The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-03-28
Higginsyille.

Mrs. Ed. Mason is on the sick list this
week.
Will Knight, OF Corder, was in the city
Wednesday.
George Ladd, of Aullville, was in the
city Wednesday,.
Sam Emison and wife, of %Grangeville,
were in the city Sunday.
Miss Ella Price, OF Lexington, was the
guest of Miss Emma Canterbury last week.
Miss Mamie McLain has returned from
an extended visit with frinds in Aullville.
Philip Land, of Sweet Springs, visited his
sons, Lyman and Moses, in this city Tues
day.
Will Payne, proprietor OF the city bus
line, was i'm Lexington Tuesday ON bust
ness.
The Soldiers Home is fairly started and
the housekeeper and other assistants are
now stationed there.
w. c. Boyer has been given the contract
for the new American ank building,
which will be erected in u few weeks.
Walter Hall, Bob Davenport, Frank
Frost and u namber of other Odessa boys
were here a he's time Sunday evening.
The old opera house has been torn down
and the building is now being remodeled,
preparatory TO its occupation as Il dry
goods store by Judge j. w. Harrison.
The roads were dreadfully muddy sun
day evening, but that did not prevent our
young friend, Arthur McI.ain, from visit
ing friends in the vicinity of MAYHEM.
Miss Jessie Burton went to Odessa We'd
nesday evening, to be present ut the mar
riage of Benjamin Porter and Mrs. Blanche
Burton, which took place Thursday even
ing.
The past week has been one of the most
disagreeable we lave had this winter
March is certainly making up for the
p~leasantness of the months of January and
February.
George Miller, OF Sweet Springs, passed
through this city Wednesday, en- route to
Marshall. He is the husband of the lady
who committed suicide at Sweet Springs a
few weeks ago.
1t is announced that Elder f. V. Loos,
of the Christian church, in this city, will
leave for q new field of labor in June. Mr..
loos is an eloquent orator and earnest
minister and a gentleman of the highest
character, and his departure will cause
regret throughout the community.
Wednesday was one ofthose dark gloomy
days, calculated to give one the blues, and
the rain, falling at intervals, was now and
then accompanied by snow and sleet, which
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beautiful day last Sunday, came to mind
M~issouri's climate is indeed 4 most varia-
BILE one.
Deputy Sheriff G. w. Jackson arrested a
negro named Quincy Britt Saturday, on
suspicion of being the one who assaulted
Mrs. Hockensmith, near this city, and
who is also supposed to be the would-b b
assassin of Mr.. Peacock. 1t appears that
the negro went to the residence of Mr..
Nieman last Friday morning and tried
to induce a lady who resides there to enter
an out building, but thinking his inten-
tions were of a fiendish nature, she enter
ed the house and shut the door. The
negro was arrested Saturday, and a strong
guard placed over him. This was deemed
necessary as there was considerable talk
OF %lynching. The brute is now confined
III the Lexington jail.
Tn masquerade concert given by the
members of the Higginsville band was
Ii OF the most pleasant evcnts Of the
season. In TACT, II was conceded by many
to have been the most successful enter
tainment ever given in this city and was
certainly immensely enjoyable to those
who had the pleasure OF attending. The
fantastic costumes OF the masquers inter
mingled with the black robes and snowy
garments of nuns, flower girla and ghosts,
were charmingly grotesque, fanclful ana
elegant. Dukes, lords and mobiles, ladies,
popcorn SIfls ana StaIluihaa' Neit III ~
atantly promenading, changing partners
and making i~ntrodnctions. when the
maaks were removed much surprise was
manifest on the faces both OF spectators
and participants. Miss Anna Mosby o
the elegant toilet case given TO the best
masked lady, and closely followed by Miss
Nelson Chambliss who received a large
number of votes. After unmasktRg dane
ing WAS INDUCED in, The best of order
prevailed throughout the entertainment.
About l15o were realized,