The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-11-17
M;nstrels next Tuesday night.

Miustrels next Tuesday night.
Judge Field has treated his home place TO
o new fence.
Two and a-half inches of water fell during
the raining days Of last week.
Jesse W. Hamlet still has seven boarders
left breaking rocks in the calaboose.
Mayor Welhorn recommends to the council
the passage of y law preventir & the sale of
goods on Sunday.
Messrs. Andres Dieboldt, ef Lexington and
WIN. Leubert, of Concordia, have been added
TO the pension roll.
The first snow OF the season fell here on
Friday of last week. 1t was accompanied by
rain and melted as fast as it fell.
The Docotah has been sold by Capt.
Msnion TO Capt. Henry Mcpherson and
Others for the Tennessee river trade.
Mayor Welborn, by and with the consent
OF the council, turned out seven of Jesse
HahIetts boarders at the calabOose, Monday
night.
Mr.. Geo. Wilson has improved his store
room col n-r Main and Ninth streets by put
ting in modern glass and by a general fur
bu5hing up.
Sheriff Jos. W. Bowman has decided 10
remove TO jefferson City and now offers h'
neat cottage residence, on Ninth street. fol
81 le NJ $500. Cheap as dirt.
Mr.. Bullene's henchmen here pocketed bis
doodle but they did ut show much enthusi-
,asm for him. There was not Il BalIene car
rage In the town on election day.
A fatal shooting affaay occurred at Ridge
Prairie In Saline county on Tuesday OF las'
week, resulting in the death OF Strothei
Wood and the wounding OF John Wood. by
DR.. T s. Dsugberty.
Marshall. Mo-, Nov. 13.-Wil Carter, s
brakeman, aged about % years, was run ovel
and instantly killed by the cars near here. In
setting q brake, the rod broke and he ws'
thrown under the wheels. His remains wert
taken 10 Slater, where his Young wife lives.
Coldwater, Kan, Western Star q.
Musgrove aud wife, of Medicine Lodge
came over wednesday on a visit to relatives
In the 3sth senatorial district, Francis Price
OF Clark county, Is elected over VIM. II
Carter, democrat, OF Comanche county. Mr.
Carter was too good a democ:as to engage II
a system of trading away his friends for per
sonal ambition, but stood squarely by thu
ticket, receiving a little more than the party
vote.
Wayerly Times Our industrious and en-
terprisIpg fellow citizen, Mr.. j. W. Csuthorn
10 about closing up his shipment OF apples
having sent out between thirty five and tort.
car loads. Mr.. Jacob Nye. an old resident o
this vicinity (saliDe county,, met with al
accident which csused his death. 1t Occurre'
BY being knocked down and run over by bi
wagon. The corn crop harvest is now
nIatter OF the first condition and the pric
will open up at from 81 81 10 81 70 per ba'
rel. at least tbs Is the present surmise in re
gard to 1t.
A press dispatch dated Sedalia, NOvembe
IL, says:-"Now that the smoke OF the lat,
political battle has cleared away. the candi
dates for position under the incoming admin
i~stratIon are coming to the front. Fou
applicants for the Sedalia postOtice ar
already In the field, although Postmaste
Russefi,s commission will not expire unit
Harch 1. 1890; John B. Jaynes, member Q
Se republican state central committee; 8. B
Sturtevant, Harry Demuih and Ed. Craw
ford, OF the Sentinel. Tonight j W. Walk
err, q one-armed colored man, and tb
acknowledged leader Of the negroes of Petit
county, publishes h card announcing that h
will make fight for the position. Wake
will put out his petitions for signers tU-mOI
row. to the great disgust Of the white reput
licans." This Is a singular coincidence, u
Mr.. Albert Walker, the leading colored poll
ticien of Lexington, Is also talked about a
the future postmaster at this place, unde
Mr.. Harrison.
Some excitement has arisen in railrOs
circles, says the Kansas City Star, over tn
tin now drawn up and ready for presents
tson before the Kansas legislature to reaulaI
the operation, and correct abuses of III
Pullman car service. The bill regulates III
price Of berths at 90 per night aud 81 pc
twenty four hours. The upper berth, whe
vacant, must be closed to aid ventilation, an
rbr maximum wages Of the porter is fixed
g. 30 per day instead Of R12 per week, Ii
forme rate, while IL makes It Il misdemaanC
for the porter to accept any tips or re
enumeration for sLrvIces rendered from tt
passengers. The measure also deals with tt
through and local tariffs Of the service, an
wherever any discrepancies have appeared
remedy has been proposed. Heretofore
was possible for u passenger travelling an
distance to beat the through rate by sever'
dollars by taking the local rates for the sam
accommodations, and ~ hiring porters tn
company has considered the tips" receive
from passengers as an item in the salary paiC
and as q consequence has forced many impc
sit,ons upon the travelling public. Kansas,
is claimed by railroad men, is UNUSUAL
ST. let in dealing with railroads. yet most
the q spproye Of this bill as 1t will corre'
many abuses connected with the service.