Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-11

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good meal, or for fresh oysters served in the
best STYLE. 49, s11t4
The Missouri Pacific railroad train that
has been leaving here at 7:15, p. m, now
leaves at $50 p. m.
Mr.. Geo. Maitland says that he thinks
winter apples will open at about % cents.
This Is a very low price.
A correspondent asks us when boats pass
this point for st. Louis. ~Irregulsrly. Cen
orally from one to three per week.
The Missouri Pacific railroad has on sale
at their Office, tickets for all points west. and
| will check you baggage through to destina-
ton.
The morning train on the Missouri Pacific
| railroad that has been leaving at s:20 p. M,
this week, will. leave as usual, Monday
morning at 5:40 q. m.
/. MIR. Maitland presented US, yesterday q
Duchesse D'Anguiieme pesr grown by Col.
q. C. ChiIes. of this county, which weighs
II ounces, and is very handsome .u.a+j
Do not fail to examine Kriehn Il Wilker's
stock OF new goods before punching else
where. They have the largest stock and
their prices are always the lowest. s11t2
SOIs l.. ~ DuACh mas Y ktSN "h
ton to deliver the annual address before the
Lewis COUNTY agricultural and mechanical
society, on the occasion of Its yearly fair at
LAGRANGE, Oct. 6.
To mothers whose children are weeping.
Sweet and balmy slumber secured for the
little ones, and coughs-and colds rapidly
banished by the use of DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup. Price 25 cents.
The Wentworth Male Academy opened
out this week with 81 pupils. Quite a num-
Der of additional young men have been
promised the school, and there is every pros
pect of Il large attendance s-,e.-.tt.,
The rush for bargalns at H. J. l.. Ahrens'
Dry Goods Bazaar Is a sure indication that
| they Will soon make a clean sweep OF all the
summer goods now on hands "a heavy stock
| of fail gnods will soon take their place. al3tf
The farmers best friend, is the man WHO
feeds him when he Is hungry. The Lanrel
| street II. staurant Is now feeding the hungry
multitude. The best of nesis and the best
| of oysters can always lie had there. at the
lowest nr,ces. siGha4l'@i 9.t- s11t4
Send for the fair number of the Rural New
| Yorker, 81 Park Row, New York. 1t Is the
| hsnisomest and most instructive agricultural
-
| and horticultural humble ever published
anywhere. 1t will be sent to our subscribers
without charge.
Mr.. Chss. Barron, druggist and grocer, Is
| building an addition to the house lately pur-
chased by him from Mrs. Campbell. on
Franklin street, thereby making a neat store
room 10 connection with his residence. He
will soon be ready for customers.
Mr.. VIM. Jordan makes one Of the best, II
not the best riding plow that Is used In this
section. 1t is light, strong, and does ex-
cellent work. He is selling them very cheap,
and should be patronized by our farmers.
The practical way to build up manufactures
in our midst is to p%stronize those we now
have
A gentleman friend OF ours proposes to
place one hundred volumes OF good reada-
BILE books In a free library, at some conven-
lent place in this city, if they can be kept
without charge, and II others will join him
In loaning a sufficient number of books to
make the library of value We Will gladly
answer questions regarding the matter.
Carrollton Democrat, Sept. 4:-"Hon.
Xenophon Ryland. of Lexington, responded
| III u Vi IL Sioo "a SuS VI - ~
prettlest, most rhetorical and eloquent
speeches it was ever cur pleasure to listen
to. Mr.. Isyland Is the democratic elector
from the eth district, and we feel quite sure
that the honor could not have been bestowed
upon one more able or worthy. He made
many friends IS we'll as admirers IN Carroll.
ton, and the honorable gentleman may de-
, pend upon q crowded house whenever II
may be his pleasure to visit us again."
1t Is said that a certain person in this city
stepped into a saloon and called for q Han.
cocktail. This was a new drink, and before
the barkeepsr had been fully informed rs tt
the nature OF the decoctlon, Mr.. Casper
Selig, being Of another turn OF mind wen
to the counter, with q smile child.like ant
, bland upon his countenance, and remarked
"Weil Georges give me a Cigarield, please
I There Is to be, at Kansas City, Thursday
Sept. %, q convention OF people interested
, In the Improvement of the Missouri. Tn
!" Importance OF the subject Is conceded b.
everybody who lives In the valley Of tn
great, though neglected river, 1t Is no
only the people who reside upon its horde
who are concerned In seeing 1t made a high
way Of commerce. Every man, Of whateve
avocatIon, whose home is in the ountr
- which 1t drains, is interested in having it S
improved that 1t may have a permanen
depth sufficient for boats and barges, that
- may be utilized for heavy freights, and there
by enable this wonderful grain-growing SEE
&c ton to ship, by water, to the seaboard, an
thence to the consumers in Europe, thei
immense aud yearly increasing crops. Their
> Is no reason why freights should not be II
duced from present prices to % cents per II
pounds from oil lower Missouri points
New Orleans. Then, with ocean freights
10 cents per 100 pounds, wheat could
y shipped 10 Europe at 81 cents per bushe
y and the farmer would have u much betti
=, profit on his labor than he now does. II
water route should be improved and mac
available for regular traffic as a check upo
railroad extortion, il for nothing else. 1
ills every autumn sees arbitrary advances
=. east bound rail freigits, only to be droppt
the moment spring weather melts the iette
frem our river. 1t cannot be expected tn
all frsightinS shall be done by water. Lii
Stock, light goods perlshable goods, and
=, freights which must he transported quick
} ShiPPSo y Nv
and, as the new west is filling up with labo
- ers, and Is being more and more closely CT
tivatsd, their capacity viii soon be ful
tested with these freights. 1t Is . matter
importance, then, that the Kansas City CO
vention should be largely attended. Milo
~ of dollars have been expended by the re
ersl government upon rivers and harbors
the east, many OF them of only local imp,
-. lance. Here Is a great artery of trade, pa
ing for thousands OF miles through a nu
Der Of the states and territories of the I
ton. No state can do the work. Eve
-. state is Interested that 1t shall be done.
-, Is true that many of the conven.iansh Al.
further such objects as the one here sous
o seem to result In little, but their influence
felt even though remotely, and II propel
conducted they can be made imports
factors in procuring what the people
-, mand. The brains and persistency of
~ New England states have, for yeurs, dol
mated the councils of the nation, and secul
for the sea-board the favor of the COVE
ment, and the benefits of Its purse, thou
1t was greatly In u minority In congre
10 The day has arrived when the mass of
population has been transferred from
east to the west, from the Atlantic slope
the Mississippi valley. Not only this, but