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Desnerate Eight.

KANSAS CRY, Aug. 23.-It is reported
from Caldwell that desperate fight oc-
Cured this morning in Indian Territory
between the Dalton gang, who held up
months ago, and posse under United
States Marshal Short. The particulars
are meager, but it is known that Marshal
Short and one of the Dalton gang named
Brandt We're killed
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Thousands Killed and Wounded in
the First Engagement.
EVERY AVAILABLE MAN IN ARMS.
Constant Stream of Wounded Be-
ing Brought Into the City.
NOTHING KNOWN AS TO WHICH
HAS THE ADVANTAGE.

All the Strength of the Rebe1s Cen
tered Around ValparaiSO-Should
the Insurgents succeed in Capturing
the City, 1t VIII Mean the Collapse
of Balmaceda's Forces - Admiral
Brown in Readiness to Protect
American Subjects.
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A CattIe-Buyer Killed.

FORT WORTH (Tex.), Aug. 23.-In the
corridor of the Pickwicll Hotel this after
noon, Lew Campbell, a Fort Worth COM
mission merchant, fatally shot A. Dalli-
bone, a Shreveport cattle-buyer Camp
bell asserts that the killing was in self
defense. The trouble grew out of bust
ness investments.
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FEARFUL CLOUDBUROT.
Water POurS Down in Torrents
for Over an Hour.
THE STREETS OF POTTSVTIIlE. PA.
TURNED INTO RIVERS.

Fully Four Hundred Families Driven
to the Upper Stories of Their
Homes for Safety - Cellars and
Kitchens Flooded With water-
FrightfuI Thunder and Lightning
Accompany the Storm.
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Shot Dead BY Her Brother.

CHICAGO, Aug. 23.-Mrs. Amelia Behr-
wald was shot dead by her brother, Al
bert Zinki, last night at the christening
of her child. The bullet was intended for
her husband, with whom Zinkie had a
quarrel, the outgrowth of a drunken
hraWl
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The SpenkerShIp.

WASHINGTON, Aug. pa member of
Tammany, who is interested in the
Speakership, was in Washington to-day
and said that the New York delegation
viii be divided as follows:y One for Mills.
six for Mcmillan and the rest of the
twenty-three for Crisp. The unit rule
will be followed, he says, and therefore
Crisp will get the votes of the entire dele
cation, except one for Mills, Mr. Tracy,
who will vote for the Texan regardless Of
what the rest do
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A Miner Killed.

SAN ANDREAs, Aug. 23.-This morn
ing at Angels Camp John Doubt fell 160
feet in the Utica mine shaft and was in
stantlY killed.
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A Chinaman Mnrdered

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 23.-A Chiuaman
named All Ling was found dead this
morning on the broad-gauge railroad
three miles north of here, at point 200
The record-union., 1891-08-24
4 Circus Comes to Grief.

SPRINGFIELD tAlass.), Aug. 23.-Harper
Brothers circus, billed for two perform
ances at Thompsonville on Saturday
came to grief in the evening. The per-
formers struck about o'clock for back
wages. It was announced that there
would be no performance, and the money
would be refunded. The crowd became
excited, cut the guy ropes, set the tent on
fire, smashed the seats and wagons, cut
up the harness, and great pieces were
cut out of the tent. In all about $3.50
damage was done. II. n. Harper, the
manager, attempted to refund the money,
but when the crowd became unruly he
took the money and came here, where he
was arrested later in the night for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
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SUICIDE.
a Minneapolis Citizens Cody Foun
Floating in a River.

I1OstCIiiSs III IAlNSE.
ST. PAUL, Aug. 23.-On Friday night
the body of a well-dressed man was
found floating in the river near this city.
This afternoon the remains were identi-
fed as those of GeorgeJ. Osborne, Super
intendent of the Milwaukee Company's
elevators at Minneapolis, who mysteri-
ously disappeared week ago. Two ten
pound stones were found in the pockets
Of his coat, and it is thought he suicided.
1t is also limited he lost money during the
recent wheat furry, although there are
no grounds for believing he did not leave
his affairs in perfect order.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15
FIGHTING THE ALTON.
Boyc0ltimG the Road and Getting Hurt
in Return.

