Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-01

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A new cellar door is needed at the city
hotel.
The school board will meet Wednesday,
August 8.
The Lexington G. A. R. post will 90 to the
reunion in q body.
The Wheatley brothers are conducting the
hotel ut MAYHEM now, and doing it very sat-
isfactorlly.
Just received q full line of fresh straw hats
for men, boys and children at Chimp D Chinn,
opposite Courthouse. 1uly25t4
Chifonnieres and secretaries, and secreta-
ries with bookcase, good and fine work, and
cheap at a. q +. winkler's, Lexington, Mis-
souri,. mSt
Every lady should read the spirited Ahrens
Dry Goods Bazaar advertisement. Goods.
all over the house, were never before quoted
SO low. jy1st2
Wanted-Two unfinished rooms in pri-
vate house. by gentleman and wife. septem-
Der l, 1885, with or without board. Address
j. W., this Office. sug1w2
We are offering our stock of ladies, misses,
buO llOEC AOsC ~ SOSt PAaSSSs wa -"
sortment includes all sizes and qualities from
10 to 70 cents. H. Wilker. july2bt2
Messrs. Adam Walk and William Shidy
have purchased the plumbing business of Mr..
VIM. Berry. They are prepared to do all
work In their line promptly and we'll, n
at reasonable prices.
Chinn 4 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 1t is always q pleas
ure for them to show their goods. iuly25tA
Let's make our town look like something.
With a town clock, street cars. gas lamps,
good pavements. crossings, waterworks and
substantial, handsome brick storehouses and
residences, old Lexington will he q first-rate
little city.
The Westminster Glee club gave an excel
lent concert here, Thursday night, to q small
but sppreciative audience. The weather was
too overwhelmingly hot for people to turn out.
Dur people will make amends to the young
gentlemen sometime, when the weather is
cooler, and our girls are all here. by showing
them just how crowded q house can be.
A fellow had an electric battery ON exhlbi-
ton on the streets Wednesday night. He
called it q lung-tester, blood-iudicator, health
meter, etc. The crowd seemed to stand
back, and he made violent efforts to per-
suade them that there was no danger. While
thus assuring them some fellow let of q can
non cracker in the crowd, and such q scat
iteration is not often seen. Nearly every
body. including the exhibitor, thought the
machine had busted
Polish the youngsters teeth with S%ozodont,
and when they grow up their mouths will be
garnished with sound and handsome ones.
The foundation of many q toothache Is laid In
| childhood by neglect, and 1t Is very impor-
tsnt to the well-being of either child or sdul t
that the teeth should be well taken care of.
Bad teeth are NO fit mssticstors of the food,
and breed dyspepsia. Make them white and
strong, therefore, will Sozod0nt, . preserva-
tive of supreme excellence and purity. Use
it without delay. 1uly26t3
A business mems meeting was held at the
courthouse, Tuesday, Mr.. McCsuslsnd In the
chair. A report was made of what had been
done in securing reductions of ferriage. A
report was made from the committee to cor.
respond with the Burlington road, and be.
cause of the inability OF some of the members
of the committee to attend its meetings q new
committee was appointed consisting Of A. A.
Lesueur, James Wentworth and Henry
Sinauer. The meeting then adjourned til
Thursday morning last.
Sub Rosa" in the Odessa Democrat:-"I
noticed u sketch from Lexington signed
81. A. o. wishing for a teachers institute fol
the benefit of the teachers in lafayette coun
ty. do not live in Lafayette county, blu
would be glad to join my fellow teachers fl
any county. II we do not instruct each othe
I think we can gather ideas from each othe
which will make 1t very interesting and prof
liable. As Prof. Beach is going to commenc
his institute August 4th at Odessa, it would
be pleasant II Prof. Catron would Join him
l.. for One. vote that w have q teachers In
stitute, and that it be held at Odessa"
Marhall Democrat:-"We have this wee
received catalogues of two Missouri educa
tional Institutions and in each case the mans
gers had sent away from home to have thei
printing done. In both cases there are ex
cellent job printing offices in the tow 1
which these institutions are located, and i
these offices are weekly newspapers ths
have lab0red constantly, for years, for tn
upbuilding sof these very institutions whic
now send their money away from home 70
their job printing. If the newspapers /
question were to stop booming the institu
tons referred to, the latter would soon sc
whether 1t pays to slight their own own Q
not"
II the Missouri Pacific railroad would pu
In q switch to Mr.. Geo. Farrar's brick var
he could run q force of twenty or thirty me
there constantly during the spring, summe
and autumn. equal to another first-rste man
ufscturing enterprise forLexington. This
!, something that all our citizens should take q
interest In. Why is 1t not a. well to build U
the business of one of our own citizens as I
bring q stranger in? We think it Is even be
!, ter. How quick the whole town would be
clamor for q switch that would give US q ne
factoryf We'll, this will be as good. As th
slang goes. boom it, then, and let US have tn
,, additional business. And If 9 switch coul
be run to SOM of our inexhaustible san
terprise. As we nave shown before, thi
switch has been promised US. The Missou
, Pacific railroad can make business here
Lexington very fast with a little reason alb
b outlay, and it should do it.
e Odessa Democrat:-"The annual c~atslosu
e Of the Baptist Female College at Lexington
Q was printed at Kansas City. There are tw
printing offices in Lexington. either one
9 which could have done the work as cheapl
and as neatly a. it was don't In Kansas Cit,
: Either the Intelligencer OF the Regist
e should have had the work to do. We hay
. seen in the columns Of both papers referrs
4 to. and especially in the Intelligencer. man
columns of matter from year to year In lsud
It ton of the school, which if charged 70
d would have aggregated hundreds of dollar
The paper has advertised the school far ar
q wide, and now, when the head of the scho
3 could have granted q slight return, he 20
q elsewhere to get his work done. 1t Is a ca
OF Vests COW over again, the head of the co
g is in Lexington, but the milking process
q carried on in Kansas City. The proprietor
Of the Lexington papers have their redres
Let them take it." Our friend at Odessa hi
our thanks for the above article. We ha,
= freely endeavored to do our duty by Il
schools and feel that what is said Is not mo-
than Just.
q There was a lively scrimmage in Dut.
Row Wednesday. The facts in the case.