Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-05

Torchop edging and Inserting; new lin
at Royle & News. f5m1
The grounding saw bis shadow so plsinl
last Wednesday that he retired in DISCUS
for another forty days sleep.
Sweeping reduction In the price of a
saasonable WINTER GOODS, at Ahren!
Dry Goods Bazaar. Franklin street. j15
The public school at HiggInsville closed
few days ago. Miss Dora Stspp, the ASST
tant IS highly spoken OF as a teacher.
Mr.. R. NJ. Taylor sold, Wednesday. t
Mr.. NJ. Snyder, 120 acres Of improved Ian
in Washington township. at $40 per acre.
Call at DR.. Watson's office and see til
"Temple" working, the best soft coal, sell
feeding base burning stove in the state
Don't fall to see II. l am the agent. G. I
Graham. j22tf
1 am going to put up gutterlng and ROOT
ing In town and country, as cheap as tn
cheapest, and will guarantee stock and work
manship, or no charges made. Respectfully
g. C. Graham. j22tf
There is no smallpox In Lexington, tbanl
heaven, and as it Is q winter-bred disease W.
are apt to escape 1t. A few new cases art
reported at Clinton In families where 1t hal
existed for some time. 1t is thought to bt
under control.
We are iDdsbtsd to Prof. Lanneau for
polite invitation TO attend the semi.monthiy
evening reception, at the college, last night
the special occasion being reading and re-
citations by Miss Crssthwait. the new teach,
| er Of elocution.
The ladies of the Episcopal church will
give q Martha Washington entertainment,
1t the opera house, Tuesday evening, Feb.
%. 1t Will be a good time to revive memo.
ries Of 1.-THE Father OF bis Country" to
have . good time, and to help a worthy
cause.
Tho spring branches aud ponds are nearly
all frozen solid and many farmers are pat to
serious Inconvenience for water for stock
and household purposes. This should teach
them the necessity Of digging good wells or
clsterns to provide against such times az
these.
Thos. Harvey, Jr. was tried before Squire
Tut, last Monday, for striking a darkey
With . monksy-wrench. at the coal shaft. q
few days before. The evidence all showed
that the darkey was entirely 'too Previous
and that Harvey served him right. lie was
discharged.
Drs. Gordon 8 Fulkerson have on hand
some fresh vaccine virus, procured from the
Missouri Vaccine farm. They are prepared
to vaccinate all persons who desire 1t: There
can 10 no harm, IS smallpox Is prevailing In
80 many places, to take every reasonable
precaution. 1t
A correspondent In another column makes
the point. very clearly, that tue law should
Be amended to make the school year begin
July 1. instead Of as now, April 1. There
seems to us nc difficulty presented, AS cities.
towns and villages could readily accommo-
date themselves to the change.
In order to close out the balance Of our
winter stock, we have made SWEEPING RE-
DUcTroNs in Cloaks, Dolmans, Shawls,
Skirts, Nubias. Hoods. Hosiery, Blankets,
F~lanneis, Waterproofs, Mems Overcoats,
not buy from any ''closing out or selling at
cost house, until you have seen our goods
and have heard our prices. W. G. McCaus-
land. j29tf
Higginsville Advance 1.-THE Lexington
lntelligencer, last week, contained an ex-
tensive description of Lafay cite county and
. sectional map OF the same. The lntelli-
gencer is the most enterprisinx county paper
We know Of In this r~espsct-always fore
NEST and jealous in securing attractive, In
structive and interesting features for the
perusal Of its subscribers" Thanks.
Odessa Herald, Jan. 2S:-"Odessa was
honored yesterday with the presence Of
James Charley. chief Of the Cheroke@ Ma
ton, who was IN company with Charley
LabdIe, captain Of the Nation. They were
here to find the sscond chief, Edward Black,
who had stopped here some days ago
through q mistake and was left by the cars,
and was not able to find his way back. They
found him in ssfa hands-Mr. Upton Ship
ley's. They are all bright and intelligent
men, and left for their homes last night on
the G. & A. r. r."
Lexington Is to be treated to an opera by
home talent soon. The quartette design
rendering = benefit to Misses Berry,
Smith and Hollis, and for this purpose will
present Aessrs. Sullivan and Gilbert's new
comic opera, THE Pirates OF Penzance.'
Due notice Of the time and cast will be given
by the Intelligencer, which feels q deep In
terest in matters musical. That the opera
will succeed there Is no doubt. In fact the
gentlemen may as we'll arrange trst rs last
to give 1t to US several nights.
Globe-Dsmocrat :-"Yesterday Governor
Crtttenden released Capt. Conrad. the we'll.
known stsamboatman, from the 81, 800 bond
which had bssn forfeited by Algeo, the gold
brick swindler. By a.quesr coincidence Mr..
N. f. Mcdonald, Of the circuit attorneys Of
foe, Immediately after this me VI was received
here, got a telegram from Lafayette, Ind,
saying that Tuck Watts, Algeo's companion
In the fraud, was held there for tho St. Louis
authorities. Watts and Algeo swindled Mr.,
James Callahan. q lawyer from Lafayette
county, out Of = large sum, last April. by
selling him . bogus gold brick, after which
Watts left st. Louis for secnrsr quarters,
and was not heard from by the police here
afserward. Some three months since Mr.
Mcdonald happened to be in Plttsburg, and
while there he read In . newspaper OF the
arrest OF q man at lafayette, Ind, on sus-
ptcion Of t%lll.tapping, whose DESCRIPTION re.
minded him 30 strongly Of Watts that he
stopped on his way to st. Louis, saw him,
and identified him. The authorities at La
fayetts held him for the theft committed
there, but So the evidence Is not strong
enough to convict, they will turn him over
to the police here. and he will be tried for
his connection with tbs gold.brick trick"
Eggs nave come down to Is cents since
our Lexington market was corrected. They
are likely to s'drap' still lower.
Jefferson City correspondence Of SsdalIa
Democrat, Jan. 81 1.-THE committee on
penitenttary reported to-day. They find the
In a very satisfactory condition,
the statements Of FOUR contemporaries cor.
respondent Notwithstanding. The number
OF eouvicts In prison to date is l, 204, 1,167
OF whom are males, and 81 females. Thu
diet and bedding are all that could be
desired, but the committee find that the
ventilation Of the new cell building, as 1t is
called. is very Objectionable, remedies for
which they suggest. They also find some
objections to the arrangements and appoint
ments OF the hospital. They find sixteen
insane men In the hospital, three of whom
nave exceeded the time for which they were
sentenced, but the counties from which til ey
were sent have made no provision Tor their
removal. The com nittee compliment the
discipline maintained In the Institution. and
permit me to remark that the credit of this
and the general management of the prisoners
Is mainly due to the efficient deputy warden,