Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-04
Personalities.

MIR. 7. c. Crcnshaw was home last sunday
and Monday.
Miss Jennie Finley is somewhat better, but
still quite i'll.
Mrs. NJ. Somerville, who has been quite i'll for
three weeks, is now much better.
Mrs. Milton Atkinson, nee Nicely Clowdsley,
is here visiting relatives and friends.
Hon. Carl Schurs passed through Sedalia on
his way to Washington Thursday night.
MIR. and Mrs. W. Il. Cobb, of Wellington,
We're in town yesterday visiting and shopping.
Miss Lima Fields. OF HiSginsville. WAS in the
city visiting Mrs. JAS. Hays family this week.
Messrs. Bulord Chinr and Jesse Itathbun went
up 10 ST. Joseph. Tuesday, to attend the expo
sitiOn.
Esquire W. y. Anderson and Mr.. j. W. Nc
Burncy. OF odessa, called on the Intclilgcncer
Thursday.
MIR. Robt. r. Waddell writes that he will he
here Oct. 40. He represents Jcilrls, scclcy "
Co., Cincinnati.
Mr.. Chris. Walk, who has been living ut ST.
Paul Tor some time, is in the city, and Will work
ut Winkler's factory this winter.
X. T.. Times, Sept. 2S: Fannie, Alice
and susie Waddell, Of Lexington, are in the
city. visiting the family OF e. W. Whitehead.
Mrs. "A. V. Robinson and her daughter, Miss
Lula, went up 10 st. Joseph to visit friends and
attend the exposition, last Wednesday morning.
Miss Carrie b. Davis returned to her home at
llchInond, last Monday evening. She had
been visiting Miss Fannie Bayliss, Of this city.
Miss Lizzie Franz, OF Jamestown, Mo-, re-
turned home Thursday, after i short visit to the
families Of Messrs. IL. j. +. Ahrens and charles
Weber, of this city.
ST. Joseph Gazette. :-"Old Aunt jimmy
(RobldouN) died ut the county poor farm on the
9th, 1t The advanced age vi ITO years. She has
u history that Is iull OF interest.
Miss Anna Keurney, " very popular young
lady who has been visiting the family oil Mr..
kenney, near this city, lett for her home near
Lexington, n.y.. one day last week.
Miss Agnes HerndOn. who Willie remembcrc
by our people rs u popular public reu. Ter, made
u successful debut as an actress, on the I'D ult.,
ut BALTIMORE, IN SardOu's comedy, "A Scrap
OF Paper"
Messrs, VIM. Price and W. X. Woolwine, OF
Higginsville, paid us Il pleasant visit yesterday.
Mr.. WOolwine proposes to return to st. Louis
where his old house, VIM. NJ. Price y Co., have
offered him u position.
We receIveda pleasant visit from .. j. KERRY,
ESQ.,, Of Carrollton, last tuesday. He Was Tor
many years county clerk OF that county, and
his son, John r.. is the present efficient incmm-
oNAS oA NhNs oAASSs AS Ss"AS WI III UllhS Ills
daughter to the +. A. Seminary.
EIghty-two degrees Ill the shade makes our
worthy assessor hot, very hot. He was IN town
one day this week locking much distressed by
the heat. Another such exhibition OF gonencss,
and we shall feel compelled to devote q chapter
to his remarkable appearance when pursued by
u rising mercury.
independence correspondence Kansas City
Times, Sept. 2s:-Mr. z. Itenick, OF Lafayette
county. was in the city yesterday. " . . Miss
rs Mary and Libbie Brown, two beautiful young
ladies Of Waverly, Mo-, are in the CITY, visiting
the family OF their cousin, deputy Marshal VIM
LanghOrne.
MIR. Joseph F. Smith received Il letter from the
physician who is in attendance upon his wife III
Washington. this week, which says that the lady
has been rs Tree from pain and us comfortable
rs could he expected, the cooler weather having
been favorable Tor her. lie also tells him thai lie
Will have ample tine to arrange his affairs before
1t will he necessary for him to 20 on to Washing
ton.
The Vergennes Vermonter, of last week, says
there are living near Nalcour Station, Peru,
Clinton county, n. Y, SIX brothers by the name
81 Lyon, whose ages are. respectively, IT'S fol-
lows: ~, "a, Is, III, 81. I-maklng four hun
dred anu one years. They all live within one
mile OF each other, on good farms, and are well
and hearty. Each brother is married and has II
lamlly. There are also three sisters. whose
ages our informant, Mr.. David H:.re, was III. =
able to give.
Kenny Lee Thomas, the IL Year old blind son
Of Mr.. e. j. Thomas, oil Clay township, called
| with his father, TO see lis Wednesday. Benny
has been blind since he was nine months old.
but Is a bright your G fellow who is pretty we'll
educated for his age. In addition to his literary
culture he is u good broom maker, so that he
has made better use of his time than many boys
with good eyes. lie was en- route Tor tile insI,-
tute Tor the blind in st. LouIs, and like all his
schoolnates he had u good word to say Tor Mir.
McWorkman, the superintendent, and Tor Mrs.
Standish, the matron.
| MIR. Willie Nj. Cash, who left here Il few days
ago to seek his fortune il: far western Oregon,
writes from ION the train, Friday, 2Gth, - is
follows: 1--WE are now travelling in the south
western part of Wyoming, and will soon be in
Utah. This Is our third day and night on the
emigrant train, and we have six more days yet.
l made my dinner Of vcnison to-day, that /
cooked myself. 1 met with my first misfortune
yesterday. While on top OF the Car viewing the
city Of Cheyenne my hat blew OF and was lost,
and now l am hatless. l am enjoying the trip
iinely-much better than l expected. Have seen
lots of game, such as antelopes, prairie dogs
and jack rabbIts.'
James Buchanan, OF this county-(son OF
Robert Buchanan)-whO left home about 4 year
since, for Colorado, returned u few days ago,
on account of his own and his mothers sick
hess. He was detained several days in Denver,
to await the arrival of his brother. who went
out to meet him. Since his return he has been
constantly confined to his bed, but is now inn
proving. Ills brother. Robert c., who went to
walt on him, was also sick for two or three
weeks, but is out again. Mountain fever YVES
the disease. John, another brother, who left
last March, arrived home last Monday morning,
too late to see his mother before her death.
richmond .Conservator Mis- Carrie Dayis,
who has been spending a couple of weeks in
Lexington, has returned home wen pleased. =
: Geo. McEaddin, an old typo. who former
ly run the Republican in this city, was in Rich
mond, Wednesday,, shaking hands with his old
friends. = Last week another OF the old
veterans succumbed to the inevitable, and we
have now to record the death of Joshua Bush ,
who was buried with Masonic honors in the
beautiful cemetery at Hickory Grove meeting
house. . . = A telegram was received yes
terday by Col: j. w. Black. informing him that
Jno. S. Maitland. a former resident OF Weston,
a"H ''o' Apieu y u Wy, NeDIiShhs anu
would be buried to-day. Mr.. Maitland was well
known throughout the State as a leading Odd
Fellow, and was II brother of Alex and George
Maitland. lie also resided in this county for a
number OF years. This sad announcement will
cause a pang of sorrow to his many friends and
HE relatives have the heartfelt sympathy OF all
On the 18th of September, while James L.
kiuChulDe and thas. Tracey wpr. bunf,np .t,.L
in the brush along Davis Greek, in Washington