Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-28
Railroad Meeting in Sni-a-Bar.

Last saturday morning al al early hour We
set out for the meeting at Fcr-usun'~ school
house, t" be held i'll the interest Of the X. t.
II. l. ~ {. railroad. The weather was nnr.
the roads IN pa~>aHly good condition for a
buggy, ana the ride was a peasant one. ON
every hand the rN!drHrr> oithrift and indus
try We're 10 he seen; tn wheat N shock, the
"it, ana hay being cut. the corn fresh pillow
cl alter the harvest Iud the grateful a--iIr-
an'e that plenty for mIu aud beast Wa ON
avery hand, IN happy contrast To lhr ~,-r,-
which met Ia" Traveller through this section
q few years ago. Many lucky cuaugc. have
come since then, and the people ono bowed
down with rruvId-ntia Att ,ctIon- aud a
crushing debt. can nov. under ightrurd
taxes aud with goon crop, meet IN harvest
least or around the altar with grateful heart,
iUG tl,lr dr!iverauce from tur curses which
once r'~lsi on them and IA the faces OF the
>lre'. the mothers, the youth and m.iIrns
can h. seen brighter smiir~-the joyou- re
mex OF lighter hearts.
There had been a grange meeting in the
morning, ami uu account OF various stoi,pa-
g"- ON the way. We did not reach the school
wv 'iN Nv i'bTl icy " over, W iiltn
we regret. a. from what wc could STE OF the
table it must have been Very tastcfuily al
ranged by the iuir ladies present. Though
the symmetry of It's Advancement was some
what married its load was -till commensurate
VITA lhe wants o: Il good sized crowd, and
the hospitab.e ladies aud gentlemen 50 pied
u with daintirs that We had to escape in
-yti-lE:euSp
Thew were present at lhr grange meet
ing Mr~dameH sam. Null, NJ. Sirader, G.. L.
s!Iawhan, James Chauslor. j. ". Bleisue. 81.
q. i'oty, j. II. Kelly f.. Waite A. Ferguson,
j. J. Ferguson. p. A. Ferguson. K. Rlrd>os
Misses Ma>sIe CANNON. Allie NELLY Axe
Nhawhan Mes-rs. Jacob ErntAryeT. Alfred
ferguson, john sInlth, Ben Jenkins, VIM e..
Jenkins, Stephen Ch-atham. James Cheat
ham, Samuel Null, Thomas McCte,ry. Dan
i"i". Doty. John Kelly John Hcirick james
Rankin, j. w. BIed-oe. Robert saunders.
J"hii SAUNDERS. lanes Mccormack, Everett
Gtmm"n, {. L. Shawhan, Il. +. Austin, WIN.
Mctormack, john Tucker, william T. An
d"r>"n, Gross hc>tt r>un, Michael Stratrr.
Anram Philips and Alfred Green. Me>,r-.
j. j. MITCHELL, ii. j. Higgins, II. {. chiie>,
Frank Field, George Owsley ,ICshua Owslry,
Judson Armstrong. james Castillo. John
White, Theodore Bates, Fcrd Bales and 9th
crs came In before the meeting was Organized.
and alter that we took no names, hut we have
gwen enough to indicate the representative
aud substantial character of the meeting.
When the hour set for the meeting arr!y-
ed, Mr.. Thomas a. McClrar. wa, elected
chairman and Mr.. }. 7. Ferguson secretary
Upon invitation, Mr.. Mitchell addressed The
mretin, at some ~lcngth-maknr >uh.tau-
daily the saiuc speech which he made At MAY.
view, and which we reported last week. In
answer ;oa question, he said that the notes
given 10y subscribers would bear no iutcrt> i
until til" completion Of the road. when In-
terc>t would accrue on them at the rate of
ten per cent. per anuum. In addition. ne
particularly dweit on the fact that the read
would bc a great trunk road through the
state of Missouri, bianGhin. on the east to
Ike twU greatest elite, ri the west, and AT the
west meeting the Kansas Pacific, .itchi,nu Il
Gulf railroads, with as advantageous, terms
to offer a. any road, and more 80. Mr. Ujr-
sin. spoke for IA half hour on the great ad-
yantsges that farmers would derive from the
road, aud was followed by Col. II. {. tuiIe,
in an extended aud practical speech some
what in the same vein. Other gentlemen
were called on, but no more speeches were
made, except a few remark, hy Me>sr>. Thro.
Bates, J. I. ferguson, j. W. Hlel,oe and +.
a, Mctieury, all in favor OF the road.
The feeling seemed to be all ons way, aud
it was generally thought that there would he
no difficulty in securing the right of way
which We mention more particularly Else.
where.
The following committee was appointed TO
0atain subscriptions and rights OF way
MeSsrs. Theodore Bates, j +. Ferguson 6.
l.. Chatham, Thomas A. McCIrary, Dame
q. DOty and +. j. Middleton,
After examination oc .4e map OF tie rOsd
and consultation uQon the part of the com.
mtttee r. % Plans for their work, the meet.
i.S adjourned. everybody feeling that 1t had
been eminently successful in its social anC
! business features.