The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-02-22

The SICK are nearly al
Last Wednesday was II raw. wet. cold ana
very dIsaRreeabIe day.
TIL weather signals predict talr snd
warmer weather for to-day.
There Is no further trouble ut the bridge
Everything Is going on rs smoothly IS 0
peeled onion.
Miss Jessie Jones. Of Odessa. has been en-
ployed to teach the Linn Grove school for
the next three months.
Tho cold wave which struck this city last
Wednesday night forced the mercury down
20 eight degrees above zero.
We have Q new carrier on our western ely
route and persons failing TO get their papers
win pls ase promptly report at the office.
..rhe Snake and the Dove" BY Annette
=. Halliday. the complete novel 10 the March
BelIord's will be q genuine treat TO all novel
readers.
Mr.. 8. g. wentworth sold last Thursday, to
Mr.. W. G. Hoffman. q prominent STOCK man
Of Saline county. 1877 acres OF land near avg
ginsviIle. for go 80 per scre. The farm. q
part Of the Roland Williamson place. 10 all
under fence, has on II q good six-room house,
barn and ell necessary outhouses. II was Ger.
tlinly sold very low. Mr.. Hoffman VIII Inn
mediaiely occupy tbe place. Welcome.
On account OF sickness In the family, little
Miss Olive May Long, daughter OF Engineer
Alfred Long. was prevented from giving o
birthday party which had been promised her
BY her mother, January 7th. Sickness bay
iug happily banisbed from the household.
She was Yesterday euAbled to entertain quite
. number OF her young friends from . to D p.
m. May she live 10 celebrate many anniver.
saries, and may her pleasure never again be
marred by sickness.
a~iggInsyiIie Leader.-"Johu Hsuschild To-
forms the public that his son John. 10 years
of arc. has left bis home, and he kindly asks
for Information Of rs whereabouts. Address
this paper or John Hauschild, at Hardin ,Rsy
county, Mo-" The boy spoken OF 10 the above
paragraph was last seen 10 this city on the
duy OF the pontoou bridge celebration, Sept.
no. 1859. and Il IL believed by bis fsther that
he fell on the bridge and wss drowned. II If
Generosity believed, though. that The boy be.
came tired Of bis home and left for parts %
YET unknown.
while the family Of Er. u eta Bledsoe,
Who lives about Two miles north OF May.
view, were eating inner last Wednesday the
house caught Gre from u Que 10 the kitchen
and. together With most of the household fur.
ntture, was totally DESTROYED. The house was
tWo.storv one and contained eight rooms.
The cost Of the building was % 900 and the
insurance 90 Il was 81 900. The loss on fur.
uI,ure will Increase the amount OF property
urned to nearly 5000. The furniture was
insured for $1,000. The house belonged to
The Morrison Wentworth bank.
Odessa Democrat - Kisses Fannie Venable
rpd Lollie Andrew OF Lexington, visited The
FAMILY Of Squire An cerson IN this city th
nesk. Jesse, the ave year.old son Of MT
.mes Adams, of near Bates City. was klrked
horse on the bac X Of the head last Satur'
az evening, and died SUNDAY morning. The
tile fellow followed his father to the barn
and the father returned TO the house for the
milk buckets and when he returned he found
Jesse under o cart with the top OF bis skull
oompleteIy removed and MS brains exposed
The child was a bright little fellow, and Mr.
Adams has the sympathy OF the entire com.
muntty 10 bis affection.
From the HlggInsville Leader Of February
"A. ne clip the following:-'F'om citlzen'
l,yiug In that vicinity we are Informed that
what purports TO DO q rich vein Of gold ore
has beeu discovered on the farm OF Johi
hammers, nesr Aullville, this county, aud
four miles southeast OF this city. Mr. Sum
m.rs was digging II well. and had proceeded
thirty feet below the surface when the sup
.o,ed precious metal was discovered. Quit,
snring Of water was also struck at thai
Asn,b. that flowed into the we'll so rapidly d
"a make Q thorough investigation Of the x
,..t of the ore impossible. but so thoroughly
-sre those having the work In charge con
v,nced that the 6nd was genuine, that the,
:, once began sinking q shaft q few feet be.
loo the we'll, and work has been progressing
,,ght and day since. and II lie thought the re.
a.,red dsoth, thirty feet. will be reached to.
day. Samples OF the product have been sent
a. Ransas UTtv and 81. Louis to be asssyed
and reported upon. but we have not heard
a.. ,esu,t OF either test. The ore exists In
abundance, and II gold 10 10 q rich find and
s.III ersste Q great sensation In these parts.
We ard not have time to explore the region
Ssfore eslng TO press to-day, but will give thu
,ssult Of personal Investigations next week