Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-24
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call Ut this ofi,e and We VIII suppl v"
Nj. Geo. Robbins shipped, Wrdres a
last. from Aullvi!Ir. one car load of cattle.
Tne criminal court Will meet in Gale
session next Monday. Juror, and witue,se
should take notice.
Mr.. Jonn +. Eneberg. of tins city, Is buy
Ing leaf tobacco, for which he VIII pay til
highest market price.
Inc crn>us says that the population o
Lafayette county has been decreasing. Wit
due Difference TO the gentlemen who nah'
such y report, we must BE- allowed - uouo
IL correctness.
Rev. Id. Yantis prea he'd his tsrewr.
sermon At MupIewocI church, in the eastern
end OF this county. last SUNDAY. lie i,atou
10 remove to Clinton county. The CHURCH +
without a pastor.
ConklIug & Feeling are now opening Vi
daily ONE Of the p~Tettie>t and chetpes'
thing- In Hamburg Eislnss aud ln>ertinS'
that have ever been shown in Lexington
and II prices 70 per ceut. less than last year,
Drs. Rlgland and i~.ightner recently cut
out q large turHor from under the arm OF
Mr.. PrrInc. ussr Greenton. 1t wa- ali
unusually large one. being i, large ne !
mln's dounle INST. The patient IS doing well.
Mr.. Riley w. Alden, of Sni-a-bar town
ship. sold his farm of !!9 =cres to parties
from st. Louis :Or = Il cash and POO acres
OF Texas land. and on the 18th ms. with
his family. took his departure Tor Port!snd.
oregon. where lie Will In future reside.
Ministers OF the gospel. in LAFAYETTE
county. willfIvor us If they can make ii COZ
yen!eutto promptly notify IL. Of Al! marriages
aud special church meetings. To those VII"
will signify \ Willingness 10 10 50. we shall
be glad 10 send postal cards tor The purp",r.
Allen Hsrwood. OF Dover, recently tore
up the moor OF his smoke-uou>e, aud said To
tue boys and dog. OH with your rat
Killing" and IN less than no time there
were 900 dead rodents laying around that
smoke house. Who can tel u bigger raj
story than that.
Headquarters for ladies' NerEwelr and
kid Gloves. CoEk.iu. II l:-eIing. II
Thc -. Louis Dispatch, Uf recent date.
contains this mention Of the labor OF one ~
oar ielIow-citIZru>; col. JuO. y. Ed
wards work, entitled the 'Guerrilla, Of
alissour!," viii br i>su-d from The press aud
ready for deliver! between the 1t and 10Th
of March. l. VIII he one of tue Host inter
ShttS pOOhs SfE4 sON'S' "! ~ ms 0N''N'
Do not forget that t"nAiins X Bee-ias
AaN- the che pest line oil DoLlestic>, lab
LtI"n-. N4pH,us. Towels. a..
tsevS. Alex. Barton and Frank West are
said 10 have awaken-I III unusual iGtrre-i
IN religious matters a tue revival whIch
ihey have been conducting At Mound Prairie
church, Washington township. III thi> c,uu-
y. Some good hearted, but terrible old
siuurr.. friends OF our, are said 10 he
among their converts. 20 Oh WIKI The good
work gentlemen.
Fur the largest and cheapest iue OF CARPETS
IL Ihe city. So to ConkIing Il Bee!ing'.. Il
Go to Couk.iny " BeeiIus's for cheap and
desirable Boot. An. Shoes. 1t
The stockholders oil the Chapel HiII hisu
school met Feb. l2tb. and after Organization
elected II. Harr:>, president, VIM. I;As--
dale. treasurer; " Z. >rawrtl. secretary.
sui Rev. A. NanArs ial-. Principal. The
nr-t srssIoG of i've months commenced .a,t
Monday. ami Will be continued regularly to
end of time. Pupils VIII I've received from
abroad. Boarding. cheap.
What every well regulated family need,
is i drst-cias. new fImtly Singer sewing Ma
chine. They are ihe best, consequently ths
cheat est N tae market. :i-lt
The following named gentlemen, WHO lI's
live near >ni-A-Elr post office. III this county.
have Tor sale barley ftae crop oil 1876: lhV>.
Middleton, 100 uushe.>: james I. hel.ev, 800
bushels: John H. Al>p.ush, 800 bushes; 7.
4. FERGUSON, $40 bushels; John II. Kelley,
100 bushels; Larkin Web, 300 bushels. and
John W. Perkins, 400 bushels.
\ pair of horse rame tearing down Mail
street Yesterday with the fore WHEELS OF u
wagon, the balance having been left on The
way from the coal shaft IN Old own
The horses ran around 10 the horse rack on
the west site Of the court house AMI stopped.
We hear that they damaged a buggy near
Dir. Lowry's shop.
Tue mail between lie Xin.ton and Pleasant
Hill was robbed sometime ago by the mai.
carrier. one Hays. OF 4 registered letter con-
t.IuIng twelve dollars. lie was recently a.
re,ted ami taken to Kansas City tor preiim-
mary trial. where, in default OF bali, he Wa.
piac,L in jail to await trial at Jefferson City
on the 9TH proximO.
Ihe piece OF poetry on our drst page. The
Widow" was written TOR the Inte!ligencer
by a Lexington lady. It was suggested by
ALLOWING description, by a gentleman, Of a
pretty widow who had won his heart. A.
We heard the gentIeman's rhspsodirs we
know that the writer's picture is true TO
his painting, and In sweet. rhythnIc verse.
The party OF parties who stole Mr.. Ben.
thInn's pocket book, a, mentioned in our
last, finding that 1t contained no money. on
Saturday morning last, threw It upon the
ground, near n gate on Mr.. Evan Young's
pFcmIkss Where IL mu>I lac seem # ron.
tanned ali the not"s described In the sdver-
ti.cment. They had evidently been exam
ined-the string with which Mr.. Chinn had
tied them together being gone.
Watch the date printed with your name
upon The margin Of the paper. 1t indicates
the time to which you have paid. If Won
wish the paper continued after that dat, he
promp; in remlttlng. or we shall be forced
to discontinue 1t, which We do not like To
do. Our rule Of payment III advance must
lie strictly enforced II enforced at alt, ana
we cannot do I credit business for sub>crip-
lions. II
The protrscted meeting which has been in
progress at OAK Grove church for about a
month, was closed last sunday evening. 1t
was kept up throughout with undated III
tsrest, and resulted in tnirty-seyen proie>-
.ions of religion and in thirty-Oue addition,
10 the membership Of the church. The
meeting was under the supervision OF Rev.
J. \. Prather, ass:steIhy Rev. j. VI. Buuhan-
AL, of MOherly. Rev. A. A. Mo0re. and
Father Warren Pitts. of the Methodist
church, Were also IN attendance. aud lent
their aid.
Judge j. \. :. Tut got 4 very severe fall
Tuesday last. which may Jesuit seriously.
H. was coming out of the stairway wnic. ;
leads 10 his Ollie. when, just a he " AZ about
to place his foot upon thr pavement, he was
sized with vertigo, and tell at fniI length
upon the side walk. striking very iorc!blv
on the side Of his face. His mouth ami the
iuside of his check were badly cut, and bled
prnfu.eiy. Several gentlemen ran to his as
ei>iancr. hut ~ ic was found to lac in-on>Iiie.
II was found necessary to place him in 4
carriage and take him to his residence. Mr..
John E. Ryland and Or. Chambers accom-
panied him. and everything possible was
done for his relief.
Mr.. A. Il. Leeier, Of Washington town.
ship, always drives good stock, and he IS Z
liberal feeder. 4 paIr of hnrses which he