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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06
OONOORDIA.
Very quiet in our town,

Very quiet in our town.
The rain yesterday did the wheat
good.
From the present outlook we have
reason to believe that the wheat crop
is uninjured.
Health in this community is none of
the best.
Mr.. William Z~iegelbein. n of our
farmers who lived five miles southeast
from town, died last week, and on
Wednesday at 6 o'clock, p. m, MI. H.
O.. Walkenh0rst, of Concordia breathed
his last. Mr.. w. was inferred in the
Lutheran graveyard at 2 o'clock on
Thursday. Mr.. Walkenhorst came
here from Germany about 20 years ago,
and was one of the leading mechanics
here ever since.
The schools of this vicinity are be-
ginning to close. Mr.. Vim. Shoemaker,
who taught a five months term, five
miles south of town, will close on Fri
day next. Nj. Geo. Amick who taught
a six months term, six miles east of
town, will close one week later.
Messrs. A. j. Sparks and w. F. Walk
enhorst will close their six months
schools in about a month.
The "Common Sense Debating So
ciety," has been we'll kept up during
the whole winter, in the Walkenhorst
district, and 10 doubt has done much
good to all who participated. This
society will soon adjourn sine die, to
be re-opened in the early part of next
winter.
The farmers are in good spirits, gen.
orally.
The indications of an early spring
aud the prospect of a good wheat crop
tend to brighten every body up a little.
DICTO.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06

Col. Jacob T. Child, of Richmond
editor of the Conservation, has been
appointed minister to Siam. Every
newspaper man in Missouri will feel
gratified at this appointment. Col.
Child has spent an ordinary life time
in loyalty fighting the battles of democ-
racy. Kindly and considerable, well
bred, a poet as we'll a. politician, he
has the culture and information neces.
sary to honorably and intelligently rep.
resent his country abroad. The mis-
sion will be no less graced by Mrs.
Child's gentle. womanly qualities.
President Cleveland has made a good
appointment, and one which will graf
ify everybody in Missouri who knows
the gentleman selected.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06

BY an error of the writer, or of the
printer, we cannot now say which, in
printing Mr.. Blackwell's denial of
what was two weeks ago attributed to
him by the Post, we credited the POSTS
article to the Advance. This was OBJ.
viously a mistake, yet the Advance
comments upon it in the coarsest pos
sible manner as Intentional misrepre.
sentation. AS in another column OF
the same issue we spoke of the article
as the Posts it seems to us that the
criticism was unjustifable. We made
no comment whatever upon the re.
s%ponsibility for the Posts information
only printed Mr.. Blackwell's language
in denial of an allegation which was
calculated to do him and the town hi
lives in an injury. We imputed thu
origin of the alleged language to nc
one,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06

rfmental to the interest Of the county, we
fstter ourselves that we not only have intel
ligence enough to perceive, but firmness
enough 10 resist it.
But low to the facts about the sale of the
county farm, And really there Is but little to
tell. Nothing has been done; it has been
thought of but little by us, for the reason that
there is as yet but little probability of the
sale. 1t has been spoken of by us only in a
general and casual way. 1t has never been
seriously considered by us, in or out of court.
No plans have been adopted, no propositions
made or accepted, nor has any other location
been made. Blu we will state, what many
| in the county know, that the location of the
poor farm is a very bad one, and that the
soil is very poor and u~nproductive. If any
one doubts it we refer them to Mr.. Mark
Howsare who resides on it and takes care Of
the county family, SO satisfactorily to us, and
1 also to any other gentleman who resides in
| thst section. But we also know that there
1 lies imbedded beneath the surface of q large
| portion of it, q rich deposit of coal that is
| valuable, which really constitutes its value.
] And considering the present as we'll as the
| prospective value of all coal lands in the
county,, we assure the people that their prop
erty will not be disposed of except upon
terms that will fully subserve the interests of
the county.
! We believe (and we ask the people to con-
slider it, that if the farm could be sold for
what we consider it is worth, another, more
eligible and desirable, could be bought and
fitted up for a less amount than 1t would
bring and leave a surplus to go into the coun-
ty treasury. And if another was bought,
where the land is rich and productive, is it
not reasonable to suppose that some one
could be induced to take 1t who would keep
the inmates at a less price than is now paid
on the present farm, that Is so poor that
black eyed peas would have great difficulty
in finding enough soil to sprout. If this could
be done would it not be advisable to do so?
We desire to say to the people, that if the
time comes during our administration to con-
slider this matter, they will be informed of it,
and instead of trying to hide it from them
their views and advice wiki be invited and
duly considered. And we will give the gen.
tlemen who prepared the communication a
special invitation to be present and assure
them that anything they say will be received
with that courtesy and respect which is due
from the court, not only to the ''prominent,
but also to the humblest citizens of the
county.
We very much regret the necessity to sp-
pear in newspaper article. 1t is unpleasant
to us to do so. But we are impelled by a
sense of justice to ourselves to answer the
communication and to correct any erroneous
impressions that may be created BY it, and
We have confidence that the people will
see the truth and believe it.
r. HALE,
IL. I'll. ELLING.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06

