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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-05
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
CONDITION
or The
LEXINGTON SAVINGS BANK,

At Lexington. State OF Missouri, at the close OF
business on the l4th day of April, 1888:
RESOURCES.
Loans undoubtedly good on personal
or collateral security %. ..... S16S 947 II
Loans and discounts undoubtedly
good on real estate security ....... Il, sos ~
Orerdraits by solvent cusiomcrs..... 3,lOl 81
United States bonds on hand.
Other bonds and stock al their present
cash market s.osl IS
Due from other banks, good on sight
draft ......... ............... -. 6s, ISL 40
Real estate at present cash market
value. 1890. 1873 81
furniture ana hx'ures .......-... 2,iS9 IS
Checks and other cash items. go.
Bills OF National Banks and legal
tender U. 5. notes ....... 10 423 90
SILVER coin =. ... ..... 1900. $50 IS
Exchange maturing and matur,d. -. IA 700 %
Total observation-disclosures. .........s $50 9Ia %
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in ......s 40. 900 o.
snrp'us fluids on hand. -. GRIM IL
UnhivId.d declared d vidpnds....
Dep"sits subject 10 drai-ut sight. 25l, O29 o.
Deposits subject TO dram ~ given dates 81 5I7 20
Due OIL Ell banks and bankers ...
Expenses now due 800.
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lotal........... ...... $3.50, SD %
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-05

Sedalia Democrat:-sSee what men
VIII do for glory or for tho stale, fiat
and Improbable posthumous fame of
having their name placed over some
great institution of learning. Mr.. De
Pauw offers to give 81, 900, 900 to As
bury University of Indiana, if the
name is changed to De Paw Universe
~" The managers should not pause a
minute ere they place their paws upon
Mr.. De Pauw's money. A million dol
lars Is a big thing. For such q sum q
woman might even be induced to
change her name from De Vigne to
Jones. By all means let it be called
De Paw University.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-05

Mrs Mcguire, our Distinguished Dressmaker, has lust returned from the
tunes, CIoaks, ETC.. w"
We would also call the attention of the Ladies of Lexington to the hct
MAJ Mrs. Mciulre goes to Europe every summer in order Il Secure the Latest
effects originated in the foreign School of Design.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-05

Keim does not seem to be popular
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-05

C. E. BALLARD.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-05

Henry c. Wallace and c. o. Grimes to
telegraph to Messrs. Davis and New
man to come here Immediately to effect
q settlement of the matter. Mr.. Davis
replied that he could not come. Mr..
Mitchell and his party then left to at
tend to other business leaving the mat
ter pending.
Since that meeting Col. Reid, who
had expressed himself ready to do so
some days prior thereto, has signed a
quit claim deed to any interest he NAV
have in the road-bed; and has expressed
his intention to give to the road any
sum which he may derive from his
claim against the Burlington & South
western railroad company.
Mr.. Waddell has promised, also, to
sign a similar deed, only STIMULATING
that it shall be so worded as not to make
him in any way liable to the B. & S. w.
for any conveyance he may heretofore
have made to it, but positively dis
claiming any interest in the road. bed so
Tar as the new company is concerned,
Mr.. Davis has written a long letter
the burden of which is that it will take
money to get his claim.
Mr.. Waddell has written to Messrs:
Davis and Newman urging upon them
to settle the matter promptly and am
icably.
So far as the claim upon the road bed
is concerned the Intellisencer long
since printed the law covering the case
1t is unambiguous, plain and unmis-
taxable. There is no valid claim to the
road-bed. There are not even proper
deeds filed to the right-of-way if the
franchise had not expired, but it has
1t is dead. With Messrs. Reid and
Waddell on the side of the new enter
prise Mr.. Tilton Davis can do no harm
sven If he tries. He seems to have the
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-05

We see that u friend Capt. Joseph
h. Turner, of Carrollton. among his
other accomplishments is. an oarsmau.
In this taste he touches us OH a sympa-
thetic spot. A boat, or a canoe, is one
OF our weaknesses. The captain went
to st. Louis recently to select two
boats for a Carrollton club. We are &C.
cused ofhaving gotten up with Capt.
Turner a mutual admiration society,
and here, suddenly, is presented to us
a fresh for admiring our friend.
His manly beauty all acknowledge, and
now we see that he possesses those no.
madic traits of character which 90 to
makeu up the full man. A musician and
a poet.an alderman and an editor. now,
behold! he is also an oarsman. OF the
canoeist, Mr.. Alden, the chief scribe of
the craft, says:-''His paddle is the kew
that unlocks the secrets of mountain
streams, and admits him to Hesperidean
gardens of which other men can ONLY
dream. To have lived and loved was
considered by a German poet to be a
very satisfactory thing, but the man
who a say, 4 have lived and pad
died. has alone known perfect happi-
ness" The captain has lived and
loved, and now he can also say,"I have
Lived and padded" We congratulate,
and continue to admire him.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-06-10

