Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-31

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Conkling starts east 10 buy goods to-day
Grapes are selling at three and i've cents
pound.
The plate-sIass windows for the kriebi
building have arrived.
Col. George ;. Rathhun Will speak at til,
courthouse next Saturday night.
See 10 II that Your cattle and hogs do no
suffer for water this dry weather.
Wheat continues 10 come in quite Lively
Notwithstanding the fall in price.
Real estate l. looking up.aSa,n, and trans
actions therein are quite frequent.
Watch the bus, boys, next week, ant
when She arrives give her a bu-ow.
1t tried t~eartuIly hard TO rain, last Tues
day but only succeeded in sprinkiing alittie
More Interest seems 10 be taken in oul
coming tsir than for several years. This Is
right.
Go to headquarters for school books. and
You will lind yourself in koyle's Book Store,
Main street. au5lw2
Work has commenced upon Mr.. .lesse's
rew house, corner of North and Main Cross
streets. Next!
Some sccundrcl stole about - bushels OF
W lC1t ouL Oh MT. JiulSS ibOlru y pen one
night this week.
Quiuine Is not 80 pleasant TO the taste as
~watermelons. but the demand for each con-
tinues quite brisk.
We don't know which are the greatest
nIt>anceS, the base ball matches or the scull
Faces. but either Is bad enough.
What does the goose bone say about the
coming winter: We shall depend upon you,
Uncle otrod., to keep u> posted.
Thousands OF dollars IT, trade are annually
lost To our town 10y Its merchants falling to
prrpe ~ advertise their business.
Destroy the caterpillar nests in your fruit
and shade Trees. or the csterpiIlars Will de-
stroy the trees. Take your choice.
The vacant lot in the rear of the IntellI.
gencrr office i the best and safest place to
hitch your teams when you come TO town.
Meeting for THE rclIet Of yellow fever >uf-
ferers tomorrow night. At the Baptist
church. Everybody Il invited to be present.
Movers wagons are getting quit numer-
Gus. Tncy VIII travel a long distance before
getting into q better county than old Lafay-
cite.
Henry Bs>cum aud Ben Smith. two Lex
iiI- t'A. - t't~' tltkiHNC " lbi u hNCl1 lILtIt
daily durlng fair week. They should be en-
courayed.
II might be a. we'll hereafter for the may
or 10 Vet" measures 10 which he is opposed +;
then the matter could be fully discussed and
fIiriy tested.
Put up. a. soon aS possible, all the hogs
You intend fattening this tail. One hu>hel
OF corn fed now, i IL good IS VIZ bushel, IN
severe cold Weather.
Tn uech-breaker in front or Mrs. Pom
eruy'> residence, GA South street, has not yet
been attended TO. II may yet cost the city
S5.uuD FOR i broken arm, leg or neck.
The Racine perforated school desk i the
hantsome>t. most durable and comfortable
desk ever put in Il school room. Call and
examine CLa-. II. R"yle, agent. su&lml
The penalty for carrying concealed weap-
on, In town l. from $40 to 500. Ii our city
marshal would vigorously enforce the ordi-
nance, the city debt could be paid OF within
Il year.
Hard times are the best for liberal adver-
~tI>ers. People axe then upon The look gu;
for bargains, and are sure to examine the
Inducements offered through the columns of
the ew>pape
Those ciiromos ara handsome. pretty and
neat. They are 4 nice size to hang up In
your room. Don't forget that you can get
them free, 10y buying Your school books OF
Cha,. II. ROyle. au3lw2
Gla>gow Journal. August 22d:-The Gals
son for pier No. >. Is rapidly being cleared
OF all Instructions by the divers. and by the
first of next week the work of putting in the
concrete Will be commenced. The cai>son
for pier Ne. Is, or the we>tarn sbutment, is
being Junk steadily.
From q. b. Graham, of MAYHEM who call
ed At this office Wednesday, We learned that
among the many improvements being made
at that'pIice, were the building Of i boarding
house by Mr.. Warehouse q drug store by
DIR. BOutOn, and a store house by Messr>.
Thomas and Reuben Pickett.
The gas company must have again put on
the Iightntn--bug burn~ers,judging from the
amount OF light emanatiug from the lamps.
They give about enough light to let Us know
where the posts are located. In addition TO
the small size of the lame, the lamp, are
f~earfu!ly dusty. We hope the city councIl
will again agitate the gas question.
The snip- have decided to at
tending sunday school again, tomorrow
week. The weather has been too hot for the
past three months for them to attend closely
to their religious duties, but the weather Is
somewhat cooler, and the school girls VIII
come next week, 80 they can again pursue
their theological studies without fear OF IN.
jury 10 their health.
As Will be seen elsewhere, the democratic
picnic set for this place on the eth ult., ha,
been postponed until October 18th the pie.
mic intended to be held at Waverly, Septem.
Der 18th, has also been postponed. These
changes have been made because It was i'm,
possible to obtain the presence OF the dis.
~tinsulshed speakers whom the committee
! wishes To have present, so early.
Prepare for winter. Don't laugh; It il
; none too carly to bsgIn thinking about You
arrangements for winter comforts. See Il
you can't he 4 little more prOvident; an,
4 stop making that poor little woman -cOId yo,
BECAUSE there Is no stove wood, and exc gu
} a bare supply with chip, aud corncobs
Tot" far now. friends; the women folk
| hsve a hard time Of il at best these days.
, Eleven twU-hoTsr teams aud wagons pass
3 ed through town, last sunday, en- rout,
a from Audrain county, where Trey had com
| pleted their WORK, to near Kansas City, I,
: resume work on the {. " y. railroad. Tn,
e teams were in charge of Messrs. Jane
4 Chapman. j. w. Carr, Robt. Gray, Andrew
! Gray, W. ". Wilson, }. F. Wilson, Thos
KeIsoe. Jno. kcevll, VIM. Mari, Geo. Mar
and James FauIks.
t We have already received many new
cheap and desirable goods and Will continu
I TO add to our stock from time to time sucl
goods as our customers may need. We wi
y not spare any pains or expense to make gu
-toch as phpuiar and as attractive as that O
a any other house In the trade. and we trus
. that, by Keeping Good Goods at Low Prices
: by fair dealing and strict attention to bust
D., ness, to merit 4 liberal share OF the patronag
: Of the community.
au3ltf ". G.. MCCAUsLaSD.
Glasgow Journal. August odd. +,
Mitchell, president of tbs Kansas CITY, ),
Louis II Chicago X. K. Cor, more PROF
o eriy. the Missouri extension of the Chicag
e II Alton r. Rs In the city locking aftc
o the interests of his road. lie Is stirring th
contractors up, a. he Is anxious TO have til
6 road completed and the cars running l.
G Glasgow As speedily a. possible. so that the
can transport the material to be used In tn
Il great bridge, now In process of erection q
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