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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-10-10
M e ROYLE 4 SON

nNE of those elegant displays of dry
= goods, carpets, wall paper, curtains,
window shades draperies and notions
of all kinds for which this city is noted,
is that of Messrs. NJ. +. Royle & Son.
Without entering into 4; detailed mcn-
ton of each particular article in the
lines carried, it is only necessary to
state that the extensive experience of
the proprietOrs and their success rs
merchants in this line guarantee the
public the most correct and latest styles
for they have studied to please and
have succeeded. Their stock of dress
goods and trimmings is the attraction
of the ladies at all seasons, while their
stocks of wall paper and carpets have
no superior in retail establishments
outside of largest cities. Their cour-
teous treatment of the trade and low
prices have brought them their present
steady patronage. This business was
established by Mr.. Roylc in 1857. The
present partnership was formed in
1882. Our city has no mercantile house
more popular or successful.
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r.. HOEEMAN-

HE brewery establishment of Mr..
+. Hoffman was placed here by
that gentleman in 1876, since which
time IT has been successfully operated
by him. The present capacity of his
brewery is forty barrels per day. His
trade is principally in this city, but he
does considerable shipping and would
probably do more if the purity of his
product was generally known. Beer
from this house is made of water with
nothing but barley, malt and hops.
without the least adulteration of any
kind, and must therefore be most dcsir-
able for those who use beer rs Il lever
age or for medicinal purposes. Last
year MIR. Hoffman expended at least
$4,000 in improvements on his brew
cry, and he is now fitted up with en-
CINE house, c0olels, malt house and an
ice machine which transmits almost a
freezing temperature to his cellars and
storage rooms by means of numerous
pipes. Mr.. Hoffman has been liberal
with his means IN public improvements,
employs from six to ten mel constantly
believes in patronizing home enterprises
and takes the lead in that matter by
p~atronizing every worthy object of
progress that presents itself.
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JOHN POWELL.

IN the extent and quality of stock
j kept, the grocery house of Mr.. John
Powell, on Franklin avenue, is eX-
traOrdinary for Il place the size of Lex
ington. Mr.. Powell is making rather
Il speciality of fancy groceries, al
though, his stock contains all of the
staple articles, and all to such an eX-
tent that by his heavy purchases he
secures reduced prices for his trade,
and does no inconsiderable amount of
jobbing. His display of glass, stone,
wood, and willow and qucensware is
extensive. Garden seeds are handled
in bulk. A nice line of table and
pocket cutlery. Blankets fine candies.
The finest teas and coffceS. A large
sock of tobaccos and cigars-of tobac-
co probably the largest quantity kept
by any single dealer in the city. Salt
and heavy goods by the car load. Flour
cheaper than any other dealers sell. In
fact tins store is packed full of all
wares kept in such Il supply house, the
latgc basement being also filled with
surplus stock. Mr.. Powell is a thorough
merchant and is the pussessor of one
of the best retail stocks in this section
of the state, on which he is making
special inducements to the trade and
receiving 4 steady, substantial share OF
n
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VIM. A,

lie "Mammoth Grocery House. is
! on Main street, owned by VIM. A.
LaBertew, one of the best known gen
tlcmen in the county. The house
probably derives its name from the
unusually large stock of staple and
fancy groceries, flour, provisions, cured
meats, tin, glass, willow, wood, stone
and Iucenswarc carried in stock, and
because it does such IN extensive bust
ness. The large store Oom is well
filled with all goods that make up a
first class grocery and provision stock.
That both goods and prices are salts
factory to the people is witnessed by
the extent of the business done. From
early morning until Il late hour the
force is busy waiting Oh the trade. The
best quality of goods and lowest pre-
vailing prices cause this. Mr.. Lalicr-
tew's is considered headquarters for
supplies for boarding houses, hotels,
colleges, and his extensive delivery of
goods extends to mining camps, into
the country, and all parts of the city.
All lines ut this store are considered
spccialticS, with the finest teas and
coffees always on hand. Mr.. LaBcr-
tcw is Il native of Lafayette county,
has been Il citizen of this place some
sixteen years, has had many years cX-
perience as Il merchant, and is
thoroughly competent 10 conduct just
such Il successful business as he is ut
present proprietor of. lie is not only
Il leading merchant, but one of III
most substantial citizens, owning valu-
able city and country property, and
taking an active interest in all enter
priscs of public ncern Mr.. LaBer-
tew'S head salesman is Mr.. G. G.
Spears, well known in this community
for his honesty and sterling business
qualities. He was an attachc of this
establishment under Mr.. Clagctt'S
p~roprietorship and has remained there
since. Fairness and courtesy are metcd
out to all customers at this store.
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II. ID. SAUNDERS.

