Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-29

OF measles, but none serious as yet. !
We are glad 10 hear that Messrs. Horace q
GaIbraith and Charley Cowan arr !mprov-
ing.
Stock of all kinds is doing finely this Will
ter, beef cattle fattening without any
trouble. rEj
Adrove of 'soutlwesters' passed through
here last Sunday-the fist that ave peeh
brought through this neighborhood this
season. a.....
Wheat looks tine, ami Is growing. Farm
ers are fearful that If u cold spell comes, II
will he injured considerably, having been 20
tender all winter. Jean.
WELLINGTON.
Died, near this place Saturday morning,
january odd, Mr.. George w. CrutsinSer.
MIR. c.. has be eli Il citizen Of this county Tor
forty years or more.
On Monday morning, anuary the oath,
MIR. John W. E,rly, near Fairview- Mr.. Il.
had also been Il resident of this immediate
vicinity for many years. In the death OF
both these, the community has lost good
citizens. HU l-u-
FIRE. r--r
hheG uiha h'Sus i
| small frame one story house. just south and
| only a few feet from the brick residence OF
Mrs. jacobs. was burned. 1t was occupied
| by Jerry Price and family, (colored). it was
supposed to have caught from the stove As
all were al meeting, and when discovered
was full Of fire inside.
rt o., PROPHETIC BUNCOMBE. .".
We are neither a prophet or the son of one,
| but while others all over this land are
| prophesying of this that one and the other
| going to come to pass, why not We who
| know Just about as much In regard to the
| future have q say. We have looked at the
stars, sun, moon, ETC., and have consulted
our private oraculum, and make up our
deductions as to the present year, II our
predictions ar true st.overn yourselves az
cordingly.' The position of Neptune. indlca-
ties that it will be locust year here. Not
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -red-leg- Prof.
Riley-locusts, but the old kind which have
been here twis e in cur time. The attitude
Of "You-rain-us'' indicates plenty of rain,
and a good crop year. One planet so far and
remote in distance that we can scarcely see
exactly how it hangs, denotes as best we can
see, that a democratic president will be
elected provided he gets votes enoush-oth-
erwise a republican, probably Grant. Fides
foretells that three Monarchs will visit the
United States during the year. The coun-
tenance of Mars shows three Kingdoms Will
fall or change rulers. A comet in the DIS
lance gives sign that the Pope of Rome and
one other foreign sovereign will not live the
year out. The dog star plainly shows that
Grant will issue three prOclamations during
the year. The milky way, seven stars and
several others, show the following: The
Narrow Gauge ra. lroad finished to" LeXlnS-
ton. One big fire in! the United States. We
Twill lose two ofour greatest statesmen. Two
earthquakes, several storms and Volcano
eruption. An epidemic will visit this CONT.
i. nent. The Cuban war will end, Great re.
, ligious ~revivaIs in portions of North Ameri
j ca "A good many business failures. A grea,
:, author will lie. Several. ships lost al sea
, More clerical scandal this year. A grea'
+ many marriages; and q good deal of unmar
y rylng. Suicides IN nearly every state. Dis
appointments of various kinds that no man
can number. Millions of heart-aches ant
natural shocks that flesh Is heir to-. Gu
1 plOPACCiO ; utsSSAuS AAu AAsuy Ss"S'
4 things that will come to pass in the future a
1t has. been doing ever since tue world began
but this is enough to %toretelI now. M ...
PIGGIE o
Capt. r. A. Hudnali shipped this wee
i 200 more fat hogs averaging 300 pounds
Sixteen bought of Mr.. Guye, averaging 3Ss
4 Fifteen of j.. Armstrong, averaging 81
Capt. II. informs US that the above abou
n cleans Mr.. Hog out of this vicinity, He ha
|, s c6ossffffhhg Of dnn an ma: av tis. 5ss Sis 80 Fs edghi i mhak Xii
$12.slO. All of which were bought mort
and west of the Sni, in an area say of twelv
h. miles square, and right in the heart {
"grasshoppsrdom." -.su.ius 9d r,s. h ~
&c OUTLETS.
n Weather chang cable. 5=H'''f| '..,
.d Business, very good. e Ea I'd" sob Ha-
The protracted meeting before reported
Wednesday night of last week. .3a+s
IS. Barney Moran contemplates building
b., dwelling on his farm west of town tn
spring.
I'd Mr.. Samuel Null and rhos. f. Buckley
or this vicinity, are very ILL., 'FNnA. q ,H-E.'
70 John Hall bought Of John;R. McDona
a last week, about twenty hogs averagiI
100 pounds at ST cents. n a.g .ar,,f
If. William II. Sparks was here last wet
re- looking after his live stock interests, wifi
mn seem to be scattered alt over the county.
Mr.. Scarce, who lived upon the Nor.
farm last year has rented the Berry! far
at near Fairyiew, and will move to it about Il
he first of March. We hope he will have bett
ed luck this year-grasshoppers ''saliyatet
no him last.
The wheat is still looking well. but farr
nm ers are dreading a hard freeze.
ID George AdaMsop has rented the Jud
H. Carr farm, and willmoVe out about the fiji
: a OF March. -
Tn Narrow Gauge railroad contracto
9 have rented the store house north side oft
m public square, II will iopena store of su
NJ, plies Tor hands in u few days, e.'-l.l
he MIR. Zach Wright has rented the bort
DIV. ling under the hill for the purpose
Of boarding employees of the road. H.'l -i
~ Another party we understand has al
flo rented the upper room over j..
Workman's store, for the purpose OF aecol
modating boarders. This alllooks like BIZ
! ness IN earnest, and that we will certain
nh. have the. road after awhile. tpt,.-g.a O.
Farms to rent are IN great demand.
mi Prof. Sullivan has an appointment
presch here to-mo rrow morning. 7sh b
tt-stIL7 EHl s-Ie-Tfr ni-t4
ion usaI s5gAIlAULLvILLE. -Gys l-if
for LEAP YEA WEDDING At VIM. DIERKING
lly, Miss Marguerite Kcick, the bravest lady
of Freedom township, to Mr.. Peter Miller.
.n- Davis-Ceremony by Judge NJ. +. Price,
h a AuIlville-Arrest OF the groonfs,nan-spes
and to the Lexington 4ntelligencer., s-4st
es; Friday morning about thee O'Clock y
nee called over to Major Dierking's to with
ere the marriage of Miss Marguerite keick to
ibi- Peter Miller. Upon arriving there | fol
the bride and groom, Judge Price, of ~
ong vile, the Major, and i few other friel
cas-. standing in readiness to see Miss Murgare
del and Peter tied together Tor life. II
,ver questioning the bride l ascertained that
rom had made her escape through the up
nee: window of her fathers twG-story. no
our about one O'Clock that morning, and Wen
the her way up Davis Creek some three al
leri- half miles, and then crossed over TO