The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-01-14

Wantcd-That railroad to Odessa.
W8nted-MOrc cOal for city consumption.
No poor man can afford 10 be without IN
snrancc.
The |. A. G.. c. meeting at Mis- Mamie
pleasant OF the season.
Wanted-A fine new depot. close TO the
cuisines, part of town, on the magnificent
new railroad.
Wanted That Cumberland Presbyterian
college. Who will start the bail in motion;
Don't all speak al once.
MIR. jasper McLnuShlin'@ residence, two
miles southeast OF Bates civ, WAS burned "a
few days ago. Total loss. No insurance.
Loss about IL ,O00.
The gas lamps at the corner of Franklin
avenue and seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets were not lighted last Tuesd'y and
Wednesday nights.
DAVID Leach tIbbcd Mr.. William Kennedy
in Bccker's barber shop, at HigQinsvIl'e' last
Saturday night. The wounds are not dan
gcrous. Leach was placed under bond to
answer IA charge of fcloneous assault.
The new of officers of Fire Company NO. !
are &C. Paul Conrad. president; w. IA:
Quarlcs, vicc-preSident; James 7. Steele,
secretary Emil Ludwigs, assistant secretary;
| Albert WiukIer, trcasurer; Gus. G. Hist, first
captain; Albert Sandifer, second captain.
The ice men have had two wet blankets.
One was "A blanket OF water over the fee ana
the other IA blanket of snow. However, they
are, like Mark Tupley. persevcring fellows.
who come out strong under adversely, ana
IL the weather clerk don't watch EN- mighty
clos. the first thing he knows they will have
harvested Il crap.
From last Saturday 10 Wednesday the
ground was covered with slect, and walking
was about as dangerous as balloon voya2ihg
generally Is. Indeed many person in con-
sequence at times thought themselves nearer
TO the stars than if they had been sailing
through the circumambient air II thousands
yards above the earth.
Odessa Democrat AIR. !. A. Mclaughlin
is of the opinion that il is hard TO tell what's
IN u turkey. He purchased IL line young
gobbler ut McNeel " HerefOrd's, the other
duy, and in its giZEard found Il ~ 90 gold
coin. The coin was worn considerably. Tue
date and lettering being gone, but the eagle
was still visible. lie still has the coin, and
will show il 10 anyone desiring to see it,
Renort of the buriais in M~achpelah Gene
terry, commencing with January /, 1887, and
ending December 81, ISS7:-Whole aumtcr
interments. 81; male, A.; female. 30: OF
these 50 belonged to the city of Lexington
81 from the country and in the county; i
were brought here from adjoining counties
and elsewhere. OF this number IL died In
infancy, II between the ages OF l and II
years, II between IL aud % years.. IL between
IS and 80 years, and y over 30 years, the
oldest reaching the age OF 81 years.
=. Mr.. Erwin Hacker has, rs We announced
, last week, closed his bar, and will devote al
OF his room and time in future to Il restan'
q rant. bakers and confectionery business. III
A is putting in q number OF handsome new fix
lures aud Is prepared now to entertain hi
friends aud customers, although he has no
a completed his improvements. lie wants t'
q have Il first-class restaurant, and Will ie@y'
nothing undone to attain that end. lie has
number one cook, and can furnish oysters
games, meats, &c., cooked in the very beS
style. ut short notice aud al reasonable prices
He will make a specially Of coniectlolarie:
' | 6SIcCIdIS II toil' "iAh' hH'N
% Mr.. Weaver, the lessee of the opera huus'
Is making an effort TO secure for LeXingl0
le a musical attraction which should call out
h read respOnS from all persons OF taste an
culture. He Opposes If II gnantee snhscriI
ut ton can be raised Ia bring Clara Louise lie
Il, logg'sj concert company here sometime
March. We need not tell our readers vi
ne Miss Kellogg is. Her support is good. cor
to sisting Of Miss Carrie Morse, coEtIaltO, NJ
Carlo SpigerC'i, tenor; Mir. VIM. Lee. bar
ne tone; and Mr. Chas. f.. Pratt a. music
Of. director. Such talent cannot he brought
such n small place aS Lexington upon a vel
"a. ture, therefore all who delight IN good mu-
n, should at once go 10 Mc>srs. Caples y Fla
~. mer's and subscribe for tickets. Usual
n seats at suoh an entertainment sell ut fro
81 to s.. so, out Mr.. Weaver sells the house
,s- from rs cents to 81 -.
to 1t having been published that J. p. Hall
e. Son put on s. horse shoes from . to q one d
In recently, Buck Mitchell states over his or
ng signature that he and his helper put on |
'us shoes, on the SAME day. and lost Il half hg
on Iuarreling with Jno. q, Young about
axle. Buck winds up his card, which sour
like u challenge, with the statement that
u has money which says he can put on
his shoes from g to 6. Now that Is not the vi
'ir. The proper plan il to ast tan a purse for
re. man who shoes the most horses in "A day. II
en- advertise the day OF the match, and that
the horses brought ia viii Le shod free. T
rk- will be, IN that ion pro bono puJiicO,
en-. beside viii bring old George and Phil Mar
sed to the rack about four hours before d
hey Maybe Wash Price will beat 'em 10
liss However, in this way there will be two Ct
'ses tests Instead OF one. BY all means, let
ac- have the match, John c. Young will "
eel to be umpire, but it went do, He can't
ore 0lde anything against Ninth street, He
ing hold the stakes, provided he raises 'em ii
lar We are nothing If not generous, you see
Knowing the anxiety that the many iriC
anu OF lion. W. II. Carter in this commun
~ where he stood so high, aud was esleeI
u" aud respected by all who knew him, wa
ape. feel regarding the assault made npon i
/, Of =. .onoht nr " Mo,g nm bis 30,
'erS from Coldwater snd interrogate,I him on
w" subject, "Weli," said the doctor. II supp
no YOU want to know the extent OF Mr.. Cart
W." iniuries" "GCs that and any paTticu
W You can give n TO the matter; how IL C
ny about and what YOU think regarding
''r- whole trouble" every web, replied
"a" Neng, | can do that, aud suppose II is {
'"e right that | should. Mr.. Carter. the 7
Finley, whom YOU have already mentlc
'iE IN your paper. and one other man wer
ide's ,ho lo,, od,c. ~ Mr. w Ta,,or ,or
AUS" purpose OF settling some business Betv
Finley and Carter. Nothing of an uupI
adt nature had passed between them.
'"' Carter was sitting in IL chair, with his
Sday ,rossod mud ~. lam fuu -, ,,rors bis no
NV" little 10 ono side. talking TO Iie other l
III" when suddenly tie fellow, Finley. who
standing al The stove with his hands in
'"' coat pockets, and within three feet OF
n"" ter. called him Il liar aud struck him a he
s"S blow on the temple, either with a pal
ring h,.ss L,,orlo. ., o,,o othor ao.a,r too,
up ment. Carriers head fell back over the 81
and as he lay there, apparently litelGss,
blood flowing from wounds in the nose
i' eye, this would be assassin deal, him |
after tlow, 5reakIng tue bridge of his
wac and beating his face TO Il Jelly. As 500
i'"E Taylor apd tue other man realiged what
hose beina dana ,ho, ruI,od virI., NJ, hut ~.
oN" was badly beaten. both eyes being closed
''"' In that condition he was carried home Il
'sso wife and little ones. The coward WHIT
l. the work went before Il Justice, sccompa
~ 2 lao "a tapNtlnontnn n,u,r, M, ,,..l. .