Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-23
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You can get California pears, aprlcots and
egg plums in q pound cans on ice, fresh and
ooo, =, &C. u Ma,tIanJ,s. a23t2
have just received from David NICHOLSON
10 St. Louis, a ton OF the finest Rio cohee
ever sold In this market; call and see 1t.
Co r Maitland. a23t2
Call and get a jar of Curtice Bros peach,
egg plum, raspberry, strawberry and white
cherry preserves. in glass jars. the hhest
favored goods on the market. George +.
M.,,Iand, a23t2
Miss Leala M. Owens of st. Joseph, has
been elected teacher of the preparatory de-
psrtment IN Central Female College. She
has the reputation Of being a brilliant and
talented young lady.
I will pay the highest market price for
summer and fall apples delivered in good
order for shipping. Handle your apples just
as II you were handling eggs and you VIII
sell at once. Geo. F. Maitland. a2Si2
I warrant all my goods to be fresh, and eX-
actly as represented, no light weights or OIL
brands sold In any case. VIII also deliver
goods FREE to any part of the city or onthe
ferry boat. Geo. f. Maitland. a2@t2
L will pay the highest market price for
summer and fall apples delivered in good
order for shipping. Handle your apples
just as II you were handling eggs and you
will sell at once. Geo. f. Maitland. a23t2
Two choice mich cows belonging to L.
H. CASTLE, living In the bottom above
Wellington, broke into d corn field last
= oVr osAoy and ofo or rnunh that they died
the same night. Several other cattle with
them came near sharing the same fate.
At the administrators sale OF the personal
property belonging to the estates OF Richard
and Robert Taylor, near Aullville, last
Saturday. corn In the field sold at Sc 10 per
acre, aged mules at $40, and all other stock
ut high figures. The sale amounted to about
% 1000.
f, X. Meet left at our office, yesterday, a
watermelon Of the Cuban Queen variety,
which weighed 50 pounds. The seed from
which it was grown were sent by the editor
of the Mobile Register to E. Allen last fall.
the melon from which they were taken
weighing ninety pounds.
Prof. Wood will give a grand dress ball,
next Monday night. at the opera house ; adj
mittance 81 per couple. Tickets OF invita-
ton have been distributed. 1t will be a
select, and pleasant affair. The professor
thinks OF Offering medals to the best lady
and gentleman dancer In his class.
Messrs. Grimes s. Venable's standard
Thermometer has marked during the past
week, at 8, II and 3 O'Clock each day, as
follows: Aug. ID, TOE, 75s, 73s; Aug. II.
7Oo, 76s 100, Aug. 10, 73o, 76o. $50 Aug
10, TO, s1a, $50; Aug. 20, TO, $50, $40
Aug. q, 100, $50, 800 ; Aug. 1929, $50, sse
Prof. Francis E. NIpher, chief Of thu
Washington University weather service o
the city Thursday and Friday. engaged IL
prosecuting their magnetic survey of tb'
state. They came from Boonville here. Tb
professor 10 q Jealous worker in meteor
ology. and proposes to verify the magneti
variations at all the principal places in tn
state, though 1t will require several years t
accomplish It.
Richmond Conservation :-"Deputy Pos'
master Bowen, showed US q cucumber, ths
he has at the postofice, that measures i
length over twenty inches" Now, frien
Child, you thought you had u big vegetable
! didn't you? Well you had for Ray count,
but we have y cucumber on our desk, SET
to us by Miss Bette Prewitt, which Is tw
and . half inches In diameter, and three fe'
and four inches IN length. Unless you haS
: cucumbers as long as telegraph poles it
absolutely useless Tor you to try to beat OIL
Lafayette.
Last Wednesday was q big day In HIggin
vile. Sells Bros. Circus and .Meuager
r was there, and the bone and siney
the beauty aud the chivs'ry of the entil
s country had congregated to witness the e,
= hlbition, and to spend the day In relaXatit
from tina cares and Oubles Of life, and
8 enjoy themselves In innocent and soci
amusement. Old aud young, rich and poo
white and black to the extent OF about thr
thousand seemed to have but one object
view. to see the most In the shortest possir
time, and to get the full benefit of ever
thing enjoyable. Notwithstanding Il
crowd present and the consequent jostlil
of pedestrians as they moved from place
3. place, the efficient police force, under t
q, direction Of Charley Ward as chief, had b
7. little difficulty in maintaing good ord
et throughout the entire day. The sire
IL parade about noon was magnificent and t
u show under the tent fully up to the requiI
N nents OF Establishments of this kind at I
S. present day. With Higginsville and t
I'd Higginsvilleans we were much pleased. L
&c town has q beautiful situation, has quite
th number OF substantial brick business hou.
~ and handsome residences, and commodio
ID churches. Her citizens are courteous to
alive to the future of their city and br
full Of business. We are under many oil
's, cations for courtssies shown and for X
be words spoken, which we assure them
fully reciprocated by the In%telligencer d
ut its representative.
Our Florida boys, whose departure
mentioned last week, had an advent
right away. When they left, the stear
Gen. Rucker was lying at the wharf coall
n.' 1t was but q very short time after they
o." pulled out into the stream, launched six
.n' their jugs, with lines attached nicely hai
III for the delectation of big catfish, before
ns Rucker, under q full head of pent up ste
- came bearing down on them as the stei
Au boat did on Uncle Dsnl. in the woods, a
"s with Uncle Dan'l. the boys thought S
ny enough that sumtin was q comm. An
perienced fisherman who was In his b
III near at hand hallooed to the m to take in tt
jugs and pull out OF the way, but in the
ubsrance OF their youth, they yelled bac
letter come, they didn't care, and truly
Wv. diGn't care either, and bore directly dc
upon them and their lively jugs. In a '
eI few minutes that steamboat doomed W
those boys until 1t looked as big as a IN
s' tain, and sesmsd to be inevitably bent
running over them. They made one or
'e spasmodic attempts to Capture the nea
Jugs. but seeing the monster coming ne
and nearer they concluded that discre
wss the better part Of valor, aud Cap
the Limrick and pilot Smith laid back on t
on, oars and prscticed the leg stroke in u MAJ
tur- to make Hsnlon ashamed OF himself.
be- muscles on the gallant rowers' arms swe
me- out as they had never swelled before /;
ngs hair on their heads began to displace t
ling sombreros; the perspiration ran down f
ity. their Iorsheads Into their eyes until it Il
the ly blinded them, and the thought even C
'ons into their heads to initiate Uncle Dan'I
iVer srassllng a little In prah.' All this time +
was their colored attendant, was leaning b
der one hand on each gunnle at the rear OF
q Of boat. his eyes bulged out about an Inch
Ives face an ashy pale color and his mouth
and open, fully realizing the impending dar