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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-14

Active preparations r being made
for the opening Of the National Expo
sition 1t Denver, Col.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-14
Personalities ).
Mrs. Bay is at Eldorado.
Mr.. Evan Young IL at Eldorado.
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Personalities.
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Mrs. Bay is at Eldorado.
Mr., Evan Young IL at Eldorado.
Mr.. R. F. Waddell is at Eldorado.
Mrs. Isidore Keller is, at Sweet Springs
Miss Could is at her home. Wyoming. ONO.
Mdme. Marie I.itta died al Bloomington in''
July 8.
MISS sue Twins u 'e"A'iA'" ''t' A'.
Fannie ireland.
MIS- 1eo. l. Leyoasn ann "ef i''e "A"sn'eA
are at sweet springs ior."o "eeks.
Mrs. w. Is. steele mas oeea WISHING Seo
LA ms week que re'urneo nm. ".s. ,.n
DE- Iate ana DIE o""su.ef' n,''e 80 S
Inufsoas ior d V's's.o H'uo'a"
mayor Ballard an" hr. a. Il. Aea.o $50
Inufsuay nisnl,'oi 'ieN . A.uo .s.
MIR. Dudley fiynt. Oh hapsas oisy'oal"e 49, NV.
to attend the funeral OF MS Ai'ie hephe"' "e0-
nesday.
Annie ana faoi ear'er VI aus IVY ~.
been visiting Mrs FRANK BOWMAN ~" LAC
man Cnlnh. ocn
mrs. Miheste ana MRS. nuAe :, >1~ Jahn
are WISHING Az i""s
W: . Mira c..ron,s
mo.ner' mrs. osl'e = 81
y Sp,ns ~ r.,-nsd Tines.
- -. g.. ua.Ls, vi,;, tn re,.tives and
s.'.as.- IT.
NJ 80. NioLaI .nd his wifi. of Fulton.
~ -. IT, ,,si,Ino Mrs NJ Il Nickel.
=. s,"A. =. s.-,..od -. mind NJ Mi. do Ia
--N-. :. .,o,;a. >, an. 10 IN
.a..sa,sn.s s,r,c,iv sec,uded.
go, nnmh.r of neonle witnessed the lying
,n.,tata NJ the late Archbishop Purcell at the
cstbedr.l r.sid.nce in Cincinnati. o.
Mes.rs. John Handy and W. N. Davis, large
cattle dealers. of Freedom township, paid the
1n,e,,;o.ncer q nleasaut visit Tuesday last.
The wife OF ]. w. Wise of spurlington. KY,
IL a grandmother. at 81 years of age. She was
married at the age of IA, and her daughter was
married ut the same age
Tho reason given by \ Camden, Oneida coun-
ev- ". man for not marrying again is that
hin lot in The cemetery is now full, he having
recently buried his sixth wife there.
p-.e;da,, Arthnr- Senator Vest and Gen.
Sheridan .re going to park to OBJ
serve and recreate. They are said to have $50
mnlss engaged to transuort the refreshments.
Mr.. Frank 8. Groves and his cousins DR..
James Y. Simpson and Mr.. Frank Simpson. Of
New 70, 4 C lIed on the Intelligencer yesterday.
Mr.. Groves and Mr.. Simpson are to enter the
practce ofIaw together in Kansas City soon.
Rersons i'm the city who have friends visiting
them. or who 90 of to visit others, would confer
a favor on us amt IN their company by making
u memorandum OF the went. and ...nding 1t to
US for publication, This column Is an Intelll-
gencer for all the people. 1t ID everybody's
The Coun, de Chambora Is thnurh. t, he dy-
ing. II. has matte will III Vac. he ,sAs all
royalists to recognize the Count de Paris as the
heir to the French throne: PARIS has announced
nls ,nlentlon o sis'.rns INC pope W = s..aaise
LA. W. ,..,t.a.s - -. n.,p.
A sisnor scov.,,o "a announced 1or oono.rr. in
London. This IA the handsome American: Ed.
ward scoyel, who married Miss Roosevelt. He
has studied for . long time under Lampertl and
other mastars. and is laid to have had success
In opera. Inc May fieioing OF Days theatfi-
crl company Is MS sls'er' ne no" naS TWO
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-14
WANTED
FINAL SETTLEMENT,
FINAL -sETTLEMENT

NOTICE 10 hereby given to all persons inter.
~ eeted In the estate Of John w. Conard decd,
that the undersigned. administrator will apply
10 make \ unxi settleu. ent Of said estste 4
me Augnst term. 1883, Of the Probate court Of
Lsf.ystie county. Missouri. to, be begun and
held ut the Probate court room, In the CITY
gust. 1855. JAMES A. MOORE
lutylk.6
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The weather has been hotter further
north than It has been here.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-14
Religious.


