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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

The town has been full of people
all week attending court, and
nearly all have visited our beauti-
tut store rooms. They were unit
ed i'll their compliments, all
agreeing hat we have by all odds
the pretiiest rooms and newest
stock in the city, while The prices
asked gave entire satisfaction.
1t is our aim and intention to
keep nothing i'll our stores but the
VERY BEST ARTICLE,
and 10 sell at the smallest possible
margin, relying upon large sales to
carry us through.
You will find II GRADUATED
Sugar the best in the market, which
we sell at II pounds for 81 The
very best Light Brown Sugar, IA
pounds Tor 81. Choice Roast Cof-
fee, t pounds for 81. Choice Young
Hyson Tea at Soc per pounds the
best and cheapest in the city.
6 GREAT BARGAIN.
Imperial, OoIong and Gunpowder
Teas, at SOC per pound. Best Maple
Syrup and Rock Candy Drip, at
soc per gallon. Choice n. o. Syrup
at 50c Der gallon. Sorghum, SOC.
These are all time goods. Our
Jellies and Preserves are the finest,
the margin on them being very
small. Mince Meat and Apple
Butter, all fresh, at rock bottom
prices. In these goods we defy
competition.
Our China and Glassware de-
partment is the finest in the city
and The prices the lowest.
Toilet, Old Country, Ivory and
all kinds OF Soap nj Rock Bottom
figures.
We have just got in a large con-
sIgnmcnt of
FRUIT TULU,
the finest Chewing Gum ever man
uiactured. 1t has no equal. You
"a chew Oh one piece for "a hours,
and still the elegant flavor is re-
tanned.
We want the farmers to under
stand that we will pay CASH for
al! kinds of produce, and guarantee
10 give the highest market price for
their goods. Don't stop until yUH
reach our house. Bring in your
Chickens (dressed), Butter, Eggs,
or anything else yon wish 10 dis
pose of, and you can find Il pur-
chaser in us.
Remember, IL goods are ali
new and fresh, having no old, worn
out Or shOp-wOrn goods on our
shelves. When you buy from us
you can rest assured that you are
getting full value.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

Window and Wall street. Alliters
tive as we'll as opposite.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

One of the saddest things we have
had to record i'll Il long time is the
death by the hand of All assassin OF
Capt. f. w. Dawson, editor of the
Charleston, S. c., News and Courier.
Capt. Dawson was known from ocean
to ocean as one OF the most intelligent,
liberal and progressive editorial writers
in the country. He was not CT the
Grady pattern, and, while as progress
sive as that gentleman ever was, be-
lieved in the new south" merely as al
outgrowth of the spirit and enterprise
of the old south. No man was more
respected than Capt. Dawson for puri-
ty of motives, and for all that goes TO
make NJ a useful citizen. 1t seems that
Capt. Dawson had u maid servant who
had charge of his little children. Sus-
pecting her of improper conduct, not
desiring to do her an injustice if his
suspicious were uniuunded. and still
not being willing to retain her in his
service il dishonorable, he had her
watched. She was seen to meet sur
reptitiously a DR.. f B. Mellow, d
young physician, d married man with
children, but of rather un6avory repu'
tation. Upon learning this Captain
Dawson went to DR.. McDow's office
to protest against the seduction OF TIT
girl, and in an alteration which fol
lowed was killed by Mellow. He Wa:
found in the doctors office, $3.50 p
m, last Tuesday, with his face badly
beaten and II pistol bullet in his heart
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No.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

In this county all classes of people
are in favor of Mr.. Hicklin's miners
pay bill. A few interested persons
may be opposed to it, but the people
generally are not only for 1t, but very
heartily tor it. Aud Lafayette is a
large mining county. aud a fair index
to the feeling on this question where it
is well understood.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

Dudley 10 guilty but he won't 90 to
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16
Powell.
GA1DES:: III G. {. . S .

Buy your Garden Seeds of us. We can
supply Won with reliable seeds of the best
varieties nue.. cheaper than you can send for
them.
Il you need IN oil can buy the Little
WIZ with swing or IN" "Mikado' with
pump These are the very best cans and are
cheap.
We have a good stock Of -h:-N Hckcrel,
IerringS, Goldfish, WhitctiS',, Trout. sc.
We nave hlw'lsnmc Tea pn'S tllied with the
very best tea. that we sell at The price of. the
tea pot. Ii you want tea or Il Tea pot try one
OF these.
Oae pound packages NJ "PlutkV Durham"
Smokin. tobacco Tor - cents. This tobacco
is made in North Carolina. from pure North
Carolina lrlt, and j. - great dead better thsu
any we have ever sold for the money. 1t is
good enough for anyone.
We have lust rec' wed new lat of deco
rated china aud glassware. We self the dec
Grated chiua i" any quantity. by the piece oil
in full tea or dinner sets.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

