Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11
Mlsehlp 4nteIlissnfer
oFFICi4L COUNTY PAPER.
SHORTS.

Farmers are busy plowing for WHEAT. \
larger area Will be own than last year.
There was Il tine rain over the eastern
part OF the county last Monday morning.
A special term of the criminal court VIII
begin At this place Monday. August 21th.
y. Ii. K. r. meetings-Dorer. Friday,
August Eth; Marshall, Saturday, August
18th.
Mr.. Thomas Slrsmcke has II lot Of timothy
seed Tor sale. See his advertisement in this
paper.
The l.. AulI seminary SETS a clean.
inviting table, on which is placed AN album
dance of good, wholesome food.
There VIII be Il railroad meeting al Wheat
Iey's school house, Washington township,
on next Saturday afternoon At : O'Clock.
There will be = railroad meeting At Wheat
ley's school house, Washington township,
Oh next Saturday afternoon. Il J O'Clock.
For Sale-rony Phaetou-neariy now
VIII be sold cheap. AI>" a set OF single bug
Ky harness. Apply TO this office. aull-4t.
Jon forget the railroad meeting at May
view this afternoon. n , O'clock. President
Mitchell viii be there. and viii talk bus
lur>>.
Albert GaIue>. L negro man about tifiy
years OF age, dropped dead on hi, way home
from 4 picnic. south of EImwood. last SAT-
uriay.
10 not forget the grand excursion to
Brownsville sunday. 81 10 the round trip.
umbers are going from Kansas City and
Richmond.
Nj. \. Z. Burnham. OF this township.
While cutting grass with 4 mower. a few
days ago, cut oil the head, OF ~ very large
ra;tlesuakss.
There Will be. II Lone Jack. on the 10th
the battle which took place there in lS62.
Everybody l. invited.
\ limited number of subscribers to the
Forest II Stream the great fish paper,
will be received At this office At S. - per
year. Regular price i So.
Subscribers 10 the lnteiligeucer can have
The 81. Louis Weekly Times or Iolmln'> ltu-
raj World sent 10 their address, al 81 per
year, by applying TO thi, office. II
The l.. AuII Seminary, the last year
Of lis present president. had slNty-one
boarding pupii-; the largest number ever in
attendance in any school IN the place.
Nr. jos. L. WeI,nans, of AuiIville. is put
ting up 4 grain elevator At AuIlville, which,
we are informed. will be ready 10 receive
gram by the latter part ofneNt week.
Mirg. Jacobs. of Napoleon. has recently
received 4 large lot of new goods, and now
las the best selected stock, and the hand
soonest strictly countrv store In the state.
The f. Aull Seminary has no public
exhibitions. These waste = months time,
encourage a iondneS> Tor display, and are
beneficial only 10 prepare glr., Tor the stage
or the stump.
If YOU want a dead -hot for chills and
fever, buy the "Fever aud Ague Vegetable
Wellington. one OF the best things now in
the market. Price - cents.
The following named teachers will con-
duct the WaverIy pubic school during the
next session: Mr.. W " Shroyer, principal;
Mr.. Walker Cowherd. first assistant, and
Miss SaIlie Baer, second assistant.
The r.. Auu Seminary has scores of
friends all over The state. Its pupils EN-
brace some of the most intelligent and cu!-
tivated ladies' of This county, and ii has Its
representatives from Tennessee to Nebraska.
~ 'S - ~ 49," n.y. W NN-NA
writing, book keepIng. or the common En-
glisn branches Then attend the Missouri
Comm-rciai College. For particulars al
dress Rev. l.. T. klrk, a Vi. Pin. d.
ssdaIia, Mo. augll-It.
Sir. Geo. Rhodes, IN the eastern part OF
the county. has II held of corn which. a. the
boys would lay, is regularly '>alivated'
BY the worms. It looks AZ if 4 roller had
been run over 1t, and the sun had drawn
the tops up L little.
There will be meetings in the interest of
HE extension of the Narrow Gauge railroad
At Dover, Friday, August Eth; Mar,hsli,
Saturday. August 18th. President Roberts.
Judge Samuei l.. Sawyer. Mr.. Scamm0n and
others will address the people.
Air. VIM. Fearry, of Lexington township.
laid upon our desk this week 4 sample Of
very line wheat raised by him. 1t VIII grade
high No. ,, and he reports that the thirty
acre field from which it WAS gathered will
average twenty bushels to the acre.
Prot. q. q. Ferguson, Of Chlllicothe, has
bern featuring IN Waverly on scientific sub
lects. TO well pleased audiences. On last
sunday night he delivered a lecture on the
divinity of CHRIST. which attracted a very
large audience. 1t is spoken of Is having
been an able aud eloquent effort.
Sheriff Mounijoy has received a proclama-
ton dated "otlic e CT William Henry Harri-
= sou Hill. Judge of the criminal court OF the
sixth judicial circuit, and the county of
Johnson. at the city of Sedalia, Pettis coun-
". Mo-. In vacation. August ID" ordering
= special session of the criminal court at this
place on Monday, August 10th.
The Missouri Pacific railroad, not satisfied
with its efforts to accommodate aud please
the public in giving excursion rates to
Brownsville on Sunday, has instructed C..
Ben, their agent. to sell III same rates to
Pageyille. HigginsviiIe. AuiivlIie aud Con-
cordia, in this way giving all q chunce to 20
and pass a day with their friends.
The following gentlemen compose the
peitjury panel for the circuit court now
in session: d. Callahan, James Younger,
Robert Lankford. j.. I. Ewing. VI. G.. Ry-
land. Jos. Il. shelby. Henry Hsinekp Henry
Filing, John L. Ardinger, VIVA, Ncice. JDo.
II. Etter, C.. .. smith, VIM. X. Trigg, John
d. New, John Johnson, WIN. Erskine,
Thos. CHM. Charles RonnelI and 4 5.
Mullinix.
Mr., Samuel W. Creasey, executor OF the
estate OF jesse Roberts, deceased. VIII sell
st his late residence. two and a half miles
south o: Greenton, W ednesday, August 18th,
personal property. consisting of cows. hogs,
Eerses, farming utensils, household and
kitchen furniture, growing crop of corn,
wheat in grainary &c, &c. Terms, twelve
months credit on all sums over ten dollars,
without interest.
Mr.. 4. I. Win>rr. of Wn,rrIy. has been
selected by the people OF hi place to canvass
the country In the interest of the extension
OF the Narrow Gauge railroai. IL he Will
take the people slriatim, like an assessor
must dC, aud bang on TO them like a life
insurance agent, be will be bound to win,
~ he has Il good cause, aud understands IT
Everybody should help, even If they can on
iy do a little.
4. 4. Russell, at the city hotel. has re-
ceived the tickets for the grand tri-annual
sHSrimage to Cleveland. Of The knights
TemplsT OF the u. ). One route is Via The
yand,lia road from St. Louis, and the other
Via the Toledo \ Wabash to Toledo, and by
steaher Themes 10 Cleveland, via Put-in-Bay.
The tickets are good for anybody, and sold