Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1881-04-16

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Landreth's garden seeds, at Gordon Il
Fulkerson's. f26tf
A splendid line Of black silks and satins
At prices 10 suit. at Nj. Chapman's. a1Gt4
The best seed potatoes, eastern and home
grown, at Geo. F. Maitland 4 Co.'S. a16t2
Carpets and oil cloths, = new lot just re-
ceived and will be sold at bottom prices. at
n. Chapman's. a16t4
II you wish to purchase cheap paint or
whitewssh brushes. call on G. E. Ballard.
He has them IN large supply. a16t2
Chocolate. raspberry. ginger, lemon and
pineapple snaps, the most delicious crackers
in the market, at Geo. F. Maitland & Co.'S.
The Military Reception and Banquet BY
the Lexington Guards, N. g. Of Mo-, will
be given at the opera house, Tuesday night,
18th Inst.
The practice, which is now becoming
common, Of throwing ashes, slop. water and
all kinds Of trash and dirt In the streets.
should be stopped. There is an ordinance
against it, which should be.strictly enforced.
Keep the streets clean or the macadam.
which has cost 20 much money will do us no
good. t.r
Old Borsas, we think is what they call
him, has been making himself almost too
familiar with thfs section Of late. He would
much obligs rs by remaining somewhere
about the magnetic pole. The airs We long
for jnst now fbsstds those wsrblsd BY sweet
ptratsssss) are baIny zephyrs from the land
Of the orange and magnolia. s...
Friends in the country are asking us every
day II we are to have the "Pirstss Of PEN
zance" in Msy. We do not know. We shall
ask the 'piratical maid Of all work. the first
chance We get. We suppose It depends up
on her and the two piratesses. The Intslli.
esncsr hopes the opsrs win be repeated, as
many persons who dssired to attend before
were prevented from doing 50 BY the ex.
sessiysly bad roads. m
A lay delegate to Presbytery last week
Was behind time, and made rather long
speech to explain hia tardinsss. We eften
hear lawyers In the sarnsssness OF stump
speech addresy an audience - ''gentlsmsn
Of the Jury ;" In this case the zeal Of the
speaker carried him away, and he several
times spoke Of the body - "theo grange. -
The moderator when he got through told
him that his apology was aii right, except
that II was Frssbytery and not the grange
which be was Addressing. We Wouldn't for
the world tell who he ls. but friends IN Mid
dleton township viii recognize him in an
auburn haired gentleman whose initials are
W. D. l..
A correspondent says so have ssms
outsuiidings which desire to whiten, and
II could get . recipe for q good. dur.
able, cheap whltewssh would apply 1t to
my house. The Intslligsncsr Is always &C.
eommodattng can you give me whst
want " Yes. For brilliant white wash
that will not rub Oh. and which is almost
equal 70 paint, take = half bushsl Of un-
slaked lime; slake 1t with boiling water,
keeping 1t covered up to retain the heat !;
strain through COARSE wire strsinef; dis.
solve apsck OF eiean salt Ia warm water ;
add the liquid snly boil three pounds OF
ground rice to thin paste stir this in boil
log hot; dissolve half pound Of clear glue
By soaking 1t well and suspending 1t in .
small vessel inside Of another vessel contain
Ing selling water; add this. New add four
Or dvs gallons Of hot water to the mixture !;
stir 1t well sst 1t aside for four or i've days
carefully covered to exclude dust and dirt.
When ready to use, hest; II too thick add
boiling water; 1t will net be apt to be too
thin; It shsrld b applied lot. Different
shades may be secured BY the addition of
Spanish brown, lampblsck, yellow oehre.
Venetian red, &C.; anything but green,
which will not work with lime. This 10 .
cheap wash, Is gsod As kalsomining, better
than common paint. aud once used will al
ways be appreciated. Fellow the directions
closely. esT.5
The Affairs Of the city of Lexington are
In an unfortunate condition. Fer i've months
~ have had no council meeting. The reg.
lster and treasurer who is recognized BY the
council and the courts is rspuAisted by the
mayor. and rather than yield to the decisions
or these bodies this functionsry pursues an
obstructive policy when he condsseends to
attend meeting Of the council. which he
has not done for some tins. How the police,
the engineer and other officers get their pay
10 unknown, though 1t is supposed that they
do get 1t. The financial affairs Of the city
| are more or less Affected by the disjointsd
| condition Of Its government, and it is hard
to tell just how matters stand. When the
finance committee made its last report
March 10. 1879, the debt was a follows
Warrants, $3.50, with interest, say. O., 600
past due bonds, t1,477; bonds due Jan. 1
1880, 81. .54S bonds due Jan. 1, 1881, 81, 400
bonds due Jan. 1, 1882, $500; bonds du.
Jan. l, 1883. $2,t47 accrued interest or
bonds, $1.s1e 70; total warrant debt, $40,
$40 total bonded debt. $14 ,487 70; Crane
total. $2S.367 70. While the warrant deb
is being eoustantly reduced by the amour,
received BY the collector for taxes, it ID also
-bsing constantly increased because Of tn.
expenditures, and 1t is safe to say, though Il
| ought to be smaller, that 1t has not beer
materially decreased since the date Of tn,
report from which We quote. Citizens may
thorsfors. reasonably calculate the warrxn
debt to be, At this time, something ovel
$4,000. In 1879 tax Of per cent wa
levied for bond and interest fund to DAY th,
past due interest, ,sls; the past due bonds
$z,4H, and the bonds due January 1, 1880,
total OF 1885. Mr.. Taubnan collected OF
this levy the net sum, exclusive Of bis com
missions, Of $3.50. This would have fur
nishsd small surplus but for the fact tba
In course OF payment few small bonds sne
. number Of detached coupons not on tA
bond rsgsstsr were presented and had to bs
paid. 10 that the full amount collected wa,
insumcient BY over . thousand dollars Il
liquidate the debt. There then remained ir
addition the bonds Of January 'sl, 's2 snc
80. For their payment levy of I per cent
was made In 1880. Marshal Crswdsr ha,
collected on. this levy $3.50 81, leaving .
balance unsolicited Of only S5ls,s4. This
properly applied, should have paid the bond,
due Jan. l, 1881, $500. the interest for tn.
year, an additional number Of unforseer
coupons, and there should bs . small bal
ance left over. Our premises a. to the deb
ss 1t existed are IS correct as could be ss
csrtained BY the comniittse Of the council
no one suppssing that bonds ind coupon,
were out that were not registered upon the
city's books. II all such evidences of deb
~ these have been presented tho debt of th.
sity should be ~ follows: Bonds due Jan
l, 1881, q, 100 bonds due Jan. /, 1883, ,sa:tl7
warrants, $40. 900 fetal $1l,747.. Not bein,
able to arrive At the exact disposition of ths
funds collsctsd during the past two year,
this calculation is but an approximate one
but 1t IL practically correct. 1t strikes tbe
lntelllgencer ss . mntter of some mom.n,
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