+ Gel. P. B. Hunt, agent Of the
Kiowas and Comanches, came up
on Saturday on his way to Wash
ington, to which point he accom-
panies Sunboy and Big Bear, Of the
Hiowas, and White Wolf, Of the
Comanches, who were anxious to
visit their Great Father. The IN
Hans were in charge Of w T. Wood
AID, and, we are Informed by Col
Hunt, pay their own expenses to
Washington. We asked the Colo
nel if the Indians were chiefs in their
tfibes. "Well," said he, 81 don't
recognize any chiefs among them.
T tell them that the Indian Tho
raises the most corn and does the
best farming is the chief, and the
consequence is, they are making
rapid advances in the way Of agri-
c,iiture," We believe the Colonel
!1as taken the right coursc.-Cald-
we'll Journal.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-06-10

Entered at the Postoflice at Darlington, as
second class matter
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-06-10

Bedford is the name the Atlantic
&FPacifc road has given to its ter
minus on the Arkansas river. The
point is in the Greek nation, and is
fully 100 miles east of the Chisholm
trail. The country is covered with
timber, and if we are not greatly
mistaken, cattlemen will need q
greater inducement than $40 per car
to undertake the job Of driving their
cattle through a hundred miles of
black iacks.-Caldwell Journal.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-06-10

Next to Texas, Wyoming is prob
ably the greatest stock growing re-
gion of this country. Over 100000
head of cattle and many thousand
Of sheep are now feeding on its
plains. Statistics show that during
the shipping season Of last year,
from July 1st to Nov. lst, there were
sent to the eastern markets 2l7 392
head Of beeyes, an increase Of over
$4,000 head over the shipment Of 81.
Tie great ranges are now fully
stocKed, and the increase annually
must be immense. in round NUM-
bers the reports show that the cattle
bisiness in that territory for 1888
rnay be put thus: stock, 100000
head Of cattle, worth $30,OOO,OOOj
Shipments, 100000 head worth So
fsyN ]9St' ~ ,S"or>-s~Sa~| Z larraa.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-06-10

The rate on cattle has been fixed
oy the Frisco road at 500 per car
from Vinita, $65 from Tulsa and
S67 so from Red Fork, the station
across the river. Western cattle
men are said to laugh at the expec-
tations Of heavy shipments, as there
IS so much wooded country to pass
through that the losses from strays
Would be very heavy.-Indian Jour
all. The Journal is quite right re-
garding the wooded country and
.aughing business.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-06-10

Subscription, 81 per year, In Advance.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-06-10

Go to Segcr's livery when you
Bant a first-class driving team or q
gtddle horse.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-06-10
MAIL TIME TABLE.

Fresh oranges and lemons every
TAursday at Connell's.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-06-10

All cowboys go to the City Hotel
when they want q frst-class meal
orbed.
National Republican., 1883-08-02
PERSONAL.

