Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-12

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traded with O'Neal. Both O'Neal and Grumke
then returned to this county, to look for the
man who had traded with O'Neal. After
searching through the county for sever
al days they found him and ar
rested him in this city. He proved
to be one John Hill. who formerly lived near
Dover, In this county. Hill claims that he
traded for the mare at Lone Jack on the 9th
of April, which is the same day the mare was
stolen. Hill is n in jailin this city. He
will have a preliminary examination Monday.
We have before us Stephens History OF the
United States, Of which we spoke some weeks
sheets, and the character of the author, we
recommended the work to our readers. We
are glad to say that it In every wsy comes up
to our expectations. To US the pictorial
feature is not a strong Recommendation, but
it has value 10 young readers, AMI the illus
trations in the work are excellent. The pic
lures of Davis, Lee, Jackson sm Stephens
are excellent, and those Of the confederate
and federal generals are generally very good.
The views of battles and of naval engage
menrs are as accurate as such things ever get
to be. The work is a large volume, printed
on first rate paper, from new, clear and very
legible type. The binding is all thtt could be
desired. As to the matter of the work-its COM
position-too much cannot be said. 1t is such.
a history of the United States as boys should
read, and mature men may Study with
profit. We have seen nothing before that in
the same space contains so much important
history, and so philosophical a treatment of
the political questions involved. 1t Is a little
library in itself aud should be in every house
bold. Mr.. A. J.. Porter, of Clay township,
the agent, is a reliable gentleman, who will
comply with all his contracts. and in this in
stance we can cheerfully recommend a book
agent. not only to the mercy of the people but
o their kind consideration and patronage
DR.. Belt sent US a blac'-: snake last Tues
day, which he killed on his farm near town.
fhe reptile was three feet and a half long and
about aninch and a quarter in diameter in the
largest part. Then curiosity of the thing was
that the snake was encircled by q brass ring,
half an inch wide, some eight inches below
his head. The ring was once a top guard on
an umbrella. and Is really a ring within a
ring, as the inner ring was stationary on the
handle, while the outer one was used to Slip
down ever the tips of the umbrella ribs, to
keep the umbrella. closed. The snake. had
evidently crawled into the ring a long while
ago, as the ring was deeply impressed into !
his body, and could not be removed. 1t at
tempting to push the ring forward, Its sharp |
edge would catch under the scales, and It
not go back further on account of the
bulge in his body. We succeeded in pushing
it back about an inch, which showed the deep
lndentation of long wearing. The snake is
of q clean blue black color, showing that he
had recently shed; and the ring is nicely
polished. The question is, did the ring inter-
fere with his digestive organs, or did he have
sufficient room, in the eight inches above. the
ring, to digest his meals. It certainly must
have interfered with his locomotion. We
more than suspect, that his jewelry caused
him to put on airs when in the presence of his
species, and that he wept bitter briny tears in
secret. The human race is somewhat given
to antics of this kind, and the serpent is said
to be a very cunning RASCAL.
Quite an exciting episode occurred in our
city on last Saturday. 1t seems that Mrs.
Beatty Sanborn, at the solicitation of an
uncle, went to Kentucky a few weeks ago
and brought back with her to raise, a bright,
healthy boy, aged nearly six, an orphan, and
the only child of a deceased sister. As Mrs.
sanburn Is the last survivor Of the family, she
Is likewise the only near relative of the boy.
The next of kin-are two old maids, great
aunts Of the half-blood, with whom the boys
mother was living at the time of her death,
and yphn rofafpol noocaScfon of 6;o,- ,xlxL..
adopting him nor taking out letters of guar
dlanship; however, Mrs. 8. got the child
peaceably with the aid of some kin, but against
the wishes of the old maid aunts. They then
took out letters of guardianship, preferred q
Charge of kidnapping against Mrs. 8. and 4
messenger, accompanied by q lawyer, and
armed with a requisitton, appeared on the
scene, and attempted to scare Mrs. Sanburn
into giving up the child by threats of arrest.
Mrs. Sanburn exhibited u wonderful amount
Of nerve. and could not be frightened from
her position. II became noised about the
town, and a large delegation of leading citi-
zsns telegraphed Gov. Crittenden to with
hold further action for forty-eight hours, un-
til he could hear the other side of the case,
but his answer to Sheriff Elliott came too late,
and Mrs. S. started down, under arrest, on
Saturday night The party stopped at Jeffer-
son CITY; and the governor promptly decided
to suspend action for twenty days. The
Kentucky party went home, and Mrs. San.
burn returned here, and it is supposed that
the matter will end without further attempt.
There was d good deal of Indignation aroused,
and much sympathy awakene for. Mrs. San.
burn, who is a most estimable lady, and the
proper person by blood, education and means,
to raise the child, who shows sad indications
of neglect and bad training,