The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-05-04

Ruth. the Moabitess," at Hagen's opera
house next Monday and Tuesday nights.
Mr.. Walter wadueII disposed Of rs feet Of
Main street properly in Kansas City last We'd
nesdoy.
The preliminary trial of the Endly.Ewing
shooting case. which was set Tor May Bid, was
postponed until May l3.
In another column will be found an account
OF the ball game for the championship OF The
county, written by our regular W. NJ. A.. cor
respondent.
Mr.. Chas. II. Coleman of this township. has
been busy this week hauling In wheat and sell
ing at 20 cents per bushel. Ht was offered 81
per bushel for the same wheat last fall.
Leave your orders for Dish at Ed. Payne's
barber shop, as he and Messrs. Chris. KIst, 10.
Long aud Chas. Baird, all accompanied by
their wives, OF course, uhcy can't trust that
crowd; they might get d~r-drowned) are going
to Grand Pass next week and they will catch
more fish than tb0y can eat.
The scholars of the second ward and high
schools took a fishing trip to willow creek last
Saturday. There were six wagon loads OF them
and suoh a time as they did havPl They were
deprived of a good part of their Gun-that of
cheering as they passed through tOwn-throuRh
threats of being arrested. Let 'em boiler. It's
only once In a life time that they get such a
chance.
The Lily cornet band and those who assisted
them in their concert rendered here February
22, have had several requests made of them by
prominent people at Sweet Springs TO repeat the
concert at that place, and If suitable arrange
ments can be made for transportation, etc.
they will probably do so at some time In lie
near future. There were thirty participants In
the concert here.
The concert given by Miss Katie Hollis and
her large vocal class, last Friday evening, for
the benefit of the st. Agnes Guild of the Epis-
copsl church was a decided success, both
unsteady and financially. The limited seating
capacity alone prevented a GIelt many who
would otherwise have done 20 from attending
The parts although the participants were mostly
amateurs, were all well sung and would have
reelected credit on many singers of a great deal
more experience. Miss Hollis and her several
vocal classes should be proud OF their success
and are to be congratulated on the progress they
are making.
Ro. Bales. OF Ray county, came over to this
city Wednesday and partook too freely of Lex
ington whisky and when the tine cam for him
to go home he was just in good lighting rr,
On the ferry boat at the time was Mr.. F. w.
Cook, the clerk at the Laclede hotel. and Bales
went TO work to show his pugilistic qualilca-
lions on him. The assault, which was made
with q steel knu,k, was nm unprovokcd one, as
Mr. Cook did not know the fellow and had new
err spoken II word 10 him. MIR. Cook was hit on
the head twice with q steel knuck and once with
a rock. A stste warrant wss sworn out against
Railaa and Constable Hrnudar and n.puty
Marshall Whitsett went to Richmond Thursday
to arrest him. but he had beaten up a negro and
run away.
Those having the p%ontoon bridge matter in
charge are not by any means letting the project
sleep. They are constantly in correspondence
with those having practical experience IN such
matters. and last Monday the board of dirtc-
tors held a meeting in the Intelligrncer Office
at which it was resolved to send two gentlemen
I, Nebraska City to examine the bridge at that
pace and report Messrs. L b. Vaughan ard
and Frank Kriehn wer" selected to go and an
assessment upon the stock was made to defray
the expense Upon their return. after having
thoroughly inspected the bridge. examined al
the surroundings. talked with the citizens OF the
city and ascertRIned all about the practical
workings of the enterprise and Its benefits 10 the
city and country, they will be prepared to make
u full report OF all they saw and heard to a pub
lie nee ting which will be called for the purpote
of hearing them. Both the gentlemen selected
are men of good business sense. are not easily
carried away by excitement, look carefully at
every projec presented to them before investing
their money and their report will carry great
weight, whether favorable or uniavorabl,.
They will start In the early part OF next week
and will probably be gone I'VE or six days.
The board OF curatOrs OF Central Female Col
lege. this city, ut their adjourned meeting. held
on Wednesday OF this week. unanimously
elected Prof. Archibald A. Jones, of Dalton,
Georgia. rs president Of The college for three
years., with the privilege OF five or more years if
desirable. There were about thirty applicants
for the position. after II was made known
through the church papers that President Ker-
doln had resigned, but after due conside ration
and thorough investigation Prof. Jones was
selected us the one most suitable to HI the place.
He Is q layman of the Methodist Episcopal
church. South, Is % years of age. has a wife, but
no children. has had eight years exper ienee rs
q teacher and comes with the highest and most
favorable endorsements from college presidents,
bishops and others. He was here about two
weeks ago and carefully investigated everything
relating to the college, and accepts the position
with u full knowledge Of all the surroundings
All the %curators were present at this meeting.
vlz:-Rev. w. K. Dockerv. Of Gallatin. Rev.
Jno Anderson. OF Carrollton. MIR. Thos. ID.
WoOdson. of Richmond. and Judge JnO. E.
Ryland. OF this city. repres entIng the Missouri
Conference; Rev. j. W. Lewis and Mr.. j.. p.
Boogher, of st. LOUIS. and Mr.. Z. WinsOr, oil
this city representing the st. Louis Conference;
Rev. W. d Mcfarland, of Corder. Rev. W. B.
Palmore. of independence, Messrs. j. d. Con-
ner and VIM. Morrison. representing the South
west Missouri Conference, also, "a special Wis
itors by invitation. Rev. Nathan Scarritt. OF
Kansas City. Rev. Beagle. of Richmond. Rev.
W. L. mcclure. OF this city. and Mr.. Jno
Smith, of Ray county.