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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
The Early Morning Fly.

IL is in tho morning early,
when we're sometimes cross and surly
And we feel that we must sleep "a trille more.
That The worst Of all annOvers,
The great prince OF rest de>irOyers.
The pesky fly begins his gay and festive soar.
We pretend we do not hear HIM,
That it's not worth while To fear him,
And we Try to make ourselves believe we
sleep
Then he lights on arm or shoulder,
But lac very soon grows b0ldrr,
And directly for our ears begins to creep.
Then il il we give up dreaming,
When our brain with wild thoughts
tepmiug
We proceed TO kill him with Il fearful flap,
with u slam we spread aur fingers
All about the spot he fingers,
But the llv escapes. we've nothing but the slap.
This performance oft repeated
Got" cur ratirncC 0vrrh"atCd,
An ." ~y"rug the house Of flies shall now be
..p'n.
lhru we present., forget II.
Bat we'll gricvi0I,ly regret it
When we try to sleep again tomorrow morn
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
GreWsome and Grim


From the Richmond Times.l
The bird only seen by hls bill
A grewsOme bird is the gas meter grim,
Sitting silent and lone in the cellar light dim /;
And times last flight,
Nor day nor night,
Bring any change to the meter grim,
Save In the race
On its figured face,
Where numbers grow toward the millions
place.
A walcbful eye keeps the meter grim.
As he sits alone in the cellar light dim;
And he marks the gas
AS summer days pass,
A nd makes no note of an interim,
Nor takes of II dime
For the two months time
You close your house for cooler cline.
A merry bird is the gas meter grim,
And he laughs alone in the cellar light dim !;
And he thinks how You'll swear
And tear out your hair
When the quarters bill comes rolling in;
+Or whether away.
Or at home you stay.
The bill is the same You're called on to pay.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.

Furnished weekly to the Intelligencer by
Captain J. ID. Conner, recorder of deeds Of
Lafayette county, Mo.
Abstract of the deeds filed in the Office of
Recorder OF Deeds from Saturday, Aug. 10,
1889. to Saturday, Aug. II, 1889. Only
such as contain covenants of warranty con-
tained in list.
John j. Hogan to f. B. Farley,
lots and 8, blk 8, 1st add to Lex
lbgton OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Sl i26J %
John Summers and wife to Albert
f. Kresse, hf hf %, also hI NV
sw l3, also ne NV sw II, also sw sw
IL. Except strip also - acres of Sc
sw IL, also 10 acres of u end NV, all
In AZ. %. 5,4OO 90
Zackariah Clark TO John Summers
10 acres of N end lie NV and part NV
NV "a: AZ, 300 90
F. McGIrI to w. 4. Glover, 10; 6,
blk l. L. ~ SIS. add to Odessa ... % 90
j. w. Harrison 10 Geo, w. Clark,
lots 3 and 10. blk 81, lst add TO Lex
ihgton. ..:................... 1850 90
Josie Campbell to Geo. W. Clark,
hf lot II, Old Town.. .......... $50 90
Dora S. McKeeson to John A.
Bowman. lot II, Smiths LIST add 10
Higginsville. ...................... 400 90
w. Il. PembertOn to Louis ROepe,
lot IL, and n Inf lot II. blk f. Cor
der's add to Corder r................. 800 90
Geo. w. Corder to w. II, Pember-
ton. lot II and Inf lot II, blk f,
COrder's add TO Corder. er..... 112 80
I No instrument will be filed until the
fee Is paid, a-n
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
MR. DEPEW IN POLITICS.


1t is current that Hon. Chauncev M +.
Dcpew, the popular and brilliant New
Yorker, is about to throw up his fat
salary as railroad president to 60 into
politics for fun. Mr.. Depew can afford
to do as he plcascs and he can have no
fun in politics while at the head of a
corporation. As private citizen he
would be full team, a through trunk
line, branches and all. He is already
one of the recognized "spellbinders" of
the country, and when IN politics for
business he would certainly make the
best OF time. He would do well to try
the field as republican nominee for
governor of New York In 1891. Sue
cess in that experiment would De vital
with the possibilities of the unexpected.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
HE CAN'T SEE THE BEAUTY OF
PROTECTION.

