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Gently in spite of holidays and bad
weather.
. Marblehead, Mass, came very near
being entirely destroyed by fire on
Chr1stmas dax The fire Was caused
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Before Withdrawing entirely from
Suakim the British will build strong
permanent forts on which guns will be
mounted 80 as to sweep the plains. The
black regiments will be left to garrison
the place. nAosgsiaA
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Henilemen democrats, the Monroe
dosiripe is of democratic origin. 1t is
r0pular. We must control the Nicar-
azna canal. Your opportunity to act
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Mr cleveland will be the first can
di6a<s with q majority of the popular
v5Ee over his opponent to be defeated
ia The electoral college.
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by the explosion Of a can of benzine in
a basement.
Gen. Boulanger announces his inten-
ton to contest against the ministerial
candidate the seat for Paris in the
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ouolASSA
the death of N. Hude.
A train robbery occurred near
Truckee, Cal, on the night of the Gath
iust. 1t is thought that the robbers got
only. about $500, an express package of
am nnn ha;n1 ouarlookad
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1t is stated that there are sixteen
bridges across the Missouri river. The
pontoon bridge at Lexington should be
the seventeenth.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-29

spiouous in France again. lie Is, ike
Blsine, a demogogue and a dangerous
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-29

adyocates the Nicaragua canal Let
America be ruled from this side OF the
ocean.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-29

We call the especial attention OF
Lexington people to the pontoon
bridge article from the Leavenworth
Times.
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Gappois Herd 10 act dog in-rbe-
manager. We must one- else
s0ntrol The Isthmus, OF He Nest make
tha cahal and controls s1 adEkp Amer
62n people are in fasop 1pse Mica
fagua plan. Let us H
Lieutenant Wissma16 sse!f<eaorder-
ed to crush the revolt African
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hre OH CnflsInhs uay'
Lamar will have no signal service
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-29

of them are anxious TOR a case
than tired of coupon clipping. To
both classes we wish a happy New
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-29

Cincinnati had a half million dollar
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OF season, ana Wneh lneY geI oiu, iIhe
superannuated preachers, they find
their way as best they may TO the bone
yard. In spite of oil these and more
they are a merry and a jolly lot, aud
we wish them a most happy New
Year.
We ha, G now received several num-
bers of the Sedalia Gazette, the success
sor to the Democrat. The Gazette is
edited and managed by the two well
and able newspaper men, Mr.. A. G.
Baldwin, formerly editor of the Mar
shall Daily News, and Mr.. John A.
Hanney, for many years editor of the
Versailles Gazette. Both of these gen.
tlemen bring to their work energy.
experience and tact. Mr.. Baldwin is a
fustler for news and business. and Mr..
hasfda heiuo q. Oond writar ia
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The Ohio White Caps are still at
auork
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Salisbury is to have a Q bank with
ooB of e00
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-29
There WAS enough ant
pare. The school Is i'm q osperou CON:

