Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-10-09
Turner ball ne <, Monday night.

turner Oali mex MONDAY night.
Tournament, Glllespie's pasture, Oct. l6.
Mr.. Chas. Strasburg's house. near May
view, burned down last Sunday afternoon.
Judge Philips will speak at the courthouse
tonight. Workingmen, come out and hear
him.
MIR. Epperson is to draw plans for a $40, 900
brick building for Messrs. j. 8. Hughes &
Co., Richmond.
Correspondents should not indulge in local
personalities which are even remotely calcu-
lated to give ~offeIse,
Parsons Il Green and David Barr, drug
gists, of Blackburn, are in trouble with
numerous indictments for selling, liquor with
out license.
Mr.. S. T.. Corbitt writes US from Odessa:
II arrived home this morning all safe and
sound. In nv travel of a thousand miles, l
saw no country I thought better than Lafay-
cite county" Mr.. Corbitt had been to Vir.
ginia.
The national convention of Knights of
Labor has been In session this week at Rich.
mOnd, Va. Grand Master POwderly made
some very wholesome remarks, and the en-
tire proceedings, SO far as made public, were
ry creditable to the order.
About three years ago little Bessie Duncan
died. No grave at the cemetery has been
more lovingly tended than hers. Her play
things were among its adornments. Mr..
Duncan tells US that recently q little toy bird
and other things have been sttolen from the
grave. What can be thought Of such vandal-
ion, 90 this2 LOT nc hnpa fhot n nnuu aua
recur.
The upper room of the W. NJ. Academy
school building has been completed and is
ready for use. Hitherto there has been a
want of seating capacity, but now there is
plenty of room to accommodate two hundred
students. Persons living within reach of the
school should not fail to avail themselves of
its excellent advantages. The cost of the
uniform should stand In the way of no one as
it can be gotten at prices ranging from $l1 70
to $22.
The st. Louis Republican of Oct. 5, under
the heading, 'Saved $400, 0O0," has this news
item :-"Herman Roger claims that he was
the inventor of a machine for treating raw
hide, and that he received a patent on the
machine. Last March he filed a petition In
lHt Uulttu SlhlcS CtECuII COuTL dshluy LOT
$500 900 damages from the Shultz .Belti ne
Company of this city for infringing on the
patent of his machine. The case was heard
last week, and yesterday morning it was
given to the jury, An hour later they re-
turned a verdict for the defendant. The
plaintiffs counsel says the case will be car
ried to the United States supreme court"
Mr.. j A. j. ShdltZ the principal defendant
ia SO well known IN thiS P0nnfv that Ue
print The paragraph in order that his friends
NAV congratulate him upon the result, which
will no doubt be confirmed in the higher
court.
Bates City:-Rev. Mr.. Cockrell of the
Baptist church, is holding a protracteI meet i
ing at this place. Hope he may be as success
full here as he was at Concord, and cause old
| sinners to II lp over Just like that old brother
be spoke of in his sermon last Monday,
| topped his plate over. Capt. Mark Belt has
been visiting In Bates City. He and his wife
are now attending the st. Louis Fair, accom-.
panied by Mrs. Belts sister, Miss Fannie Bur.
ton. Your correspondent had the pleasure
Of attending a church festival last week IL,
Concord church about four miles south Of
Bates City. have attended many, YES 4
great many festivals, but this one Just csptur.
ed ANYTHING of the kind we ever heard of fol-
pretty girls and good things to eat. | tel
you those Red Brush Baptist sisters can beat
the world when it comes to getting up good
things to eat. Mr.. Editor Just imagine your
self seated ut a forty foot table and that table
fairly groaning beneath its load of goodies.
We had chicken, turkey, beef, sheep anu
ham tea and coffee, hot aud cold; thednwe
had all sorts of cupboard sass and cherry pie,
hut the incest OF all was those pretty girl,
that waited on the table. ! noticed Walter
and Nan of Bates CITY, with their girls. They
had some bad luck coming home. The frs
hill they encountered after leaving the churni
the team cOncl uded the load was too heav,
and would not pull it, so they baked; here
the boys and their partners held a short con
sultatiOn in which it was decided that thu
girls should hOli the lines snd sit IN the
wagon and the boys should ride the horses
which they ut once proceeded to do and ! sup
pose got along very we'll. They came int,
town singing that old familiar song, Out oil
the dusty road, with a balky team and
heavy load"