Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-09-11

The new mill progresses.

The new mill progresses.
Mayhem grange next Saturday.
The machinery for the new mill is srriv-
ing.
The Missouri river was quite dusty last
Wednesday.
Turn out, democrats, and help form a rous-
ing big democratic club.
The front OF Mr.. W. H. Smiths business
house on Franklin street is being renovated.
There was a good little rain. last Wednes-
day night; not much as to the fall of water,
but enough to clear the atmosphere and lay
the dust.
For the October term of the u. s. court at
Kansas City. Mr.. Jos. s. Benton is on the
grand Jury, and Mr.. G. A. kriehn is on the
petit jury.
Not a single burial from Lexington took
place at M~achpelah cemetery during August.
That is a remarkable record for the hottest
month in the year.
Last call. Don't you forget it. The presi-
dent of the Rod and Gun club desires to
have q meeting of the club tonight on i'm
portant business. Turn out!
The letter sheet envelope is now for sale at
tnls office. 1t is u convenience for persons
who are travelling and desire to drop a few
lines to friends, and have them more private
than the postal card.
Uncle Tom Rulings was so OverjOyed at the
result of the Wellington saloon fight that he
came up to ask US to advertise their calaboOse
for sale. He says there will be but little use
for l. once the saloons are lone away with.
Mr.. Howard Williams with his gang of
charity patients made a good job OF street.
terday. Now let the county court furnish
him with bricks and have the psvements re-
paired.
Monday last was q busy day In Lexington.
The streets were full of people; The public
square was an animate scene of stock sales,
trading farmers and stock dealers. A great
many trades for feed were closed, but there
was a disposition on the part of corn buyers
to hold off q little, as the impression is grow
ing that there is u much lrrger crop of corn
in the county than has been supposed.
Through the carelessness OF a servant the
infant child of Mr.. John Duvall got hold of
som concentrated lye, last Friday evening.
and put it in her mouth. When the fact was
discovered the caustlc had badly burned the
child's mouth and the alarmed parents took
it, as quickly as possible, to DR.. Fulkerson,
where antidotes were successfully admins
tered. The child has suffered u great deal
but is recovering. Too much care cannot be
taken where this poisonous alkall is used.
Following are the names of tbs petit jurors
drawn for the October term of the criminal
~court:-John A. Lockhart, Geo. Wern,x,
Uphaus, Jr., Abe Wade. John Wiley, j.. II.
Zentmeyer. jesse T. Hill, Young Hicklin,
F. Atkinson, L. P. Green. Frank Nicholson,
David Davis. Frank Jackson, W. H. Bellamy,
Jas. Hendricks, WIN. Littlejohn, Henry
Melneke, Jr., l.. X. Foulds, ThOs. Norfleet,
2. T. Stanley, Andrew Hughes and Slaughter
Campbell.
Our fellow-cliizen Hon. H. c. Wallace,
has just returned from Monticello, Lewis
county, Northeast Missouri. where he has
been attending the circuit court of that coun
ty, in an important land suit, sent there on
change Of venue from Ripley county in South.
east Missouri, and where he succeeded in OBJ
tanning a decree settling the title Of his clients
Messrs. j. A. Price and VIM. Corse, admins
traitors of Richard Carr. deceased, in certain
lands in Ripley county, In a suit which ha:
been pending since 1879. Mr.. Wallace re.
ports that though the drought has prevailed
IN Northeast Missouri as it has here, ye
around and west of Hannibal and West
Quincy there have been rains of late, and the
/ grass is green and refreshing to look upon
He speaks highly of the county, and especi'
all of the culture and hospitality of the PEG
pie of Lewis county, which was mainly set
tied BY Kentuckians and VirginIans. HI
heard Congressman Hatch speak at Monti
| cello on Monday last.
Concordis:- Business quiet. Cislerns get
ting low. The excessive drought has made
| the roads dusty, but the great depth of ricl
| soil holds moisture sufficient to keep vegeta
the Missouri ThalbOte, expects to start Satur
day. the 18th inst, for Warrenton, Warner
county, Missouri, where he will enter IVES
leyan College. Misses Smith and Covington
spent a few days ut the Higginsvllle fair
ConcOrdia laid out rs a village in the sprin
of 1862, now has a population of 800 citizens
No town in the state can boast of bette
church facilities. enterprising merchants an
good agricultural lands. Here il one goo
theological seminary. several private German
schools. and a Two story public school build
ing. tt e surrounding country is well settle
by prosperous German farmers Henry l
Theiman, Jr., expects to enter Wesleyan Col
loge,at WarrentOn, Mo. 1.-The next session. Th
Concordia pOstofice building is a credit t
the town and the democratic postmaster
Henry Filing, is the right man for the place
The Office does Il large foreign or information
al money order business. Henry Bergma
formerly of the well-knOwn firm of Cha.
Bergman & Son. is now proprietor of u dru
store at Block, six miles from Pa )la, Kansai
Albert Althoff. a printer, and son of the lat
editor and proprietor of the Missouri rhalbote
expects I, enter the school of mines at Rolla
Mo-, at the mes session. VIM. Pfl ,ger,
graduate OF tine Warrensburg Normal, u sue
cessful teacher destined to climb to the top {
the scholastic lad Ter, has been elected secon
principal of the Boonville public schools, an
left last week for his post of duty. MIR!
Freshman, of Sedalia. is visiting her mothe
and sisters here. Will Breackleln late grad
uate OF the st. Louis school of Pharmacy.
spending a few days al home. He has bee
tempered q good position in a hospital but de
clined to enter q medical school this fall. Mr.
VIM. Hoosier, of Higginsville, was here la.
week. Mr.. Hy Meineke is now salesman in W
Teghtbuerlng's new furniture store. A.
Sparks, principal elect of the Concordia pub
lie schools, moved here last week and Is o,
Ter and Caroline streets. Mr.. A. Althof, wh
has lately retired from the Thalbote, Is ez
pectcd to take charge of the Commerce,
hotel the 18th inst. S. D. Fox, formerly
teacher near here, has returned from tn
Buckeye Slate. He has settled down to farm
lug. Jacob Rhegmus, of Red Bud, IIlinoi.
has been visiting here. A new firm has open
ed. Cook i W~alkenhorst. They run "a tie
cent counter and occasionally have al auction
They will draw q good trade. John Hess, lh
baker, is alive and doing well. Concordi
Seminary is well attended and new student
arriving occasionally. j. B. Filing is open
ing a cigar and stationery store in the post
office building. Joe has only the best ink
pens and paper. The public schools Will OPT
Monday the 18th inst. Miss Emma Moratl
of Lexington, has been reelected to the pull
lie schools here. She has taught several SUI
cessfuI terms here. The nomination of Co
John F. Philips, for congress In this, the st
district, is adding strength to the democrat
marty. MANY nannle here ramemhar IL