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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17

A family was robbed last Tuesday, by
highwaymen while proceeding from the
Glen House to the Thorn Mountain
House e the line of the Portland &
Ogdensburg railroad. in New Hamp-
shire. A later Glen stage coach was
fred into, but the driver whipped
up the horses and escaped. Officers are
searching for the h%ighwaymen, but
they haven't found them. Expel the
s'robber state" from the union. Jump
on her with both feet and stamp her
IN the mud. She contains highwaymen
and assassins who have sVmpathiz.
ers and colleagues, and the officers Of
the law, who are republicans, are no
manner OF account as they do not arrest
them. Pound her in the face, stamp
her in the stomach, knock the wind
clean out OF the lawless old %rapscallion
of a state. Pass over her by balloon
when you want to 60 to Canada.
On tho outside of this issue will be
found some views of Gen. Jos. U. Shelby
on the apprehension OF train robbers
which are sensible and practical. The
officers and the people have done we'll
in this Glendale business, but sometimes
such robbers get a better start than they
did in this instance, when a we'll organ
izen body regularly paid by the state
should be provided to pursue them.
While this is inexpedient because not
provided by law the next best thing is
to do as was dcne ID this last instance,
turn out pell nell, rouse the whole
country and capture them II possible.
Respectable people in Missouri are get
ting very tired Of these train robberles,
and are determined that no means shall
be left untried to put a stop to them.
60
The N. Y. Herald thinks it is cruel to
make females ride twenty mile races.
If that tender footed editor would come
out into this country and try to make
one of our kind. Of women do anything
that she did not want to do he would
learn something. Why, bless his soul.
they like a little ride like that. 1t might
kill a Broadway. N. Y, glrl to ride
something less than an hour. but n OF
our buxom, prairie-raised plump, rosy
checked beauties, would ride all day in
a swinging canter if you'd only put the
horses under her often enough. Ride an
hour in a full run? Why its only fun;
and glorious fun at that.
The following returns showing the
amount of cotton taken from the state
of Arkansas for the commercial year en-
ding September l have been made by
the railroads centering IN Little Rock.
The Memphis and Little Rock carried
90.919 bales, an increase of 29, 582 bales
over the preceding year; the Little
Rock and Fort Smith railway carried
lis 600 bales, an increase oil 80, 900 bales
over last year the Little Rock, Mlssis-
sippi River and Texas railway, 10000
bales, and the Iron Mountain and St.
Louis, from Little Rock, "a, 94s bales,
an increase OF 1000 bales.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17

Snow to the depth of owe two inches
fell at Hastings, Neb., Tuesday night.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17

S.nator Burnside, OF Rhode Island,
died last Tuesday.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17

Eleven men have been arrested on
suspicion OF being implicated in the
Glendale train robbery. There is said
to be strong proof against several of them.
three having already been bound over
to the grand jury. Two OF them haye
been released the evidence not warrant
ing their detention.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17

In the Cramer case the state Is making
efforts, and it is said with some success,
TO discover where and by whom the
arsenic found in the girls remains was
procured,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17

Those republicans were pretty sharp
in catching the negro, Flipper, but
they let the white man. Howgate, get
away. Maybe he knew too much.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17

Missouri state grange, Jefferson City,
October Is.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17

The secretary OF the navy has recelv-
ell a letter from Lieutenant Commander
Berry, commanding the Arctic search
steamer Rodgers, dated Petropaulovskl,
Kamtschatka. July 81, where he arrived
July 9. in which he says: 1.-The health
of the officers and crew is excellent. l
found in port the Russian corvette
Streloch, which had arrived a lew days
previously from :Vladivostock. Her
commanding officer. Captain A. de L'v-
ron, informed ME that just before, sail
ing he received a telegram from his gov
eminent directing him to offer me any
service within his power, which he a
done by offering the use of his men and
assisting me to obtain information OF the
natives north of here. He purposes
going as far north as Cape Serdze, and
will bring back a mail from there for US.
l have succeeded in obtaining twenty
five reindeer suits, and have taken on
board torty-four dogs and a native from
here as driver. 1 could obtain very lit
tie dried fish tor dog food, as the salmon
are not yet dried. but hope to get the re-
mainder further north. I shall sail for
St. Michael's this morning"
The czar OF Russia met the emperor
OF Germany, the crown prince, and Bis
marck at Dantzlc, a few days ago. The
imperial yachts met off the harbor. and
late in the afternoon the two emperors
drove into The city amid artillery sa:
lutes and the peeling of bells. 10 show
the warmth of their feelings toward each
other it is stated that they several times
kissed each other. The present emperor.
unlike his father, has been quite cool to
his uncle, William, and there is great
rejoicing at the apparent triendliness OF
this meeting. By the way the Russian
emperor might find it safer to rule his
dominlons always from a yacht. When
the waters OF the Baltic get too cold he
could change his quarters to the Black
sea. Truly this potentate leads a pitiful
lie. Better to be the editor OF a country
paper and live on something less than
a half million dollars ayear all the days
of ones life.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17

