The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-06-22

EDITOR INTELLIGENCER: - Allow
me to advance a iew among the innum-
cradle good reasons why our citizens
have cause to be, and are, proud of
Lexington, the beautiful city that sits
king-like enthroned upon II command
ing hill near unto the waters OF the
Big Muddy or Missouri river. We
have twenty thousand feet in length of
streets macadamIzed, water works
second to none, with fifty fire hydrants
aud two hose and hook aud ladder fire
companies, who always get there on
short notice aud are hard and good
workers at a fire; three female col
leges and one male military college,
all with large attendance from II dis
tance-$SO, 900 a year is thrown into
Lexington from this source; three
white and one colored public schools;
eight churches for the whites aud
three for the blacks, all brick aud good
substantial buildings; gas works aud
ninety-nine street lamps. These works
are second to none In the state-serv-
ice equal to any. We need forty more
lamps on Third, from the foot of Irish
town hill, down Water and ION from
the gas house TO the pOnton bridge
Chat is to be- on Franklin and Main
to oath street, and on South, west to
VIM. Chiles' residence; OF Main to
Rev Hyde's, on Lafayette To Winters,
on 10Th and Nth streets north, which
with thirty more blocks of macadam
on Third, Msin, Franklin, College,
Water and South streets, will COM
plete the Lexington system of gas and
macadam for some time to come.
And it can all be done in the next two
years. We have foul large dry goods
stores, besides others doing a mixed
dry goods business: four boot and shoe
houses, three large Touring mills and
an elevator that use nearly all our
grain surplus; twenty-five grocery
stores supply our wants, two restau-
rants, four hotels, innumerable pri-
vate boarding houses, four clothing
stores, five drug stores, two book
stores, eight meat shops, three livery
stables, two tailor shops, four black
smith shops, four banks with ample
capital, two tin and stove houses, three
hardware stores, one cannery, one
furniture mandatory and two furni.
ture houses. The MasOns, Odd Eel.
lows, A. D. U. w, X. OF H., Ancient
Order Hibernians, X. OF L., Farmer
and Mechanics and other similar or.
CARNATIONS are all represented in force.
The finest country in the world is all
around us. Coal inexhaustible, a good
! ferry boat, and will ocn have a pom
ton bridge to enable our friends OF
Ray to come earlier and remain later
q machine repair shop, and two brick
yards; carpenters, painters, and brick
layers in numbers, and all at work.
We have a good court house, Jail,
clerks offices, council room, calaboose,
fire stations, three pair public scales,
three newspapers; 800 negro voters
who almost to a man vote The repub-
lican ticket and virtually give thai
party control in this city, as that class
has in the nation. Without them the
republican party would not amount lC
q row of beans, as a political organi-
cation; three jewelry stores, two
plumbers, and one marble and tomb
stone house. The Mo. Pacific railway
runs trains through this city from st
Louis to Kansas City viz Sedalia and
Marshall, and so soon as the pOntool
bridge Is built we will have close con
~nection with all trains, via the bob. tail
at Il. s. l.. junction, with the Santa Fc
and Wabash railroads. We still have
the river, now used 10 supply us with
cat and buffalo fish. We are second
TO no place in beautiful residences and
fine shade trees along our streets
There Is no place that surpasses Lex
ington as a home in which to educate
our children aud enjoy good society,
We can loan and interest our money,
If we have il, on first class security
and make paying investments "A long
ways ahead of investments made by
some of our citizens in Independence II
year or two since, and il would pan
out a long ways better. The Young
Mems Christian Association is doing a
good work, is strong in numbers and
is doing much towards building up the
morals of our CITY.
Now, fellow citizens. let us all pull
a long and u short pull all together,
advancing our city's interest thereby.
Shove the Rip Van Wrinkles aside, put
only liye men III the front, and my
word for it, yon would not know Lex
ington should You go away and return
five years hence. As it is, new build
ings are being built all over our city
nowhere will you find more improve
ments going on. just wait until after
harvest, and the schools and coal mines
open up, then you will open your eyes,
Yours truly, THIRD WARD.
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