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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-07-18
C0ncOI.lia.

ii. w. Thieman was in Kansas City
Wednesday, on business.
Business has been somewhat slow
here during the past week.
Miss Seibel, of st. Louis, is here Wis
iting the family of John Stahl.
DIR. Lieser has taken possession of his
new brick house, which has just been
completed.
Laborers are in very great demand
here at present. Wages are from Sl.5o
to $3.50 per day.
The farmers have been very much
delayed in harvesting their crop, owing
to the heavy rains.
Louis Thieman is taking n pleasure
trip to Nebraska. He intends to be
back in a few days.
j. W. Lewis, of the vicinity of Alma,
was here Wednesday, and purchased Il
new Garr-Scott threshing machine
outfit.
Miss Lydia Ahrens, of Lexington,
was mere NlSltNlS tHe ldllllS vi IL. Ell
ing and friends during the fore part of
this week.
Otto Kramer has bought the barber
tools formerly owned by Henry Ficnc.
and started II shop two doors north of
the p~ostofiice.
Henry Fiene, who formerly operated
Il barber shop here, has opened up Il
harness making and repairing shop two
doors south of the posteflice.
DIR. +. j. Lutz, formerly of Kansas
City, has located here. He has his
Office for the present in the upper story
of Thieman Bros. hardware store.
Mrs. Il. j. Biltz, who went to st.
Louis some few weeks ago, for the
purpose of having some surgical opera
ton performed on her, died there the
10th. She was sent back here the fol-
lowing Saturday, and buried on sun
day, i'm the Lutheran cemetery. Rev.
Kappel conducted the funeral service.
She leaves many relatives and friends
to mourn her death.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-07-18

pOSITION DEFINED

If Mr.. Cleveland is the choice of the
Democratic National Convention the
INTELLIGENCER will support him.
If Gov. Hill, of New York, is the
choice, the INTELLIGENCER will sup
port him.
If Senator German, of Maryland, is
the choice, the INTELLIGENCER will
support him. 3.
If Gov. Patterson, of Pennsylvania,
is the choice, the INTELLIGENCER will
support him.
But il the INTELLIGENCER had its
choice it wonld take neither of the
above men.
It would take a man of the west. A
man of broad, western views. A man
of western policies.
1t would snap its finger at Wall
street, and defy the eastern p%lutocrat
1t would raise the standard of revolt
against the domination of Tammany,
andthe corrupt ring rule of machine pol
itics. 1t would thrust its lance in the
face of bonded a%ristocracy, and strike
down the mailed myrmidons of con.
~scienceless, concentrated and consoli-
dated capital striving to wrest from the
people their rights and liberties.
II would take Il man who opposes
the robber tariff. 1t would choose one
swho understands and condemns tho
crime of silver demonstration. Ii
would select II who opposes the in.
famous force bill, and the woeful waste.
fulness and extravaganza of the repub'
licaR party.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-07-18

Reading the conflicting reports con-
corning Secret lry Blaine's health one
is reminded of the dispatches that
daily got into the press concerning the
mental and physical condition of
Samuel j. Tilden IA few months before
the meeting of the national conventions
in 1884. One reporter would slip up
to the fence surrounding 'Greystonc,' -
Mr.. Tilden's residence, and run away
and startle the political world with the
intelligence that the sage of Grammer-
cy was so weak that he was compelled
to take his cruel in bed. He was so
decrepit that he had to be carried
around on n palankin, and so near
voiceless that he could not articulate
above a whisper. Then another re-
porter would run in OH the great demo-
cratic leader, and astonish the political
world by declaring that he had seen
Mr.. Tilden and talked with him. He
was active and vigorous and mentally
gigantic still. He spent his time jump
ing ten rallied fences, riding hurdle
races with his nephew and arguing re-
ligion with his housekeeper. His voice
was so strong that he had to keep u
so pound weight on it to prevent it
from lifting the Ioof off the house when
he became excited. Indeed, these be
only half hearted liars that are doing
mp Secretary Blaine.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-07-18

