Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02
Personalities.

Mr.. Robt. Cox, OF Dover, Is suffering from
paralysis.
Mrs. E. &. ricketts, will start Monday for a
visit 10 relatives at Bloomington, Ill.
Miss Katie Chanslor arrived home from her
visit to Swee Springs last Thursday.
Mrs. WIN. G. Long and her neice, Mrs. Dun
lap, left, last night, for Sweet Springs.
City Engineer Fleet spent last Saturday and
Sunday in Brownsville. ut the Springs.
Mr.. Geo. Wilson, Jr.. returned from q visit
to sweet Springs. last Tuesday evening.
Miss Lizzie Hutchinson returned home last
Saturday from her visit to Pleasant Hill.
e. +. Garner, ESQ.,, OF Richmond, was in the
city last Tuesday. attending to legal business.
Mr.. James L. Clayton came down yesterday
evening. from Kansas City, on legal business.
Messrs. N. Walton. b. NJ. McCanley and
Dudly Stone have returned home from Colorado.
Mira. Lucy NJ, wife of Capt. A. H.. Thomp-
son, died ut Sedalia, Thursday, aged So years.
Misses Lille and Katie Drysdals are visiting
their sister. Mrs. b. S. Cromwell. at Kansas
City.
Mr.. Charles F. Lehman, an old and prominent
citizen of Cole county, died there. last Thurs
day.
MIR, IL. W. Winsor is still sojourning at Hig-
ginsvllle, looking after the coal mInes.of Winsor
4 Co.
w. A. Hill, Esq, of Charleston. w. Va, is
the guest of his cousin, Mr.. j. w. Duling, near
this city.
Mrs. Flora Darneal. nee Trigg. Of Richmond.
Is in the city visiting the family OF DR.. J. F.
Atkinson.
Yesterday was the first day of August, and
gan his assessment.
Ag:-,.o TlI.l C.-.a a-l rral oono-,-,
MED by Messrs. Hubbell and Mosby. spent last
Sunday in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barrett, OF Sedalia, were in the
city this week, visiting Mrs. Barrett sister,
Mrs. Samuel Wilson.
Misses Fannie and Lulah Bair left. last Thurs
day morning. for Brownsville, where they Will
remain several weeks.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Cooley. Of Bro0kneld, Mo-, and
the family of Mrs. Hollis.
Miss NJ. Sue smith and her nephew, Master
Robert Bruce, Of Marshall, are visiting the
family of L. S. Smith, Esq.
Mr.. Gilbert Jennings, formerly fthis county,
now OF Barbour county. KS, is now visiting in
the Greenton neighborhood.
Mr.. Alonzo Lawson and two sons. New York,
are visiting the family Of their relative. Isaac
Chanslor, Esq, Of this city.
Marshall Democrat. July 3l:-Miss lola Har-
wood. is at Sweet Springs. one of the bellies OF
that gay Saratoga of the west.
Mrs. Volney Gunneh and her brother, Burt.
Small, of Pleasant Hill, paid the family of T. 8.
Smith q short visit last week.
Mrs. Pattie :Gould, Of Mississippi, nelce of
Mrs. A. W. Hutchins. OF this city, left here for
New York and Niagara Falls a few days ago.
Mr.. Allen Campbell, who is the millwrlght
for Messrs. Warner 4 Bayley, went up to Odessa
last Tuesday to look after the fitting up Of their
mill.
Mrs. Marion West, of Kansas City. and her
interesting daughter, Miss blanche, spent u part
Of this week in this city, visiting Mrs. J.. D.
Morrow.
The Misses Wall. Of st. Joseph, who had, for
some time past. been visiting Miss Lulu Robin
son, of this place, returned home Wednesday
morning.
Messrs. VIM. c. White and E.. C. White went
up to Slater, last Tuesday, to visit their brother,
Charles White, whom they had not seen for
some years.
HI. Higgins, Esq, paid us a visit Wednes-
day. Mr.. ii. has been in feeble health OF late,
but was looking better when he called than for
some time previous.
Mr. Thomas s. Ridge, of Kansas city, il
spending u few days with relatives here. He is
on his way to Brownsville, where he will re-
MAN . couple of weeks.
