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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
GENERAL STORAGE
FINAACfAL

S-IDExgE-EEt9a passaezss- -. es1k -
= E-a.1ss &c .srsf hezf GsEss sVs@2e -
eszgA Fs 1s.zz. $50. = bzsss 80 49, a = =
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
By Telegraph.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Aug. observation-disclosures
500 shipments $50. Market steady to strong
Steers So COOS s., sockers and feeders 81 5lg4 Co.
- 50a3 On HOGS-Receipts 1900, shipments
800. Good hogs sc higher others dull Bulk - 900
8 - all grades - 15G5 Is. SHEEP-ReCeipts 1900
shipments ..... Market quiet
ST. LOUIS, No. Aug. lI.-CATTL E-Receipts 5000
Shipments - Market opened steady ami closed
Zoe higher Steers IS J0a5 50, Texans and indians
- Sua4 90 HOGS Receipts 400 shipments ....
STEADY. Heavy 50 30a5 40 mixed grades 81 500
81, light s. al65 -. SHEEP-Recepts 800, ship
mcnts .....AIarket slow Fancy 81 O0t13 IS.
CHICAGO. HIS, Aug. 1l.-CATTLE-Rec 500
shipments $500 Slow: natives steady, Texans
shnde higher Steers s. 9oS5 S.. Texans 5O32 80.
native cows = sUa2 %. HOGS-Reccipts l000D
shipments 600 Market steady, Tough ard
common 81 25a4 -, mixed 81 90g5 25 butchers Is 81
Is 40 light s. eoa5 80 SgEEP-Recepts TOO.
Shipments 5000. Market fairly active. Native ewes
s. $685. 40miNed and wethers "a S0l5 IS Texans and
westerns 81 O0G4 40. lam So j0g5 So
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
Ho. for the Mountains OF Colorado

Round trip tickets 10 Denver Pueblo.
Colorado Springs and Trinidad, cheap.
Only SO. 80 for the round trip, good TO re
turn until Oct 81, 1891. Remember the
Missouri Pacific railway is the short line
10 ali Colorado points. Train leaves daily
at $50 ., n. arriving at Pueblo next morn
ing for breakfast and Denver for dinner
For all points in COLORADO, Utah. Mon
tana and Washington. take the Missouri
Pacific railway. Chair cars and Pull
man sleepers on all train. Cali at city
ticket office for further information, maps,
pamphlet, etc, etc. Telephone 2lL
z (. BLECKIET,
I4tf P, and T. A, 120 y. Main ST
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

ITOR SALE-GOoD TEAM or WORKING
4 horses Excelsior on Tank Line. d5if
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

The register of New York gets s12.-
900. He has staff Of seventy-seven per-
sons, their compensation ranging from
5000 TO 5000 year. The recorder Of
deeds in Philadelphia receives $4,000
year and has a staff Of seventy persons,
their salaries ranging from 800 TO ST.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

EOR SAIE-ONF OF THE DEST ESTABLISHED
i and most solid business IN the city. has psid
1880 ayeaf net for he past five years 80 losses oy
risk OF ans 5 udf satisfaction guaranteed. Coed
reasons FOR selling price t2O cash. These mean
ing business answer with fuii name and address.
Bus mess thls once dbs-tts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

Bronze pins, with handles OF ivory, have
been found n ancient British barrowS
among tue treasures buried centuries ago
sufficiently we'll preserved 10 attest the use
that had been made OF them, which was
beyond doubs that of fastening the rude
clothing of those times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
OF sALE-TARMs AT LOWEST PRIcEs Bv


II prices by Israel Bros.
Fine West side residence. 10 rooms. modern
yeniouCes, = feet price S.<en payments.
Nice six room residence rity feet. fenced. shAds
only On easy payments.
Nce place North Side siy rooms nf'v feet three
blocks from Douglas avenue only Si20 easy pay
Mcuts
Nice place OF seven rooms lto feet me location
and na gh borhoud. house exclusive ~ grounds
$50 price only $lEst-S5UQ cash bal anrn yeags
per cent. Israel Iras., 10 Market 81 diu
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Chicago Grain and Produce.

