Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-15
ODDS AND ENDS.

ODDS AND ENDS.
The postoffice at Mexia, Tex, wa:
fired on one night last week and robbed
OF $500.
At the opening sale of tho Wolfe
paintings. in New York, fifty works
brought $5S,65O.
The bankrupt shoe firm of Horace
Stone u Co., of St. Louis, holds stock
valued ut SIC, 900.
The eastern railway depot at Salem,
Mass. valued at $50, 1000, hss been
destroyed by fire.
Sweden has engaged to invade Fin
land in the event Of war between
Russia and Germany.
For the first time in over thirteen
years there Is not a city order issued by
Cedar Rapids drawing interest.
In obedience to orders all the tele.
phones are to be taken out of the Wa
bash railway offices at Keokuk.
Chicago Times es:-'sAIi1waukee is tc
be- congratulated. Harrison I.udingtou
is good man not to have for mayor
The transfer boat at Sioux City il
crossing Oh an average one hundred
cars per day--that is, fifty cars eact
way.
The democrats Of Oregon have
nominated Joseph S. Smith for gov
ernor and William D. Fenton for cou-
gresham. ..
The census of East Des Moines shows
1O,O59 inhabitants, All increase of nearly
one hundred month since the enumer
alton in 1880.
Eight jewelry factories and thirteen
dwellings at North Attleboro, Mass.
were destroyed by fire, the estimated
loss being $l25,O0O.
Missouri Valley will build new $40.
600 opera-hOuse the coming season in
addition to the other improvement.
planned for that city.
General Pope and two members d
his staff are on their way to Fort Reno
to prevent an outbreak by the
Cheyennes and Arapahoes.
John D. Black, of St. Louis, was
convicted Of making slanderous at.
fidavit against Ex-Governor G. p
johnson, aud fined $1,000.
A lady at Hamburg the other day
ripped open wool.stuffed needle cush
ion which she had used for thirteen
years, and inside found 1,016 needles.
The steamship City of Rome il
bringing over 1,150 steerage passen.
gers for the United States, aud the
Partisan has OH board 1000 for Man.
itoba.
The religious revival in Kentucky has
been SO thorough and general that the
fashionable young women use note pa.
per bearing the legend .'Praise the
Lord"
President Arthur nominated James
Il. Partridge, of Maryland, to ba ell.
voy to Peru, and Henry G.. Hall to be
minister to the Central American
states.
John j. Knox, oi Minnesota. has been
named as comptroller OF the currency
This was a matter of course. The ma.
tional banks want him at the head OF
this bureau and that settled it.
An electric railway on the Siomsen
principle is to be constructed at Bor-
deaux. 1t will run from the Pace de
la Comedie to the exhibition, and to the
Societe Phllomatique Bourdelafse.
A vein 0! copper, 8 1-2 feet wide and
very rich, has been found vt the depth OF
"a teet. on the Russell farm, near Mon
terry Springs, Adams county, Pa. Work
of developing will begin at once.
A vein OF coal eight feet thick has
been reached in the Dorranco shalt,
Wllkesbarre, at depth Of 325 feet. II
is expected the Baltimore vein will be
reached at from 400 to 500 feet deeper
The commission charged to report
upon the condition of the theaters in
Germany and the means OF egress in
c SO OF fire, speaks in tho highest terms
Of the arrangements OF the theater al
Bayreuth.
The Warsaw correspondent OF Paris
paper declares that the day before Gen.
Skobeleff made his third sensational
speech he had had confidential talk
with Prince Orloff, who "happened to
be" in the town at the time. ~
A young man OF 10, carriage maker
by trade, for wager of !, 500 francs, re.
Gently walked, without stopping, com.
pletely round Paris, IN three minut es
less than three hours. The distance is
close upon thirty English miles.
The German government has ordered
the seizure of all tho copies of the
Nouvelle Revue OF March i which may
have been introduced into the empire.
The number in question contained an
important article on socialism in Ger
many.
The general conference of the anti
pOlygamous Mormon church was in
session at Independence, Mo-, several
days this and last week, Joseph
Smith, Jr.. presiding. There were
over Two hundred delegates in at
tendance.
President Arthur nominated Henry
M. Teller, of Colorado, 20 be secre-
'ary of the interior: William E..
T. ,ndler, OF New Hampshire, to be
: rrtary OF the navy, and William
Ii. Hunt, of Louisiana, to be min.
istel - Russia.
A series of so. called musical festivals
now being given at the Paris sum-
l...r circus, under the direction of M.
Edouard Brouster. On tue 18th inst.
the programme was entirely made up
OF the works OF the rising composer. NJ.
Benjamin GODDARD.
The damage done by rats on the pub.
lie slaughter houses of Paris represents
All annual loss to the city OF 10000
francs. 1t Is impossible TO exterminate
the destructive animals. All that can
be done is to thin their ranks little now
and again by organizing monster bat
tues.
A number of young Chinese officers
have just arrived in France for n course
OF study. They speak French fuently,
and are shortly to be admitted 10 the
Ecole Polytechnique. to St. Cyr, and the
Ecole Forestiers. 1t IS sa,d that they
are also to visit England and Germany
during their stay in Europe.
FL. Ii. Greime. a laborer In st
Louis, formerly u private soldier in
the 9th infantry. caused the police to
arrest tramp OIL the charge of beng
the infamous john Bender. of Cher
ryvale. The unfortunate man gave
his name as Jacob Bales, and aald he
lived at Uniontown, Kan, for twenty
years, which proved to be true.
The "Boke of St. Albans," as it is
called, appeared at recent sale in Lon
don. for the first time during the course
OF the present century. The interest
to th" volume as the earliest
English work Oh the field sports. and a a