The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-08-11
CITY council. Monday night.

City council, Monday night.
Mr.. John X. Lyons is reported as very
Business was active in the police court,
his week.
Two fights were served in the bill OF
at Dover Monday.
Rev. j. NJ. Boon has moved his family
INTO the Farley residence, in College
place.
Rev. G. NJ. Bishop will preach at the
church, tomorrow evening. Union
services.
Extra fine horses, cattle, mules and
county fair, next week.
A lawn social was given, last night, by
the ladies' of the Christian church, on the
OF Hon. John r. Burden.
W~atermelons are plentiful, and the only
to the happiness Of the colored
is the scarcity Of dimes.
Our college presidents are very much
encouraged with the prospects for an in
attendance this year. Success to
them.
Rare and rapid races, at Higginsvilie.
next week. Some OF Missouri's best will
there, and Missouri has the best in the
world.
There wa a fight in front of the court
house yard Tuesday. An unknown man
from Ray county and a citizen of this city
were the participants.
.Messrs. J. X. Davis, L. Chanslor, X. M.
X. A. HickliE, John Wilmot
and Chris Kist attended the association
meeting OF the state gun club, at Rich
mond, this week.
Fifty dollar purse for a base ball game
between Lexington, Odessa, Warrensburg
and Higginsville to be played at the La
fayette county fair, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, August IA, Is and l6.
We believe a large number Of miners
wan to go to work ut h wages offered,
but are afraid of those who do not want
to work. A few agitators are preventing
hundreds of hungry women and children
from being fed.
Sheriff Zach. w. Wright purchased one
thousand barrels Of corn, last Thursday,
for $3.50 per barrel. The corn is to be
shucked and cribbed, and Mr.. Wright is
to have ITO acres of stalks and the straw
from 40 acres Of rye.
The following invitation has been issued
by little Miss Esta, daughter of Prof.
and Mrs. L. f. Meyers. "Esta Meyers at
home, Saturday, August IL, 1884, from
five to seven p. M, my seventh birthday
Let's have a good time"
The racket store will move next week
into the handsome room now occupied by
Mr.. Leroy Farmer. Mr.. Farmer has par
TALLY removed to his building, and
will complete the work as soon as the
painters and carpenters get out OF his way
Deputy Sheriff Dick Green, OF Rich
mond, vas here, yesterday. hunting one
Joseph Thompson, who is wanted by the
authorities of Ray county for embexzle-
ment. Thompson was the president Of
one OF the miners unions, and is charged
with having embezzled s93 Of the orders
money. MIR. Green went on east, II
search of the suspect.
Corder Gazette: "a serious accident
happened near the creamery, Saturday
In which MIR. John Goetz was quite badly
hurt. His team became frightened AND
ran of, throwing him, together with u 10
Of milk cans, out Of the wagon, smashing
things up generally. Mr.. Goetz was yer!
badly bruised, but is much better at thii
writing"
Misses Bessie Summers, Stella Prewitt
Maggie Hamlet, Lima and Sallie Taylor
Mayme Stanley, Alice Eagle and Mrs. w
X. Gosewisch; Messrs. David o. Heath
man, George A. Venable, Tom. Fletcher
Oscar Bullard, Albert Taubman aud JohI
Taylor composed a camping party tina
went to the lakes, near Grand Pass
Tuesday. They returned. Thursday.
Prof. L. F. Myers business college clos
ed yesterday morning. Mr.. Michael J
O'Malley was awarded a diploma. MI
the class on commercial law, which wa
highly interesting and instructive. Pro-
Myers made a farewell talk to his class
which abounded in good advice. All tn
members of the college have done goo
work, aud have been much benefited b
their studies. The college will ope
again in September. Success to 1t.
Deputy Circuit Clerk Frank Trigg wa
the victim of a serious accident last Sun
day evening, about 9 o'clock. He had at
tended the union services, at the Metho
dist church, and had gone out for q wall
Near the Presbyterian church he me
Col. M. +. Crowder, and started home. l
front Of the Presbyterian church he step
ped on a stone and fell, breaking his lin
at the knee. The fracture Is In the sam
place that Mr.. Trigg was wounded in tn
war. As we go to press we learn that b
is getting along nicely and resting easy.
Our city has long felt the need OF q fn
band, and of course it will encourage tn
new organization and generously loo
after its welfare. The Lexington Silvs
Cornet Band, which was organized la,
week, is composed OF our best musici
talent, and In q short time will enjoy tn
reputation that the Zeiler band did yeal
ago. The officers of the band are: Pres
dent, George Mullinix; vice presiden
George Zeiler; secretary, Fred Kohlmar
treasurer, Albert Homer; director, Josep
UT, and business manager, George
Schawe. The members of the band al
p~racticing often, and in a few weeks wi
be able to furnish music that will con
pare favorabiy with any like organizatiO
in the state. We doff our hat to the LEI
ington Silver Cornet Band, wishing for
a pleasant and profitable career.
Messrs. L. f. Wilson, w. p. Aull al
Joseph b. Shelby have filed a suit again
the Missouri Pacific railway for damage
caused by the failure of the road to tran
port their stock to Kansas City as p
, agreement. They aver that they CO
tracted with the Dad to ship ten C
loads Of cattle, on the 9Th OF July, al
: that the cattle were brought to the sto
, pens of the road, but were not receiv
until July nth. On account Of a shrin
age In weight, and q decrease in the ms
ket, the plaintiffs claim that they shou
be r~emuuerated. Wilson and Aull sue I
q $500. AZ, and Jos. b. Shelby sues for IS
0 They claim that had not the MissO,
Pacific entered into the contract tn
: would have shipped over the Chicago
Alton from MAYHEM, their usual shippi
I point, and would have sold on the mi
t ket of July 10th. Hon. Alex. Graves
e the attorney for plaintiffs. The case "
be tried at the December term.
Lexington is to have another first eli