The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20

crop OF corn this year.
The apple crop will not bring less than
800 900 into this county this fall.
Yesterday was Capt. Jacob Conner's birth
dav. He told us it was his forty fifth.
There was a heavy frost last Friday and
Saturday nights. Very little damage was
done.
Furnishing of the "Grand Centrsr" hote is
being pushed as rapidly as possible and will
soon be ready Ia receive guests.
Mr.. u. +. Nicholson Is greatly improving
his residence. on South street. A mansard
roof will he among the many changes made.
Judge John E. Ryland is dealing ont justice
to Saline county criminals this week. lie
will turn his attention to Laia, cite county IN
October.
A change of time in the running Of trains
on the e. & A. road has been made recently.
The corrected table appears on the first page
of this issue.
The u. $. shag boat suter is expected here
to- day Or Tomorrow. II IL making clean
work Tins trip In removing everything In the
way Of navigation.
A failure To read the advertisements of our
nv 80" ~ ., ." % -"
mistake. Those who advertise literally are
always liberal dealers. 1t never iail..
The ferry boat ran into the bridge again
last Friday night and knocked OIL the railing
from nineteen boats In the draw. The damage
was repaired before Saturday morning.
Our dry goods merchants are buying I'M
usually large stocks OF goods this fall and
they inform us that the prices will be made
so low that customers cannot hel p buying.
A heavy rain storm, accompanied by con-
siderable wind aud lie rrlfic thunder and light
n,ng. passed over this city last Thursday
nIgut. We hear Of very little damage being
done by it.
The cooper shop is said to be turning out
1I5 barrels every day but Is unable TO supply
the demand Of the apple packers. who are thus
forced 10 store the apples until The barrels
can be made or shipped in.
A change has been made in the "nOtice to
contractors" which has reference to the re-
ceiving of bids to point the wall around the
courthouse yard. Interested parties would
do well TO read the corrected notice.
On Friday, October 3. the shooting clubs OF
Lexington, Odessa ,Corder. Higginsville. Har-
din snd Richmond will meet ut the Riverside
Erlving Park, In this CITY. to contest for
hOnors. An exciting time Is looked for.
The administrators sale of the persona
property belonging to the estate of b. f. Cor.
bin, deceased. has been unavoidsbly postpon'
cd from Sept. Goth. at which time 1t was ad.
v~ertiSed to take place, until further notice.
Mrs. Robert TIylor last Saturday present.
ed us with q peach which weighed exactly II
ounces aud measured twelve inches eact
way. IL was Il splendid specimen and was a
delicious to the taste as beautiful to the eye,
Prof. Hicks made q failure when he pre-
dicted that September, of this year, would b'
warmer than August. The coal dealers ar,
now praying that his prediction that this win
ter will be warmer than the last two will ais,
fail.
The charter for the pontoOn bridge ha
been signed by the president and is now
law. A member of the engineering corps
under orders from Major Suter, was here thi
week making q thorough examination Of tn
bridge and its surroundings and his repor
will be entirely favorable.
The ferry boat 10 acting very badly towar,
the bridge, running through The draw ever
fifteen or twenty minutes. whether 1t ha
, passengers or not. This necessitates a grea
deal OF extra labor upon the part Of bridg
hands and unnecessary delay to the travelin
, public. Spite work never pays In the lon
run.
Mrs. Emison Chsnslor left q pocket booI
containing S53 and u rOund-trip ticket I
Kansas City living on a seat In the waitin
room at the Mo. Z. depot Wednesday morn
ing, but It fell into the honest hands of u Nj
p Stark. Il piano dealer. of Sedalis, and wa
p promptly returned by him to It's owne
through Agent A. s. LOOMS.
The fall meeting Of the Old Mems Club @
n Lafayette county will be held ut the residenc
n OF Mr.. las. p. Parker, about 8 miles south
a west Of Aullville. next Saturday. Septembe
n u. Conyeyances will be at the depot I
rect and convey all those coming by rail {
the place of meeting. A largely attende
and interesting meeting Is looked for.
e A"seedy" looking young fellow, who ha
e been travelling with q show, which broke u
in Nebraska. was giving exhibitions on Il
d street Thursday. He was u success as q COT
v / tuEtiOllSb " Wucu 10 uCSdu u play ulS Wv
lin his audience left him.. He was giving Il
IS exhibitions In order to get money to get
his home, which is In the east. He carrie
off quite q little amount of money.
John r. Terrell has a farm IN the Nilsson
river bottom northeast of Dover, at Edwar,
Station, on Mo. Pac. r. Il; has two fields
corn, 40 scres,On this bottom land. He cal
4. | al IN nrn 81 h;o ,ainhhora an FAM lo,. mr.
's and gathered and measured some Of th
h corn. IT measured out 81 barrels, or 1
bushels to the acre. Samples OF this corn c.
le DE seen at Office OF T., Wipsor Il Son, LEI
'e ington.
" Miss Daugherty, oldest daughter OF OF
ID former townsman, Mr.. John Daugherty .di'
40 in Denver, Col, recently, from the effects
t. n dose OF poison administered by her Ov
re hands with suicidal intent. She was
h. actress and was to have been married recer
ly to a young man In Nebraska, aud for tn
=, purpose went to that state. Upon her q
10 rival at the PLACE appointed FOR the maria,
to take place her lover refused To marry b
for some cause unknown and this work
ID upon the poor girls brain to such an exts
or that she resorted 10 the above mention
of means OF ending her earthly existence. s
a. WAS sufficiently revived from the stupor
which she wa found to realize the seriou
lis ness Of her condition and repent OF the Il
In she had committed In taking her own life.
ed A meeting was held In Higglnsville II
III Saturday 10 settle upon some point In Lafa
tn cite county to locate the confederate soldier
o. home. should IL be decided to locate the saI
ri In this county, and TO formulate some pl
Ii by which a handsome sup Of money could
10 raised to offer IA an inducement for the ass
Id citation TO locate the home wherever the pc
TO pie Of this county suggested. Maj. George
a Gordon was elected chairman of the meeti
a and II. ID. Bledsoe secretary. LinwOod Law
nd near this city, was suggested as a fitting IO
nd lion by Capt. Ryland TOdhunter In secondI
Id a motion OF Judge VIM. Young to locate
th near Lexington. Editor Webb, as ~ usn a
cd the case, was At the front paradIng the adv,
az tages Of Waverly. Capt. A. T.. Asbury 500
ut In favor Of HIgginsYille. Upon q vote bel
~ taken and counted IL was found that HigglI
ne vile had received 40 votes, Lexington II a
n. Wayerly I. The selection OF HIggInsville "
ny then made unanimous and a committee CO..
posed Of DIR. j. J. Fulkerson. John Wheatlt
TO-, X. ID. BledsOe A K. Asbury, Nathan CooI
ut and Capt. W. Boon Major was appointed
solicit subscriptions and use every means
az their command 70 induce the location OF
mt home in Lafayette county.
zee Corder:-Mrs. Zantmyer is enter,sIni
,at her friend, Miss Emma Allison. of BOonyil
~. Misses Berthe and Bette Corjer spent |.