CHICAGO. Aug. II.
wheat-Strong higher. advancing. much excite
nle1t,
CUrn-Higher
0atS-Quiet. strong.
HOra-f3rWe.
Lard-AiEher
The leading futures ranged as follows:
FLOt R-Dull, easy. Spring patents 81 e1a5 a.
winter patents p Sa5 10. straight a. 6s5 o. bakers
WHEAT-cAugust 945sc, september 9-7sc,
b5lec.
0ArS-Augu.t 2slfc. : .ernber 2s6so. Msy slice
FORk-August s. Ef september SlO %.
LARD-Aug1st Sc 10, eeptember Sc 57Jx. octe-
Der 90 s1ip.
Cash quotations were as follows;
WHEAT 4}sG943.c.
COhN-sSc.
OATS--s}sc.
RAE-S3c,
BARLtY-67c
rLAA>EED-SIO
IlNOTHN-Sl 2l&I y.
Polh-$l0 S7ls
lAEb-St -
SHORT RISS-e6 G5as 70
DltN SALT SHpCLDE RS-$6 10
SHORT CLEAR SIDES-Sr SbE- n
WhlSkN-Sl Il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

It is not generally known that in the
present day, when the low price OF wheat
is put forward as s plea for lowered rents
in England. wheat straw fetches such q
high price that it alone will pay the rent
and rates OF the land WHICH grows L. And
il is observable that these small tenants
look on their wheat as their special paying
rro-,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
Wichita Produce Market.

WICHITA Aug. L.
FLOUR-HisheSt patent 80 co, second patent 81 81
extra fancy - ~, fancy 81 o.
BUTTERFLIES creamery lie, second creamery
Il. hnest dairy lie. ne dairy X, common dairy &c.
EGG ~-lOc per dozen.
FOCLTKY-Roosters 81 SOAP CO. per dozen or soc
per pound hens s. 0lE2 81 per dozen &c per
pound spring chickens 81 1893 90 per dozen or IOc
Per POUND, turkeys 16sc per pound. ducks 90 per
pound. geese no demand.
POTATOES New 50C per hushel
tOAI.-AntEracite Sll 90. Canon City s. o. Weir
City - So Fr1utenaC 81 80. PttsDurg 81 80 Illinois
g. ~, McAIister s. CO.
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Wichita Grain Market.

WICHITA, Aug. II.
Following are the closing quotations:
GRAlN-Car lots on track.
WHEAT-NO2, f5c. No 2 hard lie, Nos 7Sc No 1
ioC new wheat 4UG.70C,
CORN-No 3 or better 45c.
OATS-2ha22c.
BNE-Nu ) or better Coo.
HAY aled IS coat 10 per ton, loose, 81 01d5 90.
GROUND COftN-CEOp In car lots s. no per 100
pounds. corn and oats 81 10 per leo pounds, bran
sacked, SIC per 100 pounds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

4 szllesE1a2 T. down taNa store hsI
u12s.s 3 wager tAas b. can oszta3 Eay otArs
aEub.leTtrgus uzAa lie has uasds . ~
ta&. With zen Il sacs aazt lie eAz via
fSo le3tSrs - tie eA.ae ;aE1s - sNo 1l1sss-
eGs people ard on d-ffeFsaE su5sects- Ia
Is also w..l4aE 20 wager taRs &c 1aa aFlss
al ezsAy IA Eaglsss ard ons n FrrueA "a
German - tas sAass tlns--PhILza4ElgAA
kse.asa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
~. medium 10 prime, corn fed.
REPRESENTATIVE SALES,
HOGS,

The hog receipts have been too light for
some time past to hardly test the market,
but the packers are on the ground and pay
strong prices for everything offered for
sale. The competition between the buyers
brought one lot of hogs up to $500, and
the general market is about 5810c higher
The packers say they want good hogs and
are ready to pay their real worth.
REPRESENTATIVE SALES,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

HE eighth Bay
Ireuth festival has
opened with more
than usual splen-
dor. This year
besides 'Parsi-
faF" the operas
" Tristan and
Is oil d g" and
"Tann b a us err"
will be given.
Bayreuth is the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
New York Money.

