Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-17
The steamer City Of Chester is at sea

The steamer City of Chester is at sea
with a broken shalt.
Our merchants say they ars doing an un-
usually good business Tor The time OF year.
Col, k~sthbun's two little daughters were
the recipients. last Monday evening, OF two
Maltese kittens, presents from q young
friend in Independence.
The county jsiier mas nearly a strong
enough force now to organize 3 ne" enain
gang to do some WORK for the county roads,
and as soon as criminal court Is over he VII
set them at 1t.
.Dsisy'' writes from Corder: Now
goods for the spring trade are being brought
on BY our merchants, Mr.. wilson, 1o!m'
erly ia the employ OF the Higginsviile Coal
Company as engineer, has pns up q ne" res
tdeuce and will make this his permanent
home Judge Harrison PAID MS tsmi'y
(who are living In Columbis for school ben
snts) q flying visit last week THE bank
will be organized fully on Saturday ....Ar.
John Livepgood has rented his farm and IL
now Keeping the Alton hotel OF this place..
Mr.. Sam Shoem iker has sold bis house ana
lot and will move to ODESSA Mrs. Jsckson
Cordsr Is in Butler, visiting her daughter,
Mrs, Sue W alton. 49,. Mr.. and Mrs. HIT are
on q visit to Marshall to see their daughter,
Mrs. Fletcher. 80. DR.. VIM. Cordsr Is nome
from Cincinnati, where he has bsea stteno-
Ing q medical institution"
We learn from DIR. W. A. Gordon that .
great many OF the Germsn carp putin ponds
last fail nave died during the winter. In bis
own pond nine out of eleven were found
dead. Mir. l.. W. Barnes u all ten OF
bis dead. MIR. Fred. Young found nine OF
his ten dead. These are all who know just
how many are dead and have reported. The
doctor desires all persons who got carp In
this county TO report to him. 1t Is not only
the carp, however, that have died, as ssVsrai
ponds hAve shown, this spring. q singular
mortality of native fish. Capt. }. Barnetts
pond had q hundred or more dead cat fish in
1t this spring. a pond near Wellington had
q great many dead fish drifted to the top
and to one side. Some carp ponds stocked
before last fall have been examined and no
dead Dish found. Explanations of causes are
ia order, and ira lnteiiig encer would ike to
hear from every gentlemen In the county
who has planted carp. one way or the other.
A friend writes from Fsirview lew
or fne..,.Mr. Owens Mssterson, who has
| been sick for sometime, is convalescent...
| Mr.. Jeff, Osborn has returned home &C.
companied by bis sister, Miss May. She will
spend some weeks with her aunt, Mrs. 8. A.
osborn. Miss Ella Marcy. who has been
attending the e. A. s., has returned home
| and 1. quite sick 80. Miss Bette Campbell, OF
HigginsvllIe, is visiting relatives and friends
in our vicinity ..Messrs. george and Henry
Williams leaves for Nebraska In a few days.
Miss Lulu Osborn who has been teach.
ing near Higginsviile returned home Non
day 80. Married, ct the residence OF the
BRIDES father. Mr.. William Campbell. by
Rev, A, A. Moore, sir. Omar Hook and Miss
Fannie Campbell. The debating society Is
nourisnlng. At the last meeting they elect
ed officers for six months. They were IS
follows: President. B, ". Osborn; vice.
president, II. Kite F.: secretary, +. V. Foster;
treasurer, J. W. Thomas. The society
meets once q month, on Saturday night be-
fore the third SUNDAY. There is strong
talk OF dividing our school district. We
hope they will succeed. go. Rev. A. A. Moore
will preach at the schoolhouse Sunday morn
ing at the usual hour Mr.. Joseph Deepen
brink left for Kansas Wednesday morning,
TO remain several months."
Our Texas Prairie correspondent writes
"Mr, John Arnold has moved to Kansas
CITY ..., Mr.. John Biocher has bought q farm
near Odessa and moved there last Week..
Mrs. Pamells AxIine moves to OskGrove TILL
wesk....Mr Eph. Moot sold out in kanss'
and has returned to Missouri, and has taksr
. farmers hotel in ludependenee,and will b
pleased to have his friends call when In tina
city ,,.,H Her many friends will be sorry t
{ hear thst Mrs. James Dorton, formerly o
wellington. died, recently from pneumonia
!, -. .Genersl regret will be felt al the suddel
desth of Mr.. Geo. Terrell. He was kind
{ charitable and beloved by all who knew hin
Mud drying up, but too cold Tor garden
ing yet. Most of the peaches killed; on
of about a hundred buds examined oni
three alive. Farmers very busy ; labo
scarce and wages high. Considerable SICK
Q ness around yet more bronchitis than eve
was heard Of in this part of county NIL
n Louis Neer, of Bstes county,, has ssld GU
r there and moved bsek here, and bought
farm In Jackson county Mis- Allie Nee
9 has returned to her home In Texas, accom-
. panied by her cousin, Mr. Claude Naer-...,
pleasant party at Mr.. John Mabry's Ia
II week. which ends the season." :