Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-10-16
Look out for the balloon next Tuesday.
Hon 4 T. Tar,ney at COrder o.nipht,

Look out for the balloon next Tuesday.
Hon. j. C, Tarsney at Corder tonight.
The dust was "lmmense" last Wednesday.
A slight shower and considerable wind last
Wednesday night.
Politics seem to be making some strange
ed-feliows of late.
Travel may now be resumed on the east
end of Main street.
Jno. L. Bush sold, Oct. u. to j. F. Nelson,
8 steers. s,420; terms, private.
The thermometer ranged from about 20 to
near 80 degrees the first part of the week.
Read the ad. Of the Lafayette county Short
horn Breeders sale at Higginsville, Thursday,
4.
Col. Ii. c. Chiles bought. through Capt.
10. Barnett, the premium Shropshire buck
the St. Louis fair. Col. Chiles is always
of the times on fine stock.
Mr.. N. Peachee, market gardener near
brought us a few days ago the largest
and finest Nansemond sweet potato we ever
saw. 1t was perfectly round and smooth and
weighed 8 pounds. Pretty good for u drouth
year.
MIR. f. S. CapIes, late of Glasgow. has pur-
chased the stock of drugs, medicines, &C., OF
the late c.. T. Gosewisch and will continue
the business at the old stand. His assistant,
Mr.. Hays, late of Marshall, Mo-, is an ex-
perienced pharmacist. and Mr.. Robt. Gose-
will also remain with the new prOprie'
tor for some weeks. We bespeak for Messrs.
and Hays a liberal patronage from
our citizens. See advertisement in another
COncOrdia: Business improving. Plenty
of country produce in the market. Walken-
horst n Cook shipped 120 barrels of apples
this week. They paid 80 cents a barrel. Miss
Dina Pruening, of Cape Girardeau. who is
on a visit to her brother in Higginsvllle, was
friend, here last Saturday. New corn
is selling at thirty cents a bushel. Good Irish
potatoes are selling at fifty cents a bushel.
Claus. Mahnkin has a barber shop. Mr.. and
Mrs. H. H. D~ickenhorst, OF Troy, Mo-, are
visiting their relatives, Mr.. Powell and Mrs
Smith. The following Is the September re-
port of the public schools: Number enrolled,
male so; female So; total, 116. The average
attendance is a fraction above 100. The aver
age number of days attended by each pupil 8
little above II. B.. j. Sparks has ffty-twc
pupils, and Miss Emma Morath sixty-four
No cases of traancy and only five cases o.
hardness. The school building is properly
cared for by the directors, and the children
have no inconvenience. Last Sunday, 10th
inst, four loving hearts were drawn to the
hymeneal altar by Cupid's darts. Hon. Alex
Graves, of Lexington, was here, 18th inst,
on legal business. Beside the public schools
Concordla has an academy and two private
schools. Miss Amelia Freund was married
to John Meyer last Sunday evening, 2Oth
inst. DIR. Thos. Watson, formerly OF Aull.
vile, but now Of Independence, was here or
business, 18th inst. The Baptists have a re-
vivial meeting at New Hope church in Ebe
nezer district. August Freund and Miss
PAULINE flandermeyer Joined hands in wed
lock last Sunday evening, 10th inst. "Nt
sooner had the news spread than the buglt
note sounded" Old and young, great anc
cession where music and discord are mingled
to fill the ''cup Of joy" for the bride who's
groom in return filled full the cup of foamin!
beer for the boys. H. Ham has a large pri
vate school near the Lutheran church. DIR
Fl. Bartens has one of the prettie>t resi- len
ces on North Shiller street. F. w. Vo2t ha
sold out his saddlery md gone to st. Louis
His wife left last week o join her husband
They expect to reside in t. Louis. Samue
Schooling is teaching the Wiley school. II
Braecklein, Of Warren county, is visiting hi
brother, Mr.. F. Braecklein, of this city. OFT
Walkenhorst is the independent candidate 70
justice of the peace. The Lutheran churc
has a membership of upwards of 200. Th
Post Is out in last Issue with more of il
poison and vltuperation of the secretary q
the democratic club. The novice who write
the malicious falsehoods has gOne wild. {
all the branches that have sprung from de
cayIng stumps, the one of Higginsville is til
most obtuse aud n lie -headed. 1t tiourishe
best on the "dark-side' of justice. 1t shoul
only be spoken of in the neuter gender be
| cause of its blighting influence. Is il q dem
| ocrat? no, it is not of the people. Is it a re
publican? no. hardly, if reports are true of l
| selling out. Then what is 1t: Well. CUES
| What was the sum it got for selling oul
Who would teach ''colOred folks" bl
couldn't get Il chance? Who could get
teach but one term IN the same place? WI
used to sit on the fence of Sundays aud gre
the ..col0red friends'' as they passed! WI
wanted the highest city office the second lin
but the people said. No? The obta,e ''lhins
says a thing" at one time, and then whit
questioned about its truth calls II u ''jOke
Who knows when to believe il? 1.-The truI
itself is not believed from one who often hi
deceived"
Bates City:-As there seems 10 be son
lille dissatisfaction about what was sd
about Bates City in the Intelligencer of u
=, l will just say there was nothing said D
what was true in every particular. So far
the mud. water and house rent was concer
ed, the half has not yet been told, and o.
population now is not 100, and it never b
been The man who asks you not t. pri
any more such pieces in your esteemed pap
is II republican of the deepest dye. and not
months ago, when you papers were left
the depot, this same man said he wouldl
disgrace himself by carrying the dirty, lyil
sheet to the posto nee, and now he comes
and tries to dictate to you what you sht
pub ish. We don't think the influence that W
be used against you for publishing that pie
will hurt you much. So let them come. NJ
Ben Nave met with quite a serious accidel
a few days ago: he was hauling a load of wo
to town and upset his wagon and broke |
arm. DIR. Flournoy was called in and set
and he seems to be getting along splendid
Little Bessie, daughter of VIM. aud Ell
Foster, is quite sick. NJ. Henry Bowman
laid up with sore eyes. The Methoii>;-
this place are going to give a Sunday schc
concert in the Methodist church on Frid
night before the second Sunday in Novemb,
We understand that they have appoint
MIsse, Bessie Ewing and B.tlie Porter IA
Messrs. w. NJ. X am, q. w. Bates and j,
Dillingham; as a committee, and ,
hope by next week to be able to give you t
programme In full. The Rev. MIR. Cockr
is still feeding the people on gospel crea
but has met with but little success so ia
our school is progressing finely under t
skillful hand of Miss Bette, but rumor has
that if the wheat crop does we'll that NJ
Bette will quit teaching Then this term
out. | suppose they judge from the way $
sings lin the wheat by and by ,"and we thi
it looks just a little suspicious when we 5
our old bachelor friend, Lee, striking out
that direction Sunday evenings, in fact 4
ONLY of n Sunday, but two or three tin
through the week. We noticed DR.. Murpl
of Greenton, in town Tuesday; we hope