The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-12-14

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Buy your holiday goods at Ahrens', where
your dollar will get the most goods. date
Mrs. Arnold solicits attention of ladies' to
her stock of millinery and notions. d7l2.
Call and examine our line of Christmas
candies, nuts, frnits, NC. Trigg n Shelby
Candy OF al kinds, oranges, bApanas,
ralsins, nuts, u snd fire. arasksFssots 5sr'sI
mas, at rfsg 4 sheibY's- di4ts
Eos sAet-A arst-class magic box with
beIia VIII sen cheap; call on l.. r. Kauf-
aeann nOv30tf
Ef sale-A first class music box with
,}el,s. Will sell cheap; call on l.. r. Kauf-
mann. noV3Otf
Go to LoomIs' grocery store, 18th and
+ franklin avenue. for your castor machine oil.
he hp the best. j~une1iti
Don't fail to call and see my stock OF toys,
for they must go and that means il will pay
YOU to call at A. Egle's. dec7t3
Mr.. John GGhner has put in position a
handsome monument Of Tennessee marble to
the memory of the late DR., u. w. Young.
Don't use packing house lard when you
can get the pure article by leaving your Jars
or cans with Bour " Son, Franklin avenue. If
We have the largest stock of gold and
silver watches, and will sell them lower than
ever, Call aud See the new goods. at Grimes
& Venable, lew ,lers. dec7t3
Cheapl Cheap!! | have just received a car
Of fine Michigan salt, fresh from the mine,
and have smother one on the road, which |
will sell at 81 25 per barrel. Come and get
1t. A, LOOMS. june22tt s
Messrs. D. NJ, Smith Il Co. have erected a
nice awning In front Of their business house,
corner of FRANKLIN avenue and Sixteenth
streeth. The young gentlemen who conRre-
gate there to watch the college girls as they
pass VIII now be protected from the sun and
axlu.
hxaaat1 Baltimore, formerly a resident OF
tait nppnlY, step father Of Ben FULLY. the
ieoiercd orator and politician. well known and
I residing in this county. died in Louisiana,
Mo-, last Monday, aged 100 years. He was
brought 10 this country from Virginia by the
late Martin Corder.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of the Presbyterian
church will give q literary, musical and
social entertainment mex Thursday evening,
December 10. from 7 to 10 o'clock, at the resi-
dence of Mrs. l.. G. Wiseman. Home made
candy of different varieties will be on sale,
All are cordially invited to attend.
When you desire to travel by way Of the
Santa Fe be sure and purchase your tickets
from Mr.. Jno. Taubman, In this city. and no
at the r. & l.. Junction. Let the Santa Fe
officials see how much travel they get from
Lexington. The only way TO do this Is tC
purchase your tickets right here In town.
The charming little soubrette, Miss Jennie
Calef, is worthy OF being ranked with thu
worlds most cherished and a~pplauded ORA
matte cocktail, Lolita. She is as lively as
goat on a straw shed and as sparkling as
wheat field fall OF lightning bugs. And
bless her, she IS as pretty as q pink and a
sweet as a honeysuckle. Yum, yum.-IGal
weston News. She will appear in the 'Ameri
can Princess" at Hagcn's opera house Wed
nesday, December 10.
As a Christmas present there is nothint
more appropriate than q nice cloak, an
surely nothing can be more sensible. W
have them In pushes ,newmsrkets and Jacket
as you may wish. We have decided to Qui
the cloak business and Guarantee you to say
your money. RENE 'nber this. Ahrens. IL
Jean, the lit lie daughter Of DIR. j. W
Meng. drew the plush album at the mstine
Saturday afternoon and Ben steele drew tn
ch,ld's silver sci. Frank Lamborn, forema
of this office. drew the fine silver waite
serv ce that night. One case OF where Dam
Fortune cast her fayors In the direction OF
printing Office.
T. e. Bruley, q carpenter who has bee
working in this city several months, q
arrested by Constable Crowder Monday upo
a charge of living in adultery. His case 70
set for hearing Wednesday but he said b
was not ready for trial and the matter WI
postponed until ,o.day, when IL will b
heard before Esquire Clayton and a jury
His wife cane to this place last Wednesda,
The Christmas lumber of the Central Co
!, legs Gem has been turned over to the youu
ladies In charge and the work OF mailing
, IL now IN progress. The members of Idun
Literary Society, under whose direction IL
i, d lblicauon ~ made, deserve great credit Il
i, the enterprise shown In the getting up Of
= double edition for the holidays. Enterprise
q not the only admirable feature SHOWN by tn
mammoth edition, but it also goes to pro-
that the young aides in the few short scho
, terms during which the publication has BET
q continued have risen from the ranks Of me
amateurs and are now leaders in the matt
a OF college publications. Their little mag
o zine Is In every sense Of the word q "gen
and ma tviah for than annttnna1 nrnanarit
HigginsvilIe Leader, 6th;-The ROcl
Branch Coal Companv's mines have be
q closed down. 1t Is claimed by the operate
that they cannot pay four aud a half Ger
Tor mining, and place their coal on the ma
ket at wholesale prices with a profit. Tn
q claim that il Is especially difficult to compC
with Lexington, COrder, Richmond a
q other mines who pay no more freight, and
half cent less for mining. Our AullvIlle &C
respondent alludes to the discovery Of a thr
and one-half foot vein Of fine coal on
farm of Joseph Osborn, near that Own '
have seen Mr.. Osborn since receiving I
letter from our correspondent, also Newla
n George, well bjrers, who male the d
covery while drilling for water. and oth'
who bear out the report as correct. 1t Is !
n only a thick vein. but the quality is OF su
excellence as to indicate clearly that 1t d.
ID not belong to the same strata as that min
hereabouts. The coal IS so bitumInous Il
pieces of 1t readily ignite from q match wi
ID out the assistance or addition Of other
ri f4msble material. Mr.. Osborn tells us Il
id the field discovered Is not over q fourth o
10 mile from the Pacific railroad track anC
10 switch could easily be constructed to tap
r. region thus unjerlsid. The vein is only
ne feet from the surface. MIR. Osborn says tn
IL Is without doubt several hundred acres
q. this coal land, and q move is already on I
to organize a strong company to at once p
al coed to operate mines in the region. Shol
The statement of the extent and quality
IN this coal prove correct, 1t will prove the IN
rI valuable coal find and mining camp IN
h. county, AMI will open operations in the IN
m ing usin.ss not surpassed by any district
the west.
nj WaverIy Quite a large crowd assemb
re at the Christian church on Friday even
a despite the Indictment weather, to hear
en- match spelling for q handsome quilt. Th
.y were nine contestants for the prize. But 81
sn they began to draw out one by one, until o
let Mrs. w. W. Davis and Miss Sallie Burr
were left. We must say that both lat
made a nard ii sht. but Mrs. W. W. ID
lie came out victorious and carried of the p-
ay MI. Warren Groves LETT for CklahC
~ Saturday evening. We are sorry to
lr- Warren from among our young people rs