Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-04-27
Roses are in full bloom,

Is up.
Patterson's Regulator speaks again this
week. Read it.
Theodore TIlton will lecture at Kansas City
neat Tuesday night.
Brick laying viii on the kriehn
building next Monday.
County court will meet next Monday,
May 9th: docket elsewhere.
Young i Green's old billy goat might very
appropriately be called strong butter.
Take your sewing machines to Bonnell i
Lees to have them repsired-all work war
ranted. sp2ow4
The longest planks we have seen for some
time ara the forty foot joists for. the Kriehn
buildings.
Tunstall, of Wellington, has a complete
stock Of groceries, which he Is selling at bed
rock prices. ap2ol2
Our new stock of parasols Is now open
ami some choice bargains are to he found at
ConkIing " Co.'S.
a large party of Lexiugtonians went to
Helms lake, last Tuesday, fishing, and met
with iair success.
Twenty-iour McCormick's Self Binders
were sold in Lafayette county last season.
All gave entire satisfaction, ae1tf
Bully Coles circus Is in the state and Is
headed this way. ii course We Will have to
go. SO the children can see the animals.
The river stood, yesterday afternoon,
seven feet eight inches above low water
mark, having risen five feet since the pre-
Vious day.
Mr.. James Price had the nssh torn from
nn. of htx hxpts I,sf T,asl,r Of Robin
sons mill, by getting 1t caught between
some cogs.
A deputy United States marshal was here
3 day or two this week, serving mandamuses
upon the county judges, for levies to pay
township bonds.
We have to thank Mrs. W. Boon Major
for = liberal SHARE OF tue feast which she
provided for her young married folks aud
their friends last Tuesday. We regret sx-
ceedingIy our inability to be present.
Jefferson CITY correspondence SsdalIa
Democrat The Lexington lntelligencsr
Silenced the Index ON the public imposition
OF the sub-leasIng OF convlcts." We dou't
know how that Is, but We do know that he
WAS defending . bad cause.
There is nothing new in the Miller case.
The governor has the papers, prepared Wy
Maj. Woodson, under sdvisement, but la,
expressed no opinion, 50 Tar rs We car
learn, a. to what he viii do. The day sci
for his execution, May Sth, is rapidly ap
proachiug.
New styles i'll carpets Just received, q
COnkllng i Cos.
The following boats have passed this porI
since our last: Up-Mondsy, E. Ii. Duriee,
to mountains, heavily loaded, aud having
sixty passenger aboard. She took on 50C
bushels coal. Down-On the same day
Fannie Lewis, took on 400 bushel coal; 2O(
bales hemp aud tow, and ten barrels dried
apples. Up-yesterdsy, Joe Kinney, load
Ell with freight and ties for Kansas City
she took on 40 bushels coal.
The following cases from Lafay cite county
have been submitted to the supreme cour
during the present term: John Sweuson VS.
the city OF Lexington, argued by Field tol
plaintiff and Graves tor defendant; Hou,
VS.. Batteen submitted o brief; Morrison 4
Co., vs.. Thistle, argued by Field for plsintit
and Chiies for defendant; Carr VS.. LeIse
argued BY Chllss for plaintiff and Field 70
detendent; state Of Mo-. vs.. O'Gormsn, ar
gueh by Shewalter for defendant, aud sub
United on brief by attorney general; Lemon
vs.. Reid Il ChansIor. argued by Vest 4
Shewalter for plaintiff. aud Chlles for de
PENDANTS, aud submitted.
DO not forget that we are closing out on
stock OF boots and shoes. Conkling It Co..
We print on the fourth page a very cIea
and lucid article on the %jettIes, from the pc
Of Mr.. w. L. Webb, son of DR.. VIM. {
Webb, Of Dover township, who has occu
pied a position on the works as .nginee
almost siuce their inception, and can there
fore speak from his own knowledge. Tn
Importance of the subject to our farmers WI
insure a careful reading OF the letter, and w
think that II viii. give most readers a bette
idea Of what has been done than they hat
been able to gather from other source
The 1nteIiIgencer hopes TO hear from MIR
Webb often.
f Late novelties In Newport ties at Conf
ling l. Cos.
The tax-payers' executive committee
: called TO meet, at the courthouse, Monday
May 9th, at o'clock p. m. The member
ak La to"uohiPy codh II. "Sbohai
2 Strother RenIck, Psschal A. Gibbs; Davi
: Jackson Corder, II. J. Higgins, VIM. {
e Beatie: Dover, DIR. VIM. C. Webb, lsat
Neal, George W. Carr; Freedom, job
Brown, John II. Lohosfner, w. b. Msjo
Lexington, JOS. F. Smith, r. NJ. Sparks,
$. Blsckweil; sni-a-bar, Jonas +. Ferguson
Steven Cheathsm, Thomas S. McChesne
L Washington, Alex. Patterson. Charles
e Ewing Mason r. Henry; Middleton, ia
o W. Goodwin, J. l.. Groves and D.. J. Blac
. well.
Light blue and pink ruching the latest
. COnkiing i Cos.
II We publish below the names and part
a the authors Of seyenty-dve volumes just I
u ceived by Mr.. C.. II. Royle from the hou
Il of d. Appleton i Co., New York, to
placed upon the shelves Of the school libra
= of the Baptist Female College. and maxim
= with the books already In the library
" valuable collection OF over three hundr
~ volumes. The selection seems to have be
made with excellent taste and judgmei
&c snd there is not an unreadable or u%ninstr'
tive book in the whole list. We congra
late the young ladies upon their unus,
. opportunities for cultivating a healthy Ia
for reading good looks: AllibOne's ID
tionary of Poetical Quotations. The Gre
Converssrs-Prof. Matthews. Getting
in the World-Prof. Matthews. Hours ~
Men and Books-Prof. Matthew's. Histt
of Southern Europe. Ny Noyel-Buiw
two volumes. Queechy. Yesterday, I
Day, and Forever-Blckersteth. Reverie.
a Bachelor - TX Marvel. Dream Lif
TX Marvel. Warfare and Work. OIL
Twist Dickens. Bleak House Dicse
David Copperieli - Dickens. Niche
Nickleby-Dickens. Wide. Wide, Wo
Harolu-Bulwer. Days Of Bruce. W
ward Ho .-CharIes Kingsley. HypatI
Charles Kingsley. Quits. The Pionee
Cooper. The Spy-Cooper. The Prairi
Cooper. The Deer Slaysr-COoper. l
Of the Mohicans-Cooper. The Path I
der - Cooper. The Laird of Mar
- Mrs. Oliphsnt. Home Influence
Grace Aguilar. A Mothers Rec
pense - Grace Aguiler. The Home
Greylock-Mrs. Prentiss. Hans Brink,
Mary Maps, Dodge. Happy Though
Burnard. Poetry for ChlIdren-Cha
Lamb. The Giant killef-A. l.. O.
Gold Thread, and Wee Dsvie-N. Melt
Kitty Trevylyar-Mrs. Charles. StepF
Heayenward - Mrs. Prentfss. The +