The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-01-28
Judge Field il holding court in sedalia.

Judge Field Ia holding court in Sedalia.
Subscribe to tho new series OF the Build.
ing and Loan Association.
The local coal dealers are still about two
hundred lolda behind their orders.
Track laying on the extension has reached
II point two miles beyond Marshall.
Called meeting OF the. council. Thursday
night next. at ! O'Clock. See official notice
elsewhere.
Mr.. G. +. Lane killed a wild turkey, q
hen' on the island, last Monday. and a gobler
on the next day. The hen weighed ten
pounds and the gobbler thirteen. :.
Capt. 10. A. Wilson has resigned his posi-.
ton as cashier Of the Lafayette county bank.
his brother, Mr.. Robert Wilson, taking bis
place. Capt, Wilson will 10 future devote
Ills entire time TO his insurance business.
officer Howard Williams arrested, Thurs.
day, Bush Foster. d colored mau, because he
was insane and threatening 10 lnjure per-
sons. de had TO be chained to the wall IN
Inc Jail 10 prevent him from Injuring himself.
A Lexington, KY, special says the cele. !
brated trotting Stallion, Happy Medium
valued at $40 900, died last Wednesday morn.
ing. He was foaled Ia 1859. Thirty nine OF
his get have records of $3.50 or lower, II.
was owned by General W. T. wi,hers.
One Frank Wright. who was visiting a.
brother, AN employe of MIR. J. X. Smith who
lives near Mayyiew, was arrested, last Sat.
urday. by Il Benton county officer assisted by |
Mr.. John Pool. When the Off eers entered he
ran, but Mr.. Pool brought him to with a sho,
over his head. He Is charged with borsa
stealing, the animal he rode. however, not
being the one which he stole. A horse Is !
missing from the place Of a Mr.. Meyers, near !
MAYHEM, and Wright is suspected Of stsst, !.
Ing it.
An old man named Shaw, who lives near !
Waterloo. was here, Wednesday, looking
after his fourte n-year-old daughter, who
had some three days before run sway with
a man named ~Salyers, some twelve yesu
her senior. The three had a monkey and
parrot time over on Franklin avenue and
attracted more or less derisivs attention.
There was II good deal Of discussion about
matrimony, blu no wedding. though the
'lookers on in Vienna' thought that should
have been The climax of the occasion.
Messrs. Cbinn, Schaefermeyer and Russell.
a committee Of the council appointed by tina
mayor. are considering the feasibility and
desirability Of organizing Lexington as q city
OF the third class under the general laws of the
state. There are some strong reasons WIN
this should be done, and so far we sec nc
reason why II should not. Still, before tn
people are called upon 10 aci the present
charter should be carefully compared with
the general ~ ,tute. Al at the last census
Lexington did not have 5000 inhabitants n
VIII be necessary before we can proceed 10
take Il census Of the city. The committee has
had Two meetings this week, and is inyesti. |.
gazing The subject thoroughly.
NsVeiiY TImes:-Mr. Isaac Taylor sold.
on Wednesday last, 20 head OF /, 200 pound
cattle to Messrs, Campbell and Sydnor, ut a.
cents. for feeders. Messrs. Campbell and
y dnOr, nre feeding 05 head of cattle and l76
hogs. t. 5. Larkin is feeding 35 head Of cat,
tie and about 70 hogs. Henry Larkin Is feed.
Ing Is cattle and 80 hogs. John Enox is feed.
ing 20 head Of cattle and 30 hogs. Jas. Bas-
CON Is feeding 30 head of cattle, number OF
hogs not KNOWN, Col. John Donaldson Ia
feeding ITO cattle aud 40 hogs. John Willis
Is feeding 55 head Of cattle aud so hogs. Chas. r
Bulkley Is feeding 90 heSd Of cattle aud 400
hogs. j. X. Thomas IA feeding 80 osttlS n;,d
100 hogs. Robert Graham Is ioedipp $50 cal
Tic and $50 hogs. n, +. Bu"LA returned home
Sunday irom Chlcn"J. lie re or,s having
met Il falling ma, ket, owing to the crowded
condition vi the yards and the Indictment
weather.
Waverly Times,-The depot will soon 10
completed. The depot at Edwards Mill Is
under construction. We had u pleasant call
from +. I. John, OF Lexington, this week.
We are promised n twenty thousand dollar
mill man in the near future. Hurrah for
WaVerly In II few days she Will have Two
PASSENGER trains daily. Miss Willie Z. Big
gerslslf. ID Lexington, is visiting relatives
snl irlrndu in this cIty. liIb Tucker, Jr..
has been heard from. lie Is now in ArkaD.
sa-. 80 miles from Memphis, Tenn. and Is
doing we'll. Mr.. Charley COrdeT received IL
telegram from Galloway county, stating that
her mother was diving, on Monday last. The
A. o. U, W. Lodge. No. 1855. elected Grand
Master john +. Cordcr ~ Il representative Of
Middleton Lodge, No. 1856, to the Grand
Lodge, at 81 Louis, on February IA, viii
Past Grand Master W. Scott Thomas as alter
nate.