Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-11-13

Slight snow Yesterday morning, the first of
the season.
10. Homer is making extensive prepare
tions for the holidays.
Hector Chinn, Esq, was thrown from a
buggy near Warrensburg, Monday, and seri-
ously injured.
Higginsyille Advance:-"Alf. Downing
has returned from q three weeks trip IN
southwest Missouri. He reports fishing and
hunting good in that section"
The break in the sidewalk, near the old
Judge Rylsnd place, should be repaired before
cold weather makes it impossible to rebuild
the wall this winter. 1t has long been a
nuisance. and ought to be abated.
As people faced the blizzard coming up
town yesterday morning after day they all
observed that It was 1885 by the town clock.
1t seems that Mr.. Kaufman is away, and
that the gentleman in charge forgot to wind
1t up. As soon as he turned the crank awhile
1t started of again all right.
Since writing q note, elsewhere. as to the
Intelligencer mail east of Higginsville on the
e.. & A., last Friday night, we have learned
that the mail agent carried it by on the Mo.
i . ouu ACeuthAhS ~ eHS Iva IL
pursuance of his orders for p%ouching. We
will endeavor to remedy the matter in some
way.
Messrs. c. Ben Russell, A. j. Hall, Jesse
Hamlet. with Jim Gates, Tiff Green and
Horace Hall, and the dog Leader, hied away
to more patriotic air after the election, and
landed down on Crooked river, where they
Toasted on 'possum fat and taters, fish and
other good Inn -. until they thought the
Warner shouts had ceased when they came
home again all Of the III too full for utterance.
Corder:-Pshaw! rshaw! If there be such
democrats whose mercenary motives and am
bilious designs will not permit them to act
with their party to elect such q man as
Philips, it seems to me that the sooner they
unite with the enemy the better. i do hope
that no democrat in our county will permit
the Kansas City Times TO be brought to his
door while under Its present management
No man who allows envy or disappointed
ambition to have such an influence over HIM
as to induce him to betray his party, is tit 10
act as an instructor for the people. Let such
q man starve, or pick crumbs from the table
Of his enemies. l shall say no more: it Is
impossible for me to express my contempt
for such a man. Nothing new. All are sad
over the defeat of Philips. We heard a man
say that the democrats ought to be disfran-
chised. Everybody was anxious to get your
paper Saturday, some going to the office
morning and evening but it failed to make its
appearance until Monday morning.. Why Is
this? The temperance men to the number of
about one hundred, have organized a society.
and are doing a good work. Corn selling at
81 40 per barrel. Fletcher Groves has bought
most that has beeu sold 1.-THE packages of
Intelligencers intended for Corder, Alma,
Blackburn and Waverly were put in the mail
in good time LIST Friday night, and should
have reached their several destinations on
Saturday morning. We are assured at the
postofice here that they were placed in the
nail. The detention was either at Higgins
vile, or because of the package being car
ried by in the mall car. We cannot locate the
blame any closer than this. We assure our
subscribers that we do our very best to serve
them promptly. Ed. Int.l