Vandalia, Owen Co., Ind, Aug. 20:
Ii 1t can be possible for man to pay
out forty seven cents on each dollar he
receives and be better off, then we are
all right; and the tariff brings about
this condition, or at least some approx
imation to it. The truth is, the out
look is anything but fiattering for the
workingman, while the moneyed man
is all right. If te wants to buy labor
it is cheaper than formerly; and if he
wants 10 buy wheat, or corn, or any,
thing, we can raise it cheaper than it
has been for thirty years. | have CON
cluded that we want free trade. | do
not want any man to be taxed to sup
port me nor do want TO be taxed to
support anybody, aud | want to sell
where l can get the best price and buy
where | please without asking anybody
or paying anything.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
Weeklp gntelli9enfer.
OiIicinl County Paper.

CIRCUIT CoURT-FrrsI Mondays of April
August anu December.
CRIMINAL COUH.-FIrsI Monday of March and
second Monday OF October.
PROBATE COURT-ScCUnd Mondays OF Feb
ruary, May, August and November.
COUNTY COURT--FirBt Monday IN each month.
MASONIC.
LENINGTON LODGE, No. li9, y. +, u A. NJ. -
Third Monday III each month.
ROYAL ARCn CHATTER, No. lO-FirBt Monday
IN racn mOIln
DkAIoLAY LoMMANDEnY, no. ), X. T.-Fourtll
Monday III each month.
l. o. q. f.
ORION LODGE, No. i5.-Every Tuesday night.
lTAsKA ENCAMPMRNT, No. 6-Every second
FRIDAY night IN each month.
GUrENBhHG LODGE, No. 323-Every first and
second Wednesday night IN each month.
\. %. u. W.
LExINGTON LEGION, No. l05, SELECT KNIGHTS
AND HARMONY LODGE. NO. 81, A. D. l.. w.
second and fourth Thursday i'll each month.
X. OF l..
kNIGmrs OF LAHOM-EYerY Monday light.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
THE LARGEST LIBRARY IN AMERICA

Ithaca, N. Y, July GOV. d. Col
lingwood, of Buffalo, has secured the
contract for building the Cornell library
building, his bid being 100000. Con
tracts for heating and lighting and
constructing the stacks are yet to be
let. These will make the total cost ex-
ceed 1925, 900. Hon. Henry w. Sage
binds himself TO pay for the building.
providing the Fiske university will
suit is decided against the university.
The structure is to be the largest ana
most complete library in America.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
HAS HIS PRAYER BEEN ANSWERED.

rBenjamin ii. Harrison in the Senate March
26, 1896.
| do lift up hearty prayer that we
may never have president who will
not either pursue, and compel his
cabinet advisers TO pursue, the civil
service policy, pure and simple and
upon Just basis, allowing men ac-
cused to be heard, and deciding against
them only upon competent proof and
fairly-either have that kind of civil
service. or, for Gods sake, let us have
that other frank aud bold. il brutal,
method of turning men and women out
simply for political opinions. Let us
have one or the other.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
PLAIN ENGLISH BY A FARME R.

Danforth, H., Aug. 13.-The bene-
fits derived from cheap transportation
and a sound currency are in a great
measure taken from the farmers bv the
protective tariff. The protection thieves
have managed tO steal the most OF the
benefits that farmers ought to have for
their share of the improvements and
INVENTIONS OF the last twenty years.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
DIR. WELLINGTON ADAMS.
PHYSICIAN g. SURGEON
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.

IIAS REMOVED his Office TO ParlOr X, Mid
IL land Hotel, Kansas City, Mo. Errors of
ieiruction and Accommodation of the Eye cor
rected, either by the adaptation of suitable
RIasses or by proper medical treatment accord
ing To the requirements OF the case.
Practice limlteu TO The treatment of Acute and
Z IronIc Affections oil the Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat, and the Scientific Administration OF
Electricity in Chronic Diseases.
Sundays devoted exclusively 10 the treatment
{ atients living outside OF Kansas City.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
Wabash Railroad Time Table.

Omnibus will leave the hotels in this
city for Il. ~ l.. Junction, making
connection with trains gong east,
west ana north. at ..................7O 90 4. m
returning, Wlilarrlve at. :..........9 . 80 u. IN
Omnibus will leave for u. Il =. juno
tion, making connection with trans
going east and west and north as
far Rs Richmond, al. 4:3O p II. .
returning VIII arrive at ............ 30 p. N
JOHN G.. YOUNG, Superintendent
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
Wings.
VICTOR HUGO.