Mrs. G. W. Gray is at Great Bend, Pa.
Mrs. II. n. Copp is visiting at Wakefield, N. II,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Morse are at Saratoga for the
season.
Mrs NJ Marean is summering In Susquehanna
county, Pa.
Mrs. Oscar Blelaskl has gono to Harper's Ferry
for Il month.
Col. Cl,eys family is summering in Washington
Standsh, Me,
Mrs. c, L. Cochrane has gone to Ocean City for
q stay OF month.
Mrs Annie Yarnel and Miss Louise s. Weight
man are al Martha's Vineyard.
Mrs c c. Darwin is spending the month of Au-
gust in Preston county, W. Va.
Mrs Laura A. Bradley has gone to Fauquier
county for Il stay of several weeks.
Comdr Huff and family and Mrs. Quoltrough,
of Washington, are among latest arrivals at New
port.
Mt. and Mrs, Theodore o. Ebaugh LEFT yesterday
for Alton, where they will stay three or fouI
weeks.
c. W. spoirord, proprietor of the Riggs house, re-
turned last night from his country residence near
Bangor Me,
Mr.. Joseph X McCammon, assistant attorney
general for the department of the Interior, has
gone to Saratoga,
Commissioner of Pensions Dudley aud family
about three weeks,
Mrs. J. f. Palmer sailed from New York for Llv.
erplol yesterday by the Cunard steamer Gallia
en- route for Paris,
Rev. Samuel II. Greene and family leave this
city this morning for New England on vacation
of six or eight weeks.
Misses Lizzie l.. aud Mary W. Prather, of this
city, and Lizzie S. Nichols, Of Mount Pleagant will
leave to-day for Oakland.
Antonio Gustlyer, John d. Cowpor, Norfolk, Va.
James Wilson, cityi H. M. DUNCAN, San Antonio
1, Nas, are at the 81. Mare.
J, J. c. Taber, Philadelphia ]. c. Nenle Vir,
gina; w. &. Beckwith Pittsburg and Samue
1appan, Cincinnati, are at the St. James.
! Miss Jennie NJ Bell, of 1928 New York avenue
| in company with u married sister and niece, la
gone to Ocean City to spend the month of August
Mr., W. II. Scudder, private secretary to the com.
missioner OF pensions, Aand family, have gone L
| Snowyille, Var for months stay in the noun
l. tains
| have gone from Rock Euon to Rockbridge Alum
| Springs, where they Will remain during the montl
| of August.
Charles b. Bailey, secretary of the Wash ngtol
! Gas company, Will sail for Europe next Wednes
| day Mr.. Bailey will take with him the best wishe
of a very large circle Of friends ana acquain
! apces.
Miss Mamie French, the daughter of Mr.. Ed
mund r. French, OF East Washington, Miss Fan
! ME Gilbert, and her niece Miss Mamie Eaton, will
! leave this evening for the north, They will be ab
! sent about month.
Among late arrivals at Mount Desert are Pro
| and Mrs. HilgaId, Mrs. ana the Misses McCeney
Miss Jennings, Mrs. j, +. May aud daughters Con-
missioner Marbles family, Mrs. Denns0u an
! family, Mrs. $. b. Cushing aud family, Mr.. an
Mrs. @. Ii. Beardsley and Paul LaiaiYre, Of Wash
| ington,
National Republican., 1883-08-02
a Cure at Last.

We hear from Gus.
toners the most fiat
tering reports of Ely's
Cream Balm, an arti-
Gle of real merit.
Smith, Kline d Co.,
wholesale, druggists.
Philadelphia, Pa.
National Republican., 1883-08-02
Local ltenla.

The Webster Rifles to the number Of forty,
under the command of Capt. Arnold, were
the guests of tho Capital City guard at their
camp at the Van Ness park last evening
Tho visitors were received with due military
honors and were handsomely entertained
during the evening.
About > o'clock last evening while n work.
man named Jones was engaged in putting up
iron cornices over tho iront of Mr. j. j,
Georges shoe store, No. 422 Ninth street
northwest, the ladder fell, precipitating him
to the ground and severely iniuring his side
and body. Tho ladder in its descent smashed
valuable display show case, which stood in
front of the door
A mass meeting will be held at Ford's operi
house Tonight under the auspices of th
Knights of Labor and the trades union of thI
district. Several gentlemen will make ad
dresses
National Republican., 1883-08-02

yesterday morning, leaving his brother in
charge. Although everything was placed in
order there vet remained sufficient traces 70
show the extent of the vandalism committed.
Tho thieves had wrcnchod the catch from
the front basement window, aud after got
ting inside began search for valuabCs
which they did not succeed in finding, only
taking about $3.50 worth of silver. The doors
of all the closets were broken open aud
splintered the bolts being broken. Tho re-
porter was informed by the coachman that
the injured garments had been pack away
until the return of the family, when the full
extent of the injury would be made known.
Tho coachman stated that he aud his wife
were about the house during the day, and
that they were the only ones connected with
the house about. lie said he could identify
some men whom he had seen lurking about.
He subsequently called at the fourth pre-
cinct station TO look vt colored man named
Counell, who had been arrested, aud said he
was one of the mon he had seen,
National Republican., 1883-08-02
Telegraph Extension.

New YoRK, Aug. Ito enable it to extend
its lines and facilities the Bankers aud Mer-
chants Telegraph company to-day obtained
from the Farmers Loan aud Trust company
100000, secured by the issue of three hun
dred IL 900 bonds.
The certificate of incorporation of the EX-
change Telegraph company was filed to-day.
cisco, touching at all intermediate points de-
sired. The capital stock is fixed at 81, 000O 900
in twenty thousand shares of 800 each, with
provision for an increase. The incorporators
are Stephen ID. Field, Charles S, IIurd, Alex
ander Thain, J. Bentley Squire, and James c.
levitt .
National Republican., 1883-08-02
River and Hnrhor Improvemcnts.

