Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1880-01-24
OIof Bull concert tonight.


The Aull Savings is now the Lafayette
County Bank
Shoes can be bought at 10 cents on the dol
lar at Conkling's.
The city should extend the gas district
down Third street.
The gas has been better of late. Thank
you, Mr.. Blackhurst.
II you have not got all that corn In, 1t is
time you We're about it.
The second session OF Mr.. Hobson's school
will commence Monday next.
Ii you want to enjoy treat go to the con-
cert at The opera house tonight.
Read the article on the Lexington bridge,
taken from the St. Joseph Gazette.
The Chic ,go minstrel troupe will be at the
opera house in this city next Monday night.
All goods advertised sat COST elsewhere,
will be duplicated at the same prices, at II.
J.E. Ahrens'. jl0tf
The law now requires road overseers TO
settle at the February instead of the Nav
term of the county court.
The great shoe .sboom'' is rushing at
Conkling's. Every pair at net cost. Going
out of the shoe business IL the cause.
The quarrynan will confer great favor
on his suffering fellow-mortals If he will
hurry up the stone for the Maitland cross
ing.
Isn't 1t funny? The fellew who Is fondest
Of getting joke on another fellow is so
often averse to having one cracked at mis-
expense.
Miss Kate Kramer left for Chicago, Thurs
day, to take lessons on the piano from Emil
Llebling, who has a national reputation as a
musician.
A call signed by a number Of citizens ap-
pears In this weeks Advance, asking Col.
Geo. 8. Rathbun to be q candidate for pro-
bate judge.
Mr.. W. NJ. Jordan wants to buy scrap iron.
He will pay from forty cents to 81 per hum
dred pounds for 1t, delivered at his foundry,
on Cedar street.
5000 yards of elegant and cheap Hamburg
embroideriss were opened this week, at
Conkling's. They were bought before the
recent advance.
The coal haulers' union gives premium
every month, generally table ware, to the
man who hauls the most loads during the
month. Wash. Price got the premium, q
pitcher, last month.
The second session Of Mr.. B. T. Hobson's
school will begin on next Monday. The
school has been very successful thus far ,and
it Is safe to look for number Of accessions
to 1t, as several parents have expressed their
determination to enter their sons for the
coming session.
Mr.. Blackwell, in little speech before
Squire Beck, "Wednesday, said that he did
| not believe half OF the local items he read
| in the city papers. He must take this back
because more than half he reads he finds In
| the Intelligencer, and he must know that we
| are nevsr-at least hardly ever-mistaken.
We will not take advantage OF him by say.
ing anything about lawyers plea.
Drs. Young and Fulkerson were thrown
from buggy in returning from Maj. A. Il.
Young's, last Saturday. The horse became
frightened and turned the buggy over. 1t
was the same horse which threw Miss Mary
Young out OF a buggy and hurt her quite
badly, last fall. The disciples OF Esculapius
were considerably shaken up, but had no
bones broken. The buggy was slightly dis
located.
Messrs. ID. W. Il. Tevis and Thos. Bandon
went up last Thursday, to survey the con.
dition of the wreck OF the steamer Twilight
which lies IN the sand few miles above
town 1t belongs to a party OF gentlemen
here, who have already sunk good deal Of
money in trying to raise the cargo, vhict
consists princip lily of "sperits." Probabl,
If they were to send for Gen. Harding b,
could call up the spirits from the vasty
deep.
1t is something to be prophet in one'
own country. This Doctor j. B. Alexander
Is. We have heard Tice DOUBTED, the Heralt
himself made little of, but we have alst
heard Of q case OF faith which must plac
our Lexington meteorologist high up in th
con 1dence of mankind. A lady of intelli
gence In the city having ordered a cloak
recently, aftsrward learned that the docto
stated that the winter had broken. Sh
Immediately sent word to her dress make
not to make the cloak. Now, we submit
} candidly, to all married men, If a prophe
! whose opinion causes woman to counter
, mand an order for a cloak, should not hav
, honor even IN bis own country?
7 The case Of the state against Howsr
WilIiams-the Indian pipe case-which ha
5 been talked about 80 much for several day!
8 was tried before Squire Beck Wednesda!
and nearly the whole day was consume
. hearing testimony. The prosecuting wi
Z ness swore he saw Williams take the pip
Q aud the inference was that he had placed
a.
o proved that Williams could not posslb
g have done so or Oliver Hughes strongly o
}. jected to having his house searched, an
!, pretended to believe the warrant bogus, al
}. that the officers had come to his house
d kill him. His testimony was fatty contr
y dictsd by that Of Williams, Frank Tut ar
u Lieut.. Hsber M. Creel, the three perso
I. who made the search. The merits of Il
It case were thoroughly probed, but it cou
It net be made to hold together. No argume
II was made by the attorneys on either sid
10 and Squire Beck promptly discharged Il
prisoner. Prosecuting Attorney Blackw
1t says there was no case, and the court cou
B. not have done otherwise than 1t did. v
q. have heard OF no objection to the action
D. the court.
70 One Of our old citizens who was TAX
n from this to q better world by one Of t
le most cruel OF the many cruel acts of the W.
d. used to tell this story. Its relation will bril-
y, back the memory OF an old friend and q
lie times to more than one OF our old peop
D. 1t was on bis preacher and was as follow
'n 1t seems that the preacher had very lar
re feet. and brother Mac was q little blind. L
b. psrsen was spending the evening with bro,
er or Mac, and as 1t was cold moved up close
ae the large open wood fire, and was absorbi
e. heat quite rapidly when the host stepp
o. out of the room for a moment. When
n returned the parson had moved back lit
stretched his legs out to their fullest exte
ne and with his feet turned up, was drawi
ne the moisture out Of the soles of his boo
ny Brother Mac seeing the two huge objec
and only taking IN their size, mistook tn
he for two little negro boys who brought co
u, for massa's pipe, and took many liberti
OF therefor, about the hearth. STOPPING O,
y, and gazing ut them, somewhat to the gG
h- parsons surprise, Brother Mac said {: ..R
nd away Tommis and Dickle run away, nc
OF that's good boys Its time for you to be
'm bed" The feeling of that preacher can
on better Imagined than described.
Is The om :ial statements OF the three bal
Is in this city, and the Waveriy bank, VIII
ng have recently appeared In the Intellfgen,
show them all TO be IN a healthy and flo
ms ishing condition. The Lexington Saw
III. Banh stands first as to amount of busln