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

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The New York Herald says Garfield tn,
10 y vibrion. he
Orange cultue in Florida is increas- :"
ing rapidly. ~.
Mr.. ConkIing is in Albany conduct tn,
ing his own candidacy. is
Conkling's begging letter to members ~:
OF the legislature shows his weakness. ~
The Eads contract was approved oy an
both houses of the Mexican congress 90
Wednesday. be
The democrats OF the senate did u
good thing In declining to confirm the a'
nomination OF Chandler. 90
So it
Tommy the Kid was killed, last week, thi
at Amargo, N. NJ. by a member OF his JOY
band. The two were on a spree. fol
Blaine is in New York, with a tele- "
graph wire leading from Robertson's al
rooms ut Albany. glued to his ear. @
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Bob Edwards, q famous horse thief OF bu
New Mexico, was killed at Rattlesnake ter
Springs, by Deputy Sheriff McKenny. de
/ Carl Schurz has secured control OF the e
New York Evening Post, Bryant's pa '
Der, and has assumed editorial charge. Wv
Nearly nine thousand immigrants pa
landed at Castle Garden last Monday lar
and Tuesday. Pretty good for two days. lea
Hon. E. B. Washburne has given to ~
The Sisters Of St. Joseph's academy. at F.,
Sinsinana Mound, a farm valued at $780, ~,
600. L..
When rogues fall out honest men may fro
get their dues. There seems to be q de-
chance Tor the democrats to elect a sem Low
ator just now. sp'
- now WUuIu anu fsoevrtsun W.
do from Now York; The first would ~
suit us mighty we'll. 1t would be alllt- 49,,
erative, anyhow. -.
Tilden and Curtis would do from New to
York. There would then be two brains fro
representing the state, even il there scas a c
only one backbone. mo
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1--WE want Conkling squeiched."-
Lexington Intelrigencer. May IA. Real ~ :.
ly. the gentleman now wears the air OF
. crushed tragedian. -.
The New York Herald has undertaken sht
to break down Mr.. Garfield. We wish cot
It luck in its mission. but think it should ug,
have commenced ten months ago. ne,
The radical republicans rather deris- ~.
lively assured us, q few years ago. that d.
8 was q greater figure than z. We may ~.
now reply to them that 1929 beats 500.
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The steamer Victoria collapsed and to
sank In the Thames, near London, On As
tario. Tuesday, with al excursion party as
on board. One hundred and seventy-ive Th'
lives were lost. flu
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"Well. in the name of Cod" cried 49,
Malone, whsn he heard that the demo Wv
Gratis were in a majority in the senate, WV
.swhat is to become OF mef" Nobody '
knows and nobody seems to care. IT,.
- The-St-Louls Republican enormously anc
gives the population of Lexington at few
fweaty.nine hundred and something. 1t lik'
IL q little over four thousand. We hope the
the Republican will correct the mistake. rilJ
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the
ter Of the treasury came up. Senator La a.,
mar took occasion to state that Missis- ~
sippi was honored in the selection, and ~.
asked for q unanimous vote. ~.
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Simon Cameron thinks Conkling an ser
not be crushed and the republican party los
live, which suggests the thought that site
the party Is very little or the boss very Col
big. However. it old Simon is right. the
by all means let Conkllng be crushed. del
loo
Sc. Joseph Gazette IA Chicago edi- o;1
tor got hold of a map the other day. and
presently exclaimed BY tunket, the
Mississippi river n by St. Louis, pa
doesn't it7' and then he wrote a para Its
graph referring to the Mississippi as a pie
miserable brook" es,
jefferson Davis has gone to Canada, :.
In order to be on British soil when his
history Of the rebellion Is published in a..
England. and thus secure an English ~
copyright. This plan is said to be lea -:
sibls. because he Is not legally a citizen ~
Of the United States. Wv
Undsr the Thurman act the govern ms
1sut claims 81, 25O. 900 as overdue from trr
The Central Pacific roads. AuditorFrench gu
10 new In California on a special tour of pr
investigation, and not until his return it
will the attornsy.general enjoin the July so
dividend OF the company. wi
II 10 believed that the liabilities of r gu
4. Baker. the Fond du Lac banker, will w
reach 5000 900. The fugitive has sent -
back $3.50 to apply on his default in the -.
cemetery fund. A warrant has been OBJ r.
tanned for the arrest of tho cashier of
the exploded concern. John s. Burrows, 50
hut he has fed. lie.
In q proclamation forbldding the per- ~