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

Indian summer will soon make its
appearance.
The heavy frosts of the five last nights
have turned the corn fodder white.
A mild winter is looked for here.
Business in town is improving some.
Messrs. Henry Lehman, Herman
Mahnken and Louis Roepe took in the
show at Sedalia on the 7th.
Messrs. VIM. hartman, Fritz Vogt
and other Co%ncordians are spending
this week in St. Louis. Mr.. Fritz VOgt
is on very important business. He took
to himself, while IN St. Louis, a better
half. Miss Lana Kellermanis the happy
person who will return here as Mrs.
Vogt. The wedding took place on
Wednesday the 9Th. Miss kellerman
lived in st. Louis up to her marriage.
To strengthen the statement that we
made in regard to the business of this
place being on the increase, we will
simply mention the fact that Maj. E.
F. Ninas has purchased, for himself, a
nice pair of s~pectacles, which he wears
only on certain occasions.
One night during last week one of
or physicians vas called upon to at
tend to a man, then lying in n of the
| saloons of this town, bleeding very
p%rofusely. 1t was the same old story.
The time was II o'clock, when every
decent man ought to have been in bed.
The bleeding man had been stuck with
a knife. He with others had spent the
night in a way that is usually spent in
such places. Playing cards, talking
useless and vulgar talk, drinking beer
and whisky, and finally winding up in
a brawl, in which a man, whose family
were no doubt awaiting his presence
at home, came very near losing his life,
and that too in a place and at a time
when all men who have any regard for
themselves, as fathers and husbands,
should have been quietly slumbering at
their homes. OF course AS is usually the
case, after such things happen, honest
men are called from their respective
occupations to spend their precious
time sitting as jurors in such cases;
and, so here, on the docket in Esquire
TLieman's Office is a trial set for hear
ing On Friday the 9th. Then the coun-
ty attorney, Mr.. Blackwell, will be
we, all of us, will be saddled with ad-
ditional taxes, to pay tor the deeds
done by mea in a place and during a
time when, as we have said before, all
decent men should have been at home.
This case reads about as follows:
'Henry Dittmer plaintiff, Claus Malen-
ken defendant. Charge, assault with
intent to kill" We have been of the
opinion for a long time that saloons are
more than necessary evils to any town;
and we think the time has come when
no II should hesitate to come out
boldly and express his views on any
thing that is detrimental to the we'll
fare of a community. Concordia has
a little history of her own, and it is
well-knOwn that the saloons of the place
have cut quite a figure in her past his
tory. This history probably will never
be written; and we are glad to be able
to state that this outrageous business is
carried on to q much less extent than
formerly. The number has been cut
down from four to three, and with the
vigilance of a watchtul marshal our
town is comparatively quiet. Still the
evils of these institutions are still at
work, and no later than this week a
lady was seen to pass from saloon to
saloon, and with prayers and threats,
endeavor to have the vendors of
beer to discontinue giving her husband
drinks. Some of our most enlightened
citizens have quit these places, and do
not now hesitate to denounce them in
public or private. We look for
change for the better in the near future
We may mention this matter again
sometime. DIcTO.