Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-17
Grass 10 turning green.

The base ball inrictien has again reared
It's head.
c.us,and has them. feb24tf
For furniture OF all kinds rally under the
dag at C%oRB1TT's brick corner. Odessa. md
A. v. Robinson q Co.'S new roller mill 10
In full blast, and is now making Extra Fancy
Roller Flour. jan2stt
The Montana, Capt. Keith. Leaves s~t.i.ouis,
for Kansas City. The Fsnu!s Lewis
will leave next Wednesday.
II you wan, q carpet step into CoHs1TT's
Store (sscond noor) and select
from his mammoth stock, Odesss. floms
The Turner'S have made great prepare
tions to make their Eaatsr ball, which taxes
place on Easter Monday, = success. ml7t2
A. Y. Robinson b Co. have just complete
ed their extensive repairs on their roller
mill, and are now turning out the best aour
ever male. Janz""
500 R~eward-ls offered for any case OF
Cstarrb that can't be cured With HAIRS
Catarrh Cure. Taken internally. Price 70
cents. Sold by q. W. Loomis. 1an1smS
The supreme court in the case Of Cannon
". Lafayette; county. for % lees Tor open
ing and adjeurning orders Of the probate
court, refused to bs allowed BY the county
court, have affirmed Judge Woods decis-
Ion In favor Of the county. |
MI. Suyerman has removed his wholesale
and retail liqusr store to the old Wtnsor
Corner, where he has fitted 1t up neatly. dc
keeps good goods, and pays especial atfen'
ton to pure liquors for family use. He In
vites an inspection OF his stock. aotf
Send postal card with name and address
plainly written. to n. G. Davis. Asst GEN
ersl Passenger Agent. St. Psul..Ainnespolis
& Manitoba &. T., st. Paul, MIMI. for full
particulars and sectional map of North Da-
kots country. See advsrtisement headed
1870 Acres Free" msm1
There is . fne opening In Lexington tor q
man to burn lime. There is no enc here in
the business; limestone is abundant. and
there is . a good market for the produce, both
here ana in surrounding towns. We would
BE- glad to give any practical lime burner
further information on the subject.
Mr.. Stephen g. Wentworth built. last
week, . plank walk from Mr.. Settlers cor.
ner, On Kidgway, to his " residence . LII.
tic distance south. 1t was . great convenl'
snes TO the nsighborhood, and - Mr.
wentworth paid for II, and did net ask any
ons for . cent toward It, OF propose that It
should be . toll road, the neiRhbors general.
" thanked hin for It. For some reason
Mr.. Setter tosk oienss at Its being placed
along his lot, or deemed himself damaged
By the walk, and, on Wednss lay. had enc
- Il. >-n1nu>o . n hffah . -xfr nf hnrRAa tn
1t there, pulled 1t to PIECES, AID dragged 1t
cut In the street.
am receiving daily . large and complete
stock Of dry goods, and oil the latest novel.
ties IN notions. A full line Of mons, youths
and boys clothing, spring and summer
styles, fresh and new, just from the east.
Also . full line Of gents furnishing goods.
Hats, boots and shoes. I would call special
attention to our large stock Of ladies' shoes,
Of oil kind and styles. l have one OF the
hes: stocks Of groceries In the county. Queen
and glass ware, Hollow ware, aud OF which
I ask my many friends to call and Examine
quality snd price before purchasing else.
wnere. Ali kinds OF goods exchanged for
country produce. J...W Harrison, Cordsr,
Missouri.
Nil Tracy ID s eolorsd man Of very bad
reputation, who has been twice sentenced to
the penitentiary. once for highway robbery,
and once for stsbbing . man, but both timel
he was proven to be under age and served
isii sentences instead. Last Saturday hii
father sent for the police to arrest him fol
beating his sisters. Officer John went dowr
him uhan Troov raafafo1 and re-,
fused to be arrested. MI. John thinking
that he would have to kill or injure him to
effect the arrest. preferred having a warrant
before going to extreme measures, and sen
10 town to procure 1t. Mr.. Jos. CHM ther
went to his assistance, and ~ soon as Tracy
saw him coming he slipped out the baci
way and Effected bis escape. The officers fol
lowed him some distance, but could no
catch him. They then autographed to Odes
%, where he had formerly worked. OF
Tuesday he was arrested BY Marshal Johl
= Tebbs. aud brought t" town in irons. b
r drew Z knife on this officer, but was cor
/. WINGED by Q pistol presented pretty firmly ii
q his direction, that discretion was the bette
d part Of valor. Tracy Is now Of age. and
Il = case Of felony Is made out against him b
Q will not have his former protection to saw
o him from the psnltentiary.
0 Mr.. Jas. Z. Me0rew, the superintendent
Of the Lexingtsn coal Company, says thi
he has ne intention now Of building = nu,
Der Of small residences, and that bis eon
pany would much rather not have to do 1t
J. oil, % soal mining Is their business. land the
would prefer net to 60 outside of it. b
Mr.. McGrsw says, that II the real esta
n swaers and capitalists Of L~sxingtsa will \
T. build the houses he suppoSes the Goa! cor
u paly will have to do 30. They must ha'
ri hands, and they could get them In incress
20 numbers, and good, steady men Of famil
he II there were suitable dwelling houses to
Ill prssured. The men whom the eompal
II most wants are not satisfied to live in boa
i'd ahantiss In camps, but are able to pay re
es for good, comfortable houses. He says 6i
to houses, renting at frsn % to $50 per ye
us aSu,d be rented In . week; indeed he thin
Of they would be rented before they could
Ids latshed, provided they were wtll built. =
II within the city. Mr.. AeGrsw knows whe
nd Of he spesks,ss he pays the men their wsg
or and he sees how %sbundantly able they are
eu live we'll and dscently His Views are the
to tsre, worthy OF consideration, and 1t see
to us that oar capitalists should eonsi'
at them. II one man cannot. or will not, d.
not all, Why suo four or i've men supply I
ID want that 10 10 enphaticsliy stated to 81
i've by elearheaded business men who have
Zee very best opportunity 10 know wher
en-, they speak? Mr.. Acarew THINKS one b
md drsd houses are needed, rather than afty
Z Two weeks sgo W. mentioned that G.
'e'e Jno. ". Brown, OF Freedom township,
aer realized . profit, on . section OF land, In
ion years, of something oyer eleven thous
ano dollars, beside an eighty which he had
ou' then sold. Since that time he has sold
asr- eighty, and We are In . position to say
'Ssr actiy, In dollars and cents, what he did n
lep. an the Transaction, A little over two y
pei ago Capt. Brown bought Of the Han
Mise heirs one section Of land t540 acres. : n
'lin- from Aullvllle, and 2s acres OF timbs
DIS Black water river, some II miles away
the the sum of 81, zoe. He has recently div
nad the land and sold it, in the following ma
pro- parcsis: 1853 acres, at $50 per acre, 81.
90 acres, at S25 per acre, $4,000; s22 a
astd at $50 per acre, S1e 100; 80 acres, at $50
q ny acre, 81, 400 and the detached rs aer
timber, at $500. Making = total OF SCI
; al. and q prsft OF Sl4 440 1t is true that
and Brown In the mean time put many imp
pur, ments on the place, but when 1t Is rtfl
from that he, last year alone, had 1000 bu