Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-13
Go to the fair to-day.
Criminal Court second Monday in Oct.

Wheat ruled stronger in st. Louis, lnurs
day No. ,, 96l cents.
Hickam & Co. are selling sugar and coffee
,heaner than ever. s6t2
Mems gauze shirts only % cents each at
s. Wilker's. Soil
Krlehn q Wilker sell dry goods cheaper
than anv other house. s13tf
Such beauties, the new ~calicoes just open
ed at Krlehn Il Wilker's. sl5tt
Quite "a swarm of grasshoppers passed
over the city yesterday, going south.
y full line of DIR. Warmers celebrated
corsets for sale at kriehn 4 Wilker's. sl3u
Oil cloths, rugs and Turkish hissocks, ma
chine mattings in full lines at Rovle q
News. may5ml
Mr.. Jos. B. Silver will pay premiums
at the fair in this city Monday
next.
1t is stated that Missouri river freight
rates to eastern points are soon to be adj
vanced.
Temperance lecture by Maj. Hickman in
the basement of the Baptist church next
night.
Persons still owing on notes to the G.. &
A. will do we'll to read Capt. Asbury's adj
elsewhere.
When you want anything NEW and
FRESH, in the grocery line. call and get 1t
at the CASH store Of Geo. F.. Maitland. II
Just received n ine lot of Whittaker's
hams, breakfast bacon, sugar cured beef
aud buffalo tongues, at George F. Matt
lands. f -s13i1
There will be .slots'' OF fun at the fair to-
dsy. Any quantity of t~rottiDg aud i'm
promptu racing ; and the balloon. Be sure
to go.
California pears, aprIcots, egg plums and
green cages, in p pound cans, cheaper than
ever, and all NEW PACKING, at George +.
Maitland's. s13t1
The circuit clerk, MIR. Frank Trigg, has .
number of copies of session acts for distri-
button to justices of the peace, and for sale
to other parties.
Messrs. Ed. Wfnsor & Co. are talking OF
running a telephone between their coal
banks, II miles east aud the same distance
west OF Hlgsinsville.
Sweet pickles in 8 pound cans /; canned
beet tongue, corn beef In 2 pound cans;
uoNItC hah1 olo lOOSlSA III . RooAo cSNSS1
at Geo. F. MattIand's. s13t1
This section was visited by a delightful
rain Thursday. causing the hearts OF ye
granger to rejoice exceedingly. 1t WAS &C
companIed by a little hail.
Miss Matte Collins, whose TRAITOR killing
her brOther-in-law, near Buckner some
months ago, has beeu in progress at lnde-
pendence was yesterday acquitted.
A pure line of new fancy candies just
received, VIZ: Almond, lemon, %cocoanut.
strawberry and maple ices. All kinds OF
csramels &C., at Geo. f. Maitland's. s13t1
We are glad to learn that Mr.. j. A. Field
has been reinstated as agent of the e. & A.
at Higginsville, Jim Is a good boy, and we
wish him well. He is a faithful and useful
officer.
The ferryboat Undine, of this place, will
During her absence a large fiatboat Will be
used in her stead, 1t being impossible to get
a steam ferry to take the place.
Maj. J.I. Hickman, of Columbia, a cele-
brated temperance lecturer, Will deliver ,
lecture at the Baptist church in this city
on next Tuesday night, the 10th inst. Ill
Is an eloquent and logical speaker.
Grove Young, Esq, announces that hi
has purchased Messrs. Price s. Woelwine's
mercantile business at Higginsville, and will
keep on hand a first-class general stock. H
is an active, e%nterprising merchant, and viii
be of benefit to the town.
There was a very pleasant little socia
| uatnarinu uNI1osIou auantnr # tho rasidono
of Mrs. Mary Thistle, in Dover. Some few
persons were in attendance from this place
and they unite in praising Mrs. T. and he
daughters for the hospitality extended them
Mr.. a. FL. Bell presented to the Intelll
gencer, the other day, a remarkable stalk Q
corn. 1t is 16 feet 3 inches high, has upO
1t two large ears, the bottom one being l
feet 2 iuches from the ground. This cor
Was raised upon one of the poorest farm
in the county, the old Flournoy place, whfc
Is said to have been in cultivation for sixt
years.
A large number of the substantial and Ell
terprising citizens of Higginsville an
Vicinity, signed q call for a meeting at tn,
place, yesterday, '.to devise such measur,
as will secure the cooperation of the cit
Zens of Warrensburg in building a brant
road from that city to the town OF HIggin
VILE" We have no report OF what W
done at the meeting, but hope 1t was WI
attended and successful. The more roa
!. We have tie better for the county.
AMiss Emma Bobbiit, who comes high
y recommended as an elocutionlst by the pre-
Of this state and Illinois, will give an e
t%ertainmeut at the opera mouse on Thursd
next. To give variety to the occasion, mui
will be furnished by several of our leadi
!" vocalists aud possibly Miss Sallie Sloan,
4 Kansas City. Miss Bobbitt is one OF t
most beautiful and talented ladies' on t
e platform. and ought to receive a hearty W
- come and full house. Seats for sale at I
> postofice news stand and at BonnelPs.
I" A temperance society was organized
this city last Wednesday night, with
following strong corps Of officers Pre-
~ dent, Col. Geo. s. Rathbun !; vice-preside
IL Mrs. r. T. Jesse I; recorder, Miss Florer
IL Arnold; secretary, Gay Tate COUNSEL
6. X. Smith; fnancier, Miss Lou Ba
III treasurer, Major I. B. Clagett; marsi
Vim: Campbell; deputy marshal, Ely 4
e com usher, Jesse athbun chaplain,
- L. Leyburn; guard, Frank DeForrest ;
a. ISOLATION deputy, Mrs A. V. Robinson.
We print in another column a letter Fl
y MIR. Oscar w. Collett, secretary of the \
IL souri, Historical Society, which expla
Is itself. Persons who have archaolog
u" specimens-Indian curiosities such as arr,
s heads, battle axes and the like-wiIl do '
III to send them to Mr.. Collect, where they
IL be duly labeled with the name of the fine
" aud preserved for all time as part
GU the history of the state. We know o
number of such articles in this county t
are careiessly kept about the house,
ny which will eventually be lost, which she
All be preserved as is here indicated. Besi
IRE periodically considered, kept in the far
ca circle they afford instruction to but '
" few persons, while taken together in a
III collection, where all lovers of their 6
Au- may see them, they will furnish fuller lesl
Gu to vastly more people. Anything of
" kind left with us will be carefully forwal
L to Mr.. Collect.
II" In reply to inquiries on the subject
ia- will here briefly describe the Canada thi
en- that it may be recognized by our reat
III The name by which this thistle Is know
Id m!snomer, as it is common in EuYopu
al we'll as America, and is there known SIS
'al- creeping thistle. 1t is a perennial, spr
ing rapidly and extensively by Its !
u creeping roots, which send to the SUI
Aas numerous stems IS inches TO three feet /