Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-09
Masquerade Ball.

According to announcement. the masquer-
ade bali. under the auspices OF Mr.. n.
Haerle, came of at the Opera House last
Tuesday evening. Though there nave been
several pleasant entertainments recently,
every one looked forward with pleasure to
this ball., Ms all knew that it would nscessa-
rily be q success, for MIR. Haerle never un-
dertakes anything that he does not bring 10
4 successful issue. The crowd OF spectators
was large. the order was good, and every
one enjoyed = pleasant evening. The mum
Der ot mas.ers was not large. tut II.ey were
all good. and some were ,erl line and
pretty. Below. we present a list of the char
~srters, aud by whom sustained. We tried
to secur" tue names OF all, but IN the noise
and confusion We may have missed ON. or
two, or have gotten a few names wrongly
spelled. We think, however, the list is
correct aud full.
Queen of Hearts; Emma MHrquart.
P"coh"rtas. Cnll'c Easter.
War Girl, Lizzie Ripple.
Burchomastsr's " lie. of Holland. Maggie
Berg
Parity, 'osir Mott.
school q ri. George Berg.
Queen of Stgit {, Annie smith.
IalDuie, Maggie Migurjan.
SeametIess. Louise Mehl-
Italian SINGER. Ettie Volt
Lady tiur;,sa. Sarah Berg.
Flower hirl. Lizzie smith.
Evhcmlan Peasant Girl, Katie Emdc.
luisn Flag, Katie summers
FIIe. Mary siSwart
Fash on Girl, Katie ~I.udwigs.
Negro oman, sophia kist.
IUauS Prince. Emma Ripple.
Flower GIri, Josie Easter.
Queen Mary. Mrs. j. Archer, of Kansas City.
Grandmother, Maggie Easter.
GENTLEMEN.
Satan. John F. VnlIm.r. of warrensburg.
OLD Man, Willis Chandler.
Arizona jim. The Indian Slayer, Robt. noss-
wi-cn
Pirate Chief, VIM II. Campbell.
Butcher. Leonard Ripple.
Clown, VIM sicr-r.
Mexican Bandit. J. L. McClintock. Z. 4 l..
Junction
Yankee. VIM W. Ball.
Turk, Robert Flynt
spanish Don, Chris. Walk.
Fat Man, VIM. Hickam.
sKIuMoRE GUARDS.
Chris. Walk. captain: VIM. Hiclsm. Ru-
dolph Luorich, Edward Campbell, Robert
fiynt. George schsutzcl, Abe Keller. Jos. fio-
mer. Robert Schroeder, George Fisher. PuIlip
Ricketts,, Edward Marx.
Among the strangers present not masked
We noticed Mr.. +. FIheld, Of Kansas City,
MIR. and Mrs. Fred. Johnston. OF New York,
and Sc, erai others, whose names We did not
learn.
The procession Of the maskers to the
Opera House headed by the Metropolitan
Band, was we'll worth seeing. and quite II
uumber Of persons assembled On the line
ofmarch TO witness the event. The march
of the Skidmore Guard, was a ludicrous
sight. and q blast of music from their tin
instruments WAS we'll calculated 10 strike
terror TO the souls OF all enemies. The
grand promenade. at the Opera House, was
neut. The music for the occa.ioR was nne,
of course. AS George and Id. Lei,er. Frank
kriehu aud Joe TIT furnished il, and they
always put l'e into the heels of the dancers.
The supper was just what Il should have
been. Everything was as nice az for a
and plenty OF room. The attendants seemed
10 anticipate the wants OF ali. and deserve
thinks for their Kind attention. No one
left the table unsatisnsi. The supper W.,
gotten UP under The supervision of Mrs.
Haerle and Mrs. Mehl, assisted by Mi-s.s
Maggie Sooman ard Julia Meh!.
The cnterts!umeut was gotten up by Mr..
Haerle alone, anu was rather a large uuder-
taking for oLe man. but We are glad To be
able 10 etste that he came OUT 4 little ahead
the receipts more than covering the ex-
penses, although the expense was quite
We b ope he viii N 'ke money by II, rs he Is
one OF our most liberal and public spirited
citizens.