What matters it though life uncertain be
To all? What though its goal
BE never reached? What though 1t fall and
flee,
Have we not each a souli
A soul that quickly must arise and soar
70 regi ms far IIOre pure
Arise and dwell where pain can lie no more
And every joy is sure.
Be like the bird that on a bough too frail
To bear him. gaily swings;
He carols though the slender branches fall
He knows that he has wings.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24

Trains marked will stop on signal. Trains
marked will not stop.
Local freIghts run daily except Sunday. Other
rams daily.
Coupon t!ckets on sale to all principal points
In the United States and Canada. Baggage
checked through TO destination without extra
charge. j. B SHlFFLkTT,
Agent ut uigginBVIlle.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
SECURITY.
From Life. |

Accepted suitor: "Won't you find it
awkward when you meet your other
two husbands in heaven2'
Interesting widow: 81 do not expect
TO meet either of them there"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
WALLACE - CHIhES,

A TToRNFYS AND COUNSELLORS AT
a Law. Lexington, Mo. Office, front room
oyer the "Lexington Savings Bank" opposite
LAFAYETTE and surrounding counties, and also in
no Supreme court OF the state OF Missouri, and
the U. 5. Circuit and District courts Tor the
Waato,f, % sfrict nt MiRgOurI.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
DRs. RUSSELL 4 TUCKER.

DHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, OFFICE
over Lafayette County Bank, Main street,
Lexington, Mo. ...
In giving notice TO the ..ublic of the formation
of the above firm, II Ia deemed proper to state
that DR.. Tucker Is prepared TO treat properly
all affections OF the eye, ear, throat anu nose
ns well as all disc asses peculiar To females. Dr.
4 . residence ut MIR, Bells, corner oi frank
lin avenue and Thirteenth street. where ne may
he found at all hours of the night Careful at
teniou given 20 the lifting Oi eye-giasses for nj
conditions of detective eight. mayo
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
Time Table ofthe Lexington branch
of the Mo. P. r. R.

H5@rO follow the time of trains going west
read from top of column downwardi; OF those
going east read from the bottom of column up
ward. T. a. NOEL,
Agent mt LcXinetOn.
a. y. LOOMS,
Agent at MyrIck.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
ATTORNEYS.
JOHN 5. BLACKWELL.
XENOPH1pN RYLaND.

1 TJDRNEY AT LAW. WIN practice in ul
n u courts OF the state. Prompt attention
wen to AL business entrusted to my care.
JIllce In Masonic building over Trigg " Shield's d
iLuie. janlOyl
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
w. AZ. GOSEWISCEa, M, ID.

Women and Children q
Ill Diseases II specially. ONCE on Franklin
Avenue, opposite courthouse. npT2lm3
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
The Tennis Girl.

Her gown is limp, but she Is sprightly,
The tennis girl.
She says she's fright but she knows she Is
slightly.
The tennis girl.
She scOrns fan and she's gathering tan.
And she doesn't scream at the sight Of man, A.,
The tennis girl.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24

WILL REMAIN IN LEXINGTON UNTIL
w NOVEMBER. Special attention gwen 10
disc nses ol the Eye kar, Nose and Throat.
Spectaclrs and eye glasses properly adjusted
for nil nutiCIl defects. New electric apparatus
IOr the treatment OF Catarrh. General practice
and general surgery. ONCE practice only.
Once over Leroy Farner's drug store.
IJune22mil
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
MEDICAL.
DRs. MCDONALD s. CRIsT,
N. uamISrAR, VI. d.,

nUYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, LEAlNG-
TON, MISSOURI. UMoeOver MOu nljoy "
Ireland's shoe store. mth23
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
~. Il R0JHIN(i.

