Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-29

Ices, anu, IL possible, 10 merit u uOerhi pa
tronage. Call and see how 1t Is for yourself,
next door 10 the Commercial hotel, on Main
street.
A special from Kansas City to the Post.
Dispatch, dated April 81. was In the follow.
ing words 1.-THE Chicago and Alton pas
senger train. No. 80, due here this morning,
was wrecked 1t Grain Valley, near Inde-
pendsncs. No particulars yet. A special
train has left here for the scene OF the wreck.
Later-lhe wrecked CO A. train was Ne.
g., from Chicago, due here at $50. The c. &
A. station agent here says that no one was
injured except the fireman, Joe. Hammond.
The train wss ditched and badly wrecked"
The stlle steps at Mschpelah cemetery
have been very much improved by being
lowered, . small gate at the top keeping out
live stock. Mr.. Burris is very efficient rs
sexton, aud is getting things into very salts
factory condition. Some Improvements are
still needed to be made by lot owners, and
now that the flowers and the grass are
growing Justify IL a good time to look after
them. Nothing Is more credltable to the
living than care for the resting place OF the
dead. 1t is so easy 20 beautify and aiorn q
csmeiery-s tree here, q flower there, Q
simple stone. the green grass. audit is done.
We ind the following In the Sedalia Dem
ocrat. Of Thursday :-"ChInch bugs arc re-
ported to have done SO much damage south.
west Of Ssdslis to wheat and oais that farm
srs are blowing up their crops and putting
corn u the ground. At Montrose the chinch
bugs are said to have been so thick yester-
day that they darkened the sky, We hops
1t 10 net 80 bad % our contemporsry has
been led TO believe. We hear some COM
plants Of chinch bugs In this county, but
the cool, wet weather has retarded their de-
velopment very materially. and there seems
to be . fair prospect that the largs and lux
urisnt wheat crop will escape their rapacious
little maws.
TINT evidences Of . building and improve
ment boom are quite visible In old Lsxing.
ton. On every hand charging, painting and
ornAmentation OF houses Is going on /; and
quite Q large number of new buildings are
contemplated. We mentioned a couple of
weeks ago that the firm of 3oothman &
Berry were to start a new brick yard, and
we find that Mr.. Geo. F'arrar, whu has been
10 the business here for many years, is un-
usually busy aud Intends 10 burn Il larger
number OF bricks than he has done for some
years. Dropping In at his works a day or
two ago we found a number OF men busily
engaged In the different tasks OF making
bricks. which Is done at this yard quite
rapidly. aud by two processes. First. the
all rl- a. -~.N r-Nl --l -.
moulds. and, second. by a COMPRISING ma
chine OF great power, which uses the clay
nearly dry, and which gets u third more clay
into u brick Of the same dimensions, there.
by Increasing its density and Its capacity of
resistance. MIR. Farrar is pushing a Kiln to
completion as he Is pressed with orders, an
application having been made 10 hin the
day we called for some 70. 900 brick by one
person. anj many smaller demands being
put Oh for the tirst kiln which will be burn
cd and ready for use by the middle of May.
High winds have retarded his work or he
would not be SO far behind as this, one
storm having blown down q row OF sheds
and Injured Q large number OF bricks. An
improvement which MIR. Farrar has intro
duced 10 to dry all his bricks on Iucks under
sheds, which Is q much more reliable plan
than the old way OF drying on the yard, aud
the array OF racks Is quite an Imposing enc.
We are glad to see SO shrewd q man as MIR,
Farrar thus anticipating II busy building
season for the approaching summer. and we
hope his calculations are we'll based. Ger.
tstnly he means to be ready to execute any
contracts that may presen: themselves and
to supply any demand that may be made I'M,
on him for bricks.
A negro m IN, aged about % or 80 years.
was arrested by order of Marshal Crowder,
last Thursday, because he had In his DOS.
session . horse which It Is supposed was
stolen. The mans name Is William Bart.
lett, and bis home Is CarrOiIton, but he gave
bis name ut frat as Anderson. He was first
suspected at Ewing's stable, where he took
the horse To be fed, aud also tiled to sell
him. He told all sorts OF stories abou. how
he came to be In possession of the animsl-
that he had bought him In st. Louis two
years ago; that lie was from Kansas City,
&c. He was permitted 10 take the horse
out Of the stable to see which way he would
60, and rode down to the ferry, where
Officer Tom John arrested him. He then
said that = while NAH had hired two horses
from . livery stable ut California, Mo ; that
he and the white man lsd ridden them OF,
f:st to Brownsville, then to Marshall, then
to Dover, and thence here. That ut Dover
the white man had traded his horse OF to a
Gypsy mover, who becoming suspicious had
made Hun trade back, and that lie then
Traded him to another member of the Gypsy
gang for . pony and $50. After q while the
Gypsy came along aud Tie horse was taken
from him by the officers, and both horses
are now at VIM. Ii. Ewing y Co.'s stable.
The horse the negro rode is a bay.roan
Kelding, y years old, star In forehead, tour
white feet, white saddle mark, spot half way
Up right side. white speck on left slide, light
tail going u lille below the hooks, slightly
crest-fallsn, slightly sprung In knees, collar
marked, evidently been stabbed during
winter. Somewhat stlG, probably from
bard t%ravel, shod all round. The other
animsl Is q bright bay gelding with black
name snd tall. seven years old, high withers,
left eye weak, collar sore on left shoulder,
not q white spot on bin, crooked hindlegs,
lett hip . little the lowest, saod all round.
Smooth haired. The negro is In j,il, but
tho white man, 1t Ia supposed, passed
through town early 10 the morning without
stopping. aud nothing has been learned of
Ills Yhsreabouts. thursday night the
Gypsy who had rYeJ The trade ut Dover,
who had camped near town with his wife, q
covered spring wagon, an open buggy and
several bOrseg. got Into q row with his VILE.
a rather good booking woman to he LEAD.
ing such y life, and attempted to cut
Der with . knife, slsshing around him so
viHiously AZ to cut his wagon cover In several
pisces. He, toe, was taken In out of the
brsezes Of liberty to anguish u while in
DURANGO within the solid walls OF the hotel
dc CLinn.
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Hamburg sdgings and insertings.
Swiss sdxings and insertings.
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