Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-11-14

Wssklg SatelIigeafe,
OFFICIAL. COUNTY PAPER.
Railroad news! Look out for the cars
The Walkup jury finally brought In
verdict of not guilty.
The Three Americas Expositio
opened in New Orleans last Tuesda,
The st. Paul Pioneer Press denie
the existence of smallpox in that city
~
Ex-Gov. Click, of Kansas, has &C
oepted the pens,on agency at Topeks
The democrats have q majority of 6
on Joint ballot in the Virginia legisla
y ture.
Chicago Knights Of Labor repudiat
the action of the dynamiting knight
in st. Louis.
Bartholdi, the author Of the famou
statue of Liberty, arrived in New Yor
a few days ago.
Fred Ward does not like Sing Sing
No one expected that he would, but i
is the right place for him.
Observation-Disclosures Gewerp
Vsreln" is the name of q c~o-operativ
/. society of work people in Austria.
1t is an off day now when we fail t
read an account of a cyclone in SOM
of the eastern and northern states.
The resolution in favor of the peni
Tertiary died q bornin', as. it were
which, we think, is the very best thin
it could have done.
The more the friends Of Gen. Gran
agitate his quarrel with Andy johnson
the worse it will be for the general
Let him have peace.
They. have discovered the bones G
three persons in the smoke house G
John Haines, at Lincoln, Illinois
Another old Bender.
The Oregon legislature met at Salem
Monday to elect q Unit ed States senate
to ill the vacancy caused by the exp
ration of the term of Jas. II. Slater.
John Mccullough, perhaps the grea
est tragedian of his day, died at Phila
delphia last Sunday. Hislast appearance
on the stage was at Chicago, Septeu
ber goth, 1884.
State Auditor Keesewetter, of Ohio
entered the lobby of the Neil House q
Columbus, and fired two shots at W
j. Elliott, editor of the Sunday Capita
but did not seriously injure him.
Lexington may get the c., B. & @.
and she may not. If we don't get
we will not sneer at any other plac
which does. We have the good of tn
whole county at heart. But we believ
we will get it. The road can't affor'
to miss US.
A party OF gentlemen from Higgins.
vile and Waverly were examining thu
river at the latter point, Wednesday
with a view to the location of bridg,
there. Col. Law, who was to have
been there, t~elegraphed that business
called him elsewhere.
Nj. VIM. Hyde has been appointed
postmaster at st. Louis. No bette,
selection could have been made. II,
has spent nearly a life time in gratui
tous service tor his party, and this rec
ognition Is only q small part of justice
to his merits as q democrat and gentle
mau.
TIE reports of the commissioners o
Immigration for the state of New Yorl
show that during the year ended Jun
80, there arrived from foreign ports a
New York City 356,906 passengers
there being 2s4,o1s steerage passengers
most of the latter being destined 70
western states. During the year 1,ls
pauper immigrants were returned t
the countries whence they came.
The position of the Intelligencer to
ward the water question is this: Stric
compliance with the terms Of the con
tract upon both sides. The water com
pauy should be required to do its par
fully, in justice to the city; and il
justice 10 gentlemen who have investe,
over $4,000 in our town, by an invita-
ton of S19 to 40 of the voters, wher
they have done this the city Shout
comply with its part of the contract.
John Sherman says the republican
will insist on DISTINGUISHING the colore
voters unless they stick to the republi
a party as a unit. This is what a
democrats said twenty years ago woul
be the result. But the republican part
has not the power to enfranchise O
d~isfrsnchise anybody. John Sherma
is a good dnsncier. He saved sewers
million dollars out of q small salar
in four years; but he is not much of
Statesman.
The schedule prices for the waite
company are maximum prices. An,
QUE may make a special and a lowe
rate. We have not time to enter into
detailed argument with a person who's
prejudices will lead him into the absur'
statement that we were in collusio
with the water company in arrangin
that there should be no limit as to wins
they should charge newspapers. w
had as much to do with arranging til
schedule al had Adams off OF.
Mr.. w. B. Steele was at the meetin
$500 OF.