The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-08-02

hhNA SNOl "
City Engineer Gavin has made some mt
needed repairs to the streets this week.
MIL. X. kaufman has rented the Musgrn
house, corner OF Main and Sixteenth stree
Aoose ordinance Is being prepared by /
committee for presentation at the next me,
Ing Of the city council.
With a few more such men rs }. c. M
Grew Lexington would be compelled to e
tend her corporation limits In order to gi
them room to Dulld inside the city.
Kansas City Globe:-"In Gertla Ewln
who sings nicely, acts well and dances wo
deriully, the managers have secured a re
attraction" Opera house August It'll.
The Dover august Meeting" is somethir
every body in Lafayette county knows abou
IL comes as regularly as does the LIST day
January or Christmas. This year the fir
meeting day will be Friday, August s. Eyer
body who can do 30 should attend,
Quite q large number Of young ladies' an
gentlemen were entertained Ia royal style h
Miss Calthae Campbell, ut her home, NJ
miles east of this city, Thursday night. TIL
evenings pleasures were Omewh hat MARIE
by the rain but a Jolly good time was la,
nevertheless.
n grain warehouse of unusually larg
measurement will soon be erected AZ ,h
Mc0rew mill. The lumber Il now being hau
ell. When this Is completed MIR. McGrey
will then have warehouses at six d~ifferen
polnts-Lexington, Aullville. Malta Bend
HnnanRlfa lauiaau anl IVaIli,.,
The Lexington gun club in their contest
with The Higginsville gun club. nj Higgins
Vile, last Friday, came out Victorious In
sore Of 135 10 l34. Mr., Jas. Nickel mad,
out OF % blue rocks shot at. Another mattel
shoot will take place, probably next week.at
this place.
Ia some unaccountable way, Myron, the
sixteen months.old daughter of Mr., AMI Mrs
j. Brown Shultz. got hold OF q bottle OF car
bollc acid, Tuesday morning. pulled the cort
by putting II In her mouth and drank {
considerable oun Of the deadly poison.
Dr. W. II. Gosewisch was Immediately called
IN to alleviate the terrible sufferings Of the
little one and through careful nursing she has
been saved from q horrible death.
Al II moonlight picnic rece ntly Nelson
was badly used up In a fight. Bush
Henry Gray, Ed. Hayden, Moses
Hook, Henry Carey, Chap Hendricks, Thos.
Gray, Randall Robinson and Emma Foster,
eolOred, were arrested for having featen
him and the first named negro, upon evidence
before Justice OF the Peace John Il.
last Saturday, was given 30 days in
Jail a. punishment. Carey. Robinson and the
.wo 6rays were each given 10 DAYS In jail.
Emma Foster was fined IS. Hook, Hendricks
md Hayden were discharged.
The enumeration Of school children In
Lafayette county has been completed and the
,numerators have made their returns TO
County Clerk Steel. There are 10. 1913 chill.
iren Of school age In the county, 4 G87 Of
whom are white males, 4 lat white females,
colored males anu 8s3 colored females.
The total increase oyer 1889 is 139. The
number OF white males has increased 40 while
he number OF white females has decreased
i5. The colored males have INCREASED "A
md the colored females hsye increased SO.
e0tal decrease In number OF white children,
3; total increase Of colored children, 1852.
That Hon. J. c. 1%'arsney Is q prime fsyorlte
lere was %abgndantIy evidenced by The splen-
ltd audience which greeted him at the court
lOuse last Saturday night, notwiths! anding
he heat and the short notice given that he
would speak at that time. Long before the
line appointed the crowd began to gather
the courthouse door aud 1t did not need
he inspiring strains OF the excellent music
u the Star band to Gall them forth to hear
that proved TO be one Of the best and most
speeches to which we have listened
or many u day. lie was very nicely in
reduced 10 the audience by MIR. VIM, AulI,
u the congressional committee, and after adj
hitting that he had been an unwilling
pupil" Of Speaker Reed. for the past few
months, emphatically denied that he was oue
i his ''diselples." He then proceeded to
vigorously review the action of the repub-
lean majority In the present congress and In
J mastery manner showed up the iniquities
If the Mckinley tariff bill, the Lodge force
)Dl, and the silver bill, all OF which he de-
In the stongest manner and gave bis
reasons therefor which were heartily endors.
ID by bis bearers, judging from the rounds
Il applause which greeted him upon numer-
BUS occasions. We were glad to see quite q
iumber of our republican friends among bis
and we noticed that they gave evil
lence, by look and applause, that what he
aid was haying the effect Of opening to their
'isions some Of the iniquiues OF the party
With which they have been connected in the
'ast. We think the speech will be produce
i've OF much good and that the seed sown
Will bring forth an abundant harvest ut the
November election. The farmers aud
aborers are Ia the saddle now and do not
propose to be hoodw by the sophIstry
'f the republican party any longer. At the
OF Ills speech he was heartily cougratu-
ated by numerous friends. We hope he
nay find 1t convenient TO come again In the
rear future and ut n time when the people OF
he whole raaniy Gan assemble to give him
hearing,
u ~ sometimes o pleasure for y newspaper
nan 10 write ariIeles-when he has some ore
Ither than himself TO write about, but when
le has h'nself for q subject he hardly knows
where TO begin. II Is almost like having u
lead man write his own obituary, But MS
here were no other reporters present when
he disturbance 0ccurred II becomes the pain
al duty OF tue reporter for the IntelIigehcer
Ethan Allen. Jr.,) TO write his own story.
q COMPANY with a lady friend | was driy.
ng tn own last Sunday evening and at 7:45
o'clock was within about 400 yards of the
onth entrance to The covered bridge, on the
road. i've miles southeast OF
L'xingiOn. In order to light a cigar | gave
.bs Yonny lady the lines. Several times |
lighted matches and the lady blew them out.
letermiusi TO light the cigar leaned as
ar over To the right hand side oil the buggy
y epnld. While ! was In this position
he horse gave a sudden start, the lady gave
10 u slight exclamation, and [,
the horse had BECOME SCARED ut some
;aitle grazing along the road. raised UP from
NV STOPPING position, bringing with me the
Whip and giving the horse q rap with 1t.
With this the horse gave another jump for
and started out Into a trOt. then
o0ked back TO see what there was to create
'ueh n disturbance and-Holy Moses! there
'toOd n masked man with a pistol leyeled at
-. The man mad raised up from the brush
~ The left hand side Of the rosa and made a
'fsb for tae' horses birdie rein. But being
unable To grasp the rein. he pointed his pistol
u " spd cried out "haltl" The horse did
not understand what ''haIt" meant and In the
,xclteWent that naturally followed forgot
whether the right way to stop the horse
TO nuIl or push upon the lines, but re-
sorted to The latter means, reinforced with
'no'""' 80. zap. Of the whip aud soon we
such a distance from the highwaYmsu