The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-17

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u the state university from the seventh
congressional district, vice Gov. Chas. t
Ii. Hardin, resigned. No better man Il
could be selected tor the place. !
Henry G. Warmoth, ex-governor OF I
Louisiana ana recently appointed col l
lector OF the port of New Orleans, was =
tor many years a citizen of Laclede
county, Mo. His father, Col. L. ..
Warmoth, resided at Rolla, as late as {
1876.
The list of congressional candidates
In the fourteenth district now includes
the names OF Speaker Russell, OF
Mississippi, Phillips. of Dunklin,
Wear, of Butler, Houck and Walker,
OF Stoddard, Davis, of Cape Girardeau,
and Pitts, of Howell.
Col. III. S. Herbert has just retired
from the Rolla Herald, after an
editorial career of twenty-one years
and is succeeded by Mr.. Chas. M.
McCrea, who has been associated will
Col. Herbert for seventeen years in the
publication of the paper.
Luke Emerson, the Young American
who killed a London thug in self
defence and was honorably acquitted,
arrived at his home in Bowling Green,
Mo-, from Europe last Saturday. lie
met with a ~deservedly royal reception
by his numerous friends and acquain!-
ances.
Col. Fielding Burnes, of Platte City,
has resigned his position in Washington
as disbursing agent of the geological
survey, and returned to his home.
The colonel vas too good a democrat
to stand the badgering foolishness of
the party in power and the recourse OF
al honest official was left him.
Charles Il. Pope, of St. Louis, once a
well known actor and the owner OF
Pope's theater, has been appointed
, consul at Toronto. He was prominent
in the last campaign only as the reciter
, of "Sheridan's Ride" and the Republic
! says that, "except when he tries to
play Othello, he is not a very black
4 republican"
:, Mr.. w. s. Mesplay, a well-known
, citizen and mine operator, of Jasper
county, died a few days ago. In 1867
. he was connected with the state labor
bureau as inspector of the lead and
zinc mines of Missouri and being q
man of scientific a%ttainments and large
, practical knowledge, his report was o.
4 great value and interest.
h Hon. John II. Heard and wife, Of
Sedalia, have gone to Milwaukee for 6
4 weeks vacation before their return tc
Washington Mr.. Heard has spent the
+ past five months travelling over his dis
q trict, solidifying the democracy ano
harmonizing his friends. He has made
;, an able and faithful representative, anG
there seems now small doubt of hi
denomination.
Gen. Ewing Y. Mitchell, who wa
. advertised to lecture at the court hous'
in Rolla upon the supposedly religion
theme, "What shall we do to b'
!, saved?" had a great audience and tolt
= the people how they must be save'
Il from the tolls of high tariff and til
J" ouicksands of trusts and monopolie
10 that are the special protection OF tn
republican party.
Hon. ii. j. Deal, who was a prom
inent member of the legislature of 1877.
10 from Mississippi county, now has Oh
of the largest basket factories in tn
west and a fine farm near Charleston
w Being the possessor OF acres of swan
land overgrown with willows, the ide
of a basket factory suggested itself I
no him, and in consequence he Is CROWN
-. rich at a rapid rate.
Adam Black, now living at Chill
cothe, planted an apple tree in 1SS
near Jamison, Gallatin county. III
Il tree now measures nine feet and nil
inches around the largest part of Ii
ofl trunk and is still an annual bearer
fruit. Fifty bushels of apples ha,
"a been picked from this tree at OF
picking, and it is supposed to be I'll
ma largest and Oldest apple tree in Il
Ell state.
90 The National Journalist, of Chicag'
publishes a full page engraving of M
ed E. w. Stephens, OF the Columbia He
at aid, together with a sketch OF his ii
M and the admirable speech he delivert
at the last convention OF editors
be Nevada. The tribute is generous al
a thoroughly deserved, and will also
oil taken as a compliment to the Nilsson
Press Association, of which Mr.. Step
,ra ems is the honored president.
Mr.. Geo. Dupee, the colored port
at at the Madison house, in Jefferson Tit
is one of the members tor the siaic-s
large of the republican state centr
,be committee, and is not averse 10 shinii
q the shoes OF the democratic guests
bis the hotel. 1t is nc very great comp
ment TO him to say that he ia t
brightest member OF the republic;
ra. committee, and a good deal mo
no honest than some of his associates
NJ. M. Marmaduke, brother OF t
late Gov. John s. M~arInaduke, is t
happy possessor of the musket viii
Of his father carried in the war OF lS1
70, His father was Meredith NJ. Marin
% a duke, who was elected lientcna
raI governor in 1910, and became I
acting governor by reason OF I
suicide of Gov. Thomas Reynolds.
civ is a coincidence, by the way, Ii
ath Thomas q. Reynolds, who was lie
inc tenant governor under Claib. Jackso
should have committed suicide.
Channcey Depew and Il party
friends were having a hilarious iii