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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-27
To Chicago Bv Daylight.

A fast train leaving Bridgeport at 5:57
a. m, arrives at Chicago at $50 p. m
same day connecting in Union depot for
all points west.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-27
Pastry without Butter.

Buy Hardware at Boyd's, it will save you
money.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-27

RACE tonight at the Alhambra rink
Reed on foot and Shepperd on skates.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-27
EPIDEMIC OF pIPHTHERIA

has also been affecting the inhabitants Of
Haamon's Creek Valley between Hsmlin
and Collier stations, a distance Of about
four miles and extending back south amidst
the hills and valleys mile or more. For
two months it has been raging without ces.
sation. In that time twenty-five families
have suffered, but in four only deaths have
occurred Two deaths occurred suddenly
while the patient was convalescing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-27
co AND SEE

Additonal L0eal % FIrsi Paqe.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-27
Second Branch.

This Branch assembled in its chamber at
8 o'clock, President Sweeney presiding, and
the following member present: Messrs.
Butts, Clator, Crawford, Robt., Gilleland,
Harrell, Hesrne, Hssly, Hildreth, Jones,
Scott, Stanley, Smith, Tracy, Vockler,
Waterhouse and Wier-l6.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-27
Bellaire Independent.

LAST night Mrs Hannah Huseman cele-
brated her 6fty-seventh birthday at her
home, 1884 Water street. A number of
friends were present and delightful even
ing was spent by all The Opera House
orchestra was present, and an elaborate
supper was served at an hour when sll en-
joyed it most. Mrs. Husemsn received nu-
merous hearty wishes for many returns of
tba dav
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-27
ELECTION tomorrow.

Some night your poor neck you win break.
Come home. come home,
on, mamma, dear mamma, come home.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-27
ORDINANCE.

The ordinance providing for the erection
of gates and the placing Of watchmen at
railroad crossings, passed in the First
Branch at the last meeting, was taken up,
read, discussed at some length and passed
By vote of Is ayes to nay.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-27
Trustees Sale Of Real Est1

J. cHaxBxEs HEEvEY. AuetioneS. Z
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
THE REVENUES FOR MARCH.

The government revenues in March
were nearly equal to those of March
1884, though since the beginning of the
fiscal year the deficiency had been i'm
pOrtant. In March the customs made
u decrease of S608, ,21S and the internal
revenues 1885,, ,803. From July | to
April l the customs receipts amounted
to Sl37, lO9,010, showing a decreaes
of $l3,32l ,3S6, and the internal reve-
nues amounting to 81, ,O32 .935, show
ing a decrease of S5, ,863,247. The in-
creasins volume in custom collections
is simultaneous with q continuous
shrinkage in the value of foreign
goods, which implies that large quanti-
ties are being imported. The total
revenues in the expired portion of the
fiscal year amounted TO S237, ,405, 1926
against S259 ,009, ,904 in 18S3-S4, and the
expenditures amounted to $210, AL ,339
against Sl94 ,253,335. The increase
in expenditures was in the ordinary
charges of conducting the government,
pensions being about stationary, while
interest payments were reduced.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.

