Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-01-04
The Ice bridge here Is considered perfect

The Ice bridge here Is considered perfect
~ safe for teams.
Read Boyle & News new advertisement
In to-dsy's paper.
The ice on the river is sixteen inches thick,
and still thtckeniug.
| How many times have you written 1t
'1S7s' since last Tuesday?
The county grange will meet at MAYHEM
Tuesday, January IA, 1879.
The ferry is laid up for repairs, and will
not run sgain a. long as the Ice bridge Is 80
srrong.
| II au nrdInary dose Of snow Is as good as
6 coating of manure, this one will be OF great
value To agricultural land.
Mr.. Thomas johnson Is cutting Ice made
OH the channel since the river blocked. 1t
il rs clear ~ crystal, and IL inches thick.
Boys, don't let your comrades induce you
to lick lamp posts with your tongue. this
cold weather. You won't need 10 do II but
onc- to nud why you had better lick cream.
Mr.. Reese requests us to saw that The Sem
tinel did not appear yesterday, owing iothe
indisposition OF MIR. Peterson, the publisher,
but that 1t will be On time next week and
thereafter.
Mr.. VIM. G. Neale, secretary of Lafayette
Grange, number 30a, requests to say that tho
OH GERS OF that grange will be publicly In.
stalled. and all who attend will be fesstsd'
on Saturday January, 1lth. Meeting to
commence 1t 10 o'clock, q. n.
MIR. VIM. Bsir is putting up sbont 1000
tons Of clear lee. He expects 70 be able to
haul It up by steam In = couple OF days. and
T---.- -.A,>- - --.e -R>~AG4nn nnA
q bis men fell into the river yesterday, and
got a sudden cooling greatly to the smuse-
menI OF those present.
Two young men disgrscsd eayes,last
Sunday, by driving around town ata gaiiop
In . -sleigh. with two prostitutes. We were
told that they were from Richmond. They
attracted . great deal Of attention.. aud 1t
might have been 4 good lesson to them to
have procured their names for public stion.
Richmond Conssrvator, January S:-Yss-
tsrday morning NJ day-break the therm0n-
etsr msrL ed fifteen degrees below Zero. 7 be
Ice harvest Is . glorious one. . . A So. e
ciaI term Of the circuit court has been called
Monoay next, by Judge Dunn. for the pur-
pose OF trying several cases set for that time
by agreement.
The passenger train on the St. Joseph
branch ran OF OF the track last Mondoy, near
the Junction, the coaches turning complete.
Iy over, the passengers having to climb out
Through the Windows. Tue Misses BAR, of
this city. who were on the train, were slight
lily bruised; no one seriously hurt. The
track on this road Is horribly out Of repair,
AMI 10 becoming dangerous.
Mr.. Theodore Bates bet q hat apiece with
sixteen Of his %neighbors that he would ship
WHEATON the c. & A. railroad, from Bates
City, before the LIST day OF January, 1879.
On Tussday last, December 81, the road bs-
Jug completed to that point, he shipped 3
consignment Of wheat 10 HigginsviIis, Mr..
ChambIin paying him Chicago price for it.
He Is decidedly IN luck, und rs he has some
hats to spare, he had better call around.
A laboring man on his way to Higgins
VILE when at the depot, In this city, Thurs
day evening, was found to be 10 i'll with
l~pnsumonia that he could proceed no further
on bis journey. 10 was made rs comfOrta.
bic As circumstances would permit 10y this
OH, -ers of the road In the Office, whore he
still remained yesterday evening. The proper
authorities should look after the case, ~ 1t
is inhumsne to leave him where he is. He
says that he is from Springfield, Ills. but
has not given his name.
Saline county Democrat. January End -
"Ws had a conversation. last Tuesday. with
Mr.. NJ. b. haskeli,the gsutlemanIy telegraph
op orator aud ticket agent Mt this place. lie
inform, US that the C.& A. is gong on at the
rsls Of halt y mile = day, and that the COM
tnanv hnnA IN ha ahla IN raanh Rana~a (ifv
by the LIST Of February. being now about %
miles Lom that point. Regular trains wall
then b put on. and passengers sud freight
can 60 through on time" Later informa.
ton on this subject may be found in smother
paragraph. >
i, Judge and Mrs. Wm. Walker gave an en-
tertainmsnt ct their rssIdsncey0n New Years
night, to their niece, Mss Clara Powell, OF
Mt. Hope, and to Misses Julia Smith and
Katie DrysdLs, OF this city. There were
eight or ten couple OF young ladies and gen.
tlemen present, and they all pronounce 1t one
OF the most pleasant gatherings they ever
attended. Vocal and instrumental music,
i, and perhaps . little dancing, were feature,
OF the evening. The rsfreshments consisted
. Of an elegant supper, and was = great sur
, prise to all prassnt. The company enjoyed
l themselves % thoroughly that the passage o.
d time was scarcely noted, and midnight cam,
| before any one thought 1t was ten O'Clock
A negro. who was arrested In Wellington
r yesterday, ha d in bis possession the follow
ing named articles, supposed to have beer
. ~ctolen: Ont hesrt-shaped lockst, gold ; on
= watch chain pin,four pieces Of gold earrings
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agate sls~sve-button, three gold shirt studs
one small masonic pin and one pair gold an.
: ruby slesvs-buttous, all contained IN . blu
. watch case. Also, one silk pocket hsndker
. chief, new; one black sack coat, velvet col
{ lar. nearly new ; one bunch keys, all size
and kinds; one very small tortoise shell
, 1pocket-knifs, anil numerous other articles o
/. no particular value Persons having los
{ articles OF the above description. will please
. call on Constable z. B.. Mckee and examin,
. these. The negro also had In his possession
goods stolen from Mr.. Klug's boot and sho
: store, last Thursday night.
2 We PRINT below an interesting extrac
from q letter received by US = few days age
;. from Mr.. Hugh +. Wilson, who Is now dc
ing business at Fort Worth: There is Q tire
mendous amount of business done here ;
would open your syes and wake you up t
n be here and see the square crowded wit
wagons loaded With king cotton Fror
i've to fourteen hundred bales are daily see
on the square, and there is such = jam tbs
one has to 60 round to get to the other sid
of town. The bales weigh from 400 to 81
pounds, and At seven cents-tbe price Sa
urday-it takes some ~greenbseks to NOV
the cotton crop. Thu Democrat, = few day
ago, said that for the past two months, theI
had been an average Of one thousand BALI
sold daily In this market, and that there ha
already been over sixty-fivs thousand bale
shipped from this point. Their rcporte
y h,n the means Of knowing. There IL q NOV,
ment on foot to extend the railroad to Wetl
- srford, thi.ty-ive miles west. / heard . fe,
Gays ago that two hundred men were graz
log on the western end. The last cold snu
We had caused the natives to creep into ov .
coats, or blankets. Mexican fashion, 1T
style In which Uncle Jim Hlcklin used
wear bis celebrated red hlanksO. They shl1
er and shake every little cold change "
have. Hutchison and l have not used
oVercoat yet, and II looks strange to n