Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-01-21

tuO iu6olvCuOy vi Luo 0EdnSt OOCl0t
of Railways of Russia and the mIssl
prlation of $4,000, 900 rubles on til
Nicholas line. A proposal has bee
made by the state comptroller I
take ove the railway frem To
society.
Maine hopes to have q monopoly o
the lee trade next summer. IT tn
Ice crops tail elsewhere. So in 1879 80
the Kennebeckers expect to emplo
5000 men aud 1850 horses this viii
ter, aud to store 100000 tons of ic.
Late statistics show that to the Sc,
000, 900 Japanese people there are onl
about 1000, 900 head Of cattle, or tw'
head to every one hundred people
while In the United States there ar
sevsnty-three head Of cattle to ever,
Que hundred people.
Henry Hopper, colored, Of Sayre
Bradford county, dug up the clothin,
of a smallpox patient, which contain
ed $24. He got the money. but it wa
not enough TO pay his funeral ex
w (P..) Sun.
The Boston light infantry gave, on,
night last week, the greatest bali o,
record in tina: city, in . building
which covers nine acres. The or
chestra comprised one hundred pieces
aud the decorations were highl,
elaborate.
The pews in the Madison Avenue
Congregational church at New York
OF which the new pastor is DR.. New,
man, were sold, q few days ago. Gen
Grant and his son each took pews at
$1,000. and Russell Sage secured ons
at $3.50.
The employees of the Missouri, Ken,
sas aud Texas road, which run,
through the Iudian Territory, are
greatly alarmed over the frequency oil
attempts to wreck trains aud murder
engineers and brakemen. An extrs
force OF patrolmen was recently put
on, aud white %cut-throats murdered
two of them.
A special from Chattanooga, Teun.,
announces tho death OF Hon. e. C.
Clay, at his country residence, near
Huntsville, Ala, on Tuesday. He
Was buried at Huntsville on Thurs.
day with great pomp. The deceased
was United States senate from Ala
bama before the war, and q confedcr.
ate state senator during the war.
Don Cameron convened the reuub.
iican state committee of Pennsylvania
Jan. II. and forced 1t to fix upon
NAY ~ as the date of the g%ubernsto.
rial convention. The delegates will,
OF course, be named by tile machine
county committees, and General
Beaver will be pushed TO the front in
quick time. The followers of Wolfe,
tue boiler, held a conference the next
day In Philadelphia.
According to the dear, delightful
woman correspondent, who takes
note OF such circumstances, the pow.
era that be at Washington are sadly
crippled for want of helpmates. W,i.
overs and bachelora. poor, doloruus
fellows, rule the roast. The president
and the acting vicc.president are
widowers Secretaries Howe and
foiger are widowers; an uncommon.
~ large number Of congressman aud
senators are bachelors or wild
overs; so, also. as to the Dip
lomatic corps. As Mr.. Tilden said in
another matter, "Reform is .neces.
sary."
Independence Sentinel 1--WE aun-
derstand that the Mo. Pacific has let
the contract to widen the road-bed
OF the Narrow Gauge between this
place and Lexington, aud as soon as
the work ie fuished, the company
will run regular trains on thisssroad
Kansas City and Sedaiia. If
q Information is correct, this will
probably give us the accommodation
We enjoyed during the lifetime OF
the NarroWGa1ge. 80 mote il be-"
we have received no such informa-
ton, but sincerely hope the report is
true.
One of the most faithful organs Of
the protectionists applauds Mr.. Vii.
lara for arranging to brlug from
northern Europe a large body of
iaoorers to work OH the Northern
Pacific road, a corporation which Mr..
Willard now controls. Not a word is
lifted by this organ in defense of the
rights Of home labor against. the com
petition that must come from this i'm
p%ortation. The protectionist ALWAYS
q free labor market. Working
men who are made to pay two prices
Tor the n~ecessaries OF life by the tariff
should bear this in MUD.
New York World Sher.
nan did not make much hea.lway yester.
lay ln the senate against Senator Vests
1eclaratlon that the democratic funding
oll OF 1881, which was vetoed by Presi.
ient Hayes under the influence OF Mr..
would have saved to the
people $l5. 600. 600 a "year in ,pteres,
the puolic debt" This Is a simple
natter OF TACT. and when senator Sher.
nan p'aintiyely asks "what is to be
.afned by reviving the contest OF a year
lgoY" he substantially admits the i.de-
e~nsibleness OF the veto which he exact
"a OF President Hayes ii the instipation
II q set OF Hurried bank managers.N
New York World :-"They' are pct.
ing along nicely, q republican friends
OF them attribute General Grants
mango OF opinion with regard to Gen. |
,orter's conduct, to bribery; others,
lore charitable. assert that he is qualify
ng himself to accept the democratic
domination In 1884. Long before the
des OF March We shall see them pro-
ia'mlng that General Grant was all
long IN the pay OF the Contederacy. and
hat ii President Lincoln had but done
rs duty the General would have bean
as a traitor. The republican
%ichinists, who have not made a con-
'ert since the civil war save bv bribery.
annot understand how a brave man
change his mind and confess like a
ian that be has made a mistake unless
. has been paid or is gong to be paid
Jefferson City Tribune Candi.
ates for congress from this district
re gradually putting in an appear
nee. In number the contest promi.
es to be Interesting. So far as heard
the following gentlemen.
brough their friends, have Indicated
desire 10 test their strength before
ne next democratic convention: Col.
am. Fl. Owens. California; Hon.
r. PHILIPPE, of Sedalia; Hon. A.
!. Anthony, of Morgan; Hon. E. A.
!ickerson, of Warrensburg, and
-euophon RyIand. Esq.. of Lexing.
'n. We have heard the still, small
DICE of several other gentlemen, but
OF sufficiently loud to justify us I'm
'entioning their names. These are
good men, and we don't doubt but
hat either one of them could over
the garden seen influence of !
ldge Rice, our present republican,. !
accidental represenjAtiveO !