TTORNEY-Ar-LAW viii give prompt at.
\ tentlOn to ali business entrusted to his care
WIN practice in all the courts, except the Pro-
ate Court ii LafaY site county. deG2yl
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24

A TTORNEi s. -AT-LAW, Lexington, Mo, J.
II. ID. Shewalter having opened an Office in
Kansas City (AmerIcan Bank Building, Eighth
and Oelawarel, viii be in Lexington on Satur-
day OF each week. dcc2JtI
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24

A TTORNEY AT Law. WIN practice IN all
IN the state and federal courts. Prompt atten-
ton 10 collections, examination OF land titles,
writing legal indeniures, Nc, Office in lntellI
genCer building--lronI room may25
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24

J. d. sHEwALTER, s. n. WILSON,
Lexington and Public Administrator
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-29
THE BANCROFT HISTORY.

Very few books issued lately have excited
more comment. among the American news
papers than the volume on Utah in H. H.
Bancroft's History of the Pacific States
of North America" series. Naturally the
book would attract attention, this territory
forming very important and highly in
teresting section Of the western half OF the
continent; but the fact that the work is
devoted largely-as was absolutely neces
cary from the very nature OF things-to the
story OF the Mormon people who settled
and developed this territory, and made very
nearly all Of its history to the present
time, gives to the book more general and
deeper interest among the newspaper max
ing and newspaper reading classes.
L is worthy of note that with
remarkably few exceptions, and those
confined almost exclusively to the
highly preiudiced and uninhuential jour
mails, the papers have given much of praise
to the volume both on account of its ex
haustiveness and because of the manifest
fairness of the author. Where it has been
abused, as it has in some instances, it has
been by editors whose prejudices are SO
blind and whose fanaticism so intense that
they cannot conceive it right that fair
word should be spoken regarding the Nor
mons.
THE HERALD has heretofore reviewed
and editorially referred to the book, hence
there is no occasion for US t say more con-
corning it. B low, however, we reproduce
some extracts from lengthy review of the
work which appeared in the San Francisco
Argondut, the gifted editor of which is Mr..
FRANK PIxLEY. 1t will not be claimed
by anybody that the ArgOndm has
any friendship for the Mormons,
uor will it be asserted that that indepen-
dent paper can be influenced improperly by
money We print the extracts from the
4rgonGut article merely to show the esteem
in which M. BANCROFT and his history
are held where the gentleman is best
Known. The review gives the tragic story
of the Mormons down to the assassination
of JOSEPH SMITH, and says:
The leader of a sect embracing 10000 men,
women and children, of whom the men between
seventeen and forty-nine were enrolled in a
velldr1lled and well-equipped militia, had been
murdered by u cowaruly mob, and yet those
people cid not retaliate. BRIGHAM YOUNG
Who succeeded SMITH as president, checked the
passions OF his people and guided them, with a
steady hand in peace and without confusion, oul
of their difficulties and into their present pros
p;eTity He is thus wildly sketehed BY the
For brief space the Mormons enjoyed peace,
bu within year they saw that they must seek
new territory, and in September, 1915, body OF
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-29

1,5O0 men was appointed to go to Salt Lake
valley and report on it as future home for the
Saints. The exodus of the new Canaan is
one of the most remarkable movements of great
body of people in history. The MOrmons had
been given notice to quit by their neighbors, and
they had to sell out their belongings at a great
sacrifice, but they set forth with light hearts
and perfect faith. The sufferings they I'M
derwent were fully as great as those of earlier
and later emigrants; they suffered from sick
ness scarcity of food and water, Indian raids,
and all the minor hardships attendant upon such
a trip: but to the wisdom of their leaders in
providing entertainment, such as dancing and
picnicS, whenever new supplies OF provisions
were received or could be drawn from the sur
rounding country is due in great part their com
paratively easy ARRIVAL The Salt Lake
was reached July a. 1S47 and on the following
day BRIGHAM YOUNG announced that this
should be the new Zion. and the city was ac-
cordingly determined upon.
AT the opening of 1919, the Saints were
housed, clad and fed in moderate comfort, and
at the end of the year there had been S73 ap-
pications for lots amounting to II 600 acres; no
lots were held for speculation. each city lot
being farmed and improved, and the adjoining
farming land divided into five, ten, fifty and
eighty acre lots, where each farmer could build
and reside. though all the farm-landS were in
cluded within one fence, owing TO the scarcity
of fenciIs materials. Lots were distributed by
ballot, as in Israel of DID,. no ardent spirits
there was a whipping post which was
used once or twice. To follow the Saints in
their struggles to lift their new home from q
wilderness to'a civilized city, would be very in
teresting, but it is impossible here. From this
point the history of the Mormons has been
record of steady increase of wealth and num-
bers, and Mr. BANCROFT finds little but praise
for them. The last few chapters are
taken up with the ti-polygamy legislation and
the operation of the EDMUNDS law. and with q
review of the present industrial and social con-
dition of the state. The former treats of events
so recent that they seem but to be mentioned
to be recalled to the public mind the last chap
terS however, are gathered from a vast range Of
ordinarily inaccessible sources, and present prol
ably the most complete and irnartial record of
Utah's resources and possibilities eXtant.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-29
Only n Brief StaS

