Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-01-07
Elan. Oil, at Jesse & vaughan's. d17tt

Elaine Oil. at Jesse & V%aughan's. d1Id
Go to Clagett's for your tine cut chewing
tobacco. toltf
Buy your Frames at Peters Photo rooms
Hlgginsviile, Mo-, all the latest styles. Best
assortment In town to select from. dlOtf
We now have arrangements with one OF
the largest and best blnderies in Western
Missouri, by which we are enabled to do
book binding for customers at the lowest
prices and on shortest notice. n12f
Holden Enterprise 1.-THE G. & A. sur
vsying corps. having completed the two
surveys, one from Higginsville and the other
from Odessa to this place have gone south,
and in . very short time will reach Rich
HILL"
An effort existing without a cause is an
1mpossibihty ; tickling in the throat, huski-
ness Of thu v1ice, violent coughing, etc.,
are the effects 81 = severe cold. DR.. BULBS
Cough Syrup cures the cold 81 once, aud re.
moves its serious effects.
On last Tuesday little Jimmie, son OF
Henry Goodman, who lives II miles south of
Alma. was thrown by q horse, aud one o!
his shoulders was Jlsiocs!ed. DR.. Passiy has
him In charge and says the boy stood the re-
duction like n little man. He 10 getting on
ell right.
have $3.50 worth of secondhand csrri-
ages, rockaways, buggies and spring wagons,
which l offer at cost from this date until the
first Of March, on SIX and eight months time
without interest, on approved paper. Some
of this work 10 my wi make and will he
warranted. Now is the time to gst u cheap
vehicle on easy terms. D. Russell. d24:4
The firm Of kriebn q WiIker will be dis
solved Feb. LIST, Mr.. Il. A. kriehn retiring.
Until that time we will sell all goods at re-
lively at eastern cost: Fiannels. jeans,
comforts, blankets and all other wooden
goods. Now 10 the time to secure bargains.
a. We wish to reduce stock as much as pos
sibls before invoicing. Kriehn Il Wilker.
The masked party given by the Gaiete de
Cosr club OF this city, at the residence Of
Msjor Thomas B. Clagett, Friday night last,
was = most enjoyable affair. The club ON
prisss In its membership the elite among the
young people, and It's meetlngs thus far this
winter have bsen In every way successful.
All who attended ct Major Clagett's were
not masked, but = sufficient number were SO
to lend piquancy and fur to the occasion.
| The masks were all quite representative Of
tho characters assumed, and some Of the
ladies were beautifully dressed. Tit kind
host and his most hospltabie good lady We'd
with each other In their efforts to make
everybody ENJOY themselves. At reason
| shlv l~tA kanr thu onmpsnu ,ilsnsrCaH with
q general word OF commendation of the
happy evening. Among the masks were the
following: Mr.. james Wentworth, Prof.
Diubon, q painter; Mr.. Charlie Dunn, sail
or Mr.. Robert Keller and Mr.. L. e. MART
land, tramps; Mr.. VIM. Tate, a Turk Mir.
Sterling Grimes, . senator; MIR. Evan Young.
Spanish Prince; Mr.. Goslder Young, King
Carnival; Mr.. Frank Groves, Knight OF
Pythias; Mr. Eph. King, Texas cowboy /;
Mr.. Buford Chinn, negro; Mr. Ernest Nc
Causlsnd, clown, Mr.. NJ. Neal, Roman
Gladiator; MID esse Rathhun, lieutsnant;Miss
Jennie Grimes, Night; Miss Lizzie Hutchi-
son, Bo-peep Miss Winona Bates, Samantha,
Josiah Aliens wife,; Miss Anna ketner,
twenty years ago; Miss Lizzie Shields,
Eightsen-Thirty (; Miss Katie Greer and allss
Mamie Hill, beauties ; Miss Sallis Chambers,
the beast, afterward the prince !; Miss Minnie
Grant, an old woman; Miss Cora Holt, Red
Riding Hood Miss Bell Bolton. q nun ; Miss
Nina Goodman, Rowena Niles Nellie Allen,
Folly.
A most atrocious case OF %infanticIde Is re-
ported from Rigginsville. Martha White is
an unmarried white woman, aged 20 or 30
years, who lives with her father and brother
At the Winsor coal mines, about one and q
half miles from Higginsville. On last
Wednesday Messrs. Collins and Talbot, VIII
i've atths mines made complaintthat she had
In some way done away with her child recent.
~ born. thsir wives having noticed her when
ssesiaes and offered their assistance during
the event, which was refused. Constable
Keller accordingly arrested her. The NO.
man after her arrest acknowledged that she
had had Q child, and told the constable where
Its remains could be found, under q plank
near the door Of her house. The constable
and Messrs. Collins and Talbot exhumed
the lite body and took 1t to Higginsville
Prosecuting-Attorney Blackwell was sen,
for and IN inquest was held, Thursday. Tit
woman acknowledged that the child wa.
hers, and swors In her Examination that II
was born dead. She said tile father was
man named Jim Gorran. Other things tn ,
shs testified 1t is Unnecessary to print. DR.
Sseber, who made a post-mortem examinu
tlon, testified that the child was born alive
its vital organs having performed their func
lions that 1t came to Its death by extenslv,
fracture Of the skull; that it was afterwa arc
placed In . very hot stove oven and baket
for . considerable time, the exterior beins
reduced to . thoroughly baked and uniform
crisp. The child was q female, aud Wa
} born Wednesday OF last week. Suspicion
was attracted to tho mother about Moniay
by her neighbors, who saw that she was go
, ing around. and WAS no longer enceinte Sht
, had previously, when ofisrsd assistance witt
much profanity, denied that she was i,
: that condition. She was brutal Ia her Ian
guage regarding thu child, saying to tn
constable that she did not care q DIM whs
he did with the body. She seems 10 b
sloveniy III her habits, but would he OF pas
sable appearances II cleaned up and DECENT
. clad. she waived examination and wa
, committed to Jail Thursday night, to avail
. trial by the criminal court Cd a charge q
} murder.
Odessa Herald, Dec. 30:-"We have u ger
; tie word to say to our county court. Al
road leading from Otessa to Lexington, i
, many places, 10 In = horrible coudi,ion an
has been for a long time. We refer .nor
: particularly to the portion lying between III
! top Of the Goodloe hill to the Sawyer house
which 10 some seven miles southwest OF LeS
> ington. There 10 no bridge over the Sni 6
that place, and the old road is washed an
) rutted so that 1t Is In places impossible
Cons, gentlemen, do not neglect this in
> poItant business. People from this part c
= the count are ob!ige | to go TO The Hub q
. business, and they want u road. We DO M
y want our county court to drive our goos
quiet citizens into q fever 10 get the count
seat changed to avoid the roads. The Hu
Is a good place 10 go and board to hold our
therefore be sure to manage 80 Ms TO kee
}, our people Easy on the county seat qaestio,
d Seriously and severely, gentlemen, We al
In earnest, and If you don't do somelhin
u about this road, you will WIN the curses
those who have long bsen friends" We al
. entirely with our contemporary IN its desir
. to have the road slluded to imprO we'd. b,
We think It places the blame for It's bad co
; dition IN the wrong place The law Civ
the roads In charge TO the overseers, vi
when once appointed cannot be removei |