Al X. +. ID. SAUNDERS has been II
w resident of Lexington since 1858,
and has been almost constantly cngag-
ed in his profession of photography
since. Nothing new or valuable III his
lime has failed 10 be appropriated by
him. His splendid work in all that
pertains TO photographic art has made
him successful and his parlorS are I'M
usually bright and attractive. lie is
making quite II chit now with the
beautiful new ariSto process for cabi-
nets. The crayom, paSicllc, ink, and
water colorS i'll cnl;rging are success
fully employed by him and those who
have him enlarge their pictures will
rccriv" II only genuine work, but save
considerable money always paid to
travelling agents when such work is
sent from home.
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AUlL,

WILLIAM AUlL, the present prosecu-
ting attorney of Lafayette county,
was porn in this city, in 1857; .ras under
the instruction of private tutors until his
entrance into the city high school, from
which he graduated in 1876. He taught
school very successfully for three years,
entered as a student in the Univer-
sity of Virginia, from which he gradual
ed, taking five diplomas, one each in Ger
man, German literature, History, English
literature and Rhetoric. He then entered
upon the study of law in the same uni
versity, taking diplomas in international
and constitutional law and the federalist,
the first year. The second year he COM
pleted the law course and received the
degree of l.. L. B. In addition to the reg
ular work of the course Mr.. Aull took
three special courses of legal lectures.
After his graduation he returned to this
city and entered upon the practice of his
profession, in which he has achieved
marked success and Il fiattering reputa,
ton as n skillful, learned and thoroughly
accomplished practitioner. He has &
large and rapidly increasing patronage
due in great measure TO his Astounding
energy in serving his clients, and hi'
uniform success in gaining verdicts. Mr.
Aull's future as Il successful lawyer is as
sured. He has been for the past fouI
years n member OF the Democratic Con
g%ressional Committee for this district
but never held an elective Office unit
chosen in November, 1890, to the posi-
ton he now holds. For this he was nom
mated without opposition, and elected by
300 votes over the balance Of the ticket
These facts sufficiently attest his popu'
larity.
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DIR, R. TROTTER.

