Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-12-17


The captain OF the fire brigade OF
Vienna states that the whole inside OF
the burn ed theater is a heap of bones
and charred remains. The official list
gives the missing as 917.
Last Monday morning q little before day
a. Mr.. 10. Hammer and his ftteen.year.old
son, Robert Emmett. went into the stable to
feed their stock Q mule kicked the latter
in the face, on the nose and over tue right
eye, knocking him some four feet outside OF
the door, insensible and stunned. he 10 i'm
proving, but Ia not out OF danger, having q
good deal Of fever, and the face being badly
swollen.
The ladies Of the Baptist church at Hig-
ginsville gave a very successful supper for
the benefit Of their church Friday night OF
last week. The attendance was very salts
factory, and the occasion an enjoyable one.
The receipts were, at the door, 80 50; art
gallery, Sb Is; ice cream stand, SSl !; sales
OF cakes, esl 80 +; other sources, % total,
1929 IS. Expenses, 81 20. Net proceeds.
$122 IS.
Complaint 10 made that certain butchers
In this city buy five or six head OF cattle at
q time ; that they kill but one head 9 day, or
one In two.days. and that the others are put
In . dry lot, and kept there until killed. two
four or six days, without water aud without
food. II this 10 true !: 10 an outrage on
humanity, and against the health Of the
purchasers OF meat, ~ starving debilitstes
and fevers the beast. so that whom 1t Is Kill
ed 1t ism Z declining condition, the animsl
is sick and IL undt for human food. There
ought to be q way to prevent such things,
and the lntelligencsr proposes to investigate
the subject.
A smooth tongued gentleman calling himself
Edwin Samuel Wheeler, and several aliases,
rendered himself liable to prosecution under the
statutes against forgery during the Ia tfew days.
Exercising his penmanship, which Is versatlle.
he drew a check dated Lexington. December I.
1881, on the LexIr g:cn Savings bank. pay able
TO Sam Wheeler or bearer, and signed 1t e. c.
Blesas. This he left with H.. J. q. Ahrens Tor
$ls 30 worth Of goods and 10 cents In ossh, say
ing he would call for the goods the next day.
lie didn't call. He wrote another very pretty
check on the same bank for s45. and signed 1t
G.. W. Bsssett. This he condsseended to leave
with MIR. Travis Bulord, only drawing u ON 1t.
leaving goods purchased to be called for. An
other payable to g. W. Carlyle. signed q. W.
Bsssett. for 81 80, he drew - on from Mr..
Meyer, . saloon. man. On Monday the police
officers stepped the gentleman's writing school
by putting him In an iron barred. thick walled
residence known in vulgar psrlanos - the Jail.
From thence he will likely be removed 10 .
larger house conducted BY one Col. Willis.
The Presbyterian festival and apron party at
the onoro honao 1osf Thnrcduv rJohf M uuJto
successful. There was y large attendance. and
ususual refreshment tables were handsomely
decorated and gracefully served, as were the
apron and fancy work stands. Much amuse-
ment was occasloned by the sale Of aprons.
many of which were very handsome and expes-
sive, while others were more useful than orna-
mental. The principal refreshmsnt table was
presided over BY Mesdames P. H. Chambers, J.
G. Bishop. j. Millst. Beverly Vaughan. A. l..
Marquis. Chas. q. Boyle and Misc Fannie
Ireland. The next was conducted by Mesdames
Samuel Wilson, J.B. Findlay, F. C. T Bright
well, Annie Moorman, 8. j. Andrew, 3.
Field. j. W. Mexican. Misses Belle Lsyburn
and Zula B%rightwell. A table for Juveniles WIS
waited on by Misses Emma Hamlet. ss!lie Ley.
burn. Laura Ireland and Ada Lamborn. Miss
Sallie was the presiding geRlus Of the
fancy work. and Mcsdames VIM. Clsyett,
Misses Sue Finley, Nellie Vaughan,
Mollie Allen and jennie Vaughan were the
fair snleswomen at the apron counter. The best
pstronized and probably most important table,
that where oysters and other substantials were
dispensed, was admirably attended by Mesdames
s.. O.. Wentworth, Sarah Morehead. A. Barley.
BENZ. Marshsll, Rohsrt Taylor. W.. H Russell
and Wm Shacklett. Everybody got plenty to
eat. Or 1t was their fault, everything was nicely
prepared, an 1 sold at reasonable prices, and al
together it was q very pleasant occasion. The
gross receipts We're a little over $40; net re-
ceipts about $500.