Mrs. Emily glastonbury and her two
sons, Ollie and John, aged II and 10
years, were all burned to death at their
home on last Monday night. Mrs. Q.
escaped from the house, and a neigh.
Dor who had reached the scene, threw
water on her and put out the fire on
her clothing, but she died immediately
without speaking. Her two sons were
burned to a crisp in the house. Mrs.
glastonbury was formerly Miss Emily
Pitts, and was married in this city
She was a sister of Mrs. Robt. A Allen
now of Rich Hill.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06
SATURDAY, MARCH l3. lisa.
SALE.

WHEREAS The Lafayette Creamery Associ-
by ; them '0t certain a:e sls'o ~ ss Sosp0rs Sis:a
"a in 't &. d Once OF q s'ly lie i 4sscro: spd .. r' ss.S.
No: 50 tsi!ty-ntnel at page 81, (three hundred
and sixty.fonr). did convey TO the undersigned
IL J ~ p s Conner si iss trustee ,e IL The following d..SSIibsd
land conveyed BY B. Z Ireland and W WIFE % %
deed dated March 1. 1878. and recorded IN the
recorder'e Office OF Lafayette county, Missouri,
,Re c ooIns ~ .h e es ssid s Prics ,' t1. ;M eSsn.9s Si,S at q
Tevis tract Of land in the road leading from
Lexington to the old Fair Grounds and running
said road in q southeast direction one hundred
400 feet to q stake, thence 10 rather y southwest
direction and parallel with the line Of said Price
feet TO . stake; thence In . northwrst dlrecIlon
and on . line parallel with the line or aaid road
direction and on line parallel, with the south
line OF the Tevis tract four hundred and thirty
one :l4sD feet % q stake; thence ON . line
feet (50) to . stake: thence along the line
between said Price and Tevis tracts ak hundred
and aity-ons !ssItess % the place o. heginine BE:
ty-folr $50. township hfty-one (5ly and ransS
twenty .seven cd and containing one acre ~
buildings and improvements thereon, and all
the apparatus and machinery within said build
ings belonging to said party ofthe first part to Sc
payable to Robert Taubmsn, OF order. for the
sum OF two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and
el8hty-ive cent?, With interest thereon as express
ed therein, and. whereas. said .promlssory
now past due and unpaid. and default has,
been made In the payment iheseof, Now =
therefore. 1, the said trustee. under the provis-
ions and powers OF said deed, at the request Of
the legal holder Of said note. will, on
SATURDAY. APRIL sRD. 1856.
between the hours of nine O'Clock In the fore
neon and Ave O'Clock In the Afternoon OF that
day, at the courthouse door. IN the city OF Lex
Ington. Lafayette county. Missouri, proceed to
| sell said real estate At public vendne, to the
hiRhest bidder, for cash, for, The purpose of
| paying said mole and the costs and expenses of
executing said trust.
m8td J.. D.. CONNER Trustee.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06
BATES CITY.
Weather gloomy;
Roads muddy.

