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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-07-24

thes. Her eldest brother Jimmy, says
she came up stairs, and taking them one
by one, carried them out in safety Her
face il burned and her hair is scOrched
but otherwise she Is unhurt The three
smaller ones-aged two. four and six
years-were not awakened before the ar
rival of their tipsy father, who reached
home with the fire Co. The premises
caught fire in an adjoining barn, proba-
bly, from an engine and spread to the
house. The little heroine and her
brothers were taken to the house Of an
aunt, in the Dublin district and has
been receiving as many congratulations
that her little head is nearly turned.
Several wealthy people who heard Of her
deed have made arrangements to give
her an eidcation, thinking 80 brave .
girl should have an opportunity to ele-
vate herself.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-07-24
Americans Arbitrarily I'm
prisoned.

Mr.. Nerkly, station agent at Chihua-
hua, Mexico. Of the Mexico Central
Railway, and an American, some time
ago struck q Mexican who grossly insul-
ted and attacked him in his Office.
Merkly was arrested and incarcerated In
a foul dungeon, where number Of male
factors were confined. Every legal
means have been exhausted by Americans
to effect his release, but they have proved
fruitless. A Pullman car porter, who
silenced q Mexican who was raising
disturbance in a car in this city few
days ago, is now being concealed BY rail-
way men along the Mexican Central to
prevent his seizure and indefinite impri-
sonment. There are now q number Of
Americans in the loaths0me dungeons Of
this city who have been incarcerated for
months without hearing, and present
pitiable sight in their ragged and ema-
ciated condition. The American resi-
dents are highly incensed and alarmed
at the arbitrary actions exhibited by the
Mexican authorities towards citizens Of
the United States.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-07-24
Her Eye.balls Blistered by
Lightning.

Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin were
visited by severe wind and rain storms
recently, which did considerable damage.
At Steele, Dak, barns, OuthOuses, kitch-
ems and other light structures were de-
mOlished, as was also the new Presbyte-
rian Church substantial and fine struc-
ture. The rain, hail and wind was so
dense that one could not see two rods
away, and from the appearance Of the
clouds Just before and after the storm it
is feared that immense damage has been
done to the crops and farmhOuses. At
New Richmond, Wis.,, the residence Of Mr..
Wyland was struck by lightning Mrs.
Wyland and Christiana DOlman, with a
baby between them, were sleeping on the
lower floor. Miss DOlman's hair was
singed and the scalp and back Of her
neck and shoulders badly blistered. She
was also made blind by the burning to a
blister Of both eyeballs. Two bolts went
through her pillow, one on either side OF
her head.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-07-24
A Ten.Year Old Heroine.
Children Saved from an Awful Death.

A dispatch from Cambridge Mass, Ju-
ly s, says Three months ago Mrs. I'd
ward Barry. wife Of day laborer on the
Fitchburg Railroad, living in the Bel
mont District, died from hard work and
exposure, leaving five children to the
care of her kind-hearted though rather
dissipated husband. The eldest child,
Nellie, 10 years Of age, has acted as house.
keeper since the death Of her mother and
has managed to clOthe the backs and
supply the mouth Of her four younger
brothers from the $l.5O day wages Of
their father. Tuesday night it was very
hot In their cottage, and Nellie, after
putting the little folks to dand singing
and tanning them to sleep, put her IA
theirs supper on the back Of the stove and
sat down to wait for his return. He was
late. The little clock on the mantel
licked of the hours and brought o'clock
but no father. Then Nellie remembered
that he had been drinking since the
Fourth and went out to seek him. Fail
ing to find him she returned tired and
worried with her heavy cares. She went
to the little heated chambers to look at
her sleeping brothers, and then resumed
her place in the chair, determined to stay
awake until her father came, but the
heat combined with her hard work, was
too much for the child. and she was soon
sleeping with her head upon her arm.
An hour later she was awakened by
the sound Of falling timbers, and spring
ing to her feet she saw the whole end Of
the house on fire, while clouds of smoke
filled every room. What she did first she
cannot tell. All she knows is that when
the first neighbor arrived he met her
coming out Of the burning house with
the last Of her little brothers in her arms.
The other three were lying on the grass
in front of the house in their night clo-
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-07-24

A special newspaper train recently ran
from Buffal0 to Rochester N. Y, assistance
Of sixty-nine miles, In aixty-eight min
utes.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-07-24
Veritable Bourbons.
Buffalo COxsmercial Rep.

