Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-25
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The streets are being cleaned up.
) Sell vour old iron ut JoIdan's Foundry and
Machine Shops. ~"
Call and see our samples and get our
prices on wall paper. LOOMS Bros. f2ltS
:. Saunders Is making u new style cabinet
nbotoerspb. which is very neat indeed. MI
81 This heavy rains of the past few days have
mt back farming operations considerably.
y Jenny Lind Table, Wall Lamps Chaus'
Tables, Ice Chest, &c, for sale at turner
Hall. ap'-
House. with five rooms and all the neees-
s.arv conyeniences and IN good repair for rent
&C A Kriebn. apr11tf
Every farmer that raises wheat should get
one Of the double land rollers manufactured
by w, M. Jordan, Lexington, Mo. ]uiyzsu
cbiffonnieres and secretaries, and secreta-
rte. with bookcase, good and fine work. ana
! ohean at a.. i F.. Winkler's, Lexington, MIS-
souri,. S.
!. The brick residence on 18th street, oppo-
1ife the W. NJ. Academy, has been secured
| for Elder swartz, the new pastor Oh Inc
4 Christian church.
Itch and prairie mango, cured in 81 min
utes nv Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. This
never tails. Sold by Chas. w. Looms
druggist, Lexington. MARI.
A very complete line of tiasel braids AID
mobsir braids, all colors. An entirely new
and novel dress trimming just received
Ahren,s Dry Goods Bazaar. 1eo2itl
Some little boys have been tapping the
shade trees around town, hoping to get
sugar-water. We have heard Of a numper
.,.aa ho;pU killed I'm this way.
On Monday, May 4th, stock sale day. the
ladies of the Presbyterian church, Will nave
a dinner in the basement of the church, TO
which they invite all their country aud city
friends.
+, For sale-A good residence, one Of the
hest in the city, on Main street, large house,
GOOD outhouses, well, cistern, etc. frlce
op,v A. 900. Terms easy. Inquire OF J.f
.-Snnar nov29tf
Time is money, and yet you will lind mer'
chants trying to induce customers TO use
other brands of flour that may or may mol
g,ye their trade satisfaction, when they know
vhen thew sell a sack of Robinson's celebra,
ted, that it will give satisfaction beyond !
doubt. ho'-
A little bey of our acquaintance, who hal
heard of the expression "boOk-worm'" foune
his two sisters, uhe Younger of whom is Jus
learning to TALK intently engaged. a few day
ago, In examining a book. He exclaimed
eyes, Mary. you are going to be a oed-ous
Just like Emma"
Remember Saunders Is making all caDihe
pbotos at IS per dozen for a short time only
He has secured the services of a number on
artist who has been in the best galleries o
Chicago. who is now with him. All worl
warranted to equal that done in chicago o
New York. Go TO Saunders for Inc pes
.,,as feb7tf
The sanitary meeting, yesterday ,dld nothln
"a there was no quorum. iThe committee WI
meet Monday night next, at 7 O'Clock, an
tt ia earnestly hoped that every member VII
he present. DR.. Meng has been put on IN
committee from the first ward, anu b.
John from the fourth ward lin place OF others
resigned.
A man at R.. & l.. Junction found Soo l
preenback bills, one day last week. He wer
about the place exhibiting The money an
asking for the loser. In the afternoon a tell
\ gram was received from Moberly stating ths
money had been lost at the Junction. 1t 8
supposed that some fellow who saw u
money took the first train to Moberly' an
sent back the dispatch. We did not lear
whether or not the money had been turne
over. ,
The New York Nation is fast nearing I'll
close of its fortieth volume, and twentie'
wear ofexistence. 1t was founded nJuly ,lS6
in recognition of the new order of things al
tho oh0litinp of slavery. III
.ouce espoused the cause of pure, unpartisa
administration of the national government
and the present condition OF civil service r.
from ia owing to it more than to any oth'
fundamentally. 1t has been conducted
its two leading departments, politics ana II
-erature, by the same editors from the III
number, and holds to-day, as for the pa
twenty years, the first rank in each. IL Is {
medium of the most thoughtful and cultlVs
ed discussion in the couutry-is, in fact, I
only truly national journalistic forum.
foreign correspondence is unrivalled.
boob reviews (by the leading scholars OF I
country possess the highest authority. Ia
number contains q careful news summa
and the bound volumes are priced as the D.
obtainable chronicle of current history.
up.. ouarto. 10 cents q number; S3 ye
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Egypt items by "Zach:"-"Weather CO
cloudy and damp; spring very backwa
Mr.. James v. Hall planted II acres OF &C
last Saturday, 18th. ...W Wheat Is still look
very spotted. some fields will be plowed
and planted in corn. There will be a la
acreage planted in corn, which pays mt
better than wheat ut the prices that iarm
had to take last Some hog cholefa
the seigbborhood.... There was a brush C
ting and clearing at Mr.. Thos. Flnch's
Friday the 18th. which was we'll atten(
there being about 80 men present. We ne
saw a set of men together who did m
work In the same length oftime. The grol
to be cleared was covered with a very tn
undergrowth, which was completely mat
with grape vines and all kinds of bril-
There was cut, piled and ready to ourn'
the brush and small timber of OF about Ell
acres,of ground during the day. We were
hand when dinner was announced. ana m
say that a better dinner could not have b
gotten I'D on such an OCCASION; there W
meats of all kinds INCLUDING fresh fish,
taken from the big Muddy" there were
cakes and little cakes, pound cakes anu I
pound cakes, in fact, everything that is G
to eat. After supper the youngsters be
ts come in for their part of the fun, and
o'clock the house was full 10 OVERFLOW
the old, the young, the middle aged "
there: the crowd became SO large that Il
was net room for dancing, When
Phillips, who lives near by, invited d par
the crowd to go home with her, about
of the crowd went with her, making r.
for what was left. When the music stal
I'D and the YOUNGSTERS commenced to trip
lixht fantastic toe, we were only sorry
we could not be at both places; we cont
ed ourselves with staying at Mr.. f1nchs.
would take too much space to mention al
names and will only mention Uncle
Clark who was there and seemed as spr
anv of the young boys.He left with the err
that went to Mrs. Phillips. l think, perh
that there was some little misunderstood
Some came thinking it was to be q plal
singing party. while the majority cam
favor of q dance. 1t is the first old
ioned c~otillion party we have attended
aome time. 1t reminded US of old times v
we were a boy when people enjoyed Il
solved much more than now. At y late
Of night the crowd broke up and went h
thinking it was good for them to have
there. If anyone wants to do 4 good
~ work and get a good dinner, Just atteI
log rolling or brush cutting In Egypt. v
Gus and Frank were disputing about