Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-22

that as he had charge of several ladies he
could not do much fishing. He says he
stopped at u hotel in Minneapolis that cost as
much as the entire assessed valuation of Lex
ington township, and that the people of that
place are growing over st. Paul because their
best hotel only cost Il million and Il quarter
dollars.
Odessa Herald:-"Rev. b. NJ. HObsOn.
father of Rev. b. l.. HObson, has sold his
farm and home property in Cass county, will.
it is expected, visit his son and friends in this
city during this week. = = p A little
child of Mr.. r. A. Forsythe cut one of its
fingers off at the first joint, or Sunday even
ing. A glass had been broken in the window
and the little one caught its finger in the
broken place and jerked it off, 1t is doing
we'll at this time"
Mr.. c. Ben Russell has been succeeded as
agent for the Missouri Pacific railroad at this
place, by Mr.. Geo. X. Tozer, recently OF
Newport. Ark. Mr.. RusselFs many friends
here will greatly regret to learn that he is no
longer to sell them tickets or look after their
freights. A petition is being circulated and
largely signed for his retention. He is an old
Lexingtonian, knows everybody, and is
known by everybody, and we hope the COM
pany will comply with the general desire
of the people here and reinstate him..
Richmond Conservator:-"Mr. Jno. Davis,
one of Lexington's popular young men, is in
the city. the guest of DR.. S. b. Bassett. He
means business. - = Miss Lillian Jaml-
sou, one of the historic city's fascinating and
most popular bellies, is the city on a visit, the
guest of Mrs. DIR. J. W. Smith. " Jim
G. Anderson and wife left, Saturday, for u
tour of the lakes, where the speckled beauties
are lured from the limpid flood and the air is
cooled by the fretting of the denizens of the
sparkling waters, a place for meditation and
repose beside the shores OF Minnetonka, the
superb. IT'S well to be a printer sometimes
when he can HE away, rest under the shade
and dream the hours away in nepenthean
ease"
The Bosque, Tex, Blade says:-"George
r. Dealey, late manager of the Galveston
News office at Houston, has been promoted
to the business management of the Dallas
Morning News. Mr.. Dealey is one of the
best known and most popular young men in
the state and his promotion is a Just recogni-
ton of his superior business qualifications
George Is. Dealey is a foremost young jour-
nalist and a model gentleman" Mr.. Dealey
having sought and won one of the !alrest oil
our Lexington girls for d wife, and made her
| q first rate husband, we feel a very particular
interest in hlm, and take great pleasure in re-
cordlng his deserved promotion to a more lm-
| portant and lucrative post. upon what we be-
| lieve to be the foremost newspaper OF. the
south.
Mr.. NJ. Shultz, of Macoupin, Ills, was in
| the city, this week, and with his brother, Mr.
j.. A. Shultz called on the Intelligencer. Mr.
Shultz Is in Missouri to visit his brother
at his splendid place, Linwood Lawn, and to
see his son at Independence. He is one OF
the supervisors of Macoupln county, Ills, 8
position similar to county Judge here. He
says that his county has compromised its
large debt, only 8 or 4 of the old bonds being
out, and that it meets its interest promptly.
The credit of MacOupin county is now Sc
| rood that Mr.. Shultz links it eau float a 4
per cent. bond, and the officers of the county
intend to try to place part Of their debt at thai
rate. Mr.. Shultz Is loud in his praises OF
Lafayette county lands, which he admits are
better than the lands where he lives. though
he does not think they are quite so we'll cul.
tivated. He says the thing for this country i:
corn, combined with grass, cattle and hogs
He says he has made a great deal of none,
where he is on those articles, and feels conf
dent he could make more here. He sees NJ
reason why q man who owns Lafayette cOun'
ty lands should not rapidly grow rich.