OUDOU COWtUt6TCtOe A6Ps
They are hot partisans and good ha-
ters-these Ohio editors. But they make
an idol of sham consistency. Having
regarded Porter as q traitor for many
years they will never give up that theory
evidence and Grant to the contrary not
outstanding. Did l say that the horse
was l6 feet highP' said q rural oracle to
his skeptical orators on the tavern porch.
Eyes you did" well II I said is feet he
was 16 feet. l stick to it." That's Ohio
paftisanship. They call 1t backbone"
up there.
A Shreveport special to the Picayune,
says: The lynching Of negro In Booster
parish last Friday night is confirmed.
On last Wednesday Richard Boles had an
alteration with q young planter, Will
Abney, about some hogs, in the course Of
which Boles snatched Abney's gun and
shot him in the forehead, INJECTING
slight wound. On Friday night while
Constable Pyron was enrOute with his
prisoner he was overpowered by q num-
Der Of masked men, on the Arkansas and
Shreveport Road, who seized BOles and
hung him to tree. The remains were
buried nsxt morning.
A special newspaper train recently ran
from, RufYulo IN Roohoo<ap ~ n Iiofan>n
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.

A tramp who had lost an arm in q
saloon fight some years ago applied for
a breakfast at a house down the avenue
the other morning, and claimed to be
an old soldier.
"On what side did you server" asked
the gentleman of the house.
81 was a Union soldier, sir" muir
INJURED the tramp, "and lost my arm at
Gettysburg"
"Who was your commander"
"Gen. LOngstreet, SIR"
"But he wa a rebel officer, sir"
ell meant Stonewall Jackson"
After the dog had got done chewing
him the tramp retired mutter1ng, 81
must post up on the history OF my
country, or try some other game"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
TRUSTEES SALE.

IL; iIEREAS, Louis Nawatny by bis GER
w tan deed OF trust, dated the 24th day
of july loS5. and recorded in the Office of the
recorder Of deeds for Lafayette county, Mis-
souri,, In book Is, at page 1856, conveyed to the
unueT signed trustee. the following described
real estate, situate. lying and being in the cOun.
tv oil Lafayette, and state of Missouri, tO.wit:
All OF one lot or tract adjoining the town oil Well
ington, and bounded as follows: commencing
ut a stake in the eastern boundary line of said
town OF Wellington sixteen [l6l feet east of the
southc asst corner OF lot number eighty-tnree 1881
IL. sail town; said commencing corner being
also IN The line 81 Third street in said town.
running thence north sixteen Il61 degrees west
along the eastern boundary line of SAID town 10
the Missouri river; next commencing again at
said beginning corner and running thence north
seyehiy-iuur l14l degrees east with u continue
ton oi the northern lineDf said Third street in
said town two hundred [2e0l ieet 10 u stake.
thence north sixteen degrees west to the Mis-
sour river, thence with said Missouri river to
The northwest corner of said tract being the Sec
ond cpl liner above rei' rrcd To and described, the
same being ii portion OF the southeast fractional
quarter of sectio 1 number ifteen isl In town.
snip II Iinber ifty (5Gl. of range numb r TWEEN
~ tlsht Isl, being the same land ueeded by
Thomas W. Jacobs and vile tn William a.
Cranaior on the Pod day of June, 1853. and re-
follow ing: commencing on the bark OF the Mis-
souri, river at The northeast corner Of tract
formerly owned b. William A. Chanslor adj
Looming lie town Of Wellington. running thence
south fifteen and three-Iourths ll5Al degrees,
East seven hundt red and eighty-two t7s2l links
Ia land owned by Thomas Harder AMI the north
iii' . tueDCt HtTln StNtnty -i0uV huu
onc-f urih l7ihl degrees east to the bank OF tn.
s'oush: tiience up said slough and river t. thu
beginning, being a PARK of the aforesaid frac.
tiondl quarter oil section fifteen [I5l in sale
township and range. and beng same land deed
ed by Thomas IIlDkie and vile to William A
Chansior on the 18Th day of June, 1859, ant
recorded in deed book ''F'' humber one, a
pages iSl and 49,. This conveyance being mad,
for a part Of the purchase money to secure tn
a aey%f ed. OF an I'VE wh prS%,sSo 9GIsp not1 has 'hf Ssa'
made In The payment OF the said note
therein described and the interest .thereo
whereby the whole debt has become due an
u yahie and remains unpaid; Now. there
fore. at the request OF the lega. holder of sal
notc,and in accordance with the provisions G
SAID deed OF trust. |, the said trustee, hereb
give notice that | will on
MONDAY, AUGUST 23RD, 1886.
between the hours of nine O'Clock in the fore
noon and five O'Clock in the afternoon of ths
day. IN front OF the courthouse door, in the cit
oil Lexington. IN The county OF I.afa elite. III
state Of Missouri, ut public vendue, to the high
est blid'r Tor cash, proceed TO sell the abOy
described property to satisfy said notes An
The costs al said sale and trust.
JOHN :. BLACKWELL.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
AN ARKANSAS JOKE.

