Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-03-21
Wall paper at LOOMS Bros.

can't BIZ beat. u"'ssn
Mr.. Martin Lleser 10 building q business
house in Cordpr.
Ro,ie y Son have q superb line Of wall
rsper and d, corsti"ns. mch7nl
Our sock of Wall paper ia now aud Of the
latest designs. LOOMS Bros. feb2lt9
All work done in-tan,aneously ut Mart
land 3 gallery, opposite postofice. nov22f
wanted-A white girl, to do the work Of =
small family. Inquire at thi. office. jlotf
Latest styles OF wall paper from brown
blanks to embossed gold at LOOMS Bros. To
A number of chamber suits will be sold Il
extra low prices at II. = F. Winkler's, Lex.
inq,on. Ni,soud. m3tS
correspondent and agent Of the Intslligencer
in Clay township. febnf
Organs, strictly first class, for sale on easy
terms at A. c. NJ. Birds, the reliable sewing
machine man of Odessa. 1anlOyl
Messrs. Ra,com and heller made = decided
Improvement In the Register, thi. week.
though they only took formal possession
inoe the last issue.
1 will buy secondhand Appleton's readers;
SdCV AhdSt VIC ~ ApO4 SOuAiIASAf
torn out. I will pay well for them at my
store on Franklin street. Chss. W. LOOMS.
An indiscreet man Is like an ansealed let
ter, everybody can read him, but the vie
mar secureth In time what In lime he will
surely media bottle Of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup. 1t
For Sale-A good residence, one Of the
best In the city, on Main street, large house.
good outhouses. we'll, clstern, etc. Price
only <2 600. Terms easy. Inquire Of j r.
Ardineer. nOv2Stf
For Saie-175 acres OF extra good land
within one mile of. Page City. Price rs
per acre. More land adj lining can be bought
II desired. Term. to suit. Inquire Of J. +.
Ardinger. nov28,f
Our spring stock Is beginning to arrive and
we " Ill be receiving novelties rs wellas stsples
from this time on, and we ask all to give u, Il
call. We will offer you bargains In all lin r.
". r. Royie X sou. mch1ml
No lady should fail to see our line Of en-
broiderie. in %jsconets. nainsook, dne CAM
brics, swiss. etc. They are all Of our "
importation and we will save you an average
of Is per cent. on the same. Ahren-' ir!
Goods B.zsxr. f.b3ltf
We have not heard Of thst gold.srrow
~dismond.set breast pin thst we sdvertisei
last week. We hope il ANY one has found it
that he will return it To this office. ~ the lad
to whom 1t belongs values it shovo It's mere
intrinsic worth. A liberal rev ard will be
paid for Its return.
Ever, body had his smoked glass and Wa.
read, for the cliirse Of the run LAT M'ndsy .
Some people peeped through pin holes Ia csId
board. aud sometimes tho clouds obscared
the View Just sufficiently to make \ very prs'ty
picture. The ob.cQration here seemed to b.
Of something les. than hat the isos Of tn.
sui, at its fullest.
Nes-rs. Henry b. Barsom and ssmT Keller
have purchased the Register, Of this CITY, sud
Both being we'll trained In The Business,
young aud energetic. the paper has now Il
promise of renewed life, prosperity aud in
huence. The republicans Of the county nee.
\ good n"wspaler ut the county sea- aid viii
no doubt sustain 1t, rs it will be conducted b.!
Its new management.
Greenton items by "13S':-Considersble
sickness In he neighburhood Rev. Russell
Of John~on county, presched here seversI
nights ls-t week; th- attendance was small
on account Of bad roa,is ...Irs.D. X. u. aud
J. H. c., have returned from their bridal
t,ur; they say of the Exposition. the hill
was never told Mr.. wm. Gibson hx. pur
chased rixty-one head OF cattle which he in-
ENDS FEEDING. There seems to be y grra
difference vi opinion ~ 10 the present rOnds-
tIOu OF the wheat twO Weeks will show how
1t is Mr.. n. u. Hyatt will leave ,thi, week
fu ure reside -. The Me-srs. Nesr have ren
Ted the Hyatt farm The public school in
the Thurp district Is out. Miss Matthew,
gave entire satisfaction"
The river 1t Waverly broke up some time
In February and blocked up to the 9th ol
thi, month. River men were expecting :
terrible time whenever tho river move,
again. Dom Pedro writes to the Republican
about 1t, and rays that Judge Thomas, witt
lives opposite Wsverly, owned . ferry.
boat and had her csbled about one mile show
Wave rly on this( Cnrroll) side Of the river. The
writer was gathering corn on . high bench
three-quarters of Il mile north Of the ferry
boat. A man by the name Of johnson cam,
out with two horses and said: '.Just com,
aud look at the river" I laughed ut hi
fright. ven to y rail fence close bv and uu
losded my corn; Wa. about ten mute IN
lUsuing, and by thxt time the Water had ri-ei
from three I'd dive feet from the bench Of til,
river. The johnson bows were NJ the ferry
boat when the river broke. at ab 'ut 4 o'clocl
p. m. Judge Thomas and wife were IN tn
boat. The johnson boys begged Mr..
