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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-14

Our assortment OF lsnguedoe, vsrmicslli,
torchon, breton, vafenclennss AND Partisan
laess 10 full and complete and the PRIcE
are very low. W. G. ACCAUsLANp.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-14
the BOWEN SEED SEPARATOR,
It IsA Grand, SUCCESS, and Every Far
NOR Should Hsve One.
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ABOUT IT. -

LEXINGTON. NO., March slst.. 1851.
To the Missowri and Hansas Aoms5acturIsH
Conpuny-Gs ftls~sen:-
The Bowen Grain and Grasa Seed Cleaner and
Separator I purchased Of your Agent, Jeseph
Hook, has given me entire 'astisfsstion. l
cleaned a crop Of Timothy Seed with it. and
pronounce it just what the farmer needs and
should have. J. H. JENNINGS.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-14

The Sedalia Democrat says there 10
smallpox at Nontssrrat.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-14
Festival and Tableaux.
I knewed a donkey wat wouldn't go

s'IfI knewed q donkey wat wouldn't 60
To see Mrs. Jarley's wax-Werk show,
Do you thinkId acknowledge him? Oh, no, no!
Then rup to Jarley's."
Como one, csAe all. On Thursday evening,
the 10th Of May, the ladies Of the Episcopal
church Of this city will. give An entertainment
which promises to be well worth attending. Inc
special feature Of the occasion will be tssieax'
gotten up In tho best style, and the world re-
nownsd Mrs. farley will exhibit her unriyaled
collection of wax works. in fact ''the only stu
pendous collection Of real wax works. In the
world"
These lofty flights into the upper realms OF lit
srature and art will be varied by 3 rare feast,
served in the intervals of waiting between the
scenes. In other words. plenty Of cake, straw
berries and ice cream on sale all evening.
Let every young man IN tswn COLO
if he would realize his ''drssm Of fair women
in the most beautiial of tableau. He will be
almost sure to npd his sweetheart among tnsm'
or recognize her In the ~lovellsst Of statsary.
Among the young ladies whs VIII grace the
occasion with their lovelinsss and assistance are
Miss Royls, Miss Maggie New, Moses Mount
joy, Miss Ireland, Miss Atkinson. Miss Ksr-
dolf, Miss Linrlck. and others. whose names
are synonyms Tor the ..lovslisst and fairsst Of
their SEX"
Mr.. W. q. ChIlss, whose success in getting up
stage effects Is too well known to enlarge upon,
IL Interesting himself in this affair, As well
Is y number of ladies-Mrs. Reid. Mrs. VIM.
McCausland, Mrs. Chss. Royle, Mrs. McClsl-
land and M. Thomas.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-14

AoAoS u kOVVAs LII OAC -P1IG VI LILO
score she was required to take . very low
note ous Of the mout of one OF the male
characters, and she did. 1t with surprising
ease. .s
Mrs. Packard In her solo the "knight Of
Alcantara," displayed fns cultivation of
voice, great tact and GOOD expression. She
was warmly applauded.
The emo labored under a horrible dis.
advantage In having to submit to inprIson-
nent In q basket and under q bed on such a
very warm night, but despite these little
contretemps OF the proverblal uneven path of
true love, he acquitted himself Handsomely,
and for his solo and duet, 81 love, l love p,
he received q tribute from the ladies' which
should have satisfied his ambition for the
evening.
We can 60 no further into detail, but must
briefly mention the chorusss. which were
very hne, and which demonstrated . great
deal OF psinstaklng training on the part, OF
Mrs. Packard. The opera was In every way
. credit to this lady, who, as q teacher oil
music, seems, not only talented herself, bu,
energetic, careful and conscientious In heI
efforts to develop talent in her pupils.
In the interval between the acts Miss Mat
tie Morgan In "The Beggsr Girl" and Miss
Oracle Gallher IN "The Flower Girl" bott
distinguished themselves. Miss Galihsl
especially, for so young a person, has /.
wonderfully powerful and well trainec
VOICE. It is one Oh which it will do to spenc
time and money.
The accompanyist, Miss Mamie Weston
acquitted herself msgniticently. Accustomed
to q plano Of free and easy actien she had t.
ssntend With one quite stiff and with a DC
culiar pitch, but with rare tact she rounded
all the corners gracefully and smoothly, ant
did much to aid In the general success of tn,
singers.
Tho Independence amateurs. we think
carried home with them the assurance of tn,
warm esteem Of q Lexington audience. w,
hope q future occasion will occur for theII
return to our histrIonlc boards, and that l
may come about when the floods and tn,
rams are not so obstinate as to come In upol
US with such dlscouraglng force.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-14

