Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-01-17
Personalities.

Doc. McGrew is somewhat better.
Joseph Pulitzer is in Washington.
James O Broadhead is in Washington.
Miss Maria Page is visiting friends here.
Miss Fannie Dunlap is visiting friends in the
city.
Mr.. Ed. Campbell returned to St. Louis. yes
teriay.
George Eliot is better. She is spending tho
winter in London.
Capt. w. D.. Rankin has recovered from his
attack of erysipelss.
Mr.. James Clowdsley has been ill with o Sc
we're cold for some days.
Mr.. Frank Meadows, of Sni-a-Bar township,
is very Ill with pneumonia.
Nelson charmed the st. Louis people last
week. in Shakesperean roles.
Miss Anna HeidlestOn, OF Dover township,
is visiting at Judge Walkers.
Mrs. Il. Il. Casey, of Bates City. Is very low
with puerperal fever and pneumonia.
Messrs. Ed. and Louis Mehl, OF Higginsvills.
were In the city Wednesday.
Bedford, second son oil MIR VIM. Lubertew.
is dangerously ill with pneumonia.
Mr.. A. S. French has been confined to the
house for several days with rheumatism.
MIR. j. o Lesu-ur went to st. Louis, Monday,
to attend the grand lodge of the A. o U. W.
Law renee Barrett, the great tragedian. will
assume charge of the California theater June LIST.
Mr.. W. q. Steele went down to Jefferson City
on business, Tuesday. He returned last night.
Blsmarck's health is In such o critical condi-
ton that the announcement OF his death is daily
looked for.
Castle is a very handsome fellow and knows
how to kiss Emma rs well as Emma she, knows
how to kiss he
Mr.. j. A. Carr and lady, of Wellington. left.
Wednesday morning, for Gallatia, Tenn, to
visit \ sick relative.
Messrs- Mountjoy and Trigg returned Thurs
day evening from Fulton. where they took Mrs.
Collins to the asylum.
Hon Mortimer F. Taylor has re-opened his
law Office on the northwest corner of Filth and
Pine streets, st. Louis.
At Statesville, Oregon. the other day, Col.
Jno. Buzzard was married to Miss Eleanor
Grow, by Rev. d. Robin.
DIR. A. z. Landlord, of st. Louis, q expected
here to-day to perform a surgical operation
upon Major A. G. Young.
Miss Maggie New. daughter of John D.. New.
ESQ.,, returned last Saturday from her visit to
Richmond and Washington City.
The Boston Post thinks King Alfonso posses
ses q charmed Lie. He has been married twice
and shot at twice, and yet he lives.
Mr.. Writ Morris. OF Cshokia. Mo-, who is in
the city visiting his relative, MIR. John Welsh.
called o. the IntelIigencer Wednesday,.
Mr.. II. II. Luce, Of the Hlgginsville Ad-
vance, was in the city Saturday. and favored
the lntelligencer with u pleasant visit.
George W. Smith. OF Dover township, hiss
been very ill for two or three weeks from soften
ing Of the brain. He IS somewhat better.
Tbs new democratic senator from Alabama,
Luke NJ. Pryor, is % yeaEs old. q lawyer and
| q m O n IF phiIifv r. yuuo n ~io - l,,nyn-
the war.
Ms. Carr Waddell. who has been here for two
weeks on a visit to her father. Mr.. James
Nichols, will return to her home, st. LOUIS.
next week.
Butler Williamson and his mother will leave
next Monday for u visit to relations in Cincin-
natl. Ohio, and vicinity. They will be absent
several weeks.
Richmond Conservation: "As many women
learn to know their husbands. they wish they
had learned TO mo" them when they were
sweethearts.".
MIR. Thomas c. Young. brother Of Judge
William Young. who is in the freightlng busi-
ness in Colorado, is here on u visit to his rela-
tlves and friends.
Mr.. Isaac Lew, of the Wholesale clothing firm
OF Wolfson s Son. Cincinnati. Ohio, is In the
city visiting his cousin, Morris Gratz. Esq.
