The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-23

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Talmage, Thursday. April 4.
Talmage at the opera house one week from
next Thursday.
Seats for the Talmage lecture are going
pretty fast. If YOU want to hear the great
divine you had better secure your seats now
A great many ducks are being killed at
Grand Pass and shipped through here to Kan
sas City. Several good sized boxes full OF
them passed through here Wednesday night.
The Lexington Kranko Club were royalty
entertained 10 Sweet Springs Thursday night.
The club consisting Of thirteen members
turned out In full force, a.la-plug hats and
high dude collars, and from their reports
there were about thirteen solid brushes made
In which Of course the fair girls of Sweet
Springs had a play. The boys say Mrs.
Clarke. the charming hostess, knows Just
how to entertain ''young folks" We SYM
pathize with those who are not members of
the Krankos for the boys win have pleasure
and enjoyment, II indeed there is such a
thing.
Mr.. Joseph Jefferson has been engaged for
q number of years upon his autobiography,
| which will soon begin to appear in The Gen.
tury. No more interesting record Of a life
| upon the stage could be laid before the
| American public, and Mr.. Jefferson's per-
sonality is perhaps more sympathetic to the
people OF this country than that Of any actor
we have had. He is the fourth in a genera
zion of actors, aud. with his children and
grandchildren upon the stage, there are six
The record which he has made of the early
days of the American stage Is sail to be Pc
culiarly interesting, especially the story OF
his travels as a boy in his fathers company,
when they would settle down for a season In
q western town and extempoIize their own
theater. The autobiography will begin in
The Century during the coming autumn, and
the installments will be illustrated with a
portrait gallery Of distinguished actors.
On last Friday evening at about four
o'clock the elegant suburban residence OF
Mr.. A. G. Williams, which Is situated one
fourth Of a mile south of Mschpelah cemetery,
was discovered by Mrs. Williams. who was
sitting near a window doing some sewing, to
be on fire. and before she could give the
alarm 1t was beyond control. When assis-
lance had arrived every one turned their at
~tention toward saving the household effects,
which was done to a great extent, but a good
deal of furniture and cloth ny that was stored
10 a remote part Of the house was forgotten
and destroyed. The building is a total wreck
The fire originated in a small room in the rear
of the house = IS used as a storage room
AMI among otu:r things stored therein was n
refrigerator. under which the fire, IN some
unaccountable way seems to have started,
The loss, as estimated by Mr.. Williams
amounts to about twelve or thirteen thou
sand dollars. The house was insured fol
, 50. 900 with the Phenix, of Brooklyn, and
the furniture was insured for 81 800 with the
Springfield, of Massachusetts,. Messrs. f
Winsor u Son represent both Of these COM
panies and the insurance has been running
/ with them for nineteen years.
t Fairvlew Slight squall Sunday night
d some people have gone to gardening. MIR
t James l.. kinkead Is very sick with pneumo-
9 MIA but Is some better at this writing. Mise
: Mary and Lula Osborn went 10 Kansas Cit
9 last week to visit relatives there. Miss Mar
q will go on from there to her hOme in Coun
e ell Grove. Hans. Mrs. Jane RAIDER, sister o
Mr.. Cyrus Osborn. went to Fairfax. Mo-, las
o week on a visit to relative 8. Miss Jenni
Bratton, Of Kansas City, was the guest Of he
Y sister-In-law, Mrs. lone Bratton. last Satur
lay and Sunday. Mr.. Arthur Campbell say
v he would like to be a brick mason for a littl
while; II he wouldn't top out Mr.. j. W
4 Renick's parlor fiue for him 1t would b
strange. Mr.. W. y. Cobb assisted by MI
George Bray drew plans for his domicil
), last week aud will begin work on 1t soon;
u will probably take them about two months t
complete 1t, and then the cage will be read
for the bird: Messrs. Eugene Campbell
Willie Kite and Harvey Campbell will star
A for Colorado mex fall their friends and rela
70 tives will please call on them and bid then
goodbye before they start. Mr.. Leslie Cobt
as Of Kansas City, is the guest of his uncle, Nj
r. T.. Cobb, this week. Miss Cora Campbe
70 returned home Saturday to take charge of
school near Odessa.
to DR.. A. p. Barnes, who has been p~racticin
he US q veterinary surgeon at this place for thrC
be or four months, was arrested by Marsh
err Chinn, last Tuesday night on II warrant sci
from Independence. Shortly after the sci
D. vice OF the warrant the officers arrived fro
j. independence and took him to that plac
he Since being taken from here Barnes has bee
r. proven to have been one OF the slickest erin
ly mails that was ever arrested at this place. ii
n record Of crime. as far as Is now known con
ed menced at Fremont, Nebraska, from whit
re place he ran awsv with and married Il Sc
it enteen-year-oId girl last fall. Before leaviI
nd that place he had placed two mortgages on
team OF horses. and from there went to Lee
at summit, Mo-, at which place he again NOR
e. gaged the team. Here the team was turn
he over tc the man to whom II was mortgage
and Barnes then broke into the stable, ste
nd the horses, deserted the 17-year-Old girl. al
lin came TO this place. Here he mortgsged /
his horses first to Mr.. Geo. Brown. of near II
1rt city. for 300 and then mortgaged them
his Mr.. Walter Wsddell for $50 When he Cal
iii here he claimed to be n widower. A she
zen time after, January 20. n lady arrived he
ID and was married 10 him at the Conmcrc
,r- Hotel. She was married under the name
DO; Mrs. Nora Lockwood. but, according 10 Bi
in nes' contest IN, he had been previously %
yet ried to this woman and she was his law
cd wife, but he married her again TO bear {
or. his statement that he was a wIdOwer at
ks time he came here. A child was born
OIL them at this place some three or four wee
OF ago. Barnes is now in jail at Independen
* but the officers at this place are trying to hi
OF him brought back. He is believed to belo
to an organized band of horse thieves.
10, was in the habit OF attending The Method
rk; church, and on prayer meeting nights wol
Drk make speeches 10 the congregation and
ew them to pray for him. This he probably
The moro from a desire to cover up his tracks
a criminal than anything else. Ee of
and stated that his headquarters at night were
of church and not at saloons. Taken all In
I'VE. we believe the arrest OF "Dr A. z. Barr
ted veterinary surgeon" has rid Lafayette co,
any ty of one of the most accomplished crimir
that ever sought shelter within her boun'