NEW YORK. Aug II.
Money on call easy, ranging from III to , pei
rent. closed offered at per ent,
Prime mercantile paper 5S4,G5sS.
Sterling exchange steady at sS24 for 6o-dsy
bills and 81 80 70" demand.
Total sale OF stock today was 1890 shares.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
VETERINARY SURGEONS.
y. PHIL FPS E PHILLIP
PHILLIPS &c PHILLIPS,
VETERINARY SURGEONS

Graduates OF the Chicago Veterinary College
Hospital accom- atoms Calls by Telephon.
telegraph or Mail viii receive prompt attention
day night
ONCE No. III y. Lawrence ave ONCE telephone
Nc. u Residence 60 y. Topeka ave Residence
telephone Nosl5 69-u-W i5-tt
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Blanks of every description can be found
in the business Office OF the EAGLE. first
floor in quantities TO suit. Call at the
coryTrar
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COLUM ~.
THE PEOPLES COLUMN.
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The following rates under the different headings
H1ll be charged.
~ Payable Strictly in AID vance.
No adverrfseIne nts taken for less than 70 cents.
One line advertisements charged same rate tive
tines
No ADVERTISEMENTS TAKEN ITO RUN IN
til FORBIDDEN"
Prices given under classified heads in this column
applicable only to local advertisements No foreign
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Answers 10 advertisements sent in care Of the
EAGLS Office should ee called for within ~ DAYS
after insertion. When advertisers wish repys for
warded to them stamped envelopes must BE- sent.
Reference 10 former advertisements should give
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vaTtiseCneDt should be sent.
Not res pons!5Ic for advertisements given dis
continued by telephone.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
ARTICLES.
kansas CITY Produce.

BCIIER-I!igher, Fancy Eigin creamery In
Ie9c me western &c, line dairy IL site
EGGS-l4al5c
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

KANSAS CITY. Aug. IL
,FLoUR-XX CSC, xxx I5e, family a. O5. choice
II 90 fancy ~ S}ei S.
NHLAI-higher No 2 hard cash sic his
august SIC bid. No. 2 red cash Sic bid 49,
&c bid. ~ 49, Aux As'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

111sf a.s $40 = - - s.s ear
rIsgs RHTIT CAEa az wEol EsAIg AZ uE
4 Essz Ds-.z4s. = z2-z-z E&Asst- he q -.
EAE<s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
Nl(|Ijt :agle
FINANCEAND COMMERCE
WICHITA MARKETS.

The Receipts Of Stock at the Wichita
Union Stock Yards for the Past "a
Hours Were as Follows: SOB Cattle
7o Hogs. Shipments 724 Cattle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

WICHITA. August II,

The offerings of native cattle at the
yards today were not large. but liberal
enough for the demand. The market has
dropped off perceptibly in the last week
and was still lower today. The decline is
general, covering all except good butchers
stuff. The packers are not buying much
at present, and the market is controlled
chiefly by the spectators.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
BA1REUTH AND WAGNER
NAMES INSEPARABLY ASSOCIATED
WITH THE HISTORY OF MUSIC.
The Town Where the Great Composer
First Scored Success Again the Scene
of Magnificent operate Representa-
tions-The Story of "Parsifal."

copyright. lSsl. by American Press Associa-
ton.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
WICHITA L WESTERN
First Floor Blanks.

Union Ticket Once Cor Main and lst street Unioa
Passenger Station corner Dousias and 5th avenues.
". ID. MURDOCH. .. ?. a.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
ATCHIsoN. TOPEKA & SANTA FrrF..