Services at the Christian church to-morro"
morning, as usual by Elder Lucas
Usual services at the Baptlst cnurcn 10
morrow morning by heV. Dr' AaiDnu
Kew. W. d. Poage VIII preach 1u"p.e
Glen school-house to-morro" ai'efno'n ~
81 o'clock.
Usual services at the Presbyterian onurcn
tomorrow morning, conducted ny new VI
L. Leyburn.
There Will be services IN 'ne u..NN.N"
church tomorrow at iOa oeioeA' eonou'''o
by the pastor, Rev. ". NJ foaSe.
I'M union serves eo-molfo" nisn' "nl 70
at the Presbyterian cnufcn. NC serV'ces ~
the Baptist or methodist cnurcnes'
Communion at; fresoyterian cnurcn 70,
morrow morning. preparatory services ~"
baptism OF infants to-day u !! O'CLOCK =,
Daily services az the Casnohc enorcn' oa
O'clock q. M; SUNDAY services anu avg
O'Clock, !. m, q "a ociocA' LIZ ne''''
.. LILY omc.scns. n,
Eioef v.,W. Mcaarsey W."
estlne y lover Oh INC ~ 49,
trate MS description WIN eieop.lso aie",'
Inere VIII De services ~ onis' ouu
lfroeestant hplscopsiI' "
at 1oa O'Clock ana lnme aA'ernoon ~ av'.v'N'
hev. H. M. fecke' tne fec'or' om'
sunasy school ats ociock' = u
Some people cultivate . nsoit Q! speaking
srufriy' thinking 1t smsrt 70 DC Drosaue Z.
mannel ano speech. - me-. :.
L, aAAes :" "ns' m'sn' A.rps -.
uunappy que, VI . pe s..,;,..s ..s &C..
'ne iose =. IL .eii'"s SN-S,
Gu one' sacrnce YOU
ting sarcasms to the dogs, which were inside
" snAEi anu Sap 1n~ low AIN
rather than keu1 tusts for others. Be pc.
l;t.. j,.ntIes ~ cnra;der.fa of the ~faelings
me- = esAseS,s ...N 80
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-14

In Illinois all licenses hereafter for
the sale Of spirits and wines are to be
granted upon the payment of $500 a
year, and for beer at $3.50. The Ne
braska law puts the fee in cities of a
certain grade at $1,000, and at $500 for
all other places. The law. of Iowa per-
mits towns to fix the amount, and there
is nc uniform rule on the subject. In.
some places there has been a large in
crease in the average amount through
out the state, and 9 considerable re-
duction in the number of liquor sellers:
In Missouri the state license may be for
q period of six months from $25 to
5000, the county license from $3.50 to
$500, and the city licenses at the discre-
ton of the city authorities.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-14

Cholera has broken out In the
4watow district, China.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-14
THE CRADLE.

'Bofn-In Washington township, LAFAYETTE
county, Mo-. July l. to the wife Of Mr.. John
Nicholson-s girl.
in sni-a-Bar township, Lafayette county.
No., July 9Th, TO the wife Of Mr.. Henry Schsf.
fer-a girl.
in Sni-a-Bar township, Lafayette county,
No, July 7th. to the wife ofMr. q. 3. Smith
a girl.
July s, to The vile Of kr. Gosdiord Esstsriy@s
GIRL.
--In Napoleon. Lafayette county. Mo-. re-
Gently, to the wife of Mr.. G. E. Stone-a boy.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-14
sHERIFF,s SALE.
te to the use of Mounaov

Mary Haberkorn and Anton Haberkoru.
QY. virtue Ofa special execution, issued nom
- the ONCE Of the CLERK Of the circuit court or
Lafayette county. Missouri. wherein the slste !.
Of Missouri II the relation aud 70 the uSs OF
George N: MountJoy, c~ollestor Of the revenue
Against Mary Haberkorn and Anton daberforn.
her husband. defendanss, to me directed, and re-.
turnnble to the August term, 1883, Of said court,
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The two cent postage for letters will
begin October l.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-14
MO ;:TiiOii'Ii.OxNii::
OR STOLEN.