S-
Laolsds this way. it will not ersss at Lex
ington without 1t 10 built BY lunatics. Not
less than ten miles Of the survey Of That
road, east from Lexington, Is now under
water and much track would be washed
out. No company N earth properly man
aged would take any such . risk. AND even
II tho bottom on this side was all right, they
might invest three or four millions Of dol
lars In . bridge at Lexington TO find the
| river t%rsacherous and In tbs nstion Of chang
Ing Its bed . mile or two this way At some
time in the near future. The Richmond
route IL, after all, the route on which the
road should be built" We nnd the sams
article in the Lawson Gazette, with the OF.
csption that the word "Richmond" there
reads "Lawson." Taking 1t for granted that
the Democrat first published the article, and
il near enough to Lexington to know what
he is talking about, We would like to ask
bow he found out that '.not less than ten
miles of the survey Of that rosc, east from
Lexington Is now under water" When any
portion of the country east or south OF Lex
ington is under water there will be no per:
} son In Ray county to chronicle the fact. The
changes In the river bed have all been favor
able to this city, and We expect soon to see
the river follow the bluG FROM Wellington
to this place. The site for the bridge has
, never been threatened, and there 10 no dan.
!, ger that the river ever will change at that
point. But the bridge site at Kansas City II
seriously Threatened at every big rise, and
: this is Q very strong argument In favor OF
: crossing at this point. Men who build rail.
roads whore they will pay the best, and be
the most secure, may be ''lunatics," As be
says. but they will hardly give him the con.
. tract 10 build = bridge at "thrss or foul
million" dollars, when other parties, per
hsps fully - responsible. would gladly TAXI
IS 1t at two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
We have our reasons for thinking tho roat
will cross here, but one reason Is sufficient
and that is, that 1t will pay.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-14

A feminine connolsseur in such matters
writes :-'School-girls are now In the midst
Of commandments. 1t might be written Of
thsm-In the spring q young girls fancy
lightly turns to thoughts Of dress, for their
preparation in clothes il quite Is careful %
in study. A pretty graduating dress is OF
white striped gau1s, with . plated bodice
slightly open In front and fastened around
the waist with . very Wide belt or ivory
white silk. The underskirt 10 OF white
ganze silk, covered down the front with tiny
flowers, ever which Is draped . scarf of the
same silk, while the narrow train OF whlts
silk is gracefully caught up with trailing
sprays OF roses and foliage. An example OF
the more elaborate toilets for school oceas.
ions Is = crsam-whits India muslin, or bro.
caded net, over = Princess slip Of white or
dslicately tinted sursh silk, with gloves and
slippers TO match. A broad scarf of surah
Is draped over the long white polonsiss
which covers the silk slip underneath
Sometimes the white overdress 10 sleeveless
displaying the silk sleeves OF the Princesl
slip. 1t reflects credit on mothers that girl
at commandments are never bare-armed
and their bosoms are covered"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-14

Ooh y SoAS we
Morrison. m0si
The Iowa Coal Company. Of Omaha and
Council Blu6s 10 e~orrsspsnding with parties
in this city with . view to getting supplied
with coal from oar mines. The coal from
this vicinity IL considered 30 far superior to
the lows coal, that it is thought . COED
trade may be established.
Tn PEPPER Tobacco warehouse Company,
J. N. Crouch manager, report the st. Louis
tobacco market for the week ending May Z,
~ follows: Receipts, $50 hhds. deliveries
sss hhds. ; sales, 28s hhds. Receipts and
shipments were interrupted by the high
water, but there appeared to be NO average
decline in prices during the month. Z"
The world will love you, never fear, &c
long a. you have q dollar to spend on 1t, bu'
when the last penny has left your poke
then the world, for tho scales have fslleI
from its eyes, suddenly discovers that yor
are q villain, and that 1t was always haunted
BY . vague suspicion OF that fact.
MI. T. q. Maupin, Of Blackburn, has sol,
his stock OF hardware to the Asssrs. Catron
who, with the addition Of = stock OF hun
Der, will carry on the business. Mr.. Msupil
will be in the employ OF the firm, and hi
friends and customers will find him Is joll
and clever ~ ever. and to new customers "
recommend him a. pleasant gentleman an
accommodating business man.
"Answer . fool according to bis folly, Lei
he be wise In his own concsit." 'Answ.
not q fool according to his fslly, lest /
think thee . fool like himself" We w0ul
willingly expose the folly of the Register
we thought It would do the editor any goo
but as we have done 30 many times and
has always returned to bis "wallow," v
suppose he will DO again. When he Q
plains the charges we made against him
will be time enough for him to rush to t
ssscue OF Others.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-27