FURNISHED weekly to the Iutelligencer BY
Captain j. D. Conner, recorder Of deeds Of
Lafayette county, Mo-
Abstract of the deeds filed in the Office of
Recorder Of Deeds from Saturday, March %,
to Saturday, April 4, A. D., 1885. Only such
as contain covenants of warranty contained
In list.
Matte L. Goodwin to Sarah T.,
Davidson. so feet lot 6, and 20 feet Of
lot !, blk 2l, 1st add to Lexington. 81 500 90
Eli Wade anI wife to Lucy A. Rice,
lots l3 AND. IA, on East street. Zeut-
meyers add to HiggnsvilIe. 49,. 500 90
D. b. Duck to Chas. Fl. Hartman,
n end W hf sw, II, 80, 2s; IS acres 100 90
Chas. H. Prieor to VIM. H. Holke,
lots and 4, blk 10, Napoleon also
lot 4S0x 80 feet. Napoleon. a,676 oO
Prieor & Holke to H.Knippenburg, Il.
blk II Napoleon ........... 1,o45 90
Absolom Weedin Marshall to Ru-
fus P. Marshall, NV NV, 35; hf
sw, 26; hf Sc, q, ~. 81; 200 acres. 5000 90
Fred. Llesc to ID. Hoffman, lots 7
and 8. blk A, Fred. Leise's ID add to
Alvin kenser to Thos. A. Whit
worth, undivided lots 1, 9, and 4,
blk IL, Odessa lGR 6ea
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 9-In
174S congress passed an act allowing
all officers who had served in the Mexi-
can war three months extra pay. This
was then decided by the accounting
officers Of the treasury to apply only to
officers of the volunteer service. In
1879 congress passed an act defining
the act OF lS43 to include both regular
and volunteer officers, which was again
disputed by the treasury officials.
The parties interested have since
through legal decision established
their claim. Before commencing pay
nent the treasury department has
furnished the secretary of war with
list of the claimants to ascertain if they
are in any way indebted to the gov
ernment. This list comprises many
names prominent in military history,
Generals Winfield Scott, Robert E.
Lee, Persifer F. Smith, David E.
Twiggs, Albert Sidney johnson, Gld-
Pillow, and James Longstreet. Pay
ment is to be made to the survivors or
their established heirs.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18

Mr.. Hall read the contract with Mr..
B. +. Simmons for furnishing rock to
calaboose.
Mr.. Simmons moved that Mr.. B. f.
Simmons account be allowed without
the abatement of SIG so made by the
committee on claims.
Mr.. Williams supported the motion.
Mr.. Winsor opposed it. He said
the contract was plain. Expenses OF
the calaboose heavy. The contract
showed that Mr.. Simmons ferfeits
81 so per day per prisoner when no
rock was on hand. Ayes, Howell,
Simmons, Walk, Winsor, Williams =.
NAYS, Homer, Kriehn, Russell.
] SO all the bills were allowed.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
A Mans Spheres.

When mans babe and has to crawl.
What is It thai. makes crazy ali?
When he's boy and full of fun,
What does he hit You with and rum
Snow ball.
When he's youth what does he play
To MAIN himself and comrades gay9
Baseball.
When young nan and fond Of girls,
What keeps him up all night in whrls?
ball.
What sends a fiutter TO his heart.
And likes III il Cupid's dart?
Eyc-balls.
When fond OF poker, die and sInske,
Three balls.
At college, at his pas expense.
How does he learn to show his sense?
Footballs.
What takes his money every night,
And makes him swear and drink and fight
Billiard balls.
What does his landlsdy, sedate,
Pass hum each morning on plate?
FIsh-balls.
When he is old and wisdom knows,
Head-ball-d.
And when, Just when he wants to stay,
What IL 1t he must leave alway9
Ierrestrial- ball.
II. c. Dodge, in Chicago san
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
CRY Hall, April 13, 1856.

CITY HALL, April IL, 1850.
Council met. Present His Honor,
Mayor Hamlet. Councilmen Russell,
Homer, Howell, Winsor, Kriehn,
Walk, Simmons and Williams; Regis
ter Wallace; Attorney Hall; Marshal
Owen; Engineer Benedict.
Minutes of last meeting read and ap.
proved.
The city collector made the follow
ing report which was received and
filed:
LEXINGTON. Mo-, March 81, 1885.
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council
of the City of Lexington: undersigned,
marshal and collector of said city, begs leave
to submit the following report Of settlement
with the treasurer for the month ending
March 81, A. D., 1885:
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
Atropos vs.. Lachesis.
MARGARET vANDEGRIFT.