Iron the subscriber. living nearA
e Waverly, Saturday night, July kN
II hands high. two years old. unbroken to either
ride or work. but Ia very gentle. A liberal re-
ward Will be eiven Tor her return or for lnforR-
alton IN to her whereabouts.
juiyl4tf N. p BUCK.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-14

The following editorial from the
Jefferson City Tribune has the right
ring about it. There is no hedging or
trimming, but a proper support of
what is the declared position OF the
Democratic party on the whisky ques-
tion:-s'If the Democratic party never
has greater cause for shame than the
passage of the Downing act, it ought to
be the happiest party on earth. 1t never
need apologize to the people unless, it
may be, unfortunately, for a failure to
have the law enforced. 1t is barely
possible that the Democratic party,
which, to all intents and purposes is re-
sponsible for the passage of the Down
ing bill, may halt in the enforcement of
it, in which event it would be proper
to apologize for an abject su~bserviency
to the whisky influence, and a moral
cowardice as pitiable as it would be dis
gushing to behold. The opportunity is
presented now in which the Democratic
party of Missouri may lose all its
manhood by ingloriously avoiding the
final results of a question which it
espoused because it was right,and en-
bodied into a law because the people
demanded such a law"
1t is not at all necessary to attack the
star route jury in order to convict the
whole business Of fraud and ~rascality.
It stands admitted that the government
was robbed of three or four million
dollars in star route contracts. Brady
had charge Of these contracts as second
assistant acknowledgement. Dorsey
manipulated the contracts in person
and by his direct agents. The money
was stolen. It passed through the
hands of these two men. The country
knows all that. It knows, too, that they
were acquitted. 1t further knows that
the gigantic costs in the prosecution
were as unblushingly a steal as were
the original thefts, if not of quite as
large amounts. The poor imbecile ju-
ry finally secured does not need to be
attacked. Its composition disposes at
once of any moral responsibility for any
verdict it might find.
In Illinois all licenses hereafter for
the sale Of spirits and wines r to be
granted upon the payment of $500 a
year, and for beer at $3.50. The Ne
braska law puts the fee in cities of q
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-14


1t is claimed by some persons, prin-
cipally by demagogues, that the habits
of foreigners cannot in this country
safely be interfered with, or ought not
to be repressed and controlled. To
this the sufficient answer is made that
this is America, that American customs
are not altogether to be set aside be-
cause of the injection of new elements
into the body polite, and that among
the dearest of all American institutions
is the American Sabbath-the decent,
orderly observance of Sunday inter-
fcring with nc mans conscience ,requir-
ing of him no service, no belief, no abb
stention from rational amusement, but
simply providing that those who desire
to worship God shall not be obstructed
at every street crossing by those who
desire to worship Bacchus, that the ser
vice of the church shall not be disturb
ed by the orgies of the rum shop.
:, Those persons who desire in Nilsson
i, ri the continuance of the sale of liquo,
, at all, will act in a suicidal manner If III
the large cities, they factiously oppos'
regulation by moderately high license
, or the Sunday laws now upon the stat
ute books. The most eloquent tongu
that has so far opposed prohibition i
Missouri, in a contest for PRACTICAL
free whisky and no.Sunday, will, i
our judgment, be arrayed upon the sid
of temperance and morality. His inlu
ence is great and it is appreciated. Wit
d it what power in Missouri could resi-
the temperate, order-loving masses
Without it, even, they would prove IL
resistible. Hundreds of the brightef
minds in Missouri which are opposed
prohibition, in such q contest woul
fs array themselves by the side Of II
n great leader ofwhomw we speak. The,
can be no doubt of the issue Of such
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-14

The askinker petitions" continue to
come In.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-10-05
Population of the Austrian EN-
pire.

The census of the population of the
Austrian empire, taken for the night of
Dec. 81, 1880. gives the following general
results: The total population of the
whole empire was 1885, 900 souls. OF
these, 15,642,OO2 fell to the Hungarian
portion, and 22,144,2 44 to the Austrian
or Cisleithan portion. According to their
nationality. the populations are distri-
buted as follows, in round numbers:
There are 10000, 900 Germans, 6, l91 900
.Magyars. 7,055,O00 Bohemians, Mora.
600 Ruthenians, 100000 Slovenes, f.
l76, 900 Serbo. Croats and 2,5l3,00 Rsu-
manians. There are, taking them alto
gether, $4,000, 900 Slays-a little more
than half the whole population of the
empire. The ratio of population to area
is moderate. In the western portion,
embracing an area Of 3O0,259 square
kilometres, the ratio is "a to the square
kiIometre; whereas in the eastern por-
ton with an area of 1924 ,0l5 square kilo-
metris, the ratio of population is only
1873 to the square kilometre. The cor
responding ratios are: In England, 1877:
in Belgium, ISL; in Saxony, l73; in Ger
many "a; in France, II; in Russia, Is to
the square kilometre. With respect to
religion the inhabitants Of Austria. Hun.
gary are classified as follows: Roman Cath
olics, 70, 753 1859; Orthodox Greek, s, $780,
600; Calvinists, 2.13Q.000; Evangelical
German Reformed Church), 1,45O, 900;
Jews, 100000. The Jews dwell princi-
pally in Galicia. Hungary, Moravia, and
Vienna; in Vienna alone there are 49,.
600. or about one.tweltlh of the whole
population.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-10-05
To Remodel Princess Dresses.

