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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
The following Is the Presidents mes

The following IS the ~fresloents mes
sage:
Fellow citizens of the senate and house
of representatives:
The failure of the late congress to
make the requisite appropriations for
legislative and judicial purposes, for the
expenses of the several executive de-
partments of the government and for
the support OF the army has made it
necessary to call a special session Of
the forty-sixth congress.
The estimates OF the appropriations
needed, which were sent to congress by
the secretary of the treasury, at the
opening of the last session. are renewed
and herewith transmitted to both the
senate and house OF representatives. Re-
GREETING the emergency which requires
a special session of congress at a time
when it is the general judgment of the
country that the public welfare will be
best promoted by a permanency in our
Legislation and by peace and rest, l
commend these few necessary measures
to your cons derate attention.
[Signed] RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
suERMAN's ESTIMATES.
Accompanying the presidents mes
SAGE are estimates from the secretary
of the treasury, of money needed for
the army and Tor legislative, executive
and judicial branches OF the govern.
ment. These estimates are the same a:
those submitted at the opening of thu
last session, with the exception of item!
provided tor at that session.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

Pineville, the county seat Of McDou-
aid county, Missouri, was almost en-
tirely destroyed by fire early Wednes-
day morning. Only the court house,
one hotel, and two business houses are
said t o have escaped destruction. The
fire is supposed to have been the work
of ~incendiaries.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

The foreign physicians in the plague
stricken region of Russia have, after
consultation, declared that the epidemic
may be considered to have died out, as
there has been no case since Feb. 9th.
They recommend a continuance of GER
tain precautions, though the Gordon
around the infected district In Astrakhan
has been Withdrawn.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

Gen. James Shields arrived in Jeffer-
son City yesterday from Washington.
The old Mexican veterans gave HIM a
grand banquet at the Madison House,
and the legislature gave him a hearty
welcome. both. houses adjournlng for
the purpose OF meeting him at the depot.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22
~MINIsTRATOR NOTICE..

T ETTERS of administrator with will an
IL nexed, on the estate oil George II. Pearce.
deceased, were granted to the undersigned on
the 4th day of March. 1879, by the Probate
court of Lafayette county. Missouri.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them for allowance to the
administrator within one year after the date OF
this notice, Or they may be ~precluded from anv
benefit of such estate. And IL such claims b.
not exhibited within two years they will be for
ever barred.
mch2a-5 N L. GORDY,
Administrator with will annexed .
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22
LAFAYETTE COUNTY.

To those farmers living on high-prlced
lands in the north, east and south, who
desire to better their condition, and SET
tie their children around them, we would
say, come to Lafayette county, Missouri.
have cheap lands here that equal. in
fertility, the valleys Of the Nlle-lands
that will produce everything. excepting
those crops peculiar to the tropics. Fruit
men say they get no finer apples any
where than those raised In this county.
While the peach crop is not q certainty
every year, an abundant crop once In
two years may be relied upon. Blue
grass is indigenous to this soil, and all the
other tame grasses grow we'll here. The
county is traversed by many living
streams, and contains innumerable
springs of fine water. Some of the lar
gest stock dealers in Missouri are found
in Lafayette county, and the cattle, sheep
and hogs shipped from this county are
among the best that 60 into the St.Louis
market. The mule and horse trade is
also a thriving business here. The wheat
crop is as near q certainty in Lafayette
county as anywhere in the Uuited States
the yield per acre depends upon the
farmer who c~ultivates 1t, varying from
eighteen to forty bushels. The county
is settled by q moral and law-abidine
people; churches and s~choolhouses arr
built in every neighborhood. Good mel
from every section are welcomed to thi
county;the prejudlces engendersd by tn
wa have died ont. Lands are cheap
improved farms may bs bought at iron
$15 to $40 per acre. Three railroads.
the Chicago & Alton, the Lexington (
st. Louis and the Kansas City & Easter
run through the best parts OF the cour
ty. giving Us choice Of markets. eitho
St. Louis, Chicago or Kansas City. Al
cording t. the present assessment W
have %. o00. 900 Of taxable property
the county. The present rate OF tax
LIOu III bt0koS SouutS 0uo sSooo' pup
ses, all combined. is 81 so on the $40
1.-THE financial condition OF the county
healthy and prosperous. There is
school fund Of Ss6 900. which yields
annual Interest OF Sc. 600, which is distri
n uted among the various districts OF &
1t county. Our finances are managed
careful and prudent men, who see to
2 that the public money is not squandere
D. In days past farming was carried on
this county on a large scale. some far
lp ers cultlvating two thousand acres
land. Now these men are DESTROYS
es outing up their farms into small p
cells. and liberal inducements are ofel
nd to purchasers. Come and take a look
it Lafayette county.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22
~IsTR NOTICE.

