Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-12-01
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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
SHORTS.
fun-roiler skating.

Ice bsgau running in the river night be
fore last.
Remember the ball, st Harmonia Hall mex
Thursday evening.
Paw up your back taxes on real estate, an.
save yourself trouble.
Tonight. Susan B., Anthony she, WI!
lecture At the Harmonic.
considerable local matter will be oundo or
the first page OF this Issue.
Miss Anthony should have 4 full houss
to-nisht at Harmonic Hall.
An editorial article on the Opera HOUSE
will be found upon the first page.
Give the women a chance. TO and heal
Miss Anthony tell you Whist they need.
Cover YOUR multitude OF sins with tn,
mantle of chsrity-be good t" the poor.
The Library Association is negotiating
for A lecture from Hon. Henry Watterson.
Is south street merely An alley; If not
would It not look more like a street II 1t WA:
wIdenedt
Tickets for the IL ture tonight for sale ST
Bonnie & Lees book store, where seats may
De reserved.
Read tina Srw York Worlds notice OF
Henry W4,terson's lecture, on The outside
of this ISSUE.
Kansas CITY Mail:-Ths Narrow Gsuge
ro.d is daily bringing large quantities OF
wood into this city.
The Kansas CITY Mail says that the Narrow
Gsuge railroad is about TO puiid s new
depot At that place.
Read aloud TO some freud the lesson In
pronunciation which we print among the
local, on the rrst page.
After Monday next the office OF DR.. Fry
VIII be tound opposite the CITY Hotel, over
Grimes & Ten.Ule'- store.
"rn-y all do IT," /. e. they go to {. T..
Stone & Cos, 81 Napoleon, 10 buy standard
school books and stationer!es.
Next Monday night Lexington hoysl
Arch Chapter VIII elect officers Tor 1873. y
full Attendance OF companions is desired.
The continued rain. OF the last few weeks
have not only rendered the roads very bad,
bnr have retarded the farmers in rhelr fail
work.
While the bitter winds are making lie
hard TO the poor. remember them ye VINO
have q supersOI ndance OF thls world
goods.
The gas company IN Kansas City has been
brought to terms by the council. The threat
20 lI-ht the city with gasoline lamps did the
business.
III. Metropolitan bands bsll will come OF.
next Thursday night, At hsrmonis Hall
Tickets for sale st BonneIl 4 Lees and Chas,
II. Ecyle's.
spare ribs, backbones and 'sssssges' are In
fashion, sud even tue ethereal aud spirit
t.eIle feminine angels grease their pretty
little mouths In gracefully eating pork OF the
cob.
Unusually great bargains In Cashmeres,
Alpscss. Dress Good. Cloaks snd Shswis
Tor The next thirty days. at h. j. r.
AhTen>. u
TIE attention OF the ladies is called to the
Venus two button kid glove. purely
elastic. of auy shade or co or and warranted
not to rip, at 81 per psir. For sale by d.
/ F ahr-nS. .nI. syaI,t II
Galiatin Demorrat:-"Bsnter' marriages
ars tue tavorlie Kind With the commercial
travellers, since heeue put the ball IN motion.
Another one came very near taking place nj
Chillicothe LAST week, between Mr.. Cooche
and Miss Addie Mspes.
Few are aware OF the Importance o. checA-
ING a cough or common cold in its hrsI stage,
That which in the beginning would yield to
a mild remedy, If neglected, soon prey
upon the lungs. DR.. Bulls Cough syrup
afford, instant relief. Price % cents.
Mr.. A V. Robinson will from this tim
run his mill night and day. His business
has 80 increased of late that he can not get
through with it in day light. Van Is s first
class merchant and deserves his popularity
and success. We wish him q long contin.
uance OF II.
The following scholars OF the coiored
school IN this city have been on the honor
roll tor four Week: Second ~grade-Ihomas
Perry and Jennie Franklin; third grade
Lucy Washington, Mamie Booker. Florence
Hughes, Saltie Small. Laura Roberts.
Harriet Rollins. Richard JACKSON, John
Epps, Jennie Robinson and Charles Rollins;
fourth grade-Annie Gray, Eva Burton,
Mamie HockaIy anu DsLlcy Tracy; NTH
grade-MtnuIe Akers, Mary Severe, Matte
~ilayten and Henry jenkins; Seventh grade
Alice johnson, Elenors Ivans and Annie
Akers.
The Opera House will soon be finished.
andtne IntrllIgencer, desiring to get as much
good out OF every good thing which Lex
ingtOu enjoys as pos,lble, suggests to the
young people that they orgsnizs q club for
roller skating at the ball. The door 10 n
very nne "ne. smooth and even, aud we
know Of no exercise that would be more
exhtlarating, wholesome and innocent than
gliding over its surface on parlor skates.
To those persona who are not familiar with
roller skating 1t may suggest Itself that 1t IL
tame business, requiring little II any skill.
This Is a great mistake. as 1t requires fully
as much, if not more skill TO skate upon
roiier- than with ordinary skates upon Ice
The club should be organized by the young
gentlemen, each member being required to
provide himself with two pairs OF skates,
one for himself and Que for a lady. The
members should he permitted to invite Is
many ladies' as they chOose-who will par.
ticipate In the exercise-that Is, ladies who
skate should be admitted free, and a small
a.mittance fee might be charged to others.
We have no doubt that Mr.. Hagen would
make liberal terms with the club for thi.
purpose. What say you, young gentlemen,
to converting Hagen's hail into Hagen's
rink as we'll
who in this vicinity does not know John
&. Young. John Is a horse man. His
father was A horse man before him.. John IL
chief of the transfer business In this city
and in the course Of transporting passenger
TO and from the depots he is continually
getting of johes practical and otherwise. A
few days ago, traffic being dull, and cold
weather having frozen up the iacetiousness
of most other people, SO that game was
scarce, John approached his partner, Mr..
WIN. II. Ewing. with an expression OF
suffering on his countenance. Imagine that
long iace OF Johns. with Its usual smile OF
dry humOr, rejecting the facial make up o!
n Lincoln. i Browne and 4 Clemens all
boiled down into one. ~dishgursd by pain
and anguish, and you can realize the appre'
heu>ivn which Mr.. Ewing felt when John
came TO him and asked him TO extract 8
terrible splinter that he had run into the
upper part of the palm OF his hand. Ewing
BUSTED about to lind his spec,acles and
i knife, and with much solicitude approschsL
the task. lie tenderly but firmly seized thu
splinter with his knife blade and thumb ant
Legan 10 pull. The splinter yielded, Johr
~wr!grled but told hrmro pull, which be did