The attempt of Il lot of roads 10
r"rrc" the Chica%" and Alton railroad
into certain matters is not panming out
l." the best possible advantage to the
"oih"r fellows \ special from Chi
ra%o I" the Sunday Post dispatch:
The Western Passenger Association
is now becoming convinced that il
never made Il worse move than in pX-
p"llm% the Alton. The association Is
now at the mercy of the Alton and the
members are fighting like Il lot of
school boys in their attempt 10 meet
the competition of the Alton. Salur-
days meeting of the association was
lau%hahlr farce. Part of the lines had
already determined to meet the Atoms
harvest excursion rates, and the bal
ancc are equally determined not to
meet them. No opinions were chang
ed, and it will he II case of devil take
the hlndmoSt with a contingent GER
iamty of collapse in rates.
FIGHTING THE PULLMAN COMPANY.
The suit between the ST. Paul and
| Pullman bodies no good to the latter
1t brings prominently to the front what
western roads especially characterize
as very queer bookkeeping. They
claim ii is almost impossible to get a
statement from Pullman, and that,
when made, it is always unsatisfactory
invariably giving Duke George the
best of ii. 1t is Il certainty that if the
st. Paul wins the suit, many western
roads will begin building and operat
ing their own Slecpers.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15
News From EVERYWHERE.

y
A Maine woman, when she wishes to
shell beans, runs them through the
clothes wrIngcr.
a small boy ut Lebanon, Pa, was
attacked by gamecock few days
ago, and. may die of his wounds.
a list of the prOprietorS of the Lon
don Times shows they are seventy in
number and include many women.
Watermelon parties are in season in
Southern Kansas. They include a
moonlight ride to some plantation, un
limited watermclOns and Il dance
Eighty per cent of the people at
lnionvillc, Mo-, are church members.
There are hardly enough sinners in the
town to get up II dance or card party.
Waters for some reason bestowed on
| ( heir daughter the name of Mineral,
| and now she has to sign herself ''Nlin-
cral Waters"
The bellies of Bar lIarbor have taken
up whiStling for amusement, and they
initiate the songs of birds so well that
their notes are mistaken for the warb-
lingS of the bObolink.
Gutta pcrcha has become so scarce
that there is not enough for the insula-
tion of submarine cables, and either
fresh sources of supply or a substitute
for it must be discovered.
Rumors of lost boy set all the citi
ZenS of Sherwood, Mich, on n hunt
and after some hours il was discovered
that he had gone into retirement to re
cover from the effects of his first cigar
cite.
: In Australia, where deadly snake
: abound, it has been discovered tina
sirychnia is almost an imfallible eur
/ for their bites. The antidote act
; quickly, snake poison slowly. Al
/ physicians use 1t.
A Virginia old gentleman who i
mildly insane upon the subject of ad
vantagcs of out of door life has takel
up his residence in an apple tree
Strange to say, his health has not SUI
fcred by the exposure, but has actual,
improved.
' William Fitzgerald, bright, youn;
printer at Detroit, has gone crazy owe
the supposed Bacon cipher in Shake
5 speare, which he thought he ha
= found. lie has been removed to
t lunatic hospital, and, it is thought
will soon recover.
i Here is n prayer of the minister
: the Cumbrays, two miserable island
in the mouth of the Clyde: 'Oh Lord
Il bless and be gracious to the create
and the lesser Cumbrays, and i'll Th
mercy do not forget the adjacent is
I lands of Great Britain and Ireland
I An army of locusts ten miles wild
: recently swept over the Punjab in In
= dia. II occupied five days in passing
Not much harm was done To crops
It however, since they were 50 far a'
o. vanced that they could be haryeste
: before the locusiS reached them.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15
CAMPBELL, AND ROTES

Col. A. c. Baldwin, late of the Macon
(Ga.) News, at present resting in this
state, says that in the event of Campbelrs
and Boies' election as governors of Ohio
and Iowa respectively, they will be nomi-
mated for president and vice president by
the national democratic convention, and
that ii only one is elected, he may be the
vice-presidential candidate with Cleveland
as the candidate for president.
"The south and west" said he, "will
demand recognition, and are disinclined
TO longer bow the knee to the east and
New England.
"In Ohio" he continued, "the fight is
rightly being made on the tariff question,
where the republicans will make des-
perate effort to elect Mckinley on that
issue, ignoring the equally and perhaps
more important issue of free silver.
have no doubt OF the election of both
Campbell and Boies, and will be glad to
see them bearing the national standard
in 1892"
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15

