Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-16
Christmas comes on Wednesday.

No" Is tue tilue 10 Duy your Coai lOf tue
cold W Gather.
New pavements are being laid In different
parts Of the city.
The plank walk to the Pacific depot 10 a
great convenience.
Keep the children's feet warm il you wish
them 10 be heslIhy.
Advertisers should remember that Christ
mas Will soon be here.
Coal is now selling al eight cents. deliver
ell, or six at the banks.
Don't call your mother or your wife '.old
woman" Ii don't sound well.
y little advertising sect sown now Will
bring 4 large harvest about December %.
We understand that there will be n grand
fancy dress ball given In Higsin,ville shortly.
Now /, the time to put your advertise
ment- OF Christmas goods before the people.
Parents should visit the schools more fire.
qurnIly. II encourages both teacher and
pupil.
II you want tickets for the Narrow Gauge
railroad, go TO Grimes 4 EensbIe's-Ruyie's
old stand.
Don't fail to enjoy the present pleasant
weather Just because lice predicts cold
"cINlt1 HOpL-
The reason some young men part their
hair In the middle Is 10 give both ears a
chance To Top.
The little rain last Saturday night was suf-
t"ient TO lay the dust, and did the wheat Z
great deal OF good.
M-ssrs. Jsmes A. Qusrles i Co. have re-
moved their drug store to the building re-
Gently Occupied by Charles II. Royie.
Put good warm shosS and stockings on
the children. Better pay the lax er the
baker ani the butcher than the doctor.
Try 10 think how many things you have
10 6e thankful for. II Will make you much
more satisfied with The world and yourself.
Try . loaf Of coke from the gas works.
You will be delighted with II for use IN open
grAte-. II is hight aud clean. and makes =
very hot tire.
: me OF TIE young ladies OF Boonyi.ie
promenade the streets at uusseInIy hours, in
male sttre. That is getting a little ahead
OF Lexington.
Jefferson CI;y Tribune Where is Boyd
Aui The great Grcenha'k tidal wave In the
seventh district: '.I,ied a-bOrnin." Let
this he the rpitsph
"Grea>e" your gridIies with 4 turuip cut
In halves. 1t VIII prevent the cakes from
sticking. and keep the Kitchen from becom-
lu- hErd with smoke.
Nothing New We were selling the best
O. y. T. CIark'> and Coates spool thread at
> cents apiece weeks ago, 1t Is nothing new
with lis. IL. J. e. AHRENs. nov9lf
The peopl-, at the polls, answered the
~calumnIe> against the officers of this county
Is 1t not about tim" tor the ctlumnlatoTs to
stop their ,snomOus isl-ehoods,
The ticket office OF the Narrow Gauge rail-
way +, IN the store Of Messrs. Grimes 4
NrnabIe, Al RoyIs & News old stand, on
Main street, opposite the courthouse.
Mrs. POmeroy is having 4 pavement laid
In trout of her orchard, on South street.
Now let all other property holders be re-
CURED TO do likewise wherever the curbing
i, laid.
The dead-falI in front OF Mrs. Pomeroy's
residence still remains. After the city pays
damages for 8 broken leg or arm, perhaps
our city fathers will give the matter their
attention.
party consisting Of Messrs. L. 5. Mitch
ell, Jas. 3. Hord, John Handley and Richard
Conn started ia-t "Wednesday for "a ten days
hunting and hshing excursion TO fhe Ossas
river country.
The ancient town fire bell tOIIed the death
kn-ii OF the sreenbackers last Saturday
night. The funeral was not largely attend
ed. the mOurnrr- seeming to prefer 10 DROP
= silent tear where none could e1ult owe,
their grief.
The supreme court of the state, on the llth
inst, among others gave opinions IN the fol
wing cases: State OF Missouri, respondent,
vs.. James 0'Gorman, appellant appeal from
Lafayette crImIna court; Judgment att ri
VIM. Houx, re-pondent,vs Michael Batte-n
! appeal from Lafa; cite motion for re-hesr
ing Oyerruied.
:. We obtained and bad put IN type. at q late
I hour Friday night OF last week, several 10
. cal items OF interest. BY some mishap they
| were overlooked In making up the forms
and dti not appear in our last issue. A
they would be old for this number OF th,
paper. We Issued a little extra, Saturday
! and gave them to The public. Several tele
I graphic items appeared 10 the paper. how,
ever. received al late hours publication
night, an evidence OF enterprise not of,el
shown by country paper.
> Messrs Grimes ( Venable have now be
come settled in their new store, al the stan
lately occupied by Messrs. Royie d New
have received 4 large lot OF new goois, an
t are prepared 10 supply both old and nsV
customers with anything they may desire II
E their line. They respectfully ask an exam
~ination Of their goods ami prices before pur
q ria.sS uTl yn.Hn cleo o. ere hrte "a
= goods, suitable for old and young, will be
as heretofore. 4 speciality this year. Call In
Royl- L News old stand. novl6tl
Kansas City Times, November ia rep
resenrstive OF the Kansas City, St. Louis q.
? Chicago road WAS In the city yesterday, an
X stated 10 a Times representative that tn
iron on the line Is being put down at th
rate Of nearly = mile per day. The road wa
completed through Saline county som
u weeks since, and track laying Is now bein
,e carried on in Lafayette county. There ha
neen some difficulty about the right OF wa
o near the Little Blue and here within the cit
limits. but the board of appraisers lately ~
e pointed BY Judge Woodson, OF the circu,
court, are ouslIy at work, aud the matte
VIII he settled IN a short time.
ue The scramble by renters for a house whic
IS to ne vacated wouli be amu-inY were
ia not provoking to think that capitalists an
property owners III tn" city will not hull
J. houses sufficient to supply the demand. An
still thee same men complain that Lexing
: ton Is Head that it does not have the trad
formerly enjoyed by our merchants, and ths
= property i depreci,tcd. Tine Lord help
them who help Themselves Go to wOr
Is aud build houses, 40 that persons comm
here may b. able 10 tint a shelter for then
selves aud children, and we Will not Onl
l. reap the benefit of their trade, but II "!
G. put money in the hands OF mechanics and Ii
,c borers wherewith they too may he able 4,
buy. But we presume our town Is like thol
sands Of others in this respect. Those VIII
le are aule to build Will not, and those " no d,
p sire to cannot, and so We remain, yesr aftt
;, year, jogging along In the same old rut
2, Selah.
IS Rev. b. VI. Hobson and wife have been |
the city for two weeks, on q visit to oil
X friends. They are stopping at DR.. Young
'e Mr.. Hobson has concluded to locate at NJ
t, Hope. He was CoE many years pastor of III
H. Presbyterian church. In this city, and la
r hosts of friends throughout the county, VIII
lie Will be pleased to heur of his Ieturn. W
z. must tell q little Joke on him and Mr.. Snow