Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-07-17

walks among strawberry plants; they kept
the weeds down and retained moisture.
MIR. Maitland said that Il mulch was cheaper
and better. He had used slough grass, but
believed short or rOtled straw better and
easier TO apply. Short material could also be
plowed under more readily than long.
Mr.. Teubner found coarse material best;
st.aw being his choice; cornstalks could be
used on fall paintings of strawberries or
among raspberries. Ose-laying material,
like blue grass. would be apt to smother the
plants, by heating. or rot the berries.
Mr.. Maitland, in planting raspberrles,
found SIX feet apart too close for rows.
Would plant eight feet after this. His most
productive rows proved to be those in which
corn had been planted.
DR.. Gordon said his raspberry plants did
best where protected by trees or a fence.
MIR. Maitland thought perhaps It was be-
cause snow drifted and lays longer near
fences, which protected them.
MIR. Teubner said that the soil was also
more moist ana rich near fences.
DR.. Alexander had u tender variety of
raspberry do well with him, while at u
nelghbOring place they failed. He ascribed it
to the protection afforded by snow drifts.
The society passed u vote of thanks to Mrs.
RObt. keene for q copy of DOwning's Fruits
OF America, which she presented to the
society,
The secretary presented his report on the
proceeds OF the sale of berries at the fruit
show, May 90:
The sales amounted to-. ............S7 10
EvnanhQd fnr nonnr a.,l sic 81 =
Net proceeds. So 10
Adjourned to meet at same place and time
n August, unless otherwise determined in
the interim.
The Jail birds whitewashed the courthouse
trees Tuesday.
A negro woman named Sallie Delaney,
aged about % years, living on Tenth street,
near Ridgeway took a half ounce of laudanum,
yesterday, it is thought with suicidal intent.
DR.. Gosewisch was called in and administer
ed antidotes. Last evening it was thought
she would recover.
A Convention has been called to meet ut
Sweet Springs, No., July 10, 1886, to nomi-
nate q judge of the criminal court: and a
convention has been called to meet at Sweet
Springs, Mo-, August 4, 1886, to nominate a
Judge of the circuit court; and a state con-
vention has been called to meet at St. Lonis.
Mo-, August 1S, 1885, to nominate a Judge of
the supreme court, railroad commissioner,
superintendent of public instruction and for
the transaction of such other business as NAV
come before it. Therefore, a democratic
county convention has been called to meet at
the courthouse, in Lexington, to-day, Satur-
day, July II, 1886, at IL o'clock, a. N. for the
purpose of selecting twelve delegates to each
of said criminal judicial and state conyen-
lions. and fifteen delegates to said circuit
Judicial convention. The several precincts
are entitled In the county convention o-day.
TO delegates in number as follows:-Alma 2:
Aullville, 3; Bates City, 2; Concordia, l:
Corder, 3; Dover, 4; ~Ferguson's School
house, 2; Greenton, 2; Higginsville, 8; North
Higginsville, 2; Lexington, 16; Mayview, 4;
Napoleon, 2; Odessa, Z; North Odessa, 3:
rage City, I; Schoolingville, l; Walnut Row |
Schoolhouse, 3; Wayerly. 4; Wellington, A.
and Wolfenbarger's Schoolhouse, 3, accord
ing to the ratio of representation a. fixed nv |
the committee.
flattsburg Democrat: -sOur readers will
understand that the Wabash railway from st.
Joseph to K. & l.. Junction has gone back
into the hands of the stockholders OF the At. |
Joseph & st. Louis railway, who represent
the bondhOlders who bought the first million
OF ponds on that road. IN conversation with
OLD railroad official. but not connected
with this road, he said: The ST. joseph Il
st. Louis railway will. inside of five years, be
one OF the most important roads in the west.
BY that time it will be a double track steel
road from Lexington to st. Joseph. A bridge
Will be built at Lexington, and over it will
cross the Chicago Il Alton and the Missouri
faclnc, the Chicago, Milwaukee l. st. Paul
Will run over 1t from Lawson and the Wabash
from H.. L.. Junction. 1t will thus be seen
tnat four OF the granaest roads in the west
will pass over this road through PIattshuru
10 st. Joseph. The present company has
purchased 1.sOO tons of steel rails with
winch to replace the iron on the present
track, 1t will soon be put in as good condition
as any road in the vest" We believe tina,
Lexlngton's agitation of the matter and the
meeting at St. Joseph probably
turned the scale in favor of the owners
Oh the ST. DO. road taking possession of it; and
that this action will eventuate in great bene.
nts to our city. The ST. Jo, road
at its recent meeting, ordered the
purchase of new steel rails for IS miles of the
road The best iron taken up then will be
laid on the four miles from the Junction to
Lexington, over which the traffic will not, of
be SO heavy. Mr.. Nisbet remarked to
the writer, only a few days ago. THE matter
OF the bridge is one that must bide Its time
and the development of plans and purposes
looking that way. You 20 on and do your
part for Lexington. and the time will very
soon come that even if the people of Lexing-
ton were to oppose it a bridge will be built
there" There are plans now under consider
alton looking to this end, which, as soon a.
they are sufficiently matured, will be given to
the public. But if nothing more had been
accomplished all the trouble and expense
that we have been at, has been none than re-
paid to US by the st. 10. road being taken out
OF the ands of the Wabash. This, we are
confident, will very soen be made manifest.