Someone asked an old cnlorcd
preacher how his church was getting
along. His answer was" Mighty poor,
brudder.'
"What is the trouble ?' persisted
the questIoner.
lie replied: abe 'cicticS dcy is jest
drawin' all de fatncSS outcn de body
an outen de bones of tie bride of
Christ. We can't do muffin widhout Il
'ciety. Dar is de Lincum 'cicty, wild
Sister Jones an Brudder Brown a
rulnnim' it, Den dar is de Dorcuscs an
de Daughters of Ham an de Llbel ian
Ladies'. An Sister Williams she must
march in front oh de Daughters oil
Rebecca.'
"Wcll," rcioincd the caller, "you
have the brethren of the church To hell
YOU"
emo, sab; dar am de Masons, dcl
Odd-FellcrS, de Sons of Ham, an dC
Oklahoma Promise Land Pilgrims
Why, brudder, by de time de bruddrer
and sistercn pays all de dues an tend
all de meetings oh de 'cictics, dar:
muffin lcf fO' Mount Pishgah churcl
| but iist cob; de cawn hes all beer
shellcd off and frowcd to desc Spcckle'
chickens. .''-Republic.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15

Missouri is nj present the greatest
apple producing state in the union,
says Sunny South, of Atlanta, la.
This is authentic. Not only is Mis-
souri, the first apple producing state,
but the king of fruits is said To reach Il
finer Development in this state than
any other. The soil and climate and
the exceptional care taken of the apple
orchards by Missouri fruit raisers are
such to rs 10 yield II product well nigh
perfect. Fruit growers have found it
profitable To make a study of apple
growing, and the orchards in many
parts of the state are cultivated in ac-
cordancc with the very latest improve
ments in machinery and methods.
Thousands upon thousands of acres m
northern and southwestern Missouri
and on the great southern slope of the
Ozark mountains, formerly devoted I"
general agriculture, are now being
planted in the best and most produc-
tive varieties of apples. The Ozark
belt, like the peach belt of that country
surpasScs ANY similar center III the
fruit producing paris of the globe.
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AN IMPORTANT OPINION.
Covering the Use oi the New School
TeXt-B0okS in Missouri.


Special To the Republic.
.IErrEEsuN CRY, Aug. S.-Attornry-
General Wood has furnished lo State
Superintendent Wolfe the following
opinion regarding the use OF text books
in the public schools under the new
law:
In answer 10 the questions submitted
by YOU, to-wit: FirSi-Altrr what date
may the trNt-honkS to be adopted ny
the Missouri school book commission
be used in the public schools of the
state? Srcnnd-Aftrr what date must
the textbooks 10 he adopted by the
Missouri school book commission be
used in the public schools of the state?
beg To reply rs follows: Section ,
of the act establishing Il uniform course
of Textbooks to he used in all of the
public schools within this state, and
to reduce the price thereof, approved
April /. 1891, is rs follows: ''lf any
of said bids be satisfactory to the conf
mission, then it shall proceed to select
the cheapest and best course of text
books so offered. rs follows, to-wit:
Chart, reading, spelling, English
grammar, arithmetic, geography,
history, civil government, physiology
and pcnmanship: Provided always,
that all of said book SD selected shall
be printed in the English language.
BY section / of the same act il is
further provided that ''from and after
the first day of September, 1891, nc
textbook upon the subjects named in
= g nt
tracled for by said commission, shall
be used or taught in any public
school within this state: Provided,
that this act shall not apply TO any
city or district which now contains oI
may hereafter contain more than 100,
600 inhabitants"
From these provisions | understan,
that the school Textbooks contracte,
for by the commission may be used il
the public schools during the comm!
h school year, and that they must b
used to the exclusion of all others ol
the subjects mentioned in section
j., after September /, 1892. In order t.
enforce this latter requirement il l
d provided by SECTION ~ of said act tina
.sany school director or board of schoC
directors of any school district with
= this state who shall sanction or pei
nit any other text book or books i
the same branches of the same grad
rs those herein above provided for t
- be used in any public school of sue
district, after the date herein befol
specified in section II shall be dceme
= guilty of misdemcanor and upon col
viction thereof shall he fined not le
than 80 nor more than S25 for caC
io offence. Very respectfully,
in JOHN NJ. WOOD,
Attorncy-Gcncral.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15

