The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-11-14
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" tltC DClitllJ VI ULIc lluId-
ry fund of the public school.
JOhnstOwn.
Seven sick ones in Il. j. Powell's
family.
Tillman Kemper and family are Wis
iting at f. Adams's.
j. S. Davis is still detained on ac-
count of sickness in his family.
Baswell Hall will remove from Johns
town in the spring, going south
If L. s. Tankisley leaves the town,
there will be none left to mourn for
Babe Small, not one.
j. E. Davis, after recuperating some
two weeks, has returned TO his work in
William Jewell college.
Henry Nancy is again in his old
neighborhood, and perhaps will re-
main here through the winter.
Miss Annie Parrish is teaching II
very successful school at Linn Grove,
as is Miss Mamie Ramsey ut Prairie
Valley.
Green Graham has removed from
Johnstown to ssBlue 'FRONT.' corner,
nearer the squirrel patch, bnt further
from the fishing ponds.
Messrs. Self and Sutherland. of
Slashtown, have been very successful
in making sorghum, the quality being
so satisfactory that they were unable to
supply the demands. Mr.. Sutherland,
the junior partner in the concern, has
mcrited the sympathy of all good peo-
pie by yielding to the clamors of other
good people until ut last he would not
yield longer, when he found he had
but one quart of mOlasses left for his
W use during tbs incoming sorghum
year.
Odessa.
Claude Campbell was in our city
Wednesday.
W. Ward Mitchell visited friends in
Higginsville Sunday.
Robert Patterson made q lying visit
to Lexington Saturday.
Austin Bolden. of Fairview, visited
friends in this city Tuesday.
George Kaupp, of the Do!y school
district, was here Sunday.
Miss Sue Renick, of Oak Grove, who
is attending Odessa college, visited her
parents Friday.
Claude Phillips, who is teaching the
Corder school, spent Sunday Mt his
home in this city.
Prof. j. K. McChesney. principal of
the MAYHEM public schools, spent Sun
day nj his home in Odessa.
Invitations have been issued TO a
social ut the residence of Mr.. Snider,
in Greenton Valley, in honor of Miss
Minnie Leedom.
Mrs. James Peddicord died Friday
evening after a painful and lingering
illness. She was buried in the city
cemetery Sunday.
Considerable building IS being done
in the western suburbs of Odessa. Many
new buildings have been erected there
during the last few weeks.
DIR. j. +. Wood, who recently left
Odessa for New York City, has reached
his destinati ion in safety and is now
pursuing a course of medical studies.
ID. p. Goodwin and Alban Stewart
of this city we're at a spelling bee at
the Doty school house last Friday
night. They report an interesting
evening.
Miss May Goodwin, of this city, and
Miss Fannie Meyers, of st. Joseph,who
are attending the L. A. S. at Lexing-
ton, were here several days this week,
visiting the family of DIR. W. c. Good
win.
Rev. L. NJ. Horn, assisted by Rev.
Litoker, of Oak Grove, is conducting
u protracted meeting at the NJ. f.
church, South. Much interest is being
manifested and no doubt much good
will result from his labors.
DR.. r. S. Hughes, our popular drug
yist, in company with a number of
gentlemen, has been absent fol- some
time on a hunting and fishing expedi-
ton. They will doubtless have much
of interest to relate on their return
regarding their quest of piscatorial
pleasures, and rare ability as Nimrods.
Odessa, like Lexington, has a nui-
sance that should be abated; namely,
the town hog. To be sure, only a few
of these animals are found upon our
streets, but the sight of even a limited
number of these annoyances roam
ing the streets is not calculated to give
strangers a favorable impression of Il
town. Down with the town hog. He
is all right in his place, but his place
is in the pen or the meadow.
An effort is being made to establish
a saloon in this city, bnt up to Tues
day night it was unsuccessful. W. +,
Purcell, proprietor of the Laclede hotel,
Is the petitioner, and if he succeeds in
obtaining the license it will be the
first saloon Odessa has had for fouI
years. She has managed to exist, and
in a very fiourishing manner, too,
during that time and many of our citi'
zens are under the impression that 1t l.
possible to do so longer without the
s.assistance'' of this institution.