The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-22
STATE NEWS.
The SedalIa fair begun Tuesday

The SedalIa fair begun Tuesday.
The Moberly fair closed Saturday.
A lady at Warsaw fell dead while
eating II watermelon.
The tobacco crop at ChillicOthe has
been injured by severe hail storm.
Franklin county will build ii new
court house. 1t will be :I3x3l feet and
two stories high.
William Goodwin. IL carpenter, died
at Joplin from lockjaw brought Oh by
running wire nail into his foot.
William lIaveneT, gardner of
Louisiana, took dose of rough on
rats, which failed to kill him. lie then
tried to cut his throat with razor.
The last days programme of the
militia encampment at Lake Contrary
was abandoned by reason of Il heavy
rain. Some of the soldiers had TO SWIM
out of bed.
The local auxiliary of the Daughters
of the COnfederacy, of Mexico, gave an
Friday night and realized 1925. They
will erect cottage nj the Home in
lIigginsville, to be known as the Au-
drain cottage.
The Audrain county EX-Confederate
Association was organized at Mexico
Saturday with fifty members. The
officers are: A. G.. Turner. president /:
X. S. Mckinney, secretary: Il. p. Hop
klns, treasurer: II. II. Edmonds, John
Nj. KelsO and Tom Hendrix, council of
administration.
The government crop bulletin for
last week contained this paragraph
from Missouri: Local rains have partly
relieved the drOuth in southeast coun-
ties, but many localities in central and
southeast sections are suffering for
rain. The conditions were favorable
to crops in the northern counties.
A Jersey heifer, sixteen months old,
the property of Rev. W. NJ. Bell, of
Miami. Mo-, gave birth to full-sized
calf few days ago, and is now milk
ing. This is one of the earliest pro-
ductions that has been reported lately
1t was of course an accident, but the
heifer is doing wcll.-Live Stock 1ndi-
| Gator.
w. L. Gorrell left at the BazoC
Office this morning blade of grass, the
Towering end of which is about the
size and almost the exact pattern of Il
| lady'S hand. 1t has well developed
thumb and four fingers, and is one oI
natures prettiest freaks.-Sedali3
Bazoo.
Mr.. 4. Umbarger of Napton, Mo
owns the largest COW in the state. Il
pulls the beam at 1,S72ls pounds, ha,
eaten no corn for six months and give
about four gallons of milk per day
Mr.. Umbarger says she would easily
weigh 1900 pounds if properly
fattened.
Nj. :. Thomas, of Rock Lick, Salin,
Township, last Friday killed rattle
snake which measured four feet il
length and ten inches around the body
The huge reptile had twelve ratties anC
Il button. IL had two fangs on on,
side of its mouth and one on the other
The weight of this snake was exactly
five pounds.-Perry (Mo.) Enterprise
The colored people of Audrain, Lin
coin and Pike counties will hold :
three-days fair ut Louisiana beginning
September Sd. Music will be furnished
by Il colored band and the entire man
agement will be in the hands OF tn,
colOred men, who last year proved
themselves adequate to the occasion
One thousand dollars will be distributed
in premiums.
| \ curiosity i'll the shape of hum
mingbird'S nest was Oh exhibition il
the show window ut Megede's jewelr,
store last week. 1t contained one egg
The nest and the egg together woult
not weigh much more than an ounce
The nest was daintily fashioned ano
was lined with soft fuzz much resem
bling silk. 1t was found by Sam Ring'
in the woods northeast of tOwn.-Rich
mond (Mo) Conservator.