[From the Arkansaw Traveler.I
Extract from a letter to the governor
OF Arkansas: .A.a
81 send you by John Cobbletree, n
of my neighbours, a quarter of mutton
and a mess of young squirrels. 1 do
this Just because I like the course you
have always took. l killed the squir-
rels yistidy an l know they are fresh.
Thar amt nothing nicer than young
squirrels. l eat 'em sometimes till l
am fit to pop. Now let me say some
thing about the mutton. 1t is fresh an
fat, In 1 hope you will enjoy it. One
of my neighbors lost a sheep the other
day, an he has accused me of stealin'
it. He has had mt arrested, an l am
now in Jail. He come to my house an
grabbed hold of a sheep that I had jest
killed, but 1 managed to keep enough
to send you. am mighty fond OF
sheep meat, an when l am right hum
CRY l can eat it till l am fit to pop. My
trial will come off in a day or two an
the way things are shapin' l am afeerd
they will put it to me jes fur a joke.
These folks out here are the prankinist
| set of people l ever seen. They air
| allus happy when they ken git a joke
on a prominent man like me. l
wouldn't he surprised if they carry the
joke so far as to want to send me to the
p~enitentiary. This would hurt my
chances for the legislature. 1 DOM
want to be beat, but if they keep me
shut up very long the other fellow will
git ahead of me. After you eat your
mutton l wisht you would write a note
- Az oLou:cc ~ Ill Ls,o - Lot MN o.k
Say, 1 forgot to tell you the gran'-jury
has been let into the Joke an that they
have brought in a joke of an indict.
ment ag'in' me. They may try me an
pass the joke of a sentence on me be.
fore your note gifts here, so l wish you
would write out a pardon after you eat
your mutton an tell the judge that
am free. l know the joke will tickle
you and you may make the pardon reat
just as amusin' as you please"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
The St Lonis Rennhlican has tbiS lo

The St. Louis Republican has this TO
say:-'.Missouri has an excellent con-
stitution and an excellent railroad com
mission, but under the railroad dispen-
sation neither constitution nor COM
mission has been self-enforcing. The
experiment democrats are preparing to
try is whether there are enough rail-
road bosses and lobbyists TO prevent
Missouri democracy from being self
enforcing. The next legislature will
answer the question" This is as true
as preaching. Now, let us see the
Republican come down to hard pan on
this question when it arrives. And, by
the way, the regulation of grain eleva-
! tors is about as important as the regu-
lation of railroads. How does on,
contemporary stand upon that ques-
ton?
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
sHERIFF'S SALE.

Ed. McKernan.
vs..
Anderson Gates.
pY virtue OF q transcript execution issued
II from the Office OF the clerk Of the cir
cut court OF Lafayette county, Missouri. in
favor OF Ed. Mckernan, and against Andet.
son Gates, to me directed and returnable to the
August term, 1856. OF said court. l will, on
SATURDAY. AUGUST l4Tn, 1856,
between the hours OF 9o'clOck in the forenoon
and five O'Clock in the afternoon of said day,
and In front of the court house door, In the city
CT Lexington, in Lafayette county, Missouri,
during the session Of the said circuit court OF
said county, sell publicly, by auction, to the
highest bidder. for cash in hand, all the right,
title, interest, claim and estate of the said
Anderson Gates, defendant In said exc
cutinn, in and to the following described real
estate. situate. lying and being in the county
OF Lafayette and state OF Missouri, to-wit:
Twenty five t25l feet of the south side of the
tract or parcel of land in block d. in the town
OF Alma, bounded as follows: Beginning at q
stone sixty l6O] feet north OF the southeast COR
ner OF the northeast quarter of the southeast
quarter OF section twenty-eight t2Sl, in town.
ship fifty (50l, Of range twenty-four te4];thence
north twenty-five 1851 feet; thence west one
hundred and twenty-five (25i feet; thence south
twenty-five 1881 leet; thence east to the place of
beginning.
Given under my hand this 23d day of July,
1856. JOSEPH BOWMAN.
| July24td Sheriff.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07

WILLIE SELLS GUILTY.

