Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-07-01

Imported Port and California Angelica
Wine, at Powells. june10'4
Pure Kentucky whisky. at Powelps 81 80
| to "a 90 per gsllen. junel0t4
10. Plattsnburg will sell you goods as low
Is any house in the county. aims
Reliable and straight dealing, ut Silver.
mans. a29,f
Go to J. Q. P%lsttenburg's for stylish and
fashionable goods In every line. aim
Special inducements to private families, IN
imported ami domestic wines, at Silver.
msu's. s29tf
A handsome display Of millinery can be
found at Mrs. Arnold's, No. 100, Main street.
Ny motto is honorable competition. FASH
ionabls goods will merit attention. and reas-
enable prices give satisfaction. J3tf
The cosiest place Imaginable to get a nice
saucer OF Ice cream, or cOniections Of oil
kinds, is at Mr.. has. Wsber's, next door
10 the Commercial house. A quiet and or
derby room for ladies, prompt service, mod
crate prices and good. pure cream. Give
him = call. jy1tf.
William Ahrens. Q thirteen-year-old son
Of Mr.. II. j. Il. Ahrens, was bitten by a
oOkS w kuc Colb vi luz - iOSs io5S AoAA"
Fearing that the dog might possibly be
rabid DR.. tuIk erson cut the flesh away from
about the Oun snd csuteriZed the incislon.
The young gentleman 10 getting along well.
and we hope there will he no serious re-
suits.
1t Is said by g recent st. Louis msrke ct cir
cular, that the yield OF winter wheat this
year Is phenomenal 40 to 90 bushels per
acre is quite common in pretty much all the
country tributary to that market, while
quality never was better-seldOm so good.
AS tor Texss (whsrs No. 8 was heretofore
the best grAde). It now has more NO. 2 than
anything elss.
Daisy" Writes from Corder :-stHeavy
rains on Monday aud Tuesday. Farmers a
little fearful Of too much rain, though many
Gao boast OF having much OF their wheat In
shock. Several strangers In our place last
week. Prof. Williams, OF ~Brownsville, spent
last Sunday here and near here. Mrs. Rtne,
OF Bisckbura, Is moving, and will take
charge OF the Alton Hotel.
Yesterday evening the term Of office of
Mr.. Chas. n. Meet " city weighmsster at
the second ward scales expired. Mr.. Meet
retires much to the regret OF the patrons Of
tue scales, sftsr . faithful service Of i've
years. durioH which time he has never had
an alteration or cross WOrI with = single
person out OF the Thousands with, whom he
has done ba.tnsss. He leaves the scales and
scale house In . very much better condition
than be received them, everything being
neat and cleaa and orderly. He viii here
after dsvote his time to \ general collection
business, in which he asks his friends to re-
member him. =
ers for the city schools. ~ the meetings Of
the board, Tuesday and Wednesday 81 Prof.
E. g. Clark, Of Metropolis, Illinois,, principal
and superintendent Of ward and colorsd
schools. Assistants IN Hugh School. Misses
Mamie 8. Shaw and Mary +. Hawkins.
First assistant I'd ward school, Miss Mary II.
smith: I'd assistant, Miss JEANNE Finley I;
Sd assistant, Miss Maggie Ryland. Principal
LIST ward school. Miss Nettie b. Wallace ;
assistant. Miss Birdie Allen. Principal 81
ward school, Miss Aurelia Miller /; LIST assist
ant, Miss Florence W. Arnold; ID assistant,
Miss Ida Morsth. Principal colorsd school,
Prof. Jas. II Cole;1s assistant, Miss Mamie P.
Gee !; ID assistant, Prof. e. G. Cole ;3j as
ststant, Miss Clara Hughes. The reelection
Of the Did teachers aud the selection Of
Misses Aurelis Miller and Mary r. Hawkins,
both well know to our people o. successful
teachers. gives very general satisfaction,
though . umb OF patrons OF the 90 ward
school are anxious to rave q male principal
there. The election Of Mr.. Clark, however,
msets With the condemnation Of q l..ge ma
jority Of the people with whom We have
converted.
-Four member Of the school board of the
city Of Lexington, Messrs. G.. e. Ballard, "a
Allen, Alexander McFsdden and Thomas
John, hsvs perpstrated what appears to US
90 outrage upon the taxpayers OF the dis
trict which they should represent. A year
%, without solicitation on his part,
the board elected Mr.. George n.
n. Cstr0n principal Of the high school. Tie
gentleman was engaged In The practice OF
Law, (which he gave up to accept the position
For . half dozen terms he has been elected
and reelected county superInlsndsnt of
schools, thereby testifying the place which
he holds 10 the estimation OF the people Of
the county IS an educator. A graduate OF
the University Of the State of Missouri, for
competency. So we'll did he oil his place as
priucl pal that not = single complaint was
made Of sny act OF omission or commission
on his part during his administration. The
pupils liked him, the parents were entirely
satisfied with him, aud there was no idea
that he was to be displaced, until last Tues
DAY morning (ths day set for The election OF
tsschers) 1t came out that ZONE members OF
the board had been writing to q Mr.. 4. S.
Clark, Of Metropolis, ILL.,, asking him to
spply, Offering him the place II he would do
so, at . slight advance Of salary over what
was paid to MIR. Cstron, and that The gen.
tlsmsn had responded by telegraph that he
would accept the place at the salary offered
As soon IS these facts became known; to the
Taxpayers OF the district they began. as
we'll ~ they could In the limited time that
was given them, to protest against the dis.
placement OF Mr.. CstrOn, but no more at
tention or respect Was paid to their protests
than 1t they had been SO many aliens and
Outcssts who were speaking of matters
which did not concern them. One of the
gentlemen, who Is an invalid, and who has
been treated with mu IN consideration by the
people Of the district, when told that some
Ut the patrons Of the school desired to speak
to him on the subject, had the etfrontsry to
reply that It was Of no use. that he hai
made up bis mind, and that 1t would make
40 difference. So We have here, 1t seems, in
the majority Of this school board, an autoc.
rscy. which assumes to itself q digu .ty of
position and an Independence OF the people
who elected them, greater than any presi-
dent Of the United States has ever presumed
upon. The will OF the people, unmistaka ABLY
Indicated, is something entirely beneath
their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES do not cause
them to halt . moment In their course, IN
order to see what 1t really is. One
reason assigned. we are told, for this
action is that Mr.. Catron did not
write articles advocating the building Of
new schoolhouses ; another that MIR. Clark
was elected once before and "%bull-duzsu''
out Of accepting; another that they know
better how to teach school over In ILL.,
Pnois, and that, consequently, MIR. Clark is
better Tilted Tor the place. These so-calIed
reasons do not arise to the dignity of ordins-
~ nonsense. Tue competency OF the two
men Is the only iegitlm ste thing that should
have been considered, aud the board
does not assert that there was anything
lacking In this direction in MIR. Catron. or
the other man they know absolutely Moth
Ing. except that he has such certificates of
character as any man not absolutely worth
less can always procure. Against this WAS a