Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-11
Now dig your potatoes.

Now dig your potatoes.
Awful dusty last Thursday.
Yesterday was u rainy day, sure.
All the ladies' now wear crinOlinc.
The grass is about played out for this
year.
Tb,. bows have again commenced playing
marbles.
Farmer Hall raised the "boss' celery III
the county.
Wanted-a few trsin-robbers. Inquire OF
&. NJ. Mountjoy.
Abrens' new store will soon be like Jonah
in out of the wet.
Wash YOUR feet once mole. before the
weather gets too cold.
A. j.. Hall Is now using his second crop al
new potatoes for this year.
Three pets put In their spare time fractur-
Ing dornicks at the geological Institute ON
Broadway.
1t will take just the price Of a bushel OF
walnuts. boys, to get you INTO the circus
which will be here on the 23d.
Fill your coal houses now, before the
roads get bad. the weather could and the
price one or two cents more per bushel.
A splendid rain visited this portion Of the
"tootstool" last Thursday night anu yester-
day morning. 1t will be of great benefit to
the growing wheat.
Constable Bradford arrested a man named
Freeman, at kearney, Clay county, u few
DAYS ago, who is charged with stealing
wheat from Mr.. George Osborne, who lives
near Aullvillr.
If the fellow who left a new pair of gloves
in our office, several weeks ago, don't claim
them before cold weather, W. shall deny that
we have ever seen them, and let the boys
..jetl' for them.
Wood and Berry and Miss Fannie Royle,
last Thursday night. The music was excel
lent, and the gentlemen received beautiful
bouquets at each place.
Thus far, this fall, the prayers OF the Ice
dealers for hot weather seem to nave "got
away with the pleadings Of the coal dealers
TOR an early winter, although the latter
seemed TO be u few laps ahead last month.
The crossing Oh Pine street, between the
stores of Geo. f. Maitland and d. W. b.
Tevis, is perhaps the most used Of any In
the city, and should be attended to before
the mud Of winter is here. 1t is now in y
miserable condition.
Mr.. X. NJ. Sparks left at our office, a few
days agO, a sample of u very tine looking
wheat, called The "ClawsOn,'' obtained at
the State University farm. tie has about
eight bushels which he will SOW experiment
ally. The grain Is large, plump and pretty.
| E,., ,,,ntity nf onrn ,nl,s Sn.EaH In
coal oil, Tor tire kindlers. Ii dry when
placed in the oil. they will absorb enough to
kindle the most Obdurate fire, thereby pre-
venting Il terrible amount of cuss words
from escaping when the wood Is damp OF
the weather cold.
Messrs. Grimes l. Venable's standar
thermometer has marked during the past
week, at 9, II and 3 o'clock each day, Il,
follows: Oct. 4, 7as. 79e, So; Oct. .
TO, SOC, 50" Oct. 6, $50, S2". $40; Oct
I, go, ~, $40 !; October 8, To, $50, $40
Oct. 9, So, $50, SO !; Oct. 10, Too. 10, 72".
The money drawer In MIR. Morris GratZ
store in this city, was robbed, last Monday
between three and four o'clock In the after
noon, of $50. The thief lett $40 In the bacl
part of the drawer which he failed to see
The theft was accomplished while MIR. Graf;
and Mr.. Williamson were so occupied tina
they were out of sight of the drawer for th'
moment.
We fluid the following in the Post Dispatch
''Thc will of llet Tobban. made In 1868. wa
filed in the probate court of Linn county las
week. The will Dequeuths one-half of his estat
to his wife AMI children. and the other half /
Al t. . N~ Tt
estate Is valued at about $40, OUO." The paste
OF the church at this place, Rev. j. j. Lilly
knows nothing regarding this bequsst. He In
written to ascertain particulars.
The Glenwood Literary Society met Satur
day night, Oct. 4th and re-organizei by elect
Ing j. w. Howe, president; j. w. Warder
vice-president; W. S. Wright, secretary
This society has been conducted by til
young ladies and gentlemen Of the neigh
borhood for several winters past, and ha
been the source of much profit and pleasure
The society meets weekly. The doors ar
open to all who are interested in literary In
prOvement.
, During the high wind, last Thursday aftel
noon, a humming bird fell on the pavemen
Immediately in front of our office door.
was picked up by W. II. Chiles, Esq. place
j., IN II box and taken home as a curiosity, b
supposing that it would die in a short tim'
After getting home with It., the bird was S
sprIghtly that he turned 1t loose again an
it went on its way rejoicing. 1t is suppose
the beautiful little fellow was either blow
violently against the building while passin
c, Yer, or had become exhausted from 4
attempts to fly against the wind.
The following were among the awards
a the St. Louis fair: Ornamental needl
Il work, thread tioss-First premium, 81
= Miss Nj. Hussing, Lexington, Mo. worste
g tapestry-a picture-tirst premium, So
Mrs. j.. X. Temple, Lexington, Mo. !; :
d premium, SO, Mrs. j. X. Temple, Lexin
ton, Mo-; 3rd premium, So, Miss E. L..
,e Holly, Niagara Falls; silk embroidery-l
n premium, S25. Mrs. L.. Vogeller, city ;
is premium, Sl5, Mrs. L.. NJ. Thomas, Ter
,r Haute, Ind; Bird premium, S.. Miss c..
Kice, Lexington, Mo.
T. The Lexington sporting club held a call,
If meeting at the office OF Mr.. A. j. Ha
is last Tuesday evening. J. r. Davis, ESQ
~ 4 DiSsieShts "aS h" Is NooiAg Il IL l !
< acted as secretary. There were present.,
L., members Of the club, Messrs. j. Il. Dav
E. A. j. Hall, Frank Trigg, Ed. B. Mckee,
r. w. Meng, John Reid, VIM. b. Hsmle
o. Frank Nicholson, Geo. Schofield, +. Turn
S. Wm. j. Morrison and probably q few othe
IN whose names we cannOt now recall. \
he al explained the object OF the meeting
be to take steps toward securing the est;
or lishment Of the state fish hatchery in LAT,
ce whose business it shall be to ascertain q
ny violations of the game or fish laws. c
It, JnO. Reid made a speech In which he Is
ye an account of the tour of the state viii
d : the hsh commissioners have. recently ms
in with Il view to establishing n hatchery.
ais assured the club that no place had been
he. lected, for the reason that no suitable pl
nd had been found, accessible from all portiu
a Of the state. lie explained that it '
he Necessary to have q spring of perenr
it flow, with a considerable volume of wal
le- entirely free from mineral qualities. and
tut subject to overflow. The requisite cor
:" tons had been found in only one place,
su- Webster county, a situation too remote fl
1t. the larger part of the state. He belle
that no place which had been visited |
to scented more favorable conditions than
not springs at W ateriOO station in this coun