10 snerp- Thc school /. i'm a DrOsnprOus con-
,d,ior
rhe pone n, last Monday made a sneecb
hoc,ra ,ha ,,IIogo or .,r,i,,Is- Ia red
- .,o;m 80 ,ou,noro, rh..or I'D ,o,oo,o, ,bo
-..-,,.. ,.., ho - =, oaom,,o U.Iu
-, C-,hoIia, ho., ~ ,ho s.,rts.
- Inrau, aa,,aso ,i.o s,~nra,..as~o, ~
- MI D.. 49,, e. f
-, N, uoi,, l,hor., r,r,y
Tno boor,. NJ Tho oh. ,dran of the Ch,ist,J.
scbool were made tn rei,ice ~,
,,,,, ,u. ~ - -,
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Flats in the big cities are said not to
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w. -
A Fortune for Somebody.
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A TERRIBLE DISASTER.
Just before Christmas day was ush-
cred in, the steamer John Fl. Hannah,
loaded with cotton from Ouachita,
burned at Plaquemine, La. The boat
and cargo were a total loss. The
number of people who persisted is not
positively known. but the loss of life
was at least thirty and may be much
beyond that number. Captain j. 5.
Holmes was in command and was
burned to death. First Clerk Sam
Powell was dro W ned. The old pilot,
Bob Smith, a passenger on the Inflated
vessel, was burned to death. Several
persons persisted in the flames and a
number jumped overheard and were
drowned. Captain Holmes body was
terribly burned. Bob Smith was the
pilot of the j. M. White at the time she
was burned. Samuel Powell, the chief
clerk, was especially brave in his
efforts tn ave the lives of others, losing
his own in consequence. A partial list
of the lost is, Captain j. S. Holmes,
master of the boat; Samuel Powell,
chief clerk; Bob Smith, pilot, from
Smithland. La; Mike O'Neill, night
Waterman; Joe Crane, cabin watch
man; Monroe Deck, first cook; Jack
Duff, second cook; Joe Harvey, cabin
boy Jim W Watson, second baker; John
Crafton, eaifpepter John. Barlow,
coloredsn Dick Blank. rolorsa meas
room tender; Steploe John Monroe
Diggs,a cool; 4 child of Percella
Wright, colored. There were forty.
four roastabouts on the Hannah, of
whom thirty.three are known to have
been saved, leaving eleven unaccounted
for. Among those who were badly
burned are, Dan Carroll, steward; Jim
O'Neill, deck hand; John Gibbons,
sailor Louis Welsh, roustabout. None
OF the men could say what was the
origin of the fire. The general
impression, however, is that some
careless smoker threw a cigar among
the cotton bales and thereby caused
the disaster. The fire was so rapid
that before the pilot had finished
sounding three alarIh whistles the
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Vest has his armor on.
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Rsilgtous.
Usual services at the Baptist church TO-
morrow at IL u. M, and ! p. IN.
Y. n. e. A. tomorrow, at 3 p M. at their
rooms over the Morrison Wentworth Bank.
Regular services at the Methodist church
tomorrow, Sunday, morning and evening.
The Young Peoples prayer meeting will
take place at the Christian church every
Saturday night.
Prayer meeting at the East Lexington
Chapel every Tuesday night ut 1880. Sunday
g hooI at 300 p. III.
Regular services at the Christian church
Tomorrow morning and evening, Elder geo.
w. Terrell officiating.
The Young Peoples Bible class of the NJ.
f. church will meet every Friday night, for
Christian work and study.
Rev. A. w. Herman will preach at the
German Evangelical church Sunday morning
at 1890 and In the evening at 1880.
The Womun's Missionary Society of the
First Baptist church hold their regular meet
ings on the first Monday of every month, at
8 p. IN.
There will be no services at the Baptist
church Tomorrow, the pastor being absent
attending the quarterly meeting of the
Lafayette and johnson Association at Kings
Vile.
Services at Second Baptist church COLOR
ed) every Sunday ut IL n. m. and 8 p. M.
Sunday school at $3.50 q. IN. Prayer meet
ing every Wednesday at s, p. m. W. Ii.
Howard, pastor.
Sunday school 1T the Presbyterian church
every Sunday morning at $3.50 O'Clock;
preaching st IL II. m, and I p. M; prayer
meeting a. I p. M, Wednesday, and teach
ers' meeting and Bible class at s p. NJ, We'd
nesday.
Daily services at the Catholic church, 81
o'clock, u. M; Sunday services 81 and 1O1
O'clock, a. M, and q O'Clock, p. M, Rev. j.
j. Lilly, officiating, excepting on the last
Sunday In the month when Father Lilly
will hold services in Wellington.
Services at Christ church Tomorrow, first
Sunday after Christmas, at IL u M. and I p.
m. Subject:-.'The Second Personal Coming
and Appearing of Our Blessed Lord as
Taught by the Holy Ghost" Two special
sermons appropriate TO the season.
Elder G.. b. Edgar, formerly pastor OF the
Christian church in this city, has accepted u
call to a church in Brooklyn, N. 7. Elder
C. 5. Lucas, who was also here for a good
while, and who was much beloved by the
people, has accepted a call to Cynthiana, Ky.
The Sunday school Christmas exercises at
the NJ. E. Church, on Monday night, Deem
Der %, were quite interesting. A well pre-
pared programme was faultlessly rendered,
and the singing by the little ones was re-
markably good. All were made happy by
the distribution of gifts at the close.
The East Lexington Sunday School enjoyed
u rich treat on Tuesday afternoon. The
parents of the children and friends OF the
school brought well-fiIled baskets, aud the
hearts OF the many children were made glad.
All partook freely. There WAS enough and
to spare. The school is in a prosperous con-
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conversant with the politics aud public
neil of the state and nation. The
combination should bring success to
the paper, and great benefit to the town
in which it is printed. There is no one
thing that a so help to build up a
place as a good newspaper, and we
hope the Gazette will be appreciated
by the people OF Sedalia, and that they
will give to it their moral and material
support.
John Fitzgerald, in behalf Of himself
and other stockholders of the FitZger-
aid s. Mallory construction company,
filed suit, Monday last in the Lancaster
district court in Nebraska, against the
Missouri Pacific railway company and
the Fitzgerald & Mallory construction
company, praying tor an accounting.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-29

