Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-10

Bishop Cranberry is very quick at figures.
Another road worker in Charley Mitchelps
district.
Rev. DR.. McAnally has been doing editorial
work since 1s41.
Mr.. Ben. Hammer was here Saturday, at
tending conference.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson Corder we're in atten-
ance on conference.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Groves were ut confer
snce Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Groves were here Sat-
urday. attending conference.
Mr.. Henry Macy, of Kansas City, was IN
town Saturday attending conference.
Mrs. VIM. B. Steele visited Miss Ssllie
Goodwin at Marshall, q few days ago.
Itis"Grandpa" Jno. T. Pieott, also. How
the ..boys" do move along in this world!
Little Bessie Wallace, who has been very
i'll with scarlet fever. is now up and about.
Elder Swartz had "a additions to the church
during the meeting which he recently closed
ut Edna, Mo.
The members of conference had their pic
, lures taken Saturday. Mr.. I. ID. Saunders
, was the artist.
, DR.. Hamilton, of Cass county, 10 visiting
his brother in law, Mr.. Thos. j. Bandon,
and attending conference.
a Miss Lille Kennedy, Of Higginsville, Is
!. visiting her sister, Mrs. Chas. q. Wallace,
/: and attending conference.
Col. Lon v. Stephens. of BOonville, was
IN town, Saturday, at conference, and paid
y, the Intell9encer pleasant visit.
The InteIigencer WAS In demand. The
. older members of conference who secured
- copies, laid them away for future reference.
The New York Life Shskespearallv says
-"Imperious Jumbo. dead and stuffed TO
show, might still suffice to make II circus co.
Mr.. ID. J. Morgan tells that wheat In hi
neighborhOod is coming up nicely. He doe
not fear any material damage from grasshop
pers.
A large lump Of coal fell on Mr. Nat Bul
, lard's foot, Friday, cutting through to th
bone. at the instep, and causing paint
wound.
Judge Jno E. Ryland, one of the pillars I
a the Methodist church in this city, got hon
!. Friday night, from holding court in Salir
}. county.
= The roof on Mr.. JOSIAH Mann's handson
2, now residence, near Wellington, was compl
~ ~ ted Friday The house is 40x4S, 2 stori
b high; frame.
IL The members of conference we're very gil
"A to see the list of appointments In the Sundi
. morning Intelligencer. 1t had not been pr
ss viously publicly announced.
IL Our friend, Butler Moore, Esq, was at co
re ference Saturday evening. He said he wou
Z: hear the bishop Sunday if he had to 60
i church at nine o'clock in order to get u seat.
- DR.. John Matthews aud two of his daug
Of ters, of Kansas City. had been quite i'll
cts several days, but were all so much improv
that the doctor came down to the conferer
Il. Saturday night. His numerous friends "
eoN be glad to hear Of his convalescence.
Emma Nevada, the American prin,a don
was married, at Paris, last Thursday, to
7 Raymond Palmer, Of Birmingham. Engal
The ceremony took place at the English e
bassy and the religious service at the chu
NY of the passionlst fathers. The bridesma
were Misses Morris, Johnston, Everett
Tiff of America. SignOr Salvina. the Ita
trasedian was the best man. The attenda
Nv was large, American, English and Pari'
fashionable society being we'll represented
The amount OF fees received at the sec
ward scales during the month Of Septem
A was Sl02 %. For the same month last
~! 1t was only 9Si; an excess for this yea
SlS 20. There are two other city scales,
the fee is very small one. This would i
dnC cate a considerable Increase Of business in
city for September 1885, over the same pc
in 1884. August Of this year was 81 il
vance of the preceding August. We are
x that Commodore Meets fees run up SO
re. and hope those for October may show a
No larger increase.
DIR. McAnally says that when he w
schoolboy, one of his teachers dismissed
pupils one at time. He required each
to turn at the door before going out, mi
,10 bow, and say, "Your sarvent, sar." He
" out once without making the accust'
salutation, but the teacher caught
and gave him good licking.
~ doctor gave US a specimen of old time
ing. All words beginning with q v
where the vowel was pronounced by
nA1 were separated in the spelling Thus
\)N word "over" would be spelled 80, by
YER, over" These words "by itself"
MMA TOO long a sentence, and they were cont
into ..betselfa." The ,sord over would
be spelled "o-betselfa-ver, over"
nv would be spelled, "A-betselfa-bel,
He says the old Scotch teachers used Il
;ders FOR the boys with great big switch, on the
lRIEs provocation. The doctor was born and
his boyhood days in Tennessee.