VcotucF SlOOuy
Roads muddy.
Business on a decline though antici
pating lively times when spring opens;
hogs and cattle being shipped now
almost daily.
The protracted meeting of the c. p.
church at this place which was to have
begun the 4th Sabbath in last month
has been postponed indefinitely on &C
count of the muddy roads.
Mr.. Henry Masterson, of Nebraska.
who is home oil a visit, spent several
days with relatives and friends here
this week.
Mrs. Geo. Bates visited relatives in
Lexington last week.
Our spring school opened on the %
OF Feb. and is progressing nicely.
Mr.. w. II. Letten of near Yelling
ton was the guest of his friends, the
Messrs. Ewing, this week.
Mrs. DR.. Griffith, of Henry county,
and Mrs. Theo. Bates,
Mr.. II. 5. Kinkead, who has been in
business for r. "A. Hill at this place
for several years past has returned to
his home much to the regret of his
many friends here.
Mrs. Chas. Campbell visited friends
in Odessa last week.
A social masquerade party gotten up
by several of the young ladies and gen
tlemen of this place and given at the
Mitchell hotel last Friday evening Feb.
26 was pronounced a perfect success in
every respect. 1t was not only atten-
ded by the young people of Bates City
and vicinity, but also by the old, mid
die aged and children. The proprietor
and his lady were in their usual live
illness and untiring in their attention to
those present. Those who did not
mask were kept busy trying to find out
who the maskers were and were sur
prised to see what mistakes had been
made when they unmasked which
they did about $3.50 o'clock when the
older persons and children returned to
their homes the young people repair
ing to the spacious parlors where thew
positively declare they spent one of
the most enjoyable evenings OF their
lives, where 'eyes looked love to eyes
that spake again and all went merry as
a marriage BELL" and when they were
at last compelled to bid adieux warm
ed by the "wee sma hours' of night
they carried with them pleasant mem
cries and kindly wishes that thew
might be permitted to spend man
other such evenings. We will give a
list OF the characters and those who
represented them as far as we learn
ed:-The ladies, Misses Bessie Ewing.
moonlight; Patra Hill, good luck:
Matte Ashley, night; Ethelene Ash
ley, pop corn girl Ella King pea fowl:
Ella Griffith, pinah Mania Early, ghost:
Fida Martin, grandma; Ona bratton,
gypsy fortune teller; Bette Porter,
quaker; Maud Ream, little bopeep:
Misses Gillespie, Grooms and Others
The gentlemen were Messrs. r. r.
Ewing, Indian; w. A. Jackson and
c. X. Blackwell, soldiers; Y. Early.
clown: X. p. jackson, grand pa: n
E. Ewing, sailor boy; Bob Masterson,
Sambo; D. r Alspaugh, hard times /:
II. S. Kinkead, Irishman; A. E. An.
drist, Pecks Bad Boy;B. Grooms, pref
ty boy; Jas. Martin, schoolboy; H.
Mitchell, cuteness; Chas. Campbell,
negro woman; j. Dillingham;, Mother
Hubbard; w. Scanlin, Susie; w. s.
Cobbs, clown; F.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06
MR. BAsOOM'S REPONsE.
ODEssA. Mo. Mar. 4.

ODESSA, Mo. Mar. s, 1886.
Messrs. w. H. Terrell N. p. Adams,
w. 7. Glover, S. w. Greasy, G. w.
Fox, j. S. White, Jas. A. Jackson, r.
W. Neale and others ;--Gentlemen:-
Your call dated Feb. 10 and appearing
in the Odessa Democrat OF Feb. 26 re-
questing me to become a candidate for
the sheriffalty of Lafayette county has
been duly considered.
In answer to your call and to private
solicitations. from every section of the
county, l have concluded to make the
race, subject to such usages as the
democratic party of the county may
see proper to adopt.
Thanking you, gentlemen, for your
kind and fattering expressions of ap-
probation, L am very Respectfully
yours, S. p. RAsCoM.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06
Special Notice .

The first day of March will be the time of
our usual semi-annual settlement with our
customers, and in view of the fact that nv
health demands that 1 shall take some rest
and a trip out west, 1 am especially solicItous
that persons owing US shall settle up their
accounts, either by cash or note. 1 mean all
by this. must have a settlement of some
kind. Please remember this, and do not ap-
ply the request to someone else and not to
yourself. l have been as lenient as 1 could be,
and now must do as l intimate above. | de-
sire to take this opportunity to thank tn ose
who have so far patronized US, and to ask
q continuance of their fsvors. L have made
no arrangements yet to go out of business,
but it might pay anyone desiring to engage in
mercantile affairs to call and see US, as if a
favorable opportunity to sell should present
Itself we might do so. With best wishes to
all my friends, %neighbors and customers,I am
Very Respectfully, JOHN P. HICKAM,
feb2Io For Hickam Il CO.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06
Cure for Piles.