Mrs. Georges. of Lexington, is the guest
of her son and daughter here ...- Mrs. Jas.
Price and children, 0f Lexington, are Wis
itinH relatives here. Mrs. O.S. Rails has
returned ir"m Pas" City, where she visit
ed the family Of Granville Page.-Kansas
City journal.
VIII Wadd"lI, who has been connected
with McCausiand, Young & McCauSland's
ior b past two years, VIII leave next
week to accept q position with a dry goods
firm at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. VIII
IS II deserving man and the I~NTELLIGEN-
GER wishes him success.
Robert Hale, of Lexington, is at Sichcr's.
IA. }. Sparks, of HigginsviIlc, was in
town yesterday 80. Mrs. G.. A. Cook and
pretty little daughter came in from Lex
ington yesterday m0rningand after spend
ing the day here left at Il O'Clock y. m. for
Windsor for a visit OF Il lurtnight.-Srda-
liza GlZ"tt", nth.
J. G. Mctircw, accompanied by his wife,
j. {. Mctircw, Jr, and a. Y. Robinson, oi
Lexington, were the guests of w. II. Hall
and family Wednesday Miss Matte
Brown left for Lexington Tuesday, to Join
the party bound for Ontario, Canada.
Saline Will have" a fair and cultured repre-
sentative in the National Educational as
sociation.-Malta Bend Qui Vivc.
Ethan Allen, of Lexington, took in the
fourth Ol July picnic here. =. Miss IIcttlC
Saunders, of Lexington, spent Saturday
and Sunday in this city Miss Jessie Bur
ton went to Lexington yesterday, to visit
friends for II time. ... Miss Minerva Mar
shall returned to her home ut Lexington
Monday from II visit to friends in this
city Misses Precious Martin and Mel
son Chamblin spent Sunday IN Licking
ton 90. Sam Howe and sister, Miss Bessie,
of Lexington, attended the picnic here
Saturday. in company with Miss Anna
Lyons, Of Page City.-IiigginsvilIc Demo-
crat.
County Attorney AuII had business in
the city Monday 90. Circuit Clerk Ewing,
ri Lexington, was in lIigginSyillc Mon
day John GUhncr and wife, of Licking
ton, are s]0iourning with relatives and
friends in Chicago. Ethan Allen and
daughter, of Lexington, were in the city
on the fourth, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Wade -. Mrs. IL. ID. Demand returned
to her home ut Lexington Tuesday from
Il two weeks visit to her parents ut Pilot
Grove. Miss Ellie Mason went to Lex
in3ton yesterday, to join the party of
teacher who are bound for an excursion
trip 10 Toronto, Canada. The entire party
lett Lexington Wednesday. 49,. Hon. a. 4.
lHsucur, secretary OF state, was among the
distinguished visitors at our fourth al
July celebration. Mr.. LcSuCur takes Il
| great interest in Lafayette county and IL
special pride in our prosperous ity.-IIig-
GinSvil:c advance.
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In the event of the democratic party
being compelled to take an eastern
mar for its national standard bearer. il
must en- leaver to thoroughly i%nnoculate
ism.
He must be fairly stuffed with west
ern ideas.
He must be crammed to the lips
with them.
He must be thoroughly saturated
with them.
They must he administered to him
hypodermically.
The party must hold his nose and
dose him as we dose children with cas-
tor oil.
1t don't make any difference how
much he may kick and scream anc
scratch and gouge, give it to him.
Teach him and make him to know
that there is no north, no south, NJ
~east-simply all west.
Fill him up with the knowledge tina
the west Is not only the biggest thing
out, but that it is the only truly biz
thing that is out-that it extends from
the Pacific coast to the Atlantic shore
from latitude 40 to the greaser in
habited valley of the Rio Grande ant
Florida keys.
Until the west does that the Yves
will have no recognition. Until it ha
recognition it will have no say as t.
what policy shall govern.
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myrmidons of gold-bugism with ruth
less force. 1t was an armed gladiator,
and strewed the arena with its decap-
itated adversaries. 1t was IL great
warchief, and with feathers galore,
and vermillion daubed face, strung its
belt thick with the scalps of the braves
of plutocracy, while its knife ran red
with the blood of the foes of silver
coinage. 1t was Il raging lion and the
%crunching of bones as it devOured its
victims made the flesh of the lesser
fauna creep with fear and consterna-
ton.
..But su'thin' drapped!"
And it must have ''drapped' hard.
Our knight laid his lance away to rest.
The gladiator turned to the wash tub.
The warrior buried his %tomahawk. The
lion turned mouse. No more it rains
blows upon the foes of silver. Its zeal
has tagged. Its pace is halting, its
attitude full of doubt, it hangs limp
and lame as IL rag out of which the
summer rain has washed the stiffening
starch.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-07-18
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS.