The following states will hold clcc-
tions on the Sd OF November next.
Virginia will elect onr-half of lis
senate and II full house of delegates.
Iowa and Massachusetts will elect
governor and other state officers and
legislature.
Mississippi will elect three railroad
commissioners and Legislature.
Nebraska will elect associate Justices
of the supreme court and two regents
of the state university.
New Jersey will elect part of the
senate and the assembly.
Ohio will elect governor and other
state officers and legislator, and v"t"
upon II proposed amendment to the
constitution providing for uniformity
of taxation.
Pennsylvania will elect treasurer and
auditor general and vote whether II
constitutional convention shall he held,
and elect delegates to the same.
New York will elect governor, lieu
tenant governor, secretary of state,
comptroller, treasurer, attorney-gener,
nj, engineer, and surveyor, the senate,
the assembly, ten Justices of th,
supreme court and Il representative in
congress from the Tenth district.
Maryland will elect governor and
other state officers and Legislature, and
vote upon the six proposed amend
menIS to the constitution of the state
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15
THE WATERM EI.ON.
How to Eat One. the Best Prrpara-
tiOn Being To Steal Ii.

Macon (MuD lcIiSlapli.
Nv hats the best way +" eat Il water
mrlnn?" inquired citizen.
"That depends" said another.
''lIrnry Grady once gave his method,
and il was Il good one for eating mel
nnS honestly obtained, hut it you want
I" eat II melon 10 get the full llav"r of
ii, imagine yourself Il boy again, and,
after Sneaking mt" II patch, crawl over
the field until you get the one You
want and then get over the fence with
it and sit down III Il corner. Then
break il open and eat while Watching
through the cracks of the fence for the
owner of the patch. Grady's idea was
to 90 ont in the cool of the morning
before the sun dried the dew, thunnp
the melons till one gave back the prop
cr sound, and then with II short -bladrd
knife give Il rake all around il the long
way. Throw away the knife and give
the melon II whack on your knee. The
melon parts and leaves all the heart ON
one half. Take the heart ont with
your fingers and eat it. But il can
never taste as good aS it stolen. Some
people slice the melons the short way.
and then put the slices on plates. To
my mind that's II linniky way. The
old-fashioned long slice is one of the
best ways, after all. -
"llow can you tell ripe melon by
humping it? They all thump alike I"
me- This from young man, city
raised.
otis the easiest matter in tho
world,' said man who at some tim,
of his life had risen with the lark ant
ploughed his task of burrows, ''and any
man who has ever lived on II farm viii
never make Il mistake. You are righ
about the humping sound being near
ly the same always, and, unless meloi
is real green, and an experienced ey,
can tell that without thuming it, ther
is but the very slightest difference il
the sound, that is, apparently. But t'
the man of experience there is a hi;
difference. can tell exactly by
couple of thumps whether melon
part ripe, II little uuder-ripe or II littl'
over-ripc. But better way for thoS
= who have not mastered the art q
humping is TO scratch the rind tn
least bit. The rind of Il ripe melon
tender and easily scratched, and turn
dark Immediately. The rind on
green melon is tough and requires sex
eral minutes To turn dark
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15
RuTT,ER,S BOOK

General Buffers forthcoming book will
be one of the largest historical autobio-
graphies ever published. 1t will contain
one thousand large pages, printed upon
high grade paper and illustrated with
several hundred wood engravings. 1t
will be published in Engv German and
French. The best artists are now employ
ed on the work. The Dickinson Type
Foundry is casting type especially for it.
The Typography and press work will be
by the Barta Press Of Boston, the first
edition to be not less than one hundred
thousa nd, probably double that number.
The publishers are A. NJ. Thayer & Co., of
Boston, but inquiries should be addressed
to S. F. Junkin 4 Co., st. Louis, who are
sole general agents for Missouri, Kansas
and Colorado. Sold by subscription.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15

The city enjoyed a visit from a blind
strolling musician Monday afternoon.
He occupied the top Of an up-ended
cracker box ON the pavement near the
gates to the court square, and soon had
quite an audience around him. IIa
sang many songs, some of his own
composition--political, pathetic, conic
and otherwise. In politics, he took in
the crowd, from democracy to Henry
George. One couplet was as follows
Harrison is determined to nominate him
self;
He thinks he has Mr.. Blaine laid upon the
shelf"
As to the quality of his music, the
charity of the INTELLIGENCER COM
mands silence.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15
Highest of all in Leavening PowerLacst u S Report
Re-! e! Bskies BSxds3!
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Il Il Il PARTY

The Il. Il. Il. club was eriained
last Friday evening, at her residence by
Mrs. Will Bear, assisted by Mrs. BY
waters and Miss Mabel Bywaters. An
elegant supper was served, and most
pleasant evening passed The follow
ing guests were present: Miss Bear OF
Kansas City; Misses Mary Green, Rob
bic Young, Sallie Smith, Ielie, Roda
and McKie Young, Kate Tunstsll;
MessrS. Frank and Gus Bear. Mr.. Lake,
Ike Neal, of lligginsville; Dr,. NJ tn
cw Wilson and Walter Ecklcs. Louis
Eckles, Leslie Smith, Charles Young,
Henry and George Young, Leonard
Buford, George Buford, George Ryland
and Charles Hopkins.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15
A Mistake.

