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

Go to the polls on April 2 and vote for Mr..
Rsgland for school commissioner.
Our business men should be wide awake
on the poutoon bridge matter. 1t will be
big money In their pocket If the bridge Is
built.
MI. Il. W. II. Ahrens returned yesterday
morning from IL trip east, where he purchas-
oil his spring and summer stock OF goods.
Watch for his advertisement next week.
Lexington needs more life. Everybody
will admit that. Then the way to get it, TO
put new blood to circulating through the busl'
ness arteries of the town.is to build the pom
tOon bridge,
gentleman from Texas has been here for
.eyeral week getting miners TO take to Texas
to work in the coal mines. He succeeded In
getting thirty-two Or them to 90 with him.
and they left Thursday morning.
Talhote:-Mr. f.. G. Cook fell from "A ladder
last week and Injured his right hip. lie was
cpnliund to his room several days. Quite a
serious accident happened TO MIR. Fred Peter
ing recently. While cutting hedge II thorn
penet rated one Of his eyes and it Is doubtfuI
whether the sight will be restored or not
Tue Gei mau Congr egational school will re-
sune lis session at MaYview on the first o
April.
Report OF public school, MayView, fol
month ending Mar. S:-HOnor roll-Bessi'
Bradley, Agnes Bradley, Maud Mathews
Mollie McAalister, Florence Wilson, Perli'
VIM. Nora Tracy, Gus. Stuedle, Fran
Jones, Charlie Waters. Bette McElrOy, Pear
FinnelI, Mamie Siles, Carrie Oliver; Scholar
ship-John Marshall, Ellie Wilson. Bula
Boone, Bena Patterson, Helen Oliver, Jessl
Tracy, Mary Stuedle, Irene Major, Mimi
Wilson, Ella DrummOnds, Emma Waters
Clifie Smith, Virgil Puckett, Frank McAlIs
ter. Maurice Jones, Clarence Jones, Will
Strasburg, David McAlister.
4 Constable MIlti Crowder and policema
Jesse Hamlet arrested f. W. Pratt and Mo-
ris Bailey at this place on last Friday on sus
I picion of beng horse thieves. They offere
two horses and Il buggy and harness to SIEVE
I raj persons for Is dollars, and this arouse
the suspicion which caused their arrest. III
officers got Mr.. Thos. Harvey, to whom the
had offered to sell their Quilt, TO go to the
- and pay them s. to bind the bargain and g
them to give him a bill of sale, which the
die, Pratt signing his real name and Bailey
4 fictitious one. The officers then arrest'
them and telegraphed to different sherI
to know il they were wanted. Pretty sot
they received a telegram from the sheriff
:, Linn county to hold them, and MIR. &. '
Crutchfeld. of Brookfeld, came here Satu
day morning and took them to Linn coun
unko, t,,l .,oIon ona Of rim hnrSps and nl4p
a mortgage on the other horse and the buge
They stated to the officers here that tn
were going to Joplin, but they were reaI
bound for Oklahoma and had run out
Ut money. As they were taken into the J
" Pratt remarked 10 Constable CrOwder Il
D. s.thIs was the fruits of gambling"
.The Merry Go.Round Club" is compos
~ OF about forty of our most estimsble you
:, people and is the most successful aud popu
' society organization in the city. The pie
VI ant suburban home of Mrs. Lucy Cox v
thrown open to them on Tuesday EVEN
=, last. The guests were most charmingly "
"a coined by Miss Irene Fleming, one of
=, most attractive members of the club {
niece of the hostess. The double parl
have recently been refurnished with G
giant furniture and with rich draperies
~ costly bric-a-brac presented u very hal
some appearance. The dining hall was
=, ranged for dancing, which, with music
dancing formed the amusements OF
evening. The recitations were unusual
lures and deserve special mention. MIR.
T. Hays gave with fine effect "The Buria
'ur Gen. Shelby's Flag" and as an encore,'H
OF the Old Horse Won the Bet."Miss Ride 4
le- with the grace and ease of an artist, rec
rS' in her own happy manner a Parody
vas Romeo and Juliet" and THE Ghost"
10 freshments were served at about ten O'cl
Ine and consisted OF ice cream, pine apple
IS orange ices, cakes. fruits. coffee and CHI
late. Mrs. Cox wore an elegant black rhi
''S, mes. jet trimmings; diamonds. Miss Ii
'ou Fleming, white alabatross, surah trimmIi
natural flowers