Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-15
Don't forget the fair.

Don forget the fair.
Be there, sure-the reunion on the 25th.
Martland's photos Of babies and children
can't be beat. nov22tf
Lawn Settles 4, 5, and 6 feet long, cheap.at
Fl. IF. Winkler's, Lexington, Mo. a25tf
Get Boston Betting C%ompany's Standard
Betting, at Jordan's Foundry and Machine
shops. m6d
There was q pleasant party near Dover,
last week, In honor of Miss Barbara K.
Bowers.
A number of chamber suits will be sold st
extra low prices at b. & F. Winkler's, Lex
ington, Missouri. msn
Go to Msrtlsnd's new gallery for the best
dozen can't be beat. aprAtf
The Intelligencer knows of 3 good teacher
who would take 3 school in the country. Best
references furnished. augst2
Subscribers who fail to get their paper reg
ularly from the carrier will greatly oblise US
by promptly reporting to this Office. II
The young ladies' cooking club met. Thurs
day, at Mrs. Geo. Hutchison's, the hostess of
the occasion being Miss Mamie Wilson.
New pavements have been laid this week
in front of the business houses of Messrs.
LOOMS Bros, John Smith. and c. NJ. Primer.
If you want anything hobby, durable and
cheap in head or foot wear, call on Smith &
Bolton, corner 18th street and Franklin
Avenue, may9tf
Mrs. Hicks and Miss Birdie Keller, took
part at Eldorsdo Springs, the other day, In q
travesty of Mrs. Jsrley's wax works. The
| Sedslia papers print extended notices of the
event.
For Sale-A good residence. one Of the
best in the city, ON Main street, large house,
good outhouses. well, ~cistern, etc. Price
only 81 900. Terms easy. Inquire of j. p.
Ardinger nov29tf
We are very sorry that we have to again
ask those that have been owing US for some
| time to come in and settle their accounts with
us; we need the money and hope this notice
will be sufficient. Respectfully. Chinn 4
Chinn. july23t4
Having rented the Mountjoy residence. on
South street, I will move my boarding house
to that place September 1st. A few nice
rooms to let, with board. Day boarders
solicited. Terms rs low as the quality of
board will permit. Everything first-clsss.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Respectfully, Mrs.
Evan Young, a8t4
Because of = recent ordinance which bur-
ries up the collection of licenses in the city
several gentlemen, who pay their taxes very
regularly, were. last week, fined for non-pay-
ment of license. In mentionlong their names
we gave the name of Mr.. Joseph Edelen.
when we should have printed the name of
MIR. James Edelea.
The alley in the block between Eleventh
and Twelfth, and Main and Franklin streets.
Is In q shocking condition. There are two
big piles of manure in it, beside other often
sive matter. The writer might say Of it as
Coleridge did Of Cologne:
"I counted two-and-seventy stenches,
All we'll defined, and several sttnks."
The city marshal is prsyerfully requested to
take a walk that way.
Lightning PLAYED q curious freak at Mach.
pelsh cemetery, last Tuesday evening, during
the electric exhibition that accompanied the
rain. It struck one of the tall trees st the
southeast corner of the cemetery and running
down the tree got on the wire fence. It then
ran along the fence the full length Of the
cemetery to The northeast corner, and thence
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eterv gate. A plank At the middle OF the
fence was unscathed. while the wires above
and below were scorched and discolOred all
along, and in some places actually melted by
the electric fluid. The grass, too, along the
line of the fence was scorched. The bolt en-
tered the ground at the gate.
On lsst Tuesday the 18th inst, at about
1880, p. M, Johnnie, the ffteen-year-old son
of Mr.. Arthur Brown, was killed BY light
ming. Johnnie had just flashed milking the
cow and e me to the house, when he con-
Guided To take the umbrella 'iuwu to the store
for his father, who was settling just past the
middle of the 70 in. AZ johnnie neared his
| father he reached out the umbrella and said
sPay' when the lightning flash struck him,
killing him instantly. He was struck on top
Of the head a little to the right. The light
ming passed down his left leg and burst the
shoe on his foot and passed on through the
floor to the earth. The bolt made one or two
small holes In the roof as it came through.
Capt. Vim. C. Ball has charge of the u. 8.
Steamer Osceols. In the Missouri river, at st.
Joseph, vice Capt. Dozier. resigned. Capt.
Ball was a confederate soldier. He was an
officer in Bledsoe's battery, and was so seri-
J ously wounded at Jackson, Miss, that the
surgeon told him he would die. Mr.. John 8.
! Wheatley, of MAYHEM, was wounded on the
| same day, and received the SAINT pleasant In
! formation from the surgeons, but both OF
-. them had too much grit to give up, and in
( formed the surgeons that they were mistaken
t that they did not intend to die, and sure
enough they didn't. There is q little bit Of
t history connected with the wounding Of these
3 two brave men that may be read with inter
est. At the above mentioned battle of Jack.
son. Miss, Gen. Jos. E. johnson sent to Capt
Bledsoe and suggested that he send An ex
perienced gunner to take charge of q sixty
. four pound piece of artillery that had ceased
firing on account of q heavy line of infantry II
: front, which picked of the cannoneers yer!
: rapidly. VIM. c.. Ball was the first to volun
teer, and for several hours the gun In hi
hands did effective work. Within q few
!, minutes after it had ceased 10 fire q staff Office
!, rode up to Capt. Bledsoe and said that tn
gallant Ball was mortally wounded. He ask
y ed if the captain could furnish another man
when John s. Whestley volunteered. Agail
( the big gun was heard, aud its effects wer
!, seen. In a few moments the news wa
r brought to Capt. Bledsoe that the Draw
d Wheatley was shot through the head an
q could not live, and that the gun could not b
: used any longer. 1t Is such ties as the on
n which exists bel ween these two men tha
y render soldiers reunions such meetings q
only those can understand who participate Il
them. We hope to see them both at Hig
ginsville on the 18th inst.
The contract IOr building the stand pipe, o
!" water lower, for the Lexington Water Com
e pany has been awarded to Messrs. r. I
3 Palmer 4 Son, Kansas City, the same fir
u that built the first one. The stand pipe wi
Is be 1SI feet in diameter and $50 feet high. Tn
y capacity will be over 800, 900 gallons. Th
iron to be used in its constitution will be Q
~ the following dimensions The bottom Q
~ the tank, which will rest upon a fiat surface
'e will be of half inch iron. The first sixteel
ie feet Of the tank will be made OF "a iron; tn
secoEd sixteen feet of 1l-16 iron; the third
m of SIS iron: the fourth, of 9-16 iron; tn
&c fifth, of 1-2 in iron; the sixth, of 7-16 iron
n the seventh, Of 3-S iron; the eighth of 81
n. iron; and the top % feet will consist OF 1.
L. inch iron. The foundation will be Is feet
I'd diameter aud 10 feet deep. 1t will be mad
if homogeneous, SO that mall cracks or breal
r, in the ground will not affect 1t. At the boI
he tom will be placed 6 inches of concrete. Upo
ng this will be laid a solid floor of wooden bean
to 1Ox1O inches. Transversely, oyer this, wi