
E AND POLITICAL,

Ohio Legislature TO authorize town
ships to insure the property Of their
citizens. The suggestion is novel
one.
The Inauguration of r. B. Hayes,
as Governor of Ohio,occurred on the
10th Instant, in the state capitol Ill
the presence OF q large crowd OF
spectators.
A. FL. Quinn, of Hamburg, Iowa.
desires information of his mothers
whereabouts. Her name is Extra
Quinn, aud she left St. Joseph in 1862
for southern Missouri, with four
children.
But, Catholic or nti-Cathoiic.'
SAYS the New York Herald, cit is
plain that no candidate can stand be-
fore the country, who is not as
straight as u ramrod on the subject OF
crooked whisky"
Col. R. r. Van Horn, of Kansas
City has been III Washington trying to
induce the Republican National Com
mittee to select ST. Louis as the To-
cation for the convention. Cincin-
natl however, won the day. ..
Timothy Kirby, all old citizen, died
in Cincinnati Oh the 10th lust. aged
81, leaving an estate estimated al
between two millions and three mil
lions. Among the heirs are Dom
Piatt and congressman III. B. Ban
ming.
Morton is not having things his
own way in Indiana. A writer i'll the
indianapolis News says while be
would cheerfully vote for Morton, il
nominated, "there are very many re-
publicans in this state who will moi
vote for him under any circumsian-
ces."
The New York Sun has gained its
suit for about Que triangular inch OF
land from the owners of The Tribune
building. Damages were not re-
quired, but possession Of the land
1t seems like a t%rifling matter, but all
inch of ground in the business part
of New York is of great consequence.
Lightning has struck crooked bank
iugm Chicago, and John Y Scammon
and Joseph S. Reed, president and
Cashier of the Mechanics National
Bank, have been indicted for a mis-.
appropriation of funds. The punish.
ment for this offense is imprison-
ment for net less than five nor more
than ten years.
The once notorious colored lawyer
of Gresnville, Miss, j. d. Werles.
walked aboard a boat lying at the
wharf a few days ago, and accosted 8
couple of cartmen with "Did you
ever see any one commit suicide =
They both answered "No," when be
rejo1ned, "Then watch me-" and
leapipg into the river was drowned
| D6IOTc lit COutu De EtdCllCus -
Germany took an instantaneous
census' OH the first of December last
at least the entire work was accom-.
plished in forty-eight hours. Quick
work, and quite as accurate rs il
twelve months had been devoted to
it. Berlin is the big city of the
Empire, having a population o
964, 1876, All increase of 1877 per cent
since 1871. ..f b.
A young man in Rockford, III
promised to marry Emma, and thel
became involved with Mary. who
had him arrested. "You will be sen
to the penitentiary if you do moi
marry her," said the judge, referring
to Mary. Thereupon Emma stepped
up to the prisoner and advised hin
not to mind about her, but to saw
himself by marrying Mary ; which
the wretch did.
The bark Mendoza, which recently
cleared at New Haven for CONSTANT
nople, has OH board as her cargo 6 ,05(
cases of bullets, 10000 rifles, 1922;
cases of shells and various othel
munitions of war destined for TIL
Turkish government, and valued a
1862, 900. These articles are destined
to take all influential part IN TIE set
Element of the Herzcgovinian ques
ton.
The total bonded debt of Kentuck!
is S1S4, 1874. and to meet this she ha
cash in the treasury $445, III /; cash il
the sinking fund, $153,559; Unite,
States five-twenty bonds, $246,00O
bank, railroad and turnpike stocks
$3.50, 900 total, $l.195, 1862 ; balance OF
hand over all Indebtedness, $l,OlO.
932. Kentucky has W. had a re
publican administration, aud there
fore not a cent has ever been stolcl
from her treasury.-[K. e. Times.
A Washington correspondent of tn,
Chicago Times has this to say of
President who has no more regard 10
the dignity of his position, than Il
be seen cheek by jowi with a MAJ
who stands indicted by a judlcia
tribunal for high crimes aud misde
meanors: The president, accom-
panied by General Babcock, visited
this evening, their old PAL. "Boss'
Shepherd, for the purpose of wit
Messing a private exhibition game d
the latter's, by GARNER, the billiar'
sharp.
The Springfield, Mass, Republi
can does not believe in a longer con
tinuance of the bloody shirt bust
ness, and goes for MIR. Morton thus
Suppose for a moment that tn
: scene of these chronic Molly Mcguire
disorders and atrocities were in Mis-
sissipp; instead Of Fenns, lvania
! Suppose the Order found lis vic
tins among coiored laborers instea
of white ones. How Mr.. Morto
would dcclnim about the sacred dut
Of the government to come to th
help and protection OF its citizens
What a cry would go up for troops
II is a fresh illustration of the oil
itrnth that circumstances altar casas