COrder.
Weather pleasant.
Visitors are numerous.
Quite II nice rain Monday night.
The farmers are busy thrcshimg,
One of John Morgan's children is
quite sick.
Miss Katie Dean spent last week III
Blackburn.
short call Friday.
The health of the community Is toll
erably good at prcsant.
Miss Willie Wilmot, of lIigginsviIlr,
is the guest of the Misses Dean.
Gill Goodwin and family of Marshall,
spent last week with DIR. Webb.
No weddings To report, but from all
appearances there might be II or two.
+. A. Hawkins returned to st. Louis
Teusday, after spending Il short time
at home.
We noticed j. w. Harrison and Capt.
Asbury, of Higginsville on II streets
Teusday.
Mrs. ID. &. Jackson, wife of our city
druggist, fell from a cherry tree and
broke her left arm.
William Wilson left Friday night f"r
Howard County, where he will spend
several days with friends and relatives.
Rev. W. j. Snow returned home
Tuesday morning. He has been spcm-
ding several weeks with relatives i'll
Ohio.
Mrs. s. A. Rine, accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. Bortslield, left Wednrs-
day morning for Eldorado Springs,
where they will spend the balance "i
the summer.
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WELLINGTON, Mo-, July 6, 1891.
EDITOR iNTELLIGENCEH:-Thctca teach
rrs of Lafayette county are rapidly
awakening 10 the Importance of having
II library in their schools.
This is us il should be.
n library containing Il dictionary, an
encyclopedia, books for supplementary
reading, etc, should he in every
country school, and II live teacher can
soon work up such II sentiment in favor
of the same that little dinicultynrcd he
experienced in securing them. If the
teacher camnot prevail upon the school
board {" supply them he can have an
entertainment, the different parts of
which 10 he carried out by the pupils,
and charge II small admiltance fee.
The patrons, Knowing that their chill
drrn are To take part i'll the exercises,
and that the proceeds are TO be used in
purchasing a library, will lend
agemcnt by their presence.
In this connection | should like TO
answer Il question asked by many
teachers. 1t is in regard To what die
tionary to buy. ] would advise them
not 10 buy my of the old editions of
Webster. Partly because the material
and binding are inferior but mainly
because they arc ont of date. Es-
p%ecially would | warn them against the
so-callcd WcbStcr's Encyclopedia Die
t%ionary. The body of tins book, the
first 1870 pages, from Il to Il, is Il re-
print by a Photographic process of the
1917 edition of Wcbstcr-s American
Dictionary. ! would urge all teachers
to get the only authorized edition
which has been brought down to the
present time. This is Wrbstcr'S In
tcrnational Dictionary. II, and it only,
adequately represents the vast and
various advances in all departments of
thought and knowledge in recent years.
II is the only Interpreter of the English
language IN its present development.
Respectfully, {. -. RAGLANp.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-07-18

Ben Endly and Ed Jackson spent
Sunday in Lexington.
Miss Letitia Lyon, of Dover, is Wis
iting relatives in this city.
Charlie VanAnglen and Ike Nealr
spent Sunday at Mt. Leonard.
Miss Virgie Hendrick, one of our
most popular young ladies, spent Mon
day in Corder.
Miss Stella Harrison, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Nathan Corder, of near
Corder, this week.
Miss Nellie Montgomery, of Mary
vile, is visiting her grandparents Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. c. Kinsley.
Rev. j.. S. Conner is spending this
month at the home of his father-in-law,
in Fairville, Saline county.
Quite a number of our young people
assembled at the park last evening and
had a splendid moonlight picnic.
Miss Maria Nesmith, of Dover, who
has been visiting Mrs. A. o. Downing
for several weeks, returned home sun
day.
Elder Fred Loos recently received a
call to preach in Washington, at II very
handsome salary, but has not yet de-
cided to accept the offer.
James Belt, an employee at raync's
livery stable, was badly kicked by Il
horse Tuesday, and had two ribs bro
ken. TN the same day, he had his hand
mashed in q machine. He is getting
along as well as could be expected under
the circumstances, and will soon be
able to resume his duties.
Preparation is being made to produce
in this city the ~well-known fairy tale,
Snow White aud the Seven DwarfS.
1t will be in the form OF an operetth,
and will be presented by home talent,
Mr.. Lehman has consented to allow tho
entertainment to be given in the e
opera house, and as the proceeds go t.
the Confederate Home, II large attcn-
dance will doubtless be had.
Last Sunday evening, through the
courtesy of a friend, we were driven Ia
Aullville and arrived IN time to witness
the exercises of one of the leading
churches, it being childrens' day. A
large crowd was present and we learn
that IL most pleasant day was passed
by all who were present. Quite
crowd from Higginsville were there,
for somehow, u people seem to love
the people of Aullville, and II number
were also there from the vicinity oI
Grange Hall. We were accompanied
by Il friend who was completely be
witched by the sweet smiles of II lady
present. He does not reside here,
however, although the lady doesn't live
Il thousand miles away.
For the benefit of those who profcs,
TO believe otherwise, we would ask the
INTELLIGENCER to state through IL
columns whether or not ITS correspond
ents have anything to do with furnish
ING local items, that is, those whicl
appear under n local head, and not II
the correspondence columns. Las
week an item appeared as Il local II
this paper in regard tn the capturing 4"
Il gambling den, which also gave thu
names of the parties participating II
the s~sinnOcent" amusement. Sh"rll.
after the paper was issued, Il gentle
+ man here hailed II H~igginsvill" y"nns
man. whom he believed to be tn" cor
respondent, and somewhat angrlly IN
ouired what he meant by giving In
, name to the public as being II gambler
vhen the offense with which nOt onl,
he but several others stood charged
was card playing on Sunday. We WI
let the INTELLIGENCER answer Ill IL
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-07-18