The jury in the Willie Sells murder
case, at Erie, Kas., brought in a yer
dict on Tuesday of murder in the first
degree. Willie is abont II years
old, and if guilty is n OF tue
most hardened criminals ever known las
he thus becomes the premeditated will
full murderer of his father, mother, sister
and little brother. 1t seems almost i'm
possible that a boy SO young, brought up
BY decent, quiet, kind parents could be
so utterly lost to every instinct of hui
manity and natural affection. If he is
guilty it is the strongest argument in
favor of the old Presbyterian doctrine
of total d~epravity which ever came be,
fore the public. The authorities should
delay the execution of the young maj
as long as it is possible to do so and use
all diligence to find any clue to others
who may have been guilty of the terri
BILE crime, for the simple reason that the
theory that Willie is guilty is utterly
against nature.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
QUITTING TIMBER IN AUGUST.

Experience has shown us that the
best time to cut timber for posts, rails
or stakes. is in August. The bark will
then come of readily, and the wood
becomes harder and endures longer
than if cut at any other season. Hickory
never makes a good post or stake, as 1T
rots rapidly in the ground or on it, and
if cut when the bark adheres, will soon
rot, or likely be cut to pieces, before it
a rot, by worms. But if cut in Au-
gust, very few, if any trees, make a
more durable rail tor off the ground.
The bark drops off, and the wood be-
comes so hard that 1t '.jingles' when
struck, while the worms do not attack
it. Hickory rails, made from trees cut
in August aud kept off the ground, will
last for fifty years.
White oak makes a durable rail or
post, cut at any season, but its dura-
bility is increased at least fifty per cent.
by cutting in August.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
WHAT GREW FROM A NEGROES FOOT
From the American Agriculturist.I

From the American Agr1culturlst.l
1t was rather an amusing incident
that first brought to the attention of a
truck farmer, of Charleston, S. c.,
the Importance of frming the soil. 1t
seems that a gentleman of color having
Unconstitutional weakness for chickens
peculiar to his race,g got into a hen-roost
and helped himself bountifully. In
evading the high-road, he struck a bee
line through a newly sown field, where
he left tracks that led to his detection.
But these tracks did more. They
showed to Squire Buncombe, whose
chickens had suffered, that wherever
the foot of the colored citizen had
fallen, there he had a sstand" of tur-
nips, and nowhere else (for they had
been loosely sown and the weather was
dry. The lesson was needed and has
| been worth tens of thousands of dollars
| to the farmers of South Carolina, who,
it seems, were never before sufficiently
alive to the importance of firming the
soil until the unfortunate negro showed
them fhe WaV.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
THE PRESIDENTS VETOES.

Among all his vetoes President
Cleveland has not yet dlsapproved any
bill restoring fOrfeitable land grants to
tae public domain. He promptly ap-
proved the bill retaining the Atlantic
and Pacific grant. His veto of a bill
granting a railroad right Of way
through an Indian reservation in Mon
tana has brought out the fact that he
was with great difficulty restrained
from vetoing bills granting right-of way
across the Indian territory where the
consent of the Indian landlords had
been obtained. He will set a whole
some and much-needed example when
ever he makes it a rule to veto all rail
road bills that do not embody the prop
er restrictions in which our railroad
legislation has hitherto been so wofull,
deficient.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
Too Soon.
BY ANON.

Oh but the languid summer,
|. drifteth away too soon;
Nv heart expands IN the sunshine,
Like a flower that blooms at noon.
Never a breeze on the mountain,
Scarcely u breath on the sea;
Aud the Suns red rays set the skies aDlaZe,
Oh, these are the days for me!
The passionate heart in my bosom,
Like a bird on a trOpic isle,
Grows drunk with blooms and subtle per-
fumes,
And basks in the suns hot smile.
Oh. blossoming garden of roses!
Oh, season OF languid heat!
Oh, fervid hours that smother the flowers,
You are so sweet. so sweet.
Linger, oh, beautiful summer,
oh, summer of love and light;
Bloom. breathe. and glow, for the winter OIL
snow
Is lurking just out of sight.
Come closer my prince, my darling,
Let us live and love while we may, -.
For the gloom of death, and SORROWS Dreat1
Are coming to us one day.
Bloom, oh, blossOming gardens.
Blow. oh, winds from the south,
Lean, oh my lover, and touch me
Again with your beautiful mouth.
Lexington, Mo-, July %.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

