Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-08
SHORTS.

SVSl III Hiuu ulHhSS uaiS'ih'. ~"
at Wilson's opposite City Hotel. ct
Patterson has the best st. Louis
XNXN flour for sale at S3 75 per sack.
Virgil Hilliard sold to Isaac Neale ID
stock hogs, averaging ia lbs, at Z!
cents.
: Evan Young. of Lexington township,
is feeding 20 head OF , and year old
cattle.
DIR. J. 3. Alexander has removed his
Office to the new Wilson block, in room
back of Squire Beck.
The Infants Delight club met last
night at the residence of MI. Tom
Young, OH Main street.
Mrs. Arnold r. Winsor, of Waverly,
has been in the city visiting friends N
relatives during the week.
Thomas Shelby, Jr.. OF Lexington
,wpship, is feeding a car load OF + e
efsded cattle for the spring market.
Something new every morning on the
4 Dollar stand at Wilson's dry goods EN-
-porium. Bargains. for cash.
et HUGH T. WILSON.
The steamboat Gate City was ut Wa
yerly on the I'd day Of January, and put
off 100 barrels of salt. A little out OF
season for boats.
Our ice merchants are getting uneasy
about the crop. Last year the best ice
was made in February, so it will do
we'll to be patient.
-EOn our farmers banner for 1876 we
4 bsve inscribed, fewer dogs and more
, sheep; more tobacco and fewer debts.
How many farmers will enlist under it!
The Lexington Coal company have
shipped 125 car loads of coal this week.
81. 500 bushels. And still the demand
upon them is more than they can sup
ply.
Harmony Grange will hold its next
meeting at Glenwood school house. on
Saturday, the 18th of this month. Every
member is requested to be on hand at9
O'Clock in the morning
A party was given at the residence OF
DR.. Trotter, on South street, last night.
, From the merry laughter we heard as
Eve passed by, we guess the young ok
were having a good time.
An infantile party was given at the
residence of DIR. G. w. Young, on South
street, on Thursday evening the occasion
\, being the birthday of Miss Juliet. The
~s-year-olds were very happy.
i SOME persons are fearful that the pro-
tracted warm weather will swell the
buds of the fruit trees, and a spell of
cold weather will come on and destroy
the fruit crop. We hope such will not
be the case.
DIR. j. G. Russell has just received
rom Philadelphia fresh and reliable
Accine virus, and is prepared to vacci-
hate all who may apply to him. His
charges will be moderate to ALL ana
nothing to paupers.
Last Tuesday, Josie, an old town cyp-
Ran, was fined SO IS for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct. At the SINE
line Madam Kate Curtin was up on a
similar charge, but had her case contin-
ned until Wednesday Of next week.
The board of directors of the Lafay-
cite Agricultural and Mechanical Socie-
ty met last Saturday, but not having a
huorum adjourned until the first Monday
in February. The directors are request
ed to cut this out and paste it in their
lats.
The rain of last week interfered with
The macadamizing of the block east of
College street. 1t now takes tour horses
to haul a two horse load of coal, and the
teamsters are all anxious to have one
street made good from one end Of town
% the other.
{. Y. Ford, Esq, of Greenton, will
Ship next week a Il load of hogs,
J swenty-three of which weigh an average
,f414 lbs, and thirty of which averaged
3sI lbs. They were raised by Messrs'
Gibson and Bair are fifteen months old,
and were fattened on grasshopper corn
= The extremely bad weather of last
Saturday having prevented a full meet
J ing of Garrison Grange, the public in
49, ,,I,a1 u,a fo haun faEan n1ane
has been postponed until Saturday, the
18th inst, when all are invited to be
present at II o'clock 4. m. The mem.
bers of the grange are requested to be
IN hand one hour earlier.
The wooden sidewalk on the street il
'front.' of the third ward school should be
.epaired. There are a great many holes
n it. and the loose planks are really
dangerous to the limbs of the little folk:
Who run and frolic over it on their way
o school. Patch it. We do not wisl
@ have to record a broken leg or arm
or any of our girls or boys
Our Carrier desires us to respectfully
--eturn his Acknowledgements and thank:
the patrons of the Intelligencer fol
ne liberality with which they treated
i'm on New Years day. To show his
ppreciation he proposes, during 1876
} work al of every Friday night, that
{ may be up bright and early on Sat
rday mornings to supply the news.
We have before us the first copy O
Norborne Independent, a clean
Awsy, bright, little paper just started
. hat town by Col. Jake Child. OF The
Almond Conservator. The Col. has
|wo papers now, both weekly-whicl
oes not mean weakly by any means. |
,e people of Norborne know their owl
crest, they Will support this paper
Aserally, as it will do more to build "
leir town than ten times the money in
ested in any other way.
All the annual election of officers iol
lafayette grange, No. 5o5, in Dover
wnship, the following persons werf
ected: Isaac Neale, Master; G.. X
ampbell, Overseer; Jacob Zentmeyer
eclurer James R. Anderson, Chaplain
ohn Woods, Steward; j. GarlanG
n Ne- c.