1t would be a good time tor the James
boys to come IN.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17

st. Louis grain market, Thursday
Wheat-Unsettled and gen orally lower;
No. 2 red western ST. So; No. 2 spring
81 90 to 1 20 Ia cash; 81 20 IA Sep
TENDER, ST. 80 October; ST. 80 7-s No;
.vember; 81 81 1-2 December; 81 20 the
year. ~Corn-Fairly active and a shade
higher; 81 5 &c cash and September
Is $50 October; Is So to 66 3-4c No,
.vember; 81 1-2c December; Use May.
Oats-Moderately active and higher
40 1-2c cash SO 7-8c September; 40 SIC
October; AZ 1-4c November; 43 lac
December; 48c May. Rye-Firmer at
81 o. IL. BArley-Easier at 81 O8.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17


A fire which originated in a pile of
shayings under the steps OF the main ex-
hibition hall, presumably from a cigar,
burned all the principal buildings at the
Kansas City fair grounds Wednesday
last. Many persons were hurt more or
less. but none were killed. The loss to
the exposition and exhibitors is estima-
ted at about $4,000; insurance $11,-
200. The grand stand was almost en-
tirely destroyed, as were the exhibition
buildings and the newspaper headquar-
ters. The exhibition continued despite
the fire, and there vas a large crowd
present Thursday.
"Henry ward Beecher says that God
has kept a list OF names OF rich men
who have cheated the internal revenue
department, and 10, Sam Tilden's name
led all the rest!" If Henry Ward Beech.
er said that he is a greater knave than
we had thought him. No one knows
better than does he that the suits against
Mr.. Tilden were vexatious, partisan
suits, and that with all the power of the
government they came to naught. Hen.
~ Ward lives in too frail a glass house
to throw stones.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17


The Steamer Proteus has arrived at
st. Johns, Newfoundland, from Lady
Franklin bay, having accomplished her
work. She brought back members OF
the expedition party regarded as unfit
to endure the hardships of an Arctic
winter. There is much ice in Lady
Franklin bay. There are no tidings OF
the missin g Jeanette or of the search
parties.
Hello! Hello !! Hello!!! Here is Wis
consin RELOCATING herselfto barbarism.
She hasn't caught the Williams boy 8. land
her Vandals have taken to burning the
c%ourthouses. At Fond du Lac the other
day the courthouse, valued at $4,000,
was burned down by an in%cendianry. The
state should be Immediately posted as
an outlaw, United States troops sent to
manage her affairs, aud all peace-loving
people warned to avoid her cancerous
touch. Wheop 'em up on both sides!
A McGregor, ILL.,, despatch says
"The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Pau.
railway have commenced building a line
twenty-five miles long from Spencer, in
Clay county. Ia, to Spirit Lake, in Dick.
inson County. The right of way has beer
secured. Four carloads OF hands ant
tools passed through here Sunday 81
route for Spencer to work upon this line
The grading will be pushed as fast al
possible and the track laid this fall if th,
weather will permit" Spirit Lake haI
been much visited OF late, and is spo
ken of as the anglers paradise.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17

