Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-18
A cool summer.
No panic for this year.
Wake up, road overseers!

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Wake up, road overseers!
Oh. for q road to Wellington!
City warrants for sale. Inquire at thi
Office. If
Sell your old iron at Jo1dan's Foundry ant
Machine Shops. m6tf
Bring in your apples, Mr.. Cromwellis read!
to receive and pay cash for them. .
All summer goods at cost. Call and see thu
old reliable firm of Wilker & Miller. a1st2
All kinds of dining room aud kitchen furni
ture at low rates at H.. q F. Winkler's, Lex
ington, Mo. june2tf
Saunders makes copying q speciality from
a locket picture to life size in crayon, ink
water colors, &c. apr14tf
The Winkler furniture fsctory's sales art
improving. Their goods are already the best
in the Missouri market.
Every farmer that raises wheat should gel
one Of the double and rollers manufactured
by W. NJ. Jordan, Lexington, Mo. july2stf
Slippers at Chinn's for Is cents; also some
for 50 cents. Call and see them opposite court
house, Davis & Allstadt old stand. j~une3Otf
The finest line Of syrups ever brought to
Lexington can now be found at Clagett &
Co.'s, corner North and Laurel streets a1Stf
A good rain last Sunday. The August meet.
ing at Dover Is supposed to have brought it.
1t is still raining. The meeting continues.
The growl now Is on the county roads. The
damns bestowed on them would II properly
applied check the flow of smountain torrent.
The county court says to the road over
seers, "Youc can get all the money you want"
The people say to them, 1Then give US good
roads,"
Chinn's shoe store Is the place to buy any
style Of shoes OF hats; largest and best style
to select FROM. Opposite the courthouse Main
street. j~une30tf
Brice Letton still braSs ON his steeple
climbing feat. TIT other boys say, 'Pooh,
that wasn't anything" All the same Brice
was the only one that went up.
Mr.. B. s. Cromwell has opened an apple
depot In the city, and wants to buy all the
apples in the county. Call ON him. One door
west of Morrison Wentworth Bank.
Richmond Democrat:-''The old method of
working out the road tax hss been abandoned
in Ohio, and roads are now repaired under
contract and paid for by tax received from
Su0 C0QAby bAA WWADAAp 0CaSoIlCSs Xuc 1S.
suits are said to be excellent"
Lost-Somewhere in the city, probably on
Franklin street, about noon Thursday, q
small parcel that had com through the mail
and bad not been opened, addressed to Mrs.
p. C. Wedelf, Lexington, Nc. Will pay q
liberal reward for its recovery. Inquire
here. a1St1#
Chas. W. LOOMS has bought M. F. Royle
& Sons stock Of school-books, (see card) and
having the largest stock Of s~chool-books and
school supplies in the county, will be able
to meet all demands. Call when wanting
anything Of the kind; prices as low or lower
than the lowest. Respectfully, Charles W.
LOOMS. julyaStf
The colored people had q lawn party in
Old Town Wednesday night. There was a
large crowd present, q brass BAND discoursed
very good music, and the lawn was very
nicely lighted by q full moon aud q large
number of lanterns. There was also 4 char
avari in the neighborhood Of the lawn party,
all of which made East Lexington lively that
night.
A crazy man raised q disturbance in the
circuit court room, Tuesday. The judge
limited to the sheriff that the fellow had bet
ter leave. Sheriff Elliott collared the man
and put him out, but he resisted, and refused
to go down the steps. Several persons came
to the assistance Of the sheriff, and in q little
scuffle which ensued the sheriff and the of
fender both fell. The sheriff, about this time
heard some one say the man was crazy, and
ordered the crowd not to hurt him. The fell
low suddenly concluded that The crowd was
about to hang him, and he lit out at q $40
pace. On the street he saw q negro woman
in abuggy.and ordered her to get out and give
him possession, az the ofic RS were about to
hang him, n he wanted to escape. He did
not get the buggy, and ran down the street
to the Commercial house, then turned north on
Poplar. He met Mr.. Golfer on Poplar street,
but wa"ed him aside. He then ran a little
further and hid himself In some high weeds.
Mr.. Golfer thought there was something
wrong, and went to see what the fellow was
dong. As he approached the hiding place
the crazy man jumped up and ran of across
the large hollows in that vicinity, and, SO far
As we could learn, he has not been seen since.
The man is a large and very powerful fellow,
and is said to have q new scar from ear TO
ear, as though he had recently attempted to
hang himself, as it Is said the skin had not
entirt ly peeled off the place. Who he is or
what became of him we were unable to
learn.
atom" sends these items from Greenton:
Mr.. Levi Scrivner has been quite i'll. -. . Mr..
Edward Garvin has beeen quite sick with
fever Our road overseer, Mr.. Jas. Files, is
putting the roads in good repair Mr.. Thos.
Tebbs has sold his farm north Of here to Mr..
Jos. Christy at $50 per acre. A croquet party
at the residence of Mr.. r. H.. Benton last
Saturday evening. Mr.. E. T. Thorp and
lady, spent several days in the Hebron neigh
borhood, last week, attending the C. P. Sum-
day school convention Mr.. A. L. Garvin
has his new house nearly completed. 90. Mr..
W. W. Barker started to Dallas county, Fri
day last. Mr.. J. 9. johnson has sold his
farm and will start to Washington Territory
soon. Mrs. E. P. Harp and son returned
from Eldorado Springs, last week.
they have been for Mrs. HIS. health.
Mr.. r. H. Benton and family, are visiting
friends at Dover this week.. MI. Joseph
Hammer sold 4 head of work mules, one day
last week, at $50 each Mr.. D. Y. Wade
Is building q new residence. Rev. William
Brown preached at Fairview schoolhouse last
Sunday Mr.. Josiah Mann and wife, and
Mr.. J.. F. Jennings, have returned from FL
dorado Springs much improved in health 80.
A fine rain Monday evening ....A protracted
meeting is In progress at the C. P. church,
Revs. Moore and Prather. . DR..
A. W. Mann has left US, and will practice
near Pleasant Prairie. We wish him success;
he made q host of friends during his short
stay with us....Mrs. Ruth Mcfarland, of
Belleyille, Illinois, is visiting her niece, Mrs.
A Stewart. ...S Sunday school at Fairyiew
every Sunday evening""
'Mike" sends these items from Fairview:
"News scarce 80. Farmers busy blowing for
wheat. y. The new schoolhouse will be finish
ed next week Mr.. Thomas Compbell lost
q very fine horse last week, 1t Is supposed it
was snake bite ...Messrs. JET. Osborn and
VIM. Cobb.two Of our most promising young
men left for Kansas last wednesday morn
ing. They take with them the good wishes
of all who knew them Mr.. Henry Will
liams left for Atchison county, Tuesday NOR
ming .... Miss Minnie Martin, of Saline coun-
ty, is the guest of Miss Kate Cobbs this