Piles are frequently preceded by a sense of
weight in the back, loins and lower part of
the abdomen. causing the patient to
suppose he has some affection of the
kidneys or n%eighboring organs. At
times, symptoms of indigestion are present,
fatulency. uneaslness of the stomach, etc. 4.
moisture, like perspiralion, producing a very
disagreeable itching, after getting warm. is. a
common attendant. Blind, bleeding and
itching piles yield at once to the application
of DIR. Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which acts
directly upon the parts affected. absorbing
the JUNIORS. allaylng the intense itching, and
Address, The DR.. Rosanko Medicine Com
pany,. Piqua, Ohio. Sold by Charles w.
LOOMS. nOv8V1
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06
THREE GROVES.

r. B. Warren was in Lexington
Monday, attending to some business.
Mrs. Matte SPOTS, OF WaverIy. il
visiting at Mr.. Geo. Lewis.
Miss Rosa Pelote, of Waverly Is Wis.
iting at MI. James Boyd's.
Miss Mollie Spots, of Carroll coun-
ty, is visiting her cousin, Miss Ella
Spots, at ThOs. A. Catron's.
Harry Lewis leaves, Monday, for
Oregon. Harry is a jolly good boy,and
his departure will always be remem-
bered by those who knew him.
Sam says if she hadn't played of
sick on him, he would have brought
her to church any way.
Mrs. Bradford is going to move to
H~igglnsvilIe this coming week.
Although she is not going very fal
away we regret losing so good a neigh
Dor.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06

The old road bed is we'll, thank you,
very well, Its health seems to be i'm
proving day by day. But yesterday,
and it only appealed prosaically to per-
sons desiring to build a railway in the
direction in which it runs. To-day it
inspires one with poetic thoughts, filch-
ing the fire of fancy from nature and
from patriotism. Glorious old road
bed; how thy fame doth grow!
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06

The president, on last Monday, sent
a long message to the senate giving his
reasons for refusing to send to that
body papers concerning suspensions
made by him during recess The pre-
sident takes the ground that such pa
pers are not public; that they relate
only to an executive function, and are
therefore IN no wise under the control
of the senate, and he r~eiterates his de-
termination not to furnish them as ask
ed,nOt because he has aught to conceal,
but because he will not permit one CO.
ordinate branch of the government to
be improperly interfered with by IN
other. He makes the point, in answer
to the partisan TRADES of Senator Ed
munds and other republicans, that all
suspensions have been for good cause,
and bipartisan, many of them at the
request of republican senators and con-
gresham. and he ayers that in every
case he has been guided by what he
deemed the best interests of the GOV
eminent so much 80 as to be cell
sured by many democrats for not
ousting republicans fast enough. In
parenthesis we may sayjust think how
different this would have been with a
republican in his situationI The re-
publicans cry aloud that such a mes
sage is unusual, uncalled for, sc. They
will find out after-a-wbile, hat Grover
Cleveland cares more for common.
sense and honesty than for musty old
precedents and stilted courtesy to a
body which has forgotten its preroga
tives and seeks to infringe upon those
of the president. Like Andrew Jack
son Mr.. Cleveland has a backbone.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06
TIE COMMISSION DECLINES.
The following letter explains itself:
OFFICE OF r. R. COMMISSIONERS
CITY OF JEFFERSON, :