the fa1lacy Of protection, Into which the
insane policy of this country has driven
the unreiecting English farmers. In a
letter to a Sheffield friend, Mr.. Bright
says: SIT has not been foreign tariffs, or
commercial treaties, or what other gov
ernments have done which has been
doing us harm. 1t is the diminution Of
the wealth of the country by the rednc-
ton of the product of the soil, consequent
upon bad ~harvssts." This is undoubt-
eddy true, but unfortunately for Mr..
Bright and his colleagues the people al
ways hold the ministry OF the day res
ponsible Tor national calamitles.
New York Herald, Sept. 10:-sFrom
the report of the Illinois agricultural
department 1t appears that the corn crop
will not be as light as has been feared.
The degree OF depreciation in the annual
average ranges from seventeen to thirty
two per cent. This certainly is bad
enough, for it means a loss of many
millions of bushels; but it is a great i'm
provement upon the status of the crop
as estimated from many reports that
have come in from sections affected by
the drought. From the figures given
above 1t is quite safe to assume that the
fields reported entirely burned up by
the hot weather are small and far be.
tween ; that farmers will have enough
corn upon which to fatten their hogs
and still be able to ship considerable to
the east.'
The Omaha Republican says:-"The
fact no doubt is that the best citizens
of Missouri took a hand in those train
robberies and are now with the crowd
employed In hunting the culprits." This
is the opinion of Missouri which its re-
publican newspapers have created. The
best citizens of Missouri are to say the
least very apt to equal the best citizens,
Of Nebraska, and are not very apt to be
criminals. Reducing this radical idiots
vaporing to a logical test, however,
would result in making our leading re-
publican fellow citizens train robbers,
because he would never hesitate to say
that the $50, 900 republican male adults
in the state were the best citizens oil
Missouri
A tragedy similar to the murder OIL
Mr.. Gold in the Brighton railway ex.
press train in June has occurred on q
tram from Paris to Turin. A man en-.
tered a first-class coupe occupied by a
gentleman who was alone, and aftel
wounding him seriously threw hin
out, of the carriage window. From
a card found in his trunk the
victim is believed to be Herr Niemack
the German consul at L,ephorn
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17
.eek1g gutelligenfer,
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.

Hurrah for Iroquois!
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17
Bowen Seed Separator.

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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-11-10

representing four times its cost, is the
joint work of both of the old parties,
and neither, can or ever will make an
honest effort, to correct the wrongs they
have already done.
The dissatisfaction and disintegration
now being manifested in the old parties
gives evidence of their speedy dissolu-
tion. The selection of Chauncey NJ.
Depew as Chairman of the late Repub-
lican State Convention, should be re-
garded as ample notice to the people of
this state and country, that the Repub-
lican party still sides with corporations
and monopolies against any beneficial
legislation calculated to promote the
public welfare, while on the other hand
the selection of Thomas T. Bayard, the
most notorius contractionist in the
country, as the presiding officer Of the
senate, and thereby possibly president
of the United States, by the votes Of
senators elected on their prQfeSSed deco
ton to GreenJack principles, was anoth-
er evidence of the utter lack of honesty
among the leaders Of the Democratic
party, and the hopelessness of expect
ing any relief from its success.
A majority Of the candidates nOmi.
mated for state officers 10y the old parties,
are well-known agents of incorporated
capital, and the slight reference made
in their platforms to the gross wrongs
under which the people of the state are
now suffering, is an insult to all voters
who profess to be either anti.mOnOpO.
lists, grangers, nationalists, Or honest
men.
With this plain statement of our
principles and truthful representation
Of cur opponents, we ask all who agree
with us to unite in perlecting a thor
ough local organization of our party in
the community where they reside, to
vote for our candidates at the coming
election, and to unite with us in future
deliberations of the party.
Geo. Blair, Secretary; Pierce Pearson
Treasurer; Geo. 0. Jones, Chairman
State Committee.
October 70, 1881.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-11-10

