Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-13
Meeklg gatelli9eneer.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
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SHOH lS.
Sell your old iron at Joldan's Foundry and
Machine shops. m6tf
Iduna Literary society meets tonight at
the College chapel.
Ram, snow, sleet and sunshine have been
badly mixed up this week.
The best flour in the market is the Excel
sior brand. Ask your grocer for 1t.
Ready made clothing cheaper than ever
before at F. W. Stoenner, Mayview. ml3t2
Millinery, notions aid hair goods at cash
prices, can be seen at Mrs. Arnold's. olOtf
Get Boston Betting Company's Standard
Betting, at Jordan's Foundry and Machine
shon m6tf
Group, whooping cough and bronchitis i'm
medlately relieved by Shiloh's cure. Sold by
C.. w. LOOMS, feb27yleom
The Commercial Hotel, under the manage
ment Of MI. Lewis Neale, has quickly gained
frst.clsss reputation. oct31tf.
= Will you suffer with dyspepsia and liver
complaint? shiloh's Vitalizer is guaranteed
to cure you. For sale by LOOMS. j27y1eom
Subscribers who fail to get their paper reg
ularly from the carrier will greatly oblige US
Oy DTOQuplly ICpOLttn8o " AAo
Every farmer that raises wheat should get
one of the double land rollers manufactured
pyW W. M. Jordan, Lexington, Mo. 1uly2sd
Mr.. A. T. Johnson does not want to be a
councilman. He has. perhaps, attended a
few meetings, and seen what's what.
Mr., J., C. Butler received his patent
apers last Saturday, on a ~check-row corn
planter. 1t works without a wire or rope.
Catarfh cured. health and sweet breath Sc
cured, by ehiloh,s Catarrh Remedy. Price
80 cents. Nasal injector free. For sale by
e. w. LOOMS. feb27y1eom
Mr.. Lewis Neale has built up q frst-class
reputation for the Commercial Hotel, and we
are glad to see him prosper. Agood hotel is
great advantage to our city. octStf
For Sale-A good residence, one of the
best in the city. on Main street, large house,
good outhouses, well, cistern, etc. Price
onlv ~ 600. Terms easy. Inquire OF j. Z.
Ardinger. hoVIo.!
There will be o special meeting OF the
criminal court on the first day Of June. Con-
adorable business was continued from the
term lust closed, and will be attended to at
the special term.
Mr.. Cavanauph has completed the repairs
to the man-hole on Tenth street, near Ridge
way, which was threatened by the water
running down ON the outside. He seems to
have done . very good job.
Neursleic pain is usually of an intensely
sharp, cutting or burning character. To ef-
feet q speedy and permanent cure rub
thoroughly with Salvation Oil. the greatest
pain cure on earth. % cents.
Being frequently asked il we have sold OUT
our entire stock at Corder, will say to the
public that we have only sold our groceries
20 ss to make room for q large spring stock.
Respectfully, Blair & Vivion. 16tf
Our business men will have to p~atronizt
the stesmboats If the railroad trouble Is moi
soon settled. 1t will be to their advantage
to receiveytheir. heavy freights by river. a
boat will leave St. Louis to-day for Lexing'
ton, and hereafter they will run regularly.
st, Louis Globe democrat: "The st
Lou,s.Kansas City Electric Line has inaugu
rated its season Of $50 on the Missouri river
and will run steamer weekly to st. JOSEPH
during the season. It has been years sine
steamers piled regularly between st Loul
and st, Joseph, Col. Hunter Ben. jenkins ha
been uutiring in his efforts and has not spare
expenses to establish this route and opel
agencies and erect warehouses at all impor
tant points along the line. The mighty La
kotah, Capt. Geo. G.. Keith, will he the hrs
boat out leaving next Saturday at 0 p. M
from the foot of Vine street. She is now re
ceiy1ng. Chadwick and Massle will hav
charge of the pilot house of the Dakotaf
The railroader Wyoming. now on a run
the Ouachita river country with a special tri
Of groceries. will, on her arrival, lake ne
place in the Electric Linz and follow The Da
kotah to st. Joseph. While there in n0thin
definitely known, it IS understood that Co
John Thornburg, the famous Ohio Rive
, KING, and q resident Of Point Pleasant, "
2 Va, will command the Wyoming"
St, Louis Globe emocrat:-"The 5
Joseph and st. Louis Railroad yesterday file
a petition in the United States circuit cou
asking to be released from the Wabash 81
tenn. and to have the lease of its line to th
st. Louis. Kansas City Il Northern prior to Il
foreclosure, through which the Wabash q
possession, annulled. The lease was ex
cuted in 1874 on the seventy.two miles
road constructed by the st. Joseph and !
LOUIS company without the issue OF a siHf
bond, between st. Joseph and Lexington, I
a rental Of S10, 900 for the first and seco
wears, Ss5, 900 for the third, fourth and fl
years, and 80 per cent of gross earnings aft
the fifth year, the latter to meyer be less tn
926, oo0 per annum The Wabash now ow
~forxsptsls S81, $3.50 IL, and the conditions
tke tease having been violated. IN this ne
leet to pay, release is prayed. The Waba
WIN have q large certificate account charg
against this line as 1t is one Of the "unprof
able branches. though the attorneys ella
that II long-hsul allowances had been pre-
erly made the road would have showed on I
other sid Q of the books"
Fsyette correspondence to the st. Lol
Globe Democrat. March 5:-The enthusia'
Is increasing at this point over the project
Short Line from st. Louis to Kansas City,al
sIuce the initiative meeting, last Mond'
subscriptions have come in to the amount
9sO, A00, leaving q balance OF only xlO.oO TO
collected from more than twO-thirds Of
incubation interested. The project il
feasible and the plan so safe as to CONNIE
itself at once to every thinking man. I
= subscriptions are to be divided into tn
nOLcS-Ouop nydOfC "hSA
alton through the county; the second
twelve months from that date, and the tn
in twelve months thereafter. If the road
never built the notes are invalid. As e;
note is paid certificates of stock will be issl
therefor to the payer. Howard county
in earnest in this matter, and, represented
some of her best men in the directory OF
road, is taking the lead of the other count
The road is regarded as a necessity TO our
ferests, and since we see that it is so vital
Others beside ourselves, we have made
our minds that it must be built; and this
titude of the Howard county people tow
any project usually means success. The S
of eco 600 asked Of this county by the dir
tors, is of course merely nominal. and is tc
taken Is a guarantee of good feeling
friendliness from the people to the projet
road. The scheme is to be operated larf
through local instrumentalities, and is tt
esaphaticslly q home concern; yet Its adv
tages are far-resehing and by nc means 10
Already eastern corporations are direc
their minds to 1t and they express an ca!
ness for its construction and manager
that proves its feasibility and well-nigh
sures ITS success. The original stockhold
at whose expense the survey was made,
resent an aggregate wealth of over %, 600,
and the supporters of the road loutside