7 ETTERS OF administration on the estate OF
II Preston 5. Whitsett, deceased, wee granted
TO the Undersigned on the Goth day of March,
1879, by the Probate court OF Lafayette county.
Missouri.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to me for allowance
within one year after the late of this notice, or
they may be precluded from any benefit of such
estate; and if such claims be not exhibited with
in two years from the date of said notice they
will be forever barred.
ABRAHAM M. STANFIELD,
m22t5 Admin StratOr.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

The forty-ffth congress will be noted
in history as the one which had more
good words tor jeff. Davis than for
George Observation-Disclosures. Well,
we confess we can't see why this should
be so. George ought to have as good
words as jeff. They were both engaged
in the same business.-[BurllngtonG Ga
,,,tfa
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

Tn Massachusetts. there IS q law on
+ba statute books which provides that IL
. negro ..strike any person OF the hns-
1;sb or christian nation, he shall be pun
isbed by a severe whipping
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

MANY avalanches have recently oe-
.urred in Austrian Tyrol. At ble'ourg
ten houses were crushed. fourteen per-
,op, killed, eighteen seriously inJufeo
ond fifteen missing.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

Staid old Connecticut is IN debt, too.
about as far as she can comfortably
wade. The debts of her towns. cities
and counties amount to over seventeen
millions. which added to the state debt
of about five millions. make a total OF
public debts of S22. 118, 977 %, or S41 II
per capita OF the population. The in
terest account Is over a million of dol
lars a veal, while the taxation runs uE
to six and a half millions.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

One hundred and thirty thousand peo-
nile are rendered homeless by the recent
ov.rhov at Szegedln. Eight thousana
ont of ten thousand houses have fallen
and nineteen hundred persons were
drowned.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

DR.. c. W. Benson's Celery and Chamomile
Pills are prepared expressly to cure Sick Head
ache, Nervous Headache, Dyspeptic Headache,
Neuralgia, Nerv eusness and Sleeplessness. and
will cure any case. Price, afty cents a box, 30
pills, postage free. Sold by all druggists. Of
dee. No. los N. Eutaw street, Baltimore. Mary
land. apr27yl
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

The first utterance Of the Catholic
Telegraph, the official organ Of Arch
bishop Purcell.in regard to the financial
embarrassment of the archbishop,
was in an article of the last issue. The
debt will be paid. the article declares.
to the last cent, though it may take
years to do it. Reliance is placed ap'
parently upon the plan Of general con-
tributions proposed by Cardinal Nc
CIoskev
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

All the New Orleans banks, twenty
one in number, have suspended pay
meet for ten days-until the goth.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

An English company is about to De
..,.h,;sbed at Flushing, Holland. Tor the
,mnortation OF American meats lot Tue
Corm.n market,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

It rained sulphur at Reading Alien
town. and other places in P~ennsEisan'a
last Sunday. In some instances 1t meas
nod over a half inch IN depth.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

Klein, the tramp who committed an
outrage ON Mrs. Warsdale, near New
.port, Ky, a few days since, was naneeu
hv /. moi to q tree q short distance
t,om the scene of the outrage.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

