Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-15

There will be a big crowd at the
The best flour in the market is the Excel
sior brand. Ask your grocers for 1t. n15tf
The city appropriated S25 for the town
clock.
Mr. Richardson has gone to work cutting
willows.
The August meeting has been In progress
at Dover this week.
A. F. Alexander, ESQ.,, was elected special
Judge in Judge Strother's absence, last satur-
day.
rants for sale at the Morrison. Wentworth
Bank. julyFsh
Just received a full line of fresh straw hats
for men, boys and children at Chinn b Chinn,
oppostte Courthouse. july25t4
There was q scrimage around at Bsrley's
saloon one evening last week. We have not
been able to get the particulars. The matter
will be investigated by the recorder pretty
soon.
Higginsville :-"We drove down from Lex
ington last week, in q buggy, and saw the
finest corn on the road that we ever saw In
our lives. The crop will be the best this year
ever raised in Lafayette county,"
hin & Chinn are doing Q lively business,
their prices are so low and shoes so nice, that
the people can't help buying of them when
they see the goods, and it is always q pleas
ure for them to show their goods. iuly25t4
Odessa Herald:-'During the storm Tues
dy night, lightning struck the residence Of
Mr.. Geo. S%hackelford, on South Second street.
One of the f1ues was knocked down and part
of the roof torn of. No one injured"
DR.. Quarles says the Normal Institute at
Odessa was very successful; q good attend
snce, and rs much was accomplished during
the time as was possible. Prot. Bahlman
was there part Of the time. We will endesvor
to have more to say of it next week.
Orion Lodge, No. As, I. o. or, will meet
tonight, at 8 o'clock, to make the necessary
arrangements for attending the funeral Of Mr..
Mark Withers. 1t is understood that the
Lodge will meet at 2 O'Clock tomorrow to
form the procession. Visiting Odd Fellows
are invited to join with the local membership.
At the meeting Of the Business Associs-
ton, Tuesday, the committee reported that 1t
had interviewed the ferry company and that
it promised the most liberal construction Ms
to persons coming here to trade. On motion
of Mr.. Sipauer the committees action was
approved and the result of their work de-
clared to be satisfactory.
Ann Davis and Ann Williams, two eolored
women, had q fuss at the colored Baptist
church last Sunday morning. The case was
before Recorder Welborn last Thursday
afternoon, and a Jury assessed q fine of SO
against Ann Davis. There were about Is
witnesses In the case and the fine and costs
amounted to $50 45.
The Springfield, Mo-, Herald's account Of
the Grant memorial services, contained the
Acknowledgment followed . most beautiful
tribute from Rev. Mr.. Pslmore. 1t was one
of the most appropriate speeches Of the kind
it has ever been our good fortune to listen to.
1t charmed every listener. Being . tribute
from one who wore the gray it deserved to be
heard by all who have the smallest remnant
of the war prejudice bound up in their
b )s0ms."
Since there are said to be 1000 kinds oi
peara. 1900 sorts of apples, $50 plums, more
than $50 varieties of g~ooseberries and about
125 Strawberries, our horticultural society
will have plenty of work before it to deter
mine which are the best varieties for our sol
and climate. II they will do this, Intelligent
ly, their work will be worth tens Of thous-
ands of dollars to our county. Every mar
or woman in the county who is interested In
fruits or flowers should give his or her name tt
MIR. Tuebner. the secretary. for membership.
II oplu oooto IN oonfo q uoop for oonflonna an
nothing for ladies. Drop him q postal card
telling him to enroll you as a member.
Miss Ssllie Chambers, who Is IN accom-
plished elocutionist, was persuaded while al
Fairfield, Ills, to give several exhibitions Of
her talent, and was rewarded with the ap
| probation of her audiences and the press
One of the occasions was an elaborate enter.
tainment given in her honor at the oper,
house, the principal feature Of which was he
recitations, grave and gay, which were in
terspersed with music by the local orchestra
| The audience was composed of the most cul'
tured and refined people of the town an,
vicinity, and resulted in q veritable ovation
to Miss Chambers.
Mr.. Thomas Wiley was tried before 'Squir
Clayton, Thursday afternoon, charged witt
having committed assault and battery upol
his mother. on the night Of the 9th of August
Mr.. Wiley had appeared before the msgis
trate and plead guilty, but the magistrate
would not assess the punishment until b
had heard the testimony of Mrs. Wiley. Mrs
Wiley testified that the trouble arose iron
the fact that she did not get enough to est
She asked her dsughter-in.law for something
palatable, and the latter offered her money
and told her to go and buy something to eat
She Indignantly refused the money. and sait
that If Tom. could not set apart q certai
amount for her benefit, she certainly Woul
not ask his wife for every nickle she wanted
The wife then left the house, saying sh
would have the thing settled before she cam
back. Tom. and his wife returned HON
about min O'Clock. Tom. knocked at he
room door, saying he had q letter for be
She told him to push it under the door, 9
she had gone to bed. He insisted that b
wanted to see her, and she got out of bed an
let him in. As soon as the door was ope
Tom. seized her by the arm, and slung be
around, pushed her back on the bed an
choked and beat her. She screamed, and !
went and closed the windows and doors, an
came back and choked and beat her again an
ordered her to leave the house. She said ST
had no place to 60, and he said she coul
take her trunk out in the streets, and sit @
it. She started to 60 to Judge Walkers, an
got as far as Fishers house, when she Wa
: afraid to go further, not knowing exact
where Judge Walker lived, and returned t
her room. She did not sleep any that nigh
and very early the next morning she went
Judge Walkers house. A bloody night
when assaulted. Mr.. Wiley testified that b
had supported his mother since be was SIX
teen years old /; had paid her board and ex
; penses at all times; that his table was
well supplied as that of any other man of b
means. That his mother had made his hon
very unpleasant during the life OF his fir
wife. b she had grossly insulted b
present wife, and when he asked her WI
she did so, she replied by calling her a vi
name. He then became incensed and struc
her with the letter, and she began screaming
he closed the windows and doors, and as 81
continued to scream, he struck her thr,
J times on the mouth with the tips of his finger
merely to make her stop. That she made
: great noise, and left the house in q bolster
, GUS manner, but returned in about fftee
t minutes, and remained in her room all nigh
Next morning he invite her to breakfast ar
she said she did not a any. He insistt
D on her eating. and threw open the dininl
. room door, when she saw his wife in II
room, and again began abusing her. Z
e then ate his breakfast, and tried To NAL