The democrats of Ohio met in con-
vention ut Cleveland Wednesday, and,
after adopting Il platform which de
clares most emphatically in favor OF
tariff reform and the free and unlimited
coinage of silver, nominated a full
state ticket, heading it with Hon.
sJames L. Campbell, present incum-
bent. Two years ago GOV. Campbell
made the rae against Gov. Foraker
and defeated him. Campbell's major.
ity owe Foraker was 1882, out of 6
total poll for the two men of 1874.
In this election Hamilton county gave
Campbell 6,253 majority over Foraker
The Hamilton county delegation, lee
by the Cincinnati Enquirer, in the con.
vention Wednesday, bitterly opposed
Campbell's nomination.
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On The Second TUESDAY 60 ui SEPTEMBER

and will continue until the first Thursday of
Jane 4thl, lS!2 except that of the School of
Mines aud MCtillurGy at liOlll. which will he
gin and end one wcCk later, and the Law school
which opens ON October 9th, lS9l.
The Missouri State Military School is now II
department of the State University. missouri
Rev. Stat. 1859. Secs. Gt25 81. Each Senator
and Representative in the General Assembly
* expected Ia appoint one cadet from his dis
trici during the month of august. These
cadets after passing the required examinations
will be- admitted Ia the Academic departments
of the University free of tuition. Two rom
plctc uniforms will In furnished by the State
tu each cadet. The college of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts. has been recognized with adj
ditionHl teaching force and greater facilities.
Ample provision has been made for the cdu-
cation and care of young women in all the
CLASSES of the University. See catalogue 1891,
pages t:-Gsi.
| beg to call your attention To the appended
extract from the law on this subject.
You will please, after giving two weeks
publication IL this certificate, transmit to me.
ON or before September list, II list of the names
make application for entrance into the Uni,
vcr~ily |. the commencement of the next
session.
IT such II list IS not transmitted, students
from other counties will he allowed to enter in
lieu of those la which your county is entitled.
Board can he had in the University boarding
clubs for male students at 81 10 per week and
upward; in private families ut $500 To SI.JO.
! ann very respectfully, your ubcdient ser
want, + RARR
Secretary Board Cmritors, University of Mis-
souri,.
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RIVER NOTES.

The river is falling rapidly.
The sane bar at the foot of Tenth street
was visible Thursday morning.
The Mason went down the river We'd
nesday night with seventy passengers.
The A. l.. Mason only draws two feet
lying at the wharfboat unloaded.-Post-
Dispatch.
The steamer Mason passed up at 4
o'clock Wednesday morning, without
stopping at this port.
The case of ~felonious assault against
Gottlieb, Christina and Rudolph Shieber,
who were arrested on a warrant sworn
out by Smith Clark, charging them with
assauIting Mrs. Rudolph Shieber, Clark's
sister, was to nave been tried in Justice
Wallace's court Thursday, but was dis
missed at the cost OF the complaining wit
ness,
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University d .an State d Missouri

