Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-06


fair.
Have you a pretty, young wife, bring her
to the fair.
Have you a fine horse, bring 1t to the
fair.
Have you tine wheat, bring q sample to the
fair.
Have you fine stock Of any kind, bring 1t
to the fair.
McCausland is offering bargains, see his
ad. in this issue. att
Rickam s. Co. have just received a large
lot of fresh goods. s6t2
Mems gsuze shirts only % cents each at
Kriebn & Wilker's. s6tf
Don't forget the place, Is per cent. saved
at Kriehn & Meyers. j2Stf
The farmers of Clay township are about
through wheat threshing.
Rufus, bows, neckties and ribbons. Come
and see them. Royls Il New. may3m1
II you wan to 60 to Europe. the Nile,
Pompeii or any other seaport C. Ben.
Look out for counterfeit half dollars.
They are said to be becoming plentiful.
A full line of jeans and fsnnels for sale at
last years prices vt Kriehn & W1lker's. II
A nice new line OF trunks and satchsls,
Just received and for sale cheap. Royle &
New. msy3m1
School books nicely covered with Holden's
book covers without extra charge, at Royle's
Book Store. a23m1
Make up some bread and see II you can't
take one or both of Robinson's premiums,
next Tuesday.
Buy your school books, stationery, pencils,
inks, pens, &C., at the Franklin Street Drug
and Book Store. a23t3
The farmers Of Clay and Snl-a-Bar town
ship are preparing to put In . much larger
crop Of wheat than last year.
A pair of new gloves were left in our Of
flee last week. The owner can get them by
calling. No charges for storage.
Messrs. Henry A. Keller and Marion Easter
caught q nice 81 pound cat fish at the mouth
of Crooked river last Thursday.
Remember II you want a choice barrel OF
flour to make a loaf Of light bread from u
-four and show 1t at the fair on Tuesday. A.
v. Robinson & Go.
We offer a barrel Of -four for the best Loaf
of yeast bread also a barrel Of -four for the
best loaf of salt rising bread to be awarded
by q special committee. A. v. Robinson
& Co.
Jno. G.. Young, the prince Of transfer
men, has added q new bus to his already
full equipment. There is no other city Of
~Lexington's dimensions with u transfer
facilities as we have here.
Persons wishing the address Of their pa
pers changed, must give the postoface to
which it is at present addressed, as we'll as
the postof1ce to which they wish it sent.
Otherwise We cannot make the change.
Messrs. Emison Chanslor and Russell Will
son found a man. dead drunk, lying on the rail-
road track, near the Pacific round house, last
Saturday night, with his head on tho iron rail
for a pillow. As the night train was about due
they concluded he had better be removed, and
they got him out Of the way. He owes his life
to these young gentlemen, and will do well to
take warning by the experience.
Mr.. II. G. owens has succeeded Mr.. 81.
B. Midlsm as agent for the Narrow Gauge,
at the depot in this city. We do not know
Mr.. Owens and doubt not he may be very
faithful in the discharge of his duty, but we
think the company made a mistake In not
appointing the gentlemen who applied from
this city. He is thoroughly competent, and
has the advantage of knowing and being
known by the people.
A negro woman named Annie Burton
died in Old Town about daylight Sunday
morning from the effects Of overdoslng her.
self with drugs, taken for. the purpose Of
producing an abortion. About half-past ter
O'Clock Saturday night q physician was sent
for, and when he arrived he found hel
vomiting and purging, and in great pain
Her arms were cold to above the elbow, and
her pulse was very low and fluttering. Ths
doctor soon discovered her condition, and
saw that she had gone to such measures al
would compel a premature birth. He wen
to work then to assist her, but soon fount
that there was no possibility OF relieving
her, and the most be could do was to easl
her pain. The doctor is Of the opinion tina
the woman had made a decoction Of podophy
lin, and drank 1t for the above named pur
pose, not knowing that 1t was poison, ant
the dose she took was SO large it acted as
poison before its effects as an emmenagogu'
could be properly realized. There is n
doubt of her intention in the matter, and
had she lived, she would have %accomplishe,
1t. Her life was the penalty paid for he
rash and ignorant effort to hide her shame
At the May term, 1879, Of the county court
on motion of the prosecuting attorney, al
order wal made directing the sheriff to wor
on the public roads Of the county all misde
meanor conviets then and thereafter cor
fined in the jail Of the county. Under thi
order nine of these convicts are now bsin
worked on the public road leading fror
Lexington to Wellington. This road is be
ing properly thrown up, graded and ditche
on either side, and 1t Ia the intention Of tn
officers, Mountjoy and Steele), having tn
work in charge to macadamize the same, bu
In order to do this thoroughly they find tbs
it will be necessary for the people living d
rectly along the line of the Dad to Civ
some aid and assistance in the way Of hau
ing rock. The rock for macadam, II necs
sary, will be quarried and loaded by th
convicts, and all that is asked of the citizen
along the road is to assist IN the hauling
furnish teams, drivers and WAGONS. A
those willing to give q little time to this eli
terprise and work, will please report imm'
diately to Messrs. Mountjoy or Steele, {
either Of them. The work should by .
means be completed before the winter month
set in. Surely the people along this roa
will see both the proprIety and justice {
this request. As soon as the rock Is hsple
the convicts will be put to breaking an
placing the same upon the road and as SOC
as this road shall be macadamlzed as far
needed, and placed In thorough repair, the
other public roads of the county will be vi
dertaken.
Col. John c. Moore, of Kansas City, d
llvered his lecture on 'the poetry of tt
war;" at the opera house In this city. la
Tuesday evening, to an appreciative aud
ence. We regret exceedingly that Meth
time nor space will permit us to speak
this lecture at length, and as it deserve
Col. Moore during the days when the dar
a gallant soldier In the confederate arm
The combat over he returned to his avoc
tion as a journalist. Chivalrous, tsnde
brave and true his prose has breathed
: poetry, and the soldier-writer drawing 1
q spiratien from the poetry of war, and fro
D Its stern realities, too, has won an enviab
place in his profession. From the eloque
manner In which the lecturer was lntr
duced to the audience by Col. NJ. v. l.. N
E Clelland they were led to expect much, 81
!, they were not disappointed. Rarely usil
his manu- script, Col. Moore without prear
hIe hogan tn talk of noetrv-tha noetrv