Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-06
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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
SHORTS,
Primary election to-day.

Our farmers had unusually fine westht
for their harvest.
Day board at the Commercial Hotel. :
meal tickets for 81 M. junljtf
A new bonnet is 4 wonderful incentive [
church going with some folks.
The Dunksl case has been continued b
the state TO Thursday, July IL.
Turn out. democrats. and help nominat
good ticket for the fall election.
Every democrat in L.afay cite county shout
vote at the primary election to-day.
Lost, last Monday, a gold sleeve button
Leave at this Office. Reasonable reward.
Found-In the office of the county col
iector, a bunch of keys. Call at this Office.
Mr.. Jack" Nelson has sold some 1000
feet of walnut lumber TO parties ut Boon
vile.
The trustees OF a Maine village resolve,
that 'the walls OF this room be whitewsshe,
green"
Quite s number OF fruit and shade tree.
about town were injured by the storm las
Sunday.
The Italians have q proverb that while ont
devil may tempt the toiler,a thous and tenn,
the drone.
Found-Tuesday, July I'd. A long. full
Cloth coat. Owner can get same by calling
at this office.
Concert At the Methodist church, two and
3 half miles south of Mayhem, THURSDAY
night, July IL.
The democratic primary election takes
Place to-day. Be sure 10 go; and take your
neishbor with you.
Higginsville shipped, during the month OF
.fnna ~ aarz rhaa, 49, a. .-- =.
business in receiving.
Five cents saved Is s nickle earned"
hriehn Wilker can save you many nickles
In the purchase Of dry goods. juiy6t3
The Missouri Pacific railroad has run out
from this point during the months of March.
April. May and June, l45 car loads OF cattle
and hogs.
Concordis shipped. during the month of
June, l car corn, % cars wheat,3 cars flour.
4 cars cattle, ) cars hogs, l car hemp seed.
Total 81 cars.
HoustonIs shipped during the month of
June, Is car loads OF hogs, Is cars cat
tie, l car sheep, 10 cars corn, aud t cars OF
wheat. Total 40 cars.
The fish and game association of Alexap-
dris, Va, the determination of
the English sparrow by sny possible plan
that may be suggested.
Grand clearing and reduction sale of dry
goods at kriehn It WiIkor's Mammoth store
on Franklin street. Our entire stock must
be sold within thirty days. julv6tS
The storm, last Sunday, blew down 3
large linn tree at the hrst bridge east of
Dover, breaking one OF the trestIes and
otherwise damaging the bridge.
The prices that kriehn & wilker are max
ing In order to close out their surplus stock
OF dry goods are very healthy for the people
but sickening tor all competitors. july6t3
j. W. Grant, whom everybody hnows.has
been in the wall paper business for many |
years, and knows what the people want.
seeing Is believing, come and see. If
Jefferson City Tribune, June 3:-Convict
Eugene Phelps escaped from the brick yard. |
Monday. He was from Lafayette county |
and had served fifteen months OF a ten wear
sentence for highway robbery.
Remember the concert at the Methodist
church, two and q half miles south of Nav
view, Thursday night. July 1lth. Professors
Parker, Jones. Bradley and Snyder will all
Assist. Admittance 80 cents: children half
price.
-Sttih3 IT IN pttGt III - |
O'Clock to-day, to send delegates to the
county convention which will meet next
Monday; and which will in turn send dele
gates to the state and cougressionsl con.
yentions.
Lexington shipped by the Mo. Pacific
railroad, during the month OF June, > cars
OF cattle and hogs, Is cars hogs, IS cars
cattle, 3 cars wheat, / car bran. 6 cars sand.
Gears brick, 3 cars tow, l car coal. and two
cars flour. Total So cars.
Landmsrk:-Ah old SOW a few days ago
rushed into a negro cabin in Platte City.
grabbed q child by the leg and actually drag
Ged 1t out into the street before It could be re-
leased. The child's leg was considerably
bruised but not badly bitten.
Ia your eleetioneering for friends to-day.
that you should not attempt to de-
tract from the character Of their opponents.
All are democrats, and the contest. which is
inside OF the family, should be carried on
good humoredly, and without resortipg to
Misrepresentation.
A mule, the property Of Mr.. Herman
keuck, while hitched to q scraper with a
horse. became frightened. last Tuesday, and
the two ran away with the scraper. In some
way the scraper came in contact with the
mules hind legs, and cut them so nearly off
that 1t was thought best to shoot him. :
Take what candidates say of their oppo-
nents with many grains of allowance. They
may not intend 10 misrepresent, but to say
the lesst they look an them with a rather l
jaundIced vision. Work for your friends. l
and let candidates work for their own /
cause, but do not abuse or misrepresenl
your competitors in what should be a friend 6
iy race. \
The storm last Sunday afternoon blew :
about dead limbs, wheat shocks, corn, oats .
Timothy, IL. considerably. A few loose :
chimney tops were blown of. and for some !
minutes alarm was felt by our people, many =
OF them fearing that they We're about to he
visited by q cyclone, such as swept over
Richmond, though there was no similarity i,
between the two storms. "
SedalIs. Democrat, July 3:-"Boys still :,
to jump ON passenger trains as they :.
arrive and depart from the depot. Monday :,
evening three boys were arrested by the =,
police for tins ofiense. and last evening an .
other one was gobbled and placed in the I,
Unless this dangerous practice is 1
oi>cob'ihueu NJ the depot In ''Oid Town. -
the same remedy will have to be applied, :,
Pleasant Hill Review:-That ''jumpinp
hog" owned by Mr.. Geo. Maddox, west of :,
town, mentioned a few weeks ago as having :,
Jumped from an upstairs window. without -
being injured, has been at his tricks again :,
attempt was made last week to catch him :.
In order 10 trim his toes and prevent his !,
over a rock fence, when he IAN !,
and jumped over a five plank fance without ;,
touching it. If any one has a $50 pound hog :,
that can out leap that, let HIM speak up. -
An old negro woman named McPaye. N
living near the poor house farm, while re- m
turning home from sitting up with a sick W
neighbor, early Tuesday morning, saw six q,
half-grown coons In the road. She imme- Sc
aistety proceeded to '.tree'' the lot, they all a,
gong up the same tree. She waited at her III
post until her "old man. arrived, who heard III
calling him from the woods. The hus- It
band then went for VIM. Peachee, who came !,
Ind shot the entire lot-kiIllng them at four b
shots. Can anybody beat this coon hunt? y,
We give below the faculty OF the Baptist m