The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-05-19


and Charles Rogers, night watch, by the
mayor. The last two appointments were
rejected by the council.
The High school alumni have made ar
rangements with the ladies OF the Chris
tian church to serve their banquet at the
opera houee on the evening of May 3lst.
The young people of the church will take
hold of the matter and push it through to
g successful conclusion. The banquet
will be a credit to h association, and a
credit to those who serve 1t.
The following attended the state con
kerson, Messrs. Alex. Graves, Lee billiard,
Louis Crate, S. ]. Huston, w. B. Wilson,
Colder Young, 8. N. Wilson, TIC. Young,
Chas. Montgomery, G. Ben Russell, j.. Z.
Payne, d. H. Lyons, ]. @. P~lattenburg,
r. A. Hicklin, Godfrey Shull, Geo. James,
l.. P. Green, J. E. Webb, w. X. Trigg, b.
w. Weedin, Geo. Schawe, Frank Bow
man and II. j. Groves.
Mr.. Ethan Allen is announced else
where as a candidate for justice of the
peace for Lexington township. II thirty
years of hard work for the party is worthy
Of consideration, then Mr.. Allen has this
much to his credit. He has been in har-
ness all these years, and has always pulled
when any pulling was to be done. Iii:
money has been tied up in democratic
newspapers. which worked day and might
for the party. II he should get the nomi'
nation, he will max a good magistrate.
Higginsvilie Leader: "George w. Strat
ton and wife, of Lexington. No., wer,
admitted to the Home, April Is, 1894
Mr.. Stratton was q private in Co. "H,'
Hugbes's regiment, Slack's division, AM
rived at Pea Ridge and Wilson's Creek
was wounded at Pea Ridge, was q
me for two years, and then enlisted il
FL" Gordon's regiment; took part Il
eral Prices raid; paroled at Littl
ARK, July IS, 1866. Mr.. Strattol
support himself and wife, Of
bands received during tn
4 blind. They are no,
t.. . : ]: !! s ::::s : e: ::
there are few pt1 scenery
half SO beautiful. AZ water owe an
church spires OF Lexington are plainl
visible; the spires Of HigginsvilIe can b
seen, and at night the electric lights {
Warrensburg may be seen. For 1--we mile
in every direction the landscape stretcht
out, almost every acre of 1t being easil
seen from the town. Rich lands, besuti
full shady groves, green fields, good road
plenty of coal, WOO m water are I'll
natural advantages that ought to mai
MAYHEM a city. II you want to see Il
finest view in Lafayette county, go
MAYHEM and look around you.
Sedalia Gazette, 18th: "The story and
half frame building at the southea
corner of Seventh and Usage streets, o
!. cupied by Ed. Adams, an engineer on Il
stroyed by fire at 1880 last evenin
together with most of its contents. It
supposed that the fire was of incendial
: origin, as 1T began with an explosion as
dynamite, and in a moment the who
upper part Of the building was in flame
No one was at home at the time. M
Adams had Just arrived at the depot fro
s his run when the alarm sounded, and h
e wife and children had gone in their ca
rage to meet him. They heard the alar
Q but did not know that it was their ov
d house until they had nearly reached t
!. spot" Mr.. Adams formerly lived in tn
city.
% Sandring & Co. are finishing a han
q some monument OF Vermont GRAM
: which will be erected in Machpelah to t
r memory of the Confederate dead. Il
F.; base Is an immense hammer dressed stoi
" standing eighteen inches high. TIL
a comes the second base, which will ra
o the pile about one foot more, to be 3,
g mounted by the handsome, solid bic
r, weighing $4,000 pounds, on which will
cut twenty names. The Whole moi
!, ment will be about seven and a half I
n high. On the north side OF the seco
y base will be the words "Confeder
q dead" On the south face of monum,
v proper will be the names of the dead, a
is on the north face will be some suita
l. inscription, not yet decided on. 1t will
n a handsome piece of WORK, creditablc
ar the designers and builders. as well as
m the liberality of the Confederate MOI
r. ment Association, which is having
work done.