Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-12
MARYLAND has a nice assortment of frame

New figs, new dates. new dried a~pricots,
peaches. &c. at j. NJ. Smiths. dec12t:
Christmas goods of the fnest quality and all
new and fresh, at J. NJ. Smiths. dec12t2
DR.. AIexarder's thermometer registered
II degrees above zero Wednesday ni,ht.
Blanke's choicest candies and CONNECTIONS,
ninety-nine different kinds, at J. NJ. Smiths.
Read Lehman & Cos price list. You will
save from 10 to 10 per cent. in your purches-
e.. dec12t2
Get Boston Betting Company's Standard
Betting, at Jordan's Foundry and Machine
shop. m8tf
Fresh sweet almonds. braz'lnuts, filberts.
cocoanuts and English waanuts, at j. NJ.
Smiths. dec12t2
The Old Reliable Red R -four still takes the
cake. Warranted free from worms common
to flour in hot weather. tune2.tf
California canned fruits. such As peaches,
pears. cranes, apricots, cherries, all new
packing, at j. NJ. Smiths. dec12t2
See Chas. W. Loomis' card IN to-day's pa
per and follow its advice. He means what
he says. and no humRng about it. dec5t3
Subscribers who fail to get their paper reg
ularly from the carrier will greatly oblige us
by promptly reporting to this Office. tt
Mrs. Foote, MrsSWatts. nee Boyakin, Mrs,
NJ. H. Smith and Mr.. Ross, of Kansas City.
will assist Miss Julia g.. Smith in her concert
here, December %.
Popular trial shows the worth of every
article. and 4s years. constant use has proven
the great efficacy of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup;
1t hiss no superior.
Mr.. Lewis Neale has built up a first class
reputation for the Commercial Hotel, and we
are glad to see him prosper. A good hotel is
a great advantage to our city. oct3ltf
Go to Henry Wilker's, Franklin street.
and get a fine japanese silk handkerchief
with everv box of "Elite" toilet soap. Price
% cents per box, OF three cakes. dec5t3
For Sale-A good residence, one of the
best in the city. on Main street, large house,
good outhouses. well. ~cistern. etc. Price
only 50 OC0. Terms easy. Inquire Of j. P.
A~dinger. nOv29tf
Do not delay purchasing your winter up
ply of comforts, blankets. f~anuels, etc.. but
buy them at once. You will find a large
stack of them at Henry Wilker's, Franklin
street at the lowest prices. dec5t3
No shooting irons used to make you read
this, but you will consult your W inter-
est by seeing my stock OF toys, dolls, wagons,
sleighs, &C. My prices are bottom and the
goods are sure to please. A. Egle, Franklin
avenue. dec12t2
All is not nickel plate that glitters and
things are seldom what they seem. but to any
one taking the trouble to examine our stock
there can be do doubt that Young's China
Hall contains many handsome and inexpen-
sive goods suitable for Xmas presents. 2St4
Sacrifice Sale of Toys and Fancy Goods
Grimes & Venable have determined to sell all
their Fancy Goods and Toys regardless of
cost. as they will not keep them in stock, and
wish to close out the entire stock. VIII sell
i'll lots to suit purchasers. Call early and get
first choice. dec5t4
MIR. Chas. A. Morrison when he went to
Kansas City left a pile Of bricks. worth about
seventy dollars. at the southwest side Of the
elevator. The bricks have been taken away
by some person, and Mr.. Morrison Is deter
mined to find out who has them. The per-
sons who have the bricks will do well to re-
port 10 Mr.. Morrison.
At the last session of the Iduna Society the
following were elected editors of the "Gem":
Miss Lucy Mckinley, editor in chief; Misses
Sarah Walker and Olive Gould, literary edi.
tors; Miss Nav Belle Philips. local editor;
Miss Lulu Whiteside, exchange editor.
Misses Laura VERIFY Bnd Lillian Goodwin,
business managers.
By Others loss we profit. A large importer
of decorated china. recently failed in the
east. The assignee for the business sent out
circulars offering 10 close out the stock at
fifty cents on the dollar, and from them we
ordered a line of tea sets. which we can af-
ford TO sell from 81 80 to IS. one half their
real value. Call and see them at Young's
China Hall. nov2st4
Carrollton Record son last Friday even.
ing we had the pleasure of attending a first
Hall, it beng the closing concert given by
Miss Kriehn's class in music. The audience
that greeted Miss Kriehn was composed Of
music loving people, who could appreciate q
good concert, andwe are safe In saying that
every one who took part in the programme
did so with great credit to themselves and
their teacher, and the precision with which
one member of the class followed another
would have refeeted credit Ia q professional
troupe"
Mr.. Charles A. Morrison, OF Kansas City,
has been here for some time settling up his
old business. Knowing that he assisted in
making the soundings of the river at this
point for the b. IL s. W. railroad in 1879, we
interviewed him on the subject, last Thurs
day. Mr.. Morrison ssid:-"The soundings
were made iu the spring or fall OF 10. They
were made under direction of II. A. Sumner,
chief engineer D. Il s. W. R. B., and James
Morrison, bridge builder of the Burlington
system, who had just completed the bridge
over the Missouri river at Plattsmouth, Neb.
We used d fl 1t boat with a we'll In the center,
with pile driver and tools used before for the
same purpose at other places. We commenc.
Sd on the point of the sand bar, at that time
Just across the river opposite my foundry,
aud found rock st distances of 200 feet apart
and at depths from 76 to 81 feet as far down
as opposite the old soap factory site, where
we lost it, although we expected to find 1t
more favorable in front of the Clagett coal
banks, where the rock reef extends into the
river from the south bank. We continued
on down nearly to the head of the island or
just opposite the point below Clsgett's, but
without success. We then took the boat and
started opposite the foundry again. about 100
feet from the north bank, and sounded shout
the same distance as before with about tina
same result. We then went down about the
middle of the river with the same result.
The results thus far were very satisfactory,
but where we expected to find most fAvors.
bic soundings We were disappointed, that ia
on the rocky reef above Clagett's where we
only found large loose boulders with no solid
rock under. We had been nearly two months
at work, and the engineer concluded to mske
Use Of the remaining one day, SO we anchor
ed our boat just alb i've AcIntyre's coal bank,
and 10 our establishment the FIRST length of
pipe struck the clean solid rock at q depth Of
IL feet. we followed this out for a distance
of 1876 feet where it went deeper, and as
night was on US and our time had expired we
left off. The sounding on the north bank
opposite was 80 feet. The result, utter sll,
was far better than expected and was so
stated by the engineers and officers connected
with The road, who said 1t was the most fsvora.
BILE they ever heard of on the Missouri river.
At the time we were sounding q corps of
engineers was running lines Of the shores and
sand bars and taking distances. The whole
work was under Engineer Hurst, who re-
ported to and we we're paid by the b. L S.
W. K. r. Co. The expense was some 81, 800
to $1,000" We have already printed an en-
gineer's report upon the distance across the