The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-04-28

Highest price paid Tor country produce at
Gassen's. iebiNtI
Umbrellas aud parasols repaired at A. q
Adal,s CIo,hinc storc. m2Itf
The best binder Irvine and machine OK at
Ed. W. Kruse's, HigginsVille. mlOn2
The p~rettiest n. .. sugar you ever saw, 10
pounds for a dollar at A. LOOmis'. jan2ltf
For cheap groceries go to }. Erskine, 18th
street, between Franklin avenue and South
street. augl3tf
Boots and shoes cheap, for cash. at d..
Stalling's, Iimrick Bank building. Main
street. aprlinr'
For lame back, side or chest, Use Shiloh
Porous Plaster. Price % cents. For sale by
+. :. Caples II Go. In4NlrHw
Bob Waddell SAYS he is bound to spend his
nth birthday. May 9Th, at his new stand,
lately occupied by Trigg ~ Shields. 1t
Wanted-A girl to cook, wa.h and iron.
For one experienced | will pay 81 per week.
Apply in person or by letter to Mr.. Berry
Hughes, Richmond. Mo. apI"It
We have II big stock of boots and Shoes
hats and caps aud gloves. and we are deter
mined to rush them OF al greatly reduced
prices. Smith n Bolton. ina
For the best pasture In Lalaycti" county,
with fresh water and shelter, and convenient
to Lexington. apply 10 DR.. Wellington
Adams, over kriehn Il Meyers. npr2ii3
For Sale-A good residence, one Of the
pest in the city. on Main street, lnrge house,
good outh0uses, well. %cistern, etc. irirr
Outy - 900. Terms easy. Inquire OF !. -
Ardinger. ho'2hI
Saddles, Harness., Trunks, ValI>ss, Up
holstering Misunderstanding, Repairing, %c.,
ut lowest prices al Schmldl's saddiery shop
west side public square, Lexington, Mo.
Give me II call. ieDoSi
For new spring millinery cheap, good and
nohby. We haye the improved Torpedo
hat. Also u trimmer, Just out OF the city.
Ladies', call at W. ID. Wards millinery
s,ore Iexinpton. Mo. mch3lif
Boston Herald Tho Madame Fry Con-
cert Company. Ut fremont Temple last even
ing, in n varied programme Of vocal and IN
sirumental selections, was entertaining To all
present" At Hagen's opera house, leXIng-
Ton M,y7 a2Sl2
Mr.. W. b. Bolton talks OF building a hand
Iuuna Literary Society open session, Mon
, day night. May II.
Lettuce, young onions. greens. asparagus
radIshes, etc, are now in market, home
| grown in the open mir.
The Wayerly delegates 70 the republican
/, convention at Higginsyille MesSr'. +.
+. Downs, &. q. Parent and Rev. W. NJ.
y Hopkins.
The case OF John +. Bascom, assignee, res
poudent. vs.. &C. Rainwater ct al. appellants
!. IN the Kansas City Court OF Appeals, Ia"
been ali rmed.
Mesrs. Pheger Il Gordon have purchased
, the stock OF lumber Of Messrs. Palmer ~ Co..
= at Dover. and will hereafter keep a complete
stock on hand. Messrs. Palmer u Co. have
removed TO Grand Pass, where they will en-
, gage in Il similar business.
