Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-22

Several loads of watermelons in town this
week.
Whole, grated and sliced pineapple. Matt
land 4 Co ol5t2
New oat meal and hominy, just received,
At CIapett,s. o22tt
Furs, furs, furs, almost given q way, at
M. E. Keller's. oStf
Old ashioned New Orleans molssses.
Maitland & Co.. o15l2
A large lot Of assorted California fruit,
cheap, At Clagett's. o22tf
Homemade raspberry and gooseberry
jam. Maitland b Co. o15t2
Call on Clsgett. his house Ia full and con.
plete in every department. o22tf
Cake trimmings. crystalized prints and
icing sugar. Maitland s. Co. ol5i2
Liabig's concentrated extract Of beef for
sick people. Maitland s Co. o15t2
New prunes, fine table ~raisins. new Leg
horn citron and currants. Maitland Il Go.
Mr.. II. T. Bates. Wellington, Missouri,
sells Robinson's Rcd X. the best flour In the
state. slOtf
Avoid cake baking and try the fresh cakes
and jumbles constantly being received, at
Clagetps. o22tf
A superior article Of pure cider vinegar
at the drug store of Gordon & Fulkerson,
Lexington, Mo. j1Sm3
The next theatrical company that comes
this way VIII do we'll to charge more for
gallery than for parquet seats.
Crosse 4 Blackwelrs English pickles. white
onions, caulidower, gherklns, mixed pickles,
chow-chow. Maitland & Co. o15t2
Pure cider vinegar, without the least adult
teratton of any kind, at Baehr's Cave. Sold
In Quantities to suit at wholesale price. $40
All kinds OF California csnned goods.
peaches, pears, grapes, white cherries, apri-
cots, egg plums, green cages, &c. Maitland
& Co. o15t2
Who ever heard such idlotic laughter as
pelted and assailsd every pathetic scene in
"Razel Klrke" last Monday night? People
who can't distinguish between gravity and
mirth should stay out OF theaters.
Our fall and winter stock Of all kinds OF
staple and fancy dry goods, carpets, &C., IS
very full and complete, and new goods are
being ordered daily to meet the demands of
our trade. We shall be pleased at all times
to show our appreciation OF -FOUR patronage
by polite and careful attention to your
wants. Boyle & New. Off
The coal men have come down to 10 cents
again. That is the right figure ; and, we are
told, the consumers are indebted to Mr..
Greer for the reduction. He should have a
liberal patronage In consequence. There
was evidently In some quarters a disposition
to gouge. q little, and the lntelligencer's
early publication Of the fact helped to keep
the thing down. Live and let live is tho
right motto.
The In%tellIgsncer printed a few weeks ago
an elaborate article on the work of the fish
commission Of the state. We are glad to see
that what we said IN regard to the wonder.
full growth OF the German carp has been
more than realized as will be seen by the
following extract from the st. Louis Repub.
iican Of October 16:-..Dr. Steedman OF the
state fish commission was at Forest p,rk
yesterday and engaged all day In removing
carp from one pond to another. The work
OF preparing one OF the ponds as a perma'
n-nt hatchery for German carp has been go
ting on several weeks under DIR. Steedman't
supervision. 1t had to be drained gradually
aud afterwards given q good drying. Sew.
eral rains intsrfered very materially with
the progress Of the work, and 1t was not un
til yesterday that the pond selected for the
purpose was ready for the carp. The fish
were caught In q seine, n removed one by
one to the new pond. Some OF the fial
caught were fully TWO feet long and weighed
six or seven pounds"
Mr.. Henry Eshbaugh, master Of the state
grange, In his communication to the Journa
OF Agriculture last week, among othel
things, say s:-"The public press consider,
the order SO Insignificant and OF such little
worth that, as . rule, they pass US n oul
principles unnoticed. They give more at
%tention and more truthful reports of scrul
races, drunken brawls nj dog fights, thar
they do to the grange and all its interests
Our order can meet in council by the chosel
representatives OF thirty states and remail
In session for two weeks, laboring to ad
vance agricultural inter ests, and the paper
ignore it, not even giving 1t q passing notice
b farmers would not even know that sue
q meeting had been held did they Deepen
upon this medium for information" TIL
may be true OF the metropolitan press, bu
is not true Of the In%tellIgencer, which a
wsys reports grange meetings In full. On
way to have the state grange meeting
deliberately written up Is to hold them l
Lexington, and let our reporters hear .chst
' done.
> Tn heavy rain last Sunday night cause
such q flow Of water through the Pine sire.
. . culvert that the earth to the left of the maj
hole gave way and the water passing throug
: the opening made an immense excavation
the ill, leaving the roadway at the toI
however, apparently intact. The city Ell
gineer Immediately took steps to prevel
the use OF the street as 1t was dangerous Il
= teams to PASS over. 1t will take sever
hundred yards OF earth to fill the hole, whie
is now being done. The culvert on VAIN,
: street was also badly damaged. 1t is IL
. recurrence OF such demands az these tn
makes the city middle especially disagree
bic, rs there ia no way while 1t continues
pay laborers. 1t is asserted that the count
causes the trouble by insisting upon reco
. nizing Mr.. Clagett as city register. OutAt
. OF the immediate personal friends of tt
" two contestants for this place intelligel
people will be very apt to judge 1t on |
merits. Mr.. Clagett contested tho electit
. because Of alleged illegal votes. His opp
nent instead of frankly trying the issue
? whether or not he was legally elected wit
, held the ballots and did everything In b
> power to obscure 1t. In spite Of this Il
. council tried the contest and decided tn
u there was no legal election. An election W
ordered at which the cause was remand,
from legal c0urts to the voice of the peopl
" Mr.. Clagett was the only one who faced th
~ tribunal. He was elected. Since then tv
y courts have passed upon the question.
IL one Judge Wood decided Mr.. CIagett to
dstscto register and treasurer; in the 9th
" Judge Strother decided that Mr.. Clagett W
kogeI register and treasurer and that tho cou
Do eli bod tho right to try the ease. That the
should be differences OF opinion regardil
Oh it 10 natural. Personal Interests and pref
dlces often influence people without thu
II" thinking so-at other times these are sufF
u ed 10 have full sway regardless of real C
III viction. In this instance there is a lie,
argument on both sides. We have stat
'ss only facts con coded by everybody. On tn,
ne facts let the msrIts OF the contest be wi
OF they may we cannot conceive why May
John should obstruct Mr.. Clagett in the d
Cd charge OF his duties. His recognition OF
opponent has no effect whatever on the lie,
nt' bearings OF the case, and only serves to m d
'e- unnecessary troubIe The mandamus
'ss Mr.. Crowder should be as binding on
~ mayor as on the marshal. 1t would be ri
lth culous TO contsud otherwise, as else ev,