Grand Avenue property i'll Kansas
City has received u big boom he last
few days by the reported purpose Of
Bullene, Moores ~ Enery TO remove
their large dry goods house to Eleventh,
between Grand Avenue and Walnut
street,
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

FOR COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER
CHARLES D. RAGLAND.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

Mr.. G.. ID. RagIand, of Clay town.
ship, was, last Monday, nominated by
the democratic convention for county
school commissioner. Mr.. RagIand
needs 10 words OF commentator al
our hands, at least TO our old citizens
and educators, but rs many new
him personally VT think u word of two
upon the subject OF his nomination
may not be amiss. Mr.. Ragland is a
native of this county, his father is DIR.
b. d. Etagland, an old and highly
respected physician and citizen OF
Wellington. Mr.. ltagland has devoted
his life TO education, and though he
has had many opportunities 10 step
into other, and perhaps more lucrative
paths, his pride in his chosen profession
of teaching has prevented him from
doing so. Mr.. Ragland has had 20
years experince in the school room,
has been "A student of the school laws
of the state; he has been one OF the
most regular, intelligent and useful
attendants of the teachers institutes in
the county, aud is, wilhaIl, u most TX
cellent and courteous gentleman. All
who know him feel confident Of his
earnestness and ability az III educator,
and that as commissioner of the public
schools of Lafayette county he will
make an active and useful officer, His
nomination by the democratic party
of which he has been a lifelong MEM
Der, will insure him the support OI
democrats, aud his personal worth and
peculiar adaptabiIity to the position
will secure him the votes of d greaI
many persons not democrats who art
familiar with them. We trust tina
every reader of these lines who is
citizen will appreciate that he has
duty to perform on the first Tuesday
in April, and that he will go 10 tn,
polls and vote for Mr.. Ragland.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

1t is not only the miners that are
opposed to company stores, but the
public generally is, and all Legitimate
merchants are. The public because
they know that the truck system leads
to imposition on the cmploye, and the
merchant because il is unfair TO him.
The supreme court OF West Virginia,
last Tuesday morning, in the Golf
Wilson ~gubernatoria! case, decided
that Gov. Wilson is entitled to hold
over until such time as the contest be-
tween Fleming and Golf shall have
been settled.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

The two best republican members OF
the lower house at jefferson City are
Kelly and Gunby. They have BRAINS
to begin with, not Il too common thing
with Missouri republicans, and then
they have the desire TO serve their
constituents.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16
TAYLOR g.

AgD, LOAN AND INSURANCE AGENTS.
Ab.trafI ~ rs and CoDveyancers, Lexington,
No Money 10 loan Oh improved farms In La
Iaye'tp aud adjoining counties. ut lowest iates
OF interest WIN privilege of paying part or all
of principal before maturity.
No delay, no red tape. money Always on
bHn1 Write US for terms. mch9yl
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d. NJ. SMITH & co.
and Franklin ave.
NGTICETO DELINQUENT CITY
TAN Payers.

DELINQUENT city tax payers are hereby no
~ Titled 60 pay tucIr CITY IaNcs, ~ the city TAX
In \ ih Al next.
Hy OTdur OF CITY Connect.
mCulGil JD>EPII q. CilIHN, Collector.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16
COUNTY CONVENTION.

Mr.. Chauncey L. FiIley goes TO,
no, m-in the soup.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

Rio Janeiro is suffering from yellow
fever. especially among children and
infants.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

Tho republicans in the Missouri
legislature make u mistake when they
permit themselves to be- led by MIR.
Flanagan into ob]structimg the business
pretty fellow, no doubt, but when he
impedes the operations ct the house
he perjures himself as n sworn public
officer, aud is no better than any other
peTjurer. MIR. Flanagan quotes demo-
cratic prccedents aud statesmen TO
Justify fiiibustering. But it is not
filibnstering which Mr.. Flanagan i'll
dulges in. 1t is simply the introduction
into the house of a parcel OF rot In the
way of resolutions and bills. Mr..
Flanagan mag think he a ''play the
people of Missouri Tor suckers" but
he is mistaken. They know perfectly
well the difference between filibustpr-
ing t o defeat II wrong measure, and a
persistent course to clog and en-
barrass legislation. The republicans
aided in the organization of the clerical
force OF the assembly. Atterward they
wasted a whole weeks time trying to
prove that too many clerks were en-
ployed. Suppose we grant it. What
then? Why, that having a big force OF
hands the assembly should have gone
promptly to setting them at work.
Was this done2 How could 1t be with
diIatory motions and buncOmbe
speeches taking up the time of the
house? Mr.. Flanagan alone has cost
the people of Missouri more during the
past two months thar all the clerical
force of the general assembly. Ii is
the duty of all officer of the state TO
transact the business of the state as
expeditiously as possible, not to hinder
and embarrass it. We are glad to
know that many OF the republican
members share this view, and are
| opposed to the ponsensical and cX-
pensive course of the gentleman
from Jasper. At least no democrat
should be accessory to it, and the way
to avoid being SO is. moi to endcavor
to reply to his diarrhea of words, but
simply to vote against his propositions
without wasting oratory upon them,
and as quickly as possible. The state
wants a good revision of the laws, and
is entitled to it.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