Ifyou possess princess shaped dress
you can make it quite en- rapport with
the present styles BY proceeding as fol-
lows: Cut away all the skirt front, leav-
ing sufficient only for a basque about
four inches deep, or peak. The re-
mainder OF the dress may keep its FORM
er shape; but the bodice should be open
in the middle of the back, .nd eyelet
knots let in on each side, so that it may
be laced. The skirt front is then re-
placed by tablier of plain silk, is the
dress figured; 4 or of brocaded silk if the
dress is plain; or, again. covered with
lace. The silk tablier should be cut on
the straight, gathered at the waist like
nurses apron, and cut out into turret
blocks at the foot. showing fluting
three inches deep of the same material
as the dress.
A square lace shawl laid over a silk
lining to match would also look extreme
ly we'll by way of tablier; deep fac:ngs
of material to correspond may be placed
on each side. For dinner or evening
toilet the bodice should be cut open in
the shape of q square, if it is not so al.
ready, and the opening edged with lace (;
the front of the bodice which fastens at
the back is then covered with plastron
in the Grecian style, pleated in the
shape of fan, and is finished at the
point with bow. Two narrow scarfs,
proceeding from each side of the skirt,
cross midway up over the tablier and
are tied into q loose bow. The semi-long
sleeves are trimmed with drapery of
the material and with lace.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-10-05

! ing better than q pru.uectinu pick and q.
shovel with short handle. Finally the
thing got one Of the dors ~ the fore.
leg, and finding that It held On like q
terrier, With no sign ofloosing It's hold !.
Mr.. Bleckhcathi ran forward and struck
his pick into its head. Even then the
reptile held on, audit was not until it
had been struck several blows with the
pole OF the pick that its jaws relaxed and
it gave up the ghost When the dog
was released it. vas found that his fore
leg had been broken ct point about
two inches above the knee. Mr.. Black.
heath says he has met with several Of
the creatures known as ella monsters
that were two feet and two and half
feot in length, but never before or since
saw or even suspected the existence of
one so large as that whose skin he pos.
sesses. TWAS Q surprise to all tho white
mon in that section. but come Of the
Indians asserted that far south In the
Sierra Madre Mountains they had seen
some that were as large or larger. On.
fortunately, In flying the saurian, Mr..
Blackheash's only idea was to have the
hide tanned and made into hose and
CATERS, and therefore he did not pre-.
serve the feet, otherwise the skin might
be stuffed and mor.nted by taxider.
mist. de sWs the teeth of the creature
were over an inch in length, were sharp
as needles, and in shape resembied
the teeth of q shark.-Virginia City
(Nev.) Enterprise.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-10-05
A MOuntaln Alligator,


William Blackheath, who has just re-
turned from six.months' sojourn in
Arizona, has brought to the Comstock
the skin of what he, for want of a better
name, calls ella monster, but which is
evidently that of q saurian of differ emit
species. The skin now measures seven
'eet from tip to tip. and it has evidently
shrunk some inches in drying, Though
about the color OF an ordinary ella mon
ster, the reptile is evidently kind Of
inland crocodile, or, more properly. q
cayman, as it has not the webbed feet
of the crocodile. The strange saurian
was found in small valley in the White
stone Mountains. When alive it stood
two feet high, and its body, just back of
its fore.legs, was over three feet in cir.
cumference. TIE creature was as savage
as bulldog, and as full of fight as q
viper. Itwas found by the dogs of Mr..
Blackheath and partner. When the
men arrived at the haunt of the reptile
to which they were attracted by the.
fierce and peculiar barking of their dogs,
three in number-they found that one
dog had already been killed and the
others were badly cut up and covered
with blood. The creature displayed
such activity and was SO diabollcally vic.
ious that the two prospectors feared to
20 near it, being armed With moth
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-10-05
Mr. Lorillard and the Jersey
Farmer.
From Baldwin's Monthly