Old registered and coupon
debt, as Of Jan. |, 1861. 3l.5OO.OS2,OO
Old James River Stock and
James River and Kama
whn bonds. 2Oi.l30.00
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-27
The Death OF the Innoccnts.

In Salt Lake City there were l0l
were little children. In Ogden there
were ten deaths, Of which nine were lit
tic children Returns are not IN from the
other settlements, II, indeed, records are
kept In them Of the monthly NOR
tality. But there Il no doubt they
would all tell the the same story; That
the murder of little children by the
wholesale II the universal and inevitable
accompaniment. Of the polygnmons
system; that the care ofthc mutlcralone
II FIR from sufficient TO preserve the lives
Of the children, who need the combined
care and attention Of both parent. a
poor mother who lives with her "hlls-
band" but one wcp, In n mouth or three
months, and with her family fcnsls for
that week and iagts for the rest of the
time, has m unnatural life, AMI her
children are the most speedy sufferers
The fast or the feast had better be con-
tlnlal aud the lrregulurlty would not
then bc felt 30 the dctlment df The
health of all. The father Is In con-
tinlal feast aud IN some instance II
might be hard to make him undcts lnhd
the difference IN the living when llo "
present with and when lac is absent
from any particular family. But, IN gen.
cral, he understands II we'll enough, nnd
II wife mentions II he ia very apt TO ic-
ply, "Why do yon bother me about sllrll
ihlngsY why can't you get along ~ well
na JaneY~ Cor some other Of his women
who never compAinsJ. Aud 40 the story
Of outrage, allllrilon aud death gors on.
aud the little children ae the victims.
They filled tw0-lhirds Of the graves ln
salt Lake IN August, and ninrienths IN
ogden, They filled thtce-fonihs oi TIE
graves throughout the territory Ana
the slaughter gocs on, and men here,
their cars deaf to the walls OF thcse
wretched victims TO Ashtnroih, cry out
that the system which slays the child
rem IA ordained Of Tod and worthy the
acceptance Of the mcn aud women oi
America
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-27
DR.. Tnon,ns Conpicted of Heresu

CHICAGA, Sept l0.-The case of
Or. Thomas Was given to the jury at a
late hour last night, and after u brief
deliberation n verdict was returned
convictiAg him of the charges of dis,
seminating ideas contrary to the doc,
trines Of lhe Methodist religion, as
specified in the general indictment,
the verdict being signed by all the
members of the jury. The verdict has
the effect of sending the case to the
Conference for trial. There was much
excitement during the speech Of Pros
ecuting Counsel parkhurot last even
ing, who made Use of the folio wing
words F. .r'n., .rr, ...l '...rN
"There are grayhared godly men
in this city; there are broken-hearted
mothers in this city, who are weeping
over the ruin of their sous, whose
downfall in theatre. going and dancing
and beer drinking and card-playing
began with their accepting these views
from DR.. ThomasN The speaker
was loudly hissed ut times, and he re-
torted sharply on the audience. rl,'
The Rev. DR., Thomas stated to a
JO'Updl reporter to day that he was
disappointed and grieved at the YER
diet rendered yesterday. He said that
he was sorry to see the Church bring
in other standards than the article of
religion as criteria by which to try
and condemn minister. He severely
criticised DR.. PHrkhurst and the
method in which the prosecution was
conducted. He said, referring to DIR,
Parkhurst's charge that his ministry
was misleading the youth of the city,
that he was content that the public.
before whom he had labored so long
should be the judge. DR.. Thomas,
Notwithstanding his suspension, will
preach in the Presby terian church to.
morrow, but as to the remaining
Sabbaths between now and the Con
ference, he will confer with his coun-
sci and the Trustees. DR.. Thomas
thinks that if he is finally condemned
there are more who would fall before
the same test, and instances the case
of Bishop Foster, who denies the
resurrection of the body. 'H
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-27