'Lachssis, twist. .and Atropos. sever,
Lowell.
My faith Is shaken;
Ny foolish hopes are giving away to fears
must have been mistaken
And yet, she Is q mot impossible she, -
She's very human.
l thiuk she's young; know she's fancy -frce.
And every inch q woman.
1 can't describe her. but if 1 should chance
To see her only,
I'm certain should know her at q glance.
And be no longer lonely.
She-I often am just where he ought to be
Why don't he come there2
l m sure "a recognize him instantly:
He must be sOnewhere!
1t is Y paradox wha,e'er be be,
He's not intrusive;
Yet, II he is he. it also seems TO HE
He's not illusive!
Pm certain should know him at a glance
Most men are stupid
wonder ii these things are left to chance,
Or II there Is \ Cupid
SO either unused; time passed; they did moi
meet,
Though they were living in the self.sane street.
He to an Office went At half past eight,
Never too early, or IL minute late;
And fifteen minutes afterward she Went
To the large school where she her morning.
spent.
No dI cam, no vision came to either ore;
Their paths kept onward as they had begun
Parallel lines. which never were to meet,
Though but divided by narrow street.
One eager glance had proven her to be
One long, shy look from her deep eyes had mad,
Her heart 60 singing to him unafraId.
Kingdoms there are for all OF us. may be.
But every kingdom opens with d key.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
A Spring Poem.
(Boston Globe.l

(Boston Globe
The old man sits in the garden chair,
Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring,
His hat is on. SO his head 10 bare,
Spring. Spring. beautiful Spring.
He readsth Tupper, 1t makes him weep.
And anon he falls IN calm. deep sleep.
Spring. Spring, beautiful Spring.
The early wasp hath vicious look.
Spring, Spring. beautiful Spring.
As he cOnieth out of his winters nook.
Spring, Spring. beautiful Spring.
He seeth the old mans shiny pate,
And his wild eye CLEANS with deadly
hate.
sprins, Spring, beautiful Spring.
Loudly the old man snores in the sun,
Spring, Spring. beautiful Spring
Quickly the little wasp HES to the fun,
Spring. Spring. beautiful Spring.
He sits him down with fi-ndish glee.
Aud goes for that he I'D with q Que. two
three.
Spring. Spring, beautiful Spring.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
-S-S~
BOORS.
From the Life.l

Not sugar coatsd.-She-"Th is
often a vast difference between a boor
and bore" He (fishing)-"And are
most men either one or the other?"
She (wearily)-"Well, man is boor
when he does not call on us and gener.
ally bore when he does"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18

All of which 10 respectfully submitted.
l hereby certify that the above statements
true and correct,
JOSEPH P. OWEN, City Collector.
The city treasurer made the follow
ing report, which was received and Or
dered filed:
Mo-, April 13, 1885.
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council
of the City of Lexington h:-The undersigned
respectfully reports that the following
amounts have been paid into and out of the
treasury during the past month:
Received from Geo. NJ. MOuntjoy on
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18

Total uncOlleeted . 83.Oll 50
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
Z. WNsoR,
G. B. RUSSELL.
G.. A. hRIEHE.
Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Russell said that the treasurer
made no record of remission of Mr..
Nat Winters license Of $3.50.
Mr.. Homer moved that the matter be
corrected on the records.
The register was go instructed.
Mr.. Russell offered the following
which was adopted:
Committee on gas would recommend that
bill fer the month of March 1885 be allowed.
c. B. RUSSELL,
H. WILLIAMS,
G. A. HIEHN.
Committee.
Mr.. Homer reported the following
bills as being properly audited and
they were allowed except Mr.. Sim.
mons bill for rock from which el6 so
was deducted:
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18


Some reckon their age by years.
Some measure their lite by art.
But some tell their day by the flow Of Their
tars,
And their lives by the means Of their heart.
Tire dials OF earth may show
The ieng h, not the depth. of years;
Few or many they G IN ., lew or inuIy they
go,
But time is best measured by tears.
An! not bv the silver gray
That creep, through tn. sunay h. ir,
And not hy the seasons that ". pass Ou our
way,
Anu not by burrows the iiusrrs of care
On forehead and face have made,
Not so lO We count our Years;
Not by the sun OF the earth, but The shade
OF our sous, and the fall of our tears.
For the young are oft times old,
Though their brsws be bright or fair.
Whilr their blood beats warm their hearts
are cold;
O'er them the spring, but winter Is there.
And the old are oft times young,
Whrn Their hair 10 thin and white,
And they sin. IN age as IN youth they sung +,
And they laugh, for their cross WAS light.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
The Prayer.