NORTH AND FAST.
No. AZ Kansas City exrr.,- SOFA N sC5A N
No. 4tf% Chicago vestbu!edt
express .............. IO2OA Il IO25AN
No. 40s- Missouri River eI-
press...................... !oOFu 9O5 p VI
No. I57 Englewood expresses OPP stops her
SOUTH AND WEST.
No. 40T+ Oklahoma City and
Oklahoma express. -. 'soAM .GAW
No. 4O7* Caldwell and Pan
handle expresf ............ ;NAn asa
No. 4O3s IT. Worth Calves
ton and Texas express. &c. So p Z. 5Aj VI
No. 4l3- Wichita Express J. - ? " stops hero
No. l57 Englewood aeon. 49, $50 NJ
Trains marked thus . daily.
EQUIPMENT NORTH AND EAST.
Train No. 4ll Kansas City express runs solid 10
Kansas City, has chair service.
Train No. 4e6 comes direct from Galveston and IS
through Chicago train leaving Wichita At 10. 2jp
and arrives in CeiCGEO the next day at 9,l5 n.
Train No 409 hae free reclining chair car to Kan
sss City Pullman 10 Kansas City, also to Topeka
AtChison and St Joseph.
EQUIPMENT SOUTH ASo WEST.
Train No t07. has Pullman and chair cars
Train No. 40j has through Pullman car to f.
orth and Galveston.
Train No. 4l3 has reclining chair car from Kansas
City and stops at Wichita
City Union Ticket eice Cor Main and lst street aud
Union Passenger station corner DOnglas and 5th
avenues. ". D. MURDOCH. ID. =. A.
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ST. LOUIS & SAN FRANCISCO R.R.

TRAINS. ARRIVE LEAVE
NO l. Going West pass tol
Ellsworth .......... ........ t2aA VI SO u
mo. 3. Going west passengrl
fstops a. BURT }........... 49, 435 PN
'NO.4, Going East. passenger Job A n 10 2nA VI
'No.2, Going East. passenger l0DPM VI l0i5 "
Trains marked thus run daily.
West hound train No. !. has Pullman car.
West bound train. No. s, connects at Burton for
Pueblo, New Mexico and Southern California.
East bound, No. /, is a solid train 10 St Louis
with chair car and Pullman sleeper makes conneC
tons for Fl Smith, Little Rock and Paris. Texas
East bound. No 2 night express 10 St Louis. has
free reclining chair car and Pullman sleeper.
City Union Tchct Office Cor Main and LIST street
and Union Depot, Douglas avenue.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

GOING NORTH AND EAST.
No Colorado Springs.
Denver and Pacific Coast
Express daily ,.............. 6O BOB N
No Kansas City ST. Louis
and Chicago. Through
Mail and eX. daily ..-...... $50 NJ s55A NJ
No. Kansas City st Louis
and Chicago night ex
daily ..... 95OPM t55P NJ
No, % Accommodation
daily. except Sunday,...... n25 NJ Y 20 VI
GOING SOUTH.
No. 3KansaSa City st. Louis
and Chicago *, daily. C35 NJ tloA
No. Kansas City st. LOUIS
and ex daily. G55PM 5oOPK
No. 81 Accommodation daily
excent sunday - 22OPMI 2aP VI
Elegant reclining chair cars all trains. auI
Pullman sleepers from Wichita 10 Kansas City and
Chicago without change on night trains. Tickets
sold and baggage checked through to all points
north. south. east and west. and steamship tickets
sold to all European points at lowest ratios City
ticket Office 100 East Douglas avenue corner Main
street; passenger station corner Douglas and Mead
avenues Telephone 1872.
w. y. wIsBART. Ticket Agent
.INo. SEBASTIAN. G. T. & P. A. Chicago. III.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

NOR SALt-2a- HpR>E.-POWEE ENGINE AND
Il boiler been "a usr but short time neariy new
cost &lgfe VIII sell for SsSi probably little less
want sell; this Is tig bargain Tor one.
dress John h. Ey-ns, box ~. Marion. A2rfuT county
Kan d73 Hs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

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VI snsa4s - g. cats &egsss $3.50 Azssasstss =
s.s.fs s-l,.~s aczss az 80 ts@zzs-J "a a
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4 Llt.ssgCi.E l0Ahs. CATILS LoAEs-HOs-
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
AGENTS TAINTED.

