Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1883-07-07

County court, maybe, Monday, August 6. !
The two DIS can only be bought at Grimes
b .Yenable.s. u "a; 81 ; ,july7t4 !
Prof. E. J. Pitts, of St. Louis, will deliver
free lecture, at the courthouse, Monday
night, July 9, at s O'Clock, in behalf of the
National American Association. "A general
attendance is desired. july7t1*
"Chris." writes from Wellington :-"Hot
dust! Dust .'Skeeters! 'Skeeters!
'Skeeters u! :. Harvest bountifIl; and labor
ers few. Business quite lively. Every
body is selling out to the Germans. ID. A.
Carr. sold his residence and grocery to Ger
man one day this week.. Our new black
smith shop is almost completed, and Mr..
Fred Willie, the owner, has begun work, and
is assisted by Mr.. H. w. Shaffer Mrs. DR..
Ragland has been quite ill, but is now conva-
lescing h. The fourth passed off very quietly
in our town. Everyone who wished to cele-
brate it went to Lexington or Independence
-. Miss Minnie Barley left, this week, to
spend several weeks in Kansas City. Judge
Lockhart returned home Wednesday to stay
about month. Mrs. Embry, who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ragland, re-
turned to her home, in st. Louis, Tuesday
-. Mrs. Thos. ehinn is visiting in Independ-
ence Miss Matte Duck spent lest week
with friends in Lexington. Mrs. Suddath,
of Warrensburg, is spending the summer
with Miss Katie Moore. There is some talk
OF having our city Incorporated, and we hope
it will be carried out successfully, and not
end in talk only, as has too often been tn e
case. Salt seems to be selling rapidly in
town now. The cause for the demand is un-
known. :. The banana fever is still raging,
| and promises to continue for some time, but
we advise the young people not to throw the
peelings around the doors again, as 1t has
been the means Of gripping several chickens.' -
''De Novo" writes from Mayview :-"Miss
Merrie o. Bullard closed her subscription
| school Friday Of last week. 1t was the pleas.
| ure of your correspondent to be present in
the afternoon to witness the closing exercises.
Her grammar class exhibited a proficiency
rarely seen in the common school. Neither
teacher or pupils referred to Textbook
during the exercises, and I do not think !
ever saw class pass better and more salts.
factory examination, showing thoroughness
in the teacher and application in the pupils
Next came the spelling match. While a few
got excited and did not spell as well as ]
know they could, the majority did exceedingly
well. and the indications were that if had
remained to see the end, must stay all sum
mer, quietly stole out, and left the contest
going on. Mrs. Bette Benning had the
north shed to her large barn burned on Sat
| fI1Sad lx fI,o
a fire bug, as there was an attempt to set fire
to the summer kitchen, which was, fortr.
nately, discovered in time and put out. We
had little excitement last Monday in the
way of IN old-fashioned knock down at the
G. & A. depot. A tall specimen of the genu.
homo beat his way down on the accommoda-
tion train from Odessa, and when the con.
dnctor wanted to collect his fare, he grew
furious and said he could whip any man or
the road, and approached the genial conduct.
or with two rocks, when the conductor, he
being larger man than plucky, told him he
would not fight him, but there was boy or
the train, the smallest man on the road, coult
lick him if he would put down his rocks
when the man, 'spilin'' for fight, sdrapt
his rocks and went for the boy, who sdrapt
him on the first round, and gave him sounc
thrashing. The 'fghtist', after he had washed
off the blood and dust, said, that he was thu
d-st biggest boy he ever tackled and walk.
ed off and said he guessed he'd have to stanl
up for while. The boy got ON his trair
looking as mute as a church mouse. As tn,
time is at hand for land buyers, all would d,
well to call on Jas. b. Mediation, as he has ,
number Of farms, both large and small, q
prices ond terms to suit.n -.--=s