Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-02-07

Feb. IL.
Clean up your premises the first warm,
bright day.
Episcopal festival ut the opera house next
Monday night.
Tramps have been very troublesome about
town for some time.
Growers to the rear;workers to the front
This should now be the maxim.
There Is to be q ball at the ThOma HeuSe
on the night of Friday. Feb. 90.
Tear down the spite lanes. brethren, and
let us all dwell together ID unity this year
of 1880.
A numsrously signed call appeared in this
weeks HigginsviIle Advance, asking Mr..
C.. O.. Smith to be q candidate for assessor.
The Messrs. h. s. +. Winkier, proprlstOrs
of our furniture factory. are, we under.
stand. two weeks behind with their orders
The Advance names Hon. E. NJ. Edward,
for reelection as state senator. The district
never had a more faithful public servant
than he.
1t must look funny this leap year to see
the girls tantaliztng the boy for kisses, and
stealing their fair arms ar. und the mascu-
line waists.
The city hotel ball was under brilliant and
successful Roadway last night when We
went to press. We will speak of 1t more al
length In our next.
1t was not US who kept up the pipe bust
ness. 1t seems that our re]oinder to an un-
necessary attack upon the I~nteiligencer cut
clear through our neighbours epldermis.
H.. j. 4. Ahrens will continue to sell all
ladies dress goods, nubias, shawls, children's
hoods, ulsters, childrsn's and ladies' hosiery
at such reduced rates as Will bring the prices
fat down to cost. jlOtf
A coal oil lamp was accidentally knocked
Ct a table at DR.. Gordon's last "Wednesday
night. The carpet was considerably burned,
and for a little while 1t looked as II the
house was in danger.
The STANDARD Thermometer at Messrs.
Grimes & Versailles marked at 7, IL and 8
O'Clock each day.as follows january 31st,
2O-34-37; Feb. 2. 2O-36-37; Feb. 3. IL
sl-2S; Feb. 4, 17-39-3S; Feb. 8, 20-32-
"a; Feb. 6. 30-42-47.
TIL second Ward school is very much
over.crowded, and something will have to
be done to relieve the over.worked teachers
an I the crowded school rooms. Parents
should not object to efforts in this direction
~ 1t Is unwholesom. to have so many chill.
dren 10 a room, aud the teachers cannot dc
them Justice.
Grove Young has bought out Messrs
Harrison & Jackson, at Aullville, and will
continue the business there. He Will also
keep up stores at Higginsville and Concor
L.. = Az 70 ham a., email, or~
quantities that he can sell at bed rock prices
Grove is an enterprlsing, liberal merchant
and he will no doubt do q large trade at al
his stores.
There were an unusual number OF inter
meuts at the Greenton cemetery within $
few days, recently. On Jan. Both one Of
Mr.. Johnston's children and an infant OIL
Mr.. Geo. Goodies were buried there. On
Sunday Mr.. Luther Green was buried. Or
children were buried. The next day, Tues
DAY. Mrs. Lockhsrt and a gentleman named
Gray, recently from johnson county, were
also buried there.
The ladies' of the Episcopal church have
been hard at work all week preparing fol
their festival at the. opera house next Mon
day night. AS there has been no other re
union Of the kind this winter 1t will M
doubt be largely attended. AS it is for
worthy object everybody should go, or a
least buy a ticket. The young people will
generally appear in fancy dress, and mucl
amusement Is anticipated.
Last Tuesday morning, about 8 O'Clock
the house OF J. D. Banks, two miles nortl
OF Richmond, caught fire and was entIrel,
consumed, the family barely escaping wit
their lives. Everything they had was burne,
and the family suffered greatly from col
before assistance could reach them. Cloth
ing had to be sent them from Richmond be
fore they could be dressed, not having an
thing left except their night-clothes. TIL
citizens responded Literally, and they wer
soon made comfortable. The editors of til
} town were among the first to assist.
To test the legality OF the school rsade
adoption, at the late county convention, th
school board OF this city, at its regular NEE
ing, last Wednesday, by an unanimous vote
gave orders for the introduction of Apple
toms readers into the high school. This
done with the understanding that the Nj
Guffsy publishers will get out an %injunctio
) to restrain this action of the school bearc
and that the matter will be settled In til
} courts. The school board has an approve
, bond from the Appleton house to hold rhel
harmless from all cost, individually or co
l lectively. The exchange of books will b
5 made without cost to the patrons Of tn
school.
DIR. b. d.. Ragland's saddle bags wer
/. stolen from the platform in front of Tho:
: Bates store, In Wellington, Thursday nigh
The doctor had hitcbed his horse in front
the store. setting the saddle bags upoh tt
platform and then went to Mr.. j. l.. Ma
. shalPs drug store to attend to some bushes
. leaving the bags upou the platform. Whe
t he returned. some three-quarters OF an hot
afterwsrd, they were missing. Tn ba!
u were OF fair leather, patent lesths
tops, considerably worn, had two rows
Q bottles on each side, with six bottles In eat
row. The b ,gs also CONTAINED II set OF toot
drawers and som- other dental instrument
. The thief Is supposed to be u tramp.
several strangers were noticed IN thai vicin
" about that time. A reward OF S25 W
~ Q Poio " u ppm ! VI II u
e and the recovery Of the properly.
Lexington Lodge Knights OF Honor W;
+ organized at the Knight TempIar Hall. la
e Monday night, with the following mpmbe
ship: Jno. S. Blackwell, Jno. W. keinhar
u 10. o. Lesueur, Geo. S. Rathbun, Jas. "
q Harrison, L. R. Harrison, Jno. d. New,
z. Thrslkeid, A. V. Robinson, Robt. TIA
. lor, Geo. King, g.. NJ. Mountjoy. F. c.
n B%rightwell, VIM. b. Hamlet, c. H.. Roy
L. 8. Reeder, NJ. f. Royle, j. u. Come
q Geo. F. Maitland, Jas. Edelin,, James
d Qusrles, G.. Grahsm, Ethan Allen, p.
FuIkerson. Saml. Harris, c. Ben Russo
Alex. Graves. w. G.. White, A. W. Smit
q Thos. G.. Young. The following nam
&c gentlemen were elected as officers for L
ensuing term: A.. V. Robinson, Past Dict
tor j. U. Lesueur, Dictator; Juo. s. Blac
II we'll, Vice Dictator; Geo. F. Maitland. A
slstant Dictator S. Harris. Reporter. Eth
j. Allen, Finance Reporter; Geo. ~. Mou,
Il Joy, Treasurer; Jno. D. New, Chaplain /;
'e II. Royle, Guide; F. C.. T. Brightwe
Guardian; james Edelin,, Sentinel; z.
T. Fulkerson, Medical Examiner.
The Quincy, Ills, Daily Herald, of jar
=. airy 80, says of Ufner & Co.'s great ent,
- tsinment under the management OF Col.
r. Tools !: "The attendance was large
. such a night and the audience appreciate,
:. Those who went through the mud ielt "
=. repaid before the performance was ov
:. The combination is rightly named-WOn(