Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-08

Wnere Jney lell anu Illeu ;
Strangers grave, they went dowr
in the thickest OF the fight, with theil
face to the foe, and the flags under which
they fought flying bravely owe them.
BY the generosity and public spirit o
Miss Elizabeth Aull, the Seminary bear
ing her name was established in 1859
and has since its inception maintained
a reputation commensurate with the mu
n%ificence of its founder. 1t is under the
auspices of the o. S. Presbyterians, O
whose church Miss Aull was a devoted
member.
Judge John A. S. Tut, of our county
succeeded Judge Smart, of Jackson, a:
circuit judge in 1862, and filled the pc.
sition with ability and honorthrough the
troublOus war years and until Novem
Der 1869, when he retired from the bencl
and resumed the practice of the law
Judge Tut came to this State from Vir
ginia when a young man, but did no
locate in Lafayette county until 1858
coming here from Cooper county. II,
is still living, though in very feebl,
health. In the rush of litigation which
followed the war,a Common Pleas cour
was given our county, as auxiliary t.
the Circuit court. During the entir'
existence of this court from 1867 to 1872
its justice was Judge w. A. Walker, who
filled the position with much ability an
legal acumen. Judge Walker came t.
Missouri from Illinois at the close o
the war and is still one of the leading
practitioners of the Lexington bar.
Since the war Lafayette county ha!
filled up rapidly and Of the vastprairie.
formerly left open and used for grazing
purposes, very little is left unenclosed
and for the use of its large stock-herd:
much attention is beginning to be pait
to the culture of grasses, in connection
with its important grain crops. The
vast spreading acres ofblue grass bid fail
soon to rival the famous regions, wher,
that wonderful plant gets its name. Lex
ington has kept apace with the county's
growth, and the handsome banks ant
mercantile houses, nearly all of which
have been built or refitted since the war
with the attractive residences, all attest
the taste and enterprise of her citizens
and the skill of her artisans. The Bap,
lists revived their institution of learn.
ing, and finally located it anew in its
present permanent place, the old Wad
dell mansion on South street. where its
prosperity now surpasses all previous
anticipations.
Afterthe war railroad outlet was anx.
iously sought, and in October, 1868. the
road now known as the St. Louis, Kan
sas City and Northern r. r. was com
pleted to 4. & l.. Junction, opposite
Lexington; in March 1871, the branch
railroad from Lexington to Sedalia; the
Lexington and St. Joseph r. R., in 1869,
while at the time of this writing the st.
Louis, Kansas City and Wyandotte r,
r., Narrow Guage) is within foul
miles of Lexington and the work rapid.
ly nearing US. A north and south road
the Lexington, Lake & Gulf" was pro.
jected and the road-bed completed
through this county in 1901; but the
financial panic of 1873 cut short its fur.
Their progress towards completion. The
building of the second-named road
caused the founding of the thriving
towns of Aullville, oH~igginsville, and
their lesser sister, Page CITY. It also
brought Concordia from a pleasant
country village to be one of our busiest
and most-enterprising towns.
The coal-beds of our county have had
a wide reputation for years, and fol-
home and river use many mines
were operated. The Goodin Bros, took
the initiatory steps about the close OF
the war to build up a large export trade
in this useful mineral, but facilities fol
transportation were not sufficient to re-
ward their enterprise with profit and
after a few years their work was aban-
doned. On the completion of the Lex
lngton and Sedalia railroad, however,
the Lex. Coal Co., sank an expensive
shaft nea Old Town, and now carries
on a flourishing trade. This Company
sold more than 500, 900 worth OF
Goa! per annum since they commenced
business.
1t has been a difficult task to weave in
this web of history, events in their chro-
biological order, and one subject, from
this very difficulty, l have purposly omit
ted, that it might be written to itself,
is the history of our newspapers.
The first paper printed in Lafayette
county was the Lexington Eapress, edi-
ted by Charles Patterson, who was as
sisted pecuniarily by Messrs. John and
Robt. Aull, Eldrldge Burden, Samuel
Stramcke and James H. Graham. The
initial number wa issued April 4, 1910,
md it was published continuously until
1861, by the successive administrations
of Patterson, Patterson & Julian, (Jacob
W. Patterson, Julian & Cant, (John
-, Patterson, Julian & Musgrove,
WIN. SRI, Smallwood CIV. NJ & Ju-
ian, and Julian & Vaughan Gen. r.
~. 1t was issued as a daily in portions
1860 and 1861, by Smallwood &Julian.
i was devoted to the old Wing party.
after the establishment of the
Harrison B. Branch founded a
journal in 1S48, which was
succeeded in 1850 by the Western
which was published until
the Presidential election in 1850.
Musgrove started the american
(know Nothing) in 1856, but
he paper died with its founder in 1857.
The E!rpOSitO1' was established in 1856,
~ Yost & Stofer, who were succeed in
1858 by VIM. Anderson as editor. 1t
vas Democratic in principle and its pub
ication was continued until the latter
of 1861, when the greater part of
is office was carried away by the First
Kansas volunteers. The Missouri Cum
Presbyterian, edited by Rev.
J. 3. Taylor, had a brief existence in
he year 1850. A German paper, the
Pioneer, was established in
lexington by Philip Reichert, in 1860,
tut it was soon discontinued. In 1858
has. Patterson, the founder of the Ec-
'ress, edited a fine county paper at
called the Vsitor, it lived a
title more than one year. Howard s.
1arbaugh started the Citizens Doi7u al
e1tisey,in 1860, his paper was stopped
Orhis advocacy of Lincoln for President.
When the war broke out, there were but
papers published in Lexington, the
and the E:rpOsitor, which were
discontinued as above stated, and in
S62, to supply the demand for a news
'aper, IL. X. Davis commenced the pub
of the Union; this was changed
o the Express in 1866, which in its turn
ave way to the Caucasian in 1866. /
wned by Julian. Allen (Ethan) & Co..,
w. G. Musgrove, jr.). The control of
his paper was varied. Donan (Peter) &
lien; Donan& Nesbit, (Chas. J.); Allen.
hid (Jacob T.) & Musgrove, ir.
)onan, Reavis & Donnan (Andrew) and
Vm. G. Musgrove, jr., being success
lively its proprietors, until it Vas merS-
d into the Mteligencer in 1875. 1t was
Democratic, and during Col. DOMAINS
ditorship it was of that branch of the
nth, termed in his own phraseoloey.
Red Hot" In May, 1868, Casper Cru.
er and l.. Davis established the Lutav-
tie AdrertiSef, but, in the latter part of