The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-02-04


bat lac was only hOarSe; II single bottle Of DIR.
Cough Sirup relieved the trouble at
Dnce. Price % cents.
Mr.. Garland Graham tells Us that the WAY
erlY depot is completed, aud that ii Il II very
neal building. 30 feet long by 20 wide. MIR.
Graham has finished The TIN work upon IL.
lie came out Thursday morning, failed to
see his shadow and marched around a. proud
~ Il peacock. That pOrtrndS, beyond II doubt.
that we shaIl-wnit aud see what kind OF
the next six weeks will give Us.
Tie MeNsrs. ioyle have Il new advertise
mrnl in this issue Of the paper announcing
the reception of spring styles in dress goods,
and Somc bleachcd aud brown cGti"nN which
they OTTER l"w. Read what they have TO say.
MIR. Gus. lIurrn Is feeding ~ cattle ard
some hogs; MIR. Geo. Fishback is feeding 20
cattle aud come hogs; Mr.. +. Axline Is feed
Ing about 30 head of cattle with hays Jno.
\. l;rnicL Is feeding 40 heat of cattle And
some hogs. All IN west Clay township.
Meeting MIR. Silver on the street IA few DAYS
ago, he informed IL that his arran2 emenis
for the next fall canning business wrre about
perfected. lie hes nav made contracts for
all %, the vegetables thut he will need, unless
he should build another cannery, which he is
contemplating. He would like Ia do tins 50
that he uuuld get more labor, employing all
white hep in one factory aud all oolored help
in the other,
The farmers who raise vegetables for the
cSunPry ut S~pringdale, Ark, realize from $40
tn $50 per acre for tomatoes, and an acre oi
tomatoes c,tn he raised and saved with the
same labor required for AN acre of corn.
Land that will produce twenty-five bushels
o. corn per acre will pay the producer ~
per acre, whereas. II this corn was allowed
to ripcn and marketed at 30 cents per bushel,
It would bring only 81 80 per acre. Peas
will average from 800 to S86 per acre.
The committee to consider the matter OF a
city of the third class have had several meet
ings in which they have compared the present
charter with the general statute. They think
the latter much the better Of The TWO. We
have not had u chance TO study them as they
| relate TO each other and cannot now say. The
committee think. there Is enough In the
| question TO justify the council in having the
cen ,us taten. Our people should Interest
! themselves in the discussion as it Is Il very
important one,
LIS Vegas, N. NJ, News:-'The burial OF
| the body of Mr.. e.. b. Scott took place yes
terday. The funeral was well attended, and
he was laid away TO eternal rest IN the
Masonic burial ground. Mr.. Scott was 8
man who had occupied good positions during
his life. and uOssessed mechanical ability o.
more than ordinary power. His repeating
gun may yet cut uo small figure III future
wars Mr.. Scott was at one time treasurer
Of this county, and Is we'll remembered by
many OF our citizens.
The total eclipse OF the moon was beauti
fully seen here last Saturday evening. As II
arose II little before SIX it was somewhat oh
scnred by clouds, but wIen il had arisen
few degrees above the horizon these ha'
passed away aud the full orb was seen II
shadow. AT about q: Is the lower edge OF tn
moon began to pass from the shade and til
thin bright crescent presented u beautiful ap
pearanOe. GRADUALLY the sha low recede
and rccsded, and the bright moon came NOR
and more into view, until at 7:1O O'Clock
shone free aud brilliant In its usual splendoI
A Lexington boy carries OIL the oratoricg
honors at the Lexington, Va, University
We noticed lat week that Jas. QuarleS 4
TO take part in the OrstorIcal contest at III
Washington and Lee University. We hay
since learned that he Won the prize In tn
contest, although he had the unpopular sid
of the question The subject discussed Wa
a comprehensive one, being Il comparison
the p]olicie, of Gladstone and Bismarck. W
referred last summer To the honors awarde
10 Jas. p. Chambers. another Lexington be
at the Washington aud Lee Unworthy. Bot
Of these boys were prepared for college
the Wentworth Male Academy.
