Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-15
Personalities.
j.. ID. Williams Is no better.
Miss Jane Long ia still quite Ill =.

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Miss Jane Long ia still quite Ill.
Mrs. +. Zeiler is still very low.
All. McFaddin continues to improve.
Gen. 10. o. Shelby Was in town Thursday.
Hon. 8. l.. Sawyer was on our streets Tues-
day.
j. w. Martin. of Lafayette. Is in Jefferson
City at the City Hotel,
Miss Lula Osborne, OF Texas Prairie, IL visit
ing at the Baptist College.
Miss Viola " elsh lett; last Monday, for q ter
days. visit in Quincy. Illinois.
Miss Lizzie Ball has returnedifrom an extended
visit to her sister. in Kansas City.
Ex-ChiefJ Justice Casey, oil the court OF claims.
died February 10th. at the age of sixty-four.
Mr I b. Campbell and lady from Tabo
neighborhood, wste at the Cun,ata Wednesday
night.
Susan B Anthony oelnes marriage as '.bind-
Ing ones sell out t., u man for bard and
clothes
Edward Wins"r and Alex. Graves wore regis
tered at the Madison House, Jefferson City, on
the lIth inst.
Robert F Waddell returned home LAT Sa,ur-
day from his trip TO St. Louis. Bob" is pop
ular wherever he goes.
Miss Lollie Houston, of Quality Ridge, Saline
county, who was in the city last week visiting,
returned home Monday.
Miss Mary Enison spent several days of this
week in Lexing on, visiting her relatives, W.
A.. Chanslor and family.
The family Of Rev. NJ. G. Williams, who have
been making q visit to Misslssippi for tae past
two months have returned.
G.. L. Ewing. Jr.. Miss Mary Ewing and
n ISIS Sue Butler, of Hebron neighborhooc, were
at the operu Wednesday night.
The grand mother OF our late efficient pGice.
man, Thos. J. Hill. died In Rockingham county.
Va, recently, aged lO8 years.
Genl J. o. Shelby. James Lillis and NJ. v.
L.. McClelland were registered at the Planters
House. St. Louis, last Monday.
Sedalia Democrat, l4th H. j. Bum, Of
Lexington. Mo-. Is spending day or two with
her numerous friends in Sedalia.
Mrs. Judge Bey, of this county. is visiting
friends and relatives In Jefferson City. OF which
place she was a former resident.
Bob Hicklin got home Tuesday evening. He
Is thoroughly satisfied with what he saw Of
Texas. and we are glad 10 see him back.
Mrs. Emma Halves. Of greensboro, Ky. who
has been visiting friends In this city for the past
two OF three weeks, left for home last night.
Mrs. N. h. Hollis LETT, last Monday. for
Brookfeld and Linneus NO, to.vlsit her daueh-
tsrs, Mrs. NJ. L. Cooley and Mrs. D.. II. Craig.
Messrs. w. d. Fisher. w. L. Daraesl, James
L. Taylor and Z. 4. Garner, Jr., of Richmond,
were in the city Thursday night and Friday.
They
F. ". Hazner, travelling auditor Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad, was in the city yesterday
checking up their agent here. He reports c.
Ben. all right.
Messrs. Josiah Lauderdale, III. 8. Kinkead,
Jr., d. c. Lauderiale and Marion Gillespie,
ell Of Clay township, gave the Intelligsncer 4
call of Tuesday.
| frk1. II D--ry., & /. vvI:t-
walking around his room one day this week he
sprained his broken ankle slightly, which gave
him q little back set.
Lafayette and Saline counties. in the interest Of
the Lafayette Insurance Company. He will be
absent about two weeks.
10 Plattenburg, the live merchant of Dover,
gave us a friendly call on Wednesday. He will
start east about the first Of March, ana will lay
in a larger stock than usual.
MIR. John T.. Wickersham, representing the
wall paper and window shade house of John J.
McGrath, Chicago, was in the city yesterday,
and called on the Intelligencer.
The following gentlemen called on US Wednes-
day: DIR NJ w. Tate. E. W. Carpenter. E.. L.
Bedding, b. e. Ballard. Thos. Bellies, n. q.
Bishop. II. j. +. Ahrens. J Q. PiattenburR.
The blowing gentlemen called on us last
Saturday: John Stewart, DR.. W. A. Gordon,
Evan Young, DR. l.. Watson. Col. Jos. Davis,
Jno. Carter, L. II Smith. A. Z. Moore and 1.
