Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-28

Presbyterian lawn party, THURSDAY ,June2.
Garden seeds. Gordon s. Fulkerson. ii
All the nobby styles in Stiff Hats, at Davis
& Allstadt's. fb26tl
TIE steamer Durfee, mainly owned by her
Geo. G. Keith, struck a snag and
sank, near the mouth of the Gasconsde
river, last Monday. She was valued at
$11, 600, and Insured for S9.O 600. Her freign
list, contrary to Capt. Ksith's custom, was
uninsured. The boat Is q total loss, but =
lot of of hogs were saved from the cargo.
The order OF the closing exercises of the
Methodist college Is as follows May ~ ana
n and June 1, written examinations; June
2 and :, oral examinations !; June 3, at 1851
O'Clock, a. M, commencement sermon ny
Rev. u. R. McAnally, OF st. Louis; June D.
8 o'clock. p. M, address by Rev. W. M.
Prottsnan, of Warrensburg; june D, .
O'Clock, p. M, annual concerts; June 7, 3
O'Clock, p. M, commencement.
Isaac Harris, . soa OF Squire Harris, OF
Chapel Hill, met with . serious accident
May 18th. He was %chopping rail timer
when his axe glanced from some brush,took
of the big toe of the left foot, and came very
near to amputating the next one. Dr. shores
was called in aud the second toe was saVeo.
MIR. Harris has suffered q good deal with bis
hurt but is getting on very well now, anu
has the consolation OF knowing that ne VIII
never be troubled with corns on the great
toe of his LEFT foot.
Black woods Magazine for May contains
as follows "The Sword" "a French
Speculation" 'sshort Service and its Sup
portsrs,,' s.The Private Secretary. Part
VII" "Autobiographiss." "No. Ill. Mar
garet, Duchess Of Newcastle" "Mr. Glad
stones. Eleventh Budget" ''frue Magic. 10
w. w. ST." "The New Nostrum for Ire
land" 1.-THE Earl of Beaconsdeld.". The
essay ON the sword is . lamentation that the
sword has lost its importance as q weapon
and rscounts Its rise and decline, effect on
warfare and on. courage, and Its variations
in shape and make. sShort Service" refers
to army reform, aud compares the Views OF
Sir Garnet Wolsslsy aud Slr Frederick
Roberts. "Mr. GlaJStone's Budget" aud
the "New Nostrum" are political articles.
OF the Duchess Of Newcastle 1t 10 said. "Shs
led . chaugeful existence, never without q
certain grandeur. and luxury, but often
without . penny In her purse" "True
Magic" ia 9 poem ; and for light reading, BE-
side s.The Private Secretary" there Is q
pretty French story, showing how . bride
saved her husband from ruin. The conclud.
ing article Is . tribute to Lord BsAconsieFd'
The periodicals reprinted by the Leonard
Scott Publishing Co. al Barclay Street. n.
Y.,) are as follows: Tbs London Quarterly
Edinburgh, W Westminster, and British Quar-
terly Reviews, aud Blackwood's Magazine
Price, 81 a year for any one. or only $15 fol
all, and the postage is prepaid by the pub
. fishers.
On tho part OF some gentlemen b wer'
y here frsm Saline county, and whose visit VI
mentioned two weeks ago and, 1t seems
with others, 1t is thought singular that tn
people OF Lexington take little interest Il
extending the Missouri, Pacific railroad fror
Boonville to this place. We are decided
In favor Of getting the road-snd all roads,
: but we do not exactly share In the ide
above alluded to. The gentlemen who cam
here, so far as we can learn, had no tangibl
y pre- position to make to our people. The
- merely said that they desired to organize
build the extension, but did not say no
" they expected to do It. Lexington has no
~ u direct connection with the trunk Of Il
- Pacific road. 1t. therefore, is only interests
y in the project in that 1t would benefit Il
- people of the county esst Of us and near Il
river. With this In view, however, 1t
~ willing to do something II . tangible prop
II" sitlon Is made. OF course the desire Is tn
=. money shall be subscribed. II this Is do
- the people will want to know why they q
=. to pay and to whom. Just nov we fall
see that they n either of these things.
W q road can be obtained from Boonviile,
Way of Marshall, Waverly and up the riv
~. to Lexington, thence, by widening the NJ
~ row Gauge, to Kansas City, something G
be done In this county. Bull We should ID
30 like to know how this is to be done and "
is to DO 1t. Before our people are condemn
for being lukewarm toward an entsrpr
which 1t is alleged will benefit them 1t sho'
" be shown to them what the enterprise Is q
"u how 1t will do good. Our columns are OF
" to the gent, men who are in charge OF
e matter, and we hope they will not has
conclude to stop their road at Marshall.