The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-05-10
ABOUT M%IssOURIANs.

GcnI. ID. ii. Mcintyre is said to be
a candidate for the legislature from
Cole county.
Mr.. V. G.. Yantis, who was private
secretary to Governors Marmaduke
and Morehouse, is a candidate for pro-
bate judge of Saline county.
Col. John ii. Overall, of st. Louis, a
prominent lawyer and Vice president
OF the board OF police commissioners,
is seriously sick from overwork and
physical prostration.
Gen. IL. Clay Ewing, of jefferson
City, candidate for supreme judge, has
other notable accomplishments beside
being Il lawyer. lie is II fine viOlinisl
and an enthusiastic fisherman
A party OF Jefferson City gentlemen
last week chartered u steamboat aud
went a-lishIng on the Gasconade river.
They caught just fish, and figured
up the cost at exactly $2l 30 II pound.
Mrs. Lizzie Ackermau, who shGta and
killed her husband in the court room
in Memphis, Tenn, last ednesday,
was IA native OF Pettis county, Missouri,
her maiden name being Lizzie Brod-
erick.
Mr.. Men. Mayhall, editor OF the
Rails County Record, is II candidate Tor
county clerk. lie has been an editor
for twenty-five years, and deserves ali
the rewards the democrats of Rails can
confer upon him.
Mr.. John w. Stokes, OF Holt county,
is u candidate for railroad commission-
or. He is u we'll known politician and
u fine political speaker. lie served
| throughout the war III the union army,
and has always been a faithful II
considerable democrat.
Ii is asserted that Nick Ford has re-
turned to Missouri and will be u candl-
date against Hon. X. Z. y. Wilson for
congress in the fourth district. When
ever the republicans OF ST. Joseph de-
mand a sacrifice Nick Ford is called
upon to serve in the capacity of the
lamb.
Judge Curtis Field, an old and much
| respected citizen of the state, died at
Eldorado Springs, May 2. Judge Field
was born in Kentuc ky, and came 10
Missouri at All early day. lie lived in
Johnson, Audrain and Pettis counties
! at different times, aud was when lie
! died one of the wealthiest men in cen
trail Missouri.
Miss Jetta Clay, a pupil in the high
school at Springfield, has been awarded
the prize offered by the Youths Com
| panion, OF Boston, for the best essay
written by any pupil OF the public
schools of the United States, on the
subject OF 1.-THE Patriotic Influences Of
the American Flag When Raised Over
the Public Schools"
Prof. W. G. Manley, who was re-
Gently elected to ill the chair of Greek
In the state university made vacant by
the resignation of Prof. A. +. Fleet. Is
a graduate of the university of Virginia,
was for a while professor OF ancient
languages in Mercer university, Geor-
gia, and is now engaged in post
graduate studies of Greek at Harvard.
Hon. Z. X. Cash, OF Clay county, IL
is said, will be a candidate for re-
election to the legislature. lie was one
of the very best members of the last
general assembly-an able, influential
and conscientious legislator, who
scored as many Legislative triumphs as
any new member of that body. lie
was an honor to the banner democratic
county of the state.
Jane Harvey, supposed to be The old
est person in Missouri, died at st.
Joseph last week at the residence of her
grandson, WIN. Harvey, who produced
undonbted proof. showing that she was
1l9 years of age at the time OF her
death. She came originally from Vir-
ginia, being born on the estate OF Capt.
John Harvey , whose slave she was for
over fifty years. The deceased had
seventy-two grandchildren living.
Mr.. Webb M. Rubey has announced
himself as a candidate tor the legisla-
ture from Macon county. In a pub
lished card he his intention,
If elected, to vote for Vest for senator,
and also uses the following language
"Among the prominent questions likely
to come before the next Legislature ia
the railroad law, trusts and cOmbina-
ton law, corporation laws, and laws
against option dealing. l shall favor
all laws that may be constitutionally
made, tending to make all these laws
more efficient"