Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-05
ODESSA,
We still boom.

MISS Maggie hammond got nome lasl
Saturday. 'aep - .re.sl g 4''..-
MIR. Steve Rennabarger is building on
his farm. .,..,.-. ..-.a
Mr.. Corbitfs big chair has never yet
been filed "s a~ ef .r.. ur5s
Our merchants will soon 60 east for
new stocks. ........ ..-.....
Born, February 81, to the wife Of Mr..
NJ. Ellis, girl. a-t'
Mr.. J. w. Prince is building an ad-
dition TO his house. .u-
Last Saturdays mud showed the ne
cessity OF good crossings. 4ttt
And now for the third line OF the song,
Digging dusky diamonds"
Miss Lizzie Reardon, OF Kentucky, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Hightower. -,n
Mrs. Daniels. Of Atchison county, this
state, is visiting her sister. Mrs. H. B.
Tunstall. .... --.......... 49,.
We need crossing good, substan-
tial one-in the middle Of the block on
Second street.
Messrs. Prince & Wilkening have the
boss joke book-the Charter Oak alma
mac. Call and get one, free.
We hope our next school term will be
longer one than the one just closed, II
having been one of such general salts
faction. .. ............... - o.
Mr.. John Ready sold. recently, to
Mr.. J. W. Prince. his dwelling house
1t will be added to and otherwise inn
proved. -..- .rUm ... H'a
The Thermometer, last Saturday morn
ing. at eight o'clock. marked ffty-four
degrees above zero. while telegram
from the U. s. signal service bureau put
it at fifty. -.'' . N4..
Mr.. .. T. Maxwell advertlses, in the
Herald, for lost moustache. He does
not say. however, whether it is his prop
erty OR that OF Mr.. Jim Broughton or
Mr.. Dick Adams. ..... " -
1t is reported that at depth Of three
hundred feet Mr.. Darling, who has been
sinking shaft here. has found forty
three inch vein of coal. l trust the re-
port will prove to be true. ,-.y,
But once during the year past hns the
Iutelligencer failed to reach here Oh
time, Saturday morning. and that time
on the day OF the "big snow" We
Odessians appreciate this, and hope pros.
perity will ever attend the Intelligencer.
Mr.. George H. Hereford. whose home
is in Odessa, but who. for year past,
has been stationed at Higginsville as
the night operator OF the Chicago &
Alton, is sick, at Alma. with pneumonia.
Georgs 10 good boy, and is we'll liked
wherever he is known. 7f'hope he will
soon be up again. as does every one
else here. . - ,,r-. '.-
have been hopeful Of seeing brick !
business houses erected, and have often |
said so IN my items, as those we. have
are in too much danger from fire.. / am
glad to say that 1t is likely that those
very clever gentlemen who comprise
he stove and hardware firm of Prince
+ Wilkenlng will build brick store
louse-two story. --s
Some days ago young man employ
ID at Captain Henry's. met with quite
severe accident. He was cutting wood,
md struck his foot with the ak, inflict-
ng wound which extended from the
econd joint Of the large toe to the in.
tep. severing two arteries. He very
'early bled to death before medical as
istance arrived. but is resting we'll, at
he present writing, at Mr.. Burnside's,
Vho Is his uncle.
An event transpired here, Tuesday OF
ast week, about which there are MANY
tories afloat. 1t seems that a man
amed Smith, who lives at Mayview
nd who had imbibed freely OF liquor
urlng the day, was stopped. while on
is way to the depot, and an ATTEMPT 1
aade to rob him. Smith claims that the
nen represented themselves as officers +.
nd threatened to arrest him for BEING
intoxicated. He says that he offered {
give them dollar, as he did not {
rant to be put IN the calaboose. Thew :
efused to accept the dollar, and asked :
Dr. live. whereupon Smith told them :
nat he knew that they were not officers. {
nd that il they did not release HIM that
9 would call for help; he began to lus. I
~ cry. murder. fire. thieves, etc. which |
Don raised crowd, it being but about 7
lght o'clock, and two men were seen