The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-06
Weeklg gatelligenfer.
official County Paper.
SHORTS.

SsnS. leDlcu
For lame back, side or chest, use shiloh's
TOrus Plasters. Price Doc. AT Loomis'.
Everybody read Ahrens' new sd, then 90
and inspect his pew and fresh stock Of dry
good, etc. septloti
Produce taken in exchange for goods, at
Gassen's. feSlStr
Oh, say, ladies', have you seen that large
hat at the Ward millinery store; its name Is
Rrobdingnagian, oct6tf
Smith, Simmons Il Peabody make and offer
10 the trade the best school shoe on earth.
Get II pair for your daughter. 1t
Group, whooping cough and bronchitis
immediately relieved by Shiloh's Cure. For
sale at Loomis', Franklin ave. a25eow1y
Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure is
sid by us on q guarantee. 1t cures con-
sumption. LOOMS, Franklin ave. eowly
Saddles, Harness, Trunks, Valises, Up
holstering Misunderstanding, Repairing, &C.,
at lowest prices at Schmidt's saddlery shop,
west side public square, Lexington, Mo.
Give me a call. ieboyl
The Campaign Plug Is quite the correct
head covering from now until November.
Smith & Bolton are showing quite an extern
siye line at very moderate prices, considering
the excellent quality and finish. jn16tf
English SPAWN Liniment removes all hard,
soft, or calloused Jumps and blemishes from
horses, blood spaven, curbs. sweeney, STILES,
~spraIns, sore and swollen throat from what
ever cause, coughs, etc. Save $50 by use OF
one bottle. Warranted. Sold by q. W..
LOOMS, durggIst, Lexington, Mo, mrlyl
Having purchased the grocery stock OF
Mrs. Adam Toeppe, l wish to inform the
public that | shall keep on hand constantly, q
full line of fresh groceries. queenswaro, Will
low and wooden ware, tobaccos. cigars. &c.
Ipropose TO sell good goods and at small
profits, and to endeavor to merit a share Of
the public patronage. Give me q call. Re-
member the place, Adam Toeppe's old stand
Franklin avenue, between Eleventh and
Twelfth. Herbert Gassen. feblotf
Why will You suffer with dyspepsia and
liver complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer is guar
anteed to cure you. At Loomis' drug store.
Chris Kist looks well in a Cleveland hat
Mrs. G~elzer's cottage on South and Ninth
streets is boarded in.
Wednesday, October 10Th, |. the time OF
Col. NJ. V. l.. McClelland's sale.
The express Office here handled over lO,OOO
pounds of matter last Saturday.
Will Quarles succeeded in forcing himself
into his hambeau breeches, but it was a tight
squeeze.
Mr.. John Taubman is building an addition
of two rooms and a hall to his residence on
College street.
One of the German spectators upon the
crowded streets, thought that Jim Nickel
was the only 'Dutchman' in the crowd.
Concordia had never before seen the demo-
cratic hosts on dress parade. To say that
tney were astonished, is putting it very
mildly.
Dip a sponge in sweetened water and place
Il where the ants '.do con kregate." When 1t
is filed, scald and thoroughly rinse. Repeat
until they are gone.
Nj. Jno. z. Burden will have an elegant
house when the improvements now in pro-
gress arc completed, but we do hope he Will
remove that we'll house.
The y. Il A. railroad will on October 10th,
sell round trip tickets from all points In
Lafayette county at "a, good for five days.
Now is your time to visit the great fair.
Hon. Jno. s. Blackwell made an excellent
and eloquent speech at the courthou ,e on
Friday night of last week. He was atten-
lively listened to throughout and received
frequent rounds Of applause.
The Kansas City Star has the temerity to
sny OF our yine.clad sister :-''There are now a
sufficient number OF decOkLete dresses and
rwaIlow-tail coats in BOonville to justify the
building of q new opera house at that place."
isThe world is waiting for a Missouri
woman who can make Jelly or marmalsde out
of paw-paws." If it's paw-paw Jelly that
you want we've got a thousand women in
Lafayette county who can make it. What Is
really desired is a woman who can make
peach preserves out of pumpkins.
Kansas City Star:-"A census Of Higgins
will which has Just been completed gives the
town a population of 1855. There is moth
ing the matter withHigginsville but its name.'
That's what we say. Why can't the ellie be
dropped. Higgins does very well, but the
ollie is a syllable too many.
Scottish Victor S9310, Sired by imported
Scottish Lord (7776I), out of Bird Linwood
Victoria. has been purchased, at II long price,
to head the Willow Branch Herd Of short
horned cattle owned by +. Il. Bates near this
place. This herd is already we'll topped with
the noted Cruickshank, blood, and with this
young and strictly pure animal to follow. we
expect to zee Ferd's face grow broad with
smiles of success.
When we called one Wallace, who made a
speech at the courthouse recently. a fellow
- l;l On I.,ouInv tho full rnnanipO af the
word, Webster gives one definition Of "fel-
low as "a man without good breeding or
worth; an ignoble or mean man." His speech
was both profsne and disgraceful to himself,
his party, and especially so TO those who ap-
plauded some of his indecent sentences. II
such a speech does not justify us IN calling
him a fellow" we do not know what would.
The following persons have paid their dog
tax since our last report, September 2I:-Col.
Juo. Reid, John Duvall. Albert Homer. II.
g.. Burnside, Richard Miller, John Matthews,
Chas. Murphy, Lonis Weibel, Arch Fnlker-
son, ID. Russell, 7. S. Fletcher, Geo. Bull
lard, Jos. Lee, 2; j. w. Coulter, Henry
Vogt, Louis KIst, Jas. Price, John Mulligan,
Frank Drysdale, Gus. Primer, Seth Spruce,
John Martin, pilsie Garrison, Samuel Charl-
ton total paid, 80.
The argument made by Senator Eustis, oil
Louis lana, in his contribution to the Forum,
tor October, on the negro question Is, briefly
summed up, as follows:-The question is YET
a very grave one, because the negro, in spite
Of all that has been done for him by the south
srn whites and all the futile efforts Of the
rational government and northern philan.
thropists, has not vet reached a self-reliant
or satisfactory POSITION. He still yearns fol
f~ruitless agitation. III all these efforts have
failed, must there not be some ineradicable
cause that arrests his progress? Such a cause
there Is In the characteristics of the race
which Is unlike all other species of the
human family. There is q quasi hostility
between the two races. placed on the same
legal level, and each recognises ii. They vii
never fuse, but one must rule the other. Tt
show this, Senator Eustis quotes Haytiar
history, He then reviews the condition Of
the negro in the north especially In Massachu,
gstts, and concludes that there is really nc
difference in the social attitude of the race In
Que part OF the country from another part,
except that In Massachusetts he is the victim
0i an offensive hypocrisy, Re-cOnstructi0
asd federal interference and northern phIlan
tbropy have made the problem worse. The
only thing to do Is to leave 1t 10 the good
sense and frie ndliness OF the southern whites
In conclusion, Senator Eustis says:-"It
would be useless TO prophesy as to the future
Of the negro In this country. In the soutt
- to-day he il happy, contented and satisfied.
- Il, ,ynfor hio ua0aa bfy ro,i-og