Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-09
Coles circus, Monday, July IS.

Glover hay for sale. E. Allen.
Country bacon wanted at Clagett's. Tilt
Baptist lawn party mex Thursday nigh
Thermometer, yesterday. 50 in the shade
All kinds OF vegetables are plentiful an
cheap.
Try Clagett's S and 10 cent cigars;they ar
the best In town. j11tf
A large stock of fish of all kinds, at Clae
ett's. Try them. aStf
Fruit cases and berry boxes for sale b
Geo. r. Maitland 4 Co, j25t4
Make our arrangements to come in Mon
day, July 10, to the circus.
Hunyadi Jsdos mineral water at the druI
store OF Gordon i Fulkerson, jlSm3
McCauslsnd is selling beautiful summe
silks at Soc worth in st. Louis Coo. j2tf
We thought we we're too late until we say
the advertisement Of kendalrs SPAWN Cure
DO not fail to read b. J. E. Ahrens' ad
vertisemsnt 10 an other column, 1t is inter
ssting. m7tf
Willie Bsehr, son of Mr.. John Bsehr, wa
shot In the snd at the celebration, Monday
powder.burning him severely.
Bennett 3 Morrison have the finest line o
cooking and heating stoves IN the county
Be sure and see them before buying. o2tf
A lady, fully competent. wishes + situa'
ton to teach the English language and
mathematics. Apply at r. In%telligencel
Office. june1S-4w
The celebrated sFavorite" cook stove and
the ''new Sovereign" range, at Bennett 4
Morrison's, opposite the Morrison emit
worth bank. OFT
Present indications promise that Coles
circus, Monday, July Is. will have the larg-
est crowd OF any show since Yankee Robin
son had the wallopus here.
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
kMorrison. OFT
sedalta Democrat, July 5 :-"Miss Mexican,
daughter Of Mr.. George Mexican, was acct
dentally shot with . toy pistol yesterday
morning, sustaining slight Injuries to the
fingers OF one hand"
Any one wishing to purchase dress goods,
hosiery. gloves. and carpets. in fact every
III ~ VIC kOO0o iIu0, Va w WCh " Coll
at NJ. Chapmsn's closing out sale. They
are bound to be sold. jl1tf
Cole shows everything he promises. His
circus 10 conducted on strictly business prin-
siples, decently and with order. II you want
to see the animals. "a there are Q great many
to look at, come early.
Ashland, Pa, June 3, 1ssO.-A case Of
SPAWN that came under my observation was
entirely cured by one bottle of Kendall's
SPAWN Cure. n the horse sold afterwards
for two hundred dollars. Yours truly, C.
H. Barnard.
We want to buy q large quantity Of fruits
and berries Of all kinds. currants, raspbsr-
ries. blackberries, cherries, &c. We will
furnish boxes for same. No fruit received
except in our boxes. For further InformA-
ton call ON Geo. f. Maitland & Co. j25t4
Mrs. &. W. Cox, Of Dover, came to town
last Wednesday to do some shopping. and as
she started for home placed . bundle. con-
tanning . dress pattern Of black lawn and
some lace, upon the buggy seat by her side.
When opposite Mrs. sallls Longs place, on
Franklin street, she missed her bundle, and
although she Immediately returned she failed
fnd it. The finder will please leave 1t at
this Office.
Independence correspondence Kansas City
predicted by the Mail several
days ago several boys were injured by that
plsything, Q toy pistol. The first
accident happened to q young son Of A. J.
Holmes, who was shot 10 the eye and will
probably lose the sight. Also . young son of
. Mr.. Rhodenwahl was hit In the face by the
explosion Of . blank cartridge. The name
the boy who was shot In the calf Of the
leg with q % cartridge could not be learned,
could any particulars be gathered"
The Fourth was celebrated at this place I'M
der the auspices OF the military company,
and was nearer IN old.fsshioned Fourth
than any we have had since the war. TIT
drawback to the pleasures of the day
was the shadow OF gloom cast over the coun-
Try BY the attempt to assassinate the presl.
At 1880 O'Clock . procession was
formed. headed by the military band, which
to Affords grove. where several
hundred people had already assembled. At
II O'Clock Capt. Conner read the Declaration
Of Independence, and we believe it was the
first time your reporter ever heard it prop
eriy resd. Mr.. x. Rylaud was then called
for, and addressed the crowd for halt an
nour In the most eloquent manner. The
speech was listened to with deep interest by
the vast crowd. The nextspssker was Judge
VIM. Walker. whose address did him honor.
dc thought that party lines did not enclose
oil the patriotism In the country, and gave
the credit OF being as patriotic
IND isw-sblding AS are republicans. Then
. speech from A. Hall, in his usual
enthusiastic manner. aud unusually full of
good points. Col. McClelland spoke last. and
DIS speech was so earnest, eloquent and full
OF sympathy for the stricken president and
Dis family that tears were freely shed. Taken
slngly or collectively the speeches were far
superior to the uSus efforts on such occus.
ions. There were over tive thousand per-
sons on the ground, aud many could not
near the speeches, but strolled around seek.
other entertainment. The Turnversip
. large crowd, but their perform.
ancs came OF during the speaking and many
persons who were anxious to witness their
leafs were greatly disappointed as they heard
nothlng OF 1t till 1t was all over. "Re,d In
the Hole" Interested many. This game was
by = negro man poking his head
through . hole In q curtain and allowing
people to throw three rubber balls at bis
mead at the small price Of five cents, and
hit the head got a cigar. One man
substituted q couple OF stones for the balls,
but fortunately he missed the mark and no
harm was done save soaring the darkey con-
siderably. The meat table, the Ice cream
and cake table, the dancing stand, the lemo-
made stand and the beer stand were crowd
ed at oil times. As this was q basket picnic
the military company only provided q llmi-
ted quantity Of rsfr.shmants, and by one
O'Clock they had oil been sold out, and peo-
pie were begging for something to eat or to
drink. Wagons were sent hurrledIy to town,
and fresh supplies were bl bought out, and
Inc hungry crowd was at last satisfied. Az
ter dinner came the sham battle and the
pigeon shooting. The battle was we'll plan
ned and successfully carried out, and was Ms
Interesting as 1t could possibly be made with
the limited number OF msn at the disposal
OF the officers. 1t WAS highly compllmsnted
BY men who had taken part in real battles.
The pigeon match was not as Interesting as
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