River ana ItnrhOr Improvements.
Tho reports of tho engineers in charge of
the Improvements of rivers and harbors in
the Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and San Fran
cisco districts, were received at tho War de-
partment yesterday. For the Improvement
of the Wabash river below ViuccnnGs, Ind,
$4,000 is estimated, and the appropriations
Of mt least half that SUM for use during the
next year is asked.
For the Improvement from Vincenuos to
to Lafayette, tho original estimate was $780,
600, and $4,000 will have been expended by
the end of the year, and il is impossible to eX-
acCly estimate the cost of the completion of
tho Improvement.
Between Vincennos and Terre Haute, he
thinks $4,000 could be proiitably expended
next year.
To improve the White river Ind &25, 900
will probably complete the work cOntom-
plated below Hasleton. For the improve
mont of the harbor at New Buffalo, Mich,
the csti imated cost was Sl5O,O00, aud only
$1,000 was appropriated which was iusutli
cicnt to commence work, On the harbor ut
Michigan City, Ind, 100000 can be profit
ably expended during next year on tho outer
harhor, and on the inner $4,000 will be
sufficient.
At Ontanagan harbor, Mich, $257,G00 has
already been expended and Sl06, 10 will be
required to complete the work,
Az Marquette harbor, Mich, S3l4i23O has
been expended to date. 1t is recommended
that the breakwater be extended at an esti-
mated cost of S6S,000.
At Manistique harbor, Mich, $4,000 will
be required to complete the Improvement,
$4,000 of which can bo proftably expended
next year.
For the improvement Of Green Bay harbor,
Mich. $4,000 will be required to complete
the work, and $4,000 can DO advantageously
expended next year.
For the improvement of Ahnepee harbor,
Wis, $4,000 can be expended next year.
At Kcwaneo harbor, Wis, Sl7i057 will be
required to complete the work, and $50,0O0
can be used next year.
At Oakland harbor, Cal, Sl,044,5S will be
required to complete the work, and 100000
is asked for next year.
At Wilmington harbor, Cal, $l9l766 will
be required to complete the work, aud Sl25,-
coo is asked for next year
National Republican., 1883-08-02
A Bloody Duel.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 1.--Mace ones and Rich
ard Linsey attempted to drive man named
Wilson out of Brooklyn, ILL.,, last evening,
Marshall Green in protecting Wilson had q
quarrel with Jones, during which threats OF
shooting were freely indulged. At about II
o'clock Green and Jones again met each being
armed with shotguns and revolvers, Five shots
were fired, one of which entered Green's groin
and produced death this morning. Jones re.
ceived two wounds in the arm, one in the
head, and another through the left breast
which is pronounced fatal.
National Republican., 1883-08-02
The carroll Institute EXcurs,on.

Two thousand people, members and friends
of Carroll institute, went down to Marshall
Hall yesterday on tho steamers City OF
Alexandria and Arrowsmith. Dancing,
music, games, and a splendid dinner was
enjoyed by all. 1t was n field day for the
boys and girls, and they made the most of it.
Nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of any
one The boats returned about 1l:30 o'clock,
and the cars were kept running until after
midnight with heavy loads of ladies and
gentlemen, who looked as if they had had a
good time.
National Republican., 1883-08-02
THE THOMPSON ROBBERY.
The Police Arrest Man Who Had Been
Lurking About the House.

The account of the robbery of Mr.. Thomp-
sons house on N street, published in yester-
days REPUBLICAN, gave rise to very gem
oral comment, Tho police denied the report
at first but finally admitted that the robbery
had taken place, but was not as bad as the ac-
count stated it 10 be. When a reporter called
on Maj. Dye yesterday he was asked to pub
lish the following;
II would be well for persons intending TO leave
the city, leaving their houses unucCupled, to so
inform the police OF the precinct in which they
reside
A visit was made to the house yesterday
afternoon, and 1t was found in better order
than on the night previous. Mr.. Thompson,
with his family, left the city for tho country
National Republican., 1883-08-02
BLOWN no ATOMS.
Terrific Boiler Explosion at Norfolk
The Engineer Killed ana Several Others
Tniurod
Spcclnl Dispnich.

