Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-15
This Is presidential year. Let every demo-
rrof do hiS duty.

opened, at Wilker II Miller's. mchSt2
Mr.. VIM. II. Smith, Of this city, bought in
Kansas City, last week, 9 new brick residen-
ces, for which he paid s3,l9O each.
Alarge and handsome stock OF laces just
received, which will be sold lower thar You
ever saw them. Call and see Wilkcr h Miller
about them. mchsts
In cases of Group the best remedy we can
give is Dr.. Jackson's Syrup Of Wild Cherry
and Lungwort; gives relief Instantly. Sold
by Gosewfsch q Son. dee22m3eow
Mr.. Charles Schaefermeyer has rented Mr..
Jno. J. Kriehn's building. next to Mr.. Patter-
sons grocery store, on Main street. and Is
| lifting 1t up for hardware. He will take pos
session of his new stand In 9 or 8 weeks.
Get A. v. Robinson & Co.'s celebrated roll
Ter four ii yon want the best. Their name
Is plainly branded on each sack and roller
patent inside. They will. as heretofore. aim
TO give perfect satisfaction to all c0nsum-
er5. u
Mr.. Hayes. the vice-presldent and mana
ger OF the Gould system of railways, made
the motion in the Lexington Coal Company
! boaed for the erection of Miners houses here.
He Il linear the throne" knows what head
quarters wants, therefore, we may infer that
the Missouri Pacific intends to push things
here during the coming season.
Notice. In another column will we found
an article In which all whether they will or
no) are interested. Neglecting to read 1t may
prove q very serious as we'll rs an expensive
affair. We refer to the advertisement Of
| Prickly Ash Bitters. A knowledge of its
merits and the benefit you or your family may
| derive from using 1t viii save not only health
but many dollars otherwise expended In
ssDoctors'bills." mch151m
The one and q half story frame dwelling
house, with all its contents, Of Mrs. Mary j.
Pool, near MAYHEM, was entirely consumed
by fire Sunday last In broad day light, while
the family were absent. The fire eommunl-
Gated to the grass In the orchard and very Sc
riously damaged the young trees therein.
Insured for 1850 In Springfield Insurance
Company, Of Massachusetts, of which E. Win
sor & Son are agents. The house was occu-
| pied by Mr. John Goodrich. The contents
| were q total loss.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Jordan is now turning out q
! number OF his excellent rollers. They are
/ A4aoS" ~ NV Wv ~$SSc IA ~
so that If one is broker 1t can easily be re-
placed. A seat Is furnished for the driver,
where hi may ride comfortably. and his
weight will be none too great either for the
! work or the te an. Though made at home it
IL the very best roller In the market, and Is
sold very cheap. Every farmer should have
one, at any rate, every farmer should call at
the foundry and see one for himself.
..Frank' writes from Higginsville:-"The
instruments for the Higginsville cornet band
arrived last week. We wish the boys sue
cess. Mr.. w. L. Green, of your city, was
in town last week visiting relatives. Rev.
s. T. Ruffner. wife and little daughter, who
have been visiting In Virginia. will return
about the 18th OF this month Mr.. Riggs,
of Hannibal, Mo-, will start q new lumber
yard here soon, having bought two lots from
Mr. W. II. Robnett ia man by the name
of Montgomery. while hauling brick the
other day, had his foot nearly cut on by the
wagon running over it....Frank would like
to ask you how does y candidate know men
they never saw before. They must be In
spired like the apostles. Farmers say we
had better set apart a day to talk to candi-
dates SO they can have q chance to save their
crops. Elder Blackwell, of your city began
3 protrseted meeting here last Monday.
The Y. N. C. A., at this place is doing a good
work. They have about thirty-fve members
they meet every Friday night In their rooms
over the American bank. All are invited. %.
Mr.. Grove Young, our mammoth dry goods
merchant, went to Chicago Of business las,
ruoaI 0h;ol.Su Ca~oh3uo<ia- 0o~,-or- rc,1
with poor success while here, nOtwithstsnd
ing 1t was q good troupe =. Died. at his resi-
dence, three miles north Of this place, March
I. Mr.. j. Shafer ,aged e years. Uncle Jimmie
as he was called, was q kind father, . good
man aud a faithful follower of his Lord and
Master; he was a man that was loved and
respected by all who knew him go. Mr.. Chas
Hoefer, cashier OF the bank Of Higginsville
is building a fine residence In his addition
east of town....Our town board at theil
regular meeting, last week, appointed Mr..
Aleshlne night policeman. he Is q dandy
A friend writes from Waverly -''If he
knew low to do It, your correspondent would
like to compliment you on the standard &c
which you have brought our county weeklies
especially the last several issues, containing
very Interesting correspondence on U. 8
legislative officers, creameries, canneries
mills, &C., which subjects. discussed as they
arouse their latent energies, bring to the sur
face the capacity of one of the finest counties
In the state, and srterialtze her young, tendel
avenues. With your healthful influence they
must develop into growth and power. Tt
your paper Is due much of the honor Of hay
Ing carefully, though slowly, engineered tn,
} road; marked with unmistakable milestone
by which the county, If she follow It, ma,
carve out her own magnificent destiny. Mucl
light has been thrown on U 8. legislative of
! ticers, and while we regret that the HONORABLE,
gentlemen entered the arena with gloveles
! hands, still more do we regret, for the edifca
= ton of the young and nnwary, that the cor
respondence has closed. Gen. Wayne Nc
! Eeagh says in his article on THE Next Presi
I deney.' II they differ E . 3 upon tina
7 question 1t will only be whether the word ma
ton should be spelled with q capital letter o
not y 6 " q difference upon which angr
passions esAnetb be aroused'-In this instanc,
should not be-and we can only hope tina
. something may otcur of q resumptive turn
that may set us down on the right side of tn
fence. We have fine material here; would !
: not be wise for the ladies and gentlemen t
t start a literary society, and work 1t up by dis
: cnssins such subjects: Who will make tn
3 effort! We hear frequent complainings Of tn
i, dullness OF the times. II not this the out
( come Of our own apathy, or wasn't Of enter
< prise! First, we need 4 resident preacher
1 some one to bind the marriage vows. to bur,
j. the dead, to keep US straight while living. AL,
ministrstious Of various kinds; 1t matters no
q OF what denomination, Il he Is a pure. 200,
t man, he would meet with q hospitable vel
come. A good baker would d. we'll here
y the necessity which forces the ladies to d
:, their own work would ensure him a yer
liberal patronage; writing aud dancing teach
; ers are also In demand, full schools could b
$ procured by both; but of all our needs 4 goo,
u mill lie most prominent. Why cannot GU
e capitalists awake TO their Interests? 1t IL
e common fact known to all that a mill draw
trade, and that the want of one depletes I,
s saying nothing Of the third rate nour we ar
e often forced to swallow. There are no,
about twelve thousand bushels of wheat care
fully selected add neatly sacked. awaitin
O shipment 10 the warehouse. What folly I
e let 1t go! with silent machinery at hsno
n Manufactured into -four, with other lot
coming In, 1t would be q handsome reyenu
9 to the town. We read of your ssmilIng hus