HHE Equitable Life Assurance Company
OF the United States is represented in
Lexington by Special Agent X. Trotter,
who has had over 25 years experience in
the business. DIR. Trotter represents the
merits OF his company rs follows: The
Equitable Society has no peer, as il holds
the largest surplus, writes a larger an
nual business, has a larger amount Of as
surance in force, gives the best returns
(profits) to policy holders, and issues the
most equitable policy Of any company in
the world. Its policies are unrestricted
as to travel, residence, or occupation after
IL year. They are incontestible after
two years, non-forfeitable after three
years and payable without delay. On the
list of January, 1891, it's assets were $119,-
243, IA, liabilities S95, 500, 297, surplus S23,-
740,447, that is, the amount over holding
a reserve on a basis of A per cent, and the
source from which dividends are paid. On
its 30 year tontine policies it is now re-
turning all moneys paid, with IN per
cent interest in addition to its protection
furnished by the assurance for 20 years.
New assurance written during 1890, Ss03,-
s26, 1O7. Outstanding assurance S720 $685.
473. Income for 1890, $50, 036, 6S3.
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grade, and substantial qualities and
style of his product. lie ncvcr had 81
piece of work returned on account of
bad workmanship. Work from his
shops always gives satisfaction. MIR.
Russell started the FIRST of the season
TO make and dispose of 100 buggirs
and has nearly completed the undertake
ing. lie intends to take road soon and
introduce his work more extensively in
other states. He is an energetic, en-
i"rprlslnG man, and rs in all eases of
home industries, we consider il not
only Il rare privilege but absolutely the
duty OF citizens To p%atronizr Them. cs-
prcially when the product as us good
or better than tina: of outside houses
and just rs cheap. Mr.. Russell produ-
ccs the finest kind and all STYLES of bur-
g'"S, Snrrycs spring wagons, etc. lie
expects 10 enlarge his manufacturing"
facilities soon.
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Main street, where he carries Il COM
plctc and excellent stock of fine grocc-
ries, glass, Tin and quecnswarc, besides
provisions, cigars, tobaccoS, fine, fresh
country sorghum, candies and Il full
assortment of all articles usually found
in II first class grocery store. lie makes
II specially of handling native home
grown tobacco in the hand, and all
goods are delivered nj residence of pur-
chaser in town or adjacent country.
We commend Mr.. Lyons to those of
our readers in need of goods III his
line, and assure them of courteous and
fair treatment: his honest and square
dealings have brought him Il large and
rapidly increasing custom, and he will
leave nothing undonc 10 merit Il con-
tinuancc of his patronage. Call and
see him at his present stand, where he
has been for the past three years.
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nT RivertOn, aprecinct of Lexington,
~ one and a half miles down the
river in the vicinity of the Lexington
Coal Company's mines, is located the
general mercantile establishment of
Messrs. johnson q Mullenix. They
carry a large line of dry goods, grocer
les, general provisions and miners tools
and are receiving a good patronage.
| had the pleasure of meeting Mr.. b.
A. Johnson of this firm, who gives us
the information that miners and other
children are amply provided with pub
lie school facilities there. Mr.. John
son and Mr.. Mullenix are both well and
favorably known to our citizens.
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IRELAND Il


mESSRS. b. r. IRELAND AND G.. NJ.
~ MOUNTJOY, the members of this
successful and enterprising 300 and shoe
firm, ard known and admired Ivy eyeay
man in Lafayette county. Both we're in-
timately connected with the public BUSH
ness OF the county for years, having held
high and honorable official positions, adj
ministering the functions of their Office
to the satisfaction of the people and to
their own credit. They stand high in
social, religious and educational circles,
and are universally esteemed as gentlemen
of probity, culture, enterprise and splen-
did character. They embarked in their
present business three years ago, and
their success has been pronounced from
the first, tas was to have been expected.
Their stock embraces a full and first clas4
line of boots and shoes of all the Standard
makes, such as Wright & Peters, John
Kelly, Stribley & Co., E. P. Dodge, A. j.
Johnson, ETC., for ladies' fine wear;
Hanan Il Son, Halfway, Soule & Harring-
ton, j. w. Hash & Co, w. l.. Douglass and
others for mems wear; together with the
leading and best brands of hats, caps,
gloves, ETC., etc. Their stock, besides
comprising the best goods in their line, is
very full and complete; the large room in
which they are located is crowded from
fioor to ceiling with elegant displays of
all that is best and most attractive in the
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e. WINSOR d son.

