Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-02
County court next Tuesday.

The mayor prints the ordnance Ioroio-
ding the discharge Of cannon, muskets,
rifles. guns, pistols or any other KIND OF
within the city, even on the Fourth.
The discharge of torpetloes, crackers, rock
cts, squibs, &C., is permitted on that day.
Mrs. VIM. r. Hays was getting out OF q
at Kings store on Franklin street,
Tuesday morning, when she In some way
fell into the hard stone gutter. She was
stunned and faint, and was picked up by
Mr.. King. Her left arm was badly hurt'ano
1t was sometime before she got over the fall.
HigginsviIle Advance IAN alteration
took place last Monday evening on the old
Pitts Lyons farm, three miles west OF b re,
between one Williams and one of the hands
OF the place In the harvest field. Williams
struck the hand over the head several times
with q billet Of wood, inflicting very serious,
If not fatal wounds. Williams has left for
parts UNKNOWN"
Does the order to wear coats, by any ROD
omoptsde OF the law also mean that q fellow
must sport a shirt collar? II yes, we want
it distinctly understood that we can't help
1t II ours looks like a string by IL O'Clock
The Precipitation which we sweat melts 1t
down despite us. II there is a more respect
full and respectable kind of Precipitation to
be had we should like to have 1t recommend
ed to us.
The lawn party at the E. A. s. Friday
night Of last week, was socially and financl-
ally a success ; socially q grand success.
There were ever so many people there, and
they all enjoyed themselves Immensely. Inc
proceeds, which are to be devoted to repair
ing, painting and papering the main build
Ing, amounted to $114. No expenses were
| charged against the sum, these being horne
by those who gave the entertainment.
1t seems from a paragraph IN our May
| view correspondence that the lntelligencer
has been adversely criticised for some re-
marks which 1t felt called upon to make re-
garding the misconduct Of the township
constable out there. We are sorry that this
should be so-sorry Tor the critics, not for
the InteIIIgencer. AS we understand the
matter an officer OF the peace went TO the
house OF a woman to serve a paper, when In
an Intoxicated condition, and was abusive
and offensive. The paper is said to nave
been an illegal one, but that ia not material
to us, The Ofense consisted In the fact that
a peace onicer should so far forget himself
IS to be drunk during business hours and
in the execution of his duty. We have nc
SORT OF personal feeling against this officer.
but we have u decided opinion upon ofhcia
drunkenness. So has the law. 1t says, sec
ton 1912, page 2s2, revised statutes, '1f any
public officer, whether state, county, city
town or township officer. shall be intoxicat
ed while In the performance Of any oficia
act or duty, or shall become so intoxicated
as to be incapacltated to perform any oficia
act or duty at the time aud in the manne'
required of him in the discharge OF tn
duties of his office, he shall be deemed guilt.
of q mlsdemeanor in Office, and punished b.
Imprisonment in the county jail not exceed
: ing six months, or by a fine OF not less thai
!. fty dollars. or by both such fine and I'm
prisonmsnt; and II there be no provlslo
! made by law for the removal from office @
. such officer by impeachment, the court sha
adjudge tho defendant to have forfeited hi
, Office, and declare the same vacant, and th
same shall be filed as provided by law fo
filling such vacancy /; provided that no coul
. other than the circuit or criminal court
record shall have power to sdjudge any sue
Q Office to be forfeited and vacant" II the O
q 6cer was trunk when he attempted to ser'
5 an official paper, as has been reported to u
he is amenable under this law. Ii he W;
8 not, great Injustice has been done him, an
9 no one will more readily place him proper'
n before the public than will we: We hay
8 no apologies to make for denouncing drunl
enness in office, nor for urging upon ever
y officer who's business 1t is to attend to
that the law be enforced to the letter, l
"a matter who the offender may be.
J. A clap Of thunder out of a clear sky cou
h not more thoroughly have startled the col
!. munity than did the announcement that NJ
,c Thomas Standish, the public administrat
r Of this county, was a defaulter. No m
g. bore a higher character for correct busine
habits. Indeed he was thought to be tyl
at cally methodic, accurate and careful. Lt
en- week his bondsmen, Messrs. Mark y
ID Wtthers, John Mckinnln and Chaimt
Wood, were notified that he was behind
~ his accounts. They Immediately institut
he an examination OF his books and vouche
,f- and it was made public, this week, that
Ill would be short somewhere etwee ST.
n and Ga, 600. This deficit all occurred pre-
Is Gus to the last election, as since that til
to the probate court has refused to let him hs
Iot estates as he had failed to file a new boz
If The shortage evidently accumulated fol
,m period of som eighteen months or mo
co. gradually. The money belonging to esta
re- Is, OF course, a sacred fund, and there
use be no excuse for diverting 1t In any man
from its proper purpose. No man, probat
nd realizes this now more f0rcibly than d
p Mr.. Stundish. The charge Is made that
has money now on hand deliberately held
I'D defraud his bondsmen. This we do not
,ho lieve. The offense is bad enough with
,.r. this; and we are satisfied that such Is
tho the case. The trouble no doubt began II
by little, and grew from what he though
IN be temporary loans inta- sums that he m
Al have known he could not replace with
a.. limited resources. For the man his
,res record OF integrity, prObity and good
on zenship should plead /; for the officer in
rl fault no excuse can be o offered. There is
one course to be pursued that we can
and we know OF none other being cont
plated, and that Is, for the bondsmen to
red e'eiy jill uue q" II
,ooo SlRndish's hands, and then to look to
With lof iepai"'ion' '" '"'
ions 10 mas turns ose ." '" 'e'''e pup
red tnat ~ has' itt'' 'n'us" IL oe' " tnese
wen t'eheh- Inc oohusneh " peiiec''y Z
set ; y .en na' u "n.eA ."eS
liable, and there is no possibility that
and estate will lose a cent by the misapprOl
mao tlon of tho funds. All new business wi
lone turnfo o'ei n'"'' GU III
left ~