Salt Lake Tribune, April lS:-Whefe one
so widely known and universally loved Us
Z Mrs. Leila Ksighn, departs this life 1t is lifting
. that more than passing mention should be
made of II. Mrs. Leila Kaighn WAS born in
Lexington, Nv, but, at an early age remov'
Il ed with her family to Lexington, Mo. Her
It father was Col. Oliver Anderson, ii wealthy
v gentlemen well known and highly esteemed
a in both Kentucky and Missouri. Leila was
The Youngest child of the family and her
! mother died when she was but nine months
Did, Her health was delicate and she was q
u great sufferer from asthma. As a last
resort her physicians recommended Il change
Of climate, and in 1869 she went 10 Eagle
o Rock, Idaho, where for two years she lived
with her sister, Mrs. }. d. Taylor. There
she recovered her health, In 1871 she came
% 10 Salt Lake City with Mr.. and Mrs. TaS lOI
and remained with them until 1873, when she
married Col. VIM. NJ. Johns. Il prominent
and we'll known gentleman VINO was extern
Is sively engaged in mining and cattle raising
In 1877 Col. Johns died leaving her a widow
b with one child, Willie Johns, then but II few
months old. In April, 1880. sne married Col
- NJ. NJ. kaighp, a well known lawyer of thi'
l. city, by whom she lesves o ne child, Roy
Kaighn, aged six years. In 1850 she uulteC
with the Congregational church in this city
'e and remained y member thereof until hel
death. She was fond Of eopyerslng ON re.
l. ligious subjects, aud on the evening preced.
y ing the day of her death = hall dozen friends
and relatives were gathered IN her home and
e. engaged IN conversation which had touched
u on religion. She affirmed her faith Ia The
lie Christian religion and spoke in condemns
Y ton Of the lecturers and writers who wert
trying to tear it down, She bad u child:
re horror Of death, shrank from II with fear
" aud frequently said that when her time cam,
g. sue hoped she would 20 suddenly withou
prolonged sickness and suffering. In this
~ alas! she was but too well gr%atiied. %
d. Thursday, April II, she was a little aIling
III not 10 much ~ to prevent her being III Al,
ol about the house. In the evening she enter
a. tanned friends 10 her parlOr until after e lever
I'll o'clock. and made her plans for u little sOcia
gathering at her home the next evening. 1t
+ the morning she rose at the usual hour. lie
VI husband left her at about ten O'clock, comf0r
81 table and in good spirits. After his depart
" ure Mrs. Kaighn gave some additional dircc
~ lions In regard to the evening gathering, bu
I'll at the solicitation OF her TWO nieces, Mise
T. Leila Akers and Margaret Anderson. sI
" consented to pOstpose II until the following
Vi evening. The W Young ladies then went Il
n neighbours TO recall an invitation for tina
" evening from whence theyw0re summoned b,
10 one Of the servants in u few minutes sayin;
IL Mrs. Kaighn was not well. They Immediate
" returned and found her old nurse. Mrs
!" Chandler. and the house servant with her
Z Mrs. Kaighn complaining Of feeling chilly
u DIR. Beatie was telephOned for and qliickl,
: responded. She consulted with the d0ctO
y and told HIM her symptoms, and he admin
~ isisrel remedies. Col. kaighn having beer
" telephOned for, arrived and feeling alarIne,
=" sent for Drs. Hamilton, Dart and Bower
" DIR. Dart was the first TO respond and wa
u" quickly followed by Hamilton. but death In,
taken place before either arrived, and in Ic-
than half an hour from the first symptom
- DIR. Beatie, who had been her physician To-
:" over five years. was not at all surprised nm
:" said he had frequently expressed the opinion
"a that she would go in that sudden man ne
~ from imperfect action Of the heart or circuIa
n ton. Her family and friends Le.i lie beIr
~ ineNpressibly shocked were ANXIOUS to lear
~ the precise cause Of desth, and especially ri
" quested Drs. Hamilton and Bower to invest
:" gate and determine II necessary TO have II
20 autopsy. Consultation between the bhysi
ut clans named and Drs Fowler and Pinkerto
'u resulted IN The unanimous opinion that IA DO,
A. mOrtem examination was not necessary An,
D. that death bad resulted from embOlism, or
81 clot OF blood forming IN the heart OF vaini
'h and stopping circulation OF the blood. Mr.,
" Kaighn was OF II cheerful, sunshiny dispO-i
J. ton, the light and Joy of her home aud O
~ every circle that she graced. She idOIiLe
VI her children and devoted herself to their care