Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-21
If YOU have stock to ship c. Ben; in case

If you have stock to ship c. Ben; In case
you want tickets call on him.
e. Ben Russell beats all the town grangers.
His Madagascar cucumbers are the largest
we have vet seen. Farmer Hall is nowhere.
We have a very fine sample of Ben's cucum-
bers at our office. Call and see 1t, all ys
early gardeners.
Mo. P. rates to this city on fourth class are
now 90 cents special Is cents; SALT cement
and plaster 25 cents per barrel. Ihis mas
been brought about by the action OF tue
business association, the formation OF wnien
the IntelligeHcer so long urged. Ihere Is
nothing like cooperation. 1t pays.
The bankers convention at Sweet Springs
July 9Th, 9th and 10th. promises to be q sue
cess. The Nj. X. & I. road will carry dele
gates the round trip for one half fare. The
Chicago road the same, Blackburn being the
station on their road from which passengers
reach Sweet Springs. Reductions Will
probably be made by the Missouri Pacific.
The following is a list Of the boats which
have passed this port, this month June z,
Fannie Lewis, down, for ties; June 6th'
Joe. Kinney, up, for K. c.; June 9th, Fannie
Lewis, up, for X. c.; June 7th, Fannie
Lewis, down, for ties June 7. tug, Iris, up,
for Omaha, to serve government surveying
party; June 9. E. H. Durfes, down from
Omaha, with $500 sacks corn; June IL,
Fannie Lewis, down, for ties (; June 10,
Fannie Lewis, up, with ties June 13, Fanny
Lewis, down, for st. Louis June a, Joe
Kinney, up, for Kansas City June 10, Joe
Kinney, down, for st. Louis. River yester'
day Il feet above low water mark.
Thursday last Louis Egle discovered .
coffin sticking out Of the bank of the river
opposite the city, and reported the fact to
quite q number of persons. Next day 10
Wilson and Thos. Wiley took a skif and
pulled up to the place. where they could see
the coffin, the end of which had fallen out
| and inside OF which was the body OF q man
A close examination showed that the skull
| had been broken. The flesh had fallen from
the bones, and it was impossible to tell any
thing about the remains, the clothing being
the only means of distinguishing whether il
was a man or woman. Beside the cottir
were q few rotten boards, supposed
to have once been the boxing OF another
grave. IL Is ulluOSl CtItu GuaL luS oou.
was that OF a man who, with his vile, llvet
at North Lexington five or six years ago
Their dead bodies were found IN the hous
one morning, and 1t was never we'll settle'
whether they had been murdered, or wheth
er the man had killed his wife and then him
self. The bodies were buried side by side
but the woman was afterward removed b,
her friends. From the position of the coffl
it is supposed that the graves had not bee
more than two feet deep. The water Gu
the bank away, and on Saturday mornin
the coffin had disappeared, and had eithe
sunk or floated away. Quite a N q
persons saw the end Of the coffin from tn
bank above, but only a few took a look Int
it from the waters edge, as the river wa
high and dangerous. No effort was made t
remove the body, and we do not know tbs
the Ray county authorities had any infol
nation on the subject.