IXrASI ED-AGESTs 10 SILL TFF pf<LFs5
w Clothes Line The only lire ever iaEsuted bat
holds tie clothes y itEggt pins = erfegt success
pateu. recently 80 ed sod oB.y by Hge1ts- 70
whom exc zslve right i gives. Fscslgt @ -
cents viii seud kaFnce sEs.s ~ uzslE siso cir
price ll.t srB terms - agents ~sE1Ts Tf--r
territory e. once address . be FiuIesE Clothes
Line To-. l. Hsrr1ou street. W'cr ateF. Mass
w.. Tr-vef 4
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

IGOR sAIE-AN INTEREST ~ a BUSINESS
4 thtt pays large pvoats, viii take some trade.
Address Box lUiE dt1s4t
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-09-19

A''s
The snh-trraSary scheme don't sui
MS.
The rain makers services are
needed.
Dan Brssingcr has gone to Okla,
homa To prospect.
IL. Is. Cromklutc, of Lamar, Kansas
was II visitor u few days ago.
Waterloo needs Il grain ware house
owned by the farmers. Also scales tC
weigh grain and stock.
Joe A. Edmonds, Jr., who ha,
s.d0ne" the '.wild and woolly west, >
is about to stake Il claim on his father,
farm here.
We probably will have n ditch con:
structcd for the purpose of draining
Helms lake. A contamination dcvout.
" to he wished.
Now that the county court is moving
in the matter of improving the road
from Wellington to Lexington, II few
suggestions may not be ont of place,
The proper place for the location 'oi
the roadway is along the side of the
bluff, but as that seems too much ham
pered by the houses and works of the
coal operators, the next best route
should he taken. Too much attention
can not be given To the selection of the
route, and the proper construction al
the roadway. The best is tine cheap
est. 1t is no economy To slight r"ad
work To save Il few dollars. Now rs
the court knows this already, do hope
il will give us II road that will he an
honor to its wisdom and n credit to
our grand county.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-09-19
Personal.

Ryland Todhuntcr was here Tuesday.
j. c. Shackleford, of Corder, was in town
Monday.
L. G. Becker was a Higginsville visitor
Tuesday.
Mrs. w. Bowen, OF HigginsvilIe, was
here Friday.
viii Finly, OF Dover, visited friends
here Sunday.
Sam Fell, of Sedalia, was registered at
the Grand Central Tuesday.
W.. II. Reed, the Sedalia life insurance
hustler, was here Saturday.
J.. G. Kelly, OF Sweet Springs, visited
friends in this city last Sunday.
Lawyer Keeton, of HigginsvilIe, was in
the city Tuesday, on legal business.
II. w. Plattenburg, of Dover, had bust
ness before the circuit court Monday.
Mrs. j. f. Dysart, OF Andrew county,
Mo-, is visiting her old home in Licking
ton.
Miss Lee Young returned Saturday
night from n visit to relatives at Quitman,
NOuaWay county.
George Colwell, OF Richmond, was the
guest of his friend, John Wernwag, Sat
urday and Sunday.
J. Brack Fletcher, of Marshall, formerly
n resident of Lexington, is here for the
first time in twenty years.
Walter Monroe, formerly of this city,
now travelling for Meyer Bros, OF st.
Louis, spent Sunday here.
Carl Hays left on Wednesday of last
week to attend school ut Mount st. JOS
eph's College, near Baltimore.
Evan Young and wife, who have been
spending the summer with their daughter
in Virginia, returned home Wednesday.
Mrs. Chas. Orr, OF Wichita, Kan, will
arrive in this city Mond y morning, and
will be the guest of the family OF +. l..
Geyer.
Arthur Billiard, late of Saunders photo
graph gallery, will visit Sarcoxie, Mo-,
next week, with Il view to Il permanent
location.
j.. A. j.. Shultz and family, who have
been spending the summer at inwoo
Lawn, returned to their winter home ut
st. Louis Wednesday evening.
Deputy Sheriff G. w. Jackson was up
from Higginsville Tuesday. He said II
large crowd attended Ringing Bros show
at HigginsvilIe the day before.
Charles Morrison, Oi Kansas City, was
the guest OF his father, William Morrison,
Sunday. He brought his daughter, Miss
Lucy, down to be treated by DIR. Payne.
Col. lily. Bledsoe, OF Pleasant Hill, was
in the city Tuesday, on his way to Nelson,
Saline county, where lie presided at "A
meeting of the Mexican Veterans Assoc
citation of Central Missouri.
Miss Clara Lacy, formerly II compositor
in the lNTELLIGENCER news rooms, but
later of Higginsville, was in the city Tues
day, the guest of friends. She was Oh her
way to Lebanon, LacIedc county, to spend
the winter.
Miss Jennie Berrie, acting under in
structions from the Postoflice Depart
ment, inspected the postotliccs at Corder
and Alma Tuesday, returning Wednes-
day. Miss Sallic Taylor accompanied her.
Miss Berrie will visit and inspect all the
postoaices in the county.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-09-19

