Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-02

w. LOoulIS o8OtO
Try Kesr's six-cord soft.inish spool Gotten
on new machine spools, found at Miss Rifs's.
Buck wheat -four, maple syrup, mincs
meat, and = large stock Of canned goods. at
Clagett's. d2tf
We are receiving q large stock Of fancy
goods su,tsble for the holiday trade to which
we invite the attention OF the ladies Of Lex.
low. WilKer s. Miller. n25t2
Go to WiIker Il Miller's. Franklin street,if
you want anything In dry goods, notions.
carpets, etc. Their stock Of comfortables,
blankets, shawls, etc., is complete. Their
prices will be found as low As any house In
the county. Hf5t2
Weather strips are worth four tohs OF
coal to an ordinary dwelling in one winter,
not to speak OF the comfort Of excluding
and invest . few cents In them. No trouble
to tack them on. n1Sl3
Mr.. o.. Burns was tried here . few days
ago for an alleged assault upon his wife and
acquitted. We know nothing OF the merits
OF the Case, but we are told that tho decision
gives great dissatisfactiou at HiggiDsvile,
where the difficulty, II any, occurred.
Grim.s & venable have . full, new, fresh,
we'll selected and beautiful stock of holiday
goods OF all kinds. 1t will pay everybody
to drop in and look at the many pretty aud
novel things that they have to make hsppy
tho hearts Of givers and receivers Of Christ.
mas gifts. "-.' =. n1St6
Before buying your mother, father, son.
daughter, swsethesrt;S beau or friend . pres.
snt, bs sure aud lee the elegant goods I.have
on exhibition. and o will be sure to dad
something to please. and the prices are made
such as will induce you to buy from Chas.
w. LOOMS. n25l6
Richmond Conservator "a body, per.
fectIy nude and with no hssd sad having
the feet tied together with . tsrrsd string,
was found IN the river about . mile and .
half above Camden, supposed to have been
In the water about three months. An in.
quest was held. but we dld not learn the
verdict" -.rf at 'ttr Dc a..
The grand ball given by the Crispin Rides,
at Richmond. took place Thursday night at
the opera house, aud was y grand affair In
every particular. About l50 beaux aud
bellies were present. At 10 O'Clock the Rifles
formed and y thirty minutss' drill wss gone
through With. which reflected great credit
upon Capt. Crispin and his splendid com.
pany. AT 1880 the entire assemblags re-
psirsd to the WATSON House. where ~ els-
giant supper was served, after which dancing
was resumed until the wee sma' hours.
Among the Lexingtonisns present were
Misses Mollls, Birdie and Nellie Allen, Lille
Jameson. aud Msssrs. Geo. Rsthbun, WIN.
Tut, Lilburn Shields and Emtson ChansiOr,
who returned with many praises for Rich
mond and the ball. aE
The Thaibote has q remarkable article.
this week, regarding the matter in contro-
versy between the %lnteIigsnesr asd itself.
1t accuses the InteilIgencer Of hostility to
Germans because OF . difficulty in which
. Mr.. Kaiser was involved some months ago,
though We c%heerfully printed that gentle.
mans account Of the affair, written By him
self, when be deemed that We had done him
Injustice because OF being wrongly inform.
ed. We did not even know at the time We
commented on the affair that the young man
was q German. as Kaiser fs not an unoom.
mon mans in this country with people born
here ; indeed, II We remember rightly, We
did not know or print bis name In our Or.
ticie. or this, however, we are not now
sure. 1t rid,cuIes the Idea thst the editor Of
the I~ntclllgencer can be . Christisn, though
It falls to prove that he is . Jew, . Moham.
msdan, . Buddhist or q Pagan. He does not
claim to be . good Christian, God knows,
hnt ha IL nOf ashamed IN aoknn-l~A-o ht-
self an humble soldier In that army. just 40
the editor OF the Tha'bote 10 saying that he
IL q German does not. we presume, arrogate
to himself all the virtues OF his countrymen,
1t laughs at the Idea thai we csn be liberal
to ''churches," while a. . fact we believe in
iberality. and tolerance of opinions OF al
sorts. Much a. we hate and sscontemn'' the
doctrines Of Bob lngersoli, We should CD.
pose fsnatical suppression Of his Vows, ~
country where free speech Is . sort Of second
religion. 1t accuses US Of dependence upon
county patronage, though we hold no Office
and receive less from the county by half than
republican administrations In the county
spent Tor printing, and very amusingly
neglscts to say that Its editor never fails 10
draw bis salary ~ postmaster. or to dc the
bidding OF his party leaders In this county;
even though at one time they accused him
IN their paper with being . w%ife-bsater. Ii
dnds fault with our French descent, % hsv.
Ing given US an Inherited sntlpathy to Ger.
mans, aud alter thrse-fourths Of . column OF
irrelevant bitterness toward the editor o,
this paper II comes down TO the matter al
Issue, aud says mat 1t has nothing to take
back that II said about Mr. MouhtJoy ; thai
II did not hear his words, but that It ha,
them. substantially, from TWO good witness
o.. Now, Mr.. Mounijoy went III person t.
the editor and denied the charge ; then wsnl
to Messrs. Ninss and Thiemsn. who wers
given As authority, and they both denied
having told tha story printed In the Thai.
bote. We can scarcely credit that thss,
gentlemen have encouraged the editor K
stick to his original story, but We shall see
We have no sort Of personal interest In thil
matter; nothing but . desire to eliminate
SANDER from our county as q political Wssp
on. When the Thslhote accuses US OF usinf
not our policy, ~ 1t seems to b,
that OF heThalbots, to stick to whal
We say, right or wrong. We will nj
ways take more pains to set any one righ1
who 10 wronged In our columns, than We
will to print = charge against hin. We be
lteve that we this TO ourselves and I,
our readers. We have, no purposes to al
vance which are worth 10 US the sacrifice o
sslf.respsct consequent upon tho deserve,
odlpp which should attach to willful mis-
representation. We dislike this sort of con
troversy very much, but II deliberate false
hoods and ISLANDERS 20 unchallenyed III thi
community who will be saisS We may NO
b an authority on ''slsvated journalism
Is our German contemporary intimstes, bu
so far 40 10 us lies we shall continus to CD
pose slander.
Toys! Toys!! ToysH!
We have the largest stock and loves
prices. and desiring TO close out the line o
toys now on hand we will mako spscis
prices to parties Wishing to purchase II
large lots for Sunday Schools. Christina
Trees, &C.. &c. Call early and make selec
lions from our fresh stock.
n1sl6 GRIMES u VENABLE, Jewellers.
To the Public.