The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-15

Miners pay to-day.
For SaIe-Fine fresh low. Inquire here.
Lexington is the highest market In the state
for country produce.
Go to Royle & Sons for your seats at G. F.
C. concert, Monday night.
Mr.. Jas. G. McGrew came in, in hot haste,
one day this week, to stop his ad. OF miners
wanted. 1t had brought him more men than
he needed.
The new depot, at Myrick, is in course OF
construction. Ii Is 10 be a moderate sized
one, 30x16 feet. and Is situated between the
two tracks, and this side oil the new water
tank.
, From Mr.. W. T. Israel. one Of the fOrtu-
nate drawers of the S15 900 prize in tfe
Louisiana lottery. recently. we learn that the
Malta Bend grIst mill Is to be remo' ed to
Waverly.
The following pupil. OF the Burns school
received high averages and perfect deport-
(ment for the month of November: - MAY
Cretzmeyer, Maud Newman, Lloyd Bryan,
Sallie Stewart, Allie Stewart, Matte Thnmar
and Camillus WsddeiI. Miss GenevIeve Rus
sell, teacher.
Young ladies' and gentlemen desi. Ing 10
qualify themselves for good positions can
3 make themselves eligible in The shortest time
and at a very moderate expense by attending
the night school, where instruction Will be
given IN doub.e-eutry book keeping, CONNER
cial arithmetic and commercial law. dljt3
Royce " Lansing Company the coming AT
traction. Wherever they have once appeartd
The reputation left behind them is a sunIcier
proof OF the reliability Of their promises for
the future, aud the present season cannot
fail to add thousands of friends and fresh
l4urels 10 those already gained. Opera house
hare December 18th.
Texas PraIrie:-Mr. p. w. Osborne came
near losing five pens Of corn recently. II
was psnned near "a straw shed, which was
burned down. The cause of the IRE is un'
known. Mr.. Thos. Hale and sister. of Elm
Springs, johnson county, were the guests Of
. Mr.. VIM. Thomas one day last week. Mr..
! Jas. O'DonneI, of Butte CITY, Mont, is here
ION y visit 10 his father. Baseball seems to
be all the go at Bates City low. They play
every Saturday evening. Mrs. Jane RAIDER
and Miss Mary Osborne have returned from
Virginia. where they have been spending thu
summer with relatives. Mr.. Bud Letton, o
New Mexico, is in the neighborhood %yisIting
friends.
NEVERTHELESS Alma Palliam is i'll. Mr.
aud Mrs. Stephen fell, accompanied by Ulys
Snow. lett for their home in Pueblo, Col, or
the 7th inst. The carpenters have about finish
ed their work or Landrum's hall. 1t will
make an elegant and commodious store room
EThe stock or dry goods formerly owned By
IT.. A. Groves is being sold at auction, Messrs
Evan Young and Scott Thomas, auciioneers
Mr.. VIM. Israel recently bought a neat resi-.
~dence, situated on Commerce street, from
Mr.. II. l.. Tucker; consider alton, $1,000
Err. Jno. w. Walton is ST *. Prof. j. W
Carter and wife have returned from q visit Il
relatives In Sedalia. Mr.. Ernest Warren, o
this vicinity, has accepted u position as clcrl
in Mr.. Grove Young's dry goods store, IL
HiggInsville. Mr.. ID. L.. Cannon, of Malti
Bend, proposes to move his large flour mill.a
place, to Waverly, provided the citizens viii
take 81, 800 stock. This has been readil.
acceded to, and the moving Of the mill vii
Immediately. The ladies' of th'
Methodist Missionary Society gave an enlsp
taInmsnt, Sunday evening. A largepud
ence was we'll eniertnined~
The board Of directors Of the ferry compan,
IN TO meet on pecenber 70, for reorganization
and to take into consideration the question 0
rebuilding the Undine, or of building a new
boat. Incidentally the matter Of Il pcutool
bridge will be discussed. We do not desir
TO do the owners of the stock Of the ferr
Company any ha rm, but we think il Is hardl
violating q confidence to say that 1t does no
, pay very great dividends. Neither do W
J think the pontoon should. We believe sue
q bridge shopld be conducted. not to max
money, bht primarily TO benefit the city o
Lexington. OF course the Jerry compan
cannot aford 10 DO this. sud whatever ! t
be done should be effected by The. people. o
tho city. we have conversed with some o
our merchants on the subject. They thiD
that the advance IN ferry rates some month
ago cut off mercantile business 3Jh per cent
The ferry company thinks 1t could not live
the low rates. Some Of our merchants lie
iieye that free crossing OF the river, Or eve
crossing for a small fee. would add 80 pc
can't. to our commercial business, and hel
other ayocuiions. This view Is not shared b
all the gentlemen Interested in the ferry con
.tny. So it will be seen that here are a nun
b n Of very interesting questions upon whic
there is not perfect unanimity OF opinion
It would, therefore, appear, as this is = pro
p,tious time for 1t, that it would be well t
have these questions discussed by Joint com
mittees representing the business men Of th
eity and the ferry company. Ii the pontooI
bridge Is feasible: il It can be made to work
az we have the highest scientific authority 70
h ,Iieying tina, 1t can then it is an improve
msnt that is within the reach of our people
These are stirring days, and it does not pa
tn idly wait for things to turn up. Success
| nowadays is to him who is wide-awake an
! abreast with the times. The success OF tn
p~ontoon bridge ut Nebraska Guy, and its yer
xbt co It IN comparison with what il accom-
o,isbe,. is attracting attention all over tn
Inite STATES, and certainly deserves carefL
8nyest,gatlon at our bands