Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-26

Fat hogs are selling in the southern part Of the
county at 3 cents lie: pound. gross.
Mr.. Wright sold, January elst. to Smith and
Hamlet one cow, ] .I90 pounds. At ; cents.
Mr.. wukmsn sold. January Ell. to Smith and
Hamlet. twelve sheep. .eau pounds. at 8 cents.
Mr.. Jno. K. Moore. of Freedom township. is
feeding = small let OF very ane Berkshire hogs.
Feeders paying "a cents per pound for hsEs
TO follow cattle, IN the eastern part of the county.
Mr.. L. ID Frost. of Hazai Hill TOWNSHIP p,
johnson county, is feeding S; head OF cattle and
20 hogs.
B.. D weedin. ESQ.,, sold. January 2lst. to
Smith and Hamlet, one tat COW. $500 pounds,
81 3 cents.
Mr.. John Frost. OF Hazel Hill township.
johnson county. is feeding 20 head OF cattle.
and IS hogs.
Messrs. shuIl and Elliott sold. January Faith.
to Ripple and Zeiiei. three head OF cattle. s.ee5
pounds. at 3 cents.
Messrs. shull and Elliott sold. January oath.
20 Schneider and Ripple. three head of cattle,
800 pounds, a, 8 cents.
Mr.. Lewis X. Harrison has had 4 head of cat
tie to die. out of the lot OF 20 head which he wAs
feeding IN Middleton township.
Mr.. &. Z. Cstron sold. recently. to Mr.. Geo.
". Liter, rs stock hogs. for SlI3 %; taking .
thorough bred bull calf. al $40 in part payment.
Mr.. Paisley, OF Middleton township. is feed
ing 81 head OF cattle Tor Mr.. Jas. W. Goodwin.
at cents per pound FOR all that he puts on"
J. c. Cobb. Of Chapel Hill. shipped frsm this
city last week. 3 car. of cattle, and / car OF
hogs; W. P. Seswell. same neignborhood, came
day. shipped l car of cattle spd / OF hogs, TO St.
Louis, vi. No. r. K. 4.
That peat to STOCK men. the hog cholera. is
siill prevailing in parts Of this county. We learn
that Mr.. II. j. Higgins has recently lost some 60
head: AR. Theodore Rates about one hundred,
and Mr.. Nick Fulksrson nearly IS many.
Col II. c. Chiles sold, last week, to r. Ii
Sparks. I head of three year-old cattle, weigh
lag respectively. /. $50. 1900. $40. and 2.o4s
pounds. and ! two-year old which weighed !. ss3
pounds. all At 5 cents per pound. They were
| high grades and n fancy lot.
New York Sun; The arst time that William
Il. Vanderbilt ever rode behlnd . really fast
horse w.s on Dubois's private track. when Mr..
Bonner let him drive his gray mare Peerless,
tins, Hiram Woodru6 once drove in 2:2sx to
wagon-,he fastest mile be ever drove. either In
public Or private.
A few cattle are stlil dying OF the mysterious
disease which We reported so ne months ago.
The ailment Is not understood; they take sick.
aud In . few hours die Squire J. j. Browning
lost one animal several weeks age; Nj James
Renick lost one recently Ino. Frost and Walker
Henderson have lost I'VE, and M. William
Houx, four.
New York Sun: Mr.. Bonner 10 now driving
bis recent purchase. Maud Macy, In double
harness, with Music. They are both Of tn,
same color tchestnu) are gated exactly alike.
and are of the same disposition. They wori
together Ike one horse. Music has trotted
nile with John Taylor IN ? %. on = three quarter
xxck-the fastest time ever made in double hsr
ness: and Major Mcdowell and other Kentuck'
iau. say that Maud Mscey Is the best trotter tha
ever left the Blue Grass region. Mr.. Bounel
expects to drive Music ard Maud Macy in ~
together