No reference to the varied industries
of Lexington would be competent
without a special mention of the old
and well known firm of T.. Winsor g.
Son, which was established here thirty
years ago. This firm has been init
matcly identified with the growth and
development of Lexington and Lafay-
cite county. They do Il very large and
successful business in real estate, loans
and insurance, and are located i'll a
handsomely furnished and commodious
house especially built and arranged for
their use. No such Office building, so
convenient in all its appointments, can
be found outside of the large cities.
They represent the oldest, best and
safest fire insurance companies, and
the amount of business done by them
in tins line is probably greater than is
done by any other agents in this part
of the country. Several years ago
they were managers and agents for Il
local insurance company which did n
marine insurance business exclusively.
This company had u capital of $780,
600, and confined its risks to cargOes
on steamboats, The company did n
llourishing and profitable business until
the advent of railroads made this meth
cd of transportation Improbable, when
the company wound up its affairs and
paid back the stock to the stockholders
in full. During its existence the COM
pany paid dividends on its stock
amounting 10 $500, 064.40. Probably
no other firm in the county has made
so many and such large sales of real
estate as this one. They sold one farm
twice for S2j, 900 and now have IL deal
on hand by which they will again sell
the same farm for the same sum. They
are agents tor the Missouri Trust Co.,
and are loaning large amounts of
money on Lafayette county real estate
for that company. They also have for
sale numerous farms in all parts of the
county, and are able to satisfy any
sort of Il demand from those who de-
sire to purchase. This firm is largely
interested in developing the coal III
duStry of our county. They WI an
extensive plant near IIigginsville which
they have operated successfully for the
past ten years, managed by ii. Win
sor, and they usually employ about 100
hands. Coal from these mines Is ship
ped largely TO Kansas City and western
points. They are also Interested in
the Missouri River Coal Mining Co.,
near Napoleon, managed and run by
}. b. Silver. Mr.. +. Winsor, senior
member of the firm, has been in Lex
ington for forty-seven years, and MAIN
taIns us active and faithful an over
sight over his business to-day Us he
cvcr did. Mr.. WinSor is IN entcrpris-
ing, upright citizen, always foremost
in advocacy of all matters tending to
elevate, promote and secure the best
interests of this city.
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CATRON & MORELAND.

EHIS firm dOes n leading business in
Abstracts, Loans, Real Estate inc In-
Mr.. G.. M. Catron, senior men,
Der, is a native of this comfy, a gentle
man of very superior attainments as a
scholar, and was for sixteen years county
school commissioner, an office which he
would be probably still holding had he
not positively refused a reelection at the
time he finally retired from the position.
J. Reid Moreland, junior member, was
also BORN in this county. He is wei.
known as a young business man OF great
worth, reliable and energetic. He is at
present City Register and Treasurer. They
have been associated in business for the
past five years, and have the only COM
plete set of Abstract Books in the county.
They represent old and solid fire insur-
anoe companies, loan money on real es-
tate in sums to suit, rent, buy and sell
farm and city property, pay taxes and
collect rents for non-residents, inc gen.
orally transact all business in their line
to The satisfaction of their patrons.
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sldered indispensable hereabout. Mr.
Hacker is probably the most practical
man in all branches of his business that
can be found in the state. He was raised
in the business. He understands all of
the art of candy making. Since coming
to America he was head pastry cook In
the Hotel Emery in Cincinnati, complet-
ed some parts of his trade at Lexington,
Kentucky, and some fancy work in one
of the best con~fectioneries in Louisville,
Kentucky. He worked in some of the
best houses of st. Louis, New Orleans and
other cities, and mastered the fine work
of candy making, fancy cake baking, and
is practical as a cook and baker in every
department. He has been in the business
in Lexington o years, and is therefore the
oldest in that line in town. His house
is the recognized headquarters for oysters,
ice cream and bakers supplies of all kind
and in any styles desired.
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LEXINGTON NURSERY.

4 AFAYETTE county has good use
~ for d nursery. Our soil is M of
the best in the state for fruit.
From $4,000 to $50, 900 or more
are sent out of the county every year
for trees and plants, which if bought
Mt home, would add TO the county's
wealth just that much. Messrs. Teub-
ner & Aull the enterprising proprietors,
established a nursery several years ago
on the site Of the old Mock nursery,
about 60 rods southeast of the depot,
and have a fine lot of the leading new
and old varieties of fruit trees, small
fruits, and ~grapevines; also eycrgreens,
shade trees, roses, towering shrubs,
ETC., of different sizes and ages.
Their trees and plants are very fine
indeed, are kept clean and in n thrifty
condition by thorough cultivation and
careful attention. The best of stock
and NE best methods of propagating
are Used, and special care is exercised
in digging and packing in order to
prevent any loss in tr~ansplanting.
Messrs. Teubner & Aull are determined
to make their nursery one of the best
and most reliable ones in the state TO
do this great care is taken in the prop
agation, cultivation and selection of
varieties best adapted to this state.
Wherever possible all scions for graft
ing and budding are taken from bear
ing trees, so as to have them true to
name, and new fruits are secured direct
from the originators or introducers.
Test orchards of peaches, apples,
pears, plums, cherries, etc, are planted,
to ascertain the adaptability of new
fruits. Small fruits are grown to n
considerable extent, ! y ncres being in
blackberries, 3 acres in Strawberries
and 3 acres in raspberries, but these
must gradually give way to the rapid
" increasing nursery stock, which is
beng more than doubled every year.
The firm employs quite a large force
during the fruit season, and as much of
their income is spent here for labor, it
is in the interest of every one to pa
tronize this home institution instead of
sending money way to other counties
and states for trees and plants, to say
nothing of the risk in getting them in
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IL. c. FRANCISCO.

