Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-14
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SHORTS.

Raining rapidly as We 60 to press. l q. m.
fact, Krlehn & Wirker have the p%retties
nrin,s IN town. octi-2t
Extra supertine Carpet only 50 cents, a
Conkling & Beeding's.
Davis & Allstadt VIII sell you mems boots
all sizes, for 50 per pair. sepSo-sm
Considerable thunder was heard yesterday
evening, and u heavy rain fell just across thu
river.
The street lamps would be improved il
looks and usefulness by having their face.
washed.
The little daughter OF MIR. Rathell, who
has been very ill with pneumonia, Is much
better.
II you want q Piano, Organ or Singer
Sewing Machine. write to VIM. Bird. Lex
ington, Mo noS2o-ti
There will be preaching at the Presbyte,
rian church on Sunday morning at eleven
O'Clock. No services at night.
Miss Callie Easter, who has for the past
two or three months been visiting relatives
in Chicago, returned home yesterday.
Gov. Chas. H. Hardin arrived in the city Last
evening, via the Narrow Gauge railroad, and il
stOppinG Al the lily uOtei- ne VIII SPS"A
the court house to-day.
Davis s. AIstadt will sell you a handmade
boot, throughout. for S., and warrant every
pair. If they do not prove good, come and get
another pair. free of charge sepSo-sm
MeCausland & Bedford have reduced the
price of their celebrated Keeps Shirt.
Every well dressed man wears them. 16stf
Rev. VIM. c.. Cooley will preach at the
Methodist church, in this city tomorrow morn
ing at IL O'Clock. and at the usual hour in the
evening.
The Mr.. Findlay who has just been elect
ed to congress from the 14th district of Ohio,
is a cousin Of our fellow-citizen 4. s. Find
lay.
Monday morning the train was about two
hours late on the Robert tail road. Cause :
The engineer was asleep, and had no fire in
his engine.
Rev. j. A. Quarles started on q visit to st.
Louis the first of the week. BE will visit
Texas before he returns. We wish him a
very pleasant trip.
Tilden Guards, don't forget to turn out to
the torchlight procession tonight. Be on
hand at Z O'Clock, in uniform, with lamps
burning. See the call elsewhere.
The early riser can now find frost on the
ground, and can expand his lungs by inhal-
ing the ceol breeze. Town people are not
generally healthy enough to permit early
rising.
He who neglects to notice the fact that
one dollar saved is as good as two dollars
earned, is not up with the times. Saue your
mvney by buying your Dry Goods of kriehn
& Wflker, Franklin street. oct7-2t
Elder Thomas P. Haley has accepted a call
to st. Louis. He preached his first sermon
last Sunday, and tomorrow will preach his
farewell sermon at st. 10. His family will
move down the first of next week.
Davis & Allstadt will sell ladies, side-lsce kid
or goat shoes for % per pair. good quality.
Col. Denote, p. NJ, (Which Is postmsster)
was placed upon the altar of sacrifice last
Thursday. by the republican congressional
convention, which met at Meberly. OF
course he will be elected ito stay at home)
by about 10000 majority.
"Give mi liberty or give me"-a pair of
Eckle's handmade Kip Boots, at 90 so.
Last Monday the Prock case was stricken
from the docket. About four years ago
Prock killed a mar in Wellington and was
indicted for murder in the first degree.
Prock has had two or three trials, in each
of which the jury disagreed.
Carpets, Oil Cloths, at New York prices,
at Conkling & Beeding's.
A party of six men took q wagon last
Monday, and went across the river hickory
nut hunting. They returned Tuesday even
ing with about nine bushels of nuts. II the
nuts were sold, aud the expenses taken out,
they would have about eighty cents each for
their two days work. But they had lots of
fun.
The republicans hold their primaries to-day
to elect delegates to q convention to be held
In this city on next Tuesday. The conven-
tion will decide whether or not 10 put out
a republican county ticket. We think the
ticket will be put in the field, as there are
plenty of "willing sacrifices" in that party
Eckle will sell mems handmade Kip Boots
for 50 50. Also a good Kip Boot for 81.
There was an accident on the st. Joe branch
railroad last Friday near Converse. In one of
the cars which were upset were conductor Al.
Hunt, in charge of the train. and conductor
Neil Pierson. As tile Car left the track Pierson
jumped of. but the car Immediately turned over
ON him mangling his body dresdfully. and in
stsntly killing him. Hunt was slightly injured.
Fruit Of the Loom and Lonsdale only IL
cents, at Conkling s. Beeding's.
Wanted-Butter, eggs, chickens, hides pelts,
tsllow, beeswax, dried fruits and all kinds Of
country produce, by A. A. & j. O.Lesueur.
We have just received a large stock OF
Dry Goods for the fall trade, with the firm
intention Of doing the leading business in
our line, and propose to offer to the ladies of
Lexington and vicinity q stock of Dry
Goods that can not be beat in any respe ct.
So all we ask before you make your pur-
ehases is to give US q call and examine our
stock. Very respectfully,
oct7!2t KRIKHN & WILKER.
Our band got home from the Kansas CityDem-
ocratic barbecue at noon yesterday, and march
ed through the street playing, and attracted
great attention. They report that they had =
big time in the ''Cityo fHills.'' The gathering
there on Thursday was immense, there being
about twice as many people present as there
were at the fair. The barbecue was fine, and
bountiful, every one having enough To eat. The
gathering was probably the largest ever Assem-
sembled in the state outside of st. Louis.
Don't you forget it. Eckle sells Boots and
Shoes cheaper than any house in Lexington.
We have tried them. No old stock theirs
are all new.
Mrs. Caswell, who lives near Napoleon, was
in the city Wednesday. making some purchases.
while in tie store of Mr.. Whitsett, on Laurel
street, she missed her pocket book, which she
knew she had q few minutes previous. She at
once informed Mr.. WhItsett of her loss, who
suspicioned two colored girls. who had left the
store a few minutes before. He kept watch,
and soon saw them go into Young's confection-
cry. They bought some candy, and offered a IS.
bill in payment, when he arrested them. They
'fessed up, and said the pocket-book with its
contents was behind the shutters. The book
contained S23, all bnt two dollars Of which was
recovered. The girls were quite young, and
were handed over to the officers.
A grand treat is to step in and look at the
new Notion Department of Conkling &Beed-
ing. Everything can be found there. Hugh
Wallace in charge.
There was a reception and musical enter
tainment at Central College last night. We
could not give an extended notice of it on
account of the late hour. OF course those
present enjoyed the occasion greatly. Such
entertainment are a novelty with our people,
and, we think they will be a source of
pleasure to them, and of profit to the College.
The crowd was as large as could have been COM
fortably accommodated, and there W as a great
abundance of good things. The total receipts
voted to Miss Lou. Denote as being the most