Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-10-30
are now ripe.
Hughes had q small crowd.

Hughes had q small crowd.
Wheat and grass are growing nicely.
Read Mr.. j. B. Silver's ad. of cattle for sale.
Don't fail to vote, aud see that your neigh
Dor does likewise.
The weather is delightful, but stock water
is still very scarce.
Work at the new mill is progressing speed
lily and satisfactorily.
Remember the thoroughbred stock sale at
Higginsville next Thursday.
Read the sale I'D. of the Messrs, Maltby.
Stock men will do well to attend the sale.
The few DAYS Of cooler weather. this week.
have made the apple packing business lively
again.
The sidewalks about town should be re-
paired before cold weather sets In, when it
will be impossible to do so.
Tho pecan crop is said to be heavy this
year, and numerous nutting parties visit the
bottoms opposite this city every week.
It 10 said that the new iron bridge now be-
ing built near the residence Of Mrs. Marshall,
while not the most costly, will he the best
one In the county.
Mr.. Jack Nelson's saw mill is now located
on Mr.. Loeb Terhune's p lace (the old Andy
L2u6y IkIWJs WucEo u0 Will uhVO RASAty VI
white oak lumber soon.
Mrs. Catherine Duling has purchased the
.'Cloud" or "Callahan" place, about two and
one-half miles south Of this city and will re-
move thereto so soon as possession can be had.
Will our city dads please remove the gas
lamp at the old depot to the plank sidewalk
near the laundry building. It would then be
Of moch more benefit to persons passing to
and from the new depot. As at present To-
Gated, since the change in depots, it seems
more for ornamen than use.
Democrats, be sure to vote next Tuesday,
and consider it a sacred, religious duty that
you owe to your Country to see that every one
Of your neIghbors, old, infrm or Indifferent,
Lafayette county that he carelessness OF Its
democracy has defeated Judge Philips.
Miss Fannie Allen, at the Third Ward
school, has forty six enrolled pupils, nearly
all Of whom are in daily attendance, and has
only twelve desks (all that can be placed in
the room) at which to seat them. The pack
ing children, like sardines in q box, Is in3ur-
ious In the extreme and should he avoided in
some manner.
Concordia: Judge Jno. F. Philips made
an excellent impression In his excellent
speech here Thursday. 2sth inst. The people
had been anxiously waiting to hear the
colonel, many Of whom served under his
command. 1t was like home to be with his
old soldiers. He claimed that his boys In
blue were both true and brave, and always
ready at the sound of the bugle note. The
people paid good attention to his speech and
treated the colonel with the highest respect.
He was greeted with music and magnificent
hospitality, and will long remember Concor-
dia and his old soldiers, many Of whom will
compliment him with votes next Tuesday.
Kansas City Times, October 26.-"About
four hundred colored citizens paid their re-
spects to the republican ticket, In a way that
could not be mistaken, on the public square
last night. There was q number of speeches
made by md, y ndent colored voters who
strongly denounced the republican ticket
from top to bottom. They urged the entire
coIored people to forsake the party which
had deceived them SO long, and choose the
men whom their judgment selected. The
crowd was a very enthusiastic one and the
Z speeches rspudisting the policies Of the men
Of the republican party were received with
constant cheering Mr. c. A.. j. Taylor was
the principal speaker"