Third Ward school scholarship ScrOn
Grade Rosa Barrier, Alice HOstield, Bett
r Llmborn. Lucy Vaughan. Rosa Wrinkle
Bessie Wallace, .MoliIe .McCuriy. Emu
Sohrauer, Frank Parrot. Third Grade
: Chas. Nelson, Fannie SandOn. Susie Alfor
' James Mcdowell. Fourth Grade-Dav
= GratZ, Boyd Gilkerson, Minnie Gunlack, 10
! Gray, Matte DouSherty. Meta Hosfe!d, Pea
Bour. Lena Afford, Lutte Stokes. Eff
: Gride-Johu Taubmau. Leonard Monro
e An ella Barrier, Mary Talbot. Sixth Grade
I Chas. KreIgh. Ernest Fegert. Clarence Dul
can. Robbie Haberkorn, Joe Sheahan, Chris
Vaughan. Mammie Lehman.
r Waterloo A man named Shaw tu
escapudc OF whose daughter was mentioned
last InieIligencer) came near losing his h0u
by fire, Last Saturday. Water and assistan
being plenty the fiames were extinguish
e before any serious damage was s~ustaine
At The Missouri Pacific is preparing 10 placi
d header switch here to accommodate. the p,
Re se:igcr trains which pass here OF mornin
ID j. A. Dennis has bought the Huston fort
IL acres of land recently sold by Mr.. Smith
DR.. FulkersOn. A wife is now in ord
s. Jimmy. IL. krause, ESD, has heea la
neighborhooi surveying this week. The IL
r, weather has denuded the earth of snow a
h. mud is now prevailing. IT the ground
i oau 0bssrys lis shadow on the second day
l. February he re. Tres to the hole in the grOr
re there to suhSist from the nOHrishment
* tanned from his paw for ELK weeks more
in winter. Paste this In your hat. Mr.. }.
IN Bryant and daughter, Nevada, who h
lis been in Southern California for some mont
e. have returned. Miss Georgia Smith mas q
al To her home III Saline county,
d i. ST. Louis Republican, February L.
he iC, gorge let 20 IN front OF the city Al
ly O'Clock Monday night and kept in motion
AN hour, then stopped again until ~ DEL
"A. NJ, yesterday, and run four hours, and
sir general impression was that there would
IT. no more check, but about z p. IN. III"
to gorged again. There was considera
IFe damage lone TO boating property yester
1t when the gorge let go. The teamers WI
:. Hays, ferry boat Jacob Tamm, tugs A
at Parker, Alma, Katie NJ. aud seven bar
en- were sunk. The tine new steamer, CITY
re Monroe, had her guards torn OFF aud shO
G. ed put on the bank also The new steamer,CI
ay tai City, was pushed ashore. Other PROF
In ty, so far. remains unhurt, aud rs the
sr. break generally causes ali the mi,hsps Y
little further damage in anticipated. Stlll
I'm riyermen are yigilant aud doing all They
mt for safety. The Flying Eagle, belonging
IN. the ST. Pau Packet company, was b,
er. racked and shoYed out Gu the bank. The !
re yissipI Valley barge. No. 81, was sunk.
was loaded. with package freight, which
ca company are now unloading al the TOO
A Anna street,
ers Higginsyiile, Mo-. January al.-The IL
IN block opposite Wuie's furniture store, In
nd city, caught Dire At 4 O'Clock this morning
he the entire block south Of JOS. kohnenbere
Nv saloon was consumed. The fire originate
be- the rear Of l.. Ruppel's meat market. in
M dwelling part Ol the building, aGd il OF
MIA Is attributed to the explosion of u coz
pc. lamp. This building and Two inmedi,
ion north Of 1t we're 0Wned by NJ. Ewing, an