an increase of taxation or will bring
about reputation.
Another side issue with which these
Fundcr speakers and writers will at
tempt to obscure the real issues of this
campaign will be by charging that it is a
Republican movement instead of Re-
adiuster movement, and they will assert,
in support of their position, that all of
the Republicans are supporting the Re
adjuster ticket. In reply to that YOU
can tell them that all Republicans are
not supporting the Liberal movement
Amongst the white Republicans wOh are
IN effect giving material aid and comfort
to the bOurbOns are Gen. WiCkham and
Messrs. Dezendorf and Jorgenson, and
among the colored Republicans are Mr..
G. NJ. Arnold, Mr.. Wilson, of Norfolk,
and Mr.. W. II. Lester. The truth is,
this is q fight between Bourbon-Funder-
ism and all which that implies, on the
one side, and Liberal Readjusterism and
all which 1t implies, on the other; con-
sequently we find the republicans, to a
certain extent, divided in their support
Of the tickets,
THE BOURBON REPUBLICANS SUPPORTING
DANIEL,
while the Liberal Republicans are hearth
ly for Cameron.
Now that the Readjusters of Virginia
have certain victory within their grasp,
If they are not so foolish rs to be divert
ed from the real issue by such stuff as
the exploded falsehoods contained in
Lancaster's report, and silly twaddlc
about "negro rule" then | say they are
not competent to manage the affairs Of
a great State, and might do as much
harm
BY THEIR INCOMPErENCY AS THE FUSDER
oFFICE-HoLDERs HAVE BY THEIR Dis
HONESTY.
have not in this address attempted to
show why you should support the Read
uster ticket, as begun it only with the
intention Of calling your attention to the
dnimuS of these Funders In introducing
false issues into this campaign.
AT some future time between this and
election day hope to meet many of you
personally, and to demonstrate to you
that in the interest of the public schools,
in the interest of low taxes and final
settlement of this yeXed Debt question,
in the interest of free suffrage and con-
sequcntly in the interest of the material
development Of our old State, we must
see to it that we secure the State ticket
and elect Legislature in harmony with
it. Respectfully,
JoHN +. LEWIS.
=. S.-While speaking of the testi-
mony given as to my official integrity,
intended to mention the fact that Senator
John w. Johnston, in conversation
with me, In the presence Of another
gentleman, Voluntarily offered TO get
up in the United States Senate and say
in reference to this Lancaster report
that there was no man In Virginia in
whose official and personal integrity he
had more implicit confidence in than in
mine. |, however, thanked him and
told him thought that would be alto
gcther unnecessary.
mention this because 1t was Senator
Johnston who offered the resolution In
the Senate calling for Lancaster's report,
and in CONSEQUENCE Of this some persons
have been led to believe that the Senator
thereby endorsed the report, and deem
it matter of justice to him, rs well ms
to myself, to make this statement In this
| connection.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-27
The Polar Night.

It is n mistake to suppose that the
Arctic winter, in the higher attitudes, is
Il long dreary one Of Opaque darkness.
The highest latitude yet reached by man
is SO deg. 20 min. 20 Sec, and there twi-
light lasts hours and ~ minutes on
Dee. 22nd, the shortest day of the
Northern year. Man will have 10 90
some 327 miles further North than he
has yet gone if he Is to reach the region
of absolute darkness. ] he pole itself is
in the dark but n days--from Nov. 18th
to Jan. 20th. There Is u period of about
four days In the year during which the
sun shines Oh both poles Mt the same
time. This is due to the fact that the
sun il larger than the earth, and that his
rays are bent by the earth's atmosphere
In such II way as to converge upon his
surface.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-27

THERE is no dependence to be placed
In the Republicans, now that Yost has
gone over to the other side. We can
not count upon any considerable num-
ber Of them upon none, perhaps, but
Wickham and those who Immediately
surround him; and, therefore, we
may as well make up our minds at
once that ii is the same old enemy we
have to meet, the same old Radical
party reinforced by few thousand
recruits. deserters from our ranks, that
we are to overcome again-and let US
see that it be done in the same old
Slate. H..|
"The same old way" ell? Fore
warned ed-fUre-armed. Keep n sharp
lookout, ye iudges of election, for It's
sue ballots!- Wing.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-27
A Beautiful Science.
NorriRloMn Hornld.