Mr.. Fred. ". Fischer, son OF Ino. q. Fischer.
Esq. :, OF this city. left, with his father, Thurs
day evening, to enlist at st. Louis for tue naval
training ship on the lakes,
Mr. =. sieg Of Cooper county. paid us q
visit yesterday. He has been prospecting
through Lafayette county for Il farm, and we
hope he will lind one TO suit him.
Mrs. Hoffman,, of st. LOUIS, came up from
Sweet springs with her mother, Mrs. j. Green
field. Mrs. Schneider and Miss Schneider, OF
st. Louis, to visit Lexington, her birthplace.
Miss Sale Parker, OF Independence, and Miss
Arle Chil.s, of Buckner. who have for the past
few days been visiting the families of DR.. Wat.
son and Mrs. Hollis, OF this place. returned
home last Wednesday,.
We have again been asked. ''Who is the p. l.
man He is the ''Personal Intelligence'' max
of the New York Herald. Tqussnds Of people
have exercised their brains ut Imagining what
+. l. n.iyAt stand for.
We observe in II recent numher of y Levy
county, Florida. newspaper u notice of appIIca-
ton for diyOre by LIllie F.. Brown, nee Lille
Florence Ambrose, from her husband, Robert
ii. Brown. Mr.. Brown is now living in Kansas.
Judge Plattenburg, Richard 4. Conn, W. T.
Conn. W. Il. Anderson and W. w. Peddicort
called on the Intelligencer II few days ago. Tn,
two first named gentlemen are seldom in Lex.
ington. and we ere GLAD TO seq them bear theil
Teafs well.
Misses Cora Herndon and Alice Day who hav,
for the past few weeks been visi ting the family
of w. T. Hays. Esq, left for Wellington, las
Tuesday. to make u Visit to their relative, Levi.
Day, Esq, alter which they will return to thei,
home in CarrOlltOn.
Sedalia Democrat. July 26:-Mr. Fred Conner
for a long time identified with the mechanics
department of the Democrat, left, last evening
for Lexington, where he has accepted q position
on the Lafayette Sentinel. Fred is a good work
man. a good boy. and deserves all the good tina
falls to the lot of man.
A hoy in Crawford county. Ind, married
when he was seventeen, and was a father a
eighteen. He lately married a second wife, an,
now, at the age OF eighty, is happy with a secon,
child. There is sixty-twO years difference in tn
ages of his two children.
Hon. John F.. Williams. OF Macon, Mo-. ex
speaker of the tweniy-ninth general assembly
and prominently mentioned as a candidate 10
governor. passed through the city Wednesda,
with his wife. en- route for Sweet Springs. II
ihteilSehSei ieCeiseo u lleaSant WISH from IN
gentleman.
F.. |. Man:-General Joe. Johnston is i've tee
ten inches high. lie is slim, with a big roun,
head, u short broad nose, thick lips, y brsa
forehead, deep gray eyes, and q calm, modes
manner. General Johnston believes that tn
first verse Of the bible says that in the heginninI
Cod created the heavens and the South.
Mesdames Holman, Greenfield Schneider an
Miss Schneider. Of St. Louis, who had spen
4 few weeks ut the brownsville Sweet Springs
were in the city Thursday. ON their way home
and, accompanied by Mrs. Philip Keller An,
Misses Gussle and iInttie Keller. of this city
paid L half hours visit to the Intelligencer.
DR.. Dillarri states That Il girl living seve
miles from Bolton. Ga, and who was Marie
last year before she was |: years old, gave birth
recently. TO u female infant. The mother is nc
thirteen years old, and will not be until nez
September. The child-nother and her bah
We're dong well vt last accounts.
Capt. X. A. Collins and Hon. Sam. Davis, tw
members of the legislature, met In mortal com
bat, last Tuesday, at Alma. 1t was in u civ
suit before !, Justice of the peace. We dom
know the merits of the case, but when We aske
the honorable Sam. about it he SAID it wa
awfully mixed. while when We spoke to III
honorable Dick regarding it he smole II smil
that stretched all over his face.
GIVE THE OLD MAN A CHANCE.