Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-28
The Register Down in the Dirt.

We dislike TO annoy our readers with little
~tuahpl"s III which they have no interest. but
Viz comtemptibIy filthy little sheet published IN
thI> 'tiy under the utmr OF tile Register, which
""~t- Ar"tIH't hk' &. starved mound IN tnr gar
bag" "i scandal and iai>ehuud, for ~nIuerhtnu to
!hah" capital against this paper, sometimes ear
ri"s IT. assaults upon It's Il l!tilr too far. It Is
-""f'"iE "ec'->Ary to say To any gentleman III
i"iayc't" county VIII" Knows lH- Nv" Offices that
IL ari'i" on far pnamIhirto' tins week Is Il
tissue of iai-"Lnod- We i" not know that We
an" c.ti'"'i" on Tor any explanation On the ],unj"cl,
"i ~ nav thi< t" ot' any person wh" Asserts
mat tins Office mad any intention Of ''-nu.ins'
the fur association j. simply q mar our BID OF
so and ever" TY~n,r.f the u<>orinfi.. the
brI"Jit> "I the "Ircrfi<iH1, which with Hli!tIc
rIi"rEy On the par ui ihr committee, might have
Yielded them q iI"nt. Nj. E,liorl. -! the
Committee. ,ailri and told IL that a bIi would
not b" "'n-'der"! IN hat WAY. and sul.m tied Il
proposition =" IL which lie saIi nai also been
ti'd b'i"r" lhr other Onicc-rO print 2,jt-l pam
lhI'i-. AZ "" to ct the advertising. our Ind
"u tHl~ PROPOSITION Was 10 10 III. work tor moth
M, the REGISTERS. "" understand, Tor We dc
not know. not having seen Il. VA. ten dollars
Inc-" two bids yer" opened, and after tins the
Register put IL a bni Ia PRINT i.Irr pamphlets.
~ > "H'' PAY d tI ne i!lN i.tIt. a. We M |
only teen asked {" bad gu : ro pamphlets, and
Ia" roTnmsttce had peruItte! the Register T."
MAKE q hlt after the only two propositions that
should have been considered were opened, W.
felt ourselves 81 little aEsrlr,r.!. IS w really
had no chance at all rr get tn" work W. have
u'H'i ~rId Il WORT about being Icyrng,d against
IA" Register m CONNECTION with the matter, or
thought Of ~Irh a thing. We hAyc blamed III,
g,mrtF'tpp .,U1.,tlut 80 tI,. I..-. ,. 49,.
which ii managed IL business, hut nav, made
no fi.> about II W. rarcd very Itilr for the
lon, a. ~" could expect {" make but lit
Tie "H' oi Il. hut having One undertaken II,
oi 'nwr,' We sought tie ADVERTISING. II
tie merchants prefer giving It Ia IL. that
T. their business "" shall do the work
!" II right. keep "nr contracts, aud distribute
tn" pamphlets properly When the Register
-iy7 That Il Has written proof that The business
MANAGER ct iiii- IIprr Ia asserted that W. hat
'"c"'""f H." contract. ~ wliully ami ma
!.'t"u-iE .l--. let It produce II. II really
seems - II that p'l"r was incapable of telling
10 iIu'h. In ,It" column It LAY that 'bu-Iu.--
ht- i',"n lively with our merchants since har-
.--t, when II ha- been notoriou-ly dull Tor
week.. II .~aya OF the insane man that h. was
seen last saturday wandering about The streets
IN An aim!es= manner ami wa suba,quentir ar
t-SI'"!. "Hti III" tIuth i that kr WAS caught ia
The country, ant brought into town under sur
veiifanc"- 1t also. IN pure INVENTION, says OF
ram iiIri IA has escape FROM the iail ne knorkr,i
down Mes-rs. LhInn and EOwmIn, when nothing
Of The Kind occurred, and the scribe even .jv.s
lhe particulars Of h0w they felt themselves" rs
th"y got 1p from The fall that rXist,I only IN
hia i'rIh- BRAN. Ia noticing Mr.. j ". Bed
l"ri 9 IMP Ia I. LUnIs It reports him n having
-c'rr'd his Connection with the firm Of Nc
'A"s'and Il k"diori,' AMI a. Intending TO pur-
'ha=" "a heavy stock OF dry goods for the store
which he purpose establishing at Joplin, Jasr,r
county.'' when, IN r%eality. Mr. Bedford llns
not severed his ,onnrcll"n with his nli firm, did
not go 10 81. Louis to buy goU'is at all. and If ne
had he WouId have bought groceries instead of
'iTr goods. q. nc does rat intend To- sell tn.
latter al Joplin. sheriff Mnuuij0y, rl-ru here
fn~wrrr uemrly II column OF ITS misrrpTesrnfa,
tons In on" place II acknowledged Thai II
nlniui 'ctur"'t us meamly malicious report oi
the picnic IN Clay township IN rs last weeks
iasU" In fact II look. as If TIE paper va irving
u rival IN mrndacIty Of Eli r"rkin- Tom Pcpprr
and the deNil.