The following letter explains itself:
OFFICE OF r. r. CoMMIssIoNERs,)
CITY OF JEFFERSON, 7
March 2, 1885. }
j. c. McGREw, ESQ.,, LEXINGTON,
Mo.-DEAR SIR:-After a careful con
sideration Of the matter OF your ap-
~plication for a rate of 40 cents per ton
for the transportation OF coal from
Lexington to Kansas City. the COM
missioners yesterday decided not to
order the reduction asked for.
Regarding the interest of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad Company in the
Lexington Coal Mining Company the
commissioners have decided to submit
to the Encouragement for his consid-
Grafton, and for such action as he may
deem necessary all the papers in their
possession relating to said interest and
also all information they have regard
ing the same.
Bv order of the Railroad Commits
sioners. JAMES HARDING,
Railroad Commissioner, &c.
We have no reflections to make upon
the honesty of the railroad commits
sioners. We have known them per-
sonally for years, and there are no
men in the state for whom we have
had greater esteem; but their action, If
it Is to end here, is inexplicable to us.
If nothing more is to be done we be-
lleve the public is entitled to the COM
missions reasons, as much as they are
to the reasons which impel an appellate
court to arrive at certain conclusions.
Left as the matter stands the situation
Is as simple as a sum in subtraction. 1t
means the driving out of business of
every private coal miner or coal seller
in western Missouri; it means the
sacrifice of the value of coal lands; and
the elevation of the Missouri Pacific
railroad into the absolute mastery of
the fuel problem for a large scope of
country.
However, the declaration by the
commission that it will not reduce the
rate to forty cents is not conclusive that
it will not be reduced at all.
We cannot very well avoid a smile
when reading the second paragraph of
Gen. Harding's. letter. A person is
drowning, in deep water, near to shore.
He appeals to a man upon the bank
who has a life-preserver to save him.
He is in extremis; a little more and he
will be gone. The man replies, 81 am
your friend; I sympathise with you
greatly, but you ask too much: the
life preserver might be damaged by
such serious work, but here is a straw;
watch for it here it comes; grab that;
perhaps it may do you good" He
throws the straw TO the drowning
wretch, who naturally goes down. Ii
there is upon his face a look of indigna-
ton as we'll as of agony as he disap-
pears beneath the wave, is it to be
wondered at?
Just now there does not seem to be
any silver lining to the cloud. Mayhap
it is the darkest hour. Let us hope go
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06
HO FOR KANSAS!
Facts Some People Know and
Others Should Know.

Owing to the large number of people we
are carrying over our road daily, for Kansas
and all other western states, we have placed
extra chair cars Gree OF extra charge) on all
trains and have placed on sale q special lot o.
tickets for this business at prices low as the
loaOsst, and our equipments better thar the
best of our competitors.
Heed not the song Of the siren, but put two
eorks into your ears and steer straight for
the Chicago & Alton. For further particu-
lars call on R. P. PRICE, Agent,
n6tf Higginsville, Mo.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-06
JUDGES HALE AND ELLING REPLY.

EDITOR INTELLIGENCER:-In your issue
of last week there was a communication un.
der the heading of "Let There be Light"
about the sale of the county poor farm which
surprised us very much. 1t was a remarka-
BILE production. for the reason. first, that it
contained hints and insinuations about the
action and intentions of the members of the
county court of which we have never heard /;
and, second, that it contained by %insinuation
and innuendo, charges against US which, if
true, we would deserve the censure and con-
domination of every citizen of the county,
TIL charges were of such a nature and were
so utterly u%nfounded, that at frat we sup
posed they were written by some excitable
person who had heard an idle and wild re-
port of some great wrong and outrage about
to be perpetrated upon the people BY the
county court, and without consideration
rushed into print to warn the people of it.
But upon inquirng Ne were surprised to
learn whOwere the authors of this remarkable
production. They are gentlemen with whom
we have had much friendly and official inter.
course, aud are the last in the community
who ought, without any cause, to have pub
lished such insidlous charges against us that
have no foundation whatever, except in their
overweight suspicious.
While it is not directly charged IN the COM
munication. vet 1t is insinuated that the mem.
hers OF the county court are holding 'clandes-
tine meetings" to contrlve some secret plan
to dispose Of the county farm without letting
the people know anything about it. This Is
absolutely untrue. All sessions OF the coun.
ty court are open to the public at which
every one. not only may come, but are invi-
ted to be present and witness the transac-
ton of the business of the county. Since
we have been members of the county court
no secret or 'alandestiae" meetings have
been held by US. In discharging the duties
OF the offices we hold, we have nothing to
conceal from the public, and we invite the
closest scrutiny into our cond uct and are
rlways ready to hear and consider the opin-
ions of all, upon all matters pertaining to the
public interests.
Inc communication closes by expressing
the fear that the county court is forgetting the
best friends of the county and wandering
after strange gods. What a wonderfully
painful surmise this must be to the authors.
Now In order to allay all their fears we wish
to say, that we have no strange gods to wan
der AFTER nor do we know of any. Neither
will we be led along as supple instruments in
the hands Of those who profess to be friend
ly gods. We owea duty to those who honor
ed us with the position we occupy, and we
intend faithfully to discharge that duty,
though 1t Is often unpleasant and sometimes
painful to do so. We have in view only the
interest Of the county and the prosperity and
welfare Of its citizens. and in carrying out
these objects we will not be swerved from
what we believe to be right by either strange
or friendly gods, And If the authors of the
communication or any other persons should
! come before the court with propositions det-