An English paper says that a girls,
seminary was started in Utah. ana Juss
"a it got fairly under way the "ais
--;,,;n., married the whole school.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

The malice or stupidity which set
aHoat the report Of the prevalence of
cattle plague in this country has totally
stopped the shipment of cattle from
New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Portland to England. Heavy losses to
persons who have been engaged in this
trade are unavoidable, and unless the
restrictions are speedily removed the
English meat supply will be ineonven
isntly shortened. while prices in thi
country are likely to decline.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

St. Patrick's Day was more generaliy
last Monday than for several
years.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

The committee to prepare and present
articles of impeachment against State
Treasurer Gates will report next Tues
day.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

Representative Sparks will submit to
the house, at the first practicable mo-
ment, the army appropriation bill, and
call for its immediate consideration.
The bill, as it will be reported by
Sparks, is identical in its provisions
with that passed by the last house. and
which failed of enactment in consequence
of the incorporation therein of a clause
prohibiting the presence of troops at the
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

The newspaper office of the lndepen-
dent Callawegisn. at Fulton, MO was
totally destroyed by fire last Sunday
night. Less 81, 800. Insurance $2,ooo'
The residence OF H. Baur, at the same
Mace. was also burned on Sunday
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22
TAXATION.

In last weeks paper we stated that
the state and county tai in Lafayette
county was less than the city tax in Lex
ington. This having been denied, we
produce the figures:
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

A St. Petersburg dispatch reports 'na,
.;ob. officers of the Imperial 1uaro
have bsen arrested at Nihilists.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22
NJ time OIL service.
DESCRIPTION AND PEDIGREE:

NV fine iron-gray four-ycar-old Mambrino-
Champion Colt, DICTATOR, will serve . lin.
tied number Of mares, at $40 to insure. He 1!
full sixteen hands high, and cannot be surpaseed
for beauty or style.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

Farmers in Georgia find it extremely
difficult to obtain colored help. This. 1t
Il, said, Is not because 1.-THE negroes Will
not work." as some have claimed, u
because they are settling down on cheap
lands and going into farming on their
nvn %accOunt.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

Between the d%lphtheria, which is said
to be alarmingly prevalent in the south
ern provinces, the plague in the south
cast and socialistic conspiracy, which is
spreading through all parts Of the en-
pire. Russia is moi just now an agreea-
BILE land to visit, much less to live IN.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22
The SPLENDID YOUNG STALLION
AL. w e Il.

THIS Splendid Young Stall.
l lion ami Renowned Trotter, ~
will stand the present season at 0
the Quality Ridge stock Farm %eZ
OF M.n.nh Beamer. ten iniies SA~
south Of Waveriy. W
AL. WEST will he permitted to serve mares
at the exceedingly low price Of sl5 To insure .
fact is ascertained. or The m.re nar,ed win.
Single leaps will be charged $40. payable inva.
rlably at time of service.
DESCRIPTION AMI PEDIGREE:
AL. WEST Is q solid blood bay. with . little
white on his hind feet; l6h hands high, and In
beauty and style IS unsurpassed. He was sired
by Richard Vests Almont. he by Alexander's
Al. Vests LIST dam by Bohanan's Wallis, End
dam by Mambrino Chief; Sd Dam, by Mason's
Whip; 4ih dam, Whip unknown. Al. West was
ioaled May %. 1872, in Versailles, Kentucky. :,
I have u number of fine colts by Mnmbrin0
champion and Al. West. promising %trotterss
which I will sell ut reasonable prices.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

The supreme lodge OF the A. o. u
wv ;s in session at Nashville, Tenn.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

The Kentucky supreme court has de-
c,ded that the statute against gaming,
which enables a person losing money at
4 faro table to recover his losses from
the proprietor, will not work the other
way and allow the proprietor to recover
losses from fortunate players.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

National bank notes of the denomlns-
ton of 81 and %, sent to the treasury
for redemption, are not reissued' but
destroyed. The amount thus witnora"n
since January 1 is s250.O Oo. for which
United States notes have been supplied
in their place.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22
orEyCIAL COUNTY PAPER.

