Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-29
Buyers are paying from $50 to sss for

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Buyers are paying from $50 to s6s for
hemp.
Toilet soaps, perfumery, combs, brushes,
&c. Royle Il New. mch22m1
Wall paper of every style and color at
Royle's Book Store. n15m1
All the novelties OF the season will be
found at Boyle & News. mhSmI
MIR. A.. v. Robinson yesterday shipped
three cars OF hemp via Mo. P. r. K.
There will be an adjournedttsrm Of the PR =
bate court on Monday and Tuesday next.
BonnclPs book store is headquarters for
wall paper and window shades. mch2lw4
Do not fall to look through Royle & News
new goods, to arrive In = few days. maSm1
The Old Folks concert will be repeated
tonight. 1t Is y real treat. Don't fail to 70.
An elegant line Of wall pockets, brackets,
cabinet and panel pictures At BonneIrs book
store. mch22 va
Some of the street cutters are being clean
ed out, getting ready for the rain when it
comes.
Hosiery for ladies and children, plain and
fancy styles, q full and complete stock ut
Royle & News. mcb22m1
Asparagus is quite abundantt In the St.Louis
market, and strawberries made their irst
appearance there last THURSDAY.
The courthouse gates have been bracsd.
and u latch put on them, which makes them
stronger, and more able to resist the constant
Jars they receive.
According to the common desire of the
l.ru> .,1y,-.a I.ok rg1tf tho oonoorf yuil
be repeated tonight. 1t is q sight well worth
seeing, and the music Is splendid.
The young folks Of the Methodist charch
are now engaged in getting up . first class
entertainment to be given some time in
May. for the bene1t.of their church.
Theodore Ahrens' pet canary bird escaped
from its cage yesterday. 1t IL exceedingly TAME,
has a top-knot, sings splendidly. has = few
black feathers. A liberal reward will be given
for its return.
Jno. Taubman, city marshsl. will give q re-
| ward of s25 for information sufficient to convict
I the vandals who stole the gates and otherwise
| injured the property OF the seminarles last
Tuesday night.
DR.. Trotter, who has travelled over the
greater portion Of this county and part OF
Saline since the recent cold snap, reports
the wheat looking we'll everywhere and
only needing rain.
The new school law changing the number
Of directors to be elected ut the ensuing
election only applies to %''cities, towns and
| villages" and In nc manner Affects tile
\ country districts, which will elect as hereto
fere.
MI. L.. Il. Day, of Wellington. made quite
4 large shipment on the steamer Durlee last
week. Among the articles were 100 600
pounds OF tobacco. 1,oOO sacks OF wheat. 100
hogs and 6 head of cattle. He Ia also ship
ping about y car load OF wheat 4 day by
railroad.
Four prisoners were confined in the calaboosa
last Monday night, but three Of them escaped by
making q hole above the door. One refused to
leave, and one OF the I~ugitives return ed and
gave himself up. The other two. Cal. Tabb and
Frank Martin. made OF for parts unknown. but
Marshal Taubman overhauled Martin the next
morning about eight miles from town ,
and returned him to his old quarters. Cal. has
NOT been found, and will perhaps make himself
very scarce for some time.
tufts, bows, nscktlss and ribbons. Conc
and see them. RoyIe & New. mch22ml
The steamer Fannie Lewis passed up
Tuesday morning. having one barge In tow.
and u good freigat list, and took on $50
bushels of coal. She had on board about 200
negro emigrants, on their way to Kansas.
They were a hard looking crowd, and 1t was
reported that there was smallpox among
them, but the report was not true. She went
down yesterday evening, taking % barrels
OF vinegar for Geo. Maitland, and 400
bushels Of coal. The steamer z. II. Durfee
passed down on last Saturday. taking y
small lot Of freight. Thu steamer Joe kinney,
with 900 negro emigrants on board. passed
Boonville on the eth, at 4 O'Clock in the
evening, and will probably reach here to
day. The river 10 3 feet 4 inches above low
water mark, with q fall Of inches in the
last four days.
We wish to say to every one that It will
be our constant aim to give complete and
entire satisfaction In goods and prices, to all
who may patronage US. Royie Il New.
Sheriff Mountjoy aud Marshal Tsubman
some days ago received Letters and tels-
grams from q dstscttvs at LeAvsnworth, In
quiring about u man named Buzzard, living
near Mt. Hope In this county. They inform
ed the detective that the man was here, and
on Monday he came down, when Sir. Mount
joy swore out q warrant for Buzzsrd, chsrg
ing him with train-robbing, and .he and the
detective were soon On their way to Mt
Hope, where they found the man they want
ed. and brought him 10 town, securely hanc
cufed. He was placed In our jail to avail
the arrival Of the necessary papers. when h'
was transferred to tho Jackson county au
thorities. On the way to town Buzzart
made . clean breast Of the affair, and &C
knowledged that he was . train robber
j, Slowly but surely the -rascsls are coming II
i. grief, and we give all honor to the officer
who have worked up the case and captured
the thieves.
Everybody In need Of . stove or tin
Franklin street, for = good bargain for it'll
money. mch22m1
One OF the meansst pieces or vandalism
9 that has come to our knowledge for = lonl
e time was enacted last Tuesday night. III
iron gate In front OF the Baptist Femal,
College was carried to the high wall on Mai
. street, and pitched over. The large wooden
gates In front Of Central Female Colleg
e were taken to the deep ravine on the mort
. s'oS SoiC&o DAiioibBSauu Iuelo oIOAe
to pieces. Elizabeth AuIl Female Seminar
was also visited, and the steps In fror
. Of the yard were pitched into the stree
and broken, and the iren railing pulIe
down. Whether the perpetrators OF thi
. diabolical meanness had q spite at the II
situations OF learning, or whether 1t WAS a
overflow Of spontaneous c%ussedness. We d
not know. We are Informed that some
them are known. and will be prosecuted
the full extent OF the law, and there is littl
doubt but the others will be discovered.
* will be worth q great deal to our city II the
8, are all caught and punished.
J., Don't forget the Old Folks concert t.
night. Half price to any part of the hous
The pamphlet written by Mr.. Geo. Wi
st son. Jr., cashier Of the Aull Savings Bank
this city, and called .How to Abolish IL
re National! System" has received some hig
Or compliments. Ex-President Jefferson Dav
says: SIT IL In my opinion the best arg
ment 1 have seen on the subject" Mr.. Ju
I'd tice Field, one OF the democratic justices
re the supreme court ofthe United States SAY
lie 81 have read your treatise with great int
est, you certainly sustain your position
IS, with great ability and force" Mr.. Geo.