The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-29

Floating ice in the river.
Telegraph wires badly broken by sleet.
Turkey shoot at Tom. Stramcke's yester.
day.
DaF Wis creek grange will install Its officers
JanuI AIRY D.
BOYS, 20 learn how to make love, from Ro.
meO at the opera house tonight.
The marshal keeps Jesse Hamlet we'll sup.
Piled with boarders at the calaboose.
By all mears let the county court repair
the pavement on tho west side of the court
house square.
Read ". G.. McCausland's new advertise
ment. II will "pay'' to do so, and don't
you forget it,"
Dir. John Rinehart has sold his stock of
goods to Wm. ii Stevenson, who will take
possession January /.
THE eclipse of the sun on January /, which
will be total in Idaho, will he but partial here.
IL will be visible in this region about 8 p. m.
The council should fix a rope to the fire
bell on the old Town engine house, on the
outside, the same as on the one down town,
go that anyone can ring 1t.
e. Ben returns thanks TO the unknown for
that Christmas gift in the way of a Cleveland
and Thurman handkerchief and will wear it
in the next presidential campaign.
Turkeys! Great gosh! Just ask Bill Ham
lett. IEd. Lee, Dave Lyons and others how
m,ny they sold during the past week. A
thousand will not cover the number.
Only a little over 81 900 IN taxes have been
COLLECTED by the city collector up to this time
out of S11, 700, personal, real and merchants
taxes. Pay up; damages after Jan. l, 1889.
The remains of Uncle Harvey McPheeters
were removed by his nephews, j. G. and G.
Ii. McPheeterS, the sons of DR.. McPheeters,
to bloomington, Ind. Their father died a
short time ago with the request that this
should be done.
The sale of horses at Higginsville on last
Friday and Saturday resulted IN the sale OF
about sixty mares aud horses from two to
i've years old. The average price paid on the
first day was S65, and on the second day. $40.
The attendance was not large. The stock
sold were colts from good Western mares, by
Membrino and Black Hawk sires.
The Odessa Democrat is justly proud Of The
advertising patronage 1t received for the holl-
days. The people there could do themselves
no greater benefit than to continue the pat
ronage right along. A good newspaper can
do more for a town than any other one thing
and the Democrat is Il good newspaper. But
good newspapers can only remain SO by re-
ceiying a living amount of patronage.
The city council last year made an order
that the amounts due the city for taxes by
officers contractors and other employees of the
city be deducted from the bills of said employees
before payment. 1t was just and resulted in
the payment of quite a lot OF delinquent taxes
which would never have been collected other
wise. A similar order this year would be
equally e~ffectual and should at once be made
The following officers of Harmony Lodge,
|No497. A. o. U. W., were elected last Thurs
.dsxegght to serve for the ensuing year,
Sff&tt kDe<msnSM. W.; c. Ben Russell, F.;
w. W. pupcApenS2GaH 2, Boyle, REQ; D.
ggE9flsKiaxR1e aHisases Albert
s1dDl. #s5laDsd -
The Officers viii teftata
ular meeting, january III
Will. Trigg. Bob DAVIS. Jox
SN1i SCS tOOh u 4 u u Dlfub1 VI 80
ver's farm, last Thursday. They begged 4
qusils, three rabbits and a %whopping big N
petite. MIR. Sturges killed the greatest nun
Der of birds, and his dog, Marx. made q re-
marketable stand. Mr.. Tligg found his hind
foot smack on the bird, and a live one at that,
For other marvellous yarns in regard to the
hunt see-well any Of them. :
st. LOUIS live stock market: -Csttie-Msr-
ket strong. Choice heavY native steers,s5 90
@$5 60; fair to good native steers, 81 400
SO 10; butchers steers. Medium to prime,
SO 40@S4 40; stockers and feeders. fair 70
good, 81 OO@S3 20; rangers, corn fed, 80 90
E@i 20; grass fed SO 1O@SG Is. Hogs-Mar-
tket easy. Choice. heavy and butchers
selsstions. s5 25@S 20 80; packing, medium to
prime, So 1O@s6 30; light grades, ordinary
to best,t5 O0@S5 Is. Sheep-The market was
steady. Fair to choice, SO OO@S4 so.
st. Louis grain market: - Whest-Was nn-
settled and irregular most OF the session, but
later became firm and advanced, closing 2@
15c aboYs Yesterday. 30. 2, red, cash,
96c; DSseihbek 95a@95s, closing at 96c
nominif,, MaNzs1 0O@1 0O9. closing at
81 OOiasked June ,961c closing at 96c nominal
July, ss3@9Oc, closing at 800, asked.
C~orn-FirrneT. No. 2, mixed, cash,
304c; December, So4c ;closing at 3Otc bid Jan
uary. 3ob@3O4c, closing at SOtc bid; March,
51sc; May 33s@33sc, closing at 33ic bid.
Oats-Lower. No. 2. cash ,25c asked ;24c bid
May, 2s3@2sfc; December 24c bid. Rye