The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-07-05

in front OF his residence.
The A. l., Mason will probably arrive here
iext Monday. Let us give her a grand re.
We understand there Is some boycotting of
part OF the signers Of the agreement tn en-.
Orce the stock law.
all dogs without the tax tag on their col.
srs had better make themselves scarce. CIV
Hamlet Is after them.
The C0mme rcial hotel has the rev patent
pavement In front. much Improving
he appearance Of the entire preInisea.
Another stable burning was added TO His-
sinsville's long list Monday morning ut 3
THIS time Il was Mr.. Gus Lebman's.
MIR. Il. Allen had u valuable Jersey cow
killed hv u train on The Boonville branch rail.
road last Saturday afternoon, near the ferry
The A. l.. Mason blew out her steam drum
near Washington. last Thursday. and WAS
nine hours. M one WAS hurt shd
the damage was light.
The cool northwest wind last Tuesday WAS
a very welcome visitor after the ten days
"hiNu humanity III lutbc parts |
had been subjected. Had a little rain accom-. /
panied 1t, there would have been rejoicing
indeed.
The Elm Park SUNDAY sohool will give a
picnic In the grove, opposite MIR. w. NJ. Selfa
residence, six miles south Of Lexington, on
Thur day. July 18th. to which all are Invited.
The young people are especially requested to
attend.
a hind teaIa belonging to some man whose
name we could could not learn. living near
the water tower, ran away Yesterday MORN
ing aud tore dow Mr.. Man J. Chinn's front
fence. The accident was caused by the tOM-
que OF the wagon dropping out Of the neck
yoke. The wagon contained several wamon
and children but no one was hurt,
In Il private note received July 3. from Or.
q. w. Bates. V. s.. he says: ''StslliOns have
had all they should do; have bred 81 mares
10 my three standard horses and three more
are engaged. NV advertisement in your
paper has lone Its p .rt In letting the people
know what ! have. Everybody likes Dave
Wallace and Conflict, aud Yiewmont stands
upon his merits 10 u sire"
Misses BEETLE and Bodie MounIi0y. OF this
city, were severely bruised In q railroad
wreck five miles north OF Nevada. last sstur.
day evening. A small bone In the left arm OF
Miss Bette was broken. Miss Bodie Jared
somewhat worse. although no bones were
broken. For a time It was feared she was
seriously Injured internally, hut, happily such
Is not the case. She will be able to come
home In y few DAYS. The wreck was caused
by the spreading Of rails. Twenty-Five Other
persons were injured.
The threatened enforcement Of the stock
law In this city did not msterialIze on July
LIST. 1t was found that public sentiment wa
too strong against It and that trouble woulC
result should an attempt be made TO empounl
the stock found running at large. One gen
tleman, who was asked to tx his price 70
acting as stock catcher and pound master
stated that he would not take the position
unless he was furnished with an escort Of 10
men armed with Winchester rifles aud q hal
; terry OF gatling guns. This so discouraged III
. slgners to the paper agreeing to enforce th
law thst q large majority Of them wit hdre,
their names aud the others somewhat suit
c sided.
Kansas City papers are always ready to Ia
claim to ANYTHING that rightfully belongs
3 that city and we are prompted 10 give one
. those papers q little information. In Il
Globe, Wednesday, appeared the following
{ The best shot Of her sex must be the Coun
d ess Maria Won Kensky. Of Bohemia" No
there is a young lady from Kansas City, MI
. Pauline Clarkson, visiting near this city. TT
other day she discovered three wild ducks
a pond and went to the house, secured q sh
gun and killed two Of them, II Kansas CT
u can not claim the superior OF the Counte
y Maria Won Kensky. she can at least show
&c the record Of Miss Clarkson las far az Il zoe
as being equal to any ever made by the couI
tess,
Mr.. Abner B. johnson, who Is at wo
In the nth congressional district gatheril
~ mortgage statistics for the eleventh pens,
has completed the work In iohnson q
VI Lafayette counties. aud to An Intelligent
'e reporter Wednesday he gave the followi
figures, -Since 1880 there have been record
We in Lafayette county 1850 mortgages, I
III average amount OF which has been $500.
this amount ~, 4O9. 800. II Is estimated Il
tn 40 per cent. has been paid. leaving the pl
eu sent mortgage Indebtedness Of the county
he 81, 4SI 700. In johnson county, In the 50
~ length of time. LIZA mortgages have been
corded, the average AMOUNT Of which 10 81
mated at S490. Of this amount. Ss,465 600
Is estimated that a3a per cent. has been ps
Wy leaving the present mortgage indebtedness
the people OF that county at 81 .6aS. Ia. l
" johnson has done his work well aud quick
'Ie He went up to Kansas City. Wednesday,
III assis. In finishing up Jackson county.
COrder:-The clatter OF the binders Can
ace heard in all directions. The weather Is c
I'M and dry, and much the greater part of
crop has been harvested this week. Z
lea crop Is not near so much injured by strl
falling az was feared ten days ago.
lhe think We are safe In saying that the aver
we OF the crop IN the Vicinity of HarrIso
schoolhouse will be over fifteen bush
led Some fields will yield twenty 1--WE of Thy
LOT The corn crop 10 in nne condition and
nal fine rain we had on the Goth was Q wond
u ful help to 1t and the oat crop. Armerus
TX of Corder, has sold tweaty bipdersi nlust
aee OF the Wood hinder aud Que Of the Osbc
ION We believe they are all giving s~atisfactl
Although we have lived In this county
Ing more than thirty years, we never had
'py opportunity OF visiting johnson county u
lii within the last few weeks. We were
uid many respects, very agreeshly surpri
on From our ear lest recollection we had be
1t spoken OF as THE hoop.pool county"
we had been laboring under the impress
70 u that after crossing Davis creek. south
Que l .uuforu That Tim fuPthar anIfh prn u
aga the thinner the soil aud the rougher
the country ut least until you reached Ware
lea burg. This is not true, to the extent
had supposed. Entering Jahps9H Il o.
leu Grove, and going 70 Warrensburg by wa
las Fayetteville, you see some good looking CO
OF try and well improved fsrWs, Ant goln
rant q westerHlY diraclioa from Cedar Grove
'ah- lands anu improvements are much bel
'tlcs Indeed, we were Informed that this IL ri
JON the best portion Of the county. II Il
'ieS' ever were any hoop poles iq thl2 seetloa
'ere have beea entirely removed! The 50
anu well adapted to the growing Of grasses,
'nce under favorable CIRCUMSTANCES VIII prof
'ops good heat aud corn. The country aud
fpaa In The vicinity OF Warrensburg, are full
Hess rough and thin as we bad supposed the
auty be, We did not visit the old portion of
town Of warrensburG, We Ters lalpi
ssls that II was iP a yerGg 11a"spidated copd
'iiss and ALMOST entirely occupied by neg
a The new portion Of the tewp, while
'meF nothing wonderful. IL get II credit to the
tleu rouL ding country, Her citizens are In
rare gent, free hearted and sociable and
Tue great pleasure In making q stranger fe
homa Thew understand fail we'll no,