Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-07-03
The canning factory is in operation


Rejoice and be glad that the nation is free.
Remember the Turner's picnic, next Mon
day.
Tie city Office of the Missouri Pacific rail-
road has been removed to the depot.
A little over 5000 has been raised to make
necessary repairs on the E. A.. S. buildings.
Primary meetings next Saturday afternoon
at 2 O'Clock, at the various voting precincts in
the county.
lectures at Wellington, next
Wednesday.
Mr.. Jno. G Fischer lost q good COW, this
week. 1t was affected about rs was that of
Mr.. Duncan.
Wheat threshing has commenced and the
yield generally is said to be satisfactory and
the quality good.
The Grand Turner Picnic will take place
next Monday according to the programme
printed In the Intelligencer last Saturday.
John Quinlan, a pit boss above to wn, made
a savage attack on a man named John Clark
last Monday. injuring hin very seriously.
The Register has moved across the hall
into the corner rooms, over Clagett's store.
Its new quarters are more commodiOus and
light.
Lost-At the Christian church. Tuesday
night, a small. round brass box, containing
several old coins, highly valued by the own
er. Please return hem to this Office.
Probate court will convene next Monday in
adjourned session, and will continue Tuesday
aud Wednesday. The judge desires to trans
act just as little business as possible on Mon
day.
Superintendent Coleman has issued a circu.
lar letter to county clerks, calling for enum-
GRAFTON reports to enable him to make the ap.
portionment of the school money on July 1,
as required by the act of 1885.
Jim Merriield's train ran up to a terrible
wash out, below Herman, last Saturday
night, and Jim and his brakeman had to
wade back several miles through water knee
deep, to flag the following section.
The live stock commission firm of Mount
10y, White & Co. has been dissolved.
Messrs. Mountjoy and Lesueur retiring. Mr..
LesueLr will probably give his whole time to
his business in Lexington. Mr.. Mountjoy has
not yet determined on his future action.
Odessa Herald:-'We believe not long ago
the paper at the Hub got Its bristles up be-
cause it thought we intimated that it was a
boss or tried to be-" Can't you remember
for two weeks what you do charge against
your contemporaries? 1t was the reverse of
the above. Maybe you would do better to
quit lntimating.
st. Louis Republican July 1.-the steam
er C. C. Carroll has been placed under the
entered the Electric Line as Q regular Tues
day packet In the st. Louis and Arrow Rock
trade. She will leave on her first trip at 8 p
~, next Tuesday, from the Electric Lint
wharfbOat, foot of Vine street."
Friends of Mr.. Field will do we'll to OBJ.
serve that the primary election for circuit
Judge has been abrOgated, and a convention
substituted therefor. The primary meetings
to elect delegates to the necessary county con.
! ~ventiOn will take place next Saturday. Reat
| the official notification IN this paper, and bt
certain to attend your voting precinct.
The recorders work for the past week ha.
been: Thos. Gray, June 27, disturbing tn,
peace, Gil SO; rock pile. Fatty Gray, same
| $12 80; rock pile. Geo. SlOnewall Jackson
| same, S12 80; rock pile. Henry Redman
abusive language and disturbing the peace
SIG 90; rock pile. An impecunious lot i
seems. They will do hard service for tn
city. VIM. Bell, eolOred, assault on his wife,
Hattie, plea of guilty, fine of S2s; rocks
] Ella Washington, cOl0reI, disturbing peace
fine $3.50; rocks. John Talbot. disturbin,
| peace of Second Coloreh Baptist Church
tried before recorder, not guilty, discharged
The Missouri Pacific railroad compan,
secured from the people of this city a sub,
scriptlon of 81, 800 to aid In the connection O
their two roads here. One of the conditions
of this subscription on the part of the com
pany was that it was to furnish us a new
depot a0itAia tie corporate limits Of the soe0n
Not only was this stipulation violated, an,
the depot built without the city limits, bu
now the city ticket office has been remove,
to the depot, so that. as a matter of fact, tn
Missouri Pacific railway company has no of
fee at all in the city Of Lexington. This ia
will very likely be remembered when the 81
Joseph road runs down to the river, an
again gives US access to the Wabash.