II is only in Missouri that the pions
Chauncey |. FilIey shines.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

A press telegram from Cheyenne,
Wyoming, dated March 10, says:-
Five wealthy tourists from Lyons,
France, two of them women, have been
murdered in the Yellowstone National
Park. Their guide says that Indians
did the butchery, but some persons
believe that the guide, who has fled,
was in league with Montana murderers.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

Jno. ID. Washburn, OF massachusetts,,
goes to Switzerland.
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EsIT"E'E:Es H-a&E.
Il CRlMlNAL COURT.

When calling Tor these please sa" they wcTC
advertised. =. y. FULk ERSOH, l. Nj
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-12-11
Commercial Fertilizers.

1t is said that the farmers and garden
ers of the United States pay out thirty
millions of dollars annually for com
mercial fertilizers, this money being ex-
pended mostly by the farmers Of the
States bordering on the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts. Fortunately, their use has
not become common in the Western
States, though here and there will be
found a farmer who is trying the virtue
of this source of plant food in small way.
Upon the thin, rocky soils of the New
England States it is natural that fer
tilizers should be used freely, and,
indeed, in many cases, there is no
other way of getting a crop. So, also,
with the poor soil of some of the
Southern States, where the farmers do
not grow stock nor practice the rotation
of crops, but devote their land almost
wholly to cotton. The enormous .ex-
pense OF fertilizers must be grieyons
tax upon the tillers of the soil at the
East and South, and in large measure
their cost offsets all the advantage the
East possesses Of proximity to centers
of consumption. With the present prices
for agricultural prod ducts there seems to
be no place for high priced fertilizers on
Western farms, and there should not be
until we have taken much better care Of
barnyard manure and have learned to
appreciate the value of red clover in
renovating land Breeders Gazette.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-12-11
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

More than sixty young Methodist
women have taken up the course Of
study for eyangehsts and deaconesses,
under the instruction Of the Rev. %. "a.
Wright in Chicago,
There are $40 Catholic priest with
1858, 455 Catholic population i'll Eng and,
and so priests with 33s, 643 Catholic
population in Scotland. ireland has
s,aa54 priests and 3, 792, S57 Catholic popu-
lation.
The Baptists In London are to be-
gin the forward movement which they
have been long contemplating, the OBJ
ject of which is to carry on the work of
the Gospel much more energetically.
Special services will be held in the John
Street Chapel.
Prof. Thayer tells Of Yale grad
uate who, after wandering far and long
in skepticism and regaining his spiritual
equipoise, confessed that there was one
thing which, all through, he could never
quite get away from, and that was Pres
ident Woolsey's prayers. !"
This three-fold repetition, 81 will
instruct thee" 81 will teach thee, I
will guide thee" reveals the three
properties Of a good teacher. (l) to
make the pupils understand the way to
salvation; (a) to go before them; (3) to
watch over them and their ways.-Old
Writer.
AT Oxford, in England, it is an
nounced that women s'who are graduates
of colleges included in the Association
of Collegiate AlumnB, us. A." will be
admitted to the Honor Examinations
without further condition. All other
women must first pass certain examine
tons. :. ~. 4
President Patton, of Princeton Col
lege, in recent address to the students,
advised them not to forget their religion
when coming to college, but to be sure
to bring it with them, and not to lose it
while there. Religion that is really
anchored in the heart will always bear
transportation.-N Y. Independent.
During the past year British For
eign Missionary Societies have con-
tributed IS, 1874, 1000 for work in Pagan
and Mohammedan lands. OF this amount
s., 500, 900 came from societies connected
with the Church of England: 81 1856, 600
from English and Welsh Nonconfo:mists;
81, Ola, 900 from Presbyterians in Scotland
and Ireland.
"A royal decree has been promul-
gated in favor of the American mission
established in Congo for evangelizing
blacks. Another decree accords to the
Governor General of the Congo the
power of expelling from the State
all persons whose presence may be con-
sidered dangerous, and also those who
have undergone criminal condemnation
In other countries.
THE japanese are equally ready tc
believe or disbelieve in God and future
life is the opinion of a recent traveller
in that country. And which they will
do depends on the question whethe,
faith or infidelity is most in accordance
with reason. They are acute metaphy
siciahs, and have the most profound re-
spect for logic. If they become Chris
tians they will strip Christianity OF q
great many of it's traditional dogmas
that seem to them to be Irrational. But
they are so mercurial in temperament
that they can not take even religion Sc
riOuSly" ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-12-11
Are Fail Litters Profitable


