The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-03-17

A st. Louis Chinaman has IA case OF
genuine old fashioned leprosy. The
leper is 10 Gong, the alleged protector
of the Highlander murder, who has
been conducting IL laundry, employing
nearly a dozen Cinnamon, ever since
his release from jail. For seVeraJ
months he has not been able to work
but he attended to calls at his laundry.
walked upon the street and perambula-
ted the n~eighburhood without reserve
until late in January. All this time he
gave out that he had contracted rhcu
matism while lying in Jail, and he per
mitted the children of the %neighbar.
hood to swarm about his place, and la
fact seemed TO enjoy having them visit
him. Late in January JOS condition
became much worse, and those who
visited the laundry noticed that his
face had become covered with most un'
slightly red blOtches, and he could moi
move without grooming. All this time
the laundry was open for business, aud
scores of bundles went IN aud out Of
the place every day, several large
boarding houses in the neighbOrhoo6
contributing a large share of the work
Hundreds of people have visited his
laundry daily and there prevails among
those who have been exposed to the
l,n,lr,I .l;.,,,o tIn ,Nr,N,t ;rI;r,tto,
and alarm.
A Sioux Falls, OAK, telegram says
a very funny state of affairs is existing
in Sioux Falls just now. Sioux Falls
is a prohibition city, a fact that some OF
the Norwegians who advocated the re-
form cannot as yet fully comprehend
Those of that nationality who voted
for prohibition last November, and
who a few days ago, on the day the
new regulation took effect, were refus-
cd their regular quart of alcohol, ex-
pressed a good deal of Dissatisfaction.
They were under the impression that
the refusal to grant county and city
retail license for the sale of liquor
would cheaper alcohol, and therefore
they worked for the success of the
measure early and late, casting an
almost solid Norwegian vote against
licensing saloons. How this idea gained
currency among the foreign born agri-
cultural voters is not very clear, but as
the prOhibitionists were about the only
canvassers in the farming districts, it is
just possible that they deviated from
their usual straight and narrow course
to create this delusion in the minds of
the Scandinavian farmer, nearly all of
whom use alcohol as a beverage.
MIR. S. Ii. H. Clark, first vice-presi-
dent and general manager of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, has gone to Hot Springs,
Ark, for his health. When Mr.. Clark
passed through Kansas about two
weeks ago he had to be carried from
the company's office to his car. lie
went from there to St. Louis, but did
not improve, and was forced to leave
for Hot Springs last Saturday. His
condition Is such that nc cannot trans
act pressing business that demands his
attention, and his friends fear that he
must resign his position or forfeit his
life. The strain Of supervising the
workings of such a large system as the
! Missouri Pacific has been very severe
on Mr.. Clark, who has not been in the
best of health for several years.
The judges Of the county court of
st. Clair county who have been in Jail
in Jefferson City for nearly Il year tor
refusal TO comply with the mandamus
Of Judge Krekel's court requiring them
to make a levy to pay a Judgment upon
county railroad bonds. applied ut the
late term of that court for a writ of
habeas corpus in order for a release
from Imprisonment. The writ was
refused and the judges remanded TO
jail. The case will be taken up to the
i'O a 1upiChlC CuuIL.
While the Inhabitants of New York
state were last Thursday luxurating IN
four feet of snow, with the thermome-
ter from twelve to fourteen degrees
below freezlng and the wind blowing
at a speed OF siXty-tive miles per hoHr,
we IN Missouri were striving to worry
through life with the thermometer at
seventy in the shade, the sun shining
brightly and the buds and grass show
ing plainly the approach of genial
spring.
Henry Bergh, the friend of the dumb
brute, died at his home in New York,
March II He Vas the founder and
president of the society for the preven-
ton OF cruelty to animals, and to him
is due the passage of many laws to
protect animals from cruelty, and a
reform in the treatment of animals
generally. His was a useful life, and
he was a hero in his way.
American sugar is retailed III the city
of London, England, at II less price per
pound than the same can be bought
at Wholesale in the United States.
This is one of the great benefits con-
ferred upon II people by the sugar
trusts and the protective tariff.
The State Democratic Central Com
mittee will meet to-day at the Lindeli
hotel, ST. Louis, to decide upon a date
Tor holding the convention to nominate
delegates to the national convention.
Washington City was the center OF q
severe blizzard last Monday. The rail
roads leading into the city were block
AIDED by snow, fallen trees, telegraph
poles, wires, etc.