Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-28
Personalities.
Senator Bruce is a V irginian.

Senator Bruce is q ' irginisn.
Senator Edmunds has gone to Europe.
Janauschek will spend the summer ut Lynn,
Mass.
Senator Bayard will sail for Europe when con-
gress adjoarns.
"How old is Thurman ?' Just old enough to
be president in 1881.
Senator Hampton was born at Columbia.
South Carolina. 1878.
Miss Annie B. New Is visiting Miss Lulu
Hughes, OF Richmond.
Judges Henry and Napton have gone to lake
superior to recuperate.
kellogg was born in Vermont In 1881. The
less said about him the better.
Mrs. Jas. r. Bergman returned to her home
at Marshall, last Monday afternoon.
Senator Jno. w. Johnston, Of Virginia, rep
resents his native state. He is 81 years OF age.
We see BY the Democrat that our old friend
DR.. A. E. Kincannon was in Sedalia, Wednes-
day.
Zeb. Vance was born In his native state, which
Re represents in the senate, 5s years ago. He Is
un orator.
Matt Carpenter was born in Vermont, in 1924.
Though a republican, he is liberal. He is an
able lawyer.
| Judge Z. A. Barnett. than whom there is not
a squarer man In Missouri, paid US q pleasant
| visit Monday.
Misses Ella james and Ida Page, escorted by
Mr.. Emison Chanslor, honered our Office with
q visit last night.
Judge VIM. T. Wood returned home from
Marshall last Wednesday. his court adjourning
the night previous.
Miss Lima Barclay. 3 pupil of the Warrens-
burg Normal School. Is in the city on q visit to
relatives and friends.
AF;ao Ao-;a o,~tl1 ~ h..- -..y,.
visit to friends In Richmond. She returned
home Thursday evening.
Miss Nettie Winsor returned home Monday
from Marshall, where she had been for = week,
on q visit TO Miss VERIFY.
Mr.. w. H. Hess. OF Norborne, paid the INTEL
ligencer . visit Yesterday. MIR. Hess was form
erly a citizen OF Lexington.
Gen. A. A. Humprheys. chief Of engineers,
has requested to be placed on the retired list.
The request will BE- granted.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Campbell and J. Q. Plat
tenburg and sister. of Dover. we're At the Blind
Tom concert last Friday night.
Mrs. John E. Bascom and Mrs. l.. W. Wern-
wag will go over to CarrolltOn this morning to
otsy over until after the Fourth.
Senator Eaton. Of Connecticut. is an old
fashioned hard shell democrat. He was born at
Tolland in the state he represents. in 1916.
Miss Lizzie Ely and Mrs. Mary Austin, of
Csrrollton, who were here visiting the family Of
Mr.. John w. Waddell. have returned home.
Senator Cockrell was born in johnson county
In 1884. He ia . hard worker. and no man has
more Of the confidence of his fellow senators.
Emma Abbott ID at Lake George, studying.
She will never surpsss her famous kiss scene in
Paul and Virginia, nor find o better Paul than
Castle.
Blaine was born in Pennsylvania. and is 40
years old. He used to teach school In Kentucky.
He did not get his manners or his politics there,
however.
Senator Jno. B. Gordon was born in Georgia,
February 9Th, 1892. He was one of Lees best
generals and was wounded eight times during
the war.
The Intelligencer received pleasant calls, last
Saturday from Messrs. W. G. Gray. John john
son, James Clowdsley. Saml. Creasey and
Richard Lomax.
more Of the Wabash the silver tongued
orator, was born In Fountain county, Indiana,
September 26th. 1928.
MIR. w. G. Eggleston was out in the cemetery
the first OF the week, and came in contact with
some poison vines, and has suffered considerable
pain and annoyance therefrom.
B. Il. Ireland. our popular and polite county
treasurer left last Wednesday evening for Nash
vile. where he goes to visit his mother, and his
sister, Mrs. Watkins, who is very i'll.
