Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-09-04

girl.
- At Mound City, Kansas, recently, to
the wife of Mr.. John G.. Cash-a bOy-Clyde
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THE TOMB.
Died-In this city, August 90, FREDDIE,
infant son of MIR. F. r. Haerle.
- In Clay township, Lafayette county, |
Mo August 10, infant daughter of Henry T. |
and Tillie Mccormack,
- In this city, September l, of general
debility, after a long illness, Mr.. JOHN
MULLENS, aged 80 years.
Religious.
Elder Terrell will preach at the Christian
church tomorrow.
The Presbytery of Lafayette will meet at
Springfield on Thursday, September 9. at 7
O'Clock, p. IN.
There will be services at the Methodist
church tomorrow morning and evening ut
the usual hours, Rev. D. C. Browne official
ting.
o'clock, a. m; Sunday services 81 and 1O4
O'Clock, a. M, and "a O'Clock, p. NJ, Rev. j.
j. Lilly, officiating.
There will be q sacramental meeting at
Edenview, commencing this evening, going
over Sunday. Rev. Frank Russell Is expect.
ed to be present.
Rev. Geo. L. Leyburn will preach here to-
morrow morning. and ct Maple Glen at 3. p.
M. Rev. c. W. Chambers will preach ut the
evening service, here, at 1880.
Sunday school every Sunday at $3.50 a. M,
rrov,a. vnaotso~ VU-l-z- .:-LA
and song service Thursday night at 1880. p.
M, at the German NJ. E. church in this city.
Christ church. 18th Sunday after Trini-
ty. Sunday school, 8. q. M. Morning PRAYER
with sermon at 1890 a. m. Evening Prayer
at 5 o'clock, p. m. Wednesday evening SER
vice omitted till further notice. Rev. John
Davis. Rector.
Preaching at the Baptist church tomorrow
morning and evening by Rev. W. A. Crouch
at the usual hours. Sunday school at 9 q. M,
M. F.Royle. superintendent. Prayer meet
ing every Wednesday evening att 80 O'Clock.
The German Methodists at Higginsville
will hold a mission fest tomorrow. Revs.
j. Beck, of Hamburg, Iowa; William Krum-
sick, Of Corder; j. G. Kest; j. Meyer, and
other speakers will be present. The follow
ing Sunday the meeting will be held at Cor
der.
Kansas City Times, Sept. 2:-"Rt. Rev.
Bishop Daniel Sylvester Tuttle of the Epis-
copal diocese of Missouri, will arrive in the
city Friday evening from Salt Lake City en-
route to st. Louis, his future residence. He
will be met at Lawrence by a delegation of
Kansas CitYans, who will escort him into the
diocese" The Bishop will conduct the SER
vices Tomorrow at Christ church, st. LOUIS.
and will remain in the diocese, visiting such
parishes as he can during September. OctO-
Der he will devote to the General Convention
and November he will spend In Utah, af-
ter which time he will be permanently in
Missouri.
Thu Dakota passed down yesterday morn
ing.
The Terpsichorean Club had a pleasant hop
at Kriehn's hall, last night.
Can't the Gillespie pasture tournament be
postponed one week? 1t would help both
the tournament and the grand barbecue at
Higginsville.
A little negro named Joe Washington broke
his arm turning a handspring q day or two
ago. The circus seems to have given the
kidlets a craze for tnrning themselves into
scrobsts.
A little girl OF MIR. Wade Hicklin and a
companion, the daughter of Mr.. Workman.
were riding together on a horse, Thursday.
The little Workman girl who was riding be-
hind fell of and broke an arm
A little son of Mr., j. A. j. Shultz, aged
about 8 years, while playing circus on q hor-
izontal bar, yesterday, fell and broke his left
arm between the wrist and elbow. He was
brought to town and DR.. Fulkerson splInted
it for HIM, and he will be ready in a short
time for renewed ground and lofty tumbling.
Col, McClslland, Capt. Conner and some
ladies started from Higginsville, Wednesday
night, for home, behind a lively pair of mules,
which ran away before they had gone far, the
driver speedily saving himself by jumping
out and losing the lines. After a while the
captain bethought him to halloo, "Whoa !"
which he did loud enough to be heard in three
townships, when the mules stopped.
The schools here all open well. The pub
lie schools are crowded. They began with
80 pupils in the high school; $50 in the second
ward: 116 in third ward, and 60 in first ward
A new plan is to be tried. In order to give
the children more time for dinner, recessel
are to be dispensed with and the dinner hour
heightened from 11:45 to l is. There Is to be
no play or loafing allo wed about the school
grounds, the children being required to enter
and leave school promptly at the stated hours
Various reforms are hoped for by the chan
ges.
us II a fact that Lexington concOcted n
deep laid scheme to kill off our far by induc-
ing the Sells Brothers to bring their circus
to Lexington on the big day. II SO, we are
happy to say it failed. Who would go TO
Lexington to see horse trots when they could
see better ones here for less money! That
sort of q scheme won't work" 1t is hard to
tell whether most OF the malice in the Posts
paragraph is directed at Lexington or Hig-
ginsville. 1t must be n very preiudiced and
malicious heart that could suppose Lexing-
ton would do what is implied against her land
the anlmus as to the "hOrse trots' Is apparent
This all cones with a poor grace. too, from a
newspaper that has devoted less than half as
much space to advertising the Higginsvllle
fair as was freely given by either of the Lex
iuRtoh pbptEb.
Richmond. Mo, was visited by u terrible
fire, last Friday morning, about 4 o'clock.
The fire originated in JacksOn's saloon. In the
block west of the courthouse, and spread
until every building between the streets north
and south of the courthouse, was burned 10
the ground. They were occupied by Messrs.
Carneal, groceries, ETC., Garner. law office &;
kice, dentist Langdon. photographer
BohanOn. saddlerY; Jackson, saloon: Mrs.
McGee, furniture; Warmer, barber; Ssun-
ders, grocers: new Masonic hall. and one or
two others whose names we could not learn
Hughes bank In the same block was also con-
sidersbly damaged but WAS saved .by vigorous
work. Most of the contents of the buildings
burned were also lost, and Jackson, the saloon
man, had his hands badly burned by the ex
plosion of a coal-ol lamp, which threw the
burning fluid over him. The buildings were
substantial bricks, two and three stories high
amount Of loss aud insurance could not be
learned.
School Desks,