B. Campbell.
Miss Dora Ch,ney. who has been visitirg
the family of Or u. W. Young for some weeks,
lett Tor Kansas CITY yesterday, Alter II shor,
visit in that city, she will return to her home in
Pleasant Hill.
Mr. j. a. Field, of HIgglnsvIlle, has gone 10
Salt Lake City 10 see the sights. His sister, Miss
Lima, who has been west for Il Couple oil mcnihs
on account OF her health, will return viii him
ln a week or two
Richmond Conservator l3th:-We learn that ]
E. Ball and wife were summoned to Lafayette
Sunday, Miss %Shotwell, " slster of Mrs. Ball,
being seriously i'll with what is feared to be an
attack of meningitis.
Mr.. Wallace J. Davis, Of the Columbia Sen
tinel, called on US Friday evening and gave us
= half hour of pleasant chat. He has been in
the county on business since Tuesday, and was
on his way home, but could not cross the river.
Sedalia Democrat. l6th:-Hon. A. NJ. Lay, of
Jefferson City, who was Frustrated last summer
by a temporary paralysis, has, we are glad to
learn nearly recovered the use of his limbs and
is able to be about his town considerably. His
many friends will be greatly rejoiced.
Mr.. Althod. editor of the Thaibote, called on
US Thursday. The new proprietors of that pa
per. Messrs. Althof & Bussemaker, will en-
deavor to make it the leading German paper in
this section. Mr.. A. is well known In our city
as IN upright, intelligent businessman.
Sedalia Democrat l2th:-Mr. F. u. Tut. OF
Lexington, Mo-, took In Sedalla yesterday, on
his way to the state capital. He is quitting in
his best licks'' In the interest Of Llmrick Lawn,
as the site of the new lunatic asylum. We hope
no will be successfui; but We can't imagine what
they want of it.
For school teachers out of n Job there is an
opening in Winchester, Ind. but any one de-
Gliding to try it will do well to take out an In
sursnce policy before buying his railroad ticket
to u town whose school trustees encourage the
big boys to intervene with knives when small
boys are whipped.
johnnie Cush. who has for the past three years
been working in this office, started out Monday
to seek his fortune. He is a good boy, u fair
type-sticker, and we hope he may soon strike q
bonanza. He has taken the advice of the I'M
mortal Greeley, and gone west. We hope the
craft will treat him we'll.
The following gentlemen called Monday: DR..
NJ. Adams, d. w. Mcqueen, l.. b. Gordon,
VIM. Porter. j. H. Stapp. W. D.. Lewis, S. T.
Taylor, I. W. Slusher, r. NJ. Taylor, b. H.
Wilson, 4. A. Barnett, j. G. Elsea, A. W.
Hutchins, Geo. Matt land, G.. j.. Holland. Jno.
S. Blackwell and A. A. Lesueur.
Last Tuesday we received calls from the fol-
lowing named gentlemen: David Lyon, John
Chrisnan. j. o. Lockhart, Isaac Kile, p. W..
Shoemaker, j. II. McHatton, 7. j. Fletcher, S.
F. Smith, W. 6. Eggleston. Judge Prather, DR.
Wilmott, Robt. Hale, Ryland Findlay. F. klug,
Jno. Carter, j. Appel and David Groves.
Mr.. Norman Lockyer took the trouble not long
ago to calculate the height of the mountains
measured by the dimensions Of the sun and moon
in . collection OF landscapes. In one picture,
by a very popular artist, he found the principal
mountain towering to a height of los miles.
while rounu it nestled little hills from ten to
forty miles high.
We received calls on Friday from the follow.
ing gentlemen: E. Winsor, j s. Blackwell.
Rev. A. A. Moore, II A. Campbell, VIM. b,
Steele, - Longa.er. A. w. Smith, Prof. 4
Il. Lane. j. D. Conner, j. a. Euison, Capt.
J. F. Eneberg. John T Wlckersham, l.. Nj.
Webb, Is. +. McElroy, W. II. Cnll.s, j. b.
Aabrsy. Thos. Standish, Henry Sinuuer and
RuGner Smith.
A telegram received from Lansing, N chigan.
states That tn. resignation of the Hon. j. T..
Christiancy as senator from Michigan has beeu
placed In the hands of Governor Crosweil, to
take effect at noon, February 10. The governor
Will transmit official notification OF senator
CriStinncy's resignation Ia Tho Ieoisluturo d.-