The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-12-27

d. Russell VIII sell wine swe1fh0dy edteef
for S2s. The net cost at factory Is S25, freight
This IS q bargain. Call soon.
Mrs. p. g. Patterson will occupy Mrs. Jno.
rooms, over the postOfice, during
the lalter's absence In Chicago.
A neat porticO has been added to the resi-
dence OF Mr.. T. G. Crenshaw. and the APP
pearance OF the house has been much improv-
ed thereby.
Nine. Edouard Blitz Is happy in the pos
session OF two handsome pieces Of statuarY.
a gift presented to her by her music pupils at
the close of Central for the HOLIDAYS.
HigRinsville Democrat. Dec. 19:-W. C.
B sattie went to Sweet Springs Saturday
evening, to attend the funeral Of his cousin,
W. L.. Bealtie, who died at his home In that
city, last Friday evening. He returned nome
Monday night.
The Higginsyille Leader. now called the
Democrat, has undoubted fallen into the
hands OF an experienced newspaper nan and
wide.awske editor. His paper this week
us q number of inter esting items,
which are reproduced elsewhere with credit.
Besides the articles which we reproduce,
which are matters Of interest to the entire
cbuuty, there are numerous Items Of local
interest. May the Democrat experience a
happy, prosperous New Year.
some or our subscribers and others want
ing sewing machines nave objected to the
machine we are advertising because of its
being the ordinary low arm machine. We
take pleasure In announcing that we have
now made arrangements with the manufac-
turers whereby we can furnish the high arm
machine at only two dollars additional cost.
or S17 for the machine and the Intslligencer
one year. Now Is the time to buy II you want
a No. l machine at almost a nominal cost.
The offer will soon be Withdrawn. We guar
antee the five years w~arrantee of the manu-
facturers.
Mr., Ed Hills team ran away from tie Mis-.
souri, Pacific freight depot last Monday and
the wagon to which they were attached
struck q water hydrant in front of Fort
Haerle, cracking 1t and causing a leak, TO
stop which the water had to be cut off from
East Lexington, The hemp factory was shut
down all that afternoon on account OF there
being no water to supply the boiler. The
McGrew mill, which Is also supplied with
water by the Water Co.. as soon as the sup
ply was shut of. commenced using from a
small pond which had formed back Of the
mill. but this supply gave out at about six
O'Clock and the mill was shut down until
about nine O'Clock p. m, when the water was
turned on again, ana work was resumed
The mill Is behind with its orGers and the
delay was a serious one.
Constable Thomas C. Young has commenc.
ed his labo-s ss an officer of the law in a most
commendable way. success having crowned
bis efforts in his first important case. On
November 10, the store of W. p. Mcqueen, at
the coal mines. near Doyer, was broken mic
and q considerable amount Of goods carried
away by burglars. Suspicion pointed TO Jesse
McQue, Dora Letherage and John W. DAVIS
as the parties who had done the work, and
warrants for their arrest were issued, but the
men having disappeared before this action
was taken, Mr.. Young placed the warrants
In his pocket and started on a stiil-hunt for
his men. Through a letter which accidentally
fell into Mr.. Yonng's hands he located the
men at the Worland coal mines about twenty
miles south Of Butler. and the sheriff Of Bates
county was notified to arrest them. which he
did. Mr.. Young went to Butler Saturday
morning and arrived home Sunday with the
men, who were taken before Justice of the
Peace H. q. Wallace. Jr., and committed tc
jail IN default Of $500 bond. Their prelimi'
nary trial will be held Tuesday.
HigginsvilIe Advance: - While in Licking
ton, we had the pleasure OF being shown
through the Lexington candy factory by oui
friend Mr.. Clagett. and were surprised to foo
the company doing business on so large
scale. While attending prayer meeting at th,
PRESBYTERIAN church last Wednesday night
Rev. DupuY had his horse, saddle and bridl,
stolen. The horse had been left hitched t
the rack near by. Last Saturday Afternoon
fire broke out in the lumber yards Of r. B
Leahy b Co. aud but for the early discover,
great damage YOU have been DONE. How
the fire originated remains q mystery. FL. +
C~ampbell's coal house was destroyed by FIR,
Saturday morning, An unusual heavy WIN,
prevailed and the fire alarm caused som
excitement. Robert Martins little hoy ha,
his right leg broken Thursday afternoon. II
was playing on a truck at the Pacific depo
when the truck ran oil the platform and fel
onto The boy. He was picked up by Harve.
Dooley and taken home 10 q wagon. A ply
sIcian was At once called. and the boy Is nov
doing rs well as can be expected under cir
cumstaRces. John Taggart's little girl me
with II painful accident one day this week
She fell from the fence AMI had her rig Int col
lar bone fractured. Some time ago a llttl
child of ID. j. Freese was psrslyzed. and ha
cen IN u very pitiable condition. Now how
ever, we are happy to state that the littl
one IL rapidly recovering. and IS already adj
to make use Of Its limbs.
The bIg survey Of the Missouri river frol
Sioux City to Its mouth is now almost CON
pleted. With the exception OF about twent,
five miles yet to be surveyed-part Of th
along the river at Kansas City the create
aud most thorough survey Of the river eve
accomplished is almost finished. II will /
at least three months before the survey maj
ire issued. Great changes have been di
covered In the channel of the Missouri at son
places. at several points the river has d,
; v afed from IIs course from five TO six mile
leaving laxes OF considerable size and dep
whers tie river formerly ran. It require
15O practical engineers and surveyors to nal
! the survey. they were divided Into sew
, parties q. zach having 4 ''quarier boat" Fl
3 efkhe parties were under the superintendent,
: limited States Division Engineer samu
onge " no has headquarters in Kans
Mr.. Yonge said: 1.-THE survey will
$<<ted la q few days. The river at al
3iclnity Of Kansas City will be surye
q ten days. The survey is beipG ma
. <fulIy. I believe we Will find that
> 1fadual change IN the channel OF Il
! kken place near Kansas City. / a
q that II we had not hcted In tiu
&p,raps the river would have co
8 {<< "a from KaDsas City until IL C
thr< DDS near Harlem. The chang
y OF Kid ga pften due 10 cutoffs. Som
timss mikes a great curve sImil
to The a<ass City and almost com
e togeIhs point. This forms a gre
o neck or nf land. The waters actI
causes The zlr away on each side
y this penfl:5 20 weak point and /
8 river fna Seh and leaves not
ing but : where its form