The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-05-23
Rain Wednesday morning.

Rain Wednesday morning.
The town hog doesn't even attend Sun
day school.
Heavy rain Wednesday night, and con-
tinued until Thursday.
Try a box of w. b. Schultz's axle grease.
The best in the world. 5-23-6t
Some maple trees in various parts of
town need trimming.
The street sprinkler was given a short
rest Wednesday morning.
Don't fail to see McElroy Bros. window
of ~ cent Challies. 1t
McElroy Bros is the place to get low
prices on all summer goods.
A new cross walk will be put de,sHIat
Seventeenth and Franklin avenue.
w. b.. Schultz is selling 74o deodorized
stove gasoline ut 10 cents a gallon straight.
The Missouri river is in a bad shape
again.. 1t hasn't been able to leave it's
bed for several days.
w. b. Schultz has the best brand of
standard harness oil. 1t is the boss leather
oil; so cents u gallon. 5-23-6t
The Lexington Gun Club will hold a
special meeting Tuesday night. Secretary
Sturges announces important business.
The ladies of h Christian church will
spread a dinner in the building next to
Loomis's drug store, next Monday. Din
ner % cents.
The next time man is created we hope he
will be made so big that he won't be afraid
to go out at nights without carrying a six
shooter along.
G. III. Schaefermeyer has a complete
Stock OF Hardware and Cutlery, Iron,
Steel and Nails. Give him a call and ex-
anime his stock. 5-23-t3
If you want fresh, pure, sweet butter,
and want it the day it is churned, leave
your orders with William Trigg or with
Hickman's milk wagon.
A couple of recruiting officers of the
United States Army were here Thursday,
looking after men for the infantry and
artillery arms of the service.
Everyone who has purchased a Chicago
Singer sewing machine through this office
is perfectly satisfied with it. 1t is as good
a machine as the high priced ones.
Is it possible that that old chestnut
about the sofa that is just big enough for
two, and rings a bell at 10 o'clock, ETC.,
has got around to Lexington again?
Go to w. B. Schultz for the best harvest
oil on the market. Will not gum, will
not run off in hot sun, is heavy, and stays
where you put it. Price so cents a gallon.
The Salvation Army has made an effort
to rent the old Wentworth Academy
building, at the corner of Eighteenth and
Main streets, in which to hold meetings.
Flora, the little daughter OF Andy
Luellen, fell from a window Saturday.
She bit her tongue and was somewhat
bruised by the fall, but was not seriously
injured.
Tickets for the high school entertain
ment next Thursday evening will be placed
on sale at Ludwigs' iewelry store Monday
morning. There promises to be a large
attendance.
Photographer Saunders has been taking
some views of Prof. Menefee's college al
Liberty, from which wood cuts are to bt
made for the forthcoming catalogue o.
that institution.
Some hogs broke into Joe Homer's gar.
den Wednesday evening while Mrs. Homer
and the children were temporarily absent
and did considerable damage. Mr.. Homer
will vote ''agin" the town hog.
w. IL. Chiles has already purchased
forty-five tickets to the Thomas orchestrf
entertainment at Kansas City a week from
to-day, to be used by people OF this city
who desire to hea Miss Fleming sing.
The popcorn stand at the corner of the
courthouse yard took fire about 8 O'Clock
Saturday afternoon, and the upper part o
it was badly burned before the flames
could be subdued. A leakage of gasoline
caused the trouble.
F. E. Walters, advance agent for DIR
Dunbar, visited relatives in Ray county
Thursday and while there was bitten or
the leg by a "wicious canine" as San
Weller would nave said. The dog took 6
piece of flesh from h member.
Prof. Squires after coming to Lexington
to arrange for his balloon accession wanted
a dollar and a half extra, on account, h,
said, OF the danger of landing on a hog
back OIL getting tangled, in his descent, il
the horns of the town COW.
The Lexington Gun Club has been invit
ed to join an association of gun clubs il
Central Missouri, the new organization
to be known as the Central Missouri AS
ISOLATION" Some correspondence ha
passed, but no definite action has beer
taken.
A.. T. johnson has a pear and a cherr.
tree, both of which were set out las
autumn, in full bearing. 1t is not unusua
for certain varities OF fruit trees to bloom
the season following their planting, bu
to see fruit is very extraordinary an
unusual.
County Attorney Aull is at Higginsville
engaged to-day in the trial Of Lizzie Rob
inson, colored, charged with arson, men
ton OF which was made in these column
last week. He had a number OF othe
cases yesterday.
The town hog had a picnic at the juno
ton of Main and Thirteenth streets earl
this week las there were W orthree pool
of water there, in which it could lave itsel
to its hearts content, and grunt its salts
faction that the restraining sty was a dir
misty thing of the future.
II, G. Francisco, accompanied by an e
pert coal miner from Lexington, visite,
the city Monday, and the expert, after ex
amining our 34b inches of coal at tn
shaft, pronounces it an excellent quality
with a good roof, and that it can be mine
for 2 cents a bushel.-Waverly Times.
A lot of young people from this city,a a
companied by the Star band, invaded tn
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Kist, a mil
southwest Of town, Tuesday night, an
had a moonlight picnic. There was
Jolly crowd, a jolly time, and all wer
splendidly entertained by the jolly hos
and hostess.
The news of the action of the suprem
court In the Chris Young case, given i
this issue, will be quite a surprise to tn
people of Lexington and Lafayette count
as only a few were shown Mr.. Blackwell
telegram Tuesday. The INTELLIaEnCE
can always be relied upon to give tn
news to all the people.
Imported strawberries are quite plenti
, full on the market, but who would hav
looked for home grown berries ripe, ric
and sweet as early as this? Yet we hay
them Tor had, until they were duly sugare
and creamed). They were brought in b
Mr.. Teubner, who raised them. They al