There seems to be vast difference
of opinion in regard to fall pigs being
profitable. take the ground that they
are. I have heard men say land it is
truel that fall pigs do not grow one
half as fast as spring pigs do. l say
this is true, but I will not admit that it
is so only in certain cases. II the pigs
are we'll cared for they will do we'll at
all seasons of the year: The best time
to have them farrowed in the fall is
September. They have good grass dur
ing the fall, and by the time the grass
is gone they will do we'll on corn and
Stops and are less trouble. as the farmers
have more time to look after them. l
have always raised two filters year.
and have not been able to have any
for the market. The demand for breed
ing stock has been so great that I have
always sold out clean. and last season
had to buy my meat, although raised
over one hundred pigs. This season
had seventy-fye spring pigs. and ex-
pect that many fall pigs. If the trade
is not sufficient to take all my fall lit
ters there is always pretty fair market
for fat hogs in June, and pigs narrowed
in September can be marketed the fol-
lowing June, and good stock can be
made to weigh two hundred and fifty
pounds by that time. 1t doesn't pay a
man to keep sows and only raise one
litter a year; it cuts down the prof Is
Western Swineherd.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-12-11

sharp edge and great weight When
withdrawn it leaves pit in the shape
of cross and twelve to eighteen inches
deep. The posts for the new fence must
be prepared as shown in the left-hand
figure and of the shape Of the plunger,
and as soon as the plunger is withdrawn
the post is forced at once into the place
which it made. The iron implement
may now be reversed and It's round head
used to pack the earth about the new
post, or lighter tamping pole may be
used. OF course this is only applicable
where the soil is fairly light and free
from stone. The central figure repre-.
sents the bottom of the main post, three
inches thick and slotted for the cross
piece to enter.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-12-11
A COLD VALLEY.

weather below zero, a late English
writer says: Il do not believe in plant
ing fruit trees in the bottom of valleys.
This is often done to secure the rich soil.
'sBut it is of little benefit to the grower
to realize strong growth and an
abundant Towering if his crop is de-
stroyed in the Towering by the spring
frosts-which has repeatedly happened
the last few years in certain localities"
This further illustrates the same diff
culty-that of frosts in valleys for ten
der growth.
In all cases, whether high or low i.
situation, thorough underdrainage
should be always given to the ground
where orchards are to be planted, unless
a good natural drainage already exists
with the soil. Those who are about set
ing out new peach and other orchards
the present autumn, or preparing the
land and trees fer them next spring, will
find it advantageous to select situations
least subject to sharp valley frosts, and
to provide in advance ample drainage.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-12-11
EXPOSED ORCHARDS.
The Importance of Selecting Favorable
Sites-A Cold Valley.

Tho Importance of Selecting Eav0fAOlo
Sites-A Cold Valley.
We furnished to the public MANY
years ago, says the Country Gentleman,
q full statement Of many instances In
which crops Of half-tender fruits, such
as peaches and nectarines, were de-
stroyed by the frosts of winter when
planted in sheltered valleys, while
those on exposed hills escaped. The
soil was rich in the valleys and favora-
BILE to the free growth of the trees; and
sheltered from the bleak winds of ele-
waited grounds, they were enormously
supposed by some persons to be safer
there than on more exposed localities.
The cold air on sharp winter nights,
made heavier by the exposure, rolled
down the sides of the valleys, and filed
the bottom with lake of cold air, while
warmer air remained above. The ac-
companying figure represents this res
suit distinctly. We have known diff
ference in sixty feet of altitude to make
all the difference between an uninjured
crop of peaches on the hill and it's en-
tire destruction at the bottom Of the
valley. ~
This effect is increased and the trees
as we'll as the crop sometimes destroyed
on account of the rank and succulent
growth in the richer soil below, render
ing them liable to winter-killing, while
the well-ripened and well-hardened
growth on drier and more compact soil
were proof against the frost. It some
times happens, however, that trees grow
ing low down on compact, well-drained
and moderately fertile soil will succeed
better than those higher up, if on a
mucky and water-soaked piece of ground.
In climate of milder winters, and
where the peach crop is never killed by
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-12-11
No Chance for Him.

Mrs. Vainproud Whose husband is =
lawyer)-Here is something that you
would do we'll to remember, my dear,
for you are so impulsive. x. n.~
Mr.. Vainproud-Well,w what is it?
Mrs. Vainproud-A quotation from
Coleridge-'' There is an art of which
every man should be master, the art OF
reflection"
Mr.. yainproud- like to know what
chance ever get for reflection when
you are always before the mirror your
sel.-Munsey's Weekly. :.