Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1883-04-28

want to save US the trouble of holding any
state convention at sllf They mtan:to do the
waoiething for US. wen, for one, Pm down
On The whole business, and. that states gone
up, snyhowsp The poor little woman saw
that she had rsiseds breeze. so she received
her ipformations and .wept on reading heI
Newspaper. had heard Of this slate before.
fJudge Bashaw, Or Monroe county, Il credited
with being 1t the top OF it, for goverhor; with
asKaasas iCftyssentlSmaa For ,Sddftbf ,Is ST.
Frsneoisa county gentisnanH fos.rsgister oi
lands p aJohpsoA county senslsmsh for secre-
tary Of state. a StoddaEd county gentleman
for eutsgovernor, &c. Added to this Is the
tslk that Mi. Henry Newmaa was appointed
commissionef Of labor statistics in order thsf
be msy go about the state electioneerfng fol
this ticket during the next yeareand-a.half.
Gov. Crittenden is much blamed for appoint.
ing Mr.. Newman after the Legislature I'D.
journed, for the alleged reason that. he knew
the senate would not have confirmed the
appointment. The leading newspaper in
Randolph county takes the governor very
severely to task for the appointment, rs Ii
says Mr. Newman was badly defeated for
nomination to the legislature, last year. In a
democratic primary election, and If the gov
ernor desired to honor Randolph he sh6uld
have appoined some one whom 1t endorsed.
The paperis quite bitterin its denunciatton
of Mr.. Newman and his appointment. Now,
personally, know nothing ofthese comtsna-
tions. They may or they mag not exist. The
future will tell If all the gentlemen become
candidates for the places mentined-if Mr..
Newman. dees prove to be a colporteur OF
their political gospel-if Gov. Crittenden's
administration Goes endeayor to form its
successor-then the truth of all these rurnors
will be proven. II none of these things hap
pen or no combination of them, then their
falsity will be apparent I know Judge
Bashaw and esteem him highly. He is an
honest man, clever, genial gentleman; : he
has been long in public life. for one Of his
years, and has clear views OH state business.
OF course his legislative career may be criti-
cized, as whose may notf but the worst load
that he can carry as candidate for go ernor
will be the belief In the minds of the people
Of the state that he is, with others, on a cut
and dried political state. In this city am
told that the Ed. Butler element of the demo-
cratic party Is for the alleged slate but people
say that faction of the party will not have its
usual influence next year. However, it is too
early for all this talk about state ticket. A
year hence will be time enough. The colt that
begins cunning an hour and half before the
race is apt to lack breath to finish it with
credit. Gen. Narmadukc Is understood to
be in the field for governor, and frequently
hear Gen. Shelby's declaration in his favor
spoken of here. A-S -
Chefs CHILL.
Our ,Chet went to Florida the other dsv
fishing. AS have told you the on lis Of
state politics may as well tell you that We
had an on dit that Chet 'fished SO gaily with
his big long pole that he caught an over load
of malaria and had congesti.e chill before
he got back to the white house, where in his
absence his young hopeful Of son has. given
grand party to parcel of his school mates,
scapegraces like himself, an entirely new use
to put the white house to. But Chet says iiis
chill was not congestive, and to use the lsu.
guage Of the nautical Mr.. Chandler CHATS
good pun II you can only see II, for If Chandler
amt naughty who is p the president Is once
again call on deck"
JUMP INTO ETERNITY,
A piece Of news much discussed OH the
sreets, this week, was the suicide of the
artist, Z. Jump. OF course none of your
readers ever go to Bessehls when they come
here; 1t Is q beer saloon; but in this beer
saloon are many works of art. Jump was
an inimlfable caricaturi>t with the pencil and
nearly every prominent man in st. Louis for
Twelve or fourteen years past has been gros-
tesqueiy drawn by him, ard hung up in
Bessehi's saloon to be laughed at. He did a
good deal of similar work, too, for Chicago
and Cincinnati. Last Friday, at the former
place, he jumped into eternity by aid of "a
pistol bullet through the head. He was born
In Paris, was forty-seyen years old, and
leaves wife. There is something to reflect
over II not to moralike In this death by suicide.
Jump, the artist, the man of talent. fmagina.
tion, brains, dies penniless and despopent.
and Bessehl, who simply turns the faucet, is
reputed to clear $4,000 year.
AN APPARITloN.
The new Olympic Is a beautiful thester.
in it Is first class except the seats.
These are opera chairs, and all that, but they
are too narrow and too close, together front
ana rear. 1t is nonsense for theater managers
TO pack people together like sardines in box.
II the propnquity is to sweet, pretty Young
slri fellow can kinder, sorter' stand 1t, but
II he happens to be stuck down between two
Hal Old dowagers who on warm evening fan
ana sweat and grunt, the play loses all its
l went to see minstrel companv
1t the Olympic the other night and 1t was a
good one. Good voices, fresh wit (generally)
and hrst rate music. But what was most
struck with was that the funniest end man
was Mr.. Richard NJ. S PARKS, of your city.
No, that can hardly be, either, but az II was
hot MN IL mus have been twin brother, for
ne was his perfect image. Now Just imagine
DICK Sparks singing the funniest of funny
negro melodies, standing on his head, swing.
ing tambourine, and delivering a mock
oration Yet, if you had been where was
you would have sworn you really beheld all
this. IL it possible that Mr.. Sparks has be en-
away from home latelys
ST. LOUIS AND ITS FUTURE.
l heard man of wealth who has res,dad |
mere over forty years and who travels great
deal, say that St. Louis was only recently. to
MIN assuming the appearance of metropolis.
have the air of large city. The
push, the vim, the businesslike straight for.
ward rush OF the. two lines of pedestrians on |
the side walks, as if all the people had some. |
Thing In view, were going somewhere apd
knew where 1t was, is different from the cid |
habits ofthe people. There is less lettering.
ever men of leisure down town: more
energy. believe that the observation in Z.
ust one, and there Is no doubt that the next
ew years will develop wonderful growth
lere In business and p pulation, Senator
said in his speach here as he wa,
'oln2 west that Chicago would soon be much
behind this city in everything, and he smoke
wisely, Tor the natural advantages, for a long
line rather a hinderance than benefit, are
low not only being utilized bu, supplemented
y artificial aids. Whatever may be said
gairst JAY Gould, and would no, counte,
'ance any effort to permit him to secure up,
lue influence in our public affairs, it must he
aid for him that hia investments in southern
nd western roads, In Missouri, Arkansas.
'exas, and more recently into Mexico. are
uilding up the commerce of this city, and
living capitalists In the east q confidence IN
Is future Which is Ofincalculable benefit
MUSICAL SUBURB.