The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-01-30

DIR. Chambers was we'll enough to come
down town for an hour or two Yesterday.
Mr. Ed. Winsor, mention of whose ILL
ness was made last week, is still confined
to his bed, and grows no better.
A portion of the ice gorge opposite the
foot of Tenth street broke loose Thursday
night and hoated down the river.
Evan Becker, of Long Il Becker, has
rented the old Nicholson residence, on
West South street, and will move into it
soon.
G.. s. Wilson and wife, of The Racket
store, aud DR.. G.. w. Fredendall, have
moved into the Musgrove house, corner
Sixteenth and Main streets.
The wills of Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace, of
his city, Dudley Williamson, of Chapel
Hill, and Michael Robinson, of Waverly,
were filed in the probate Office this week.
The estates were all small. Mrs. Wallace
bequeathed all her property to her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Carter.
The lNTELLIaENCER is not given to idle
boasting of it's large working force, but it
does claim to do three times rs much work
as any other printing office in Lexington.
The primitive and slow hand press and
cheap apprentice do not figure with steam
presses and fast workmen.
A large locust tree in the yard of Mrs.
Laura Young was chopped down Thurs
day afternoon, falling across the pave
tnant Unha foam, of V,.laS attached tn tha
street car objected to the changed condi-
ton of affairs and started down Eleventh
street taking the rapid transit with them.
A card from lack w. Wright in this
issue denies that he has promised to make
deputy and iailor a certain individual, who
has been making the boast that he would
receive such recognition. Mr.. Wright as
4 sured the iNTELLIaENCER personally that
he has promised no one deputyahips, and
does not intend to.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Gerson
Silyerman was at Concordia Thursday, in
Justice Steinman's court, to prosecute the
case of assault and battery against Henry
B.. lsaacs, a butcher, for assaulting George
Bertram, another butcher. A change of
venue was taken to Justice NJ. M. Cooks
court at Aullville, and the case went over
until February s.
John S~teinhouser, of Levasy, Jackson
county, dropped in Wednesday,. Mr..
Steinhouser saws he crossed the Missouri
river at Lexington just twenty-one years
ago, on his way to his present home. For
many years he was a subscriber to the In
dependence Sentinel, and wanted to see If
the INTELLIGENCER was as good a paper
as the Sentinel was under the same man
agement.
In the column of announcements at the
head of the second page will be oundt that
of Jesse w. Hamlet, who seeks re-elec-
ton to the Office of city marshal and col
lector, an Office he has held with entire
satisfaction to the people for the past two
years. Mr.. Hamlett's record is too well
known to need a word here, and upon
that he confidently expects the suffrages
of the voters at the June election.
Last week the official statement OF the
financial condition of the Alma Bank was
printed in these columns, the figures
showing q remarkably vigorous condition
OF affairs. The total assets are something
over SIT, 900, while the deposits subject to
sight draft amount to $SS, O33.52. The bank
has SIC, 1000 in surplus funds on hand
President Prigmore and Cashier Booton
are men calculated to push the business
OF the bank.
As has been limited several days he
would, Col. M. V. l.. McClelland n ="
himself a candidate for county collec.-i
of this county. Col. McClelland has been
/, public life in Lafayette county before,
and recollection of past services will
doubtless be recalled in his present can
vlss. Col. Mo. as all know Is a good
democrat and a competent nan IL nomi-
mated he will make a good race. Elected,
he will make a splendid collector.
At 1 O'Clock Wednesday morning, as
James Fanolio was going to his home on
Franklin avenue, near Sixteenth, two
men stepped from behind a tree at the
! corner of Fifteenth and Franklin avenue
and tota him to throw up his hands,
Fanolio carried a pistol in his overcoat
pocket, with his n on the handle, and
at once pulled the weapon and fired. TN
two men ran south on Fifteenth street an6
escaped. Fanolio had So cents in his peck
cts. A description of the men was fur
nished the police.
The IN-TELLIaENcER is authorized tt
announce that L.. p. Green is a candidate
for county collector OF Lafayette county
subject, OF course,to the will of the demo
cratic party. Mr.. Green is a thorough
going citizen, a sober and reliable business
man, and well qualified for the duties o
collector. He is the ind of man who vii
poll his party vote and perhaps draw wei
from the opposition, as he is well know
and we'll liked. He is al old resident o
the county, known to almost every vote
in it; hence, only a brief introduction
necessary at this time, He will see tn
people himself and present his W case
and do it well and effectually.