One million majority of the white
voters of the United States are demo-
Gratis.
st. Louis leads the United States in
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eIrtclai County paper.
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1t appears that the favorable news OF
some ten days ago as regards the
Panama canal loan was erroneous, and
that as a matter of fact the loan failed,
which means the collapse of the enter
prise. Now, it is the duty OF the
democratic administration to give Us, Q,
Nicaragua canal billsaat gencesT TRl
Monroe doctrine raed pdea1tp aiahe7l
this counsfs 3!nes 5iIi5f pfn dSahsS
mate s = !;I58 ssas,y a y.
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'SVkkMAg SW6NAhhs""'""
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The action is based specially against
the Missouri Pacific railway company
for work done by the construction COM
pany in building the Denver, Memphis
and Atlantic railroad in Kansas, and
against the construction company on
account of alleged frauds and illegal
acts committed by Jay Gould and other
members of that company. We are
told that there are sometimes wheels
within wheels. This looks very much
like a ring within a ring. President
S%hckney's ideas of railroad manage
ment we fear are more than half
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-29

6ntlr6 DOaC IrOIu btem W btcTu Wdb q
roaring mass of flames and the scene
that ensued was terrible in the extreme.
The John Fl. Hannah was built in
Madison, Ind, in 1876, and hailed
from Louisville, KY. She was of 377
tonnage, and vas owned by the
Ouchita consolidated line. She was
valued at Bis, 900, and was insured for
SIC. 600 in local and foreign companies.
The steamboat left Monroe, La, Sunday
morning at 6 o'clock with 1900 bales
of cotton. Additional cotton had been
picked up on the way down to make
the total number of bales of $500.
We have been asked who may be
sent to the reform school at Boonville,
when it is ready for use. Section nine
of the law, page 279 of the Session
Acts of 1887, says:-''In all cases of
conviction for misdemeanor, or felony,
. q - -. l.ll l. --lz. H. --z
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T"TB TVOTH Ut IWU DTHk, TIT TFNTHHTVH. N "
n M. ). g. WENTWORTH,
GRO. NJ CATRoN, Secy. President.
1ecember %, 1888 d29i2
STOCKHRLDERS' MEETING.
NOTICE Is hereby given that the annual
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of eighteen years, the court may COM
mute the punishment nov provided by
law to confinement in the said reforma.
tory school for a period of not less than
one nor more than six years; provid-
ed, that nothing in this act shall be
construed as to admit of contract labor.
Aud any court of competent iurisdic-
ton may commit any boy over ten and
under sixteen years, to the guardian
ship Of said institution, where COM
plant in writing, setting out the acts Of
said boy, has been filed, which con-
pIaist Shall be sworn to, and 4n4
proof d all be made in openecol4$11 zk
the presence Of said boy I'D
proper subject for the guafd{<a<8so
said institution in cons8454zqr1op<S A-
corrigible or vicious
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ELECTION Of BANK DIREC-
TORS.
annual meeting OF stockholders of the
i Morrison Wentworth Bank for the election
of hirectOrs for The ensnIng wear, VIII be held
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-18
Where Cork Comes From.

