The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-06-20
STATE NEWS.

Gov. Francis will deliver the 4th of
July oralion at Monroe City.
Mrs. Ed Smith was blinded for II
week, i'll Hannibal, by flash of light
ming.
Ihe Upton Times claims for that
staunch village II healthy building
boom.
Randolph County pensioners annualr
y receive $50, 100000 for saving the
Union.
A child of Mrs. John Taylor was
drowned in Bonnc Femme creek Boone
county, Sunday.
Navigation of the Missouri river is 10
be improved by dredging away the bar
ut the mouth of the Usage.
Charlton Craig, of Cooper county,
was drowned in the Petite Saline, three
miles east of Pilot Grove Saturday.
jackson county has put in II claim
against the federal government, for
damages to the court house during the
war.
A newspaper that depends wholly
upon the Kansas City Star for its state
news, ought not to call itself s.Rus-
| tier
A bold, modern Claude Duvall, at
tempted to hold up Tom Bell, near
Rock creek in Saline county, one even
ing last week.
The Palmyra Spectator says: Fish
ing is the order of the day, and steal
Ing chickens the order of the night in
this community.
A Laclede county girl swallowed a
pin last week and came near having n
very serious case, all from making Il
pincushion of the month.
| A man representing himself to be
Adam Forepaugh's advance agent
"done" u Cameron hotel man for Il
nights lodging last week.
The wife of George Fatham near Wa
kenda, Carroll county, had her left eye
Knocked out by splinter while split
ting kindling wood last week.
Sedalia's school enumeration foots
up 4057, an increase over 1890 of 210.
There are 1868 white boys and 1856 I
white girls. The balance are off color.
A little son of Sam Cook, of the
Mexico Intelligencer had diet of con-
centrated lye one evening last week,
and came out with Il badly burned
mouth.
The prisoners in the California jail
thought they saw = ghost in the corri-
dor one night last week, but it was
only the jallor hunting the paregoric
bottle for the baby.
Newton Niccley, of Henry county,
was bitten by copper-head snake
while pulling some weeds out of his
potato patch. He fled for the whisky
jug and was saved.
A game of marbles between white
boy and II colored boy, both aged Is
resulted in the former stabbing tn,
latter with n pocket knife, inilictins
what may prove fatal wound.-Win
, sor Times.
A novel marriage, says the TarkiC
Avalance, took place at Fairfax, a few
days ago. Arthur Boone and Mis-,
Mamie Ewell were married while seat.
ed in a buggy, the minister standing il
, front of his own house.
Princeton, Mercer county, is the
home of lady who claims to have
seen over one hundred summers. She
is known as Grandma Harper, and has
over six hundred living descendants
: She has nursed the fifth generation.
So says the Sturgeon Leader.
Cameron boasts of the ownership oi
the only lady who waltzed with Mis-
souri's handsome governor at the Col.
umbia commencement ball. The lady
name is Nellie Osborn. Where was
old Sister SwitZler?
Prof. Il. +. Spenser, for nine years
superintendent of the public schools al
Marshall, Saline county, has been
elected principle of the Marmakukc
military academy, located at Sweet
, Springs, Saline county.-Kansas City
Star.
During the thunder storm at Troy
last Sunday afternoon the barn of Her.
man Twellman was struck by light
ming. Twellman and his boys were
milking at the time. One boy and onC
COW were seriously prostrated by the
shock.
At Christian College, Columbia, Mis-.
Mary Stuart, of Huntsville, read tn,
valedictory, and also received The
} medal for the best essay, subject
housekeeping" She also receive,
the scholarship medal, thus capturing
the three principal honors.
The carpenters of Mexico and vicin
! lty went out to the tornado district o
: Audrain county on Sunday of last weel
and put up three houses. The carpen
tiers nowadays can put up II hOus'
almost rs quickly as cyclone can tea
one down.-Kansas City Star.
e Monday evening, at Centralia, EC
e Hall, cut and severely injured vii
: Mcdonald, living northeast of tha
t place They were both drinking ant
= the quarrel arose over II dollar Hal
e owed Mcdonald. The latter asked
t Hall for it and he pulled II knife ant
e cut Mcdonald just above the heart
l Hall is out on bail, and the doctors sa,
= Mcdonald will recover.-Sturgeol
l Leader.
A man named Hutch, living i'll Fame.
: Bottom, near Weston, last Monda,
=, stole u wagon load of corn from Mrs
e Mary Bland, a widow, and started t.
i town with il but got stuck in the mu'
$ before he was Il mile away, and had 4
= abandon the corn and wagon, both O
II which are now in the possession of tn
n widow. But this incident ought not f
o be construed in the light of an argu
II ment in favor of bad roads.-kansa
i City Star.
4 Two Bright Young Intellects.
n "Wcll, good night, Miss A.,
e said young man the other evening t.
IS II Dwightville girl whom he was visit
e ing. 81 think it's better for me To 20
IL | feel certain that if stay two minute
!, longer | shall be indiscreet enough t
II kiss you"
j. "Well, good night, Mr.. F. rC
n piled the young girl. 81 want TO sho,
o You my sachet bag before you go.
L will only take couple of minutes.n
> 1t is only necessary to state that til
d young mau in question is posscsSor ,