Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-03
Come in to the circus.

ForepauSh next Thursday.
Read all the new ads. in this issue.
Gossamers at Mrs. Moorehead's. octS m2
City board Of appeals, Thursday, Oct. I.
Next Thursday will be a big day in town.
Probate court has been in session this
week.
County Grange, Higglnsville, Tuesday,
October ID.
State confederate re-union at Louisiana,
October IA and Is.
Stock sales Eext Monday. Come In; there
will be 3 great many sales.
Miss Emma Primer can be found at M. F.
Royle & Sons and will be glad to see all her
friends. sepoml
A number of chamber suits will be sold at
extra low prices at II. n F. Winkler's, Lex
| inpton. Missouri. m3tf
The new road from South street to the GEN.
etery has been nicely graded. 1t is a very
great improvement.
Go to Martland's new gallery for the best
| photographs. His cabinet size at S3 per
dozen can't be beat. arr4t1
A few more carpets and rug matlings ETC.,
lett. Come aud close out the balance below
cost. Henry Wilker. octS"a
The Old Reliable Red r flour still takes the
| cake. Warranted free from worms common
to flour in hot weather. june27tf
Farmer Thomas BsndOn gave us an Irish
potato, yesterday, that measured IA inches In
| circumference one way.
Hamburg edging and insertings Torchon
and Melici laces in full stock to please every
taste. NJ. F. Royle & Son. sept5ml
The ladies of the city and county are invi-
ted to call and inspect my stock of millinery
notions and fancy goods. Mrs. S. A. Moore
head. oct Sm2
Miss Carrie Ryland, daughter Of Judge
| Ken. Ryland, and a pupil in the c. F. c. art
| department., is making a crayOn portrait OF
| her father.
Mr.. Edgar Russell will open q night school
on October -. instruction given in double
entry bookkeeping and business arithmetic.
Terms S25. octow2
We have q dozen different brands of cor
sets made by the best factories IN the United
States, ranging in prices from 80 cents to ~,
in white and colored. Henry Wilker. oSt3
For Sale-A good residence, one OF the
best in the city, on Main street, large house,
good ~outhouses. well, ~clstern, etc. Price
only 81 900. Terms easy. Inquire Of j. T.
Ardinger nov29tf
The Babes nine desire US to say, that they
challenge the Academy nine to play a game
of base ball this afternoon, at $3.50 O'Clock.
They invite everybody to attend-especially
the seminary girls. The Babes are little but
they're sassy
Under the direction of Miss COngdon the
80 alas, - CoufroI Eopno1o CnllQUQ ia larger
this year than ever before in the history OF
the college. Miss Cougdon having the adyan-
tage of study both In our own country and
in European schools, is certainly we'll quail
fed for her work.
LOsr.-Saturday last, between Lexington
and Wellington, q bundle containing a new
. suit of boys clothes and a hat. They were
wrapped in paper with Philip Keller's ad'
yertisement thereon. Finder will please
leave with Mr.. Philip Keller or O. Mindrup
at Wellington. Jas. A. Emison. oct3
The Missouri Pacific railroad will run
Pullman sleeper from this place to st Louis
leaving Monday night, October 5. for the &C
commodatiou of persons who wish to attend
the Yelled Prophets celebration and the fair
We hope it will be well p2tronized. 1t ough
to be filed. See Mr.. Tozer right away ant
secure your berth. One fare for the rOunt
t trip.
i Er. T. j. Watson, formerly Of Aullville
but for a year past q resident Of Indepen'
, dence, was in town Wednesday,. and called
on the Intelligencer. The doctor tells us tina
he has purchased a very nice lot on Mapl
5 avenue, upon which he expects to build. HI
paid b, 1915 for his lot. and says that rea
estate is very high now in independence, and
advancing.
At the close of the regular sermon, Wed
nesday night, DR.. Mcfarland introduced Mr.
". T. Ownby, general agent for the Nash
t willie, Tenn. College for young ladies. MI
Ownby said he represented a strict.
c Methodist school, which had never cost tn
3 church a cent. He did not want any money
' but when any of the preachers founda youni
3 lady who wanted a finished education, an
. was unwilling to attend the home school, t
please recommend his school. He said tn
school was designed to furnish the yOun
ladies the same advantages as are now af1OrC
ed to the Young men at Vanderbilt Universe
ty. His address was well received.
Deputy Sheriff Chinn and John Bsylit
: arrested, Thursday, In Old Town. job
Pickett and Scott Arnold for robbery
q three gold and three silver watches, from
ieweler n lmed r. ID. Wsrriner, at Cartervill'
v Jasper county, Mo-. August 4. Sheriff Bow
n man turned them over to Mr.. Joseph
Wilson,, an officer from Carterville, yestel
e day. snd they were taken away on the moo
# freight train. After the arrest, Mrs. Pagan.
# sister of Scott Arnold, followed him to Jail an
made quite q scene over his incarceration
. yelling in such a manner as to attract the al
i, ~tentiOn of every body within two squares
m the Jail. Judge XrnOphOn Rvland. like
w good Samaritan. succeeded in quisting her.
Tue following biographical sketch of II
first preacher in charge OF the Method
10 church. at Lexington, the Rev. James
Forsythe, is from the unpublished manu-
script of the Annals of Methodism in Mis-
Of souri, by the Rev. W. S. Woodland :-"Js
L. Forsythe received the following appOin
= ments IN Missouri: Paris, Columbia; keytet
Vile, St. Charles, st. LOUIS African char!
two years. Danville, Lexington Station.
1874 he was transferred to the Mississip
q, conference. where he has continued ev
since in charge of circuits. stations and di
:, tricts. So far as | have traced him, he b
never been located nor superannuated. I
- has been continuously effective longer tn!
any other man who was ever received in
the Missouri conference. and longer than al
&c one who was ever u member Of it except .
10 Monroe. OF the tftv-twO preachers who r
ceived appointments with him in 1896, on
10, three beside himself-PatteraOn, Stateler al
Rerryman are living. OF the one hundr,
tie and SIX who welcomed him to the Misslssip
a. conference, in 1874, only ten still have the
names on its rolls, four Of whom are supe
animated" The above facts show that N
=. Forsythe is q remarkable man. As he w
III received on trial in st. Louis, the st. Lot
ne conference ought to hold its session there
Is, 1886, and have him come and preach u sen
"a centennial sermon.
yn Mr.. Nc. Csusland hits the nail on the he
K In his advertisement printed in our last iss
be when he says:-"We appeal to our frien,
ng especially the ladies! Give US a chance befo
ay going or sending to Kansas City or st. Lot
for your goods. We are doing our best
ar meet your wants. We want your patronag
building up Lexington. PatrOnize your o,
:, merchants and keep up the reputation of yo
= own town. If you give us your trade we "
%, be able to keep all the goods you may wa
-. Try Us. Don't cut your own Threats a
y. ours TOO by going from home to buy what V
ought to buy ut home" That Is the poi
M exactly. That is just what it does-cuts
purchasers throat, and that of our merchar
too. This is especially true of that class
~ people who buy their cheap, common thin