In the Probate Court OF Lafayette COunIy-Aiay
adjourned term-2nd day-July e. 1856.
In the matter OF the eeiate oiJoseph NJ. Handy,
deceased.
NOW ut this day comes John e. Handy and
~ Robert ;. SItlIDgton. administrators OF the
estate oil Joseph NJ. Hancly. deceased, and
present their petition praying for an order for
the sale Of so much OF the real cstat" OF said
Joseph NJ. Handy AS VIII pay and
satisfy the remaining debts due Icy
said estate, and yet unpaid for want
ofsufici"nt assets, accompanied by the accounts,
lists and inventories required by law IN
such cases; on examination whereof, it rs
ordered that all persons interested in said
estate be notified that application as aforesaid
has been made, and that unless the contrary be
shown on or before the first day 0I the next term
oil this court, T." lac held uu the second Mun.!ay
IN August, lssG, un order will be made Tor the
sale OF the whole, or SO much of the real estate
of said Joseph NJ. ~IIandlyas Will lie sufficient loI
the pay meul oi sand debts.
And It is further ordered that this notice bt
published in the Lexington Weekly IItclllGen-
Ger, II newspaper published IN said county oi
Lafayette, Tor four weeks successfully before the
commencement OF the next term of this court.
a true copy: Attest.
XENOPHON RYLAND,
juiylOt5 Probate Judge.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
MAYOR FOB A FIFTH TERM.

Carter Harrison of Chicago is frank
in avowing his political ambitions,
Here is his programme, as declared by
himself: 81 am not a candidate fol-
congress, and will not be under any
circumstances. l propose to I'll fol
a fifth term, and L will be elected
Then, on the record l have made by
being elected five times as mayor o.
a republican city, l propose to succeed
Shelby M. Cullom in the United States
senate"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
From the Post Dispatch. |

D. [FrOm the Post Dlspatch.I
If the Knights of Labor do not cast
out the confessed and convicted MUIR
derers who have made the organiza-
ton a basis for their crimes, they an
not complain if they are held respon-
sible before the bar of public opinion.
The haymarket square murders in
Chicago, committed by the anarchists
of the Lehr und Weir Verein, were
not a bit worse than the Wyandotte
train-wrecking murder committed by
Kansas City Knights of Labor.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
II n, NOTICE.

E1TEtS OF administration with will annex
IL ed on the estate Of Cornelius T.. Ballard,
the ith day of July. 1856, by the Probate
court OF Lafayette county, Missouri.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to mt for allowance
within one year after the date of this notice, OIL
they may he precludcd from any benefit of suct
estate; and II such claims be hot exhibited with.
in two years they will be forever barred.
ROBERT TAYLOR,
julyl0L5 Administrator with will annexed.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
USING THE NEW ALTON TRACK
From the Kansas City Times.l

The Chicago & Alton passenger
train which arrived in this city last
night was the first to run over the new
track between Grain Valley and Blue
Springs. This is a part of twenty
miles of new road built between Glas-
gov and this city for the purpose of
shortening the line and making better
grades. All of it is finished except
four miles neal Glasgow. The new
track shortens the road about five
miles.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
THE DIFFERENCE.

Nelly Barry, the 1O-year-o old girl in
Cambridge, Mass, who saved her four
little brothers from burning to death,
has been sent to the alms-house. A 10
year-old girl who saved two children
from certain death at Lisbon, Portugal,
has been awarded a silver medal by the
king, put in a college to be educated,
and a sum of money has already been
collected which will be for her marri-
age portion.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-07
DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE,

ElTERS of admin istraton on the estate of
IL Jacob Holster. deceased. were granted to
the undersigned on the nth day Of Ju'v,
lsSG, by the Probate court OF Lafayette county 4,
Missouri.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to me for allowance
within one year after the date oil this notice, or
they may be preciuded from any benefit of such
estate and if such claims be not exhibited with.
in two years they viii be forever barred.
CLAUS HOLSTER,
julvl1t5 Administrator