All the corkwood of commerce comes
from the Spanish peninsula, where the
trees abound not only in cultivated
forests, but also grow wild on the
mountains. The tree is like the Ameri-
can oak, with leaves similar to the oak
and acorns. 1t takes ten years for the
bark to become proper thickness to
be manufactured into bottle shoppers,
life preservers and seine corks. When
stripped from the trees it is to be boiled
for two hours, cured in the sun for a
week and pressed into flat pieces for
baling and shipping. The denuded
trunk, like hen robbed of her eggs,
does not sulk and quit the business,
but throws out fresh covering for a
fresh spoilation. One tree has been
known to yield half 4 ton of corkwood.
One pound of cork can be manufact-
ured into one hundred and forty-four
champagne corks. The baled cork is
sold to cork manufacturing ceuters.-
Paint, OIL and Drug Reu;ew.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-18
IN HER OWN COIN.
SfASs

married millinerl what shamei
All, wenl there's none but himself to blamei
There's many an heiress in his own set
He might have drawn in his gtlded net,
What a pity his proud old name should be
Bestowed on nobody, such as she.
III he were the only ono concerned
I should consider his fato we'll earned;
But to think, Mrs. S., that you andI
May never pass that creature by;
But must court, and visit, and chat with her,
Who has formerly been our milliner!
"For ore of her kind she appears quite we'll
But then. Mrs. S., you know blood 'oiH tell
I never was quite so shocked and-whate
An introduction to Lady Mott?
o, yes; with glad to meet
The one who has made our ball complete.
whats that, my lady! Ny voice you say,
Caused you to pause as you passed this way3
Both face and voice seem familiar to your
IT'S strange, but seem to have met you too,
That aCas my maiden name-Miss Vance
In LondonY All, yes-excuse-my dance"
"Who Is that person?'' asked Lady Mott,
As she turned to address that little knot
OF curious females gathered near;
''Whom did she marry? and how came she heref'
Mrs. s. responded: 1.-THE millionaire B.,
'Ah, yes" and the dainty red lips curled-
'And she the flag OF caste unfurled!
In her maiden days knew Mrs. B.
Though she seems to have quite forgotten mo
But years have passed-'tis fully ten
Ala8 Mrs. B .cds ney n4liner Men!
r. e. W. To,rey, IN Al6any Journal
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-18
THE GOOSE BONE.

How to Find Out the Changes Of tho
Weather by Its Aid.
The best reading of the goose-bone is
obtained before it becomes thoroughly
cold after being removed from the pot
and scraped. If the bone is left to stand
the marks becomes dim and uncertain
and the reading is very unsatisfactory.
Having your bone prepared the best
way to study it is to go into a dark
room and hold it before a bright light.
The bone is translucent, and held be-
fore strong light the marks upon it
may be plainly discerned. The marks
upon the keel of the bone are the ones
that are of significance. The other dis
celebrations on the bone are merely COR
roborative. The most distinguishing
marks are in the shape of carrots, breves,
dots and semicircles, and it is their po-
sition on the bone and the direction in
which they arc turned that gives the
general indication of the weather.
If a majority of the caret-shaped
marks point upward, it will be clear
and cold; but if they point down it will
be gloomy, falling weather, with more or
less snow. The small breve marks and
the scmi-circles, as we'll as the dots and
the scratch-like marks on the bone, in
dictate the temperature, and the heavier
and darker they are the colder will be
the weather. If they are light, or but
few of them on the bone, the winter
will be open and pleasant. If the
marks near the beginning of the bone
point out. it indicates that there will be
stormy, disagreeable weather during
November; pointing out at the other
end of the bone, they indicate bad
weather for March. The ridge run
ming along near the middle of the
keel of the bone is indicative of the
length and severity of the winter; if
the ridge extends, uninterrupted. the
length of the bone, and is dark and
heavy, the winter will be severe one;
but if the ridge grows weak and indis-
tinct at places, for that part of the
winter the weather will be warm and
thawing.
All these features must DO closely
studied, first separately. and then to-
gether. Any one, by closely studying
this bone, can correctly predict the
general character of the weather dur
ing the three months; but it takes time,
study and experience to divide the bone
into days, so as to locate the date of
the different changes. In Kentucky
many of the best readers of the bone
do not worry about reducing the
prophecy to days, but are content with
learning the general character of the
winter, and this information is of great
value to farmers when they find it such
that they can depend upon it.-Louis-
vitte C0u1ier-Jour1sdl.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-18
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS,

