Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-08
This is the 101st year.
Let's compromise with Tice.
nnn,f forynt tho nrfm.ries tO.iay.

DOu>L forget Tue primaries to-uSy' |
The river is still at high water mark.
Whew! Wasn't 1t hot, though, about IL
O'Clock last Monday night? Gewhillekins Z!
We learn that the prospect for full schools
ia much better than for the past two years,
for our female seminarles.
Fire-woOd Is q scarce commodity In our
city just at present, the wood-haulers being
all busiIy engaged, we suppose, in the har-
vest fields.
Jno. +. Enebers has removed his store
from Broadway to the corner Of North and
Laurel streets-next door west OF tue ex-
press office.
We hear OF ZONE sales Of new wheat at
81 per bushel. Should the weather continue
dry, thresh,ng will in earnest
next Monday. The crop is large and the
grain very fine.
DR.. W. T. J. Sullivan has declined the
presidency of the high school. and the position
is still vacant. The board Of directors will,
undoubtedly, fill the position with one &C.
ceptsbIe to our people be fore the opening OF
the school.
Mrs. Dowden and Miss Annie returned,
last week, from their protrscted visit to
neuIuCAy. lucy DOsu W II u
and spirits. and it IS evident that the visit
has been thoroughly enjoyed. We welcome
them home.
Hon. NJ. n. McGrsth, our present secre-
tary Of state, and, we believe, . candidate
for reelection, spent the 4th in this city. He
is an efficient officer, an agreeable gentleman
and always makes . friend of every one with
whom he comes in contact.
Theodore Gosswisch celebrated the nine
teenth anniversary OF his birth by sending
up, last night. q balloon, to which was at
tached . light, and the sight. - the balloon
sscsnded and fiosted OF to the northwest,
was beautiful to look upon.
There will DO . grand basket picnic at
Dover next Saturday, 10Th, to which every
body and his wife are invited. speeches
will be made by the different candidates for
the county Offices; good music will be In At
tendance, and q general good time may be
expected.
The city council, last T%hursday night, in
the contested election case of Terry vs..
| Turner, continued the matter until the 18th,
| upon application Of the defendant, who was
unable to be present on account of sickness.
Tn poll books and ballots, however, were
| ordered into the custodv af Harmon Smith
| civ recorder. for safe kesp,nr.
Charley Carpenter met with quite . sert-
Gus accident, at the Catholic picnic grounds,
on the 4th. By-some bad Management the
cannon exploded prematurely. filing Char
ley's face full OF powder and burning him
considerably. Fortunately his oversight
was not injured. and he in doing rs well ~
| could be expected under the circumstances.
It was a narrow escape. and We don't be.
lieve hs will he foolInp around another can
non very sbort,v.
p.na,rs for ali kinda of Rasnar. Nowers
Tbreshers. Threading Engines. HORSEPOWER
aud all other kinds Of farming machinery con-
stsntly on hand. and for sale at factory prices,
thus saving to the buyer enormous express char
ges' and middle mems pronts. Chss. "A. Nor
""'n w, .'e :. 'u''.
80 pna III o,ssn ia. ar s..,.,an
-sn.;r.d IN sbor. time ~ oood ms,er;sl in ,bs
best manner, at the very lowest prices. At Chss.
A. Morrison's, Excel Iron Works, Water
street. jlst4.
A team, attached to . wagon loaded with
cord wood, became frightened on Franklin
street, last Thursday, and ran away, not
withstanding tho vigorous efforts to stay
their progress by q negro boy about fifteen
years old, who was upon the wagon at the
time. and had hold OF the rsins. The team
came dashing down the street at q feariu
speed until opposite the bakery OF Mr.. Gel
ger, where the wagon struck an awning
post, breaking the wagon into k,ndling
wood, running the harness, aud throwing til,
horses forcibly ON the pavement where the,
were secured. The horses were apparently
uninjursd, but the negro boy had his foo,
fearfully mangled, and Will probably be .
cripple for life. We could not learn at whar
the team took fright, nor to whom it be
lonyed.
The practice of carrying concealed weap
pons IS one that every good citizen /.
interested in having discontinued, ant
should denounce a. an evil no longer to b,
tolerated in the community. Tho officer
Of the law should also make it their especia
duty to see thai the legal penalties are rigid,
, enforced against all offenders, be they rlcl
, or poor, black or white, young or DID,. A
E present it is nothing uncommon for boys no
! yet cut of their teens, as we'll those who ar
older. to carry side arms upon almost ever.
l occasion, and even to desecrate the house o
God by wearing them within its sacre
5 precincts, At almost any of our publ
q social gatherings q careful search woul
y discover that . considerable per centage Q
the young and middle-agea males IN tn
: sssemblase have either y pistol or bowie
knife concealed upon their person. whic
Q they are not slow to draw forth upon III
most frivolous provocstiOn or in response I
some fancled insult which an inebriate
brain may suggest has been offered to theI
y or theirs, to the great danger of Sentleme
de~bauchies and to the women and chlldre
Is all wrong, aud must be corrected II We e.
poet to still claim y fair share Of the ciyiliz
'e ton OF the age and do not wish to be clssse
lie ~ sayayps mr. rouphs nv thosa whoso po,
oninion we nr,ze an, v,.b tn rat.;, n,
1t hove h,uh l.. .n.h. H.. -.
u
"o~ eooi"ee oAe Anueu oottoi oAemPi
ned Dy leaving THESE weapons at home, sn
. that only u craven, or those who at heart al
fearful, are guilty Of hsbituslly going arme
uDon ordinary occasions. without son
r. other reason than that of ha,n~ nron.rad I, 4.
r. ON o,,sr.s,,v wh,,,, nv .r,.. :. - -,
II 80.
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