Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-15
Plant shade trees.
Thursday, rained again.

liall during ruin, oatuiody hiSht
last.
Give Conkling & Bleeding a call if you
want to buy cheap dry goods.
Heavy rain, accompanied with some
hail. last Wednesday and Thursday,
night.
Dry goods were never sold so cheap
before as they are now being sold at
Conkling & Beeding's.
Sow" Edwards, Capt. Collins and
a host of Middleton folks have been in
town this week ON law business.
Mrs. Arnold is in receipt of Il beauti-
full lot OF new millinery. embracing all
the latest styles. Ladies, call and ex-
anime.
Mr.. Sam. C. Major, an old citizen of
Howard county, was in our city several
days this week, looking after the sale
ofthe Virginia Hotel.
Chas. Morrison has concluded to again
start his foundry, under the hill, land will
resume operations next Monday. Adj
vertisement next week.
The wheat crop in Lafayette county
looks finer than it has ever done before
at this time of year, and is safe so far AS
cold weather is concerned.
Mr.. F. P. Deatherage, of Missouri
City, for a long time a citizen of Lex
ington, was in the city during the week
settling up some old business.
Everybody and his uncle was out
street cleaning yesterday. Now quit
sweeping trash and paper into the streets
and we will have q decent town.
Jesse Brown, twelve years old, was
severely hurt, in Sedalia, a day or two
ago,by being thrown from a passing train
upon which he was attempting to climb
Keep your boys away from the depot.
The shipments via Missouri Pacific
railroad for the week ending April 10,
consisted of: Stock, IL cars; coal IL
fears; mdse., 6; wheat, 4; lumber, 4.
Received: Lumber, 10 cars; mdse., s.;
hay, 2.
| If you break street lamps or turn out
the lights Brant will catch you. He has
an ordinance behind him now, and if
you don't behave he'll make you think
that you have a piece Of ordnance be-
hind you.
Our enterprising stock man, Theodore
Bates, sold, last week, one yearling
Durham bull to John Crank, of Henry
county, for 500, and one yearling
Durham bull, same age and price, to
Albert King, of Clay township, in this
county.
The wall in front of the residences of
DR.. Watson and Col. Rathbun has been
rebuilt, the steps taken inside the yards,
and the grounds graded down to about
half their former height. 1t makes a
great improvement in the looks of the
property.
Col. Jno. Reid, chairman of the State
Democratic Committee, returned home
from st. Louis last Saturday. He says
the nominee of the St. Louis National
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the U. S., and we think he is correct.
So mote it be.
There is no place of its size anywhere
which presents more facilities for bust
ness than does Lexington. 1t has good
means of transportation and communi-
cation, live merchants, manufacturers
and millers, large stocks, expert me-
chanics, solid banks, good new spapers,
and they are nearly all pleasant people
to deal with.
The Dunkel Brothers do not propose
to be behind the times in anything, and
next Monday will commence delivering
goods, free of charge, to any part OF the
city. They have a bran new delivery
wagon, as pretty as a speckled purp,
and it will be worth one-half as much as
the cost of the goods to get a good look
at it.
Thos. P. Akers, an old Lexingtonian,
and at one time representative in
congress. after considerable roaming du.
ring the past fifteen years, has again pur-
chased property in our beautiful city and
says he is settled for life. The property
purchased is the Zach j.. Mitchell
house," near the residence of Thos. B
Wallace. He will be welcomed back by
many warm friends.
FL. j. E. Ahrens is now in St. Louis
purchasing his spring stock Of goods, and
from the advance arrival at his store,
corner Cedar and Franklin streets, the
lovers of good and pretty goods, at low
prices will soon be able to CRAFTY them.
selves to their fullest capacity. Be sure
and call around and examine his stock
and prices before making your sprine
purchases.
A lot consisting of u car loads O
cattle was shipped, last week, from
Middleton township to st. Louis. Thu
following are the names and number.
shipped by each: Chris. Catron, SO; o
H. P. Catron, 90; Thos. A. Catron, 1G
James w. Goodwin, 80; Chris. Hays
80; John G. Elsea, 16; d. Y. Prigmore
II. The parties realized an average o
about Al cents net. They will, in a day
or two, ship another lot of about tn,
same size.
The Intelligencer is undoubtedly bless
ed in having as large, intelligent ant
e prompt paying 4 list of subscribers Il:
, anypaper in Missouri, outside of the larg,
) cities. We class our patrons as follows;
Good, better, bestest. The bestest az,
those who always pay in advance; tn
: better, those who pay sometime durin:
the year, and the good those who pa,
sometime, but are not very particula
when that sometime comes about. W,
are sorry to say that our good subscrib
q ers are considerably more numerous thai
9 we would wish just at present, and hop,
g a good many of them may very shortl,
conclude to call and have their name
j enrolled among n Of the other classes
The books are still open-walk up, gen
tlemen!
The Register needs a blue mass pill t
clear its liver of bile. We say this ad
d vsedly, after carefully noting what Bul