iniiall alnlCr.
When you begin work, girls, that
is worth doing, stick to it until it is
done. am not writing to your moth
ers now, for I know just how it is
with them, and how impossible it often
is to finish the dress, Or even the apron
that they have in hand. But it is
generally different with yOn. There
are more hours Of the day at your
command, and the reason your hand
work hangs on SO long is because you
"put off" so much. Now, if it is only
Il set of collars and cuffs, stick to the
work until it is done and the pieces
are neatly stitched and laid away in
your drawer Then there is some
comfort in the work Of your hands.
There is not much comfort in half
done work, 50 when you have new
suit to be made, go orderly to work
and sew one seam after another gath.
er one ruhle after another, ana 50 on
until the last button is sci on and the
loop by which TO hang it, and then si'
down and fold your hands awhile and
rejoice in your labor You have
earned the right. But do not forget
the last loop. 1t does SO spoil q dress
TO hang it up without l have seen
Sunday dresses that showed mmi,tak-
able marks Of having been hung uP by
one sleeve, leaving long drawn place
where the clothes hook had been. \
good way to hang up a basque if You
prefer that to folding it away in a
drawer, is to sew on two small loops
under the arms; then it will not be
twisted or drawn sideways.
Don't undertake too much at q time,
nor get too many irons in the lire at
once. Better, as a general rule. finish
off one large piece of work before the
next is begun. Still, it is an adYNn-
tagc to have several lighter pieces on
hand, ready to catch up at leisure mo-
ments, when you could not bring ont
the larger one and have 1t around. !,
is a nice thing to learn to improve the
odd minutes, and | have generally
found that girls of this style had about
twice as many neat little belongings
in which girls hearts delight, as girls
who "iust hated work." and who picked
up a novel in all their leisure hours
The Industrious girls were immeasur.
ably the happier of the two. Yes
and the most admired and respected
Learn to make the very best of the
materials you have at command, and
turn over in your mind various CXpe
dients for securing what yOu need
1t is surprising sometimes, how The
way will open to a smart, resolutC
girl, though circumstances may seen
most adverse To do the best way W.
can, in the circumstances in which w
are placed, is worthy of high honor
and argues a character of the 3uperio
order
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-11-10
THE CHIN ES.

Now the matin bell is calling
All our souls from sims enthralling-
'Saye him, Lord. this day from falling.'
And pray this, DER and DER;
Church, and tower, and street are glowing
In the mornings rosy lowing;
But no Joy on me best0wing-
For my darling comes no more.
Now the yesper chimes are ringing,
And the hOmeward birds are singing:
Fragrant h0neySuckle swinging
Golden ccnsers, brimming DER;
Over gray st. Peters spire,
Sunset glances flash like fire;
In my heart the old desire
But, alas he comes no more.
Now the midnight bell is tOlling,
Waves of tear-lraught music rolling;
Sad these tones, once my cOnsoling-
All that happiness is DER.
In the air the nlOOn-rays simmer,
And the three stars family gllmmer-
Like my life, my star grows DINNER,
For my love will come no more
Mind MCredth.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-11-10
Usury

The great English philosopher, Ba-
con, thus sums up the evils of usury:
"The discommOdities of usury are
first, that it makes fewer merchants,
for were it not for this lazy trade Of
usury, money would not lie still, but
would in great part be employed upon
merchandising, which is the "yena
porta" (the great artery which conveys
the blood to the liyer) Of wealth in a
state; the second, that it makes poor
merchants; for as a farmer cannot hus-
band his ground so well if he pay a
great rent, so the merchant cannot
drive his trade so well, if he pay great
usury; the third incident to the other
two; and that is, the decay or customs
of kings, or states, which ebb or flow
with merchandising; the fourth; that
it bringeth the treasure Of a realm or
state into a few hands; for the usurer
being at certainties, and others at un-
certainties, at the end Of the game
most of the money will be in a box
and ever Il state tlOurisheth wheD
wealth is more equally spread; the
fifth, that it beats down the price Of
land; for the employment of money is
chiefly either merchandising, Or pur.
chasing, and usury waylays both; the
sixth, that it doth dull and damp all
industries, improvements, and new in.
yentions, wherein money would be stir.
ring, if it were not for this slug; the
last, that it is the clnker and ruin Of
many mems estate, which in process Of
time breeds a pAblic poverty
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-11-10
A Pardonable Mistake.