"Now l lay me-say 1t darling;"
LAY me-" lIeped the tiny lips
OF my daughter kneeling. bending
O'sr her folded finger tips.
"Down to sleep,'-''down to Sleep" she
murmured,
And the curly head dropped low;
81 pray the Lord, 1" gently added,
''You can say il all, / know"
''Pray the Lord" the words came family
Fainter still-''my soul to kept
Then the tired head fairly nodded,
And the child was fast asleep.
But the dewy eyes half opened
When clasped her to my breast.
And q dear voice soitly whispered,
"Mamma, God knows all the rest.''
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
Chicago g. Alton h. r.


Trans marked will not stop.
Trains marked will stop on signal.
Local frelghts run daily except sunday. Other
trains daily.
We keep q full line of through tick. ia to all
principal points IN the United States and Can
ada Mt lowest rates. Also through checks.
r. p. PRICE. Agent. at Higgtnsvllle.
FRANK G. ADAMS, Agent. at Odessa.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
A Waif.
ALICE TKUMBULL LEARNED.

ALICE TKUMBuLL LEARNED.
Her dress Is ragged and torn and old.
Her feet are bare. and the day 10 cold;
Some shaving curls on her shoulders fall.
And tram il made OF worn-out shawl.
Some flowers that onee were a beauty's pride,
And now are withered and thrown aside,
She holds close as her fingers can,
While q crumpled hand bill serves Tor a fan.
You would meyer have guessed, as you saw her
there,
With those withsred flowers. and feet all bare.
That the gloomy street was q brilliant hall,
And she dancing there, the belle of the ball.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
FOR KAENT,

TNHAT elegant Suburban Brick Resi- -
Z i dence on College hill, now occu- H1
pied by Mr.. Brightwell; Six Rooms, m,l
Carriage House, Stable, and all other -iA
necessary out buildings six acres Of land en-
closed In Grapes, Fruit, Flowers and Grass; all
in complete order. Possession April !, 1885
nchlltd E, WINS0R II son.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18

Mr.. Winsor submitted from the COM
mittee on finance the following report
which was ordered received and fled:
COUNCIL CHAMBER, LExING-
TON, Mo-, April 13, 1885.
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council
of the ''ity of Observation-Disclosures: The
committee on finance presents the following
report of the condition of the finances of the
city at the present date:
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18

LEXINGTON, Mo-, April IL. 1885.
To the Honorable Mayor and Councilmen
Of the City of Lexington n-Gentlsmen:-The
committee on claims to whom was referred
the claim of w 4 J. Taubman for loss of Il
horse, begs leave to report that upon inresti-
CATION, they believe that the city Is not re-
sp0nsible for the loss of said horse, and there
fore recommend that said clam be not al
lowed.
Respectfully submitted.
CHAs. F. HOMER,
+. NINSOR,
u. HuLWEII..
Committee on CLAIMS
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
FATHER RYAN.

The Rosary of my Tears.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18

!, TTORNEY- VIII give prompt 81
tention to all business entrusted to his care
I'LL practice in all the courts, except the Pre
aia fonrt of J,afayette county. decayl
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
ATTORNEYS.
oHS q sLAcKwELL. ALBERT R. sTRoTHER.
MAXWELL s. STROTHER,

4 TTORNEYS AT LAW. VIII practice in all
4 the courts OF the state. Prompt attention
iveu to all business entrusted to their care.
ore. janl0yl
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-12-05
PICTORIAL SHAKESPEARE.
He Needed n Substitute.

He Needed n Substitute.
A very good story was told the other day
of young man painfully conscious of an
exterior scarcely worthy Of his character.
Accompanied by the young woman whom
he had married, he stepped into photog-
rapher's and drew the artist aside. He
wanted their "pictur's taken, but had a
special favor to ask. " Her folks" he ex-
claimed, Ego a good deal on style. They
never saw me, and If send them my face
they'll be dead agin me. Pm sight bet
ter than look, and when people come to
know me they vote me brick. Now,
then, what do you say? Will you stand in?
She's willing. Those big whiskers of
yours I'll take them at once and create
harmony. You look like solid capitalist
and they'd take me for petty larceny
thief" Of course, the photographer could
not refuse favor so fatteringly proposed,
and the distant relatives, no doubt, i'm due
time were gratified with his portrait side
by side with that of the young lady,
Toronto Truth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-12-05
He Had Faith in Morphine.

