Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-04
Mister, does 1t hurt to be bald!


i Allstadt's. fb26tf
Wanted-A No. l fresh milk COW. Inquire
at this office.
o. how nice E. B. Vaughan's new Japan
teas are with ice. jas
All the Late Styles in Spring Hats, at
Davis Il Allstadts. feb26-tf
Fruit and Berry boxes and crates. for sale
by Geo. F. Maitland & Co. JAP
The latest novelties In Spring Hats can be
found at Davis d Allstsdt's. fb26tf
Davis & Allstadt have just received all the
Nobby styles in Spring Hats. ieb26-tf
A dne line Of ladies' linen busters to be
closed out, al NJ. C%hspman's. j4tf
j.. @. Pisttensurg is constantly receiving
new goods Of every description. m14i4
Read H.. J. E. Ahrens' advertisement
In another column, and profit by 1t. m7H
The Red Front is the place to get bargains
In stoves and tin ware. Call and see, Main
street. a9tf
Stetson makes the finest Hats In the world
Davis i Allstadt have them for sale a. low
prices. fb26tf
10. Plattenourg keeps the best Of goods
AMI will sell them as lew as any house in the
county. m14t4
A writtea guarantee given with every
stove sold at the Red Trent, Main street,
Lexington. No, a9tf
One thousand dollars worth Of ladies' and
childrsn's shoes at Q great ~sacriice to close,
At NJ, Chapmau's. a9tf
Read H. J. E. Ahrens' advertisement in
another column. and give him y call before
buying elsewhere. m7tf
For Sals-One Weir cultivator, one tongue
less cultlvster, enc two-horss wagon, . gun
and . saddle. T. e.. Austin. m14tf
Bennett b Morrison have the finest line OF
cooking and heating stoves IN the county.
Be SURF and see them before buying. o2tf
The celebrated 'Fsvorite' cook stove and
the "new Sovereign" range, at Bennett &
Morrison's, opposite tho Morrlson-W emit
worth bank. OFT
+. B. Vaughan has just received . splen-
did limo Of teas for summer use. for they are
splendid goods and leave no coloring when
used rs ice tea. j4;3
M. John Baehr 10 having framed by Mr..
A. W. Smith . very fine picture Of his ma
tive place-Euskirchen. 1t 10 noted for
wooden mills, and Is q very pretty town.
Mr.. Geo. Fsrrar has bought an improved
brlckmaking machine. His engine 10 not
yet In position, but he has been experiment.
ing with the machine, and finds 1t to work
satisfactorily, 90 far ~ it Can be tried with
out steam.
The wolves are eating the sheep in the
southern part OF the county, and a cores
pendent prays for q emoval Of the tax on
hounds. He ssys that kind Of dogs do not
kill sheep. He Is mistaken. Two hounds
killed two sheep under eur very nose once,
near Greenton, before we could club and
stone them OF.
As will be seen by reference to our adyertis-
Ing columns. DIR. Chapman again advertises
q "closing out SALE" To those who know
DR.. C. personally, 1t 10 not necessary for US
to say that this sale Is no humbug, notwith-
standing the fact that he last fall advertised
q somewhat similar sale. For reasons which,
II known to all, would fully justify him In
not doing as he then intended to do-go out
Of the dry goods business sntIrely-the lime
was postponed until the present. This time
there will be nothing to prevent, and the
whole stock will absolutely be sold as soon
40 customers eau be found to buy it. Now
10 FOUR lime to buy.
There seems to be quite a stir In railroad
matters just now and several Of the projects
discussed have Lexington in view. The
most important one Is the extension of the
Burlington u Southwestern. The Kansas
City Times of Thursday had this TO say Of
1t :-sThe articles OF association OF the Kan.
sas City, st. Joseph Il Burlington railway
company, With = capita lstock OF %, 600 900,
recently flsd Ut Jefferson City, will add AM
other to the many lines of railway CENTER
ing here. The objects are to own. construct
aud maintain q line Of railway In this state,
beginning At q point on the line between
Iowa and Missouri. near Mendoza, Putnam
county, extending thence southwarLly to
Unionville, 10 said county F; thence west
through Putnam, Mercer, Harrison, Gentry,
DeK alb and Buchanan to st. Joseph, q DIS
lance Of 141.4 miles, embracing the entire
main line OF railway In Missouri heretofore
owned by the Burlington d Southwestern
railway company, Of which that portion ly-
ing between Mendoza and Unlsnville afore-
said, y distance of ia miles, 10 now COM
pleted and IN operation. and also to own,
construct, maintain and operate aline Of rail-
"byS UCkiuuiuA NJ "a 4Oak
said. and running southwestsrly through
5 the counties Of Putnam, Sullivan, Linn and
, Carroll to Carrollton, thence to the Missouri
I. river at q point at or east OF Lexington, La
fayette county, thence to such point in south
, Missouri a. may hereafter be determined,
embracing the entire branch line Of railway
\ heretofore owned by said Burlington and
Southwestern railway company, and known
as the Linneus branch Of the Burlington and
t Southwestern railway, Of which that por'
ton lying between Unionville and Laclede,
Linn county, q distance Of tifty.three miles.
is now completed and in operation, the re-
naming distance between Lsclsde and Lex
ington being sixty miles. MIR. Smith, who
d il principal owner of the stock OF the new
d line, is an old C.,B. b 9. man. The new roac
will reach Kansas City from Lafayette" W.
have heretofore shown the manifest advan'
tsges to the road OF building through thil
eity-the immense coal trade that could b,
developed BY an Independent broad gaug'
railway /; the splendid, thiekly settled agri
cultural country to afford local traffic tn,
ease Of completing for the southern exten
sion the already graded track frsm Lexing
WI " . Poihs oooGu VI OusoAS ~ Daso
county /; the dssirability Of an indspendsn
bridge the tapping Of = rich country tina
r has no direct road to Chicago, and othe
D. reasons too numerous to mention In thi
4. article. We hope Mr.. Smith will make n,
4 definite arrangements AZ to his route with
out first coming to Lexington and having
70 frank talk with Its people.
D. Fruit and berry boxes and crates, for sal
by Geo. +. Maitland Is Co. JAP
10. P%lattenburg is constantly receIvin
W new goods OF every description. militia
As Is well known the public schools of thi
-, city consist OF three ward schools and q big
school. In each OF the ward schools, exacti
the same course of study Is pursued, and al
y, ter the pupils have completed this cours
they are presented by their respective prir
=. cipals for admission into the high schoo
In order that pupils may enter the hig
school, they are required to answer sevent,
live per cent OF all questions propounds,
The examination is written and 10 conduc
ed IN the high school room by the prlncip
" OF the high school, the principals of tt
ward schools, and any others whom til
:. board may select. Tn annual examlnatio
took place on Monday, Tuesday and Wedne
day Of this week, the committee consis
" ing Of Misses N. 3. Wallace, OF the fir
III ward IS. NJ. II. Smith, of the second war,