Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-10
LEXINGTON.


OF its population in the state that has
displayed as murh enterprise, lihrrallty.
taste and progreSSiVencss, rs has Lex
lngton IN the dry goods business. While
many towns of four aud five thousand
inhabitants have either not ! sing ie
strictly dry goods house, or but one or
two. Lexington has seven first class dry
goods houses The stores are cnpncious,
neatly fitted up. always t:,Stett.ily dec
grated, and contain very large iud well
selected stocks No lady need 90 farther
than Lexington to obtain the latest STYLES
in the most fashionable and expensive
goods. and the stocks ol staples are a.
WAYS iull and complete. The lively
competition between her merchants, and
their efforts 10 attract trade from / dis
tancc have Tor many wears made Lex
in"tnn one of the best towns in the state
in which t" buy dry goods. a. prices
; have invariably ruled lower here than
even in the large cities While there
NAV be an occasional sale ct bankrupt,
damaged or auction goods III StLouis or
Kansas City nj lower prices than III Lex
ington. II stocks are taken through. our
merchants make as favorable prices a.
can be obtained anywhere. This i
amply proven by the tact that !hcy
command trade from Ray. Jack
son. johnson and Saline counties beside
that of Lafayette and ladies who haV"
once lived here rely 50 much upon
their taste and Judgment that
frequent orders are received from
quite distance FOR fine goods. The
dry goods men of Lexington are pccu-
liarly fortunate Just at this juLcture i'll
bcin. well stocked up on cotton goods,
at the low rates which prevailed som,
three or four weeks ago. prices Il,
low as obtained in ""t b"'j"n
DAYS. and in some classes OF good
even lower; and a. all cotton good
have materially advanced since
then it afford, them quite an al
vantage IN bein. able to make very iow
prices-in!eed to retail cotton goods It
| lower prices than they could now b'
purchased ut whulr-alc This advance il
cotton goods will be permanent one f"
tn" following reasons: first, 4 year o
more nGu. the manufacturers %! r"ttu!
good- produced quaut,tie, Of good
largely IN excess OF the demand whjv!
was curtai!cd bv the sudden and genera
disposition throughout the country t
n ecunomzc. and millions OF dollars WORT
OF cotton goods were stacked up in ware
houses. withdrawn tor the tjmc-brlns
from the market Those manufacturer
who could not hold their good, wer
forced upon AL Ovrrstocked market t
sell 1t rulHous sacrifice. and many q
them failed irretrievably. This coudl
tion nt market then caused low price
to rule tor a considerable length I
time. but many %! the mills liz the eas
having stopped cutirely,a and th",e whic
did not close down having reduced tiIei
product 10 halt. and less than halt {
their capacity. the stock Wa gradua.i
cut down to L quantity more commel
suraie with the demand. Added 10 tn
was the fact that last years cotton Gro
wa, somewhat short in quantity, but t
much better quality than usual. tuereb
making low miidiinC, tn" grad" tr"l
winch the staple cotton guuI- are ma,t'
scare and hard TO obtain These c.tuS,
taken together indicate Il We have ~
above steady advance III cotton fabric
and We congratulate uul merchants III;
they had the foresight to anticipate til
inevitable course of I'll. market. and I
invest largely in coitou- The dr
goods establishments ul Lexington II
SO well known that it i scarcely won't
their stocks, but in order /" place the
Oh record we will do 50 briefly. con
mencing at the west and going east
HUGH 7. WILSON.
Mr. Wilson's store is situated in VIII
|" is known As the sam" Wilson blncl
't on Main street, opposite the City Ilotc
5 He is one Of those canny, curly head,
.y scots, who are known the world over
good merchants, sharp traders, IN
e' clever fellows. Away ready with =
lp aneciUte "r rcpartee. Having da'
ie of poetry in hi, soul, Il love for bird
ular with the ladies. and as he knows
- :, dot Just what color should be blend,
II with another To produce the best elIcc
49, taken in connection with 4 given cor
picNion. his opinion III matters of Dire
is much sought. Mr.. Wilson has hc,
merchant in Lexington Il great maj
~, years, and has ut different times ucc
pied various store rooms in the viiN h
wherever he has been located he has 4
WAYS had aneat. .tastcllly arranged ~tu
D.. and Il good stock Iii, present sto
room is quite a large one, we'll iighte
front anl rear fitted up in mrirop"lit,
style. and contains un immense stock
uiS pbpus. from Ine most =ldblt tOtlDi
To the finest yelvets and silks. and Va
encicnncs and honiton laccs Mr.. WIl<c
u" has,;ts assistants i'll carrying on his lar!
'i' business: Mrs. Jennie Martin, Geo.
by llu,chi-on. Esq. ali old and cXpcricnc,
dry goods man. and Mc>>rS. Hen
''' kidings and Erwin llncckrr. We rrgl'
'rr that Mr. ,t ilSon il making arrangrmrn
lat to quit our city, and remove his stock
no the new EidoradO. Texas. where he H.
recently made several trips OF rcconusi
lie sance. Wherever he may 90 he W
al have the kind wishes of the people
n Lafayette county. who recognize i'll hi
NJ "u active, energetic and cnterpri-il
business man. who will be Of benefit
NJ any city III which he may do business
III. YOUNG, EAIlIELL y 60.
,w This firm consists "i Mr.. Thomas
Young, well known throughout Il
county is having been farmer
Davis township, near lligginsvilie. atte
~ wards Il member OF the firm OF Y"unm
lat Hill, grocers, of this city, and more
=, Gently Of the firm here mentioned. a.