Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-25

night.
The Hlgginsville Advance Is talking of
charging.
A good many prairie chickens are passing
over town.
Wednesday last was a genuine Indian
summer day.
Boots and shoes as cheap as at any house in
Lexington, at NJ. f. KelleI's. o4m3
MIR. George Vaughan says ice was formed
Saturday and Sunday nights last.
MIR. N. Haerle's grand ball, ut the opera
house. takes place next Monday night.
Our mechanics are very busy, several fine
houses being in process of construction.
The public schools hat, a holiday Thursday
to enable the pupils to attend the circus.
Tit river is very low, and the bars above
and below town appear very prominently.
The circus came, saw and conquered-the
man who took the children to see the ami
mails.
Walking match at the opera house Satur-
day, November IL. See ad. in another
column.
Our stock OF boots mt shoes Is full, and
we, as usual, are selling less than elsewhere,
Cunkllng & Co. oct25
For a real nice solid walnut bedstead or
table, or any other nice and cheap furniture,
call on H & +. Wlnkler. j21
Dover still maintains her reputation of
having more pretty girls to the square yard
than any other town in the universe.
The merchants of Dover report trade quite
lively, and are looking for guile an increase
of trade so soon as the weather Goods off,"
Messrs. Keith Il Wilson, millers at May
view, desire to buy corn, and will pay the
highest market price. See their advertise
ment elsewhere.
The Durfee, which has been running in
the Missouri, is advertised for a trip down
the Mississippi.
We noticed quite q number of people in
attendance at the circus, with their whole
families, who are too poor to take a county
paper. Singular.
The healthiest thing that has ever been in.
augurated in this county was the require.
ment that Jail prisoners should earn their
victuals by working on the roads.
MIR. b. Meyer, one of our substantial Ger.
man citizens, has recently improved the ap.
pearance of his neat brick house on Main
street by painting the entire outside.
A number of sails have appeared on the
river during the past few weeks. They
beautify the appearance of our port Won
d%erfully. There should be a dozen more.
"Jno. p" and "Quin" keep things
'swhooping up" at Dover in dry goods and
groceries. They say no present or future
county seat shall undersell them in anything
The ell part of the Washington house
tumbled down Tuesday afternoon. No one
was in 1t. The old rattletrap ought to be
removed, as 1t is IN various ways a nuisance.
N. C. Ewing and SOU, DR.. Jno. W. Mene
and Ed. Kerdolf left last Thursday for 8
| duck hun on the lakes In the eastern par,
of this county. They will probably retur
to-day.
A bite from a rattlesnake is sometimes no
more dangerous than a severe cough OF
cold. A well merIted reputation has DR.
Bulls Cough Syrup, and this remedy is sole
by all druggists. Price % cents.
Mr.. ". ID. Chandler. who was for a Ions
time an estimable citizen OF this county; re
moved about three years ago to the neigh
borhood of Breckinridge, Stephens county
Texas. After faithfully trying the country
he is now back IN Lafayette county, with hi
family, and If he can rent a suitable farm
will remain here. He says that there is nj
place on earth, that can surpass Lafayette
county as an agricultural country, and tina
the people here do not know how well Of
they are. Mr.. Chandler is a first class farmer
a reliable gentleman, and has teams an,
force enough to cultivate a large place, an
we hope he will be able to effect arrange
ments which Will once more make him GU
fellow citizen.
Andrew Douglass, a colored man of abou
twenty-three, who has been working fo
Mr.. Camilus Barnett, came to town las
" Wednesday with a load of wheat. Yieldin
to the temptation of the flowing bowl, hi
natural temperament came to the top, an
he went into Messrs. Davis i Allstadt's stor
where he stole a pair of shoes. Mr.. AllstaC
|. detected him, requested him IN his usu,
} bland terms to take the shoes out of b
, pocket, and in a few minutes transferre
HIM to the custody of Jaller CHM. A fe
minutes more and he was before Esquil
i, Beck, where the sublime mysteries of tt
law so impressed him that he readily plea
guilty, and his honor fined him $25 an
i. costs, which means pony down or enter tt
, service of your country In pecking roc
Unfortunate young colored man.
s The largest stock, lowest prices and mo
r Fat Conkling s. Co.'S. oct25
Y There was an exciting runaway on Thll
street last Wednesday,. Frank Edelin,. wi
was driving Mr.. Fayette Patterson's team
two brown mares, let them stand for a m
ment in Irish town, when they started
run of. In his effort to stop them he W
knocked down and one of his legs was r,
u with all their speed dow Third street
Mrs. Jennings residence, where they turn
8 toward the river. They then ran south
the alley to opposite the end oil Laurel stree
where there is no road and dashed down I
face of the bluff at a terrible speed. Tn
y turned the corner of the steep hill and halt
within three feet of a gully about fife
feet deep, when policeman John caug
|e them, but the place was SO sIautins tina,
very slight motion of the frightened hors
K upset the wagon sideways, and wage
II horses and all went tumbling into the ravil
ID Several persons had by that time appear
on the scene, and, rather wonderful to sta
the horses were eXtrIcated from their
f lemma without serious injury, the harm
uncut, and the wagon but little damage
b They could scarcely go through the sal
re experience again, however, with a sim
he result.
D. The largest stock, lowest prices and m,
stylish cloaks and dollmans are to be fou
ID at Conkllng " Co.'S. oct2
" An old story tells the trials OF u N
r who sold his shadow to the devil. A shad
does not seem to be a thing of much val
ir and very few persons are aware that to
~ deprived of their umJra would be a serit
n. matter to them. In thIs.they are very m,
ne mistaken as was proven to the person abb
n mentioned. Boys hallood at him WON
st when they passed him, uttered exorcist
n prayers; his male friends dropped av
1t. from him one at q time until he was sOlit
en- and alone. Even his sweetheart, ,mpei
Id by superstitious fear, though she loved b
ng gave him up and married a detested ri,
The gentlemanly individual flor of cou
n his satanic majesty was in ~disguise) v
be had quietly stopped to the ground, rolled
tie the shadow when he purchased it, and
OF it In his pocket, could nowhere be fou
an and In sheer desperation the unfortunate
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