The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-03-22


Miss Mamie Stanley while hor.e.back
riding yesterday was thrown from her borse
and badly bruised.
The democrats OF Springfield, Mo. have
selected MIR. q. NJ. sebree, late OF Hi0oI,s.
ville' us their candidate for city attorney.
We have made arrangements whereby we
can furnish Webster's Unabridged DIct'on.
airy to subscribers of the Inteliigepcer fol-
only SO 90.
Those OF our farmers who had sowed os,s
and planted potatoes before the late cold
weather row think they may have been a ~.
tie too previous.
NJ. A. P. Morey, the supervisor Of the
census taking for the NTH Missci ri d,str,c,
was In thecity on business In connection will
the taking of the census, Monday.
Mr.. end Mrs. ueo. Davall celebrated the
NTH anniversary oil their marriage. las
Tuesday, at their home, near this cIty
Quite q number Of guests were present Rnd
report an excellent time.
At the school election, in April, Higgins.
will vote upon a pr opositIon to lenstheu Il
school terms above six months and to ~lncreas,
the tax levy for school purposes from IOrty
cents to 100 cents on the 800 valuation.
Engineer Mulligsn, under instructions oil
the city council. has been trimming the shade
trees 10 the gas district this week. Beside,
greatly Increasing the power of the street.
lights, IL Improves the appearance OF the
trees very much,
The school board opened the bids for the
S95 900 OF school bonds last Monday evening
and the Donaldson Bond q Stock Company
OF 81. Louis, being the highest bidders the
bonds we're sold to them. Their bid Wal
&20, $40 25, q premium of about 8 per CEN
Rev. j. L.. Carmlshaal. pastor Of The Bap-
fist church At Lathrop, Mo, for nsriy Of this
county, has brought suit fer divorce from his
wife on the ground Of ln6delity. The dis.
turbing eIement Is one VIII Reed, 9 dairy
msn, living In that nelghborhood.
County Treasurer Jsr1os r. Dill ird, County
Surveyor B.. d. Weedin and Mr.. J. W,
Hanna, commissioners appointed bY the CIR
cult court to make a division of the l,lO(
acres of land belonging to the late Martin
Slaughter, went out to attend to the matter
Monday.
Max O'Reil was recently invited TO write
an article for the North American Review
on the subject of ''Comic Journalism ~
America" THAT means all your Journals
no replied, ''for they are all comic" UudeI
the title of Lively Journalism. however. be
contributes an article to the March numbe.
Messrs. Teubner q Auli. the proprietor
Of the Lexington Nursery, are meeting with
success. They have shipped strawberry
| plants to Los Angeles, California, and are
now sending nursery stock to Guthrie, Okla.
hons. Wichita aud o,her Kansas points
Also TO Nebraska aud large shipments tc
Jefferson City, sedalls and other places.
Drs. Mcdonald & Crist. assisted BY DR.
J. W. Tucker and Emmett Fulkerson, re.
moved the right arm Of .RIce Anderson, a,
the elbow, yesterday. The cause OF this, Q,
oil our readers know, was that Rice attempt
ed to scare several candidates for admission
to the lodge Of the United Sons OF Protection
. couple Of months ago BY placing q fr,
cracker behind them and had his hand blown
to pieces In consequence. he will probably
recover,
Mrs. Lsvinla Wade. aged II years. mother
| Of Mr. Abe Wade, of HIgginsville, was taker
with an epileptio spell, at her home, neal
Hilton, Floyd county. Virginia, Monday o
last week, and fell into q large. old fashioned
are place and was burned to death. A
widowed daughter had been In constant at
tendance upon her for some time and rarel,
ever left her presence. but at the time OF thi
4 .-N-- L -.
an 1ther room TO attend to some trivia
matter. When she returned her mother wa
dead.
Mr.. W. 8. Epperson, who since the cree
ton OF the extensive addition to Centrs
Female College, has done business almos
exclusively In this city, has gone Into part
nership with Mr.. J. H, Franklin, at Sedaiia
10 the architect and building business. Th'
style OF the firm Is Franklin b Eppersop AN,
they are st present doing business At 4I0 Obi
street, sedalla. Mr.. Epperson will continu,
his residence here and will be in this cit,
every Saturday for the purpose Of trsnsactiBl
business with our peop!s. He will socl
announce In these columns where to lesv,
orders.
uS ~ 3aapPO u aoo1t OTCk U tut
part. Candidates are as thick Is blsckbird
In blowing time. The prospects, Of . goo,
wheat crop are all right, so far. Messrs. J
W. Goodwin and G. Barnett are feedipl
about ITO head Of cattle, and about 800 hes,
Of hogs; Mr.. John +. Roff. two car loads Q
cattle and about sixty.hve head Of hogs; MI
d. Y. Prigmore. about forty head of steer
and 100 head OF hogs. The merchants ar
doing q good, safe business. Mr.. John 7
Goodwin has iust opened up 3 first class I'm
plement and hardware store and carrias
house. Mr.. B. F. smelser has quit fox hun
Ing and moved 10 Higginsviile.
Butte, Montana, Inter. Mountain s-"CoI
Simpson Lane, Of Helena, Of the Northwe.
tern Abstract company, was 10 the city yes
terday, perfecliDg the arrangements Of tbs
company to do an abstract business 10 Butte
The headquarters Of this company are 1
Helena, but they NON have branch ofics
established In Butte. Deer Lodge. MIssoul,
Great Falls and Liv!nEston. 10 this city th
Northwestern abstract company has com
plete abstracts, including the records Of Dee
Lodge county before the organis alton
Silver Bow. Mr.. w. K. Quarlss, who hs
been 10 the city for some time past in IL
oompanY's interest, goes to Deer Lodge 0
local manager at that point. Mr.. John 7
MoLeonon viii remain In Bate as manage
of the oompauy's interests. The compan
undoubtedly has u successful career before
in this city.
Criminal court adjourned last Saturday
The following are the mel who were con
vlcted and the number Of years they wer
given In the penitentiary Thames Ssllee. t.
the murder Of Stanley Hatfield, ten year
Pleasant Smith. John PAGE aud Frank Ros,
burglary and larceny. The two former wer
given three years each and the latter Nv
years, rs he was the leader Of the gang. Jot
Psery, burglary. three years. john Kraui
who was implicated 10 the ssme crime vii
Peery. wa given four years In the Boonvil
reform school, as he Is only II years {
age. David ConleV, horse ste aling, tw
years. james Vinegar. assault with inter
to Kill, W years. Levi Hays, burglars
three years. Jas. Strong, forgery two year
The three last named are colored and the bal
ance white men. Sheriff Mitchell deputize
r. X. Trigg, Linn Shelby ard Cliff Stewa,
and accompanied BY them took the prisoner
t. Jefferson City Saturday night.
A st. Louis paper, lsst week, contained III
following interesting item :-'Arrangemen
are In progress for the early completion {
the low grade line from Jefferson CITY
Lexington, Mo. That portion OF the line 81
tending from Lexington 10 Boonyille. q dIl
lance Of seventy mine miles, was complete
10 1883. The construction Of the remainin
distance. from BOOnviIle to jefferson Cit,