From Baldwin's Monthly.
A good 8 ory is going about the clubs
concerning New York millionaire who
owns big stock farm in New Jersey.
He has put in force strict rules about the
admittance of curiosity seekers, and if
one happens to get in, he is soon hustled
off,
The other day neighboring farmer
called on business. He had never been
on the place before, and entering at q
gate he found open, was strolling about
looking for the superintendent, whe n
the owner. who happened to be there,
encountered him. Surprising him to be
merely an idler or a prying person, he
asked him what he was doing there.
The farmer, taken aback by such an
address, replied: "Nothing."
DO you know at viii Oh gate you came
in?" said the owner.
II do" said the farmer.
swell, them" said the owner, "get
And the farmer walked out. Shortly
after, the superintendent came up and
Inquired if neighbor So.and.so had been
there. He was the only one anywher 9
about who had the timber they wanted
very much, and they wanted it immed.
lately. He had PROMISED to come that
morning to SEQ about the pale of it.
| "Well," said the owner of the farm, 81
shouldn't wonder i i had just sent him
off with flea in his ear. I found a
man strelling about here, and surprising
him to be one of those stragglers,, 1
cleared him out. Where does he live?
!; will drive over and see him."
| OF he started at once. Reaching the
! farmhouse, he drove in, and, seeing
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-10-05
How Bananas are Raised.

As every body knows who has eaten a
banana, the luscious pulp is seedless.
The plants are propagated from other
plants, SO that the stock is not likely to
run out. The plant requires for vigorous
growth deep rich soil, abundantly wa
tered. With these conditions present
there is said to be no risk OF a crop in
the hot regions where alone the fruit
is produced. Nine months after a cut
ting has been planted purple bud ap.
pears IN the center of the unfolding
leaves that shoot out from the head OF
the parent stem. The stem on which
the bud appears grows rapidly above
the main stalk. As the bud increases
in weight tue stem bends downward bv
graceful curve, on the extremity Of
which the bud continues to grow till the
purple blossoms falling of, little shoots
appear rs the embryo fruit Each fruit
has yellow blossom at its outward ex-
tremity. At the end of from three to
four months the fruit has grown to ma.
turity and is picked long enough before
it is dead ripe" to preserve it in mar
ketable condition From the roots of the
parent stalk other shoots appear, which
are trim ed out or left to grow. as the
cnltlvator may deem best. A single
stalk, therefore, bears only one bunch
or crop as its life work. Spaniards have
a religious reverence for the banana,
believing it to be the fruit of which
Adam partook. This fruit has long oeen
regarded as extremely nutritious. It is
recomen ed above all others for 'invaids
who are unable to swallow harder food.
An estimate by Humboldt claims that
"A $50 pounds of bananas can be produced
on the soil that would be required 1ol
1000 pounds of potatoes, and that the
anne area that would be required to
raise wheat enough for one man would
produce enough bananas to feed So
men.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-10-05
OVERRIDING Cultivation.

A farmer tried the experiment, last
year, of raking several plots so that the soil
was as fine as possible. and then sowing
wheat. The effects of this extra care
were not evident in better crop or larger
heads. There is such thing as making
soil too powdery. lift is at all heavy
soil it will crust over and bake, after the
first hard rain, like cement. We know
farmer who, aftsr getting his corn
ground in good order, invariably goes
over 1t two or three times more with the
expection of making it in better condi-
ton for the growing OF corn. With all
his cultivation he never raises very
large crop, no more and frequently not
as good as do his neighbors with good
but not extra cultivation previous to
planting. Enough seems to be sufficient
Tor all practical purposes in such cases
and that there can be too much cultiva
ton of the soil when either wet or dry,
is evident to most practical farmers. 1t
is, however, not of frequent occurrence,
and few err in this direction. The gen.
eral rule is too little rather than too
much.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-10-05
Value Of Lubricants.

One OF che most practical experiments
made with a view to test the value of
good lubricant is due to the ingenuity of
NJ. NORM, who has found that the fric-
ton Of a cast.iron shaft upon dry bell.
metal bearing amounts to OF Of the
transmitted power, while witha wrought
iron shaft the friction Is more then O.25;
therefore, ifsucll shafts were dry and
unlubricated, one-fith and one.fourth
respectively of the total fuel cost would
become wasted In overcoming friction.
BY CAREFUL fabrication Of these same
shafts, the loss is reducble to O.085 in
the one case, and O.OS9 IN the other
showing most strikingly the relation
of fabrication to, mechanical movement,