Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-23
Pure Lard Oil, 81 10 per gallon, at Chas.

Superior ranges and cook stoves, for sa
by BrougIton Bros, Odessa. may19t6
HARDWOOD will duplicate prices bought an
- place in the county, Dover, Mo. a21tf
The Missouri river is falling above. and hs
been falling here ever since Thursday nool
The city council did well in its order ret
~ ring some eleven hundred dollars of the wal
rant debt.
s' A new kind of carpet seat chairs. yer
strong and nice at h. & F. Winkler's, Lex
y lngton, Mo. june2tf
A. v. Robinson & Co.'S new roller mill /
l. in full blast, and is now making Extra Fame,
Roller Flour. jan20tf
u Saunders makes copying a specially from
a locket picture to life size in crayon, ink
" water colors, &c. apr14tf
Any one desiring an absolutely pure article
of apple or white wine vinegar can gel
the same at John Powelps. jam1
q Tn Remington, Singer, st. John and Other
sewing machines and needles and parts for all
Z machines at C. G.. Ludwig. apr14m3
Call and see the Mccormick Irvine Binders
before you give your order for a machine and
get the prices of J. A. Graham. j16-tf
At Baehr's Cave you will find the finest
u and best lot of cloths and doeskins ever OK.
hibited in this city at reasonable prices.
Alarge assortment of the latest STYLES of
{ window shades, just from the factory, put I'D
: to order. C. G. Ludwigs'. apr14m3
Dresser suits in Italian and Tennessee
marbletops. cheap, and our own make. H. Il
r. Winkler, in their new rooms, corner Pine
and Franklin streets, Lexington, Mo. j2tf
h greatest invention of the age Is the
Quick Meal VaDor Stove at Graham & Nor
l%rison's. No heat, smell or smoke. Expense
one-third the cost of coal or wood stove. Call
and see it work, aur2stf
Rev. L. P. Norneet, agent of Central Fe-
male College, has succeeded In raising about
fifteen thousand of the twenty-five thousand
dollars which he is desirious o fsecuring to add
new buildings to the college.
Notice to Stock Shippers-The Missouri
Pacific railroad company will not receive
mixed cars Of stock unless Q good sad sufi-
Gent partition isput II, and such q one as will
keep stock. entirely separate. c. Ben. Rus
sell.
Mrs. 8. z. Arnold respectfully solicits q
call from her friends and customers to an In
spectton Of latest styles direct from the east
ern markets. French flowers, notions, DC. |
Dressmaking supervised aud executed by
competent assistants. m12tf
Rev. L. 2. Norfeet, agent Of Central Fema.e
College, is in the city soliciting aid for the
college. He intends to raise twenty-five
thousand dollars to erect nnw buildings, and
the citizens Of Lexington should give their !
liberal support to such an enterprise.
The Wabash runs trains now from St.
LOUIS to Missouri City and return; day trains
only. The omnibus from here makes ~conpec-
ton to 81. Louis and to Cover on the St. 10.
road, that being as far as that train can get.
In the evening no connections are now made
on the Wabash.
MI. j. c. McGrew has one residence under
contract, and will build others as fast as thew
are sold, selling them on the installment plan.
thus enabling any steady, frugal laborine man
TO purchase a home out of his savings, paying
out Tor four years very little more than he
would do in rents. We think this an admru-
bic and phllanthropic thing to do.
MIR. Jacob A. Price has completed the
enumeration of children of school age in this
(Lexington) school district. He found, white
males, 595; white females, 6O2; total white.
l,197; colored males, 1914; colored females.
lS9; total colored, 1898; grand total 1850. Ofl
age, from 1G to Is, he found, white.
males. 9Sl; females, 255; total 1856. The school
age is from 6 to 20. |,
Miss Dora Cottey, who is we'll known nv
many Of our citizens, will take charge of the
department and Of . locution and
in Central Femal. College next
year. Miss Fannie Kelley who has presided
over the primary department., retires on &C.