Thomas to leave The boat aud go to q plac.
of safety, but she refused. saving "-he woult
stay with the Judge" What J Judge Thorn
and wife suff, red or Monday night God onl'
L,,,,,- Tho bout sv-,, lr.l ~, ,k, ,,.s., 49,.
ice bodily: aud showed !. pr out on y hig'
|, knoll. Had the Ice struck her -id- wi-e IL
stead Of shifting 1t, she would have beei
crushed like An egg.>hr II. The river br. Nh
!, Ing up and gorginx again WIS the CAUSE q
/. the overflow. The whole river wss throw.
out into the bottom tor I've miles n .r.h
|, from Lexington 10 Waveriy. TIE bench 1
call. d the . unkle Mil and the old Mui,lr,
place. and from here to the high l pi III thu
prairie north OF Us IL three or tour mtles. Ant
hearty every loot OF It is UNDER wafer; som,
:. places twenty feet deep. When >aw tn,
water rising ." fast. ! mounted y hors. all,
started TO warn Mr.. John .Auslins. u neigh
Ing family /; when | Got within 4 half mile .
the house. ! was terrified b, the sight vi tn,
W ter cunning toward me- swift as y mil
race. When | got to thu hOu.e the watei
wns running Ola the fr-t door. NJ. Austin
tw" daughters, Mi-s-s Jennie sud Lucy. Nh,
i. two little babies Ut Nr. Thomas were all thu
|. we're there. The hnr-e., cow-, hog and dog
|, were oil a1ost. The water WI. then thI e
:, feel deep anil NJ cold ~ lie. I could do MT b
lug without II hOst. started back 10 Dun
, kIe',, exporting l., be " every min q
i The wafer was 70 -wlft that my horse bob
b d up and down like u cork. l got bxek I
, the ridge sll right During the night Lew
:. H->tnn. An. Thomas. Bill Austin. job
:. Van Meter. silas Movrehesd and Charli
! Mnbley came in fr"m The prairie They 20
!, l"-l in The woods ami got to Mr.. AUSTIN. y
. 2 O'clock In The mnrnin2. Tuesday. Marc
10. the Auslin- we're taken To The prairie
3 About Is head Of cattle were drowned at tn
| Austin place. II head II them belonged I
, Lewis He,ton. j ixe Thomas aud iamil
:. live Opposite Ws,erly. Tn. Judge and wit
E left their fe, +, boat on Tursday und went I
z their house. TN W. dnpsday the gorxe brok
. for Il few minutes and forced u solid body Z
{ water and Ice h,e feet high down against tn
Thoma. house. knocking one end OF th
/. house out. The family moved north to til
. bank Of the old river bed and were the
;. taken nut to the prairie on Thur-dsy. Sew
? eral hra I Of ca'tle were lost on the Tboms
t place. but the ferry boat il safe. On Wed
r ne-day Dan Hand rescued several woms
/ aud children from a tumblr-iown ahant
u nur'h Of US and removed them TO y place ,
i, safety. Two horses that they MI, mpted I
l swim out were drowned LOWS Hsston an
= bud rhOmas worked like Turk, maxim
:, daily tips with living freight n dl.tancr i.
E live miles. j. takes all the muscle that
: go,d Uar-man has TO bring u skifft from tn
:. prairie in here. The writer took Will
r Austin. who is sick with pneumonia. out I
u the prairi- to-day. Passed Graham 8 house
:, Grshaln stuck his had out Of the upstail
o window and wanted to know the news Ca
j tie, hogs and horses are standing In Ii
- water at this place which 10 thought to he
i high ridge. Passed George Rxiey'. HOUSE
0 cattle on the >trswplle; tirorge ran out frol
= upstair and hailed Us. Passed Trips hou..
e two horses were standing In All old he'd kne
D deep in water which WIS f~earfully swim here
= the cattle were upon the SRA UP les and I'll