Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-16
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Excursion, July 81, TO sedaiia' one uonah
round trim. jy16t3
Fruit cases and berry boxes for sale by
Geo. f. Maitland & Co. J-ot4
The d. O. q. OF Missouri will meet In
Sedalia Sunday, July 81. Jyi'.
McCausland Is selling beautiful summer
silks at Soc worth in st. Louis 6Oc. )2ti
Turn about 10 fair play-Davis township
can come to Lexington this time TO the
circus.
DO not fail to read q. J. E. Ahrens' ad-
vertisemsnt In an other column, 1t Is inter-
MI"
We want to buy new potatoes, and good'
sound summer apples. Call on Geo. f.
& 20. jyl6t2
One thousand dollars worth Of ladies' and
shoes at = great sacrifice to close,
at NJ. Cnapmau's. ao''
Bennett 4 Morrison have the finest line Of
and heating stoves IN the county.
sure and see them before buying. o2ti
The celebrated 'Favorite" cook stove and
the .'new Sovereign range. at Bennett q
Morrison's, opposite the Morrison-we emit
worth bank. ozu
We have . large stock Of cooking and
heating stoves, CRATES, tin, copper, granite'
iron aud sheetiron-ware, which we intend
to sell at bedrock prices, for cash. Bennett
. Morr;son OFT
Any one wishing to purchase dress GOODS
hosiery, gloves, aud carpets, in fact every
thing in the goods line, will do well TO cal
at NJ. Chapman's closing out sale. They
are bound to he sold. j11tf
Salt water from springs five miles distant
has been conveyed to Sweet Springs. Two
hundred gallons per minute are said TO now
through the swimming pools, and it Is al
together . grand affair.
without doubt we have the largest and
finest stock OF stoves, pierced and stamped
tlnware in the county, and we mean to sell
them. Call aud get prices and satisfy your-
self that the Red Front Is the cheapest house
In the city. ALL
New steel rails are being placed upon the
track Of the branch road as fast ~ the old
iron rails need replacing. This will soon
give 1t . splendid track to Ssdalis, when we
may hope for an additional shortening up OF
the time.
1ucEo "OIo Llutu tusu P0SsAS
following -"Mondsy's work Is to wash,
apace; Tuesdays work IS to lron. with grace;
Wednesdays work Is to bak and sew ;
Thursdays work is to clsan-for show ; FRI
days work IL to sweep, dust and brush ;
Saturdays work is to cook-with q rush !;
the next that comes is the Sabbath day, and
| then she's too tired to rest or pray"
Il SLa--,.o ,.of,I 70 avnsnh tho mind
| Of children and give them an adequate Idea
| OF what the world is. Its extent and confor-
nation, Is to have q good map, easily Access
| sfble to them. Mr.. +. Hartman, . very gen.
| tlemanly man and an old map canvasser is
now In this county selling maps with al
changes up to 1881. He may be relied on 81
to quality and price and when be calls
around we bespeak for him liberal treat
meut. jy16t2
Lost-On the road leading to Warresburg
between Lexington and MAYHEM, about the
7th OF July, q memorandum book contain
ing some papers Of no service to n one
else, but Of some importance TO the under
signed. The tinder will be thanked and
suitably rewarded by leaving them at the
I%ntelligencer Office or With me at MAYHEM
John p. Herr. jy16i1
Mr.. henry Jennings, of Washington town
ship, on his way home from htgginsville
Tuesday evening last, saw that the Chlcag'
4 Alton railroad track had been washed GU
badly near the Tsbo bridge on the road iron
Mayhem to Higginsville. Knowing that III
mail train from the east was nearly due b
went back ON the track, waited for an,
tagged the train, and saved 1t from beinI
wrecked. Mr.. Jennings deserves the thank
Of the road and of the public for his promp
and intelligent action In the matter.
Kansas City Times :-'Jossph W. Swain
manager OF the consolidated tank line CON
pany, was brought before justice Bacor
yesterday, on compliant OF Frank X. Tut
coal oil inspector, charging him with sellin
oils below grade, and oils which had nc
been inspected, and with adulteratipg kerr
sene which had already been inspected an
> passed at $50 degree proof. The latter Al
ditionAl charge IL the most serious made. an
on the strength OF the warrant, Justice b
, con bound Mr.. Swain over In the sum {
$500, to appear at q preliminary examin
: ton on Friday" Mr.. Tut will reflect cred
. upon himself II he will compel the oil MOI
opoly to obey the law, and treat Its custom
. ers honestly and fairly.
The lawn party, given by the ladies of Il
, Baptist church. Thursday night, at the Ba
tlst College, was one Of the most pleasa
affairs OF the season, and though 1t was n
4, as great . financial success 40 some othe
have been, the ladies have the thanks Of
. their patrons for the very moderate pric
charged them for refreshments. There we
!, two meat tables. where all the good and su
= stantial necessariss Of life. such rs hal
chicken, coffee, pickles, salad, &C., we
~ served ; and two tables loaded with luxurl'
such IS Ice cream. sherbst and cakes and
lemonade stand. The cakes we're esp
tally excellent, the outside presel
NJ ing . very tempting appearance, q
the inside more than making good all
promises. The amount realized was 81
There was quite = large crowd In after
ance, the premises being crowded all e
ming. The ladies' went to . great deal
ns trouble to make everything pleasant and
tractive. and they have the satisfaction
knowing that all went away highly plea
&. with the evenings entertainment. They
quest us to return their sincere thanks
. the military company. to the band, to
,,s quartstte and to the public for their as
~, lance In making the affair . success.
,e. Last Wednesday afternoon two be
an Claude and Rucker Davis, sons Of Jim Ds'
I'D somewhat notorious q few years ago, ca
!, at Mr.. W. B. Hamlett's meat shop and
nv gagged him in conversation. The boys
1 only about Is and II years Of age respect
70 . ly, but they are shrswd ones. The younl
4 boy, Rucker. began to flattsr ali. Ham
itv by telling him that he was q mighty Gle
,sd fellow, aud that he sold q bigger beeist
1. for o quarter than any other butcher
town. Hamlet naturally became interel
,sss In the little fellow. and concluded, as he
talking to him at the front door, tina
,est was an uncommOnly bright boy. While
ssr. lad was thu giving Mr.. h. ''tafy"
An. brother, Claude, had slipped around, en-
cd the back door o. the shop, and rOt
in the money drawer OF q little over Two
lars In silver. Ii . snort time mr.. f1sn
Il. had occasion to look into the drawer, W
kiln he missed the money, and the thought f
n ed through bis mind Just how the thing
of been done. He looked out On the stl
oks saw the boys and started alter them.
OTIS, Immediately took to fight and ran to
100 (; home In Dutch row Their pursuer
sur. took them in the stairway, when they Il
rty, away what money they had left. ha
aims made some purchases pocketboOk, 2