Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-27
Prepare something for the fair this fall.

Mexican dollars received at par in payment
of subscriptions to the I~ntelligencer.
The Lexington Silver Cornet Band will
furnish the music at the lair this fall.
Mr.. George Farrar will ship two cars of
brick and sand TO HIgglnsyille. to-day.
l.. Something missed the mali yesterday.
so Napoleon goes unrepresented for one
issue.
Garrison Grange gives q picnic at MIR.
Baxter Landlords. on the Salt Pond road,
to-day.
\. '. Robinson It Co. have shipped l3
cars Of wheat, This week. to f. NJ. Samuel
Il Son.
The farmers say that tive cents per bushel
for threshing is too much, with wheat only
u cents.
Special train TO the Page picnic. Leaves
Lexington al 9 O'Clock, \. H., and returns at
$50 p m.
Wanted-To buy. cheap, q secondhand
iron safe and large office desk. Inquire at
this office.
Miss Dumoutts great ride of twenty miles
In an hour will take place on the last day OF
the fair this tall.
The Mo. i. has sent forward over 50 car
loads Of whest and cattle from this point TO
Sedaiia, this month.
Freight on the Mo. p. continues unusually |
large. and G.. Ben is also satisfied with the
passenger business, he says.
G. Ben has excursion tickets both to Dem
Yer and Colorado springs, good until October
neNt. via SedalIa, for SIS 10.
Mr.. VIM. Morrison Is having his fence
painted. thereby adding 10 the appearance
of his very pretty place on Main street.
The weather frequently get, too hot for q
person to go TO church, but never quite hot
enough to Keep them away from the circus.
\ special train will he run to the Page
picnic next Saturday, leaving Lexington ut
- o'clock. a. m. and arriving here at $50
y. III.
Four thousand dollars Will be distributed
in premiums At the Sweet Springs fair, COM
mencing Tuesday, Sept. 10th, and lasting
live days.
We have the very best spectacles and eye
glasses, suitable for all eyes, at the lowest
prices. Gala at Grimes Nenable's. jewelers..
and see them. iuly2'r+
Read the premium list OF the Lafayette
Agricultural aud Mcdaniel Association !;
fair to begin Tuesday. September 24th, and
continue tive days.
Everybody seemed to have business IN
town last Saturday. of course they did not
come just to attend the circus-but they
Went, all the same.
The races At the fair this fall Will be very
mulch better than they have ever been before.
a. the purses are better. and the trac K has
been greatly improved.
II the officials OF the no. =. continue to
put new ties IN their track on the Branch. 1t
is to be hoped that they will be able to cut
down running time between this place and
Sedalis.
We acknowledge the receipt of the pre-
MUM list of the Kansas City Exposition to
take place sept. Ii, l., Is. 80. 90 and u.
Twenty thousand dollars will be given In
premiums.
Blackberries are selling at only three cents
per gallon in Indiana. Its worth more than
that to tote them in from the patch. even II
you could find them setting around under
the bushes in buckets full when you went
out to gather them.
VIM. Russell and Johnnie Young have put
up q telegraph wire between Al. williams
and c. Ben's offices. and now they do talk to
each other. In time, no doubt, they will
make first class operators.
We thank Col. VIM. F. SwitZler, Of
Columbia, for a copy of his address. deliv-
cred at st. Louis, July 18th. on the 205th
anniversary of the exploration of the Mis-
stsslppi in 1873 by Marquette and Joliet.
The person who carried of our pen-knife,
Thursday. inadvertently probably, will
please return It. 1t is a four bIaded, pearl
handled, Wostenholm knife, and is espe-
cially valued rs 1t was presented to us by a
friend.
y! most grateful ram fell last Thursday,
cooling the atmosphere and saturating the
ground. As In the case of wheat we hope
to see this timely rainfall revive the growing
corn, which was beginning to sutfer. and
give us All abundance in that crop.
We call attention to the advertisement of
machinery which appears In another column
headed furniture Factory for Sale" The
machinery Is nearly new, and will be sold
very low. 1t Is all Of the most improved
makes, and will be divided If necessary.
L"s;-Last Sunday night, near the resi-
dence of Maj. B.. Ii. Wilson. on Franklin
street, Il fine Russian leather pocket-book,
containing Il 50 bill, and some small change
in silver. Finder will please leave at this
Office, and will he rewarded.
Richmond CONFERENCE.-The brick work
on the Shaw House was completed Wednes-
day, and the building looks very Well, Mr..
Main having done Il good Job of work. Jack
Bolts Is putting on a tin roof, and 1t will
soon be ready for occupation. The repair
, ing done upon the building will appr0xI-
mate closely on $1,000.
When we received the forty-ei:hth ballot
Young, II; Itechow, 0, an enthusiastic Lay
| man was heard to shout:
/ WhOoray
For Lay!
/ He's ahead.
: BY Ned!
5 Mr.. Caswell. or as he is better KNOWN. 'ths
, candy man," skipped out OF town last Mon
day. 1t is reported that his sudden resolu-
ton was caused from having taken
! ranted liberties with the neck OF his male
e cook, whom he suspected OF having robbed
! him. going so far as an attemptto hang him,
I in order to force from him q confession OF
D the suspected theft.
X We are now receiving a new lot OF watches,
of American and foreign manufacture, which
5 we offer at very low rates. We have the
new Rockford watch, and invite the public
TO call and examine It. They are elegantly
finished and perfect time pieces. The new
e American lady's watch is u beauty. and those
contemplating buying soon should call a,
o Grimes Il Nenable's, jewelers., and see, and
price them. july27t4
The expression Of disgust which escaped
the city register, a high old republican
:: when the petition for he appointment of &
5 colOred policeman was presented to ths
council, was more forcible than polite. II
g was the same which Canrobsrt used at Wa,
terloO when he was asked to surrender tho
last regiment Of the old guard. The curiou:
5 csn find 1t in Victor Hugo's vivid descrIp
e ton OF that battle.
We acknowledge the compliment of an In
~vitation to attend the annual exhibition,
G races, &C.. OF the Sweet Springs District
r Fair Association, commencing Tuesday
g Sept. 10th and continuing five days. The
officers are Samuel Shanks, Pettis county
presi lent; r. Todhunter, Lafayette county
I vice-presIdent; WI Leonard Saline county
second vice-president; N. Besmer, Lafayette
!: county, third Yice-president: George w