WHO does not know "Tuck' Fran
" ciscoP He numbers his friends
by the hundred. lie has lived here
the war, during which time he
has been prominently identified with
our business interests, and is now ex-
tensively engaged in agriculture and
stock raising one and a half miles out
of town. He has recently begun to
develop large coal mines in the vicinity
of Waverly which are proving Il VERT
able bonanza. The vein is 81 inches
IN thickness, of very superior quality,
resembling the celebrated Pennsylva-
mia camel coal, and was found 1916
feet below the surface; II shaft has
been sunk and he is now busy driving
entries, and preparing to get ont the
coal on an extensive scale. We Join
his hosts of friends in wishing him the
fullest realization of his fondest hopes
in connection with tins enterprise. He
informs me that he will build a switch
to connectEwith the BOonville railroad,
and begin its construction soon. We
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nMONG the many entrrprising and
~ successful business mcn of this city
none are more worthy of special men,
ton than Mr.. j. ii. Sender, who has
been Il citizen of Lexington for the past
live years. lie is engaged in the hard
ware business, and carries n full and
complete stock of shelf and heavy
hardware, stoves, tinware, house fur
nishings, rcfrigerators, bicycles, frccz-
ers and kitchen utensils. lie is also
agent for the Columbus Buggy COM
pany and the Cortland spring wagon.
Mr.. Sender, while engrossed in atten-
ton to his large and growing business,
has also given some time TO perfccting
the invention of Il practical and useful
appliance known as Il 'sShaft
Schackle," concerning which the
"Carriage World,' the leading period
ical devoted to the carriage trade, says
editOrially: "Of the thousand efforts
which have been made to solve the
problem of easy adjustment of shafts,
and still have Il positive an~ti-rattling
device, this is the only one that seems
to he practical, sensible, simple, safe
and every way desirable. Any dealer
ordering them put on his vehicles by
his manufacturer can have one of the
strongest talking points possible to
help sell his goods" Mr.. Senden's
business is steadily growing, and in
volume now exceeds iivefOld his first
years sales, and the outlook for the
future is exceedingly gratifying.
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ED. w. II.

MIR. ED. w. II. AHRENS is the sue
" cessor to an extensive dry goods
business established in this city in 1860
by his father, II. j.. f. Ahrens, now
deceased, the place under Mr.. Ahrens,
senior, beng known us Ahrens Dry
Goods Bazaar. 1t is located on Frank
lin street, and as always, contains a
magnificent stock of dry goods, fancy
dress goods, ladies' cloaks, and all
notions that belong to a first class store
of the kind. The display is exception
ally neat and extensive. Having de-
voted al his business life to this line of
merchandising, it is natural to con-
ciude that the present proprietor is
well prepared to fill every demand i'll
the dry goods line.
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w p V

llE drug house of ID. w. Il. Tevis
in this city is too well and favor
ably known to citizens of Lafayette to
need comment, but the fact that its
proprietor, Mr.. Tevis, is second oldest
drugman continuously in business in
the state is worthy of extra mention in
an issue of this kind. The stock is
kept complete in all respects, and is
composed of the usual line of drugs,
medicines, paints, oils, dye stuffs, etc.
Mr.. Tevis has a competent pharmacist
in the person of Jesse G. Crenshaw to
assist in the prescription business. The
straightforward, honest business-like
principles of this house have been the
means of maintaining a steady remu-
Rerative patronage there, and made
Mr.. Tevis one of our most substantial
business men purely on his merits.