The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-08-09

MIR. John w. Waddell shipped a car load of
line cattle TO Kansas City Monday.
Uncle Nelson Berry WAS buried with
Masonic honors by Dixon lodge, eolored,
Thursday,
The republican convention to nominate "A
county Ticket will be held at HigginsvilIe,
August q.
FOR R~ent.-Four pleasantly located rooms,
and western exposure. Apply TO
Mrs. II. j. +. Ahrens.
Inc committee OF the Ladles' Confederate
association will meet at Mrs
same Longs next Thursday afternoon at 3
q clock. a full attendance il earnestly de-
sired.
Mr.. Dennis Gavin, our city engineer, Il a
dandy. IL You ask HIM for any little improve
ment about lOur street, in less thnu li1cen
minutes he will have somebody there 10 lx
II. Vouch Tor him. &. q. Ludwig-.
Some one, evidently II stranger in The citv,
last Monday night, burglarizei the refr,gera-
Tor OF our business manager and scared
everything which had been sent IN ,v the
neiRhbors for his days ratIons. The reirigc-
rat"r was sitting on the back porch.
Most OF our public school teachers have
been In attendance at the teachers institute
at iiiHginsVille this week, thereby manifest
Ing IA desire upon Their part 10 learn the best
modes of imparting KNOWLEDGE to the child
rem who will be placed in their charge.
The Chal> bcHIe springs have fallen into
disnsc since the premises have been fenced up
30 that bngeies and carriages cannot he driven
nearer To them than Mr.. Farrar's brick yard.
II would he II great accommodation TO the
public If some means could be devised 10
remedy The difficulty.
The board of education has adopted the
following text books for The pubic schools,
TO he sold nj company's catalogue prices: -
McGuffey's Revised readers from l to 4. cala-
iogue prices lie. Doc. i9c. soc. 72r Soc; exchange
prices for old readers, Zoe, lsc, bic, 30i, "a,
5Oc. McGuffey's word list. Williams Rheto-
ric, Longs Language Lessons AMI Spenccrian
copy books.
Miss Jennie. daughter of Elder q. NJ.
doode. of the Christian church, is meeting
with gratifying success In an effort to secure
the charge Of enough young children TO in
sure her a fair compensation for running a
Kindergarten. She Is nm excellent Christian
lady who has been trained for this especial
work and her efforts should receive subslan-
tail enr enlargement from our people.
II will be a matter of surprise and regret to
our people to l.arn that Mr.. A. ID. French
has resigned his position as secretary of the
Y. Nj. G. A. at this place. He has been a
faithful. earnest worker anil the result of his
Efforts may be seen in ail directions. He has
not decided az YET where he will locate. but
wherever he goes the hearts of many parents
In whose sons his work has mantle sted itself
will follow him.
What Is said to have been the best game OF
base ball ever played in this city was played
by picked mines from Richmond and Lex,Dg-
ton at the Riverside Driving Park Monday.
The Richmond nine defeated the home team
IN u score OF q TO 4. Although the score stood
6io 4 on the tally sheet all the players of both
sides said IL should have been 8 to 4. a de-
cision OF the umpire in a certain play having
been erroneous.
The Ladies' Confederate Monument asso-
citation. OF this city, received this week q vol
untary subscription Of $50 from a union man
and one. toe, who Is u poor man with II family.
The ladies' are meeting with considerable en-
enlargement. but every confederate. at least,
in the county should contribute something
Tor the consumation OF this noble purpose.
subscriptions sent to this Office will be re-
ceipted for and put Into the proper hands.
MIR. Joseph Edelen this week sold to MIR.
John G. Fall his residence, on Eighth street,
for 5000. The barn and lot In the rear OF the
residence was sold To Mr.. Newton Gibson for
$500. He has also disposed of his wagon and
team and, in company with his mother, will
leave next week for his old home, IN Mary
land. where they will In the future reside.
The condition Of MIR. Edelen's health makes
this necessary. We are sorry TO see him
leave us.
Richmond Conservator - Mrs. Fannie
Stevenson of Lexington. IL visiting the family
Of Thomas J.. Days. Miss Bette Green. one
Of Lafayette county's attractive young ladies',
Is visiting her cousin, Mrs. ALLEN Mcdonald.
Mine No. D, belonging 10 the Richmond Coal
company, and located one and q half miles
south OF Richmond, caved In last Saturday
morning at about 10 o'clock with a terrible
crash. About eighty men were ut work In
the mine at the time, but fortunately none of
them were hurt.
The Robinson Pavilion Show exhibited in
this city Monday and Tuesday nights. 1t was
u small concern but tie performances are
said TO have beer good. As they were re-
moving to Richmond Tuesday night some
miscreants secreted themselves on 10Th street.
and rs the wagon containing the performers
was going along. threw stones at them. A
little girl belonging to the show was struck
by one Of the rocks and a severe cash cut in
her face. Such behavior would be severely
punished should the perpetrators OF the out
! rage be found.
Mr.. Chas. Geyer, who was lying In "a criti-
cal condition last week with siranguiated
hernia, Is now we are pleased 10 say recover
Ing. Mr.. Geyer was relieved by a skillful
surgical operation performed by DIR. j. G.
CrIst assisted by Drs. Mcdonald and Tucker.
The OpeI alton was one OF unusual interest
from the fact that Il portion Of the omentum
was engaged in the st~rsngulation aud being
IN a state approaching decomposition WAS
under the necessity OF being excised. As
we 90 to press we learn reliably that the
patient is c0nValescent.
Quite an accident happened TO the east
bound local freight train on the Mo r., last
Monday. at about ~ o'clock. AT Halls station,
five miles east Of this city. The track gave
way on one side. Overturning five loaded ca,s
aud the caboose. The ''middle man. (brsLe.
mani was the only person injured, and he
only very slightly. although there were sew
eral passengers and train men In the caboose,
TIT wreCker was sent Tor aud cleared the
wreck so IN 10 cause \ delay OF only one
hour to the west bound passenger train. The
cars were all fixed up and placed on the
track again by noon. Three car loads Of
Hour which had been shipped by the McGrew
Milling Co. were among those overturned.
At 1890 Wednesday (noon) q nun was
seen by Mr.. Coulter, the next door neighbor
TO Mr.. VIM. s. Clagett, on Third street, to
go the side Of the residence OF the later NAM
ed gentleman. break Il window glass out,
raise the window and enter. Mr.. Coulter
thought from the actions Of The man that he
WAS an emplOye OF the western Candy Co.,
and In making The entrance this way Was
acting nnder Instructions from Mr.. Fred
Schramm. who IN sleepIng in tho house dur
ing the absence OF Mr.. and Mrs. Clagt q from
The city. and did not oppose the man in his
hence the burglary which followed was not
discovered until after B o'clock I'm The eve
ming. What was stolen IL will be impOssible
TO ascertain until the retui n of Mr.. and Mrs,
Clagett from Galloway county but from the
way things were torn up It is supposed that
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