Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-04-24

you were in our place you'd know, show
Ills yourself" Kr1ehn & Wilker. a24t2
Lexington is always a pretty place. 1t
has good society and is a pleasant place to
live. 1t has never looked prettier, or pre-
| scented y more comfortable, homeilke ap-
| pearance than it does now, and 1t Is OK
tremeIy gratifying to see that improvements
and repairs are being made on every hand
to sue an extent as to occupy every me
chanIc and working man in her midst.
The writer happened to step into Judge
Laughlin's court, in st. Louis, a few days
ago, when the arguments were about to DC
gin in the case of young klotoyskl for the
murder Of his sweetheart. Our former fel-
low-citizens, Simeon T.. Price and Edgar
Fleming were attorneys for the defence. and
we had the pleasure OF hearing MIR. Prices
speech, which was a fluent, eloquent and
powerful argument 10 behalf of the prison.
er. In spite OF the earnest efforts of his at
| torneys, Klotovski was found by the jury
guilty of murder In the first degree.
HIgginsville Advance :-'sAsIde from any
politics, or speaking In any partisan sense
of the word, Lafayette county has every
reason to congratulate herself that she has
no dishonest officers in Office to administer
her county affairs. 1t Is so common to speak
Of courthouse rings, that the people are
prone to attack every official that happens
to live at the county seat. This is wrong
and especially so with all of the honorable
men, who now hold the Offices Of Lafayette
county. They have proved themselves to be
honest and efficient men, and they deserve
the credit of all good citizens. Let justice
be done if the heavens fall.''
We have occasionally heard OF "eye water"
as u beverage, but the hardest story to swal-
low, or the worst swallow to make q story
Of, is the following ''eye water'' yarn from
the Jefferson City Tribune : ga citizen OF
this city who is so unfortunate as to have
10 wear a glass eye, met with a singular
accident, we may say, to the imitation eye.
| He had been In the habit when retiring for
the night to put the eye in a glass OF water
till morning. Waking up during the night
aud feeling quite thirsty, and in getting a
glass for II drink OF water, he got the one
with the eye in it, and before he was aware
OF his mistake had swallowed it. No serious
result ensued from the mistake"
Holden. Mo-. Enterprise :-"The an
nouncement Of John E.. Ryland. of Lafay cite
county, who Is a candidate for criminal
judge, subject to the action of the democratic
convention, appears this week In the proper
column. lie was for several years circuit
attorney OF the 9Th judicial circuit, which
embraced Johnson county, and is well and
favorably known to many OF. u readers.
He has been.a resident of Lafay cite county
for q period Of nearly fifty years, and has
been. u prsctIcIng lawyer almost ''from the
time whereof the memory of man runneth
not to the contrary as Bill Blackstone was
fond Of saying. Mr.. Ryland has the rePuta-
ton of being a sterling democrat, and since
he possesses the legal acums there is. no
reason why he could not wear the ermine
with becoming grace"
Warrensburg Journal-D emocrst "Col.
ii. v. l.. McCIeIland, Of Lafayette county,
paid us q pleasant call during his recent visit
to this city. The colonel was a candidate
for congress at the last democratic convsn-
ton, held in BoenvilIe, which nominated
Col. Philips, and we learn will again enter
the race for congress. He will receive the
unanimous support of his county. the larg-
/ est in the district, and with this to start on,
and a growing strength over the district,
may prove a formidable competitor Of our
present gallant and popular congressman
Col. McClelland Is also a tiller OF the soil,
and his visit to our county was for the pur-
pose Of minglIng with our people and form
ing their acQualntance-Mo iearn that ho
attended the meeting Of the county grange
| nm w aJrnSlop ary alec shn ~r,nva r1a&fs-v
at High Point, and took In Holden on his
return home"
Holden, No., Enterprise :-"Hon. NJ. v.
l.. McClelland, the silver-tongued CIncinna-
tus Of Lafayette county, was in Holden on
Thursday and Friday OF last week, and on
Friday evening delivered his splendid lsc-
ture, "a plea for letters and art,' at Englos-
sian Hall. Col. McClelland made u host OF
friends while In our city, many of whom
would be glad to see him participate in the
councils OF the nation. He is an elegant
gentleman, of scholarly a~ttainments, and
would make a congressman in whom the
people could take a. pride. He is 4 farmer.
and would know better than any other one
man the wants and requirements OF the
I farming community. For this reason, and
because OF his wonderful personal magnet
ism, his genial, sunshiny nature. and his
pre-eminent abilities, he will be a formida
BILE competitor for the nomination. We
shall have more to say with regard to his
candidacy In the future"
Bates County Democrat, April 15:-"A
report reaches this place that the b. s. S. W
Were examining the bridge over Crane
river the first of the week, They asserted
that the Burlington would be pushed ahead
with all possible dispatch. If they are &C
tuaiiy examining the bridges and masonry
1t looks favorable as there now is no posi-
billy of their aiming TO sell the road tt
Gould. The latter has gone so far on the l.
q S., that there Is no probability whatever
that he will abandon it for the old grade. !
" Work Is being commenced all alonl
the line OF the l.. & S. In good earnest. AL
though a road was graded here years ago
the circumstances were very different from
the present. Then the money was furnish
ed by the township, and cost the compan.
nothing. Now, however, Gould is furnish
ing the means TO pay for all that is done an,
1t is exceedingly improbable that he wOul,
a be at so great an expense unless he intend
r to push the road to an early completion. II
has the means and doubtless intends to finisl
: the l.. u S. as soon as possible. Every da,
q renders 1t more certain that Butler Will hav
a railroad before many months, probably b,
p the fourth of July. Good enough"
+, The grange of Lafayette county is com
d, posed of a large majority Of the lntelllgen
, and well-to-do armers. The meetings @
the order outside of practical. features, ar
e always pleasant reunions, and have don
much to" elevate and educate the member
ship, and to draw it into closer social con-
munion. The meeting of the county grang.
last Tuesday, was largely attended, and 9
s the public session the upper room OF til
courthouse was we'll filed. The speakers G
tue occasion were Hon. John Walker and f
e l.. Hord. Esq, now of Galloway. but form
e erly a resident of this county. jude
Walker spoke for some forty minutes in a
easy, agreeable way, giving his audien,
a some good advice, and the results of his oil
n seryation and experience as they relate
the necessities, both private and public,
IS the agricultural classes. Mr.. Horde occuple
d the attention of the assembly for about or
'e hour In an earnest, flowing address, tt
u principal point In which was, that farmer
should learn to labor less with the hands an
Y, more with the brain that while farmin