Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-01

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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
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Stock sale next Monday.
Liederkranz ball April 10th.
County Grange, Odessa, April II. a1td
Hand painted Easter cards. at Royls's.
Everybody will be IN town next Monday.
Remember the school election next Tuesday.
Hand painted window shades at Royle's.
County board OF equalization next Mon.
day.
Landreth's Fresh Garden Seed, at Gordon
4 Fulkerson's. mllmz
10. Plattsnburs will sell you goods ~ slow
as any house In the county. Aims
Go to j. @. Plattsnburg's for stylish and
fashionable goods In every line. s1ms
II you have a horse, mare. mule. COW or
sheep to sell bring 1t in next Monday.
We pay the highest market price for oil
} kinds Of country produce. Gordon 3 Bu-
ford. j2ltf
Ground was brok en-, Tuesday. for the new
Winsor building next to the Lexington
Savings Bank.
For the best sugars and coffees. ~ ohsap
as the cheapest, 60 to Adam TospPe. "a
Franklin street. AmS
Capt. j. Q. Plattenburg returned this week
from st. Louis. where he purchased an unusually
large stock of goods in his line.
Mrs. Adelia Standish has removed her sewing
machine agency from Franklin street to the new
millinery store, on Main street.
MIR. Charles A. Morrison. OF the Excel
Foundry, wants two good. stout, healthy
boys, from l6 to Is. to learn . trade. m18tf
The County Grange will meet, Tuesday,
April II, at Odessa, instead Of at Walnut
Row schoolhouse ss heretofore announced.
MIR. Charles A.. Morrison desires to buy
old iron, brass, copper, lead, pewter. zinc.
&C., for which he will pay st. Louis prices.
In cash. mlstf
The new uniforms for the students OF Went
worth Academy. arrived yesterday. The boya
are now wearing them. They are y very pretty
gray.
The malicious mao takes ofsnss whsrs
none is intended, and finds more pleasure in
~traduclng bis nsighbor than in attending
we'll to his own duty.
The telegraph wire from Kansas City to
this place reached here last Tuesday, 20 thu,
Lexington now has very much Improved
telegraphing facilities.
Some one asks the Scientific American, 81
the light Of the sun should be blotted out
how long would We continue to see 1t p tn,
answer Is, ssEight minutes"
Window blinds are being placed upon thu
"Zeller house," on Main street by Mr.. z.
Field its present owner. It will make quit
an Improvement In it, appearance.
@Wanted-A steady, sober working mo.
with small family wants = farm to work Of
shares. Best references. Can furnish
wagon and team. Apply ct this ONCE.
Mr.. ]. A. Graham continues ~ agent 70
the great Mccormick Harvester, Twin,
Binder a other machinery manufacture,
by this welI-known house. His location TO
this year is on Franklin street. opposite ID,
brewery. alta
MIR. J.. A. Carr, OF Wellington. has jos
completed an addition to bis store roeu
whlc gives him = much better opportuait!
to display his stock OF goods and adds ma
terIaIly both to the appearance and convent
ence of the establishment.
Messrs. Vim. q. Ewing 4 Co. have . O.
load of fine work mules to sell and som,
very good work horses also. Farmers ii
town next Monday for the purpose Of buy
ing work stock will do well to look through
their stock. They are also in the market L
buy mules and horses.
The steamer Lady Lee. belonging to th,
Star Line Packet Company, sunk, at d,
O'Clock, a. M. last Wednesday, at the moutI
of Fishing river, IA miles above this city
She lies across the channel, with the watts
nearly up to her boiler deck. Tbs boat Wa
bound down stream; was valued ct 90. 900
and insured at $13. 200. She was isngthsnsd
last year, at = cost Of I'll ZOO.
There being NO assessment OF real estat
in 1882. (Iand only being assessed once II
two years., 1t Is important that taxpayer
should attend the board Of equalization mex
week, to sec that their lands are properl,
described and assessed. Where there Ii an,
reason to doubt that 1t is correctly describes
this should be attended to a. 1t will save
great deal Of trouble In the future.
Messrs. VIM. Bootbman and Kobt. Berr
have formed q co-partnership ~ brick max
ers and general building contractors. The,
will make brick at the old yard near Schnsi
der's slaughter house, where excellent ella,
is to be had In abundance, and they propos
to manufacture an A No. 1 quality Of brich
They are open for bids for new buildings,o
for altering and repairing old ones.
We are now prepared to offer special bal
galnsl In Sewing Mschines. We have u
"Dsvis,' ''New American" "White." an
otbar Ia oHgpn ~aohJnoa sor oslo ~ En-. lo->.
prices. We have now on hand ~sscond.hsn,
machines in good running order, we can %
for S5 to SO, and warrant them. Customer
who buy these machines can exchange ths
back at the same price paid for them an
time within one year for any Of our ne,
machines. Call at Grimes & vsuable,
Jewellers, and see them. Milf
We have received the following letts
which explains itself:-"I send -.
want you to send me the IntelIigsneer.
am staying In Aullville and I only see 1t o,
cssionally, SO l will subscribe for 1t. Pleaa
send this weeks Issue. II l live until mel
Wednesday, 90. 1 will be 10 years old, and
like to read your paper. Respectfully, Mr.
Dollie Marshall" We are proud to plss
Mrs. Msrshalps name upon our subscriptio
list, and hope she will live many years abb
to read the In%tsllIgencer, and that she wi
continue to like It.
Three well-known young men about tow
were at the opera house, last Monday nigh
during a theatrical performance, somewh
under the influence OF liquor. One OF the
boosted Of the quality OF . pistol which
had In his pocket. and handed 1t to b
%neighbor to look At. In handling It, 1t ",
accidentally discharged and the ball sntsrs
the ceiling, fortunately not hurting anyon
There was nothing vicious In the sccidel
OF shooting, but there Was . great wron
and q violation of law and decorum and
carelessness of the rights Of others In ha
Ing q pistol at all IN such . place. The prs
tice of carrying concealed weapons an
where Is wrong, but 10 do so where eth
by intent or accident they may be made
source OF danger to innocent people 10 dou
ly wrong, aud cannot be too strongly CO
demned. The large audience that was
the house at The lime of the occurrence W
naturally alarmed snd indignant, and col
ment concerning 1t has been quite sever
We hope young men will hereafter rsfrs
from carrying arm into public assemblsQ
where women and children are thereby