Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-17

tue Todu VIII see III 10 remedy the EVIL.
Hon. Samuel 7. Glover will speak to-day,
at , O'Clock. y. N. At the opera house. Every
body i invited to be present.
4 white woman, about nineteen years of
age, arrived here, Saturday. on the Narrow
Gauge with = badly swollen hand, which she
said she received on the train. Being u
stranger, and haEin. no money, she was
placed In the calaboose, where she remained
until Wednesday morning. The passengers
and several other persons at the Narrow
Gauge depot, that morning, nswered her
appeals by making up a pony purse to pay
her fare back to kansa. City.
Jacob, son OF W. f. Stephenson. OF Wash
Ington township, aged about fifteen years.
met with quite a severe accident while out
hunting last Monday. He was walking
along through the woods with the gun I'M
der his arm. when by some means 1t was
discharged. the load entering his right foot
just to the right of the instep and tearing
away the flesh in n fearful manner. lie was
at the time about a quarter OF u mile from
home, which he managed TO reach by the
"a "a
was promptly summoned, the wound dress
ed and at present is getting along we'll.
The balance of our white piques we are
fairly giving them away; also percale, cam.
brics .~cretOmmes, victoria lawns, &c, &C.. at
Conkiing Il Co.'S. al1t2
There is a cottonwood tree growing ont OF the
brick cornlce on the Stramcke buildings, on
Main street, which Has stood the drought Of the
summer. Notice 1t; II Is a curiosity.
Mr.. James Li!lis. Of the firm of Shelby 4
Lillis, contractors on the Chicago & Alton rail-
road, was IN the city Monday and called TO see
us. lie Informed us that but for the masonry.
which is OBTAINING them. he could finish the
grading which he has to do in two or three
weeks. Owing Ia this unavoidable detention
his firm has been compelled 10 discharge some
two hundred hands.
The Sentinel, of the I'd inst in speaking of
the catalogue of the Kirksville Normal school
had this TO say: Don't reckon 1t Is any Of our
business. but the catalogue bears the imprint of
OskaIo"sa, Iowa, and has inferior paper and
printing. We could but compare the one gotten
up for Central III Lexington, by the In,elli-
gencer. which was unsurpassed IN it's typograph-
zeal execution. elegant paper, printed on new
type, with II clean impression, making its peru-
sal n pleasure.
Judge Wood decided, Wednesday, in the case
OF the Aull Savings Bank va. the City of Lexing-
ton, a suit to compel the payment of city war
rants, tlat the suit could not be maintained I'M
less 1t could be shown that there was money in
the treasury, as. under the constitution, no
more money. can be expended by the city than
the current revenue in any one year. The amount
oil outstanding warrants is about sl5 900; and
the bonded debt of the city is about $50, 90. so
that the city will do we'll, not only to avoid ex-
ceedinS its revenue, but to reduce its present debt
AS rapidly rs possible without making the bur
den of taxation too great.
Sir knight Jno. Parson, of ST. Louis, Right
Eminent Grand Commander of the knights
Templsr of the state of Missouri, arrived here
yesterday on his tour of inspection through the
state. He WAS met ut the Narrow Gauge depot
by "A from the commandrry her.
and escorted TO the residence of f. Winsor,
Esq, by whom he was entertained during his
stay. lie is accompanied by Sir Knight Frank
A. Fitzpatrick, of the Bates Public School of st
Louis, and correspondent of the n. Y. Herald
for that city. The visiting Sir knights were
honored with q banquet, at the Asylum, last
night.
Mr.. j. E hite. brother of Thos. L.. White.
who Was wounded in Il difficulty with Mr..
Richard "ayman, rs related in last weeks
lnntelligcncer, called to See us Tuesday. II.
requests us to correct the following Language
which was used in our report: ''He (Wayman)
then. in spite of the circumstances of Whites
wife, carried him into the house and went for
ann returned with q physician" Mr.. White
thinks this puts Mrs. White in the false attitud,
OF appearing not to desire assistance for her
tprlIupl n,r
rs, was that She refused Mr.. Wayman's asst ISL
nnoe owing to her Indignation against him for
his quarrel with Mr.. White. The truth of the
business seems to be that White WAS not carried
into the house for some three hours after he was
hurt. but that Wayman did offer his assistance
and went for and returned with the physician.
When We last beard from him., Thursday. White
Wa. stlil doing we'll. with a fair prospect OF
recovery