Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28

ordinarily low price OF 5 cents per cake, ut
the mammoth grocery house of Bedding &
CIagett. ag2S'3 !
Mr., Thomas f.. Austin has accepted a
position with MIR. w. G. McCauslsnd. We
are glad to welcome Tom back to bis old
trade.
Col. Rsthbun has sold the Cumberland
Presbyterians an acre of ground Oh the
Columbus road. They will build a church
immediately.
Remember the place, Hicks book store,
BonneIPs old stand, opposite the court
house. Call and see him IL you want School
Books or anything in the Stationery line.
Bottom prices. aug2s
Richmond Democrat ~:-"Lexington has a
club called the Blue Hens Chickens We
presume they are lighters, as 1t was always
understood that the blue hens chickens were
ON their MUSCLE"
You will be surprised TO find how cheap
you can buy School Books at Hicks store.
Bonnell's old stand. Don't purchase before
calling to see him. Books covered tree OF
charge with Hoiden's covers. aus2s
MIR. Guy Smith, who shot himself IN the
foot, accidentally. last week, Is getting we'll
rapidly. The ball is lost IN the ankle joint,
but the fextbility of the jsint will likely be
preserved by DR.. Atkinson. his surgeon.
The rush for bargains at H.. j. E. Ahrens'
Dry Goods Bazaar is a sure indication that
they will soon make a clean sweep Of all the
summer goods now on hand. A heavy stock
Of fall goods will soon take their place. a13ti
1t will pay to examine into the merits OF
our book and copy book covers, which keep
a book nice and clean, and make 1t last As
long again. Remember these We furnish
you free with books bought from US. Chas.
w. LOOMS. a2S,3
Special attention is called to our copy
book cover, it is something new to aid the
pupil in keeping the book clean and neat,
AS it exposes only one page at a time. Call
and see for yourself, at Chss. W. Loomis',
Lexington, Mo. a2St3
Mr.. Asa S. Smith, secretary of the Platte
County Agricultural, Mechanical and Stock
Association, has placed us under obligations
by a polite invitation to attend the annual
fair held in Platte county, which begins
Aug. 81 and closes Sept. 4.
We are in the school book business, larger
and more extensively than ever, and are
prepared to furnish everything needed.
Don't forget and call when you are buying,
you Will be treated we'll and QUILTED ut boz
tom prices. Chas. W. LOOMS. a2St3
Master Tom and Miss Virgie Hall gave
their friends a lawn party, last Thursday
evening. Chinese lanterns. good things to
eat and games made the young folks happy
until the night was half sped, when all upon
parting. united in saying that they had had
a very pleasant time.
We acknowledge the reception, with the COM
plIments of Maj. Jno. E. Ryland, of a catalogue
of the Warrensbrug Normal school. Major
| Ryland is vice. president of the beard of regents
of this school, and Is justly proud of its success.
Prof. Bahlmann continues to ill the chair of
ancient and modern languages and history. and
our people always take an interest in anything
he is connected with.
A ten year old son of Harrison Bell, who
lives near the fair grounds, was driving up
soma horses, Thursday, when one of them
kicked him on one leg, cutting the flesh to
the bone and breaking both bones. The
little fellow was a mile from home, bui
pluckily raised his leg over his horses neck
and went 10 The house. DIR. Watson is at
tending him, and says he Is doing as we'll as
could be expected.
The following Is a good description Of the
Messina quail now being imported into many
of the states by sportsmen. The habits ant
appearance of the bird are as follows:s'In sIZt
IL Is about one.hslf as large as the European
partridge(Perdix e%inerea) and three-titths a:
large as our "quall'- partridge-(OrtyA
vIrginianus) (; is very compactIy built, will
great speed in running and q powerful ant
long-continued fight, enabling 1t to eros
large bodies OF water In Its migration: The
bill is longer and more slender than is <oul
OrtyX virginianus. The color is brown
striped with reddIsh-yellow on the uppe
parts OF the body I; the head is darker thai
the back, throat reddish-brOwn and tn,
region of the crop reddish-yellow. A pal
ysllowish line passes from the base OF tn,
upper msndible over the eye and down tn
sides OF the neck across the throat, where /
is banded by two narrow dark-brown Hines
The bIsckish brown primary quilts ar
spotted with reddlsh-yellow In such a man
ner as to form stripes. The first quill ha
also a narrow yellow border. The reddish
{ yellow tail-feathers have white shafts, an,
: are spotted with black at their edges. Tn
e length Is y inches, and expanse OF wing l
inches. The tail is II inches long. This
the male. In the female all these colors ar
comparatively indistlnct. The bird Is yer
. hardy. Some have been three months i
j. the packing crates, and none have been los
All seem to be in q vigorous condition.. A
a fooC-bird 1t is excellent, and in Europ
q esteemed a great delicacy. 1t lays we'll b.
r fore the dog and gives fine sport for tn
t sportsman, and he who kills them on til
wing must be quick and true. The specie
e is very prolih:, and. under favorable cond
U ttons, 1t is expected they will become one
the bird features OF this country. The e
is made on the ground, like the partrids,
and fourteen or fifteen white eggs are dt
lie posited.~
The picnic at Sweet Springs, half a mi
from Wellington. on Thursday, was large
= attended, the Grove being variously est
mated at from four hundred to siXtee
Is hundred. We think there were about sevt
ID hundred persons present. The LeXingtC
e crowd went up on the Narrow Gauge, al
reached the grounds at Il O'clock. A fe
70 minutes were spent III seeluS Tue GROUND
* when Col. McClelland called. the crowd
of order, and Rev. A. A. Moore offered up
ne ~iervent prayer. Mr.. Xenophon Ryland tn,
y. took the stand, and for one hour had the u
L. divided attention Of the audience. II
I'd speech was full OF beauty and eloquence, al
IN while 1t abounded with political thrusts,
ut was principally an appeal to the. patrio
Ie- impulses OF the people. Our county is pro
lis o.! her young orator, and no one ever wear
Is in listening to him. At the conclusion
IS, his speech dinner was announced, and t
IN hungry crowd scattered in every directio
at The good people of Wellington and vicin.
lis took it upon themselves to see that eve
y. one present was well fed. Invitations
,is take dinner were as plentiful as leaves up
as the trees, and il any one failed to get a 60
er dinner 1t was certainly his own fault. I
ey Lexington band had gone up on the ca
nd train, and had furnished the waiting au
ry ence with some good music. The ba
III called the crowd together after dinner, WI
20 Col. McClelland, in y most eloquent q
re- complimentary speech, introduced Ca
an Daniel d.. Mcintyre, of Audrain coun
ms candidate for attorney general. Capt. d,
ut lntyre spoke for an hour earnestly. logica
ne and argumentativeIy. The speech j.,
ne | s-ll 1900.