The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-08-16

Iid'e YOU prepared your eXhlDll Tor the
fair. You have ten days to do SO yet, il You
have not.
Mr.. 4. +. Fleming. living eight miles east
of Odessa, had a valuable mare stolen last
Wednesday night.
Messrs. Clark & Schneider had "A 10 pound
cat fish on sale last Wednesday. II was
caught Just below the city.
Frank Z. Condor, Of ArapahOe, Neb., will
open II general merchandise Store la Dr. j.
w. Meng's building, next week.
The apple business Is lively here now.
Buyers from IA distance are taking all they
can get of every variety aud pay ing good
prices.
Fat McDOnald's saloon, on Ninth street,
was broken into last Sunday night and quite
"A lumber OF cigars. some whisky and "a .ew
other things were taken.
a match game of ball will be PLAYED at the
Riverside Driving Park next Tuesday between
the Lexington and Sweet Springs clubs. An
Interesting game is expected rs both cluhs
are good ones.
MIR. W. 5. CIageit was here Monday and
upon "A close examination Of the interior OF
his house which was burglaTi2ed last week.
he could find nothing missing hut Il pistol.
Surely this burglar WAS easy To please.
This p0ntnOn bridge has been greatly
strengthened aud improved this week 10y put
Ting In new''gaff stills, the planLs which bind
used now instead OF IL and the vibration is
much less.
\ match shoot at clay pigeons took place
with the HigginsviIle and Lexington gun
clubs ~ contestants for hunOrs, At the River
side Driving Park yesterday afternoon aud
resulted In Iligginsville b"ating Lexington
- points. The score stood l4l TO ia. Mr..
Shel Belt, Of tho Higginsville club, made the
best score, breaking - Of 25 targets shot al.
Among the recent sales Of vehicles by j. II
Sender are MIR. Alex Brooks. IL COuriland
platform spring wagon; MIR. Claude Camp
bell, II Cortland coil spring cart; Rev. J. NJ.
G"ode, ii canopy top phaetOn and TO Mr.ueO.
Vaughan, n delivery wagon.
The basket picnic given at MIR. Frank
stewards residence, three miles south Of this
city, Thursday evening, is reported TO have
been IA most pleasant affair, and the atten-
dance was large. Quite u number of young
people from this city were in attendance.
Hippodrome racing each day of Higg ms.
vile FAIR by the Kennedy Bros. This racing
consists OF trials Of speed of u team Of
thoroughbred horses being ridden by az
athlete who rides sta ndlng with one loot on
each horse. making half mile heats In one
minute or less.
In celebration Of the - birthday 1--WE
won't give him away Of MIR. r, j. John, Mr.
anu Mrs. VIM. b. Shullz gave n most pleas.
ant social at their beautiful home Thursda,
evening. The Star Band was present ant
furnished delightful music. At eleven o'clocl
elegant refreshments were served.
The work of repairing. improving and rem
ovating the Baptist Female College building
Is rapidly being pushed forward and every,
thing will be In excellent order before thu
Young ladies commence TO come. The worl
OF putting down new carpets will be com,
menced next week. The looks Of the build
ing and grounds have been very much in
proved.
Faifyiew:-CrOps look well. Miss Laur.
Hammer is on the sick list. A. S. Hammer
Esq, and wife, OF Sedalia, are visiting hr
parents. Mr.. JET Osborne and sister, o
Council Grove, Kansas. are the guests q
their cousin, Miss Lulu Osborne. Miss Maggi
Campbell. OF Odessa, Is visiting relatives II
the neighbOrbOod. Miss Bette Foster. o
Rochport.is the guest of her sister Miss Nan
NE Williams. Miss Stella Thomas Is visiting
relatives at Warrensburg. Mr.. X. 4. Mabr
aud wife attended the am Jones meeting a
Wsrrensburg. Miss Ottie MastersOn has beel
visiting relatives In Saline county for the las
two or three weeks. Mr.. w. s. Cobbs, VIII
has been visiting his father at Marshall 10
two weeks. returned home Thursday of las
week.
Richmond Democrat - Mrs. Xenopho
Ryland and daughter with Mr.. Jess Gradd
and sister, all Of Lexington, were In the CIT
on Thursday last visiting the family Of MI
7. ID. WoOison. They took a ride aroun
town and were sstonIshed to find Richmon
, SD large and flOurishing. Alphabet Miseme
has struck Lexington with another buildin
= and loan association the Phoenix of 81. JOsept
which is doubtless on a better footing tina
y The wild cat Dakota concern be worked O
I U number OF sections OF country some tin
ago. 1t Is gotten up on the same principle
W L tHS hT'Nt sb-e
g Of Sedalia. and II It was not for the rObbei
practiced by the examiner of abstracts
h title on which loans are made IL would n vel
=. fair concern.
= There was quite an exciting time last Mo
day evening al Bates City. A number
i young men. and some, too, who are not
u young as they used to be. had gathered ut Il
u pOstOfice and during the conversation wifi
ensued there was SOM bantering IN TO &
respective speed Of some OF the horses viii
= had been ridden in by their owners. The
10 suit was, Of course. a race, and The grOul
selected was u beautiful straight course j.
70 south of the city, to which the crowd repa
ed without delay. The first race was belwe
,r the horses Of Messrs. James Grubb and l.
J. Kelly, in which the later was the successl
IN contestant. This did not satisfy the Gro,
and another race was Immediately gotten
70 between the horses OF Massrs. Len Grubb a
Of Kelly. The race was q close one, with he
ne slightly in the lead, but Just as the hOr
or were crossing another road which intersecl
ps at right angles the one upon which the ri
was being run, D farmer drove a cav on
80 / NV u -" $3.50 hh' f''efN " wi $50 ~
ut sion. Both horns OF the cow were broken
Oh Mr.. Kelly WAS thrown al least 40 feet tbroI
an the air and received severe bruises, allhoI
se no bones were broken, and the horse VIII
". | he was riding was Instantly killed. 7
Ter horse was valued at about $40. As the sp
e- tatOrs were now a%bundantly satisfied "
tie the day'I sport. a quick adjournment v
had. Upon the next similar occasion we |
tie sumo n guard will be put at the crossing
Tor prevent any attempt being made to mix {
ire driving with horse racing, which do not
nm similate first rate.
M Last Friday ever Ing at about shutdown
ter tcOtt Coulter left Wellington in a spr
len wagon intending TO come TO his home IN
has city. He was d sewing machine agent
r." hSd been pIying his vocation In the Well
age ton neighborhOod that day. Previous TO le
sS, ing Tor nome he had been drinking and Ut
mi ed TO driving III u most careless way.
mes last seen OF him until Saturday at nOon.w
my hrs ~iifeless body was found IN the Little
In creek. some three or four miles west OF
10 city, was by u party of movers who v
Dut camped just above the SnI bridge.
way movers being questioned the next day ST.
that he had Just about reached the GOV.
bridge when the terrific hail storm came
aud their statement Is cOrrObOrated by OF
W who saw him only II few moments before
'ne storm. Hence the only conclusion that C
"u he arrived ut was that he had stopped 10
NJ bridge for shelter from the storm and tina
horses had become scared by the noise II
',,,o by the falling hail and had run way. 7
had evidently turned to the right after !