The Maine constitution prohibits the
negro from voting.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

JEFF. Davis is now living at Mississlp-
ri City, a small station on the Mobile
and New Orleans railroad, near the
coast, and is in circumstances which
make him entirely Independent Of the
benefits resulting from the pension bills
and such special legislation. He is work
Ing quietly on his book, with Major W
T. Walthall, formerly of Virginia, as
his secretary.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

NY extra-fine young jack, MARINGO, will
be permitted to serve mares at $40 to insure.
He is fifteen hands one inch high; black with
mealy nose-by Blackburn's Kentucky Jack.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

The national house of representatives
organized on the 18th by the re-
election Of Samuel j. Randall as speaker
upon the first ballot, the vote being
Randall, IA; Garfield, 1926; Wright. Is,
and Kelly, L. The following officers were
also reelected: Adams, clerk; Thomp-
son, sergeant-at-arms; Field, deorkeep-
err /; Stewart, postmaster ; Harrison,
chaplain. Wright was the greenback
candidate. The senate elected Col.
John C. Burch, of Tennessee, secretary,
and r. L. Bright. Of Indiana, sergeant
alarms. MIR. Burch is the editor OF the
Nashville American, and has filled sew
eral places OF high trust in Tennessee,
and is said to be peculiarly qualified for
the position to which he has been elect
ed. We publish the committees else
where. The house committees will
probably not be announced Tor several
days.
Mr.. Van Cleve, chairman of the house
committee on accounts. at Jefferson
City, has instructed his clerk to audit no
accounts giving to members more than
one dollar per day for their services. He
states as a reason for this order that the
seventy days session provided for in the
constitution having expired on the 18th,
and the house having failed to adopt a
resolution declaring this the revising
session until on the above date, and that
as the resolution has no emergency
clause attached, members cannot undo,
the constitution receive more than one
dollar per day. If this ruling is sustain
ed, we may expect to see our represent
atives home again before May 9th, at
which time it "a expected the legisla
ture would adjourn.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

Because the Glasgow, Kentucky Times
was a great source Of comfort to Mrs:
Willis. a wealthy lady OF Cumberland
county, who recently died, in that it
brought her weekly all the news about
her family and friends in her old home
in Barren county, she bequeathed $1,000
to it in her last will. Does anybody
know of another such instance o. rec
ord7 Can any state boast OF having
contained a more sensible womanP
During 1873, England sent US 1881
emigrants, Ireland, 17,113. and Ger
many 31,95s. Only 8.46S. came ovel
from China, and more than that number
returned. OF the whole number OF emf
grants from all sources. including tn
countries mentioned-153. 207-only 16.
s37 were classed as skilled workmer
This constant Importation of unskille
labor is of far more Importance tina
the Chinese question.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22
Fer SALE on
~ WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

ESTATE of Robert G. Scott, deceased, Notice
~ is hereby given that said estate has. by order
oil the probate court of Lafayette county, NO.
been turned over to the widow without admin,
debts due said estate; and all persons indebtedr
to said Robert G. Scott, deceased. are hereby
save cost, otherwise their accounts will be
placed in the hands of asofic.r for collection.
Mrs X. C. SCOTT.
m22A Widow ORR. C. Scott, deceased. :
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

Wonders will never cease. Now we
read that the American Cable Company
has secured the right to use a new in
vention by which ten messages of twen-
ty words each will be sent every minute
between Paris or London and New
York. The process. it is said, will also
enable the company to send in thirty
minutes from London to New York the
entire contents Of a newspaper like the
London Times. This will make subma-
rine telegraphy tolerably cheap and null
tiply the business of the cables. The
new rates are to be from three to five
cents a word. and at that price every
body can afford to talk to Europe.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

One hundred and twenty thousand
persons are rendered homeless by the
recent overflow in Hungary.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

The breach of promise suit oil the
widow Oliver against Simon Cameron
IL now in progress of trial at Washing
ton. Rich developments are already
made, and the promise is that more are
canning. One of Cameron's letters pro-
duced ends with 'you will soon be my
wife, The damage claimed Is $500 0
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22
sHERIFF's SALE.

