The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-01-04

County coIrt Monday.
Adjourned term OF the criminal court Mon
day.
All eyes are now turned to the postmaster
ship In this city.
John Meet. last Thursday. killed a genuine
Jack rabbit in the bottom atove thi. city.
The thermometer marked only 10 de- Tces
above zero last Thursday morning just after
daylight.
The horse of MIR. John Wsddell, which has
been used for family purposes for n number
of years, died of influenza Monday.
Our carrier bows desire to thank their pat
rOns for tho very liberal manner in which
they were received on New Years day.
hamlin'- Wizard OH Concert Company has
been delighting good sized audiences all this
week. Their last appearance will be To-
night. Go and hear them.
A small blaze was started in the house
owned by MRS. r. q. Patterson. just below
Longs hotel, occupied by f. Vogt, TUESDAY
night. Not much damage was done.
Beach 4 Bowers Senator GilhoolY COM
pany was pronounced by those IN attendance
the best show they ever saw.-ClIntCn Daily
Herald. AT Hsgen's opera house, Wednesday,
January 8.
The ferry COMPANY has dispensed with the
| services Of their engineer and pilot and put
their boat In winter quarters at Riverton.
Mr.. Chas. Anderson, the engineer, has gone
to st. Joseph to accept a similar position.
Sheriff Mitchell, although he has recei we'd
office al the hands OF his political friends,
for whom he has done good work, Il still
somewhat Of q farmer and stock raiser. ~
was shown by two hogs which he drove to
town to weigh Tuesday. They weighed $40
pounds.
Beach q Bowers Senator GilhoOly com
pany played to good business at the Grand
opera house last Friday evening. The enter
taInment was better than any show during
the past two or three years.-Ripon (Wis.)
Free Press. Hagen's opera house. Wcdnes-
day, January 3.
Peter Lyons, while investigating the mys-
terIes of an old attic IN the bull ling owned
by his mother, at the corner OF Ninth street
aud Franklin avenue, recently, came across
an old, dilapIdaIed, rusty and eaten
rifle, which Is on exhibition at the barber
shop of Mr.. Ed Payne, where persons inter
ested In old relics may see It and pass thei
opinion az to whether It Is a relic of the late
, upon the mountain.
rhe work tram, under charge OF Conducto
Chris Walk which carries q pile driver witt
II, met with al accident at Napoleon Thurs
/ day. As the train was pulling out Of a sid
. track one of the wheels Of the Cur on whic
was the pile driver and n stationary engin
= ran of The track and the pile driver being to
heavy turned over. carrying with 1t down
steep embsnkment the car, stationary engin,
and three men, The men all sustained sma
. Injuries and went to the hospital at Kanss
City. The pile driver 10 q total wreck.
r A horrible, but necessary and successfI
z operation was performed by Drs. McDonaI,
e Crist and Tucker on the arm of Martt
Jones, q colored woman living 10 East Lex
ington, Thursday. On her hand was an enoJ
nous cancer which made that emit full
twice Its normal size. II has been there Il
;: over four years and In that time she has n
q been able to use her hand and the docio
found II necessary 10 smputste 1t. The hsT
r, has been preserved 10 alcohol. 1t Is u horr
BILE sight, especially to the inexperienced.
On Friday Judge Field decided the case @
Hannah Waddell vs.. Hannah Groves ct. q
This case was tried several years ago befoT
Judge STROLLER and was decided against Ii
?: p~lsintIff. She appealed TO the supreme coul
81 and the decision was reversed and remande
s. for another trial. On retrIsl Judze Field OIL
N dered the property IN dispute TO be partition
N ed and appointed Robert TAYLOR, Ben Weed
aud Jack Slusher rs commissioners for tn
ly purpose. The decision Il IN accordance VI
IL the opinion OF the supreme court and SUI
ID tsins the clam Of Mrs. Hannah Waddell.
nj The plan OF starting u hospital which b
lie been on foot in this city for some time and
- which we have spoken before has reached
W successful termination The lrst patient
re be received was n. b. Olsey. OF RiyertO
a. who Is quite sick with typho-mslarIsl fevt
Ed He Is the patient OF Drs. Mcdonald 4 Or
OF and II receiving every attention. The bull
IT. Ing opposite the store OF Mr.. Chas. Loon
"a has been rented for present use. It " d
o. intended to make Of this institution merely
ay local affair, but patients from any part OF /
~ country may be brought here and will recei
ssi the kindest attention and the best OF medi
services. We hope to see the physicians
N this county, especially, make Use Of the O
H. cellent advantages which this ~instituti
an offer.
cir We started this week 10 giving accounts
yes parties OF which we heard, but before we b
cd fairly commenced we found they had bt
cir 30 numerous that II would be useless
10 undertake. the job, having 40 little space
u our command. A few Of them and OF VIII
,ur msutlon 10 not made elsewhere IN this Is
On. were: Friday night Of last week Miss Liz
zen King entertained; on this same night a Gro
'pe Of friends surprised the members Of the IA
en- ly OF Mr.. John Gehrer; Little Annie Hoo
tie entertained a number Of her young frle
FRIDAY evening from 2 until I p. IN; on NJ
on day night q surprise party was rendered 4
Lillian B%Oulware. Of Fulton. ut the reside
lIss OF Mr.. Jas. MOorehead; Miss Stella Rylt
avs was surprised by her friends Monday @
rs. nlng; Misses Carrie and Maggie Hamlet
nds tertained their friends Tuesday night; n
and friends gathered at the residence OF Mr..
avs Mrs. Emi.on Chanslor. Tuesday night, to
iIss the old year depart; the Star band gave q
OIL q successful ball Tuesday night: Mas
ui- Edw in and jamie Rankin gave to their 20
/ Of friends q candy pulling Thursday night.