The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-07-23

"From the Black Forest to the Black
Sea" is the title of a superb series ofillus-
trated papers which has formed a leading
feature of Harper's Magazine for several
months past. 1t embraces q very enter
tanning narrative of a canoe voyage of ITO
miles down the Danube, through Ger
many, Austria, Hungary, Servia, Bulgaria,
Roumania. and Russia. with delays at
Vienna, BUDAPEST, and the battlefield of
Plevna, all accomplished within eleven
weeks and one day. The illustrations,
which are numerous and beautiful, are
from drawings made during the voyage
by Alfred Parsons m F. D.. Miller. The
series will be brought to a close in the
August number of the Magazine, in which
Mr.. Millet will describe the delta OF the
Danube and the final arrival OF the party
at the Black Sea.
This week as W. Duncan was trying to
secure a broken pump chain from the bot
tom OF his cistern, his graphing hooks
brought up two immense masses of small
fibrus roots each mass being as long as q
horses tail. They were evidently part of
the roots of a huge cottonwood tree which
stands in the yard. The root must have
penetrated the cement bottom of the els
tern and the fibers been grown from that.
The Midsummer Holiday Century will
contain a number of complete stories,
including "The Philosophy of Relative
Existence ghost story which is said
to reverse some of the old traditions, by
Frank r.. Stockton, and 1.-THE Colonel's
Last Campaign, by the author of Mr..
Cutting, the Night Editor,' and with
illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson.
M. G. Shewalter, who was nominated
by the Populists at Higginsville, last Sat
'urday for prosecuting attorney, published
a card in the Waverly Times of the 21st,
declaring, that Notwithstanding the fact
that he is in hearty sympathy with the
Third Party movement, the cannot posi-
bly, accept the nomination.
Mr.. Thomas Smith was o the only
sufferer from the lightning dymanos in
the storms of last week. The barn OF
William Warren OF Clay township, was
struck, fired and burned to the ground
with it's contents, consisting of a buggy
a set OF harness and a lot of hay and corn
Judge. w. f. Purcell met with a painful
accident while out riding last Friday
night. His horse stumbled and fell owe,
on his side catching the judges leg be
meath him. The judge was fortunate il
escaping with a few painful bruises and
sprained ankle.-Moon.
About one hundred of our citizens went
to Higginsville yesterday to see a game Of
ball between the Higginsville nine and a
nine composed of women. There is some
talk of the female nine playing the Lex
ington club in q few days.
Col. John Willis mare, Laura Hardpine
trotted a mile in 2.52k, Friday. She is al
inbred Dom Pedro, and only 2 years old
Here is animal with a promise equal tc
any of Missouri's best,
News from the state convention, where
five hundred and twenty-seven sweltering
democrats were nominating a candidate
for Governor, was eagerly sought TO
Wednesday.
Farmers of Middleton Township esti,
mate that their corn was damaged 80 pei
by the wind and rain storms. This esti.
mate will probably prove much too high
During the storm of Friday, last week
the barn of Rufus Malus near Columbus
was struck by lightning, but no serioq
damage was lone.
Mrs. H. j. Campbell and Miss Maud ],
HARDWOOD, of our neighboring town, Hig-
ginsville, were graduates at the CHATEAU
qna last week.
Mine Inspector Woodson paid a visit tt
the Buck Horn mine Monday but fount
it so full of water he could not make al
/ Inspection.
Bring your advertising to the INTELLI
aENcER. 1t reaches and is read by NOR
people Than any other two papers in Lex
ington.
r. F. Warren, the we'll known Corde
stockman lost a fine Jack last week. TIL
animal was valued at 81 800.
Little Margaret G. daughter OF Recorde
WALLACE, who has been quite sick seyera
days is better.