Wf0I0T UIF01T0N,
NoRToLR, VA, Aug. IA irightful boiler
explosion occurred this afternoon at the brick
yard of MIR. Il. r. X. Balm, near Portsmouth,
Va. resulting in the denth of the engineer,
Mr.. David G.. Balm, who was cousin of the
proprietor, and the slight injury Of several
other parsons The body of the engineer was
blown high in tho air aud fell about fifty feet
from tho scene of the explosion. His left leg
was found ON the roof of building about
fifty foet high. Not remnant or
sign of the engine or boiler was left on the
foundation. They were blown to pieces aud
scattered in all directions. 1t is Thought the
explosion was caused by the engineer allow
ing the water to get too low in the boiler and
then injecting cold water suddenly upon the
hot iron
National Republican., 1883-08-02
AnnlY nv the llttla

APPg NY ilt lIltlo
finger into thenostrila
BY absorption II effect
ually cleanses the ma
sal passages ofcalarrh-
nj virus, aust Ing
healthy secretions II
allays inflammation.
National Republican., 1883-08-02
sunncntnd Inv Gns.

MACON, Aug. This morning, in Jones
county, two farmers named Green while en-
gagged in digging well, were sufIocated by
gas. Both bodies were drawn up as soon Us
possible but life was extinct.
National Republican., 1883-08-02

Arrival OF Prince George OF Wales.
HALIFAX, Aug Her mrjesty's war ship
Canada with Prince George of Wales ON
board has arrived in this harbor.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-18
PERSONAL POINTS,

Mrs, Jewell, nov more thnn eighty, SUR
wives her son, eX-GOv. Jewell.
Alexander II, stephens Is seventy -one
years old and weighs Seventy.one pounds.
Gen. Grant has had to let the ,ucks out
pounds this winter.
The "Grst bonorn men Of the freshmen
and sophomore classes Of the Mississippi
State university are girls.
II Is said there are four other members
Of Congress who are IN the same situation
rs Ochltree oil the salary question.
The "boy preachers" experience IN
Decatur, H., has been the conversion Of
one hundred souls per week for eleven
weeks.
Ex-Governor and Senator elect ColquIIt,
OF Georgia, lectured In Cleveland, o., last
saturday evening, and was introduced TO
the audience by ex-presldont Hayes.
Modjeska says the trouble with Mary An.
derson's performances Is that she has never
been IN love. Most OF the dramatic critics
viii be demanding explanations when they
next meet Mary.
Sin our country said the Engshman,
~ he leaned back IN his chair, ''beforo we
marry we arrange 10 settle certain amount
upon the wife, 'les, l know, ~ replied
the American, "but with us II Is different,
II IL after we are married that we settle cv'
erything on the wife and arrange TO beat our
creditors.
IL is announced by Chinese papers that
Mr.. Yung Wing, who graduated ~ Yale.in
1854, and has lived nj Hartford until within
q year, has, on bis return 10 China, been APP
pointed Taotai, or Chief Magistrate, of the
city Of Shanghai. Mr.. Yung Wings ap.
poIntmcnt Is remarkable from the fact that
he Is u protested Christian, has nm Amerl'
eau wife, and wears no queue.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-18
The Gougar.Mand,er sen,a,tos.

LAFAYETTE, IND, February l7.-The
The defense rested its case last evening.
Nothing new was developed by the cross.
examination OF Chief OF Police Msndler,
who has made such singular record by
attacking the reputation OF q woman Of
Mrs. Cougars standing and ability.
Councilman Bohnstadt testifes that he saw
the man and woman that night when Mand.
Ter was chasing them, He did not recog.
nize the woman, but from thel looks Of the
mans hair he thought II was Captain
Wallace. It Is still believed that some
malicious persons dressed to represent
Wallace and the plaintiff. and knowing that
Mmdlcr was on thewateh purposcly re.
NAMED in Wallace's Office 10 give the no.
ton that all was not right.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-18
The Illinois Legislature.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, February II. The
Senate met this morning with comparative.
Merritt, bill which hld been tabled was
taken up and racommitted 20 judiciary
Committee This bill provides for the
carrying OF eases TO higher courts, Con-
siderable routine business was transacted,
and several bills adj anCod to third reading,
one Of which Is No. lj3. empowering boards
Of education to oc uirc title 10 the land TO
be used for school SITES by the RICH, Of
eminent domain, several new bills were
introduced. The claim of the state against
the United states .or money furnished dur.
Ing the late war was made the special order
for Wednesday q; II n. M, and at ll;Sn
the Senate adjourned,
There viii be NO session In the House
until Monday at 3 =. N.