Pasturage furnished, and good care taken, as
fifty cents per animal per week.
mh22m3 NJ. BEAMER.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

body 4 afford to talk to Europe.
1t is already evident that both parties
in congress are agreed in restricting the
legislation OF the extra session to the
passage OF the bills for which it was
convened, save that the democrats will
insist upon the political amendments
being affixed thereto, which will be
%stubbornIy resisted by the republicans.
| Senator Edmunds' resolution touching
this matter reflects the sentiments OF the
minority and is the signal for the COM
mencement of hostilities.
The Burlington Hawk-Eye says that
the extension OF the Burlington s. South.
western road to Kansas City. has beer
determined on by the managers of the
c. B. & Q. road. This connection tt
Kansas City and another line to st. Joe
will give them the leading trade OF thu
great west, connecting with the A. I
s. 5 F. road. AS the matter has nov
been resolved upon, we shall learn full
particulars in due time.
Sparks, of Illinois, has been selected
to submit to the house as soon as prac
ticable, the army appropriation bill
> which. in it's provisions, will be identj
cal with the one that failed last session
l 1t will include the enactment prohibitin
y the presence of troops at the poll:
leaving the two remaining polite;
> amendments to be attached to the legl
q lative, judicial and executive bill.
1t The monument to the memory OF Il
e late General Sterling Price has be'
completed and placed in position
Belle Fountaine Cemetery. 1t bears tt
d plain inscription:
y STERLING PRICE,
IL Born in Prince Edward County,
Virginia. Sept. ii. 1909.
ch Died Sept. 90, 1867.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

STERLING PRICE,
Born in Prince Edward County,
Virginia. Sept IA. 1909.
Died Sept. 90, 1867.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22

The monument to the memory OF the
late General Sterling Price has been
completed and placed in position at
Belle Fountaine Cemetery. 1t bears this
nlaln inscrinfinn
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-30
Festival at the Third BAPTIST Church.

Last evening was most joyful occasion
for the little ones belonging to the Sunday
school of the Third Baptist Church. and it
did ones soul good to listen to their merry
voices as they Joined in the merriment oil
the feast that was spread for them in the
auditorium of the Church. The church
is situated on Pine street, near Clark, and
is one of the many cozy places of wor.
ship. so common to our great city.
After the formal opening very good
programme of vocal music and dialo sues
was rendered by members of the respective
classes, which speaks creditablv for the
children and those who taught their young
ideas. The first exercises in singing were by
the school, followed by an original dialogue
between the two little Misses Robins and
Lacox, in which all animated conversation
was had regarding the frivolities of board.
ing school girls. ....
Next was another original Dialogue BY
seven young boys, each representing 8
prominent Cincinnati man, and the sub
ject being a meeting of the "Seven Wise
Mem of Cincinnati to discuss the Sunday
amusement question. Emma De Butts Ia
very little girl) rendered solo with mu ucL
credit. After these exercises had finished,
DR.. T. J. Peale stepped forward, and in q
neat speech introduced novel feature in
the shape of a full-rigged ship, of large di-
mensions laden with cargo of choice
candies, packed in boxes and miniature
muffs. These were distributed among the
anxious and impatient children, the boxes
to the larger ones and the muffs to the in.
FAINT classes
The pastor, Rev. E. P. Roberts and his
estimable wife were then presented each
with handsome basket OF delicious cut
flowers as token of the esteem in which
they are held by the members Of the little
flock. Over three hundred boxes and muffs
were given away.
The Superintendent, who is "bashful
bachelor and desires a suppression of hi:
name. deserves great credit for his untirine
efforts to make the occasion an enjoyable
one, which it really was, and return will
be anxiously looked for.