GER could handle. Its report of the
circuit court proceedings were very
much fuller than that of amy cumtcm-
pOrary. lis resume of county court
business brought ali the proceed
inGS of Importance down to Fri
day onn Miscellaneous matter, in
GLIDING many items of interest here
ami there, was secured and reported.
The lNTELLIGENCEE calls attention
10 these matters, because it is legiti-
mate to do so. We know that this
paper is of twice is much value To the
subscriber rs any other Lexington
publication because of the advantages
mentioned above. We hold that tn,
paper is of value to the people of al
portions of Lafayette county, eve
To those who take other local papers,
The people of lIi@ginsvillr should give
the Democrat and Advance II good
support hut they should also have the
lNTELIIGENCER. The people of Odessa
should take care of the Democrat and
News, but they should never be with
out this paper. The people of Waiver
" and vicinity have II good paper i'll
the Times and should stand by it, but
in the INTEILIGENCER they will find
that uIh;,h ibuN uurI and which their
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-09-19
col. HIRAM BlEDSOE IL TOWN.
How 10. shelby put Up Il Game on
the Wild Goose.

Colonel Hiram Blcdsoc, of Casa county,
the organizer and commander of the ia
nous Blcdsoc's battery, and later Pat
Cleburnc's chief al artillery, was in Lex
ington Tuesday and Wednesday,, ON his
way to the meeting Of Mexican war vetcr-
ans at Nelson, Saline county and called on
the INTELLIGENCER.
Colonel BIedsoe is fall of the memories
of the late strife and relates many incl
dents OF the war in a manner which shows
that his recollection is yet quite green. He
was ut Franklin, Tennessee, and says he
received, perhaps, the last order General
Pat Cleburn ever gave.
During the Mexican war Colonel Bled-
soc was an officer in Doniphan's legion.
At the battle of Sacramento several pieces
of Mexican artillery We're captured and
brought back to Missouri. Two of these
guns fell to the possession of the LeXing-
t%onians, and young Bledsoe was given
charge OF them. In the fifties General
Shelby, then an energetic young farmer,
lived near a large island in the Missouri
river, Il few miles below Lexington, where
immense fiocks of wild geese We're wont to
congregate. The idea got into Shelby's
head that ii he could borrow one OF Blcd-
sOe's cannon he could win fame by
Strengthening wild geese. Bledsoe let him
have the gun, which was known us old
Sacramento or sold Sac" Shelby took
the gun down to the island, set it up in
front OF where the biggest fiocks of geese
were accustomed to assemble, loaded it to
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awaited the arrival of his game. The next
day all the geese from Missouri, Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas and the far off plains of
Dakotah seemed to gather in front OF
Shelby and his well loaded cannon. What
n slaughter was in store. What Il feast in
prospect for the lover of goose-fiesh.
There would be no more death from Group
in seven states. Shelby could fry out
goose grease enough to anoint every ba-
by's throat in the Mississippi valley. And
as for feather beds, why here would soon
be feathers enough to exile every straw
and shuck mattress in the great west.
Shelby was fairly intoxicated.
Everything being i'm readiness, he had
his colored man, "old Zack,' to jump up,
wave his hat and yell shoe, as he applied
the match to his well primed cannon.
With a loud konk the geese all flew up at
once, just as n flame of fire burst from the
muzzle of old Sac. The conclusion was
astounding. The reverberations of the gun
made the unsuspecting think an earth
quakewas shakingthings up. As soon as the
smoke of battle had cleared away, Shelby
signaled his n~eighbors to come and help
themselves. They fastened to the island,
but alas, something had gone amiss. OF
all those 10000, OOO, 900 geese slaughtered
at, but one poor old gander was crippled.
All the others escaped, even bearing away
with them all those prospective feather
beds, that We're to make night delightful
to a thousand families.
Tn war ended right there. Shelby lost
all faith in field artillery as a suitable
arm to be used against wild geese.