The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-09-27
ABOUT M~IssOURIANS.
Political and Personal Movements
of Various People.
Paragraphs Concerning Many We'll
Known Wen aud women.


Luke Kelly, of Neosho, has declined
the democratic nomination for senator
in the eighteenth district.
The great Texas tariff reiOrmer, Hon.
Roger q. Mills, VIII speak at Jackson,
Cape Girardeau county ,on the I'd prox.
Major Il. f.. Lawder, of Mexico, not
desiring to butt his head against Il
brick wall, refused TO be nominated
for congress- on the republican ticket
Rev, DIR. VIM. M. Prottsman OF the
M. f. Church, South, at Eldoradn
Springs, will be a candidate for chap
lain OF the next state senate.
Il. o. McLin, Esq, of tins city, has
taken a brief vacation from his lcgisla.
tive campaign and is at present on IA
visit to his best girl at Nashville,
Tenn.-HOIden Herald.
Thomas NJ. Morsey, editor of the
Warrenton Banner and one of the
clcvcrest newspaper men in the state,
was married Wednesday to Miss Willie
bdNlS, Oh Lincoln county.
Assistant State Geologist A. q.
Woodward was in Platte City Friday.
lie visited Sloan aud the Norton
springs and took samples of the water
whichwill be analysed at jefferson City.
County Clerk w. w. Batterton re-
turned from Montana Friday morning
lie was accompanied by his brother,
James Batterton, whose continued i'll.
ness is much regrcttcd.-Columbia
Herald.
DIR. NJ. f. Ming, of Marshall, has re-
ceived 3 card announcing the marriage
of his brother, John o. Ming .ot Phg1ix,
Arizona. Mr.. Ming and Miss Vina ID.
Bryan were married at that place OIL
Sept. LIST.
b. Il. Cauthorn brought home with
him and presented to j. ID. Morris a
stuffed Chinese pheasant. 1t is a beau
tiful bird and the flesh is said TO be
equal il not superior t O our prairie
chicken.-Mexico Intelligencer.
Mrs. Martha A. Bingham died in
Kansas City on the Goth inst Her hus-
band, George G. Bingham, was at one
time state treasurer of Missouri and
later was appointed attorney general
under Gov. Hardin. He died in 1879.
Senator Clay had his pocketbook ,
containing several hundred dollars,
carried of by his dog the other day.
The family looked for the book for a
day or so when the dog brought it
back. The money was all in it.-Mex-
leo Ledger.
At the funeral of Thomas w. Nc
COrmick, at Holiday, on Thursday
afternoon OF last week, Judge S. NJ.
Quirey marched with his Masonic
brethren. The judge is 80 years old,
yet he showed no fatigue in the march.
Paris Mercury.
Judge Robert l.. Mcclure has been
appointed county judge of Sangamon
county, Illinois, by Governor Fifer,
Judge McGuire is a native of Boone
county, Mo-, and graduated from the
university in 1857. Since 1861 he has
resided in Illinois.
Mr.. &. Z. Williams, who graduated
here last year, spent last Thursday and
Friday in Columbia. He goes from
here TO Mexico, Mo-, where he will
take charge of the mathematical de.
pariment in Prof. Fleets school,
Columbia Statesman.
Part of the remains of q mastOdon
have been found in Perry county by
James Saddler. The bones are Of i'm.
mense size. Three teeth were dug out,
the largest one weighing a little over
three pounds. An effort will DO made
to secur the whole skeleton.
NJ. Beamer, OF Lafayette county, was
yesterday offered $l2,O for a hall
interest in BLACKBERRY, the wonderful
little t%rotter, but refused the offer. lie
paid $3.50 for the colt a couple OF years
ago. Beamer's farm is noted by Ashland
Wilkes fame.-Mexico Intelligencer.
Miss Fannie Prosser, formerly a
teacher in the Carrollton public schools
will have charge this year Of the
department OF mathematics in
female college at Lexington, Mo. She
has been engaged at Brunswick the
past two year -Carrollton Democrat
We were presented with a III incl
ear OF white corn, by Wat Foster Tues.
day. The cob is well filed and the grain
large. 1.-THE farmers have a half crop
of such as it is il will be worth TO
them more than a full crop of "nub
bins.'-Bowling Green Post.
w. f. Cline, of the regular army.
arrived from Arizona Friday. His
parents live nea Rush Hill. Mr.. Cline
joined the army at Fort Russell, near
Cheyenne, five years ago, which he
thinks quite long enough to serve as g
target for the Indians.-Mexico Intelli.
gencer.
G.. w. Claycomb, father of Lieu
tenant Governor Claycomb, of Joplin,
arrived this morning and will remain
here a day or two on business. lie il
pleased with Joplin and reports his son
DR.. Claycomb, who recently moved
there from Moundville, as also highly
! pleased.-Nevada Mail.
The itoeheport Commercial is au-
thOrity for the statement that the
departure of Col. w. f. Miller with hit
family, in a few days to Cooper county
leaves the republican party without
white representative in R0cheport. This
is a town of over 600 inhabitants, and
not a republican in il.
The marriage of Miss Emma Cath
crime Sherwood, daughter of Judge
Thomas A. Sherwood, of the supren,
court, and Mr.. Frederick A. Wishart. o
the st. Louis and San Francisco railway
was %sOlemnized at "Oakwook," Judg,
Sherwood's country residence. neal
Springfield, September IL.
Prior to the frost recently tho tObac,
co crop in this county was in fine trim
although the acreage was but abouI
One-third of last years. Now it il
estimated by MIR. Il, ID. Goodson
whose experience in the tobacco bust
ness makes him an authority on tina
subject, To be damaged fully so ne