Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-11-21
AULLvILLE.

Mr.. R. L. Greer left, Monday MORN
ing, for Texas on business. He will be
gone about two weeks.
Mr.. James Chinn, who is teaching
near MAYHEM this county, was visiting
his fathers family, last Saturday and
Sunday. James Ia a good teacher, a
fine young man. and is well pleased
with his school, and ! hear the patrons
are well pleased with him.
Mr.: Benz. w. Major returned home
from his visit to Hannibal, Mo , last
week.
Miss Maud Stewart, of johnson u
ty. is visiting her sister, Mrs. Eugene
Williams.
Mr.. Edward Hord who has been Wis
iting the family of his mother, Mrs.
Mary ]. Hord, returned to his cattle
ranch in Wyoming Territory, ON last
Saturday night,
MIR. j NJ. Major and son Isaac, were
In Lexington on last Saturday, where
they took some mules to sell. They
sold them, but we did not hear what
they got for them.
Little Johnny Hord, son of Mr.. John
Hord, was bitten by u mad dog, last
Tuesday morning. His father took
him to Sedalia to see if he could find a
mad stone there, but could not, 30
he took him to Kansas City where be
found one and applied it to the bite.
1t stuck to the wound for twelve hours,
He is doing we'll now. Several dogs
were bitten before the mad creature
was killed by MIR. Urlah Terrell. The
dogs that were bitten have been nearly
all killed bv this time, and almost ever
one has tied up their dogs until nint
days shall have expired, which time
Is said 1t takes a dog to 60 mad.
Our town looks like it has seen it
best days since the fire, which burned
the only brick store in our place, bu
our two merchants are doing the bes
!, they can to supply the demand there i
for dry goods. This is a good openin,
. for some enterprising business man t
come and start a good store, In whicl
he must carry a full stock of dry goods
a This town has as good a country Sur
y rounding it as any town in the county
none excepted; our farmers are q
thrifty as any, and raise about as goo
Drops as any In the count, or state 70
3 that matter, and they are as good look
8 ing and are as accommodating az any
9 and they own about as much stock .
! any, and are about as we'll TO do 8
any farmers we know anything o
= They feed as much stock, and are abol
g as able to pay their bills as any set
o farmers i'll the state, so VIZ would lii
o to have some live man to run a frs
" class dry goods tore here, and we ca
assure anybody that he will make
much as any one does in the county
selling goods,
l.. There was a party given to MIR. E.
Hord by his mother. on Friday mig
before he left for his western HON
:, All had a pleasant time. An excellel
u supper, and good crowd present.
is Miss Esther Belt, who has been COL
:. fined to her bed 20 long, we are glad
:. report is able to be up again. We col
graduate her and hope she may recoV
y entirely.
Mrs. VIM. B. Major was visiting h
| son in H~igginsville Oh last Sunday. 81
o' was accompanied by her daughter, Mi
r Ida, and her two sons.
l. 1t was the pleasure of your CORE
pondent, who is a member, to be pre-
ent at the closing exercises of t
d Young Mems Christian Association
Higginsville, during the week of pra
er. The meeting was led by DR.. Seebt