Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-11
I1TELIIGEr1CER, SATURDAY, MARCH IL, 1876.
The CITY pen is free of prisoners.

: The city pen is free Of prisoners.
The grand jury adjourned yesterda.
until next Tuesday.
The young mems democratic club me
at the court house last night.
Remember the Democratic Mass Meet
ing, at the court house, on Saturda,
: evening. March 18th.
5 The people on Third street are movin.
: in the matter of securing IN extra LAM
e on the corner OF Broadway and Thlrt
J., streets.
. The Infants Delight club met las
night at the residence of NJ. f. Keller
Esq, on Third street. The youngsters
had quite a jolly time.
Wall Paper! Wall Paperi! A large
stock of wall paper, new spring styles
just received at Smiths book store
Paper trimmed without extra charge.
Mr.. William Moreland and his sister,
Miss Lutte, leave this evening tor Texas,
where they will in future reside. Mrs
Moreland will follow them in . short
time.
We are glad to notice that Mr.. E.
Winsor is repairing the pavement in
font of his yard. We would like to
be able to compliment many others for
the same thing.
At the last meeting of the school
board it was ordered that the Second
Ward school house lot be graded down
to a level with the pavement. prepara-
tory to setting out shade trees.
Mr.. j. R. Campbell, of Dover town.
ship, has laid upon our table two very
fine samples of tobacco, one of White
Stem, and the other Silver Leaf. We
are satisfied that properly handled this
tobacco would bring a high price rs
manufacturing leaf. He says that he
raised about 1000 pounds on one and 4
half acres. We have another and finer
sample which we would like to mention,
but have lost the note, with the name
Of the gentleman who sent it.
The county grange, which met in this
city on last Monday, did not complete
The organization of the Grange Bank, as
it was found that the stock was not
quite all subscribed. The writer having
been appointed for that purpose by the
"Pubhc Hall' association, waited upon
the gentlemen with a proposition to Join
IN building, which was very favorably
received. 1t the bank must build II
could do no better than to accept the
offer.
A very delicate operation in surgery
was performed. on Friday of last week,
ON the person Of MI. James Lewis, Of
Dover township, by DIR. T. S. Smith,
assisted by Drs. Chambers and Webb,
consisting of the removal of. an osseous
tumor about the size of a hens egg.
Ihe tumor was caused by a fall which
Mr.. Lewis got when boy, and has been
a source of pain and annoyance ever
since. 1t was at first thought to be can
cerous, but since its removal the ply
sicians say that it was net 80 and that it
Will in no way tend to shorten his DAYS. !
The operation was performed with such
skill that the patient knew nothing |
whatever about it when he recovered
from the effects of the chloroform, and
said that he was suffering no pain what |
ever and could scarcely believe that
the operation was completed. After
getting through with Mr.. Lewis, his son
Ephriam presented himself to the sur
geons, showing an incysted tumor be-
hind the right ear, as large as a pigeon
egg, and asked if they could take it out.
He had not much more than said it be-
fore they cut it out, as he refused to
chloroform and Immediately SUBJ
himself to the surgeons knife,
Both the gentlemen are doing about as
well as ifthey hadnot been scientifically
whitfield.