Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-19
TRINIDAD.
TRINIDAD. COL, Feb. IL, 1876.

TRINIDAD, COL., Feb. IL, 1876.
EDITOR INTELLIGENCER Not
seeing any thing in your valuable
paper from our city. will try to
write few items; possibly they may
interest your readers, as 1 know we
all like to hear from you Lexingto-
mans.
There has been a great deal of ex-
citement about new mines which are
being discovered here almost every
day, which run from So to $500 per
ton. Every one in the city, almost,
has either got the fever or has had it
very bad. 1t is great deal like the
epizootic among horses-most every
one takes it.
An old Lafayette man, by the name
of Neff, who has been mining in Cal
ifornia and Oregon for some ten years,
has associated with him DIR. Small
and one or two other Lexingtonians.
They have struck about the best mine
which have heard ofin this country.
tt runs, 81 per cent. copper, and 40
per cent. silver, on tho top rock.
Business is very good here, every
one seems to be in good spirits.
We have had our leap year ball, as
well as Lexington, and it was per-
feet success. The girls did their part
to perfectiou. With the girls to como
after you, then the dance and with
the supper they made themselves
charming. Your humble servant was
there. There have been marriages
ever since, aud talk of more coming
off every week, all from the leap year
year ball. ..-
A gentleman by the name of j. w.
King is talked of as being among
the victims, he is a Missourisn, from
Palmyra, believe, aud is favorite
among the fair damsels of Colorado.
He will be in your lovely city In two
or three weeks, aud will spend a week
with you. would like for you to
make his acq quaintance, and show him
the sights of your BEAUTIFUL place, but
you must not make him acquainted
with any Of your fair ladies. Mr..
McWilliams, of California, will be
with him. Take him around too.
They are both worthy of any mans
acquaintsnce-of which Col. Davis
will assure you.
DR.. Small has tho best practice of
any physician in this country, aud
is doing we'll. an
Miss Tally has one Of the best
schools in the territory, with some
60 or 70 scholars, and every one of
them is we'll pleased with her, which
is one of the best recommendations y
teacher can have. ...t ..
DR.. Owens, Jasper. ..Douthett, Chas.
Beazley, II. S. Hardy and Jas. De
Wolf are all doing we'll.
Mrs. Bette Mitchell is doing pros
porous business.
Rue ben Letton is as happy and jovial
as ever, aud talks of the Black Hills.
Jesse Hsmlethas moved to the city
for a short time. A happy accident
happened to him on the night of the
9th inst, which he says he will not
get over for long time. His wife
presented him with All 81 lib. boy-a
bushwhacker, Jesse says. He told
me the boy came with Colts inn
proved revolver in each hand.
Jesse took first prize in shooting
match yesterday. He killed 80 rab-
bits in one day !; aud Earnest Small
took the second, killing IS. There
We're two parties, each of six picked
men one commanded by DR.. Cush-
ing and one by Mr. Hammond, (the
gentleman who married Miss Fannie
Munroe, Que of Lexington's girls).
Hamlet and Small were in the party
of DIR. Gushing, which was the win-
ming one, they killing 13O rabbits to
the others sc.
Ipresume you have heard of the
death of Charles Thorpe from about
Wellington. who died here last week, i,
of consumption. His funeral was
one Of the largest ever witnessed
here. LEXINGTON.