Some girls shade their eyes
their hands and others use penci
Yomkers Statesman
1t is one thing to indulge in p]~,,
full rest, and another to be devoted -
the pursuit of pleasure. -Ruskin.
Every woman is in the wrong ank
she cries, and than she is in tho FIX;
instantly. -Sonermlle Journal.
There is no better cure for dyspr
STA than the knowledge that there
nothing to eat in the housc.-Bostou
Courier.
Women are the dearest, cutes!
creatures in the world. but they CANE
tell how shoe fits till they see the num-
Der.
Two things never die, only two
words that are sweet, and words that
are good; they never grow old.-Fir-
dust.
Mrs. Fangle-"Can you tell me who
is Minister to England now, Mrs. Cum
sop' Mrs. Cumso-''No. I'm not very
we'll posted on religious affairs"
AS if we did not suffer enough
from the storms which beat about with
out, must we conspire also to harass
one another?-Btdir.
The man who undertook to read
the last census through has concluded
to wait for the revised edition of 1890
and take new start-Puck.
1t is one thing for a person to know
a good thing when he sees it, and an
other thing for him to seize a good
thing when lie knows it--Burli1sqton
Free Press.
MA, do pugs go to Heaven, like
good little boys do, when they dic?"
mo, Johnnie; why do you ask such
silly question?'' 'Well, I was Won
deriag whether Jip was always going
to have the best of me. ''-Goyden Days.
"A man has been arraigned in a
New York court for robbing a plumber.
1t is supposed that the gentleman in
vited the plumber to dinner, and then
refused to pay him for the time it took
him to eat it. -An1crican artisan.
But They Probably Are
IT'S said we have hundred women
Over hundred wears of age,
But, then, the paper doesn't mention
II all OF them are on the stage.
Detroit Free Press
~ have found out why the falls at
Niagara roar so loudly" said a re-
turned tourist. "What is the reason?'
'|Why, they are trying to echo the re-
port of the laundering charges made
by the Canadian hotel pirates. '-Hotel
Mail.
Mabel, what does your father ao?''
He is shoe merchant. docs he
deal in the kind of shoes he wears?''
(thoughtfully): "Of course Il think
I'll have to patronize him. They are
good strong shoes. '-Nerc|tant Trau-
eler.
"A society young man, of dude
brand. met with painful accident a
few days ago. His cane fell on his foot
MASKING the member so badly that he
will be confined to his room for two
months. And yet some papers ridicule
big canes!-Dr0ke's Magazine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-18
ANALYSIS OF A TEAR,
Things Which Make u Dewdrop Upon
WoInan's Cheek.

Things Which Make Dewdrop Upon q
Woman's Cheek.
The principal element in the compo-
sition of i tear, as may readily be sup
posed, is water. The other elements
are salt, soda, phosphate of lime, phos-
phate of soda and mucus, each in small
proportions. Adried tear seen through
a microscope of good average power
presents peculiar appearance. The
water, after evaporation, leaves behind
it the saline ingredients, which ANAL
gamate and form themselves into
heightened cross lines, and look like q
number of minute fish bones. The
tears are secreted in what are called
the 'Iachrymal glands situated over
the eyeball and underneath the lid.
The contents of these glands are car
ried along and under the inner surface
of the eyc-lids by means of six or seven
very fine channels, and are discharged
a little above the cartilage supporting
the lid.
The discharge of tears from the lach-
rymal Sl1nUS ~ uO1 OCCdSlOu;tl anu aC-
cidental, as is commonly supposed, but
continuous. 1t goes ON both day and
night-though less abundantly at night
through the ''conduits, " and spreads
equally over the surface of the pupil, in
virtue of tho incessant movement of the
lids. After serving its purpose, the
flow is carried away by two little drains,
situated in that corner of each eye
nearest the nose-into which they run
and called the 'lachrymal points. "
The usefulness of this quiet flow Of
tears, to both men and beasts, is mani
fest There is such an immense quanti-
ty of fine dust floating in the air and
constantly getting into the eyes, that,
but for it, they would soon become
clicked. Very little is requisite to keep
the ball free, and whom some obnoxious
substance an insect or the
like that affects the nervps--does make
its way in, an increased flow is poured
out to sweep it away.-Lonzon Queen,