Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-05-01


guaranteed or money refunded. Only % cents.
Sold by c. w. Loomis. mch27y1
Corn planting has begun,
List to tie bell, bell, bell!
Mr.. W. NJ. Jordan has received a $1,000
for Kansas City parties.
The papers state that the two comets in the
horizon will be visible to the naked
eye next week. Keep a sharp lookout for
With pansies, liIacs, snow-balls, jonaquils.
apples, cherries, plums and numerous wild
flowers in bloom, the "May Queens" will be
royalty adorned.
St. Louis Republican :-"Col. Hunter Ben
Bohring. three-elghtns of the steamer Gen.
Mead, terms private"
1.-THE moon of Mahomet arose, and it shall
set,' says Shelley; but if you will set a bottle
of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup in some handy
place you will have a quick cure for Group,
coughs and colds.
Richmond Democrat :-''Business OF the
st. Joe road is booming and a number of ex-
ira trains are run daily" just boom the road
.ONCl luto LCAluStOus dlu W. u SuO" yOu INV
to make her boom sure enough. If you
won't undertake the job we will do it our
selves.
Mr.. Juo. j. Nesbit leveled the floor for the
clock, yesterday, and took the altitude of the
bell floor, which was found to be 30 feet high
er than the water tower foundation, showing
that there is 81 feet of the water tower above
this floor, and that the base of the water
tower is 10 feet above Main street at the
courthouse.
The board of directors of the Higginsville
public school will receive applications for
principal, first. second, third and fourth as
~si.tant teachers of the white school up to and
including the 18th day of May, 1856. and also
at same time and manner, one teacher for
colored school. The board will make its
selections on Nav II.
COldwater, Kan, Western Star:-'Mr. W.
G. MusgrOve, who was in this city some
weeks ago Oh a prospecting tour, has pur-
chased u half interest in the Medicine Lodge
Index. He is an able newspaper man. and
with Mr.. Caruthers as u partner, they will
certainly publish one of the brightest demo.
cratic papers in the west"
We were, last week, informed by the Lex
ington correspondent of the Thalbote thai
the paper had not changed hands. 1t seems
from the following. taken from the Post, thai
a sale has been made, even if possession Ia.
not passed:-"Our young friend, Henry C
Schwartz, has purchased the Thalbote a
ConcOrdia and proposes to embark upon thu
lfronahornrrI nnl Sfnrnu ~ in,,rrl;,-,
Mr.. Schwartz is one of the best and mos
promising young men in Lafayette county
and it is needless to say that he has the bes
wishes of the Post for abundant success an,
future reward in his new field of labor.''
Through an unintentional oversight W
overlooked the fact, last week, that MI
David D. Martin was a candidate for COL
stable Of Clay township, INT wrote q para
graph which was calculated to place him in
false position, and which we regret. 1t wa
nobody's fault but our own, however, an
we hasten to repair it, as best we can. M
r Martin is IN the field for the position; b
friends vOuch for his fitness for the place, an
: are confident of securing his election. H
announcement will be found in this issue
s the paper, where it should have appeare
g sooner. but for being in some way mislaid.
r is our desire to treat all candidates fairly an
r impartIally, and if it appears at any tin
that we do not, it may be set dow to son
: inadvertency or error.
) There has been added to The boys librar
. of the Episcopal church of this city the TO
Il lowing named books, in good covers:
Carlyle-Sartor Resartus; Past and Presen
u Diamond Necklace; Mirabeau; Early Kin.
u OF Norway; Heroes and Hero WORSHIP
Essays. Samuel Johnson-The History {
Risselas. Goldsmith-The Vicar of Wax,
{ field. De St. Pierre-Paul and Vlrgini
Miss Jane Porter-Thaddeus of WARSAW
u Scottish Chiefs. COoper-The Pathfinde
The Pioneers; The Deerslayer; The Last
y the MOhicans; The Prairie; The Sp
Scott--Rob Roy; The Black Dwarf; Wave
= ly; A Legend of Montrose; The TalismaI
Woodstock: Ivanhoe. Thackeray-Vanl
n Fair; The Newcomes; The History of Pei
l. dennis: The VIrginians. Irving Life
Richard Henry Stoddard; The Sketch Bool
ie The Alhambra; The Conquest of Granad
III Legends of the Conquest of Spain; Tales
a Traveller; Bracebridge Hall; Knickerboc
er's History of New York; Voyages and di
~ %coveries of the Companions of COLUMBIA
III Salmagundi; A Chronicle OF WOIfert's Roo
re Sleepy Hollow, And other Miscellanies Co
u tributed to the knlckerbocker Magazin
u The Life and Voyages of Columbus; Aston
Ill or Anecdotes of An Enterprise Beyond t
Rocky Mountains; Tour on the Prairie
III Abbotsford; Newstead Abbey; Life of NJ
/. hOmet and his Successors; Life of DIV
III Goldsmith: Bonneville's Adventures in t
!! Far West; The Crayon Papers, aud MoOri
Chronicles. Dickens Martin ChuzZlew
Old Curiosity Shop; Reprinted Pieces; Ba
IN naby Rudge; Hard Times Christmas Bool
m The UncOmmercial Traveller; Christm
~ Stories; Great Expectations; Pickwick +
le pers; DOmbey and Son: American and II
fe ian Notes; Edwin brood; Sketches by Bo
IN A Tale of Two Cities; Nicholas Nickleh
fe Our Mutual Friend: Little Dorril; Da,
e, Coppertield; Bleak House; Oliver Twist;
l. Child's History of England, This library
free to all youths or boys of the city. !
he that is necessary to membership is, that tn
x. shall be known, or introduced by some
1t spOLsib.e person. and that they promise
en- care for the books while they have them o
In and return them within tue specified lin
ell The library has no income, and it cannot &C
tie sequently, employ a librarian to be pres,
at all hours. 1t is open. at the chapel of
ed church, on every Friday evening, from 7
re, TO 0 O'Clock, when young men and boys,
OF whatever church. or of no church at all,
TX earnestly invited and urged to call, read
m. periodicals, or take home with them ST.
books as they may desire. The papers ,periC
IL icals and books are such as boys and you
ed men will appreciate and enjoy, and are OF
character to do them good, educatIOnally q
co. morally. If they will encourage the libr;
ith it may be made to grow into a very valua
nd useful one.