The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15

tent was blown down and two boys
were killed.
A BOLD bank robbery occurred at
Columbus Grove, "a town of about J, 900
people in Ohio. The robbcr shot and
wounded the cashier and killed an old
farmer and wounded Il bystander. He
snatched up $1,000 in g~reenbacks and
escaped.
THE sOUTH.
THE alliance men of Tennessee seem
to be holding wheat for higher prices.
One result is that the milllers are form
ing n league to buy western grain, the
price having gone up from S219 cents to
80 cents in n week and Hour having
advanced 25 cents per barrel.
THE thirteen Russian Hebrew immi-
grants who arrived on the Dutch steam
err Zaandam at Baltimore, Md, were
allowed to land, the state board of i'm
migration having been given satisfact-
DRY assurances hat the immigrants
would not become n public charge.
A NUMBER of general freight agents
of Texas roads appeared before the
railroad commission ut Austin and pro-
tested against the proposed reduction
in rates. Several lumber men thought
the proposed lumber rate would serve
to equalize the conditions between
northeast and southwest Texas mills.
SENATOR GEORGE, of Mississippi, has
been badly beaten at the county
primaries, BarkSdale, the alliance can
didate, eve carrying Georges home
county.
TIE report that Senator George was
defeated in the Mississippi primaries
was declared without foundation. lie
failed to carry his county (CarrolD,
which was entirely due to a large alli-
ance majority. The vote stands to
date: George, &C; Barksdale, %. 1t re-
quires 90 to elect and George is certain
to get 100 instructed votes,
Hon. THOMAS w. BOYER, for fourteen
years a member of congress and for
four years speaker of the confederate
congress, died recently at his home in
AppomatoX county, Va.
THE alliance md a~nti-lottery demo-
Gratis are to work in unison in Louis
lana.
TIE sheriff's posse has returned from
Lock, Moore e Co.'s logging camp, mt
Lake Charles, La, having seven of the
RED Bones" under arrest. All was
reported quiet and work was proceed
ing as usual.
Gov. FLEMING has announced that in
asmuch as Il quorum of the Florida
senate did not participate with the
house in joint assembly, May 2G, it is
his opinion that Wilkinson Call was not
elected United States senator, and that
fharafnrn he oannNt aarttfr that bn -,n,
elected.
GENERAL.
THERE is no hope of averting a disas-
trous famine in Madras, India. Men
ind animals were perishing of hunger.
Two Russian banners captured by the
French during the Crimean wal have
been returned to Russia.
IT has been positively decided that
Parnell will visit the United States
during the autumn and conduct a cam
paign. Mrs. Parnell will accompany
him, making her debut as a politician.
Parnell will be accompanied by at least
two of his followers in parliament, but
a selection has not yet beer made.
THE famous Tokay vineyards in Hum
gary have been ravaged by phylloxera
and almost entirely destroyed.
TIE Russian imperial council has de-
cided to prohibit the expectation Of
wheat, owing to the bad harvest in
Russia, which has caused Il scarcity of
this cereal.
A TELEGRAM from Buenos Ayres as
serts that Chilli will declare war against
Bolivia because the government of the
latter country has recognized the con
n,nSSiopnl parfu nf Chilli oo ha1lioarapte
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended August 6 num-
bered 231, compared with PAT the
previous week and POS the correspond
ing week of last year.
Mr.. DUEsTNG, n theological student
in one of the Roman Catholic colleges
in Rome, was drowned recently. His
home was in st. Louis.
LIEUT.. PHILIP HoDGEs, of the English
navy, committed suicide by jumping
into the sea July "a while being sent
home from Australia for n breach of
discipline.
GUATEMALA proposes to spend $780,
900 for n worlds fair exhibit.
THE three Baronesses Horvath, sis
ters, were drowned recently while
bathing in the river Nyarad at Madras,
Hungary.
DURING n heavy storm in Manitoba
two were killed by lightning.
IT is announced that the American
Sugar Refining Co. has advanced the
price of sugar, except cut loaf and
crushed, lilo.
HERR LIEBKNECHT, of Germany, has
opened six schools for training social
istic laborers. The object is to give q
sound and practical education. Four
thousand applications were made for
admissions, but the schools can accom-
MEDIATE only 1000.
The financial situation in London
was reported considerably improved
during the week ended August s. The
continental bourses were dull and
weak.
A PRIZE fighter named llenney was
killed by his opponent Swindclls, at
Manchester. England. Henney received
IA fatal blow under the ear. All parties
were arrested charged with man
slaughter.
IN u collision at Davidstadt, Finland,
two Russian soldiers were killed and
~forty-eight persons injured.
PRINCE BISMARCK in a conversation
with Herr Lube, Il member of the
reichstag, said: you may tell every
one that | consider the reducing of the
corn duty a disaster for the country"
THE double scull race for the cham
pionship of the world came off mt Ham
ilton, Ont, between Hanlan and OCon-
nor and Gaudaur and Mckay. The
race was won easily by Hanlan and
O'Connor.
THE Imperial, of Madrid, says it
learns that President Balmaceda, of
Chilli, and the leaders of the CHILEAN in
surgents have appealed to the Spanish
government to act as arbitrator and
end the war.
CLEARING rouse returns for the week
ended August 8 showed an average de-