Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1885-11-14

Eggs 90 cents.
Butter % cents.
Gossamers at Mrs. MOorehead's. oct3 m2
For lumbe r, etc., see G. A. Sturges. s18tf
Martlands photos Of babies and children
| can't be beat. nOv22u
The children were all on the street Mon
day evening, to see the bird walk the rope.
The Short Line surveyors were paid off at
| the Morrison W entwOrth bank, last Monday.
Will the county court please establish
rock-pile? We can mscadamize two miles OF
road every year.
We would like to know where the council
Is going to make q cut to save Sl,s6o, the
amount of the estimated deficit.
The ladies of the city and county are invi-
| ted to call and inspect my stock OF millinery
notions AMI fancy goods. Mrs. $. \. Moore
head. Oct 5m2
Zephyrs. Saxonys. Germantown woods i'm
ported wor>tedS, &c. Also common jeans,
now in the creates; variety. At he Ahrens
Dry Goods Bazaar. nofl4I2
Itch and prairie mango. cured in 30 min
utes by Woolferd's Sanitary Lotion. This
never tails. Sold by Chas. W. LOOMS
druggist, Lexington. mar2l-ly
On Thanksgiving night Harmony lodge, A.
o. u. W., will consider the subject Of organ
izing lodge of Select knights. All men,
bers are urged to be present.
Mr.. Lewis Neale has built up tirst-class
reputation for the Commercial Hotel, and we
are glad to see him prosper. good hotel is
a great advantage to our city. octSld
The attorneys for JEFF. Wilson have taken
an appeal to the supreme court, and expect
that court to grant them a stay of execution.
So far they have not heard from the court.
Mrs. Florida Grady sold, last week, 1GO
acres of coal, under her farm, to the Lexing-
ton coal company, for $4,000 cash. She did
not sell the land, but only the coal privilege.
The nobbiest line Of dress goods in the city,
| all the new novelties, bourett, boucle, trise,
broche figured ladies' cloth, tricots, satin,
jacquards, French plaids, etc., at W. G..
| McCausland'S. ocEiiu
Philosophers say that affairs should always
be conducted with view to the greatest good
OF the greatest number. DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup does the greatest good to the greatest
number. Price % cents.
Mr.. John Goehner has just finished hand
some Quincy granite monument to the mem
ory of the late Judge Benz. F. Vickars. BE
also sent Il nice monument to Odessa. to be
erected there to the memory of Mrs. Mar
garct Harlan.
Mike J. Gallagher was before the recorder
Tuesday on two charges. One charge accuses
him of an assault upon Robt. Ssndifer. The
next charge WAS that of disturbing the peace
Bo,h cases were continued till next Monday
and he released on $50 bond in each case.
Business must be improving. Last Satuf
day the town was full Of vehicles. Their
was not vacant spot at the hitching rack ,ant
the streets were full. On Tuesday the hitch
ing rack was again crowded, though th'
streets were not as full as on Saturday. Tit
signs are that times are getting better.
The ladies of Wellington will give festi.
val on Friday evening next, November goth
the proceeds to be devoted to repairing the
brick church in that place. The object is {
mos: worthy one, and all who attend will
get value received for their money, and W
hope there will be big crowd present.
Charles Parker. white man who had jus
been released from Jail, raised row witt
John Chinaman, and got himself into trouble
He was before the recorder, Monday, an(
was fined $40 and costs, amounting to 81
IN all, and as he could not ''put up tn
amount, he went to the boOse to crack rock
A competitive drill was held by the W. N
A. cadets last Monday. There were 4
cadets who took part in the drill, each 9
| b,I fo ot
and department, which is u requisite
entering the contest. The prize, u media
WAS awarded to Cadet Samuel
Harrel>on. of Buckner, Mo. These contest
are held every live weeks. and The cadet VIII
wins the medal most frequently during tn
term. will receive it as permanent award s
the end of the year.
An attempt was made, last Tuesday nigh
to rob the Waverly bank. 1t is supposed ths
several persons were engaged in the jol
They got into the vault, and drilled an
damaged the safe to such an extent that
had to be battered open. The robbers g
$3.50 from the cash drawer, but they d
damage to the extent of s. 600. That nigl
r a buggy and two horses were stolen, whic
were found near Blackburn the next ds,
Three men got on the cars ut Blackburn Il
l next morning, and got off ut Higg'nsville.
Last Saturday Sheriff Bowman and NJ
Howard Williams went TO Kansas City ar
brought back with them Jennie Hockada
l the wife of Cornelius Hockaday, the colore
man who was killed near the gas house,
this city. about four weeks ago. A charge
d murder had been preferred against her, ar
. she Is now in our jail. At the time of Il
killing she was not arrested. as there was II
i tie or no evidence against her, but since th
time strong evidence has been develope
. She was to have had a preliminary examin
= tion last Monday. but the case was continue
. till the 18th.
Kansas City Journal, Nov. 13:--"A NEE
ing of the directors of the st. Louis kans
, City Short Line. was held yesterday at 4
Coates house. There were present r.
Williams, OF Fayette, NO.. president of t
road; o. Guitar, of Columbia, vice-presiden
. j. H. Cordell. of Marshall, Mo-, seeretar
:. Jas Ii. Waugh. of Columbia, treasurer; c.
= T. d. Harris and D. NJ. Tucker, of Fulto
:. Mo-; w. b. Steele. of Lexington, Mo;
Palmer, of Malta Bend; J. II. Tolson and
!, P. Williams, of Fayette, Mo-; i. NJ. Hught
of Danville, Mo-, and j. $ Castillo. Of 5
Charlie Mo-, directors in the road. Sessio
were held in the morning. afternoon al
evening. They were private, only the dire
tors being present, and the business condue
:, ed was principally in regard to the minor s
= fairs of the road. The survey of the TO
having been completed from Columbia
Lexington, the report Of the chief enginee
y Capt. William Miller, of this city. was r
ceived during the afternoon. The repo
showed d favorable line between the poir
- named with a maximum grade Of fifty fl
!. per mile. The engineer corps will now +
- turn to Columbia and complete the surv
from that point to the crossing of the Nj
souri, river between St. Charles and Howell
. ferry. AS soon as that work is completed t
- survey from Lexington to point Of interst
tion with the Bel. Line at this place will
completed. 1t was also stated that the col
=. pany has already S25O,0O0 capital stock su
q scrlbed and 10 per cent. paid in. The office
@, of the road said they expected to be able
- raise from $1,000 to $4,000 per mile local t
- along the line. and to secure without cost,
\ least so per cent. Of the right-of.WIy. sWi
: the nucleus capital to start wlth,' said an
nf ticer OF the rOld, last evening, TO jour-
m representative, 'and the friendly aid whi
- we have a right to expect from Kansas q
and st. Louis, we expect to be able to 7
~, the next fifteen months. The fact 10 pate