Senator Benz. H. Hill was born in Jasper
county. Georgia. in 1928. Is a graduate Of the
state university of his native state. Is q schol-
arly gentleman, and an eloquent speaker.
Window. the gentleman from Minnesota that
Vest sat down on the other day in the negro ex.
odus debate, was born in Ohio in '27. The first
four letters Of his name indicate his character.
We received very agreeable visits. last Satur-
day, from Mr.. c. r. Vandiver, editor West
Virginia Tribune, Keyser, W. Va and from
Mr.. H.. p. Tabbs, Of Hsmphire county, W. Va.
General Freight Agent. Jos. A.. Hill, of the
Missouri Pacific K. r. was in the city on We'd
nesday. and General Passenger Agent F.. E,
Fowler, Of the same road. was here Saturday
last.
Mrs. Senator Cockrell arrived at her home in
Warrensburg, from Washington City, last
Thursday. She was accompanied by her sister,
Miss Alice B. Ewing, the charming b, lie of
Jefferson City.
Mr. L. +. Osborne, representing the Central
Missourisn, . new paper soon to be established
at Glasgow. Mo-. by Messrs. s. Yeaman and
L. K. Vaughan. paid us a social call last
Wednesday.
Senator Jas. Robert Claiborne, OF st. Louis,
was married. last Wednesday. to Miss Fannie
Moore. of Jefferson City, daughter Of Col.
Henry E. Moore, commissioner OF permanent
seat of government.
Mrs. Mary Trone, of Frederick, and Miss
Eva Eggleston. OF Harrisburg. East Virginia,
are visiting relatives and friends in this city,
and are stopping with the family of Mr.. J.. d.
Davis. They will remain till September.
Miss Sue Trigg and Miss Lizzie Shields left fer
a few weeks visit to St. LOUIS. last Monday
afternoon. They went around by Kansas City,
that being the shortest way when fares are only
afty cents from there to their destination.
Senator Pendleton was born where he now
lives, in Cincinnati. His anable. polite man
ner to everybody has gained for him the sobri-
quet of Gentleman GEORGE He Is q very
eloquent speaker. and y man Of great ability.
Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, who represents
Rhode Island in the senate. who was q soldier
In the army, and who says ConklIng Is another,
but whs will be Immortalized in history because
of the cut OF his beard, was born in Indiana
in 1924.
Senator Vest was born at Frankfort, KY,
December 9Th, 1880. He IL eleven months
younger than Blaine. but II he ever cocks his
eye and humps his shoulder At the Maine man
the latter will be apt to think he is far too old
for him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas c. Stokes, OF Clarkton,
Mo-. are IN the city visiting the sister of Mr..
Stokes. Mrs. P. H. Chambers. Mr.. Stokes ha,
honored the IntellIgencer with q visit. and W.
6nd him to be a very intelligent and pleasant
gentleman.
Zach Chandler is a New Hampshire cuss. h.
is 65 years old. He made his start rs u merchant
In Detroit. lie Is very wealthy, and lives in
house which Is brown stone all around. Their,
are people who think him Q good man, but they
don't live In this climate.
Well. il you must know, Allen G. Thurman
the man who has done more for democracy Ii
the last ten years than any other fifteen men land
who ought to be nominated for the presidency,
was born at Lynchburg, Va, November 18th
1878. He is q giant in these days.
Senator Beck was born in Scotland, in 1925
He rose from an humble position as q boy ii
Kentucky. graduating ut Transylvanla Univer
sity, Lexington. as q lawyer. His speech II
bold. direct, logical and convincing. He has
wonderful memory. and is aggressive.
"Blue Bill' came up into the Intelligence
Office u day or two ago, and offered to black tn
boys' boots for q nickel q pair. Flick - gu
devil, held out one of bis muG-crushers, whel
Bill incontInently backed out. "No. sir.' h
said, 81 can't black dem fur q nickel-dem'
minstrel shoes"
William Henry Harrison, elected PRECEDENT Q
the United States in 1910. and John Tyler. elect