He will remain several days.
We see by the Conservator that Col. Child re-
ceived a "welcone'' Welt from Mr.. Dave
Wood, of this county, the other day. The tive
succeeded in drowning their sorrow at the loss
of the shirts.
Alex. Means, ID. d.. Of Georgia. is the oldest
living member of the American ASSOCIATION for
the advancement Of science. He was born in
statesvllle. N c.. in 1900. and Went to Georgia
at an early age.
Miss LIZZIE Voolfolk, of Carroll county, who
was taken suddenly and dangerously Ill with
pneumonia, at Mr.. j.. 4. Graham's, while "a,
route to her school, q couple OF weeks ago, was
sufficiently recovered to return home last Thurs.
day night.
Hisglnsville Advance: Mr.. r. 7. Conn,
a substantial citizen of this county, near Au,l.
vile, called at our office on Monday last and
left his name and subscription price for the
Advance one year. Mr.. Conn Is spoken of =.
u probable candidate Tor county collector next
election, and should he be nominated would
make an excellent race.
Mr.. A w Smith participated in a costume
concert at Independence, last Tuesday. The
programme was II very good one, indeed 1t Was
almost exactly the same one rendered ut Mis-.
B0yakin's farewell concert here. We have seen
no report of the affair, but Mr.. Smith says il
was excellent. We feel satisfied that he repre-.
sented Lexington creditably.
We have received calls, since our last issue
from the following named gent cmen: 7. W.
Barnes, c.. W. Ford, L. W. Pearce, L. z.
Green, p. w. Atkinson, S. w. LittleJohn, D..
Lyons. John Shier, NJ. Drumlnond, E. Hon-
man, Jos. Woods. Corbly Hughes, Thomas
III Lieut.. Heber N. Creel, W. d. Lewis
w. E. Fry and Jno. d. Fristoe.
HippIuSyillA AIpanrs. ttNr Paid NTor,I,~A
one of the Lexington Intelligencer ty pographers
called Saturday. Mr.. George
Wilson. jr OF Lexington. stayed over Sunday
here. He il 5 faith in . Higginsville Sabbath
Miss julia Smith, OF Lexington,
30 popular every where. spent Monday evening
with relatives here. She was on her way homs
from Odessa, where she had been Visiting dur,
ing the holidays"
Our genial friend. Eu gene Field, fairly threw
himself away on Emma Abbott last week. HI
gushed over her kiss scene in Paul and Virgins,
in prose and verse, on two pages OF the K. c.
Times. We know how 1t Ia ourself. We saw
her in the same play, at st. Louis. last year
when she and Castle were made to sing the par
over three times, and were called before the
curtain ior it five times. 1t may be naughty. bu
1t seems to he rice from the way 1t takes-esps
Cially with the women.
Sedalia Democrat: ''There IS no more able no
brilliant young lawyer to-day IN Missouri tina,
Mr.. Alexander Graves. He is both u thinker and
student. He loves his profession us much 70
the logic there is In 1t as the money. Emi
nently cool and deliberate in his processes o
thought. he brings to every case u %knowledg
and II conviction of right that force him patur
ally to make every case as il it were his own
; Hence all the care. patient labor. indefatigabl
research. and unyi. liing tenacity which he be
slows upon them. Once ready. he marches t
the attack, with II stride that is Irresistible
, This is the secret Of his almost unbrsken sue
cess. His modesty Will never vaunt his ow,
worth, but all who know him, know him to b
| one of The coming men Of Missouri /" II
! above compliment was called forth by Nj
: Graves able argument In tine township bon
case before the supreme court of the Unite
: States, in which Lmiay cite county IL SO yitall
. int rested
THE ALTAR.
Married-In Washin gton township. Laiayei,
a county, Mo-. recently. vt the residence OF tn
a brides father. Mr.. VIM. Bradley, by Rev. l.
= + Clemens. Mr.. JOHN F~gLhERsON and Mis-
l WILLIE
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