Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1886-07-24

The roads are very dusty.

The roads are very dusty.
The schoolhouse park has been moved.
Tbs Corder postoffice has been mads IL
money order office.
MIR. W. u. Mitchell has new fence IN front
of his residence, Franklin avenue.
Richmond Democrat:-"Ten car loads OF
steel rails arrived for the st. j. 4 st. L.. road
Monday. The work of reiaying the track
will be commenced at once"
Capt. D. K. Shields has been invited 10
lecture here on Temperance, and ne Will
doubtless come. He is spoken OF as oelns an
eloquent speaker, and courteous and con-
siderate in his language.
Mr., T. W. Smalwood, on last Monday,
presented US quart of as fine goose piums
as we ever saw. They were finely matured
and uniform in size, the larger ones measur-
ing 81 to inches in circumference.
The ladies' of Edenview will give church
festival, at the residence of Mr.. D. Luther
Marshall, near the old fair grounds. on
Thursday night, August 8, the proceeds 10 be q,
devoted to the Woman's Board of Foreign
Missions.
MANY citizens complain that the idiotlc
men, Simmons and Todd, should, by the
county court, be permitted to run at large on
the streets. They are both offensive. Todd
has several times frightened ladies, and Sim
mons frequently makes disgusting exhibltions
of himself. Simmons if under surveillance
could be made to earn his living. and 1t may
be that Todd could also. However that is, II
is clearly the duty of the county court to
have them properly cared for.
Mr.. Charles Mitchell met with very severe
accident last week. While sitting carelessiy
on his horse talking to one friend, another'
without warning placed his hands on his |
horses hips and jumped up behind him. The
horse thoroughly taken by surprise ana
frightened jumped and bucked vigorously
and threw both men to the ground, striking !
Mr.. Mitchells face and for while rendering
him insensble. He was we'll enough
to be at the convention last Saturday,
but he had pair OF black eyes and looked as
If he might have picked up Heensn some
where for a sucker.
| Higginsville Post:-"Last Friday morning
while Miss Annie Reese was out with her
| brother -in.law, W. A. Nutter. in spring
| wagon, the team became frightened and
started to run away. Miss Reese jumped out
of the wagon and broke one of the small
bones of her ankle. DIR. Carter was called in
and set the fracture, and the wound while
painful is not serious. Miss Reese Is school
teacher, one of the best in the county; she
has taught several terms in this city and was
recently employed by the school board for the
} coming term. She is to be congratulated that
her injury was not more serious"
Bates City:-Weather still warm and dry.
> Hay making about over, the yield is very
good and quality splendid. j. W. Wilkin-
son, of Chapel Hill shipped two car loads Of
cattle to Chicago. John is a jolly good bach
elor, and we are glad to see him casting
sweet glances at some of our Bates City girls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ream entertained quite num-
ber friends Thursday evening, July loth'
l with a moonlight social and supper; this
: ueighborhood was represented by all of Its
D most charming lads and lassies. Pleasant
J. Prairie was represented by Misses Mary MUIR
ply, Katie Cobbs, Matte Kinkead and Luls
Osborn; Messrs. Bud Letton, QUAINT Kinkead
Mr.. and Mrs. Ream were in their usual lively
e mood, and did all in their power to make al
> have a good time, aud YOU bet they ha(
e whole lots of fun. The entertainment givel
u in the Bates City Park on Saturday evening
" by the ladies of the Baptist Missionary Soci
= ETY. was grand success both socially ant
1t financially; proceeds, Ss7. Mr.. Hubbard
Re Miss Roxie Bowie, of Kansas City, are Wis
iting at MIR. Strader's, near Bates City. Th
10 Misses Yelman and Miss Hughes who hav'
been visiting their sisters, the Mrs. Ma>l Us
n. will leave for their homes in Lexington, Ky
Z. about the 29th of the present month. W
think charley, Nan and Walter had bette
We tall fast or they may be lett to mourn d
he those who have no hope, but We think Wal
IN ter still holds on to the busted slipper. Wor
der if Green Bates went back to nall up tn
ne fence and how he enjoys see-sawing
IN Messrs. Will and George Masley lost sever'
r. tons of hay by fire last Saturday, caused b
sparks from the railroad. The suprem
Mt court of Clay township, Lockhart judge, WI
re in session here Tuesday last. S. N. Whee
,e. er, of Odessa, was in town this week. NJ
,is and Mrs. Jonas Benton, Kansas City, wei
he visiting in Bates City Sunday. Our fellow
townsman, r. A. H. Hill, has a fine wat,
I'm and chain in his possession for which he wOu
of like t. find an owner, as he wishes to qu
AN the pawn broker business. Rev. j. E. Prat
me er will preach in the NJ. E. Church at tt
re- place tomorrow. Rev. Eastwood will cor
mence a protracted meeting here August l.
,er Born, July 18th, to the wife of Mr.. / heodo
in Saunders, boy.
md Wellington The editor kindly request
to his correspondent from this place to write
J is an account of the grand temperance meeti
are which has been in progress here. We, thel
car fore, will make feeble attemp@ to compl
inc well.knowing that nothing we can say W
zee. do Capt. Shields the justice he SO deserved
lth, merits. We would ask the reader to go ba
uld with US some four or five months, wh
one mothers, wives and daughters, seeing da
hls how their fathers, husbands and broth'
you were being lured to ruin by the fsscinati IN
me the bar.room, rose up together and said
out their actions. 1--WE can not nor will not sta
The this longer, let as at least take some measu
800 to put down these dens of iniquity In q
the midst" They then sent for Mrs. Ida B
for who gave few series of lectures and orgs
600 lied q W. G. Il. U. of some fourteen me
der bers. Thus banded together they begun tn
work, aided by some Of our best citize
- while others with soothing remarks laugf
the their noble efforts to scorn. They begun
on circulating remonsrance which were sigl
sen OF course, by the hest citizens, and the Fl
dge Monday in last March large delegation
de- remembered by the Lexington people atte
the lg the county court, and with Judge
len, Ryland's eloquent assistance pleaded "
non the judges in the name Of mercy and jus
md to refuse granting the saloon men II
The licenses. They were told to go again Wedr
ally day for the final hearing, and went reinfor
ter and prepared for the fight, but were not
rac- lowed hearing. for the judge preferred
res. to abide by the Downing law IN this case,
. Of rather than lose the revenue to allow the b
par and men of this county to be sent to ru
7ere Though discouraged In this the work "
ID OF on and the temperance people grew stror
in in numbers and zeal. Miss l.. w. White G
etc. them series of lectures in May and W
with Capt. Dan X. Shields was doing such glor
1t work at Independence, the ladies of the
'lan- c.. T U, wrote asking him to"Come over
him help u.s." He kindly promised, and
weeks ago entered upon one of the most
gton cessful works that has ever been in Well
the ton. He does not fight so much the men
Mr. sell and who drink the poison, but the tr