Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-25
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If you want to hear a good story abou
a little granger. quiz Hugh Wilson.
Miss Mary Afford has been quite ill
but, we are glad to say,is convalescing
We again repeat that all communica
tons tor insertion must be in by Wed
nesday, or Thursday at the very latest.
S. G. Wentworth, Esq, recently pre-
scented to the o. S. Presbyterian church
Sunday School Library. The little folk
are much gratified with the gift.
The weather for the past week ha'
been trying to out-Tice Tice, and ont
goose bone the goose bone. Snow, rail
and slush. Slush, rain and snow.
There will be an annular eclipse o
the sun this afternoon, commencing at
little after 2 o'clock, and lasting unit
8: so. 1t will only be visible at thi:
point as a partial eclipse.
i Mr.. JosephB B. Silver has safely housed
in this city a large lot of beautiful. clea1
Minnesota ice. He intends supplying
Sedalia and all the towns on the Branch
road, and at reasonable rates.
Mrs. M. B. Davis, wife of Hon. Lown
des Davis, delegate from Cape Girar
deau county in the constitutional con
vention, is in the city visiting friend:
and relatives. She il now stopping a
Mr.. A. j. Halls.
Mr.. S. Forrest Letten was in tow
last Thursday; he was on his way IL
Omaha with eighteen thoroughbred Dur
ham bulls and seven pure Berkshire
hogs. which he intends selling at thai
point. His animals are all herd book
stock.
On last Tuesday the third ward schoo
had to be dismissed for want Of fuel tt
heat the rooms, and the same thing oc
Cured on the next day in the coloret
school. Some one must be in fault il
this matter, and the neglect should no
occur again.
It pays to advertise in the Intelligen'
Ger. Mr.. j. B. Silver, desiring to pur
chase a fine mare to send south, inserted
one notice in this paper and had various
animals offered him. and out of the
number he selected a beauty, which he
has shipped.
Mr.. Thomas B. Campbell, OF this
township, one OF our most enterprisins
and progressive stock men, met will
a very serious loss a few days ago il
the death of 4 valuable thoroughbred
COW from mad itch. The animal wa:
valued at $3.50.
Mr.. G. w. Carter says in a letter pub
lished in the Richmond C~onservator
that q silver mine has been discovered
on the farm of Mr.. B. B. Gentry. nea1
Wilmot, in Ray county, and that in three
days work for three men $4,000 wortl
of the precious metal was taken out.
AS will be seen by an advertisement
in this paper, forty acres of coal land
the property of the late DIR. Boulware
will be offered for sale April 18th. L
lies near the line of the Narrow Gauge
railroad, is a valuable property, ant
will, no doubt, be sold at a bargain.
Having purchased a large lot of Ian
dreth's celebrated garden seeds, we arr
enabled to offer them at the following
prices: 10 cts. for single paper; 2 for Il
cts. ; 4 for 25 cts, and Is cents per doz
en-. These seeds are all fresh and gen
uine, snd we respectfully solicit the pub
lie patronage at the above figures.
J.. A. QUARLEs & Co.
We acknowledge the compliment o
having received a piece of excellen
cake, with the prettiest little autograph
imaginable, from Miss Ada Handley, o
Freedom township. We regret, exceed
ingly, that the account of the sociabl'
sent US by her friends only reached u
when our columns were so full as t.
preclude Its publication.
The Register is hard to please. l
blamed the first city democratic
meeting because, as it said, all the per
sons present wanted position, and i
finds fault with the second one becaus'
it cenfers Its honors on gentlemen VIII
were absent. 1t should have wound III
its lucubratiens with the following, as
refrain:
"'Twss ever thus, from childhood's hour
My fondest hopes hs re met decay"
On last Monday evening deputy sherit
Joseph Bowman took to Jefferson Cit
the following prisoners: James Artel
grand larceny, two years. Mary Swan
son. colored. grand larceny, two years
James Robinson, coIored, grand larceny
two years. Henry Murphy, ALA
Anderson. burglary, three years. Isaa
Jones, grand larceny, two years. Arte
asked to be sent down for the abov
term on enc of the counts for which h
was convicted. On anotl Ell count b
appeal to the supreme court is pending
There will be a concert and festiv;
given by the ladies at Prairie Churcl
on Friday. April 7th, tor the purpose
raising money to repair the churcl
The Young string band, assisted b
the quartstte club from Lexington, wi
furnish music for the occasion. Con
J tributions from friends who feel int!
ssted will be thankfully received. AZ
mission % cents. Tickets for sale ;
Messrs. j. A. Quarles & Co.'s and L.
! Smiths. We acknowledge a polite il
vitation to be present, extended to IL
, entire Intelligencer force.
A gentleman living in Lexingto
township will offer for sale at the ne.
stock sale, Monday, April Sd, the tho
ough-bred Durham bull Kentucky, IA
GAL A. H. B. vol -. Bred by f.
Dawson, Springfield, KY, got by We
hawken, $3.50, out of Medea End by :
Princess of Royle, 1865. Medea LIST |
GRANTEES Sd. 42Os. Medea by Duke
. Airdrie (12.73O). Mary Ann eth,
Cossack j., 377. Mary Ann 1st, /
: Comet, $50. Imported Mary Ann, |
I Middlesboro (l2sp. Prudence by F,
ward (1OO2), by President GID,
George (274). This animals 4 fine re