Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-05-29

LOOMS. mch22mo
Primaries next Saturday.
Remember the strawberry exhibit at the
to-day.
. Home grown green peas have been in mar
ket for several days.
Elias Spruce caught, Wednesday,, a catfish
weighing los pounds.
''Governor" Sellers has whooping cough
the only case we have heard of in the city.
Have YOU used that envelope we sent you a
few weeks ago? If not. please do so at once.
Mr.. James Aull will accept thanks for a
box of strawberries as large and fine as we
ever saw.
The Knights Templar conferred the Red
Cross degree upon three candidates last Mon
day night.
The thermometer is getting to be a high
kicker and has reached the 80 notch several
times this week.
All kinds of early vegetables seem to be
plentiful this season, and the prices asked
for them very reasonable.
Should the railroad Office be removed to
tine new depot, the company would have no
place of business within the city limits.
The ''Babes" are hard TO get away with IN
a game of base ball. They "flaXed'' the W.
NJ. A. bows again last Friday evening" 10 |.
The farmers are busy blowing their corn or
talking to the candidates, and rs a con,e-
quence trade has been dull in town this week.
Mr.. Geo. Maitland has picket, in four
DAYS. 1 900 quarts of Strawberries. Most of
them We're sold in town, 1T an average of 10
cents per quart.
A special session of the criminal court
commences next Tuesday, and then the
familiar form of the professional juryman
will again be seen lettering about the court
house steps.
Mr.. Jerry Butler, beside house painting and
paper hanging, will also do carriage and
buggy painting at reasonable prices. See
change IN his advertisement. Shop on Main
street, opposite the Wedge house..
IigginSvIlle Post:-'"A freight train on the
c. & A. road ran into q lot of cattle last Sun
day between Mt. Leonard and ShackelfOrd.
The engine and ten ears were wrecked, the
fireman was killed and the engineer badly
8 aided"
While Mr.. Riley, the engineer at Mathews
saw mill, on Wm. Hays farm. about four
miles east of town. was assisting three other
men to load a heavy timber on II wagon, last
Monday. by some mishap the timber was
dropped, catching Itlley's foot underneath
aud crushing it in a terrible manner. He was
Immediately brought TO town and placed I'M
der charge of DR.. Russell, who sci the bones
and will probably save the foot.
Mr.. Teubner had some very large straw.
berries in his patch which he expected 10
show to-day, Il few of them being over six
inches in circumference, one of them meas
uriug over : inches. Some miscreant, in
broad daylight. got into the enclosure and
stole these berries, very likely ate them. thus
depriving the association OF a report which
would have been remarkable. We hope some
Of the other growers will lie able to equal
these berries of Mr. Teubner's.
One Of the most reliable institutions in our
country is the franklin Square Library Com.
pany, of Louisville. kentucky. This com
panv has now two agents in Lexington, work.
ing to give us a public circulating library,
composed OF standard works. We are in
need of something of this sort and a better
opportunity coule not present itself, as this
company is widely and favorably known,
Their libraries in st. Louis. st. Joseph, Sc.
dalia. Moberly, etc, have been highly success
full. Every one who pays the small fee may
rest assured he will get more than his moneys
| worth.
The various candidates for county Off ces
addressed a fair sized audience at the court
| hnusp l,st Mnnlav affarpann M, ,or
only began at 3 O'Clock. and consequently
some were deprived of the opportunity of al
dressing the electors much TO their delight
that is the delight of those who would have
had to speak. The candidates were general.
ly in pretty good humor, only one little ripple
occurring. which did not amount to anything
serious. The chairman of the meeting wa.
DR.. Minos Adams. The speakers were
Messrs. Eli Adams, W. +. Purcell, p. W.
Osborn, II. c, Chiles. Robt. Hicklin, C. l.
Ewing, G. b. Daniel, DR.. Chambers, Charlie:
l.. Mitchell, Robert Hale and John Walker
Don't kill or injure the toad>. They ar,
among the best friends of the farmers. mar.
ket gardeners and fruit III isers. Could yor
examine the stomach of the 'horrid thing
you would find it loaded with bugs, flies an,
insects of all kind-, but not one morsel O
ANYTHING of value to the raiser of fruits GLOW
ers, vegetables or grain. Let them alone
they will not harm you, evGa should Won tor.
ture them, but if left to themselves will DIES
troy more insect life in one night than woul,
be necessary to make Your life "A burlel
through all the next day. We do not know
that the killing of one would make yOur COW
give bloody milk, but it ought To. Let then
alone!
first and second mines of the colored base bal
club of this city were practicing ,~laStThursday
preparatory for their visit to Independence
to play the return game, the first of whicl
was played here on Friday of last week
During the progress of the game, Jas. Smil
and Geo. Spranling ran together and the lat
ter was knocked senseless Nv Smiths hi
striking him in the left temple. lie RENAME
insensible for j. or 20 minutes before h
could be restored. and was then found to b
entirely unable to help himself. He was take
home in a spring wagon, a physician sum
moned, and ut last accounts was thought I
T be out OF danger, although symptom
of lock jaw were strongly developed al on
time.