A storekeeper in certain New Hamp-
shire town has for some days been on the
verge of having 'em, and has been letting
up on whisky and taking morphine pow
ders The other night some Of the boys
killed rattlesnake and caught two or three
striped snakes, couple of frogs, a turtle
or two, and about dusk set them in front Of
the store. Then the storekeeper was quiet
ly inveigled to the door and led into con-
versatiOn. Presently his eye alighted on
one of the snakes. Looking about he saw
another. But he kept on with the CONVEX
sation. Then turtle caught his eye, and
then a frog, and then another snake. But
he never weakened bit till he saw the
RATHER twined around lamp-post. That
settled him. "You must excuse me a
minute" he said, and he went into the store
and took a morphine powder. While he
was gone the boys took the snakes away.
He came back, took satisfied look around,
and said: 'Morphine's great thing, isn't
itr'-BOStOn Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-12-05
DIDN'T KNOW HOW.

The Loss an ArI<ansaw Gentleman Suffered
When His Wife Was Divorced.
Colonel Wadley Higinson, of Ken
lucky, came to Arkansaw and rented a
small farm of Major Wiley Smith.
When the rent became due. Major
Smith approached Colonel Higinson and
said:
Colonel, your rent is due to-day"
II am sorry to hear that, for / like
you"
"What?'
II am sorry for like YOU"
s'What difference does that maker"
makes all the difference in the
world"
'.How sop''
Because l can't pay you"
"Why?"
"Well. because I've been disap-
pointed?"
"Financially?"
mo. not particularly"
Crops short''
'.Been sick?"
mo, been in good health"
Then what's the matter?"
''Wife got divorce from me-"
"What difference does that makeP'
"What?'
The Major repeated the question.
what difference does that make ?
Why man, you must be crazy. My wife
she took care of the CROP"
what did you doP"
What! Wy. run the farm. You
fellows don't know how to raise CROP"
--ArkansaW Traveller.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-12-05

A travelling phrenologist who came along
that way next day was deeply interested In
me. He made survey of my bumps and
declared that l had the most remarkable
head that had ever come under his notice.
My loye-Of-home bump and my language
bumps which were about the size of goose
eggs, particularly surprised him. Then
there were many other remarkable bumps,
he said, that were not laid down in the
books, and which he could not place with
out some research. He had never seen SO
many bumps by half on any boys head as
had, and he declared emphatically that
would grow up to be either kleptomaniac
or great moral reformer. He felt that he
would like to say definitely which would
be. so that my friends could feel easy one
way or the other, he concluded, hut there
was such confusion of bumps that he was
for once nonplussed. and Time, the great
revealer, would have to settle the matter.
Since that day have seen the hornet in
his native lair number of times, and
have invariably let him alone. He is not
the sort of warm personal friend like, and
l therefore avoid him. If l crowd him, and
he will just throw out gentle hint that he
wants more room, he can have all he wants.
Scott Way, IN Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-12-05

do not think l hit him. 1t is my i'm
preston now that he saw me stoop down
for the stone, and Immediately whistIed
for four millions Of his relations, who were
holding family reunion, or ratification
meeting, or durbar, or something, inside
the nest, to come out and help me go away
from there.
All that distinctly remember about the
occurrence is that something stabbed me in
about nine hundred places at one and the
same time, and that left the scene with
considerable impetuosity. 1 longed for
some solitude in the midst of which
could collect my scattered thoughts, and l
went in search of solitude. But every hor-
net in the congregation seemed determined
to go with me to the end. 1 had never be-
fore had anything so much attached to me.
The warm desire of those hornets to re-
main in my society for an indefinite period
was affecting to my young and tender
mind.
went through the harvest-lield so fast
that the harvesters got only glimpse of
my yellow hair, as it flashed through space
like frolicsome meteor ON its mad career
When they learned who it was that was
going so rapidly they could hardly believe
that their eyes were not deceiving them.
They had never seen me In a hurry before,
and naturally they were surprised. They
hsd noticed that when ] came from the