Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-06-19

There was a remarkable meteOric display

There was a remarkable meteoric displa.
. here Monday morning about 4 O'Clock.
MIR. N. Pcachee presented US, Monday,
3 very handsome sample of FuIz wheat. Th'
heads were large and full.
1 The father of our worthy fellow citizen
MIR. John X. Jordan, died in Bardewisch
1 Germany. June ,, in his Seth year.
| An electric wire at Kansas City, fell acrOs:
the c.. Il 4. wire, last Monday. Its charge
< in addition to that of the wire on which it re
posed, was so strong that it burned out al
3 City to Bloomington, Ills, and set fire to the
l MAYHEM depot.
Mr.. j. A. Price has completed the enumer-
alton of children of school age, from 6 to &c
years, in the Lexington district. He found,
white, 625 males; 621 females; total white,
l.246. Colored, 24S males; 234 females; total
colored, 49,. Grand total, !, 72S. Grand total
; last year LESS. Gain, 40.
We have never made any complaint, Oh
entertained a feeling against DIR. Fulkerson
for seeking and obtaining the pOstoffice He
had a perfect right to want it and to get it if
he could. Our personal relations are very
AhShNAs NV u iihCly W lila 81 III Dllt U
mischief-makers and meddlesome Matties.
HIgginsville Post:-''A west bound freight
train on the c. Il A. lost its caboose some
where east of town, last Sunday night, and
the loss was not discovered until the train
reached this place. The freight had to pass
the east bound passenger here, and the pas
senger train was delayed about an hour wait
ing until the freight went back and hunted
up its lost caboOse."
The Count de Waddell was the champion
at Sand Prairie, last Tuesday. He caught a
bass that was a bass. 1t weighed about three
pounds and had a mouth as big as a IA
lump of chalk. Farmer Hall got a little hot
because he had been scoOped, but that want
half as bad as the scoops the mosquitoes got
on them that night. Mr.. Silverman thinks it
will take him a week to catch up on sleep
and to reduce the bites lie got on land inst cad
of water.
The Church Bell:-"LeXingtou claims a
justifiable pride in her educational adyan-
tages. If we measure the number of her
schools by The population of 1.-THE city, she may
well be termed the Athens of the West. The
Baptists the Meth Odists and the Presbyterians
have each a furnishing college of their own;
the Wentworth Male Academy is steadily
working its way to substantial public patron
age; while the public schools are equal to any
with which the writer is acquainted. And
there is a perceptible advance In general ex-
%cellence. judging by the recent commencement
exercises. 1t woul be invidious to discrimi-
nate, if such, indeed, were at all practicable;
for each school has specialtIes which, to that
degree, would easily give it the. pre-eminence.
But, taken as a whole, it is believed this
years work has made the best showing since
the writer came to Lexington. This is en-
couraging. The schools here must feel that
they have the moral as well as financial sup
port of the people behind them, and should
stop short of nothing less than the highest
culture attainable IN their wards. We would
have them all feel that they have not a warmer
friend and well-wisher than the editor of tt 9
Bell"
Corder:-It is extremely warm and dry,
although We had a refreshing shower on Sat-
urday last, also on Sunday. The farmers
have their corn in good condition, and from
present prospects there will be a heavy yield.
The fields are already white for the harvest. Z;
the binders are being repaired and oiled, and
in a few days more the cheerful Laughter of
the labOrer and the Gathering of machinery
will be heard in all directions. 1t is thought
the yield will be above an average, and the
berry superior to that of several years past.
We know of no marriages, and never learn
OF births until we see your paper. On the
10th inst the children of the Presbyterian
| sunday S.hnOl .Ssapnblol -, tl,o lo,,t,c,I
locust grove of William BelPs, one mile south
OF Corder, TO partake of the good things pro-
vlded for them by their teachers and par
ents, and to amuse themselves by swinging,
PLAYING ball, mumbie-peg, and other games.
While this was known as a PRESBYTERIAN
affair, it was yet enjoyed by children of all
schools; and many of the children who en-
Ioyed 1t most were from twenty to fifty years
OF age. We never before understood fully
the meaning of the word "picnic," it is IL
compound word composed of the word mic"
meaning a beautiful dinner well prepared;
and pic" describing what the children do
for the dinner. We hope this feast of our
good brethren is but The beginning of good
things.
We give below, for what it is worth, an
article which appeared in the Globe
Democrat, last Tuesday morning. Another
and fuller one from the same source will be
found on the outside of this issue. Accord
ing TO our Information there Is a strand of
correct Information wound through the tex
ture of each report, with a good-deal that is
mere conjecture 1.-THE chief interest in rail-
road movements is now centered in the Bur-
iinston, which Is engaged in perfecting its
arrangements for completion of its south
western lines into Kansas City and gaining
an entrance to st. Louis from the west first
and then from the east. T.. j. Potter. vice.
president and general manager of the sys-
tenn, who recently returned from Boston,
where he laid his plans before the board and
heavy stockholders of the company and re-
celVed their approval and hearty Endorsement, |
Will leave Chicago to-day for a tour of in.
spection which will take him over the pro- |
posed Kansas City extension and, possibly. 4
bring him to St. Louis. He has reiterated |
MS statement to the effect that he will remain |
with The Burlington and will not become |
president of the Bee Line system, his trim |
east having been made in connection with the |
proposed extensions heretofore referred tn |
in these columns. With a line completed to
kansas City and entrance effected to St.
Louis over Its own roads, the burlington will
have secured the control of its territory. |
which 1t must possess in order to feel safe |
from the encroachments of competitors, and
very little time Is to be wasted in the con-
OF that end. Among the offers
made to the Burlington is one from the
burlington, Eureka and Beaumont, organ
lied to construct a line from Paola Via Bur-
lIngton. Kansas, to Wellington, or via Eureka
to Arkansas City, S43 600 have been voted IN
the project land it is understood the two COM
panles are in correspondence with reference
to a transfer of the title. 1t is probable tina,
General Manager Porter will announce the
choice OF the three routes offered for extern
sion of the Chicago, Burlington Il Kansas
CITY alter he has personally investigated the
advantages offered by each, aud that the work
will then be vigorously prosecuted, as the
people all along the line are enthusiastic In
their desire to secure tine Burlington. En-
to st. Louis from the west will he
easily effected, and 1t is almost certain tb,,
the Missouri will be bridged for that purpose
although the contract with the Wabash is
such that the present structure can be used
so long as is deemed necessary, The Bur-
people are very reticent rs tC entrance
from the east. but are nontiJanf thu, !, go.