The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-04-07

NJ. Taos. O. Young ia announced to-day
for city recorder
Iii" street sprinkler commenced regular
work Iset Thursdty.
Clean uP the streets every Friday. The
city " II haul oil tIe dirt.
Mi"-nuri river s,cs nbobt MATTERS seem to
be In an undecided condition.
Everything has to pay up soma time; even
the lite chicken has to shell out.
The |. \. e. &. net with the Misses Mn
CleIlauh last Monday. II will meet next
a. Mr.. H,de'-.
Mr.. l.. l0-taSno'- horse ran away with
hun, lust Mnud A., threw him out Of the
wagon. und broke his nrm in TWO places.
There is . brIck famine Ia town. Not Gnc
can be lHd tor even foundation purposes, aud
building operations. are seriously lmpcdcd
thereby.
II Will lie little trouble for tho sheriff TO
hang the next murderer. Tue WitrC Go.
has erected "A perm tnent vqliow. convenient
TO the Jail.
The depot question seems still to be in
allegiance, with The prospect tl,ut tho location
viii tie somewhere about the waIerwOrk-
pumphousc.
'atb ga N'tN1 HFIC H''-'" NJ NV
election for school directors last tuesday.
The old directors, were unanimously elected,
there being no other caudiJates for the
places.
4 miniature cyclone, about as large rs IA
barrel, which runriHucd TO whiri for a. least
two minutes, attracted considerable attention
last Wednesday. on Main street. IN front Of
the courthouse. IL was Il beauty.
! Mr.. Evan Young ANNOUNCES himself to-day
NJ q candidate for county treasurer. Dir.
Young is an old aud well known resident of
the county, u good democrat and IA clever gen.
tleman, aud would make, il elected, All ac-
commOdating and polite officer.
II is annoumccd in the papers that the
Santa Fe now proposes to build its ST. Louis
road a. far ~ Versailles, thence to SedtIia
and Lexington and across 10 the Junction;
aud thai it viii for the present abandon The
idea nf building that line GA through TO Kan
slS City,
Wheat has como out of the March ordeal
bravery. \ very little OF the late crop has
been damaged. but most of the ileldS have a
heavy stand. The crop promises 10 be one of
the largest we have ever had. and II William
aud Boulangcr have their way il will com
mand II big price.
Mr.. john Il. Santincycr, our present efh-
Client assessor. announces himself. to-day, rs
: sCaudidate for reelection. So far he ha. 10
opposition. tie has done his WORK IN first
rate shape. aud rs it is usual 10 re-elect an
officer once under these circumstances, he
will very likely have no trouble lhI, time III
securins tue nomination.
One Of the very be>t things Lexington has
ever enjoyed is the street sprinkler. Mr..
Gibson Is a man who, when he undertakes
anything, does it well, aud everybody was
pleased with the service rendered last year.
This year no Is mulch better equipped in
every WAY. and can do even moro firicnI
work. We trust our citizens viii appreciate
his efforts aud encourage him literally.
Mr.. Chris Walk came near being killed,
last Thursd ~, while coupling cars. lu tho bot
tom above town. A large lump Of coal ieli
from one OF the cars and struck him on top
Of the head, knocking MIN down, but he had
presence OF mind enough to catch hold Of the
car and hang On while he was dragged eight
or Ten feet before the train could be stopped.
He escaped with only a scalp wound and
some bruises, and went to work again Friday.
A debating society has been organized with
Geo. Price, president; f. NJ. Taubmtn. vics-
president; b. K. ireland, secretary and
treasurer; Il. Is. SilVerman, critic; WIN. J..
Howe, marshal. TIE society will meet nrXl
Tuesday evening, at the Y. NJ. &. A. rooms,
30 debate the question, "it2s1lved, that Glad
stone Is n Greater state .msn than Bismarck"
| IN. 40 a, -. q. - a., .,l H.. ,k,,LIs, l.. l..
yited TO attend. The society should lie u very
useful one.
San Dicgan. San Diego, Cal, Of March y:
The funeral OF Colonel ". Jef. Lakewood
was well attended this morning, from the
undertaking establishment of Gallagher Il
Schnebel. We did not hear what preacher
was In attendance, but ~ Colonel GatewOOd
|, was u believer, and raised in the Cumberland
3 church, 1t may he there was one such in at
, tendance. We knew the mother Of Colonel
GatewoOd, the second wife of Rev. Mr..
, Dixon, near Dover. in Lafayette county. Mo
4 OF course, she is quite an aged lady now. If
|. alive, Of which we have no knowledge OF late
, years.
. ConcOrdia: MIR. Peter Peterlng, All Old
5 settler and prominent farmer residing 1ve
I miles south OF here, died Monday evening,
. alter an Illness Of only Il few days. The
= resurrection day OF our Savior, Easter. was
celebrated in all our churches. The weather
/ was rne aud n good many people participated
In the Lords supper. On Easter Monday six
persons were bspLiscd In Peter Uphaus'
] pasture by Rev. Mr.. GraaImsn. The follow.
ing candidates were victorious In the cit,
\ election last Tue-hay:-F. e. Cook. mayor;
! j. ". WalkenhOrst, city marshal, and J. L
LohoefeneT and Louis Thiemaun, aldermen
. Mr.. X. Sewn and wife, editor OF the Missouri
+ ThalbOte, spent Easter IN Sedalia. We
noticed +. MOrath. of Lexington, on our
! streets Inst Monday. John Kroencke Is going
I to bui'd II fine re,idencc t.IS season. Not q
! single dwelling house il vacant ut present. A
boom IL expected this year. 1t has been SAID
that tho old Doctor Dunkly, at Dunksburg.
, has been very SICK his wife died recently
mud since that tine the dpcIur has not been
we'll ut all. MIR. Louis Tcgelcr received the
I sad news Of the death Of his sons, Fritz.
: young vile. who llvc! in Nebraska. All oar
g,ri' nOw wear "jt-ntlierv, = soInr ~ thcm
nav" such u v"iulnc thi 1t B., sometimes very
d hicn'i for 'h"se " NJ Ladies 10 ENTER :.
pew 10 cent them-clTr- c,infnrisbiy. ~ tAs
''irgmtil ~" wont toler,ir iuTt. you know
Mr.. Carl Liea'. "t Cur!or. paid II, "a visit on
"Wednesday. Henry Barrels sut h. farm "a
A. LOhinanu, at y42 40 pci acre; tr also -cIIX
his prrs0nal FRO! eTty this week. Concordis
voted for eight months sr.Onl. Mis- Fliza-
, beth IIsmm teaches ia the German Mctho-
di+i church,