OF i'll health. Miss Kelley has been a .
faithful and earnest worker. and leaves with
[he good will and friendship of all concerned. :
Lexington Lodge. No. 149, A. F. A.. M, :
us meeting, last Monday night, elected the :
|.Ae~i.e Iur !
he ensuing yesr:-Jo. O. Lesueur, W. NJ; !
Bandon, s. W.; WIN. F. Kerdolff, Jr.,
J. w.; Thos. Standish, &c.,; H. C. Boteler. j..
Jacob A. Price, Tyler. The w. NJ. .
appointed Robert Hicklin, s. D and Man. j.. Z
Chinn, ]. =, and DR.. Chambers and George Q
Hutchinson, Stewards. !
Caesar writes from Bates CItv:-sThe :
brothers, Of Jackson county caught .
TX wolves near Bates City this week, with , ,
bounds. Sheep men pay them q bonus Oh I
Ill caught....Mr. j. c.. Armstrong has re- .
SodlALyS hanSdS, WnGre l
ae has a cattle ranch Charlie Campbell, -
me OF our blacksmiths, has sold out his interest :
o his partner, Henry Bellies, and moved his =
amily to Odessa 80. Miss Nettie, daughter of =
A. T.. Moore, has returned from Kentucky, =.
Vhere she has been for tive years visiting her =
Mr.. John Currant has COM II
'leted his new residence near Bates City, and u
las moved into it,. Considerable improving y
done in the neighborhood., s.
Inc river, Thursday, at noon, was station "
ny, standing according to the gauge of 1861, &
t IL feet ! inches above low water mark. be- e
ng the highest point reached this year. In u
ssl the highest point reached was % feet g g
SO that It this year lacked 4 feet and y
lnches OF being as high az it was then. "
his 4 feet II inches would not be q very long d
ray on q journey around the earth, but it Is
cry great difference In an overflow of the r
'ay county bottoms, SO the disasters of that Il
ear are not repeated this season. Still great 10
amage has been done; thousands of acres of tt
piendld farming land being inundated. From N
ne third story OF the Intelllgencer building tt
whole sea OF water can be aeen about Crook 8
river, and 1t seems strange that the Wa. N
ASH trains can get through at all. The river d.
q mighty flood, a frightful monster to the tt
eople of the bottom lands. and as thew rs
'atehed it inch by inch it must have been m
18th q thrill Of JOY that they realized that it to
I'D stopped rising and heard the news from If
oove that it was falling. The rise came out W
the Platte and was augmented by the in
eavy rains. ar
we acknowledge, with thanks. the recep- ca
Of an invitation to attend the grand oil
oening ball at Sweet Springs Hotel, last eve in
June %, 1888. The committees having in
le matter in charge were composed as TO. NJ
invitation. Sedaia-Ed. Houx, W,
red. Guenther, Gus. Lamy, Frank Hard ca
'stle. Roo~nville-Speed Stevens, Samuel tn.
ayenel, Dr.. hI-. MarshaI1-Ed. T, gu
rear, J.B b. Breathitt, DR.. Vim. Harrison. ha
exington-L. M. Shields, Frank Trigg, Geo. W.
h~athburn, Jr. Kansas City-Jerry Cham Til
'rlain. John Reed. Joe Curd, VIM. Camp of
III. Brownsville-L. P. Land, DR.. p. :. fol
ilson, T. ]. Johns, DIR. j. 8. Mckee. On VIC
ception. A.P. Wilson, Jno. Reed, L. NJ. thu
leids, Frank Hardcastle, Samuel Rayen.l. VIZ
l. T. Orear. The floor manager was Prof we
g. Clark. we'll known in this city, We goi
We no doubt that the ball was q successful thi
q pleasant one, and regret exceedingly that Gro
ing our press night we could not attend. bui
line third annual meeting of the LAFAYETTE we
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