Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-09

Water Is very scarce III this city. Many
private fnmilies are having II hauled from
the river, and Winkler's furniture factory
depends upon the same source for lis supply
to make steam. at an expense of ten dollars
a week for carriage
Dur readers viii find. IN another column,
the new advertisement of our enterprislng
drygoods man, Mr.. IL. j. +. Ahrens. He has
been In business in this city for many years,
always keep. q fresh and large stock, Is re-
liable In all his statements, and while he
Keeps good goods sells Is cheap rs the cheap
est. give hun = call and look through his
present splendid assortment.
The r. q. White Drnm ,tic Combination
VIII perform the great play OF ''The oct"-
room thi, afternoon. at ~liigrn's Opera
House, ion the benefit of the Ladies AMI chill
ireu. All should attend. The company il
excellent AMI nothing tmmoi' II or immoral
l. permitted 10 be- stii or done on tn" stage.
A,imrttrucr, adults. ~ cents; rhiIdr'n. ID
cents; pupils OF the schools. 10 cents doors
opcu al l O'Clock.
Jimmie Chambers threw 3 piece uf coal at
little t.mma Murrl.ni. last Tuesday, at the
f. \. seminary, hitting her over The right
eye, netr III" tempt" hurting her very badly.
AMI cutting tn The bone. Ser face Is badly
swollen and the cut VIII probably leave scar
which she viii carry 20 the gave. Boys. ne
more careful where you throw. A moments
thuus htIes.ness may cause you regret for life.
The F. q. White Dramatic Combination,
which has been playing at the Opera House
this week Is An excellent company. and de-
serves to be much better patronIzei than It
has been here We hope they will have
good houses this afternoon and tonight.
Miss Matthias. the leading lady, is hot only
3 pretty and attractive woman. but She Il Il
good actress, aud Mr.. hite himself IL u
II tursl anI mtrth-proruktnG comedian.
They presented rip Van WiukIe' last
night to y full house. which was received
with storms OF applause.
Miss Bndie Mountjny showed u, yester-
day, a piece of sculpture In clay. made and
pres, uttd 10 her by \ schoolmate. Miss May
Calhoun. OF st. Joseph. 1t consists OF - te-
male figure. seated in L reflective attitude.
with u smile upon her face. Miss Calhoun
made the figure with her finger nail, we are
told. and H. perfection of Outline mark her
IS \ torn sculptures. She Is now but sixteen
ytrs> OF age. Tier talent In this direction
deserves encouragement, and Mr.. Quarl,s
Will DOUBTLESS SEE I" it that II Is fysterei
while >le i under his charge.
Chsrlrs QIinn. Gilmore Consadine, Pat
rick McD0nnril. James Burke snd three or
four Others headed 4 NOT Of some seventy
five to one hundred men. last TUESDAY morn
ing. aud stepped the laying OF track on the
Chlcs." & Alton railroad by thre is OF 'ig-
lence. they demanded that the work shnuld
cease until they We're paid money due them
on the Boon" contract" Engineer Slim
son Immediately notified tie oil .r, here,
and Wednesday morning Pr scouting Attor-
ney Young aud sheriff Mountioy, With
Me>sr>. Jos. Bowman. + Il. Mrk"r. +. {.
Young. Jas. W. Gondwiu, THEMES Warren,
Perry Catron and Frank Coggins a. . l,oss..
-rypAir.d To tho amp OF tie Men near
P Dick,y's store. and Elected the arrest Of
those whose ntmas ar above mentioned.
several AZ IN. leader, escaping. One Pat
rick Rttchey was also arrested, but was dis
charged, u" evidence appearing. az tinst him.
THE others wer" brought TO this city and
lodged III jill. where they >tlII are.
The >ct"oI board Of the city Of Lexington,
Al IL. meeting last Wednesday. appointed =
committee to make certain recommendation
to the legislature regarding the school law.
The ho.rd think tb.t the I4w IN force pre-.
Nous 70 April. Isl, rrltuug to cites, town,
and villages. should lie Translated: wtlh q.
few moi IL ,liou- - pr->Ir!e. II points Du'
the f~rt:""fnG a. il ptJ- criun- t. TIL" rie-~n'
i.w | That IN ter IT. provisions three III
r-ctors are elected e. II year 1" serve fpI
two years, thereby running q constant ri>k
Of selecting halt the board from ne and IN
:. experienced men whereas, II two meinter.
we're elected each year. - serve thr, e years
there WOULD always We four members OF The
bOard familiar with the business II the dI.
triCt. .. The director. are elected by ballot
with judges and clerks ~ In general eleC
tion., while all other important business il
transacted At mass meetings. which expert
euce proves but few attend. a half dOzrr
. per-ons assembled at such meetings ma,
raise the tax levy Tor school purpos.s or 70
building school houses to one per cent. 70
each purpose. 3. The law requires s state
tnent OF receipts and expenditure, to re rea,
al the annusl meetings. where there Is rare
"- "NN Iva 'h7tSHo Ha'i"< !
e published. where all may read it. 4. III,
L law Is mesgre in detail, and forces III,
board TO look for many things to the gsner
: al school law, which {, not adapted to cities
towns and villages. 5. 1t is sometimes yer,
announcement 10 hold elections at 3 schoo
house, as the law directs, and the board be
d iieves a much larger vote would be pOlled
e md more interest would be taken by tn
e people If the elections were held at one o
the usual places OF voting IN the district
Il We have not had time to investigate th
q bearings OF the law as here alluded to, bu
y will do SO when the boards commltte
;. reports, when We will treat the subject q
n greater length.