Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-03

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Regular monthly stock sale next Monday.
The county court will m Get next Monday.
Bates county fair, at Butler, Sept. 8 to 10.
The public schools begin work next Mon
day.
The Elizabeth Aull Seminary will open
Tuesday mex. Sept. 6.
The B. F. Z. had "a new boarding pupils
on the first day, last Thursday.
Central and Baptist colleges opened last
Thursday, with full attendance.
On the nrst instant the coal company ad-
vonced the price of mining Q half cent, and
yesterday the miners struck for an addition
al half cent.
Alfred D. Cressler and Robert d. DIckey. of
TT. Wayne, Indiana. have purchased the entire
stock Of the gas company IN this city. MIR.
Dickey will tnke charge Immediately. There
will, likely, be n number of improvements
made.
Mr.. r. p. Graves will sell at public sale at
the Proctor. place, II miles southwest OF
MAYHEM, Thursday, September 10. several
head OF horses and cattle, farm implements,
household goods, and q full set Of blacksmith
tools.
Brownsville Herald 1--WE learn that Mr..
Jas. Wentworth, Of Lexington, has bought
the lot In the rear OF the Central hotel, 100
by 2a2 feet, which, including the large
stable, becomes . part OF the hotel property,
and adds greatly to its value"
|. The German young ladies OF the city gave
Q Dress ball at Leiderkranz hall last Wednes-
day night, which was largely attended and
very enjoyable. The Messrs. Cors furnish
Cd the music. Everybody had y thoroughly
good time.
higginsville Advance :-'sJ. q. Elsea, OF
near Alma, this county, had his house bur
glsrized'on last Friday night. They thought
there was money In the house, but it had
been taken out and safely placed by Mrs.
Elssa. The burglars took q fine silver watch,
however,"
10 Its mothers absence, last Tuesday, a
little son Of Gen. Jos. o. Shelby, at Judge
K. A. BArnett's, aged about one year, got
hold of some concentrated I've and ate 1t,
burning bis lips and tongue badly, but not
Chambers was called In, antidotes were ad-
ministered. aud the little thing got ovcrit.
Mr.. Philip Phillips, q singer OF sacred
songs, assisted by his son, will glvea con-
cert at the Methodist church Tuesday night,
September 20. One half of the net proceeds
goes to the church. Tickets will be for sale
at Royle's and Hicks book stores and at the
door; admittancs, 30 cents. There should
and no doubt will be a large attendance.
A full record of the proceedings at the fair
will be I'll on the first page'of tbisissue,
In the awards OF premiums for every day,
carefully compared with tue secretary IS
book, and In one or two places correct whore
it Is not !; the list Of owners Of all stock with
q brief description Of the animals ; and q
short article on the floral hall. Stock men
and others Interested will do we'll to pre-
serve the paper, as they will not be apt to
get 80 correct q record anywhere else.
Marshal Crowder and Policeman John, OF
this city, yesterday afternoon, arrested
Luther Meeks for horse stealing, on a tele-
gram from Wyandotte, received several days
ago. Meeks is but recently out of thepenl-
Tertiary. for robbing the postofiice at Wav-
srly. He had this time stolen a horse and
buggy. The buggy was recovered when he
was arrested. aud another horse, but not the
one he had stolen. He confessed, and said
that he had traded of the stolen horse to q
barber In Saline county.
We have two samples OF corn in our office
that would do credit 10 q first-rste season let
alone one Of drought. Seven ears raised by
Mr.. Allen Prewitt, weigh 10 pounds ; and &
ears raised by MIR. ID. W. b. Tevis, weigh
90 pounds. They are not only large and
neavy, but we'll formed. The several lots OIL
corn shown at the fair. too, were very fine,
and would have been creditable to the hes,
Of soil with ample rains. There Is no sorl
of doubt that onr couEsy stands drought
wonderfully we'll. Farmers tell us that the
recent ralns will make thousands OF bushels
Of corn, as the late corn Is still quite green
and we may reasonably expect a month O
growing weather.
The teachers at the public schools in thi.
city will be as follows: High school, MIR,
G. NJ. Catron. principal ; Miss Mamie Shaw
assistant. First ward, Miss NettIe b. Wal
lace, principal; Miss Birdie Allen, assistant.
Second ward, Mr.. q. M. Catron ex-ofici,
principal ; Miss Gussle Keller, 1st assistant
Miss JEANNE Finley. I'd assistant ; Mis-.
Maggie Ryland. Sd assistant. Third ward
Miss Mary B.. Smith, principal; Miss Flor
ence Arnold. LIST assistant; Miss Ida Morath
second assistant. Colored high school, Mr.
j. H. Cole, principal. Colored school, Mr.
j. H. Cole. ex-oficio principal; Mrs. Annetl
Barton, was elected first assistant, but ha
recently declined, SO that the board will
probably meet Monday to elect some one il
her place; Mr.. E. q. Cole, second assistant
Mrs. j. h. Cole, third assistant.
Four suspicious looking men heavil,
armed, with Enfield riff s and pistols, wer
seen hanging around al. Junction Thurs
day, and making their way toward Lextng
ton: One Of them who was seen to bath
bis feet near the Junction was observed t
have q toe OF OF his right loot. Tie marsha
at the Junction came over here yesterda
morning and notified Sheriff Elliott, and o.
inquiry It was found that the men ha,
boarded the early morning train for Sedalia
The superstition is that they may be tn
WilIlams boys of Wisconsin, and Two con
panions. The description OF the desperadoe
fitting two OF these men very closely, Sheri
Elliott te%legraphed to .Sedalla yesterda
morning, and on the arrival of the trsi
there the men were arrested. He and th
junction marshal went down to Sedalia las
night to Investigate the matter.
Sedalia Democrat :-"Last evening Pro
j. A.. Cole, colored, principal Of the Lexint
ton, Mo-, coIored public schools, gave an e,
} htbiliOn at the opera house. Mr.. Cole hs
been conducting q normal or teachers il
stitute in Ssdalia for three months past. til
institute closing with the exhibition la
night. There was a full house, and the e,
ercises were creditable and interesting, I'll
programme included music, vocal and il
: strumental, calisthenics, Rotations, essa,
, and orations, numbering in all some twent,
> five. Among the most praiseworthy exc
. ctses OF the evening were the calisthenic.
, the music, Drifting with the TIde,' an
'Beautiful Love- by Prot. Coles wife 9
; essay by w. Dixon; a defamation by W..
. Hickman. and an Grafton by VIM. Tolb
Prof. Cole was assisted in his duties
. principal Of the Normal Institute by b
I wife. There was an entire enrolment of
II in the school, of which 80 were color,
teachers from various parts OF the stat
The principal and his wife have doubtIe
n done a great deal in the three months pa
g to make their pupils competent teachers,
We want to abuse the band boys III
form-not Its color by any means, that Is
o right. 1t is a good old color. 1t is the col
which our ancestors wore when they foug