The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-05-16
Cool and cloudy Wednesday morning.

A new stone crossing has been put down
at Ninth and Main streets.
The river us fallen so that there is very
little water in the channel.
The Star band went out %serenading
Tuesday night, visiting the female col
leges and other places.
There was a slight sprinkle Of rain at l
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon, from n cloud
hardly larger than q mans hands.
Mrs. s. p. Arnold solicites the attention
of ladies to her beautiful display OF MILL
merry. 40 Main street, Lexington, Mo-
City Clerk Moreland was sick Monday
night, and Will Bandon occupied his
chair at the regular meeting of the coun-
ell.
Forthe lightest, most durable and easiest
handled binders, buy the Minneapolis or
the Woods. You will see them at j. b.
Hooks. 5-16-2t
The man who is to give a balloon ascen-
sion here this afternoon has had his para
chute displayed in front of Geyer's nearly
all week.
Miss Blanche Winter has two beauti-
full faces, painted i'm oil, on exhibition at
Loomis's book store. They were present.
to q friend.
Farmers, you will find it to your inter-
est to call at j. b. Hooks and examine the
Walter A. Wood single canvas harvester
and binder, and leave your order Tor one.
TIL board OF education will elect teach
ers for the next year Inc Sat the regular
meeting OF the board. Applicants must
have at least two years experience in
teaching, or they will not be considered.
A Franklin avenue lady gave her baby
n bottle OF Smiths bile beans to play with.
nl,- 4 q 900 .-I-- 49, -1 a-,I
lowed two OF the pills, and for II while
was quite sick, finally coming around all
right.
Look out for a crash in
Prices at Ahrens' Great Nine
Days Bargain Sale. Read
''ad'' elsewhere.
A barn belonging to w. NJ. Self, living
seven miles south of town, was burned
Tuesday night. Two horses were burned
to death, while a third was so badly burn
ed that it had to be killed. Mr.. Self lost a
wagon, fifty barrels of corn n some hay.
They was very little insurance.
Sneak thieves, and the meanest kind of
sneak thieves, too, entered Miss Sallie
Longs yard ut Seventeenth and Franklin
avenue one night recently and stole two
DOLS COHbdlIliHB uIt CdCIuS plHutS. fftT
towering shrubbery has been ruthlessly
broken in L shameless manner
Perhaps the flower thieves getting in
their work in so many yards are not all
from the lowest classes OF our citizens,
after all. A South street lady found a
richly trimmed and elegant lady's cape in
her yard a day or two ago, near where her
shrubbery had been broken and despoiled.
The friends OF Miss Sallie Chambers will
be panied to learn that Miss Carrie Cum
ningham who was associated with her in
teaching a school in Ceara, Brazil, died re-
Gently OF small poX. She was q room mate
of Miss Sallie's and veIy much loved by
her. Miss Sallie was well protected by
vaccination and IL is probable she will es-
cape.
The INTELLIaENCER owns up to a mis-
take in figures last week. When the
number OF local items printed exclusively
in this paper was stated at a 'score or
more" it would have been proper to say a
undred or two. In fact, no other Lex
ington publication pretends to print more
than a fourth or third of the local happen
ings.
Last Monday, a fine colt belonging to
r. w. Keene, one of our foremost local
horsemen, while escaping from it's train
err ran against a board with such force as
to drive a jagged end into it's head. The
animal is badly hurt, and at present is
under the care of DIR. George w. Bates, u
skillful veterinarian. The colt was one of
Mr.. Keene's best.
j. H.. Sender reports the following sales
of vehicles this week: Thomas Ainsworth,
Cortland cart; II. c. Sawyer, Columbus
carriage; Mrs. DR.. j. G. Russell, Columbus
surrey; Mrs. r. IL. Smith, Whitechapel
buggy; James Mullinix, Cortland spring
wagon; William IL. Mackey, Cortland
spring wagon; Ed. vawters, Cortland
spring wagon; DIR. NJ. w. F~lournoy, ,Cort-
land buggy.
Last Tuesday afternoon Messrs. Henry
G. Wallace, Joh Welborn, ID. Callahan,
II. J.. Saunders, Caleb Bellows and Olive
Houck left here for Plattsburg, to attend
an important suit in court there, for the
possession OF a piece of accreted land, or
island land, no one seems to know which,
that lies in the old river bed 81 short dis
lance above Wellington. AS an island,
the property belonged TO J. II. Sullivan, OF
jefferson City. His suit was TO eject tres
passers.
The Farmers and LabOrers' union of
Clay township will join with the Egypt
union In holding their quarterly meeting
ut ThOmpson's school house, five miles
west of Wellington, on Thursday, the 4th
day of June, 1891. The union business
meeting will at 10 O'Clock, and
held until noon. In the afternoon the
doors will be opened to the public and a
lecture will be given by the county lee
turer. Col. Ben Elliott will also be with
him. There will be an abundance of din
ner on the grounds, and all are cordially
invited to attend. A special invitation is
extended to the unions of other town
snipeS. Come all, and let us have an old
fashioned good tim together.
JOSEPH Warbler, Chairman,
THOMAS CHINN, Secretary.