Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-13
Personalities.
DIR. j. G. Holland is very ill.
AIR. w. A. Bethel is quite ill.
Tilton Davis, ESQ.,, is in the cit,

Ir. d. u. ItOllanO ID very III.
Mr.. w. A. Bethel is quite ill.
Tilton Davis, ESQ.,, is in the city.
MIR. j ames Nichols is getting better.
Mr.. Eli Keller is very low with dropsy.
Misses Lottie and Georgia Belt are visiting
Mrs. Abe Hayes.
Mrs. z. H.. Chambers is visiting Mrs. Duke
Harris. at independence.
A. NJ. Hagar, train master of the Mo. z. R.
B.. was in town Tuesday.
B.. Il. Ireland. Esq, returned from a trip to
Platte county last Tuesday.
Our genial friend, Harvey Mediation, has been
In attendance on circuit court.
Mrs. Henry Wallace, mother of Hon. Henry
c. Wallace, Is dangerously ILL.,
Mrs. Theodosis McCord, who had a stroke Of
paralysis some days ago, Is better.
Mrs. Emma McWIlliams. of Trinidad. is
visiting her father, Col. 10. Davis.
Gen. Charles E. Spencer, of the U. S. army,
died at Carlisle, Pa. last Saturday.
Mr.. Joseph l.. Thomas returned, last Tues
day. from a two weeks trip to Santa Fe.
Mr.. Hugh Campbell, an old and respected
citizen of st. LOUIS, died there last Saturday.
Mrs. Georgia A. Youngs desires lis to change
her address from San Diego to San Francisco.
California.
We received an agreeable visit, Thursday .
from Mr.. c.. H. Vandiver, editor Of the Tribune,
Keiser. W. Va.
The ex-Empress Eugene will go direct from
Madrid to ZuIuland to pray on the spot where
her son was killed.
Uncle Billy White has migrated east. Unlike
the birds he does not go south, but he always
gets back In the spring.
Judge Walker Tebbs was in town this week.
He says that he has been entirely relieved from
his case of Paronychia.
Miss Leila parnall. of Platte City. came to at
tend the Oratorical Contest last week, and was
q guest of the Baptist Female College.
Hon. W. W. Ketcham, United States district
Judge for the western district OF Pennsylvania
died of apoplexy at Pittsburg Sunday last.
Mr.. John b. Clay is the only child OF Henry
Clay who is living. He has a comfortable home
at Lexington, Ky, owning 200 of the paternal
acres.
Mr.. Harry Gilmore, of Aberdeen, Miss. who
was here preparing his property, LImrick Lawn,
to remove to it in the spring, paid us u pleasant
visit Wednesday,.
The facetlous editor of the Kansas City Times
ssys:-''Senator Logan's grammer is of the GO
as-yoa-please kind" There is undoubtedly II
joke in this paragraph.
Richmond Conservator:-"Mrs. John Roth
rock and Miss Alene and Master Frank. who
have been on IL visit to Lexington, returned
home Wednesday morning."
HIgginsvllle Advance:-''Our young towrs-
man, Mr.. Joseph A. Smith. will go into u BUSH
ness house IN Aullvllle on the first of January
He is . worthy young man and deserves sue
cess"
One of the sweetest voices orLexington IS thai
of Mrs. Hugh Wilson, and it was heard with
pa-at ~H-.k N,et CroInu ot tho E,i;pnnl1
church, in the ste Deum,'' which was beau
tifully sung.
Hlgginsvillc Advance:-"Wc regret to say
that Squire P. B. Hudson has been quite ill ioi
several days. He IS one of our honest citizens
esteemed by everybody. We hope to see hin
again upon our streets sOon."
Among the guests of the Baptist College las
week were Miss Emma Sturgeon, of Houstonia
and Miss Annie Semple, Of Liberty. Miss
Annie's father is the distinguished professor o
Latin in William Jewell College.
A letter received from Joseph F. Smith, Esq.
from Washington City, dated Dec. It'll, say
that his wife is very much emaciated and it i!
thought that she can live but a few weeks. Al
hope of her recovery has been abandoned.
j. II. Chandler requests the address of hi
paper changed from Lexington to Smith Center
| Smith county. Kansas. We were in hopes tina
his Texas experience had convinced him tina
there was no better county than old Lafayette.
Rev. G. w. Hyde, of Boonville. was a CUES
of the Bartest Female College last week. He i!
one of the trustees of William Jewell College
and came up to attend the Oratorical Contest
which SO many Of us enjoyed on the night of thu
5th inst.
Capt. J. F. Eneberg was in town last Monday
and received the coincidence of many friends OF
| his recent loss by fire. He lost no time with hi:
business as he was under way again the day
after the conisgration. in a house rented from
Mr.. Bates. He Will rebuild in the spring.
We have recently received pleasant calls from
Thos. Graves. w. B. Wlnn. Isaac Chauslor
D. Lyons, VIM. Kirtley, F. NJ. Field, J
V. Foster, NJ. A. Kenney. A. G.. Campbell
Jno. w. Oliver, T. w. Chinn, James Lyons
VIM. Rowe, VIM. Harris. Jos. A. Edmonds, j
H Bowen, j. H. Alspaugh, L. J.. Middleton
Patrick Summers, Ben. Phillips and Alb
Phillips.