Tuesday morning Il lady residing on
south street saw negro man in the
Methodist church yard, with hi. head
tied up with Il piece of white cloth, and
acting, as she thought, very strange.
She sent Mr.. Yates for the police, and
Policeman Golightly went up there,
only to find that it was darkey whom
Rev. Carpenter had hired 70 rob bee
tree, and it was the bees that made
HIM act crazy.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15
Getting Old.

G. III. Strict, business manager of the
Sedalia Gazette, celebrated his thir-
tieth anniversary Saturday His wife
presented him with handsome gold
watch appropriately engraved. The
watch is so constructed that promptly
at O'Clock each evening as inscrip-
ton. "Time to 90 home appears on
the dial. and sharp needle pricks him
in the side until he starts in That di-
rectiOn.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15
STATE NEWS.

Justice of the Peace Ganzhorn, of
Kansas City, and his clerk, l.. }. De
lancy, had II fight over wages due the
latter, when the clerk hit the justice
over the head with II chair.
W. Jeff Pollard, n st. Louis justice
of the peace, and John Il. O'NIeara, a
large contractor of that city, will both
be candidates for the democratic nom
ination for lirutcnant-govcrnor.
Members of the Kansas City and st.
Louis city councils will play Il match
game of ball 1T Kansas City September
18th, the proceeds To z" to the charities
Mayors Noonan, of ST. Louis, and
Holmes, of Kansas City, will umpire
Ia.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15
The Western Summer Girl.

There is kind of II summer girl out
here in he west whom you never read
of in the paper. Her neighhorS II" not
associate her with cool white dresses,
idIcncss, novels and hamm"cks, but
they think vastly more OF her. She is
he kind of II summer girl that puts up
fruit in the hot kitchen, who is her
mothers help, and who knows more
about the ingredients for making Il
pcach cuhblcr than she does about the
latest style OF Il lawn tennis dress.
| She is kind "f Il summer girl more
often seen in the west than IN the east
| She is he western mans ideal of all Il
summer girl should he, and all wise
men of the east agree with him after
they have tasted some of her cooking.
If things are To he matched in thi
world, then all legitimate questions
! will be answered.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15
WALL Fell nnMn

A retaining wall of stone, six feet
high and nearly hundred feet long,
in front of the residence of Councilman
James Steele, on Third street, fell
down Thursday of last week, from so
much wet weather. Mr.. Steele will
make some important changes when he
rebuilds the wall. About svventy-fve
dollars damage was done.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15
EUROPEAN CROPS.
A General Shortage of Wheat and
Rye Reported.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. l0.-B. F.
Woodam, II wealthy business man of
this city who has just returned from an
extended trip to Europe, sald to-day of
the European crop outlook:
''prices are already advancing on
the ordinary food stuffs because of the
shortncsS of the crops. When left
Hamburg, bread, both rye and wheat g,
had gone up -. cents Il loaf. Pota-
toes were selling nj 6 marks, or II 30
II buShcl. In Central France and down
the Mediterranean the crop of olives is
almost nothing. Thousands of acres
of olives, one of the most profitable
exports of France, are destroyed. The
grain crop is also short, though il i
thought that France is in better con.
dition than Germany. The Frcncl
srops are late. but their season is long
and they expect To harvest about 4:
thrcc-fourths crop.
"Thr German crops are about sin
weeks late, and their season is short n
best, so il is doubtful whether thcil
harvest will amount To anything worthy
of mention. Potatoes are terribly rot
ted because of the wet weather.
"The other countries of Europe art
also short. A letter came to me Il few
days ago saying that Russia was very
very short in both rye and wheat
| Russia usually harveStS vast quantitic
of wheat, but this year both that coum
try and Hungary, with all the rest o
Europe, are in Il distressed condition
Their eyes are fixed upon America, ant
they are anXiously Watching our yield
rs they expect to depend upon us. Th
situation of affairs is far worse thai
il was reported in the spring.