Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-07-10
Rain is badly NEEDED.

hain Ii DauIy sneeueu.
Get ready to show something at the fair.
Severa, farmers hsv e. this week, expressed
to US the hope that we would soon have the
drinking fountains.
Mr.. Rufus Mccormack finished threshing
July L, He made 22i bushels to the acre
half of 1t number 2, and half of it number 8.
He sold to Mr.. Wsddell at 60 cents.
Does not our critic think that it is even
more dogmatic in Its assertions than is the
Intelligencers 1t looks that way to US, but
maybe we are mistaken, we do hot claim to
bs infallible.
Col. Fred. Schaeffer Post G.. A. 3. gave q
picnic ut Concordia Saturday. Mr.. II. C.
Schwartz of the Thalbote Rad the Declara-
ton of Independence, aud Mr.. J. W. Branch
siid to have been y good one.
Register :-"Mr. W. g. McCau.land and
the Intelligencer have put in water service.''
As this is not true, we suppose it would be
quite in order for US to map 1t up as an occas-
ion to read our contemporary a lecture on in
fallibilitY, and to air our superior sources for
information.
POGO in Higginsville Post:-"Mr. Jacob
HOlsten, who lived three miles southw est of
Concordia, assisted u neighbor to stack wheat
on SATURDAY. last. About dark he and his
little son, Henry, returned home, esch riding
a horse. When they reached the gate in
front of the house. the animal ridden by Mr..
Holster became frightened from some I'M
known cause and started to run away with
its rider. Mr.. II. cried out two or three
times to the horse to stop and then all
daughter of Mr.. H., hearing their father call
to his horse, FASTENED to render him assis-
lance, but when arriving at the gate they
could see nothing of their father; so they fol-
lowed up in the direction that the horse was
supposed to have gone. and had not proceed
ed upward of thirty yards when they came
upon their father lying senseless in a fence
corner, with bis head terribly cut and bruised
He lived some ten minutes after being found,
but never spoke. The funeral took place on
Sunday evening, in the Lutheran cemetery,
and was largely attended. He leaves five
children, one of whom is married."
An alarm was sounded about 1890 O'Clock,
S AuSSuoy "OAuAukS "utCu PEOteu 10 De
by e fire at Longs hotel, caused by q
defective chimney. The fire ran down the
dry shingle roof, and at one time seemed to
the destruction of the building. The
ire company was at the scene of action
within 3 minutes of the alarm and In less than
. minutes more the fire Was extinguished.
boys had the hose screwed on before the
other end was unreeled, and seemed almost
to keep on a continuous run from the engine
house to the roof of the burning house;
beside which they hal sense enough to Just
put on enough water, and then stop prevent
ing unnecessary damage from that source.
Their action was altogether credltable. The
ire demonstrated the necessity for a boo.
aud ladder truck, with axes, ropes, etc. Mr..
Frank Gates from the lack of proper appli-
ances came very near falling from the west
slope of the root, which would have resulted
in his death, He was only saved by the op-
clutch of the hand BY someone stand.
ing near HIM. A large part of Mrs. Longs
Furniture was moved out into the street. and
of it was damaged by rough handling.
The damage by fire was slight, and the roof
has been repaired. She was amply insured.
Waverly:-Mr. R. S. Dinwiddie has sold
his hne black horse "Ierome." to some one
from Lexington. Mr.. George Cunningham
and wife, of New York City, are visiting the
family Of Judge JnO. j. Hall, of this place.
mighty Dakota, Capt. Geo. Keith, mas
has passed up. There were very few ey-
Oh board. Mrs. H. e.. Francisco.
OF Lexington. who has been visiting her
many friends in and around Wayerly, return
home last week. Messrs. Lake Henry.
Leslie Corder and DIR. ]. W. Carter attended
The festival at the Christian church in Dover
on The evening of the 29th. They did not.
wear "blacE plugs'' but in every way enloyed
themselves. Miss Lizzie Motto the daughter |
OF our esteemed citizen, K. p. Motto, has re-
turned to her home after an absence of three
years III south Carolina and Florida. She will !
be another bright ornament added to our !
circle Of young people. The sermon al the '
tresbS terian CHURCH on Sunday luorIinE, " as
an able and scholarly discourse. delivered by
The Rev. Il. /. Hobson, OF Springfield, Mo.
His text was from the Goth, 9th and 6stb
verses, 9th chapter of ST. John. He is a dis
tlnet AND pleasant speaker, Possessing a mag
netlsm which claims the entire attention OF
bis audience. The wheat yield in this Sec !
lion Of Lafayette county is not so great as
was at first expected. The average yield to
the acre will be about Ia bushels. Some
making as low Us six bushels per
acre. Others expect to make As and over. On
account of some threshiug too soon after the
rains the wheat is damp, but rs a rule the
grain is sound and will command q good
price. |