Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-06

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Tuesday morning last.
All the streams between this pla
and Sedalia were out of their banl
!, Sunday on account OF the heavy rains.
Return Maj. Wright's compliment
c~onsenting to deliver a free lecture {
George d. Prentiss, at the COURTEOUS
next Thursday night. by a good audienc
Can a boy pass q vacant house vii
out throwing q stone at the window
We guess not, as the glass is smashe
from nearly all the windows of evel
vacant house in town, ircluding tt
handsome windows of the Norther
Presbyterian church.
The colored man may vote for repul
licans, but they do not seem anxious t
vote for him. Democrats do not profes
to wish to put them forward politically
but in their material interests who al
their friends in this community, reput
licans or democrats?
Some one. who has not the fear of tn
law or the respect OF the communit
before his eyes, has lately been amusin,
himself ringing the bell of the Northern
Presbyterian church. He may &c
caught at his fun, and if he does b
should be well padded, be he big o
little.
From u country friends we lear
that the apple crop will DO very shor
this year, especially in late varieties
The prospect for cherries and peache,
is somewhat better, though the peacl
crop,in some portions of the county, vii
not be more than one-fourth of what il
should DO. Small fruits appear to prom
Use well.
On last Wednesday three forlorn foot.
sore and weary street Arabs. of tender
age. reached Lexington, armed with
blacking brushes and the other appurte.
nancss of the bootblack's profession.
They wandered about for some time, but
not finding many persons who wanted a
shine. they disconsolstsly vamoosed.
A free use OF paint and whitewash
not only improves tho appearance of
buildings, but is also beneficial to the
health and happiness of the inmates,
and now is the time to apply one or
both. Whitewash is especially beneficial
to health. and is cheap as dirt. Ifyou
can't spply it yourself, there are plenty
OF idle men and boys that will ch~eerfully
do SO for q very small consideration.
Whiten up.
While Mr.. ]. D. Williams. and q
of negro men, were digging a
grave, about IL o'clock last Sunday
morning. a rain came up, and they took
shelter in An old shed close by. Light
ming struck somewhere in the vicinity,
knocking one Of the colored men down
On bis knees. and considerably shocking
The others. No harm was done except
giving MIR. w. a headache for a couple
If hours.
We learn that Judge Hill has been
'saching the lawyers at Warrensburg
essons in judicial discipline. A few
lays ago he fined an attorney, at that
'lace, five dollars for attempting to ar
,us q point after he had decided it, and
ne next day he fined the same gentle
nan for a repetition of the offense the
modest little sum OF thirty dollars. Toe
he mark, gentlemen. Business is bust
less.
The residence OF Mr.. James McKean
as robbed On Tuesday night last at
ute an early hour. Mr.. Mexican was
bsent. but his wife hearing a noise in
kitchen, went there with a light, to
what was the matter, when she dis
oversd a man standing in tho room. He
ad effected an entrance through the
Iindow. He presented a pistol at the
'dy and told her that if she made any
utcry he would shoot her. At that time
other men entered by way of one of
doors, and demanded what money
lere was In the house. She replied that
Zero was no money there. but the
,oundrels, institutins a search. found in
drawer some six dollars. which Mr..
lchean had placed there without. his
lies knowledge. After a further
'arch, and some rough and insulting
'nguage to Mrs. Mexican, the thieves
'ok their departure. -t'E
The republicans held their little ward
ow Vows on last Saturday evening, and
Elected committeeman excepting in the
st ward, in which they did not succeed /
making the thing work. The CON-
lttee, SO far, consists of, Robert Taub-
an and VIM. Booker, Charles Porter :.
I'd II. w. Turner, A. Casio and Louis
'hnson; we believe this gives a pale
I'd a colored representative from the
!, Sd and 4th wards. We have been !
ID that q resolution was passed at tho l
ward meeting that it was the
nse of that ward that q conventional
ould be held. and regular nominations C
ade for city offices but this action does \
It appear in the official report. 1t is #
right, the republicans think, to give
9 coiored voter a little complimentary e
slton on a committee, where he can O
controlled by the other members, but s
convention would require the nomina-
n OF a colored man on the ticket, and b
is something the republicans of this tt
y do not want to do. II
Elegant line of grenadines of the latest O
sigus, at Conkling & Beeding's. v
We are always anxious to encourage
enterprise and home talent, and N
'refore take pleasure in speaking of tt
ntest which took place recently on the SC
m of Mr.. ]. C. Cobb, of Sni-a-bar pl
Vnship, between the new sulky break Ell
plow, patented and built by Messrs. W
den Wilkinson and Butler Newman. 81
70 live near Chapel Hill, and the best pl
ported plow in the neighborhood, the
manufactured in Chicago. pl
ere were about fifty practical farmers tn
The trial. and the almost unanimous 70
dict was in favor of Messrs. Wilkin. lei
u Newman's pillow. If ANYBODY tn
ntc thAA a.