Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-10
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SHORTS.


The colored troops fought nobly.
Found revolver-inquire at this office
Go to Days 4 Allstsdt's and get q good Plow
Shoe for 81 so.
Our column OF poetry will be foun on
the fourth page.
Cheap ladies Goat Shoes at Davis & Allstadt's,
Z for 81. good quality.
Not a row or fuss Of any kind ON election day.
This is as it should be.
. You can go to the st. Louis convention cheap.
81 SO for the round trip.
The county court has very properly revoked
the levy for township bond purposes.
GOOD bye, Jeemes, you've tried that 'air
thin: twice. Dom do SO no more.
The matchmaking OF Third street is COM
pleted to its junction with Franklin.
Ladies' side lace kid and box-toe shoes. very
handsome and cheap. at Davis q A%llstadt's.
For a pure Flora del Fuma Havana
cigar, 90 to Quarles 6 Co.'s drug store.
The Dutch have captured Holland, !. g..
the colored troops have captured Lexinx-
ton.
-Grading is going on rapidly on the Mar
row Gauge between the Big Sni and this
.
Renegade democrats should feel proud OF
their achievement. Turner elected by three
votes.
Hurrah for Ahrens! He fought the hattie
like a little man, and he il ready for another
tussle.
II you want . Piano, Organ or Singer
Sewing Machine. write to VIM. Bird. Lex
ington, Mo nov3o-u
The Register says the wrong party got
scooped. We agree with It, the wrong party
did get scooped. .
Careless democrats, who failed to 20 to
the polls, will please credit themselves with
Col. Tsrry's defeat. -a
One result Of the democratic movement N
the city was to force the republicans to Pus
their best men forward. %
Rev. Lycurgus kirthey, Of New Jersey,
will presch-s at the Baptist church tomorrow
morning at the usual hour. -
z Wanted-Butter, eggs, chickens. hides petit,
tallow. beeswax, dried fruits and all kinds Of
country produce, by A. A. ] O. Lesueur.
A band Of German serenadsrs were out Non.
day night. The singing was very fine. but We
could not understand what they were trying to
h.y. :.
Jerusalem crIckets! How they must have
been excited at the Register Office, judging
from the spelling and grammar Of the last
ISSUE.
Davis l. Allstadt have moved their boot and
shoe store two doors west of their old stand,
in the house formerly occupied by Robert r.
Waddell.
( The Young Mems Democratic Club did
its duty fully in the city election, and will
be heard from on moro than one political
battle field. 4.
Don't forget that DAVIS 4 Allstadt have moved
to R. +. Wsddell's old stand. opposite CouIl
House. where they viii be happy to see al thsil
old customers. 49, -E-... ,
Rev. W. Y. Ellington, will preach in
the Methodist church on Sunday ii
IL a. m. and Rev. Marshall McIlhaney
will preach at night.
Wheat harvest will begin next week.
Contracts are being made at 81 70 to 81
per day. A former mention of = higher
price was q typographical error.
The republicans used all the best msteris
they had on their recent city ticket. They
can't make such smother, and in the BEST
{ humor in the world we challenge them to
try it.
Shipments via Mo-. P. r. 3. for week ending
June 10th, 1876: Coal, ~ cars; stock, s cars
merchandise. 6 cars; lumber. 1 car. Received
I 8 cars merchandise; 1 car threshers; 6 CAR
lumber. s. ~ @
The democrats Of Lexington, though de-
fested, do not despair. One battle will moi
be enough to discourage them. They Will
Jmarch to victory the next time, and will
the same leader, Mr.. Ahrens. Mark it.
While there are other democrats in the
city council who are respected by the party
whom the democratic party Is responsible
those endorsed by the late convention. 81
The only wall we have heard, is the ont
from brother Wiles, who had no sen t.
work for him and no churcn influence t.
back him. Poor Wiles. we told him good
bye some weeks ago. We now renew on
farewell.
The eighth annual meeting Of the Missiol
Baptist Sunday school conven ton will be he'll
in Lexington, commencing Friday, June 18th
at7K O'Clock p. m. Sermons and addresses WI
be delivered by. some Of the most talented me-
in that church.
Mr.. James Anderson, who has been absent /
Florida for the benefit of his health, got HON
last Saturday. He was warmly welcomed b
his many friends. His health seems someWhs
Improved. He has resumed his duties Is pi
compounder and nostrum vender for Dr.. Tevis
The democrats elected five out Of tn
eleven city officers. They acknewlsdgs
defeat, but do not see very much for til
radicals to crow over especially Is fou
= AOtes cast the other way, would have give
the democrats q majority Of the Offices.
In the foreclosures OF mortgages Of the M
souri, Pacific railroad, We are glad 10 zee thu
preferred liens were filed, including the accour
OF the Lexington Coal Company for "a, Jos 8.
The report OF the Master In Chancery on thsl
Ii ms was confirmed, and an order made to issr
certificates or borrow the money to pay then
So that the coal company il at last in q tair ",
to get the money which has Deem due it % loni
Z The Enoch Arden Combination have give
four or five entertainments in our city d.
ring the week. The attendance has bee
small, owing to their failure to use printer
ink. Dur people don't 60 to shows wLis
have their printing done at Macon or sedali
Part OF the Norris troupe Is with the cor
q binatf0n.
DIR. A. Y. Hull has sold his interest In u
Sedalia Democrat, and vacated the editori
chair. The doctor was q warm and ards
democrat, always ready to battle for his pa
ty and ills principles. Wherever he may G
we wish him all success. Msssrs. Russo
Leigh and kncisley will conduct the Dem
crat in the future. .
The speech delivered by Hon Thomas
-Akers, at the courthouse, ON last Monds
is spoken of by all who heard Ii in u
highest terms. His subject was s'The p
liticaI condition of the country" and
handled it In = mastery manner. Mr.. Axe
is an eloquent, as well as a logical spsake
Tn I~ntelligsncer never has and never "
wave the bloody shirt. The war Is oyt
aud We do not propose to fan the dying 81
bers OF bitter feeling e%ngendered BY
The record of the republican party in u
souri, since the war may have some bio
upon II, but it is not the orthodox blooG
shirt of American politics.
Wednesday evening Mr.. +. Winklsr had
The kitchen caught nre from The chimney VIII
supper was being prepared, but the are was so
discovered and the alarm given. Several %
ran to the place. ard the fire was quench
with but little damage done. The building
frame, and il but u few feet from the rssidsnt
| which is also frame. In their hurry to put {
the fire the men used every meaas aysilab
- One man grabbed a bucket of slop, Sad, rus
ing to the roof. dashed it through . hole, 4
side. The way that young man picked pot
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