NI7Iv0EVt Ut W.T. VHFV'
The editor Of a country newspaper,
published in Illinois, devoted to hard
money and hard times, determined to
publish the Democratic and Republican
platforms. In making up the type, the
foreman, by mistake, placed the line
"Republican Platform" at the head of
the Democratic platform, and the line,
Democratic Platform" over the Re-
publican. The "mistake" was not dis
covered until about three-fourths of
the edition had been printed, when the
foreman as pale as a ghost and trem-
bling from head to foot, entered the
editorial sanctum and pointed out the
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-11-10

Virginia New Chronicle.
\ COmstocker who was having lis
hair cut yesterday afternoon, gave the
particular instructions not to move Il
long lock that projected in Il somewhat
nsightly way from the front of his
head.
1T don't become yOu, said the bar
Der.
Cant help that" said the customer.
"Better let me take it off," said the
barber.
Just you leave it as it is" said the
man.
"But," PERSISTED the barber, 81 can't
give you smooth, decent cut if l leave
the hair so long in front. 1t will look
like the very devil. | can't see what
you want it left there for"
"Thats because you don't know what
it is-yOu don't know the use of it,"
81 know it's bunch of hair, and
know that it's develish unbecoming
just where it is"
"Yes, it is bunch of hair, and it is
something more than a bunch Of hair
it's the family rudder,"
"The family what?"
"The family rudder,
When things don't go right at home
my wife always grabs that lock of hair.
She would feel lost without it. When
she gets hold of that she can handle me
steer me in the right course, so to
speak-and when l go in the right
course, the whole family go in the right
course, and all is well. I've got used
to it now and don't mind it. Should
l lose my hair aud become bald, or
should you give me fighting cut all
over there would be no way of steering
me. / should become unmanageable,
and sooner or later a total wreck. No,
sir; don't you disturb the family rud-
der"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-11-10
The Extinction OF the Oyster.

Lieut.. Francis WinslOw, of the
United States coast survey, has an ar
ticle in The Popular Silence Monthly
for November which is calculated to
make pale the cheek of tie restaurant
keeper, and TO cause alarm in the
stomach, if not in the heart, of every
American lover of the oyster Lieut..
WiuslOw writes of the deterioration of
our oyster-beds with significantly
warning statistics drawn from foreign
sources, His conclusions are also
strengthened by careful experiments
made in connection with two of the
most prolific oyster-beds of Chesapeake
bay. The natural oyster.beds of the
north have already become partially
exhausted, and while some authorities
are disposed to consider the beds of
Maryland and Virginia ineXhaustible,
Lieut.. Wins'0w does not. His tests
showed most conclusively that The
present method of working the beds
| is exceedingly wasteful and exhaust
i've. A clumsy dredge in the shape OF
scoop, weighing from five to thirty
tons is dragged back and forth, wrench
ing the bivalves from their resting
places, crushing many of them, fore
ing Others lip downward into uncOn-
genial mud, and generally much i'm
pairing reproductive power. This
dredging is merciless and well.nigh
continuous, notwithstanding protective
laws. The oysterman is like the lum'
herman. So long as he supplies the
present generation at a profit to him
self the future is of little concern to
him. Lieut.. Winslow gives some
striking instances of the disastrous
results of the overworking of oyster
beds off the coasts of France and Eng
land. From the beds of Cancall bay,
on the northwest of France, 70,000,0OU
oysters were taken in 1843. From
1859 to 1868, the decrease was from
100000 oysters taken in the former
year to few over 100000 in the lat
ter. In 1870 the bed had entirely pc
tered out. In the neighborhood OF
Falmouth, Eng, there was an oyster
fishery which up to 1866 furnished EN-
ployment and support to seven hun
dred men and three hundred boats. Ii
that year the old laws enforcing clost
time was repealed, and in ten years
the beds became so impoverished thai
forty fishermen barely eked out sub
sistence from them.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-11-10

frightful "error." The man of the
quill adjusted his glasses and read both
over carefully. When he had finished
he said: go ahead, Jack, and finish
the edition. There is not a bit of diff
ference between them except the head
ings." Conditions were favorable for
such q happening in Ohio.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-11-10

Forty Cherokee Indians passed through
Chattanooga, few days since, by the Gin
cinnati Southern railroad, for their reser-
vation in Indian Territory, being the third
squad that has taken advantage of the
governments proposal to transport them
free during the past three months.