Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-04
ODESSA.

The Odessa shoe ting club meets on every al
ternate Saturday afternoon TO practice.
1t is raining almost every day end night, and
the cry about dry we Gather has suddenly ceased.
Stockwater is now plenty again. and the pas
lures are again springing into greenest verdure.
The bank association OF Odessa is beginning
the erection OF u new brick building. on the
southwest corner of Mason and Second streets,
to be occupied by the bank.
The wheat trade is still immense in our town.
and trade ls quite lively. The fall stock of goods
is beginning to arrive. and our merchants will
soon have large supplies for the fall trade.
Our marshal and mayor seem determined to
stop the disposition to disturb the peace on the
part of some reckless young bloOds who seem to
come to town for that purpose. Several arrests
have been made OF late for running horses and
Yelling like Indians on our streets. The mayor
promptly fined them and sent them on their way
| rejoicing. Our calaboose Is as good as q Turkish
bath. as nothing is necessary to sweat the oc-
cupant but plenty OF water.
The Baptist festival. which came of here last
Thursday night was a complete success. The
threatening aspect of the weather In the evening
prevented u very large crowd but still there was
| \ liberal attendance. The festival was held In
Mrs. n. X. Henry's yard. She lives In q neat |
little cottage on Second street, enclosed by q
fence of lattice work. which adds much to the
beauty of the place. The stands were erected
at convenient intervals around the front of the
yard. and Illuminated with Chinese lanterns
altogether arranged with artistic effect. The
different stands were presided over by the fol-
lowing ludies: Refreshment -Mesdames
Ann Parker. MOllie Hill and - Mulllnix.
Receipts. 80 Is. Ice cream stand-Misses Sue
oliver, Matte Carmichael and Fannie Hill.
Receipts, Sl5 65. Lemonade stand-Misses
/ toJ Hatch, AIusSoy Eunp n onA Enlo Urucv
Receipts, SIS 49,. Coffee stand-Misses Maggie
Carmichael. Ella Ferguson and Parallee Stock
ton. receipts. 80 Is. Postofice-Misses Georgia
Hill, Florence GammOna and Lottie Hatch. Re-
ceipts, - 80. Cigar ~girls-Little Misses Fannie
Hereford. Saliie Smith, Jennie Anderson and
Lizzie Lee. Receipts. SIS 40. The cake to the
most popular young. lady present was voted to
Miss Susie Oliver, after q most spirited contest
with Miss Julia Smith. The young ladies are
both very popular and had many friends. The
cake brought $40 20. The contest for the cake
to the most popular young gentleman present
was warmly contested by the respective friends
OF DR.. Wood and Mr.. S. l.. McBurney, the lat
ter finally carrying of the prize. which brought
SIG Is. Total receipts of the evening were about
SlO6. Through the energy of those in charge
and the liberality of friends Sc will about cover
all expenses unpaid. This will leave u net bal
ance of proceeds of about 500. This is to be
used in buying a chapel organ for the church.
We passed an extremely pleasant evening, and
everybody seemed IN a like condition of mind.
Much credit is due to the different
and those having it in charge. Everything was
thoughtlully and artistically arranged. The
ladies' who presided over the different stands de-
serve much credit for energy and good manage
, ment; also the young men who assisted at the
stands deserve mention, but we have not room
to mention them all by name. The postoffce
was the source Of much interest and amusement
Mrs. Iienry's organ was moved to the porch
and Misses Lou Sans, julia and Sallie Smith
furnished some choice music. We must not
forget to mention that Mrs. Henry deserves
much praise for her untiring zeal and energy il
making the festival Il success. Much of the sue
cess is due TO her. We noticed the following per-
: sons from Il distance. Miss Lou Sans and Mr..
Price, from Oak Grove; George Warehouse and
. Miss Sallie Smith. from Mayhem; VIM. Trigg
) and Miss Sallie Smith, from Lexington; Rush
Mcdonald, Wellington; Hugh Violet, Pittsville.
and Miss Dalton, from johnson county.
PHIL.