Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-29

"Earson Adsms'' writes from Concordia:-
MIR. Eichler, Of st. Louis. bought one hun
dred pounds Of fresh sausage from one of our
resident butchers last Thursday, and claims ito
superiority over that made in any other part Of
the state......Mr. Morath, Of Lexington, visited
his daughter. Miss Emma, who ut present oc-
cupies q position as teacher IN our public school
Mr.. George Baepler who Ii ON the siok list, 10
getting bstter......Mr. Ed. W. Krpss, Of HlK-
ginsvllle, who has business interests In our
town. was here Q few days. last week...,.,T The
Misses Hegger. OF st. Louis. are visiting rela-
hves and TRENDS In our town and Its vicinity.
Mr.. Ed. Huscher and Miss Nina Smith were
married by Rev. Biltz at the residence Of the
BRIDES parents north of town last Sabbath even
ing; the couple lett on the evening train for
Kansas City. The attendants were Misses
Mary and Nina Huscher, OF Hughesville, sis-
tiers of the groom, and Fred and Joe Rrockman,
the former OF this place. and the latter OF Black
burn ......Mr. Isadore Keller came down Wed.
nesday morning and stopped for . short busl-
ness visit. and left for st. Louis ON the evening
train-.....Rev. Mr. Hyde. Baptist, Of Lexing-
ton, is still continuing the series Of meetings at
New Hope church west Of town, With datterinR
results, baptIz:ng eight converts TUESDAY,.
"Zach" writes from Egypt:-"Weather
gloomy and roads slick. Farmers about
done gathering corn. Corn is selling at so
to IS cents per bushel... Wright Il Waller
are feeding 40 head Of cattle and about 10 or
70 head of hogs for the spring market. J.
A. Thompson is feeding 8 head of cattle and
a lot of hogs. David j. Strickler. is feeding
6 head of cattle and 20 head of hogs for the
spring market. There are several other small
punches Of hogs being fed....Mr. Jay
Goode and wife have Just got back from
Washington Territory, where they have been
for the past two years. jay says there is no
place like old Lafayette. &c. W. Moore's
family in company with Mr.. John Swear
ingen, have returned to New Mexico. ...
There has been a protracted meeting going
on at the schoolhouse for three weeks, con-
Quoted by Revs. J. j. Hill, and Martin Rider.
There have been several conversions. Clyde,
son Of 2. w. Wright, has been very sick with
scarlet fever for the past ten days, but Is
somewhat better; there are no other cases III
the neighborhood. Health is very good here
so far. Miss Nevada Bryant, our accom-.
plished school teacher, gave the scholars 8
Sasi Va OuC "CCh uoiih6 IN loliuoSb
also a splendid treat of candy, &c. Miss Ne.
vada is a splendid teacher, and has given bet
ter satisfaction SO far than any teacher W.
have ever had &C. H. Hoffman's fine resi-
dence is finished all bat painting. William
Braksic has repaired his residence, adding
considerably to its appearance. j. B. Linct
has built a new house lately. VIM. King, F,
Sellmeyer, f. Dolilng and others have bull
and improved their houses this summer
Johannes Nelson is putting up = large barn
Benz. Nave has just completed his new resi-.
dence and moved into it. 800 essrs. NJ rshall
klotz, Thompson and Goode, went out hunt
ing Wednesday and killed three wild turkeys
The woods around the grassy slough and cas-
OF Helms lake are said to be full Of them...
Hogs are still allowed to run at large just ii
though there was no law for restraining
them. -: Wishing you. Mr.. Editor, and all tn
readers of you excellent paper a happy New
Year, 1 remain yours, very truly"