Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-21

the S3lllH l. SOIn or conveyed Iiial lHt
property is mortgaged or conveyed by
deed of trust. shall. ON conviction, he
adjuiged guilty OF a misdemeanor, aud
punished bv a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars. OF by Imprisonment IN
the county Jail not exceeding one year.
OF by both such fine and imprisonment.
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BANKS.
Public Holidays-NerCAntiIr Paper.
The law regarding public holidays
and the maturity OF paper falling due
thereon. was considerably changed by
the .a>t legislature. and as Every bust
ness man i Interested in the matter. We
present q synopsis o. the following nam
ed days: The first day OF January, the
fourth day OF July. any genera state
election day. II thanksgiving day ap-
pointed by the governor of the state or
the president OF the United States. and
the twenty-litth day OF december are
declared 10 be public HOLIDAYS, and when
any such holidays fall upon Sunday. the
Monday next following shall be con-
sidcred such holiday.
For all purposes whatsoever. regard
ing the presenting for payment or ac-
ceptance. and giving notice OF the dis
honor OF bills OF exchange. bonds. prom
iSory notes OF other mercantile paper.
such holidays shall be treated and On
>iderei the >alne - the first day OF the
Week commonly called sunday aud al.
bills OF exchange. bonds. promiSSurv
notes or other mercantile paper falling
due on any such holiday. "r on sunday.
shall be considered as falling due on the
next succeeding day. unless such sue
ceeding day he = holiday OF Sunday.
in which case il >ha.. be considered As
falling due the day previous.
Joseph van to surrender.
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The Turks arr changing their COM
mauders. No use.
The republican party OF Mississippi
has given up the ghost. They say that the
democrats would make ghosts OF them II
they didn't. Thin.
Mr.. c. NJ. Atkins, Of louisville. Pa.
has received n inquiry Tor thirty thou
sand tons Of Yai,, to - to South Amer
lea. Southeast Missouri, wake up!
The New York Times cruelty SAYS:
some persons are beginning to enter
tain L suspicion that the evil service re-
form Is L great deal like the Irlshman'-
flea"
Tie Jack OF L.o-ans is said to be on
tempIating 4 removal TO the eighteenth
Illinois district. to 90 in training ion
congress What have those poor PEG,
pl. done to bring upon Themselves such
an iutiiction?.
The Russians have taken NikOpOlis,
on the Danube. and have crossed the
Balkans with onchundreh thousand men,
If they continue II advance for two
weeks, as they have in the last ten days,
they will have ConStantinop.".
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The governors of all the states are g
hold a social convention in Philadelphia
on August 18th. From there they wi.
90 to New York, Boston. and. maybe,
| Washington. We insist that Blue Jean:
| Ieave his broadcloth at home.
1t is stated in the papers that some o.
the Hot Springs, Of Arkansas, have re
Gently been running coid-water-eX'
hausted their heat a few weeks ago in :
vain attempt to cleanse the cutic!cS o
Missouri editors.
Courier-Journa :-Geucral Grant re
luctance to leave England for Franc,
grew out OF the fact that he had beer
told that there was no letter "w' il the
French language, and where there wa:
no w" there could be no whisky. o
course. He was finally persuaded
though. that they could spell ii rs ole
man Weller did his naine-with "A "
The encouragement OF the state ha
given an opinion IN the compensation
of Judges OF county courts, in which h,
holds that the new law cannot affect tn
pay of county court Judges who. unde
the law, hold over. tor the reason tina
section B. of article 8. OF the constitu
ton declares that the compensation 10
services OF Judges nt courts of recOr
shall not be Increased or diminished du
ring the period tor which they areelcctec
The executive committee OF the ba
association Of St Louis. on last Monla,
, reported that they had given Mr.. Il .
Mitchell Il hearing concerning charge
+. against him of having received fees q
both sides of some insurance eases, an
| recommended that proceedings be il
. stituted to di>bar him. under scctio
, 6 OF Wagner's statutes, page l9S. I'll
report OF tnlS committee l. strong pr,
sump!ive evidence against Mr.. Mitchell
but it is only fair To suspend iudgmel
in the matter until he can have Il IA
trial in open court.
t Tie failure of the Butchers an
d Droyers'. North St. Louis Savings, an
l. German banks. in st. Louis, i'll no W;
affects our banks here, which are
solid as a rock. The run on the Boa
mans Savings in St. Louis has cease
1t was Il foolish one, anyhow, as tn
institution is one of the most solid
h the state, and confidence is once mo-
l. restored. The effect of the failure
the National Bank of the state, and tt
e impending bank law. is now thought
u have expended its force.