The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-06

III oOi NAV oAohNeJ
There was a fine RAIN last Thursday night.
Read Col. NJ. V. l.. McClelland's sale I'D
yertisement.
Three brass bands and two drum corps
enlivened the procession at Concordia last
Saturday night.
The fire works were so prOfuse in Concordia
last Saturday night that it was thought pru-
lent to appoint watchmen to guard against
the danger of fire.
Coats make good gun wadding when you
have somebody eIse's coat, but when you use
your own under the mistaken idea that it Is
the other fellows, the joke is not quite so
funny.
On Friday. November 2, Messrs. Francis,
holland and Wallace will speak in Lexington.
Lafayette, Saline, Jackson, johnson and Ray
count clubs should be here to receive and
hear the next governor of the state oil the
public issues Of the day. Mr.. Francis and
Mr.. holland can very fully fill the time OF
an afternoon meeting, and Mr.. w. ii.
Wallace, the silver-tongued orator, OF Kansas
City, car interest and instruct an audience at
a night meeting. The Workingmen's and
Bandana clubs should take steps at once to
make this the banner democratic meeting OF
ths county in this campaign. Beside the
band there should be a glee club, and the
opera house should be used instead of the
court house. See to 1t, boys.
A fellow named Scbnakenberg, who had
been requested to act as Waterman to guard
agaInst fire ut Concordia last Saturday night,
imagining that he had been appointed u
policeman and must do something to show
his authority, armed himself Will u club, put
on a star. and then attempted to prevent the
hallooing for Cleveland and Thurman upon
the streets. Not succeeding in this and mad
because he could not put the whole crowd in
the calaboose on account of their noise, he
waited until the return tram to Lexington
was pulling out, Jumped upon the platform
Of one of the cars and struck Mr. Wood Payne,
Of Higginsville. upon the head with his club,
knocking him senseleSs, and then jumped
upon the depot platform and escaped In the
crowd. There are three fortunate clrcum-
stances connected with the affair, ut least 10
Schnakenberg. The first is that the train was
In motion when the outrage was committed
the second, that the fact was not generally
AuO"u upOu IL ioi bOno mUIucuIS hllcE
the occurrence; and third, a friend of Payne's
happened to itch the boy before ne rolled
off the platform under the wheels. which he
would almost certainly have done had he been
alone. Payne's only offense was In halloOing
for Cleveland. Schnakenberg was arrested
last Wednesday, brought to this city and
placed in Jail, where he awaits the action of
the grand jury and where he will have
abundant time to study the right of free
speech in America.
The democratic demonstration at Concor-
dia, last Saturday and Saturday night, was q
grand affair, not less than 1900 or 1000 PEG.
pie being In attendance from Lafayette John
son, Pettis and Saline counties. There were
representatives from thirteen democratic or
ganIzationS, and many ladies, some of the
latter riding miles In all kinds OF vehicles and
on horseback to be present, and all as enthu-
siastie as the gentlemen in giving eclst to the
occasion. In the afternoon Mr.. John C.
Tarsney, candidate for congress from this
district, made a forcible and eloquent address
OF three hours duration, discussing all the
national issues In a fair, candid and c~Onvinc-
ing manner and was listened to throughout by
q large and attentive audience, many Of whom
had never before, perhaps, heard these topics
discussed from democratic standpoint. ant
we predict tine leayep placed in the lump upor
that occasion will make itself felt at no dis
tant gay. Indeed, already have we heard o.
some being turned from the error of theil
way. and who have seen the iniquities of the
present war tariff In . new light and vii
give their suffrages to the reform movement
which is now sweeping the country iron
Maine to Georgia, and from the Pacific to the
Atlantic At night there was a grand torch
light procession. all the clubs and many cili'
zens, on foot, on horseback, In buggies
wagons aud carts. participating. The linz
was not less than a half-mile long, and wal
headed by the Lexington Flambeau Club
under command Of Capt. 10. A.. Wilson ant
an efficient corps of lieutenants. This club
organized only q few veeks ago, number 81
members, nearly every one of whom IS {
voter, and 40 were in line upon this occasion
their first public parade. Their marching
prompt and skillful execution OF commands
and martial appearance would have been NJ
discredit to Il aimed soldiers. Their uniform.
are beautiful, and their helmets, when bril-,
lisntly illuminated after the command, fire,
glistened like dew drops in the morning sun
and We could not but think they were emOIa'
matical OF the democratic light which would
soon shine In all its etiulgence, even in he,
nighted Concordia. After the parade, In re
spouse to repeated and persistent calls, shor
speeches were made by Capt. r. A. Collins
Judge l.. Ryland and Mr.. WIN. Aull, not
withstanding the announce ment had beer
made from the stand that the hour was SO lat
that the exercises would have to be brough
to a close in order to give the people from
distance a chance to go home. Altogether, i
was a day long to be remembered.