He was one of those dry old jokers, and q
be settled his portly frame into a Murray
rotunda rocker for his after dinner smoke {
dashing, fashionably dressed young mar
rushed up, held out his hand and exclaimed:
"Well, declare, judge, when did you gel
inl"
"Oh, t'other day; when did you comet" re
turned the Judge"
Last night, over the Burlington.
"How long are you going to stayl"
''As long as my money holds out, u chuckelet
the young man.
Sorry you're going to leave so soon," OBJ
served the Judge, without cracking snlile.-
Omaha Republican.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-29
LOCAL AND OTHER BRIEFS.

DAVIDSON, Leyson McCune were setting up
monster safe yesterday.
THE Christmas issue of THE SALT LAKE
HERALD is a credit to the fair and thriving city
of that name. The paper appears in its new
DRESS and the Christmas issue is filled with facts
and figures concerning the natural wealth and
beautiful surroundings OF the territory. Some
of the business houses are well represented in
its columns.-Logan Journal.
THE Ontario and Daily offices are now en-
sconced in new, handsome and commodious
quarters over, Wells Fargo's bank. The reno
walton which the bank has undergone included a
thirty foot extension in the rear and the re-
modelling of its upstairs apartments, and Mr..
Chambers suite has everything that the bank
has in the way of vault, the bank vault being
continued through the upper story; steam heat,
perfect sanitary arrangements, and an entire
glass frontage on the back street, so that the
new Offices cannot be excelled for light, roomi-
ness and general comfort. Lem Goliath follows
in the train, and Mayor-elect Richard Mackin-
tosh will also receive his constituents for the
time being from the Ontario quarters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-29

crossings should be made in this city. We
don't believe it will be disputed that the
crossings of the business streets have been
worse this winter than ever before. If
they have not reached the limit of mud and
sloppiness, none of us wants to know what
that limit is. The raised cobble walks seem
to be little improvement over the straight
soil, the mud and slush collecting on the
cobbles and persistently refusing to run
off. If oaths and expressions of anger had
any market value, enough of them have
been expended within the past six weeks
to pay for the most improved kind of cross
ing and the hire Of any number of sweep
ers. In this connection let US ask how it
would do to adopt the style of crossing in
vogue in ancient times and still in use in
some of the cities of Europe? This consists
of flat-topped stones eighteen or twenty
inches square, set about two feet apart and
raised from six to twelve inches above the
street level, two lines of these stepping
stones at each crossing. The arrangement
might be regarded by some as detriment
to street traffic, but pedestrians could cross
the roads without running foot gear and
clothing or running the risk of drowning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-29
A NEW METHOD OF TREATING DISEASES,
HOSPITAL REMEDIES

What are they! There is new depart
ure in the treatment of disease. 1t consists
in the collection of the specifics used by
noted specialists of Europe and America,
and bringing them within the reach of all.
For instance the treatment pursued by
special physicians who treat indigestion,
stomach and liver troubles only, was OBJ
tanned and prepared. The treatment Of
other physicians, celebrated for curing
catarrh was procured, and so on till these
Incompatible cures now include disease of
the lungs, kidneys, female weakness, rheu-
matism and nervous debility.
This new method of Zone remedy for one
disease' must appeal to the common sense
of all sufferers, many of whom have ex-
perienced the i'll effects, and thoroughly
realize the absurdity of the claims of
patent medicines which are guaranteed to
cure every i'll out of single bottle, and
the use of which as statistics prove, has
ruined more stomachs than alcohol. A cir
cular describing these new remedies is sent
free on receipt of stamp to pay postage by
Hospital Remedy company, Toronto, Can
ada, sole proprietors.