Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-09-05
SHORTS.

SHORTS.
The rain Thursday night was accompanies
by a little hail.
The weather during the entire fair weel
was delightful.
Sell your old iron at JoIdan's Foundry AM
Machine Shops. m6tf
{ The thermometer was down to 80 degree
last Wednesday morning.
New fall goods arriving daily and are fol
sale cbeap. at q, Wilker's. sep5t3
Bridge timbers sx10 inches, 10, II and L
feet long, for sale be E. Allen. 1uly4tf
See our silk velvets for 81 worth 81 %
They are beauties. NJ. F. Royle & Son. mi
Fresh Oysters, served in any style to suit
land at lowest prices, at the Palace Restau
rant. aug22t2
A few hundred dollars worth of city war
rants for sale at the MorrisOn.W Wentworth
Bank. july1stf
Our Corder correspondent gives our read
ers an account of the burglary Of Mr. Martin
Leiser's store.
In new fall prints and ginghams we have
q large assortment just opened; call and see
them. H, Wilker. sept5t3
For Sale-A three -fourths Jersey cows
splendid mixer. Can be seen at Harry Tur'
ner,s. Franklin avenue. aug
Lexington did her duty by the Reunion
nobly-in numbers, in entertainment Of visi-
tors, and in enthusiasm.
Lost-Tuesday evening, a black silk para
sol, with yellow handle, crooked at end.
Please return to this Office.
Read the notice for the annual meeting OF
the Lafayette County Industrial and Stock
Associations, printed elsewhere.
100000 strawberry layers for sale, 81 varie-
ties. Also plants in pots; these will bear full
crop in spring. Chas. Teubner. sep5t2*
Latest styles in parlor sets at very reason
able prices. in best figured and solid plush, al
H.& F. Winkler's, Lexington, Mo. m3tf
Every farmer that raises wheat should &c
one of the double land rollers manufactured
Dy w. M. Jordan, Lexington, Mo. july2stf
The plank walk on the west side of the
Wentworth Male Academy is q condemned
nuisance, and ought to be removed at once.
! Itch and prairie mango. cured in 80 min
iutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. This
never tails. Sold by Chas. W. LOOMS
druggist, Lexington. mar21-1y
We are now receiving our fall stock. You
will find bright. new and desirable selections
In every department Look at them; it will
cost you nothing. NJ. F. Royle h Son. I'm
JEFF. Young, Porter Delaney, James Gil
more, Mamie Givins, Shackleford and Emory,
isIl colored, are in jail, having been arrested
and fined. at Higglnsville, for gambling.
For Sale-A good residence, one Of the
best in the city, on Main street. large house,
good outhouses, well, c~istern, etc. Price
only % 600. Terms easy. Inquire Of ]. P.
Ardinger. nov29tf
For Sale-175 acres of extra good land
within one mile of Page City. Price $35
per acre. More land adjoining can be bought
If desired. Terms to suit. Inquire of ]. P.
! Ardinger. nov2sh
For Sale-175 acres OF extra good land
within one mile of Page City. Price $50
per acre. More land adjoining can be bought
If desired. Terms to suit. Inquire of J. P.
Ardiuper. nov29tf
Higginsville Post:-'sW. H. Boeke, of this
place, received a diploma at the Brownsville
fair for the finest display of miners picks and
hardware. Boeke Is an excellent workman
and deserves his good luck"
Messrs. A. j. Hall, Jesse Hamlet, Dave
Callahan and Charlie Homer went fishing at
the Top Hole, Wednesday, and caught one of
the finest strings of fish that has been brought
to town this year, 80 bass and croppie.
The county court premium of 800, to the
best stallion. to be shown with four of his
colts, was awarded to Capt. 10. R.. Barnett.
on old, blind Membrino. The prize was
honestly won, as his colts made the best DIS
play that was seen during the fair.
The country people who visited the fair
took well filled baskets, and Hospitality in
vited those without baskets to take dinner
with them. Very few invitations were re-
fused, unless the invited party had previous.
ly accepted an invitation from some one else.
Last Friday, at the fair, several colored
men were leaning their backs against the rail-
ing around the ring. The plank broke and
four darkies turned backward somersaults in
to the ring. II any skittish horses had beer
in sight, there would have been some run-a-
ways
To purchase an instrument Of any kind cal
on or address the Smith American Organ and
Piano dealer, Odessa, Mo. Chickering and
Sons, Knabe Il Co., Vose & Son, Behr Bros
& Co., Guild. Church & Co. and Wheelocb
pianos. The above instruments can be bought
of Bird. the Odessa dealer. may2tf
Mr.. Simmons informs us that the founda.
ton for the water tower is completed, and
that it Is q very solid and satisfactory job. He
is looking for the iron every day to begin or
the tank. He is making connections between
the pumps and the reservoirs. The latter
will be completed in about 10 days, ready fol
building the brick partition wall which is to
be erected between the two.
Mayor John Young thought the reunion
was q scheme gotten up by the Higginsville
people to get all our people away from home
when the Higginsvillians would make a rusf
and capture the records. As a good mayor
should, he left q few trusty men on guard
charged especially with the duty Of taking
care of the courthouse and the records. What
he don't think of it is hardly worth while
to even imagine.
The Original Nashville University Student!
are supported by the worlds ~favorite so
prano, Miss Lottie Holmes the greatest col
ored soprano singer, now with the Origina
NdSuNlllC OultCIonS StuoChtS ~ III
pany, the only true rival Of Jenny Limo
who has voice that registers from e to higl
d, aid will appear at each and every concer
In her new comic selections. Tuesday, Sept
8, 1885. at Haqen's opera house. 1t
The Globe Democrat reporter ended hi
report of the reunion with these words =
"This closes the reunion. Its inception wa
the work of Mr.. u. c. Catron. of this city ant
when the place and time had been decided Of
he was manfully helped by Capt. Richard A
Collins of Collins Battery fame, Capt. w.
Thornton, DIR. Jake Fulkerson, and all tn
Higginsville people generally, including Ed
tor Homer Luce, of the Advance. But tn
people all think Joe Shelby should have bee
here"
Hlgginsville Post:-'Rev. Marquart, wifi
and baby. accompanied by Rev. Helm,
Muscatine, Iowa, started for Lexington las
Friday in q one horse spring wagon. Whe
near Tabo bridge the wagon struck a STUMP
throwing MIN out over the front. This seal
ed the horses which started to run when tn
wagon came uncoupled throwing out tn
other occupants. Mr.. Marquardt and wifi
were somewhat bruised, and the baby an
Mr.. Hefin considerably so. The horse wa
stopped, the wagon fixed up and the journe
renewed without further mishap. 1t was
narrow escape"
We see thai hand bills are being placed oil
the courthouse fence posts. That should no
ho No,thar should il he nermittel TO mast