Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-04

City warrants for sale. Inquire At this
, Office. If
If you want fresh turnip seed go to Gordon
& Fulkerson. july14A
Sell your old iron at Jo1dan's Foundry and
Machine Shops. metf
Hsrwood will duplicate prices bought any
place in the county, Dover, Mo. a21tf
For Sale-A half Jersey cow; i've years
old; giving milk; no calf; inquire at this Of
fee.
Get Kerdolf's new process -four If you
want good, white and sweet bread and
cake. july14tf
We pay the highest market price for all
kinds of country produce. Gordon & Blu
ford. j21tf
strong and nice ut 81. & F. Winkler's, Lex
lngton, Mo. 1une2tf
Look in and see VIM. 8. Clasett & Co.'S.
elegant, airy, new rooms. Plenty Of space,
light and air. tuly9stf
A rick of wheat belonging to Mrs. Temple.
near Page City, was destroyed by lightning a
few days ago.
Saunders makes copying q speciality from
q locket picture to life size in crayoa, ink,
water colors, &c. apr146
Wilson Creek reunion tickets will be sold
August 7th to 9th. good to return on the 18th,
at one and one third rates. c.. Ben.
Go to Hsrwoodps for the best and cheapest
articles In groceries, hardware, tinware and
notions, &C., in this county. Dover, Mis-
souri,. apr21tf
A very large assortment Of walnut bed.
steads, medium and fine, at low prices, all of
our own make, at II. & f. Winkler's Licking |
ton, Mo. 1une2tf
When you want anything which cannot be
found at other groceries, 60 to Powell's, on
Franklin street. Lexington, Mo-, and he Is
sure to have It. july14t4
Circuit court will begin In this county 7
we print elsewhere, covers from August 9Th
to August 10, inclusive.
House and lot o. Ridgewsy street, nearly
opposite second ward schoolhouse, for sale.
The house contains 8 rooms; lot 50xl00 feet.
Price $3.50. Apply to J. W. Grant. 1sotf
Dresser suits In Italian and Tennessee
marbletops, cheap, and our own make. h. 4
f. Winkler, in their new rooms, corner Pine
and Franklin streets, Lexington, Mo. j9n
One Of our best citizens would say to the
public that he has tried Halps Catarrh Cure, I
and it is all that il claimed for it. Price 70
cents per bottle. Sold by C. w. LOOMS, Lex
ington, Mo. july2SmS
The greatest invention of the ago is the
Quick Meal Vapor Stove at Graham 4 Nor
~rison's. No heat, smell or smoke. Expense
one.third the cost Of coal or wood stove. Call
and see it work, spr2stf
Chas. W. LOOMS has bought II. F. Royle
& Sons stock of school-books, (see card) and =
having the largest stock Of school-books and
school supplies in the county, will be able
to meet all demands. Call when wanting |
anything of the kind; prices as low or lower
than the lowest. Respectfully, Charles W.
Loomis. july2stf
Read Mr.. Baeuerle's advertisement of the |
Vanderbilt house, tho now hotel on Laurel
street. Everything In 1t Is new and clean.
Special attention given to transient guests.
Commercial travellers supplied with sample |
room. Meals at all hours. Good dinner for
farmers and others ut midday, at lowest living
rates. Everybody is invited to call and try
the table and other accommodations. att
Elsewhere In this issue will be found the |
advertisement Of the Farmers Bank Of Cor
der. The names of its officers and board of
directors are alone q sufficient guarantee, not
only Of Its reliability, but Of ability Of man
sgement. Situated in tho midst of the richest
part of our everywhere fertile county. sur
the institution is certain to prosper itself, and
to be the means Of added prosperity to the
town and It's vicinity.
Mr.. l.. D. Lewis in our advertising COL
umns announces that he will .ell, Saturday,
August Is, at his residences miles northwest
Of Alma, and six southeast Of Waverly, on
what is known Is the Dick Lewis tract of the
Barnett farm, . head of work mules from
four to nine years old; 1 span of buggy
mares three years old, and s head of work
horses from four to twelve years old; six
months time with 8 per cent. interest. All
horsemen and farmers needing animals of
the above descriptions should note the time
and place.
Higginsville Msssenger:-"A company for
the purpose of manufacturing wire fence was
organized in the city yesterday under the
name of the Lindley Wire Fence Company,
with capital stock at $4,000, all paid up.
This is another boom for .Higginsville and
will prove q great convenience and benefit to
the farmers Of this section of the country, as
the company will manufacture the fence and
sell it all ready to be put up. Let the ball
keep rolling. Higginsville is destined to be
the business center of the county, and every
enterprise of this kind brings her nearer that
point"
A country friend who read an article in
this paper last week OF the use Of big words,
tells us that a friend of his once approached
q hostler in q stable where he desired to put
up his horse, thus. "My friend, will you
please to extricate my qusdruped from this
vehicle; stabulate him, donate to him an ad-
equate supply Of nutritious aliment, and
when the aurora Of morn shall illuminate the
oriental horizon, I will reward thee with q
pecuniary compensation for thy amiable hos
pitality." The hostler immediately ran out
to the front door and yelled, "Hey boss, boss.
come here, quick, here's Dutchman wants
something, and 1 can't tell what in thunder
he's a driving at"
Fort Smith Monitor:-"In railroad circles
there is nothing very new. The contract for
the grading of the Fort Scott, St. Louis and
Chicago road bed from Butler to Walnut
City has been let. Mr.. Reese Thomas, of
Wichita, formerly Of Fort Scott, received the
contract to grade eight miles Of the road
from the north line of the Narias do Cygnes
river to Butler-and will go to work with q
large force Of men at once. Mr.. John Soul
len, of st. Louis, is the general manager and
superintendent of construction. The con-
tracts for grading the rosd-bed from Walnut
City to Fort Scott will be let in = few days.
The DELAY at this end Of the line at present is
being made on account of waiting for tho ar
rival Of a noted railroad engineer from New
Mexico. who will locate the grade. He will
arrive in a few days. The executive commit
tee of the company will meet in this CITY on
Friday and further arrange mstters.n
Post Dispatch:-"The fever for building
railroads from st. Louis to Kansas CITY i,
becoming epidemic very rapidly. 1t is only a
few days since the statement was given out
that Vanderbilt had purchased the charter,
etc., of the st. Louis and Central Missouri
road as well ss the Hogan Belt road. II this be
true then 1t will be but = short time until the
iron horse will trot along over q new road to
the Missouri river and the pool will have to
be re-arranged. Then the rumor is out that
Senator Vest and Captain John N. Bofinger
contemplate building q line between these