Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-01-09

The river was full of floating ice Tuesday
morning.
There was a pleasant party at Mr.. Mount
joys last Thursday night.
The Lexington Coal Company has purchase
ed the Bour farm below town for its coal.
Get Boston Betting Company's Standard
Betting, at Jordsn's Foundry and Machine
shop. m6tf
From Thursday morning till Friday morn
ing there was q drop of AZ degrees in the
temperature.
We respectfully request all parties indebted
to US to call and settle accounts by January
Is. Henry Wilker. 1an2t3
Rev. S. r.. Ruffner's church people and
friends gave him a surprise nation party
on New Years night.
The annual election of officers OF the Hor-
ticulturai Society will take place at the meet
ing next Tuesday, January IL.
Subscribers who fail to get their paper reg
ulsrly from the carrier will greatly oblige US
by promptly reporting to this Office. II
Every farmer that raises wheat should get
one of the double land rollers manufactured
oy W. NJ. Jordan, Lexington, Mo. 1uly2sd
Grapevines, trees, small fruits and flower
shrubs pruned. Leave orders with B. A..
Ireland at post of1c stand or drop a card to
Cbas. Teubner. d28t4
Wonder how 1t happens that the Kansas
City coal market should take a big decline,
and our shipping rates take a big advance at
the same time:
Never s'bull- doze" man, but if you meet
one with a bad cough you may ''bull-dose"
him to advantage with DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup. Price % cents.
Mr.. Lewis Neale has built up a first-class
reputation for tho Commercial Hotel, and we
are glad to see him prosper. A good hotel Ii
!. Il great advantage to our city. oct3tf
We have about seventy five ladies' and
misses cloaks which you can buy at less than
cot. They must be sold within the next
thirty days. Henry Wilker. Franklin
avenue. ianat3
For Sale-A good residence, one Of the
best in the city. on Main street, large house,
good outhouses. we'll, cistern. etc. Price
, only g. 600. Terms easy. Inquire Of J. P.
, A"dinger. novzSti
I F. l.. Pelot, one of the most prominent citi-
zens OF the Blackburn neighborhood, at
q tempted suicide last Saturday, by taking an
: overdose Of morphine. Financial troubles
was the cause.
There is nothing nicer for q Christmas
present than one of Saunders and Sons scowl
photographs. the latest thing out. The onlv
:. gallery in the city that makes or can make
8 them. Come in time. diet
The cold blizzard reached here about noon
on Thursday. The thermometer was tour OF
o five degrees below the freezing point early In
d the morning, and fell to near zero by fouI
), O'Clock in the afternoon.
The ride to Odessa. Thursday, was all vel
t enough, but the coming back against thai
= blizzard! oh, my, wasn't it cold? And there
n are some people that don't like Lexington
It What judgment! What taste:
The collector was kept busy taking take:
up to the close of the old year. Now tha
l. the penalty has begun to run, people will
b take their time about paying taxes, though
they pay a penalty for each month that tn
Of matter is neglected.
= Mrs. L. Marmaduke Hicks has placed tn
Intslligencer under obligations for a cop.
y of the Marmaduke Guards March, q com
J. position for the piano written by her. Mrs
Hicks in this composition sustain her well
j. established reputation as a musician.
s. Rev. w. T. Eastwood seems to have struc
a bonanza in his new charge. We don
know what his salary amounts to, but he ha
a already had two donation parties, and ther
m are other points to hear FROM. We congratr
re late his charges in having such a good ma
I'd upon whom to lavish their good will.
Is ST. Joseph Gazette :-''Lexln2ton, Lafay
~ cite county. Missouri, has Just begun to fgt
for her further railroad connections and he
bridge. Lexington Is and always was
,n ~stayer." Yes: AMI we are in this enterpris
TO -,ay until "a - finally .la,:ided. With s
Mt Joseph's help we hope to have it speedily d.
of clded in our favor.
lie 81. Louis Republican Jan. 5:-Hunter Be
H. jenkins, the wide-awake, active and enc
getic steamboat agent aud owner, Is a cand
date on the opposition ticket for u posltic
nd on the committee of arbitration of the Me
Id chants exchange. and. il push, vim and ia
y dealing coun. for anything, should receive
We the votes cast next Wednesday,
ny Remember that our subscription price
on two dollars per annum, and that In order
IN get the benefit of the reduction in price pa,
to ment must be made strictly in advance, al
ne for a whole year. Waiting for one, two
we three months before making payment, al
then wanting us to make the discount, W
nv. not do. We must adhere to our rule. II
re. The Messrs. Williams and Thos. b. al
out Walker Ewing, all Of the MAYHEM neighbo
DIV. hood, aud Mr.. Saml. I Drysdale. of Brow,
sta. vile, took q trip to southwest Kansas Il
bile fall. ard got home In time to enjoy the he
days. They all took up claims IN Sewa
ous county, adjoining each other, and have col
rk: back home with incurable cases Of Kan
ron fever. They will start west as soon as spri
He opens.
gbt Higginsville Post:-"Assume, for arg
meni's sake. that the C.. \ A.. people are
-, most dying for a line of road leading to
49, Joseph, they can get 1t without crossing
~, Missouri river, at Lexington, or any OIL
place." Not a doubt of it; but there Is
other wav that W. know of that they can
-; into St. Joseph without spending q doll
-, and by simply making an alliance with
-. other railroad.
49,, Little Ollie Wood and Matte Dawson W
Jaw overcome by the cold yesterday morning
their way to the E. A.. 8. They were tai
tho into Royie's store where they were gradus
FOL thawed out. Ollie cried a good deal. with
fingers, and as the heat began to take eff
-, dropped off to sleep. No serious consequen
are apprehended with either; but 1t Is
.,l. warning that In such weather as this the
I,.. tie lambs have to be looked after careful
IS Ollie is Mr.. Chalmers Woods little dauI
.ha ter. and Matte is a niece of Mr.. Shewaltel
Wv Southern Trade Gazette :-''There
H.. mary persons who do not stop to think I
T, = the space IN the columns of q newspaper
on, journal is a commodity, for sale the SAINT
a"y ''hei 't''e " .n"t
him publisher. like the merchant, makes his
di0s ing bv selling at a profit, either to the subsc
q n er to the paper in the shape of reading n
I,o,, ter, or to the advertiser who buys so IN
space for his individual use. 1t would be
,ins- sa'ueo 10y
,;oh commonly called ''cheek" for a man to
a. into a store and ask the proprietor to
900 him a bag of flour or any other article W
ana out pay, yet this same thing is done with
.yo. punity to the publisher of a newspaper"
,ork. Higginsville Post;-"The Post is not ,
nav, old; but it IS too old to allow itself to
| ut drawn into a temperance or prohibition
hien custom with the Intelligencer. The Post
for republican paper, and as such stands u
"a. .,,- -,nt ENrr Ti,a ptta