COLUMBIA, BuONE COUNTY. Mo, July /. ~.
To :. j. Andrew. Clerk of the County Court of
Lafayette tOunlN, Missouri:
SIR: 1t Is my duty to inform you that. under
The provisions of Section S1a.i. Revised Statutes
oi Missouri, lSS9, your county il entitled to
send la the departments of the State IniNeT-
sity AT Columbia and ltnlla, during the year
ending june 1, 1892. twenty students. between
the ages of sixteen aud twenty-five years.
Under the rules adopted by the Board Of
tuITltoIs, students shall possess IL good moral
character, and shall pass Il satisfactory cXami-
nation in arithmetic and iu the principles of
English griImina and written composition ,und
must pay the fees prescribed 10y said Act. to-
wit: On matriCulatinE in the Academic de
paItmcnt. AN entrance fee of ten dollars, and
contingent fee of live dollars; and II like con-
tingcnt fee ut the beginning of the second half
year, making the Who'll" annual charge twenty
dollars. For the school of Medicine twenty
dollars for the first year and fifty dollars for
subsequent years. For the SchOOlof Engineer
ing forty lullars. For the Law school nifty
dollars for first wear students and forty dollars
for second year students. For the college OF
Agriculture ten dollars. Examinations for
admission will 1t. given by the English and
mathematical departments on Thursday, Fri
day, saturday AMI Monday, September Sd, 9Th.
9Th and Ith, preceding the opening OF the Uni
VCrSity. The sessions of all the departments
will bpuin
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Blow ! Blow Blow

We will start up our mill
making flour to-day. We will
let you know when we start by
the blowing of our whistle. DO
not get alarmed at our much
blowing of the whistle; it is
only to let the people know
that we propose to sell you the
best and cheapest flour ever
sold in Lafayette county. Our
opening prices will be as fol-
lows, for cash only:
Hope u sos T. 100 lbs.
Comfort 2.I5 T. 100 lbs.
Bran % 55c T. 100 lbs. by
the ZOO mounds
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Congressman Tarsney, OF the Kansas
City district, says Grover Cleveland is the
only person mentioned by the democrats
in Missouri for president. How about it,
Jim Payne. of the Lexington INTELLIGEN-
GER, and Pete Stratten, of the Marshall
Democrat ~News?-Sedalia Gazette.
AS the report of what Tarsney said
came from the st. Louis Republic,
''Jim Payne" isn't betting that that
was what TarSney said.
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Capt. Alex. A. Lesueur, as Secretary
of State has made II model officer, and
should be given Il second term without
opposition. He is not only thoroughly
posted and very efficient in every detail
of his position, but he adds to this IN
accommodating manner of treating all
who visit his Office that makes it n real
pleasure to go there.-Richmond Dem
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shall cause Ia he transmitted Ia the Clerk of
each County Court in this state II certificate,
Stain" the number of pupils, that such County
j. entitled tO send to the State University the
next scholastic year, WHICH CERTIFICATE
nhII. RE PUBLISHED ny EACH COUNTY CLERk
tOt TWO WEEKS IN II newspaper published in
such county, the expense thereof la be allow
ed 10y th" County Court, and paid forout of the
county treasury"
Persons desiring to enter the State Univer-
sity at Columbia or liUllt, are required To make
known their intcEtiUn to me ON or before sep
cmhcr |. ls9l.
Catalogues at the University can be had on
| application to the University Librarian, Column
hiI. Missouri. SAM'E j. ANDREW,
Clerk County Court Lafayette County, Mis-.
souri,. ,-IS-2t
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That banner has always protected this
nation from it's foes, and ever will as long
as time shall last.-Saturday Herald.
SOP Why, the lNTELIIGENCER had
supposed all the time that it was some
of these able-bodicd drawers OF that
able-bodied and $50, OOO, 900 pension
that did the protecting.
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MCGREW MILLING CO
Not Easily Ruiilcd.

The INTELLIGENCER's good friend, Law
yer Wclborn, is Il man whose temper is of
the ~cvcncst sort, and whose kindly smile
is for all at all times. He doesn't get
angry, and enjoys Il joke at his expense.
Even the following, from the Odessa
Moon, caused one of his most cquablc
smiles:
"The plaintiffs attorney, EX-Maycr
Wclborn, of Lexington, had Just had his
hair cut and sa~ndpaprrrd. lie appeared
exceedingly anxious to shove a little law
into the Judges lett ear, and when Mr..
Chilei had concluded his chaste remarks
Mr.. Wclborn proceed TO pile up supreme
decision upon decision to convince tho
court that charges were not proof"