Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-29
ion be made for an adequate military
force on the frontier to protect surveying

last week. He was widely known and
universally respected. For many years
he was rector. OF the Episcopal church
OF that place. Recently he had been en-.
gagged in writing history OF Arkansas.
having collected much valuable data.
but was unable to complete the work
owing to his Illness He was born in
Wheeling, w. Va, and was sixty years
of age.
The Cincinnati Enquirer heads G ,th 8
last Washington letter in which he com
ments on the short comings of the re-
publicans, thus:-'.A stupid winter at
Washimg gton-small men rattling round
in the places of great ones-decline of
public men and decay oi public morale
party which has completely outlived
its NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ut the head,
teebleness in all the branchps-ruled by
rings. devoured by factions. rotten with
corruption, the best thing it can do is to
die"
Toward the close OF the session oil the
senate. April 20, Senator Allison called
up the house bill appropriatng $465 OOJ
to continue the public printing Tor tbs
present fiscal year, aud moved it,
passage. An interesting debate on the
cost and utility OF this service ensued.
MIR. Beck called attention to the fact
that the printing department would cost
$4,000, 900 this year, and the appropria.
tions seemed yearly and largely on the
increase. He charged that an amount
Of trash,printed which was W, uld break
any other government but this.
The navigability OF Hudson strait
| during the winter season lands q fair
chance OF being subjected 10 II practical
t.st by private enterprise. Parties IN.
terested in knowing the real truth ofthe
matter, or, rather, in convincing the
public OF the soundness OF their own
opinions. are talking of putting good
steamer on the route between Port Nell
son and Liverpool tor the purpose OF %.
iablishing. it possible. to the satisfaction
o! the public and Of capitalists the ieasi-
bility OF navigating Hudson strait during
the greater part, ii not the whole, OF the
winter season.
Chicago Times Taking tho last
congressional election as basis for cal
culation, but four of thei twenty.vne
districts Of Ohio just made by the legis-
latpre are certainly democratic. In the
new Toledo district the republican, ma.
jority was less than two hundred, and
there is fighting chance for the demo.
Gratis to gain this. especially AZ II is
more than probable that Frank Hurd
will be their nominee. Notwithstand-
ing the careful work done by the major
ity, 1t is not improbable that the repub.
licans will loose a few districts they
hoped to save"
The Indian outbreak at s N Carlos Ia
deemed serious affair. Chief Loco
has taken forty Warm Spring Warriors
from the reservation, and Is believed 10
be en- route for Sonora. II IL believed
that Juh. with u portion Of his band of
Chirlcahuas. who have complete DOS.
session Of tho Sierra Madre mountains.
are raiding the settlements on Eagle
Creek, Arizona. There are fears that
the White Mountain baud may be linda.
ced to join Loco.- The Mexican Gener-
aIFriero is nlassing the state troops Of
Chihuahua, and the governors Of New
Mexico and Arizona are on the alert.
A st. Louis news item, dated April
IL. says:-sBishop Thomas Bow man
returned to the city from q visit to
China about four weeks ago. He
preached once, and was about to enter
upon q series OF services and lectures
when he was Frustrated by typho mala-
rial fever. About two weeks ago he
had reached the convalescent stage, and
was progressing favorAbly when pleuro-
pneumonia set in. For several DAYS his
lie was despaired Of, but for a week he
has been gaining, and ID, nov almost
again. HIS physician
stated tonight that unless some unlock
ed for complication arose the bishops
recovery might be expected"
The leading republican journal of the
country. The Times. of New York, thus
the speaker on his deve.
lion to the party: "Mr. Keller, like the
honest and fearless republican that he
8. summarily bounced Mr.. Hayes, the
democratic stenographer, and put in Mr..
Dawson. whose stenographing might be
! little shaky, but whose sterling repub.
icanism was above reproach. Said the
'nlogist at the bier ot the late lsmen.
ed Colonel Yell. of Yellville, Ark: sAi.
hough Colonel Yell could not tell what
lad become OF one dollar OF the deposits
# the Yellville bank, he seized that Oh.
'ortunity, Mr.. Speaker. to declare his
!ndying devotion to the American
|ag.'
rom Canada, were srld at the stock
ards last Tuesday in Chicago. ..at auction
4 head bringing nearly $4,000. Con-
picuous among the sales were: Airdris
duchess Fourth to Robt. Ogilvie, Msdf.
on, Wis. 81. 100; Kirk Livingston Mar
hioness Secoud to Palmer and Bowman,
altville. Va. S3.525; Ninth Duchess
{ Hlllhurst, to c. NJ. Bronson. Astoria.
u. $8. 500: Tenth Duchess of fIillhurst.
w. IL Forrest, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
!, 100: Eleventh Duchess OF Hillhurst,
j. II. kessinger, OF Kessingcr, Mo-,
700: Eighth Duke oi HilIhurst, to
'me. $S,025. The prices are said to
the largest Of any sales of late years
that section.
So thorough has been the work OF the
bio legislature, under the tutelage of
overnbr Foster. in redistrictin9 the
ate for congressional purposes ID the
terest OF the governors party, that
onder and mild protest are evoked in
the scene OF The first ger.
mander In the hlstory Of the country.
ne Boston Advertiser says: sThe
MO senate has passed an apportionment
II which is a triumph OF the art of
'rrymandering. Governor Fosters
aIority lastOctober was but 1880 In
tai vote very little short of 625,OOO
so scientifically has the state been
Vlded into congressional districts bv
senate bill that the .rspublicans
'uld carry seventeen OF the tweuty.one
'tricts Of Ohio on the basis OF the vote
last autumn. AS may be supposed.
me- OF the proposed districts are decid.
~ peculiar In shape. One of them
etches In northeast and southwest
ectlon in line almost half as lonp
the longest possible diagonal line Of
state, The chances Of passing the
through the house are not Regarded
very promising. but the reason why
success is dubious is unfortunately
the Intrinsic uniairness of the diyis.
!, but the TACT that 1t will not serve
} purposes OF some honorable gentle.
n in the legislature" The house
'sed the bill all the same.
on on article in current
'iodical written by Comm ,nder Cor
go, who acquired some fame by re-.
wing the obelisk from Egypt, The Her
says: Commander G0rringe makes
leve that he is at u loss fully TO IN.
stand, why Italy With an annual
'al expenditure oi emily Two .fiiths, and
stria with one OF only ons.fourth of
OF the U 'ited States for great
ny years. have created and man.
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