Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17
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Chas. II. Royle's. a27t4
Call and see them. $40
, Fresh grated, sliced and whole pineapple
at Maitland & Co.'S. s1Ot2
Hunyadi Janos mineral water at the dru!
, store of Gordon Il Fulkerson. jlSm3
AIabastine for whitewash, at the drug
store OF Gordon & Fulkerson. j1Sm3
Mr.. Il. T. Bates, Wellington, Mo-, SELL
Robinson's Red R, the best flour In tht
state. s10tf
~lasses made from the sugar cane. MAITLAND
d Co. s1Ot2
Clagett has his house full of goods bought
before the advance. 1t will pay you to &C
and see him. $40
Our lady friends will find a fresh and
erispy fashion letter from New York on the
outside of this issue.
We want Irish and sweet potatoes. good
sound shipping apples, and new dried ap.
pies. Maitland & Co.. s1ot2
The Sedalls and Higginsville base ball clubs
played a game at the former place Thursday,
Sedslla winning by a score OF Is to 2.
MISS Etie May, of Clinton, Henry county,
will teach the Centerview school, in WASH
fngton township, beginning next Monday.
There should be a fire in all school rooms
this cool, damp weather. 1t is cruel to the
children and dangerous to their health to
compel them to sit shiverlng in the cold.
The ladies OF the Presbyterian Manse So
clety cordially invite the ladies OF the church
to join them in the work of the society.
The ladies will give All entertainment
| Christmas.
A man named Moore was put in Jail a day
or two ago for stealing a bat from Mr.. Cobbs
in Clay township. He is The individual
whose exploit gave rise to the .'Bates City
robbery" canard.
Another ''P" for Gilbert and Sullivan.
"Pinafore. - ''Pirates" and s'Patience." will
be followed by a new opera to be soon pro-
duced in New York called the .PriDcess."
These authors evidently believe there is luck
In this letter.
Our personal column presents q fine array
Of names Of pupils from abroad in the fe-
male semlnaries. They have q great many
day scholars. too, SO that they have about
as much as they eau we'll do. We rejoice at
their prosperity.
Richmond Conservator We learn from
Richard B%ohannon, coroner, that Amos
Parks, an old bachelor, who owned the
Hisinger farm, six miles below Hardin,
committed suicide Monday night by jump
ing into a well. He was missed and when
found was at the bottom of the we'll in a
standing position. An inquest was held and
q verdict rendered that he committed suicide
while Iaboring under temporary alteration
OF mind.''
A special telegram from Independence to
the Kansas City Mail, Thursday, said :-ssJ.
Land and Charles StiiIwell, the alleged train
robbers, were taken before Squire Lee this
morning for preliminary .examination. A.
ter hearing the evidence both were bound
over to await the action of the grand jury,
in the sum Of o thousand dollars each.
The bond was not given. Both are In jail.
Marshal Murphy and posse have not return
ed. Everything quiet"
Luther Meeks who stole a horse in Wyan-
dotte, and who wss arrested by our city Of
6cers. was suspected Of having stolen a mule
from Frank Holmes, a colored mar of this
county, AID when the Wyandotte officers
came after Meeks the officers here told him
of the suspected mule robbery. Since then
Holmes went up to Wyandotte and got his
mule which the sheriff there had found.
Meeks will serve the state of Kansas at least
seven years.
There was q general fight at a moonlight
picnic given by the colored population, in
old town, last Monday night. The result
was that five arrests were made. William
Brown was hned $25 and costs for striking
some one with q stone, and drawing o knife;
Alonzo Crockett was tried by q jury anu
fined $40 and costs; Martin Hutchinson
plead guilty and was fined $40 and costs, and /
Epps was fined 50 and costs. Rather |
an expensive picnic for some OF the parties.
Two are still to be tried.
The amiable SAINT, Geo. Fl, Ambrose, who |
left this county for the county's good, has |
the modesty to publish q letter in which he |
gives the lie to a circular signed by Judge |
Wood aud other officers OF this county set
ting forth the said Ambrose's character when |
In this county. The sanity gentleman may
accomplish something In Florida with his
oily STUFF, but he made h bed In this country |
which ne did not care to occupy. The men
whom he %deuounces are the most trusted |
citizens OF lafayette county
Richmond Conservator, Sept. G:-.The !
OF the three men charged with |
robbing the buss at the river, after two DAYS |
was postponed till Monday |
next on account Of the illness of a child OF |
MIR. VIM. one of the presiding justices. So
lar the evidence has not materially affected |
the prisoners, with the exception of that OF |
Mr.. France, who testified that he recognized |
young Hayson, by his voice, as the man that |
robbed him. Other testimony of a .circum. |
stantial character would seem to give a slight |
shadow of evidence that they were guilty, |
A large number of witnesses were in al
and considerable dissatisfaction
was esinced when they found that they |
would have to return again."
The public schools open this year under
very favorable auspices. The corps OF
is an able one and we'll distributed. /
aud the attendance is good. In the high
there are enrolled, 60 pupils In Miss
heller's room, 45; in Miss Finieys's room.
~; In Miss Ryland's room 40; total 1s7. AT
~ NAIoS AN6LGte w aI3ce'S room
20 In Miss Aliens room. 40 I; total 6s. In
the third ward in Miss Mary Smiths room.
IS; In Miss Arnold's room, "A; in Miss
room, % total, 1914. In the color
ed high school, 81; Mrs. Coles room, 40 +:
Mr. Z. It. Coles room, 70; Miss Lottie
Oonlphan's room, II; total DO. Grand
total, DBL. These are the children actually
enrolled for Attendance not tho .,tiro ,,n
Der In the district OF school age. Taking the
attendance at the Wentworth academy and
the female seminarles at 400, and We have a
total Of school children in Lexington OF
very nearly one thousand. Quite enough 10
make a good sized village.
MIR. H. Eshbaugh, master of the state
grange, writes to the st. Louis Journal OF
Agriculture :-''Please announce that the
appointment for Bro. J, j. Woodman. |
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