Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-11-07
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Sell your old iron at Jo1dan's Foundry ane
Machine Shops. m6tf
Secondhand Store Stools for sale very
cheap. w. q. McCauslaud. a22tf
~ To see Address trained birds is worth
!tl1e entire price Of admission.
~ Millinery, notions and hair goods at cast
: prices, can be seen at Mrs. Arnold's. olOtf
Go to Martland's new gallery for the bes
photographs. His cabinet size at W pei
! dozen can't be beat. apr4tf
! The Commercial Hotel, under the manage
4 nent of Mr.. Lewis Neale, has quickly gained
frat .c,ass reputation. oct3ltf.
Every farmer that raises wheat should gel
one of the double land rollers manufactured
! " w. M. Jordan, Lexington, Mo. july2Stf
Criminal court adjourned, last Saturday
! uight, after having received Judge VIM
Young's bill Of exceptions in the Jeff. VIII
ION case.
~ To IL LADIEs:-Mrs. MOorehead has
received her new stock Of millinery, notions
ana fancy goods. Call and see her when you
are in town. "c'" III
Don't buy lumber, lime, hair, cement OF
mixed paints until you give me a call. l VIII
make you bottom figures. G. A. Sturges
l~Iexinetop. Mo. sept26tf
~ have Just received another purchase OF
Boucle (nigger head). with tricots TO match
The most "chic'of all dress good novelties
; w. G. McCausland. octSlif
Mr.. Franz Trigg, circuit clerk, issued
naturalization papers, last Monday, to twen-
ty.five prospective citizens at Higginsviile'
and eighteen at COncOrdia.
Mr., Davis Duck has rented the room form.
erly occupied by Mr.Schofeld, back of Marks
butcher shop, where he will make and repair
boots and Shoes. Ladies' work a speciality.
II you have any apples the names Of which
fyOu are in doubt about or do not know, bring
in a sample of them. November 10. and have
1 them identified by the horticultural society
Last Sunday afternoon two small boys were
q playing about the mouth of Mr.. j. e. Nc
Crews machine coal mine, when one, named
7 Charles Anderson, q Swede, aged II years,
] fell down the shaft, and was killed.
Ask to see the celebrated :wool-embroider-
Il ed skirting flannel, deliberately embroidered
q with wool yarn. wears better, washes better
I and retains their beauty and evenness better
than any skirting now offered. For sale al
I McCausland,s. oc3ltf
II Live hogs are so low that farmers would
do well to put them into bacon rather than
to sell them on foot. Bacon is always In de-
mand In this market and at fair prices, which
lwould give a good profit over selling the anil
mails alive.
Il A young man who was a witness of the
Clark Trobaugh difficulty, tells q different
story from the one published. he shifts the
blame for the trouble somewhat to the
shoulders of Mr.. Clark. The public can
better make up its mind as to the facts when
all the witnesses are heard.
Sedalia Bazoo:-s'A negro wench with a
. regiment of pi~caninnies Was at the depot last
night on their way east; they claim to have
walked from Kansas City to Sedalfa on their
way to Lexington, but when they heard all
the Lexington negroes were being sent to the
pen they decided to continue their course
Z east"
The millers' convention at HigginsvilIe, a
few days age, organized a permanent society
|. by the election of A. V. Robinson, OF Lexing-
ton, president, and G. W. Banks. of Black
burn, and Morris Halter. of Sedalia, vice
3 presidents. and hos. A. Whitworth, OF
4 Odessa, secretary. A committee of four was
appointed to prepare bylaws of the associa-
tion. The association adjourned to meet in
\ Higginsville on the 9th inst.
The In%telligencer was in error, last Satur-
day, in saying That Mr.. Charles Bergman had
\ been placed in Jail on the charge mentioned
\ He came here from Concordia, Thursday OF
last week, and many times the necessary
bond being offered, he furnished what was
demanded and returned home. HIS friends
say he will have no difficulty in establishing
his innocence. We regret that the mistake
occurred in these columns, and hasten to sci
the matter straight.
Odessa Democrat:-"The Missouri State
grange met in Higginsville last week-thirty-
4 SIX counties being represented. A paper
1 called the Grange Monthly, that has been
! published for some time, was putupon per
. manent basis and will be devoted exclusively
to the objects and aims ofthe order. THIS il
= move in the right direction, a. certain
papers that have hitherto claimed to be the
opponents of the grange have only used the
order for their own ACKNOWLEDGMENT"
jeff. Young, a stout young colored man
wal arrested last Saturday, and tried before
Esquire Clayton, for assaulting and beating
John Boxey, a weak, little white man, in thu
coal mines on the day previous. JEFF. said, il
his testimony, that he could whip Boxey
with q switch. Boxey was badly bunged up
and the jury assessed q fine OF 40 and cost
against jeff. He went to Jail, where he viii
be well.cared for, at the expense of the tax
pSTers. A little road work cam at least, b.
gotten out of him. The county needs a rock
4 pile, SO that no idle time need be spent By
convicted prisoners.
Higginsville Post, republican There art
o number Of black men in this county, some
of them in HigginsviIle, who are popularl'
known as stoughs,' and bad niggers.' The!
are q disgrace to the community, an eyesOr,
and abomination to the better elem ent Of thei
own race. They do no honest labor, and ar
q nuisance of the rankest sort. Several o
these fellows have recently been sent to tn
penitentiaIy, where they should have beel
long ago, and others of them will soon follow
unless they mend their ways. Bad niggers
as we'll as bad white men must be taught t
lear the law duu EeSpeCl In IlSulS VI otAC
people,"
minister in town married a couple rathe
peculiarly q few days ago. In some way tn
: name of q lady witness got into the license i
place of that of the intended bride. This lad
was present when the marriage took place
Theminister in addressing the usual question
to the bride prOpounded them in the nam
1 of the witness. but the bride answer
ed. At the conclusion of the ceremon
the groom said, "This is all right, / suppose
but you married me to the wrong woman.
INQUIRY revealed the true state of the cas-
and the minister, for fear of any dlsagreeabl
contretemps, married the right persons b
their right names. Two questions arise
first, was not the man married to the wOma
whose name was used in the original ceremt
ny; second, if not, were not the person
; really joined together, married wi;hol
license.
Mr.. James C. McGrew purchased, tn
week, from AlonZo and Charles Tarletol
and Mrs. Mary Graves, their sister, the CO..
under 1872 acres Of land. adjacent TO tn
Missouri Pacific railroad, a short distant
. above the city, for the sum of $4,000,
cash. This is 800 per acre, for the coal. TIL
land fronts three-fourths of u mile on Ii
railroad. This is one of the best, if not III
very best body of coal In Lafayette count.
being a uniform vein, lying in a position
be easily drained, aud with good roof rocl
Mr.. McGrew Intends, Immediately 10 ope
ND this coal, in better shape than mines hay
S0sr been opened here; and, in %connectiO