Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-07-03

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County court next Tuesday.
Home grown ripe apples are getting quite
plentiful.
Mr.. M. F. Royle's residence has now a
Gifted, appearance.
The steamer Wyoming, Capt. Henry Keith,
passed down Wednesday evening with a good
trip.
Mr.. Stewart Summers till was robbed again
a few days ago, of some checks and a small
amount of money.
Messrs. Lyons l. Atkinson are fitting up a
bath house on Ninth street, which is q good
thing and ought to be very literally encour-
aged.
We have a few old men in our city who
can do but little else than crack rock. Let
our city dads haul out stone on some street
that needs macadam and give the old men a
show. They ask it, and that much should
be done for them, provided they are required
to earn what they get.
DIR. j. A. Quarles has had a fine display of
raspberries, both red and black, on exhibition
in Gordon h Fulkerson's lind this week.
ais reds are equal to any at the Horticultural
show, while he surpasses the blacks with his
exhibit of the Gregg, a specimen of which
measures % inches in circumference. DIR.
Quarles has also a plate of LawtOn black
berries which are very luscious and tooth
some.
There is some complaint, we are told, on
the part of a few of our merchants as to a
.c~. ,.aaoal hu thu ~ INV
taxing them on their stocks. the same as
other property is taxed. Heretofore our
merchants have only had to pay q license tax
of one-fourth of one per cent. every six
months, whilst the taxation upon other
property has been much greater. We think
the council intends to do right in the matter,
and to equalize taxation. They have care
fully examined the question, and should not
be condemned without just as careful inves-
tigation. 1t is beyond question true that all
should bear the burdens of taxation alike
Higyinsville Post:-'Some time during last
Thursday night a burglar got into Messrs.
Preston & Downing's hardware store and
stole several revolvers, a part of a set of sill
yer knives and forks and some other small
articles. They also broke open the cash
drawer, tearing 1t all to pieces, and took what
money was in it, about Is cents, nothing else
was taken so far could be seen. The thief cut
out one of the panels in the back door,
crawled through it and opened the door. No
clue has been discovered that would lead to
the Identification of the burglar. Some suspi-
cious characters were in town the day before,
but it is not known whether they were con-
cerned in the robbery"
The river news for the passing week may be
briefly given thus: The Wyoming went up
to Atchison, last Sunday, and down, last
Wednesday night. She had a good trip up
and expected to fill up below. The Dakota
reached here with her excursion party, at Il
O'Clock Wednesday night, Just 6 hours ahead
of her time. She laid here until 6 O'Clock,
when she sailed away for L~eayenworth.
Some 10 persons from here went up on the
boat, among them, Frank Trigg. E. King,
Marc. Harrison, John Wilmot, E.. Allen, Jr.,
T. W. Barnes and wife; Misses Comorah
Harrison, Alice Carr, Fannie and Annie
Allen ,Pinkie Russell; Mrs. W B. Hamlet ant
family. Mr.. Hunter Ben jenkins was to NEE
the party at Kansas City. The river is now
about 6 feet 3 inches above low water mark
1t has been AS high as 8 feet 3 inches, making
q fall of 9 feet. The Dakota will be dow
Monday.
The owners of the st. Joseph & st. Loui
railroad got complete possession Of their rOat
on last Thursday, July l. They are now op
Grating it. Mr.. Winslow JudsOn is vice-pres'
ident and manager of the road, with Mr.. w
P. Harris as general superintendent. Tn
Offices of the company are at 81. Joseph
There will be q meeting of the board 0
directors, at st. Louis, on July IL, when thl
subject of the renewal of trains will be con
sidered, and, we hope, atlirmatively settled
The township of Lexington, in Lafayette
county, subscribed S75 900 to aid in tn
building of that road, and every cOnsidera
ton of law, equity and justice would indi
cate that it should not be permanently
deprived of its use and benefits because of
pool between the Wabash and Missouri
Pacific RAILWAYS. We are satisfied that tn
courts would sqree with our view upon thi
point, but we hope never to have to see
that remedy, though it is talked of by man
Of our people. What we desire is, amicabl
relations with the road rather than coerciv,
measures so that both parties may cheer full
labor for the common good. Our interest
are not divergent but identical, and we hop
very soon to see the day when the trains c
the st. Joseph road are running into Lex
ngton.