Astronomy Is n beautiful science. We
are told that If u railway was run from
the earth to the nearest fixed star, and
the fare was u penny for every one hun
dred miles, and ifyou were to take II
mass of gold TO the ticket Office equal to
the National debtor S3,SOO, ,O0O,O ,OO0-it
would not be sufficient to pay for II tick
ct to the nearest fixed star aforesaid.
If this be- the Case, II matters very lit
tie TO us whether such u railway Is ever
constructed. II would be- dlscouroglng
To 90 to the ticket Office with n mass Of
gold equal to S3S0O, 900, 600 aud he In
formed that the fare was S5,07S,O32 900.
If the ticket agent wouldn't trust un-
III we got back we'd be compelled to
forcgO the trip.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-27
Godey's Lady's Book For Oc-
toher

The steel plate is scene from Sir
Walter Scott's "Tales of a Graniathcr;"
it is II real gem in its design and cXecu-
ton. A very clever novelette, by Clara
+. Guernsey and Il large array of well
written shorter stories and poems, make
the letter press up to Godey's standard.
The fashion illustration are new and
numerous, and all the departments are
worthy of commendation. Any of ON
readers who do not take the Lady's Book
can be supplied, promptly, by leaving
their orders at this Office We will fur
nish our own paper and the Iady's Book
for the low price of $3.50 per annum.
The publishers agree to start subscrip-
tion with any month YOU may select.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-27
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1881.
JOHN F. LEWIS,

We publish this week in full the mas
tcrly and complete reply of Hon. Jno
i. Lewis to the slamderous and menda-
cious report of the now exploded Ian
caster, which has been distributed re-
ccntlytlRough the mails under the vain
hopA that Readjusters can be frightened
fr9HEtllejr state ticket by such news.
LalicaAeer and Leigh Wilson are now
delectable Funder characters.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-27
Mothers Don't Know.

How many children are punished for un-
couth, wilIrul, :and indiAcrents or re-
wards, simply because they are. out Of
health An intelligent lady said of d
child of this kind: "Mothcrs should
know that it they would give the little
ones moderate doses Of Hop Bitters for
two or three weeks the children would
be all a parent could desire" .I.f ..
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-27

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, JAN 81, 1871
GENTLEMEN-lIaying been afflicted for
Il number of years with indigestion and
general debility, by the advice ofmy
doctor used Hop Bitters, and must say
they afforded me almost instant relief. |
am glad to be able to testify in their bo-
half. THos. G. KNOX.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-27
LengtIl of the Mississippi.

Mark Twain mourns over the diminish
ed length of the Mississippi in this
strain; Therefore, the Mississippi be-
tween Cairo and New Orleans was one
thousand two hundred and fifteen miles
one hundred and seventy six years ago.
1t was one thousand one hundred and
eighty after the cut-off l722. 1t was one
thousand and forty after the American
Bend cut Off some years ago. 1t lost six
ty-scyen miles since. Consequently its
length Is only nine hundred and seven
ty-three miles at present. ....
Now, If | want to be one OF those
pondcrous scientific people, and to prove
what will occur in the far future by what
has occurred in late years, what an OPP
portunity is here! Geology never had
such chance, nor such exact date TO
argue from! Nor development of spe-
cies, either. Glacial epochs are great
things, but they are yaguc-vasue.
Please observe:
In the space Of one hundred aud sew
enty-siX years the Mississippi has shotcn-
ed itself two hundred and fOrty-ilye
miles. That is an average Of u trille over
one mile and third per year. There
fore, any calm person, who Is not blind
or idiOtic, can see in the old Oolitic Sill
urian period, just one million Years ago
next November, the lower Mississippi
was upward of one million three hun
dred thousand miles long and stuck out
over the Gulf Of Mexico like n iishing
rod, And by the same token, amy per-
son can see that seven hundred ana for
ty-two years from now the Mississippi
will he only mile and quarter long,
and Cairo and New Orleans viii have
joined their streets together and be plod-
ding comfortably along under II single
mayor and u mutual board Of Aldermen.
There is something facnOting about sell
encc. one gets such Wholesale returns
of conjecture out Of such triilmg In
yestmcnt Of fact.