Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-08
THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY ORGAN
IZAIION

There seems 20 be some iEtempcrate
talk going OIL abhut ,lle manner of or-
g%aI,izali"n for the campaign ill the
cnuIiv this Wear. This Is all wrong
Democrats vino 1--we The priucipics al
the party will not DC found INDUCING
in such dcmoraiizlng work. Most oi
the objections urged against former
modes of procedure are fri7olons, and
based rather upon personal feeling than
upon fact. But, however that may be,
no man should be so welded to this Oh
that form of organization that he can
not say, let the will of the majority
prevail. We prefer the primary cleo
ton, aud have assigned reasons for
the faith that is In us, but if the demo-
cratic voters desire a CONVENTION we
say, amen. Let the democrats at the
primary meetings in the various towll-
ships, OH Saturday, March %, instruct
their committeeman what they desire,
| and let the vote of the committee based
! OH those instructions settle the matter.
Let moderation prevail In discussion.
as it does in the letter of a ccrrespon-
| dent elsewhere, who differs from our
| views but talks as a democrat should.
Above all, let 1t be well een to that
neither the qualification nor the denial
by the voters of any mans ambition
shall be permitted to be the cause OF
dissension. We shall endeavor to
speak of the matter at greater le..gth
next week.
Our neighbering city, Odessa, has met
with a terrible calamity. About IL
o'clock, last Wednesday night, a fire
broke out, either in Mattingly &
Brewers grocery store, or in a small
frame room adjoining, which was UNI
occupied. The wind was from the
northeast, and in a very few minutes
the fre was beyond control. In 80
minutes 1t had swept the 6 frame busi-
ness houses south of where 1t started
ont of existence. In two hours 1t had,
in addition, destroyed the handsome
now opera house building, with the
3 business houses on the ground floor.
As well as We have been able to learn
the losses have been Is follows:-Mat-
tingly b Brewer, groceries. small
stock; next a restaurant, name Of own
or we do not know. G. w. Townsend,
furniture, $1,000 or $1,000 stock; in
surance, 1880. The Eagle Clothing
house, q large stock, but pretty well
insured. Broughton Bros, hardware,
implements, wagons. bugsies, &c,
%, 900 or $1,000 stock, insured only
for about 5000. Vernon Powell, dry
goods, groceries, &c, and the postof-
flee, a fair sized stock, no insurance.
J. friedman, $1,000 or 5000 stock.
only about $1,000 insurance. James
Ped licord, about $40 600 stock, par
TALLY insured. L. Ruffner Smith 3
Co., groceries. large stock, small insur.
auce. The opera house building, all
Imposing brick, which was completed
Gully d few months ago at a cost OF
about 3i7 ,00o, was Insured for BIC, 900.
raere was practically no means of do.
feuse from fire, SO the town was
swept Of some Of its best bushes:
houses. OF course the enterpri>ine
people out there will rebuild imlnedi-
at"ly, and, except the opera house
with better buildings, hut tho fire can
not be otherwise than q severe blow
for a while. Squire Anderson's Office
DR.. Johnson's dental Office, Mrs. Simp
sons millinery sore. III the upstairs o
the operahouse building, were Of ceurs'
lost, as was Mr.. Hurr's photograph
gallery in another upstairs.