Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-12

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Roshelle dramatic troupe next Monday
and Tuesday nights.
Mr.. T. W. Shockley has sold to John
Borne 80 acres of land near Lexington
at $40.
Sweeping reduction In the price of all
seasonable WINTER GOODS, at Ahrens'
Dry Goods Bazaar, Franklin street. jl5
Call at DR.. Watson's Office a see the
ssTemple'' working, the best soft coal, self
feeding base burning stove in the state.
Don't fall to see It. l am the agent. G.. Z.
Graham. j22tf
MIR. Leonard Ruppel's sIaughter-heuse was
destroyed by fire. Thursday night. The
origin of the fire Is not known. and 1t Is
supposed to have been the work Of an In
cendiary.
A number OF the young miners Of this
city will give a ball, next Friday night, at
the opera house, the proceeds OF which are
to be donated to q destitute family. 1t should
be well patronized.
Mr.. John Peacock had about sold his fine
farm OF $50 acres, to some Germans Of ILL.,
nols, at S45 per acre, but on the eve Of maxi
Ing the sale irrevocable, be backed cut. He
thinks Lafayette county lands good proper
ty, even at $40, and SO do we.
just a day or two before Mr.. Barley. Of
this city. was victlmized in St. Louis, the
police took Harry Hawk, of this county, out
of the clutches Of q confidence man at the
,,pgop Hopof knfnro ho had haon AoANod
Hawk will be remembered as the man who
made an assault upon the life Of DR.. n. NJ.
Robinson some years ago.
Don't 60 too near an open IRE, children.
Little Dyke Robinson, last Tuesday. had .
narrow escape. he was warming himself
at the crate, at home, when his apron caught
fre, and before his mother and . servant
could e%xtinguish the flames. It was Utmost
entirely burned OF. Be careful. be careful !!
But for the prompt discovery Of his situation
and almost immediate assistance rendered,
he would undoubtedly have been burned to
death.
Last Saturday we had a sleet and . drizzling
rain, lasting all day. Saturday night there
was considerable rain, which froZs at it fell,
and Sunday morning everything was cover
cd with Ice, and the trees about town were
unusually pretty. the iclcles averaging about
four inches long. All day Sunday, and all
of Sunday night the rain came down al
most increasingly, filling the cisterns, over
flowing the ponds, and sending q thrill OF
gladness to the hearts OF all, especially those
town people who had been hauling water
and those farmers who had been driving
their stock two or three miles to water.
An I%ntelligeuoer reporter stepped into the
Excel foundry Thursday evening, and
Charley Morrison and . force Of workmsn
were busy putting things In order. Ths
old engine has been taken out, and . new
18-horss engine put In. and the whole foun-
dry re-arranged. It IL full OF all kinds oil
machinery, the latest addition being a Dor.
ing machine OF the finest aud best make,
which was just ready for the belt a. We
walked In. Charley has been delayed In hii
work because he could not procure lumber,
and has ordered a lot from Illinois, bat can
not get it shipped. The Excel will DO II
full blast mex week, and 1t will be worth
walk to'the river to 20 through Its varieu,
departments.
The Ice in the Missouri river at this plaot
began to break Monday morning, and abouI
four O'Clock that evening there was q gsner
al movement OF large fields of ice. Tn
river had risen about eighteen inches, an
the Ice gorge sent the ferry dock high ant
dry upon the land. At one time the ice raI
In between the terry and the land, and d
the boat was about to break loose, her fast
opVnus Uoro ont and aho Oru1uollu Aoafor
down the river, and worked her way to till
side, where she remained till the danger wa
over. Three fiat boats, belonging to thu
government survey, were carried q little dis
lance down the stream, and pushed out OF
; the sand bar. The Ice is piled up along boil
shores in jagged ridges, beingi In some place
ton or fifteen feet high. No damage wa
done worth mentioning. The river nov
presents a most bleak and desslate appear
ance.
Col. Burch has returned from Chicag,
with a small sample edition OF his letter OF
Lafayette county. There are, of course
when so many men, places, animals ant
: things are mentioned some slight errors. blu
> in the main it is very correct, fair In 1t
: statements and written in such q pleasan
7 way as will insure its careful perussl b.
anyone into whose hands It may fall. 4
? northern man he has had the manliness 4
3 tell the honest truth about the people Of tn
. county in q political point OF view. b
! might easily have avoided the subject !; but
. instead, he tells facts as they exist. Havini
found the people a moral, church.goine
schoel.patronizing. social, law-abiding pee
{ pie he says so fully, freely and %unequivoca
8 ly. he explodes the oit-repeated lntereste
SANDER that Mlssouri's democracy ia con
o posed Of illtterate, unpr0gresslve mos
backs. Every lover Of his state will than
Q him for this, outside of any mere considers
tton Of Interior profit to arise from it. W
. shall take pleasure, from time to time. 1
n speaking further Of the article, and In quo
ing from 1t occasionally. 1t is only fair
Col. Burch to say that he intends, before tt
full edition is printed, to make numero,
additions, to correct topographic aud 9TH
1t errors, and to print q map of Lafayst
N county On one of the pages of the lette
ID Those who have not yet subscribed, mi
still do so. 1t may interest our people
10 know that a full summary Of this letter "
a. go into Col. Burch's forthcoming Hsl
10 Book Of North Missouri, the issue OF Will
,p has been delayed long beyond the plan OF Il
In publishers 30 as to include important stat
IN tics from the new census. Proof sheets
b. the Hand Book will b. distributed carly
It, March.
In a long circular issued by the Per
Ia Warehouse Company of St. Louis urgi
et the substitution OF White Burley tebac
for the heavy, dark kinds now grown
IS. Missouri, is this language :-"Atm much trt
ng BILE, We have ascertained that our local m.
is ufactursrs, and those In the interior, lookl
ps to st. Louis for supplies, have brought fr,
he the product of Mason ana Owen districts,
Id Kentucky, the large total Of 16. SOC. 900 II
be average cost. 164 cts. per lb., mailing
he 783, 100 for Burzey FiAers ; and, from v
las Rinia and North Carolina, 1900. 900
on wrappers, average cost, say, 40 cents, m
In ing S675. 900. A grand total OF the enormt
lot sum OF IS, 45s, 100 sent to enrich other sits
of and build up other markets to the ruin
lot our own. DO we want to continue this?
ad. will We claim what justly belongs to NJ,
lld has been lost by sheer neglect! II we