Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-23
personalities

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Mrs. w. II. Cobb is cOnvalescent-
Sara H.rpbordt is aloat for America.
Miss Sallis Chambers is almost well.
Miss YuIo pIauenburg has returned home.
Mrs w ~ Hicks is home from her visit to
Mexico. No,
Col. Ro,bhuu ran down to sedalia on business
last Tuesday.
Ey-UniteJ States Senator Sprague died. last
week. aged So.
Mrs. julia Eates, relict OF Hon. Edward
Bates, is dead.
Mr.. j.. A. Matthews. of the Post Dispatch.
was in town Tuesday.
! Miss Lena Nelson, of Clay township, Is visit
Ing friends in this city
DR.. w. T Mcdonald and bride. Of Odessa,
were In the city Thursday
Gum, Easter is home from Chicago on a
visit to friends and relatives.
|! Mr.. W. Pell Williams and lady, of lndepen-
dence, We're in the city Tuesday.
MIR. Charles Bennett. of the firm of Bennett &
Morrison, is i'll with typhoid fever.
James A. Fishback, now living near Napole-
on, is very sick with bilious congestion.
Miss Maria F.. Bailey, of Washington City,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. f. Winsor, of this
city.
Messrs. Ed. Kerdolff and Thomas 3. Wallace.
Jr., OF the Mo. River Survey, are at home on a
visit.
Mrs Lydia Maria Child. well known writer
of romance. died In Boston, Wednesday. aged
10 years.
IlEdward G. Ryan. chief justice of the supreme
court of Wisconsin, is dead. He Was a native
of Ireland.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Beneke, of St. LOUIS, were
in the city Thursday and Friday, visiting rela-
tives and friends.
MIR. c. o. Crimes has gone east to buy the
largest and handsomest stock Of jewelry ever
brought to Lexington.
Mr.. y. j. Bell, the clever representative Of
| Messrs. Folwell, Bro. Il Co., of Philadelphia
| spent ieveral days here last week.
MIR. E. F. Ninas and lady and Miss Brock
man of Concordia. were in the city Sunday,
| the guests of Mr.. John P. Hausam.
elE. Winsor and James c. McGrew went down
to Rich Hill, Bates county, Thursday night.
| The, think the coal there immense.
Nessrs. Joseph F.. Smith and VIM. II. Carter,
thenext representatives in the Legislature from
| this county, were in town yesterday.
Rev. Luther Bibbs, of Warrensburg. passed
through this place, Wednesday. for Carrollton.
to attend the association of the Baptist church.
Mr.. NJ. W. ConklIng returned home, yester-
day. from the bedside of his mother. at Boon
lille. and reports that hopes are now entertained
IF her recovery.
There is a beautiful diamond cross, at Grimes
u Venable's, worth, o, ever So much money,
awaiting the nuptials OF Miss A--e w.. to
be presented to her.
Jack Williams is to be married. in st. Louis.
November IL, to Mrs. Katie Baker, nee Milling
ton, neice OF j. NJ. Julian. Esq, formerly OF
this city, new of San Diego. Cal.
Col. Geo. Scrosgs. proprietor Of the Cham
paign Gazette. and for Il time United States con-
sui at Hamburg, died on Saturday evening at
Denver, Colorado. of consumption.
DR.. and Mrs. j. c. Bascom. of Mclean, ILL.,,
We're here, Monday, visiting the family OF Mr.
John Z. Bascom. They We're enroute to Cali
fornia for the benefit OF Mrs. BascOm's health.
P.-D.:-''John Sherman TO the country: 'Lo
anu behold, brethren. 1 have been kicked by an
unrepentant rebel. Please observe the acute
character of the discoloration, and vote to con-
tinue our family in official life"
Mr.. James c. McGrew, who called upon the
amily of Mr.. Jen. W. Bedford. at Rich Hill
Thursday, reports them comfortably situated in
their new home and all well. Mr.. Bedford il
superintendent of the coal and town companies,
Conductor james X. Merrifield is spending u
few weeks in Illinois. We wish HIM Il pleasant
time and a safe return. ''ShOrty''-Mr. Hiram
Lewis-is collecting the faire and punching
the ticket of the passengalre" during Mr.. Mer'
| rItield's absence.
| John NJ Taylor. youngest son OF Mrs. Bat
| tailc, of this county, IL student at the state uni
| yerslty, was quite severely hurt, IA few days ago,
by cOlliding heads with II playmate in Il game OF
baseball. He had to be carried of the ground
being Insensible. He Is getting we'll.
The following persons have recently called Il
The lntelligercer Office: Z. Blrkley, NJ
Beamer, j. IL. Helly, q. d. Duvall. S. j
F,tzgerel, f. L. Barnett, Edward Hurley, \.
B.. Mathews, NJ. Welsh, j. A. Notation, }
DraytOn Lewis and son, and DIR. James Belt.
Gen. j. II. Graham had Il fainting spell "
which he is subjecD las; week, which alarmed
his friends. He was is dead for something lk
an hour. He was all right again, next day, an
has been on the street as usual since. The gen
eral Is one of the oldest, US he is one of the mos
respected citizens of Lafayette county.
We've got it ut ast-the full name of the it'll
princess. Here it Is:-"Maria de las Mercede
Therese Christina Alphonsine Hyacinthe."
is not rs perfectly awful rs we thought it woul
be. In spite of it all she reposes sweetly in
blue satin cradle, ornamented with gold, an
wears costumes of the finest lace. Phew; hoy
we'd like to have 'em for our number five.
What a world of love and faith there Is in thi
short story when the body OF Michael Smith
miner, was taken from the Seaman ~colliery
there was found under his arm a tin bottle o
which the following had been scratched with
nail:-'Dear Margret, there was forty OF us al
together. Some was singing hymns. but m
thought was on my little Michael, that him an
l would meet in heaven. Oh, dear wife. Co
save you and the children and pray for me.
Who could withhold an involuntary 'tamen."
Mrs. Field. the mother Of DR.. Thomas Field
Mr. Richard Field and Mrs. j. a. Quarles,
this county, and County Clerk Henry Y. Field
OF Pettis, died ut Louisville, KY, a few day
ago. Mrs. Field lived for many years IN PETIT
county, Mo-. where her husband was murdere
by Federal troops. Both her husband and he
self were highly respected by all who kne
them, and their children are among the vei
best of our people. The latter all went to Loul
VILE to pay the last sad tributes to her memory
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