Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-01-24

Wanted-To exchange dry goods, boots
an shues Tor dressed hogs. John Z. Jor-
dan. lan2ott
C. Ben. will sell round trip tickets every
Sunday at 81 to Kansas City, Or 81 50 to
Lesyenworth. jl0w2
All goods ut cost for the next thirty days ut
Il. Wilker's, Franklin street. Successor to
Wilker n Miller. jan OILS
John Powell will fix you for Christmas.
Don't forget your Jug. Pierce's Favorite'
Everybody takes it. nov"mS
Organs. strictly frst-class, for sale on easy
terms at \. c. VI. Birds, the reliable sewing
machine man of Odessa. isn10yl
Friends and customers knowing them
selves indebted to US will please call at once
and settle. Respectfully, Chinn ) ChinE. II
Our entire stock of goods IA for sale at cost
for cash. You can buy goods cheap now.
H. Wilker. Franklin street. Successor to
Wilker & Miller. 1an10ts
Ladies desiring stamping for either EN-
broidery or Remington. will call on Mrs. :.
P. Arnold. millinery store, two doore west q
the postofice, Main St. Nv
Eol SalC"ltc II
within one mile Of Page City. Price ss5
per acre. More land adjoining can be bought
If desired. Terms TO suit. Inquire of j.. P.
Ardinger. nov2stf
For Ssle-A good residence, one of the
best in the city, on Main street, large house,
good ~outhousee. we'll, %cistern, etc. Price
only - 600. Terms easy. Inquire Of j. p.
Ardipqer. noy29tf
Remember thoss who ZONE first, will get
first choice. The slaughter begins this
morning In dead earnest, and will continue
until The goods are all sold. W. S. Clagett
Mercantile Co. j10f
Come one, come all, and secure your Win
ter stock while the great sale Is going on.
Our aim is to close the sale by the fifteenth
or twentieth of December. These goods must
be sold for cash. Christmas Is nearly here,
buy your family shoes, caps or hats, some
thing useful. Chinn j. Chinn. nov29tf
Mr.. B. F. Simmons residence came very
near being burned last Monday night. About
1850 o'clock, he and his wife being asleep, a
coal of fire rolled from the CRATE upon the
floor, and ignited a towel which was hanging
near, from this it communicated with some
uTtSbce, U Ill ulU III ehC OCos ouu
the mattress, bolster and pillow were well
ablaze before Mr.. Simmons walked up. He
promptly went to work, and by throwing a
number of things out of doors and stamping
around at a pretty lively rate he at last sue
ceeded in extinguishing the flames. Besides
the damage to the bedstead and bed clothing
5 dresses were destroyed and a pair Of new
0 popfutonns A1tnOafbor thu 1nrs ornounfod
to between $50 aud $50, for which he had
adequate Insurance..
The young folks after their sleighing frolic.
last Thursday night. had an oyster supper at
Hecker's restaurant. Following are the
names of the persons who composed the
party:-Miss B. Mountjoy aud W. Bolton;
Miss n. Limrick and E. Chanslor; Miss T.
Ryland and w. Quarles Miss A. Ketner and
E. Young; Miss E. Nickel and L. Shields
Miss J. Grimes and j. Afford; Miss NJ.
Green and W. McCausland; Miss E. WiRsor
and 8. Grimes: Miss D. Winsor and E. Nc
CauslsnG; Miss B. Atkinson and G.. Wilson
Miss NJ. Wood and c. Wilson, Miss A.
Mountjov and g.. Logan; Miss u. Hutchison
and C. Loomis; Miss E. Clagett and B.
Vaughn; Miss NJ. Russell and R. Vaughn
Miss l.. Jameson and j. Rhodes; Miss X.
Hollis and J. Morehead; Miss T. Hollis and
T. MARYLAND; Miss N. Wallace and R. Will
son Miss NJ. Young and J. Nickel; W. Tut,
W. Waddell.
For the past six months the Chicago & A.
ton railway company has been the victim Of
q series of burglaries and larcsniss, between
the towns Of Mayhem and Odessa, inclusive,
as much as 34ea to. $500 worth Of property
being lost at a tine, until the matter became
a very serious one. The company. as we r.
lated last week, 10 consequence. sent Mr.
Burr out a. a detective, with the result thai
he caught Jonn Durbin, Plus Durbin and
John Reed in the act of burglarizlng q car al
Odessa. While looking up the testimony
against these men Prosecuting Attorney
Blackwell discovered evidence duplicating
number of other men in the former robber
les. These were Preston Durbin, Sile Dar
bin, Amos Dublin, Will Durbin, Butler
Barker, James Shipley, Bent. Barker ant
David Washington, the last a colored man
These 6 were arrested last Tuesday by Sheriff
Bowman and Deputies Jackson and Tut, a
their homes in Washington township. The,
were arraigned before Esquire Clayton, ans
: in default of $1,000 bail each the entire clever
I were committed to Jail to await preliminarl
examination on January Both. Mr.. Black
we'll. aud Sheriff Bowman and his assistants
. deserve great credit for their intelligent ant
prompt action in the case. This Is q large
r haul than usual, but our Lafayette count
r officers can always be relied on to ferret gu
and bring to punishment all evil doors. AM
when he gets them into court no prosecuting
i attorney in Missouri knows better how t
g secure convictions where they should be ha'
than John s. Blackwell. Messrs. JOSEF
Bowman and Frank Tut, on Thursday, too
g David Washington with them, and going I
r the neighborhood In which the men live, re
:, c,vered q large quantity Of the stolen mer
o chandisc, principally dry goods and boots
:. 1t Is thought that the gang have stolen be
tween 5000 and $1,000 worth Of propert,
@ a great deal Of which has been destroyed
e the dry goods burned, and whisk,
y which seems to have been a ~favorits article
e poured out. Beside the merchandise a ste,
g instrument, made especially for the purpos
Il Of opening cars, was found. The neighbor
hood in whicL the gang lives 10 ovsrjoyed
n Its apprehension.
Dover items by "W":-"Several thins
q have occurred in our community within tn
past few weeks, which appealed 10 the ohal
ity Of the citizens Of Dover, to which the
cheerfully responded. As there are 9th,
i. objects of charity In this vicinity. and like
y to be still moe, aud feeling confident tn
q many of the country people would mo
70 willingly assist In their relief had they q
III opportunity, the citizens of Dover IN orde
VI to give them an opportunity, have formed
10 Provident Association. j. A. HARDWOOD
Sc president; William Marquis, Erwin zeisin
a X. p. HARDWOOD, are q committee to sole
n donations. Anything our country frien'
may feel like giving, will be thankfully r
l. ceiyed by the committee, and they may re
assured that every cent will be most pruder
r ly applied, a full record of which will be Ike
I'd by the president. Remember, 1t Is mo
r blessed to give than to receive.'... There q
n. several bridges on the Waverly road viii
or are in a very dangerous condition. We a
es derstand the bridge commissioner has be
es instructed to have them repaired; althou,
the people have been waiting patiently +
Is, more than six months. -. We are anxious
n have good roads to Lexington; the busint
IN men of Dover are no less anxious to ha
gs good roads leading to Dover. Call arour
let friend Weedin There was q ball in Do
on Friday piphf last As there uoS O 3or