Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-05
Ia # not about time for a circus,

July has come and 1t is about time for Jnue
apples to rlpen.
This has been a cool harvest thus far, and
q very wet one.
A large stock of all kinds Of fruit jars just
at Clagett's. J2St3
All our elegant hosiery has been reduced
in price. Conkling. Us
Saturday excursion tickets to BROWNSVILLE
81 60 for the round trip.
We have made sweeping reductions on all
classes of goods. ConkIlng. I2s
Full cream New York cheese, best to be
had in the market, at Geo. +. Maitland's.
Mr.. Harvey McPheeters has just put 3
neat psling fence I'm front Of his residence.
East India sweet-mests, Canton preserved
ginger, in small jars, at George +. Matt
lands. j5t2
The town grangers keep coming. Mr. A.
W. Smith says he had ripe tomatoes on the
I'D ult.
The recent heavy rains have cleaned up
the streets and alleys nicely. They should
be kept so.
Mr.. Jas. Jones has built q new fence In
front of his residence, which is quite an i'm
provement.
Nothing conduces more to health than
cleanliness. Keep your yards and alleys tree
from all impurities.
You can now 20 TO Brownsville on Satur-
day or Sunday, and return on Monday for
81 G5 for the round trip.
California Bartlett pears, apricots and egg
plums, In q pound cans on Ice, fresh and
cool, at Geo. r. Maitland's. j5t2
II you want to feel well and lively, use
DR.. Bulls Baltimore Pills. All druggists
keep them. Price % ceIfts. -
California Bartlett pears, apricots and egg
plums, In p pound cans on Ice, fresh and
cool, at Geo. +. Maitlsnd's. Jo2
man who can't afford to pay for q paper
is generally the one who wants a free pun
for something he has to sell.
Look after the children. Before the hot
weather comes on try to have the little ones
healthy and strong to meet 1t.
The colored Baptists Of this city have put
q neat paling fence in front Of their church.
A good improvement, long needed.
Farmers in Nebraska think that the heavy
rains have killed all the cbinch bugs. We
hope they have had that effect here.
Business seemed to be quite lively In town
Wednesday last, the ladies especially being
out in force on shopping excursions.
The hay harvest of the county will be
short, though the rains have helped grass
out very much in the last few weeks.
Another town granger, Nat. Billiard. Is
ahead on potatoes, having left at our ofiice
the largest one we have seen this year.
Messrs. Thorton, Whitworth u Avitt have
formed q e~o-partnership for the purchase OF
grain. They will operate at Aullvllle. May
view and Alma.
Miss Katie Lillis' handsome piece Of en-
broidsry has been very richly framed by Mr..
A. W. Smith. 1t may be seen at bis room
opposite the courthouse for q day or two.
Suffer not disappointment by employing
too many s'cures but for the diseases o.
Infancy use DR.. BULBS Baby Syrup which
never disappoints, and costs only % cents
bottle.
The river has been higher for the pas
week than at any time for two years. 1t ii
booming q great deal more than the Gran
movement.
Pretty near time for another suicide fl
this vicinity. A wicked fellow at our elbow
| SuRHe6lS Ou6 VI LWo kuoL no AAi6uk "
Of benefit to the community.
The young ladies of st. Joseph have form
ed an archery club, and the Gazette il crus
enough to say that the safest place for tn
, young men to be is close to the target.
Ihave just received the finest stock Of th
choicest Rio, Mexican, Golden Rio, Moch
and a rich brown Old Government Java. tn
y finest in the market. George F. Nal
= land. j5t2
New arrivals of ladies, Misses and chi
dren's gloves, embracing all the novslt lie
such as lace, Isle, two, three. four and al
= hutton: nlnuas. all at lowest prices. II. j. A
Ahrens. jI4tf
The recent rains have opened cracks !
the earth at the hi" g" VI maln Gro
4 4 erIeer. me bank is liable to fall at any tim,
II and the culvert below should be raised so 8
to hold all the dirt.
The season is at hand, says the Bosto
q Courier, when q whole family will carr
their dinner for miles into the woods and 8
k down among the bugs and ants and snake
y to eat 1t. They call 1t q picnic.
Z Ihe Missouri Pacific railroad will common
to-day selling excursion tickets from th1
. city to Brownsville, and will sell such tieks Q,
every Saturday during the summer good I
y go Saturday and return Monday, for 81 G
{ for the round trip.
Paint is cheap, and 1t Is much more ecor
omical to put some on every year than t
= walt until walls and woodwor are BARI
. and have suffered from sun and rain. Pain
up. 1t helps the looks OF the town, and
money In you pocket.
Elegant shoes at 10 to 80 cents per pair q
. Cohkllnsa j2S
From the best Information we can gather tn
. rains have not seriously injured the whea
which Is In shock. The harvest is general
completed, and without some untoward Gil
cumstance the berry will turn out to be yer
tine, and the yield very large In proportio
: TO the straw.
Elegant shoes at 70 to 80 cents per pair a
Conkiing's. j2S
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, they say
Then keep yourself clean. Water il plenti
full, at last, and there Is no excuse for no
washing all over at least once q week. Tw,
or three times a week won't hurt you. Dom
be afraid OF water. If you can't take
; plunge bath, q tub and a wash rag will an
swer very we'll.
} Elegant shoes at Is to 80 cents per pair a
> ConklIng's. is
c. Ben is determined that no other tow,
granger shall beat him ON garden sass. FL,
brought around, Wednesday, a basket O
Afghanistsn beans. Very large, brittle ant
tine. This bean is exceedingly prolific, Bel
says. and what is remarkable about IL is tina
1t furnishes Its own grease. Ben has a cor
ner on the seed. and proposes to outstril
Mulberry Sellers ".Great Oriental Ey,
Water" speculation In their sale at fit,
cents each. Care should be taken by tn,
public to come early, or they may be tos
late. Such an opportunity Is only obtains,
once In a lifetime. People at q distance cal
address him by mail.
Madame Moody's abdominal corsets q,
Conkling's. j2S
In our article on Lafayette county las,
week we stated the rate of taxation at ter
cents per one hundred dollars more than II
really Is, as the average school tax is thirty
instead Of forty cents. The taxes In this
county are as follows: For state, 40 cents
for county, 80 cents ; total 81 80. Fifty cent.
of the county tax Is to pay interest ON com
promise bonds. These bonds will always be
promptly provided for. and are improving
in price every day. When it is considered
that the rAfa of faYatinn I'm this ,o,,,tv hr.