Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-26
GENERAL AND POLITICAL.

The new German greenbacks are
called NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The new constitution was adopted
at the recent election Ill Texas.
.Blaine is getting fat" His speech
es are getting "thin"-[Bo'ton Post.
Avery perceptibie earthquake oc-
Cured at Munroe City, Mich, on
the 2lst inst. ,.
The republican state convention
| which met i'll Madison, Wisconsin,, on
the I'D, declared for Blaine.
Richmond Euquirer's key-notes for
the democratic campaign; "Recon-
Citation, Rutrechment and Reform"
James Gordon Bennett is to be mar
ried the second week in April to Miss
Ida May. Ths spIurgc will be i'm
Pere Hyacinth is said to be CON-
ing TO America to reside. He will
| create a sensation in the Catholic
church.
Rulnors of q proposed consolida-
ton of the Anglo-A merican aud the
Direct Gable companies arc again i'll
circulation.
Among the victims by the explo-
sion of a boiler of the steamship Stra-
theclyde was Mrs. Green, daughter of
Dion Boucicault.
The length of gas mains in London
:, : n0n ,ntioe aud fI.ro I'm nrnro hon
81. 900 street lamps, which burn
5000, 900 cubic feet of gas every
night.
A greenback mass convention was
held in New Haven, Conn, Oh Tues
day, the 22d instant. There was out
a small attendance, and principally
from the city.
A Pennsylvania camp meeting was
recently broken up by six poer little
skunks. The devil comes in various
guiscs, aud this particular que it not
to be prayed down.
The Democrats have carried Texas
by a majority of $4,000. This is a
grand increase. The school question
did not enter Into the The
Pope's toe was not visible.
The Democratic State Central Gem
mittce, of Indiana, met in Indianapo-
lis, on the ed inst, and Selected We'd
nesday, the 10Th of April, as the time
for holding the state convention.
When the world was younger, and
Senator Alcorn, of Mississippi, a Con-
Tolerate officer, ne advised the arming
of the blacks aud the granting OF
imperial, powers to Jefferson Davis.
Gu last Monday morning $4,000
miners were turned Gut of work in
tina anthracite coal region i'll PENN
sylvania. aud the number Of unem-
pluyed workmen cannot be less than
zoo, GOO. .-a
A woman in Cohoes, N. Y, discov-
cred her husbandin another woman's
room under very suspicious circum-
stances. He insists upon ~ advisory
council, which is the proper thing to
do in such cases.
The Chicago Times says that young
Laisum, the cutting off Of whose pig
tail at Yale College Threatened for a
time TO bring OH war with China,
Inflicted the outrage on himself,
That is to say, he committed cue-icide.
The following is the result Of the
| .voot.,- c,,, I,s -, QO1 dr. At; oto
il France: republicans, ia; o
sentative republican,, 4S ; Bonapart-
lists, SO; legitim.sts, Is; radicals, IA
conservatives, IL; const;tQtionaIists,
IL ; no choice, 81.
The b%arnac!es on the bottom of the
steamship Great Eastern form a layer
six inches thick in places. and are es-
tinatcd to weigh three hundred tons.
They may weigh more but they do
not stick tighter than the barnacles
on the American body polite.
A young American lady who has
enjoyed tie rare privilege of taking .
stroll with the poet Tennyson, Incl
dentally mentions in letter to q
friend that ait seriously affected the
romance Of ;hr situation when he pau
sed during the walk to scratch his
back against a gate post"
The Louisville Courier.Journal
has this to say of our congressman:
The Committee on Post.ofices aud
Post-roads, Of which Gen. Clark is
chairman, is daily pursuing the inves-
LEGATIONS of the straw bid abuses of
the Administration, and is making
important developments. Gen. Clark
ls conducting the investigation with
energy and lmpartiality.
An opportunity is offered our IL
brary To make a cue, purchase, in
the sale of the unique library of
Franz iIardinger the great Vienna
book collector who died recently. 1t
consists OF l 1000 volumes, and is rich
in German plays of the sixteenth cen
fury, and in the German classics,
every edition of which it contains.
The large tinware factory OF the
Le!ance AID Grosjesn Manufac-
turing Company, at Woodhaven, l..
l., burned al the Flat inst. The
warehouse, which was filled with
stock, is saved. Loss on building,
machinery, &c, isestimated at $780,
COO, and partially insured. About
four hundred and fifty employees have
been thrown out of work by the fire.
1t is thought they will rebuild.
New York World: The supporters
Of President Grant praise his stead
fast adherence to aud support of his
friends. No former President Of the
United States ever had so many
friends around him whose suspicious
i, deeds require Sc much support and
backing from their chief, as has Grant.
In this respect his associations aud
companions have been not only aus.
picious but damaging.
The AIfonsists continue their sue.
cesstul progress. General Primo dc
Rivera has occupied the Carlist forts