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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13

COOPERATIVE ASSN. MEETING.
To the Editor OF the Intelligencer:
The Lafayette County Cooperative
Association met in annual session, Jan
uary 10, 1894, when Mr.. Henry Kulne
was elected manager i'm room of Mr..
Upton, who had resigned. and who is
leaving the concern with the best wishes
of the company, he having paid off all
debts, and kept the build ing and stock
in good repair. After electing a new
board of directors the following rasolu-
tons were approved:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased our Father
i'll Heaven to remove from our midst
our brothers, Harvey j. Higgins and
William Il. Cannon, as q warning to
us that in the midst of life we are i'm
death. therefore be it
Resolved, That while we bow in
humble submission to the DEGREES of
Heaven, we deplore the loss of our
brothers, in whom we recognized the
highest qualities and virtues az men,
citizens and neighbors
Resolved, That we tender Va Yarmest
sympathy to those bereaved, ard to our
organization for the loss sustained.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
recorded on "a books by the secretary,
that a copy be furnished the bereavcd
families, and also the county papers.
GEO. Z. GoRDoN,l
n. Nj. CREEL, tCom.
JOHN PRICE,
Respectfully,
HENRY d. MILLS, JR.,
Secretary.
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G

An appreciative audience greeted the
Higginsville boys at the opera house,
last Tuesday evening. Upon that occa-
sion the Knights of Pythias of our
sister city presented their bright farce,
The Ancient Order of Hercules and
this they did in an admirable manner
Months of practice had made the boys
masters of this play, each and every
member of the cast being well suited to
the role in which he played.
The coming Of Hercules had been
well advertised, and a generous and
sympathetic audience filled the opera
nNuse. The actors lay no claims TO the
professional yet they performed far bet
ter than he ordinary amateur. Time
and space forDids Us-seiog into detail,
and we content ourselves, therefore,
with these few general comments.
From the Grand Illustrious Hiankadink,
down to the members of the guards,
each one acquitted himself with honor.
The Higginsville boys came, were
greeted by an int. resting audience, and
left highly pleased with the reception
they received.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13
PRESIDING ELDERS APPOINTMENTS.


Following are the appointments of
Rev. j. Nj. Boone, presiding elder Lexing-
ton District NJ. T.. Church. South, up to
and including March IL, 1894:
Longwood and High Point, January
18th and 14th. Dover circuit, January
1921. Waverly station, January 26-2s.
Malta Bend and Grand Pass, January
$500. Miami and Mt. Carmel, February
SO. Columbus circuit, February IO-11.
Lamont and Dresden, February 1918.
Montserrat circuit, February 1919. War
rensburg station, February 20-22. We'll
lington circuit, February 2i-2o. Sweet
Springs and Blackwater, February 2i-25
C. Ii. Briggs. Elmwood and Bethel,
March ga. C0rder and Blackburn, March
ga. Herndon and Houstonia, March
l0-Il. j. NJ. BOONE, p. f..
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THE VALUE OF A LOCAL PAPER.

The local paper contains a budget of
Information, says the Kansas City
Mail, that could not be obtained
through any other channel. 1t is pos
sible you may get more reading matter
for less money from some newspaper
published in a distant city, but 1t Is not
the kind of matter your lively home
paper contains. 1t gives You all the
marriages, deaths, robberies, balls,
picnics, courts, and public meetings of
every kind, aud even some of the
births; besides keeping you posted in
regard to the sanitary condition OF the
country and state OF the crops, togeth-
er with a thousand other little items
you conld not get in any other way.
No paper however great and ably edit
ed it may be, can supply the place of
your local paper. And ever ii you
don't Ike II, if the editors be men you
cannot admire, and the politics of the
paper frequently antagonistic to your
own still it gives you all the items of
news with as much accuracy and i'm
Partially as if its views were in perfect
harmony with yours on every subject.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas. William d. Steele and Mamie {.
Steele, his wife. by their certain deed OF trust,
dated January 18th. ISL, and recorded In the
office OF the recorder of deeds for Lafayette
county. Missouri. In book lOl, at page III, con
veyed TO the undersigned trustee, the follow.
ing described real estate situate. lying and
being in the county OF Lafayette, and state OF
Missouri, to-wtt: The east half of the south
west quarter. ana the west half OF the south
east quarter of section twenty-nine (29I, also
the northeast quarter of the northwest quar-
ter and the northwest quarter OF the northeast
quarter oi section thirty-two (S2), also two CT
acres part Of the northwest quarter of the
northwest quarter Of section thirty-two (39l:
beginning at the center corner of the north
west quarter of said section. running thence
north, thirteen degrees west. seven aud ten
onc-hundrcdths chains. thence north four and
seVenty-one hundredths chains. thence north.
eleven and onC-fOurth degrees east, eight and
forty-one hundrcdths chains. thence south
twenty chains 10 the beginning; all situated in
township tOrty-nine tiJ!, OF range twenty-siN
(sbl, and being two hundred aud forty-two
acres more or less; TO secure the payment Of
the .promissory note in said deed of trust
described; and, whereas. said note is due and
hereby given that !, the undersigned trustee.
will, ut the request OF the legal holder OF said
note, and in accorlunce with the provisions OF
said deed OF trust, proceed TO sell, and sell. the
real estate In said deed of trust described, at
public vcndue. TO the highest bidder. for cash,
at the court house door, In the city Of LeNing-
ton, Lafayette county, Missouri, on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY :, 1891.
between the hours of nine u clock IN the fore
day. TO satisfy said note and the costs OF eve
cutting this trust.
GEO. VI. CATRoN.
ll3-td Trustee.
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rASS THE WILSON BILL.

When congress adjourns the demo-
cratic members will not be able to give
an excuse for their short comings,
should there be any. They have a
clear field before them and with the
good working majority their is no rea-
son why they should n carry out the
mandates of the people. Their first
duty is to pass the Wilson bill and do
so promptly. The country has listened
to tariff reform argument for several
years and understands the subject we'll
enough to know the effects of the Will
son bill when put in operation. The
people demanded such Il measure and
when it was published by the COM
mitree, it was well received.
1t is in keeping with democratic doc
trlne, and the voice of the majority of
every section of the land goes up in
hearty approval of the measure. The
republicans will vote against it but by
II wise economy in the realm of mind
we do not have to look to that party
for assistance in its passage. We have
democrats in congress who have been
elected for that purpose. They made
their campaigne on that issue and are
supposed to understand it. The coun-
try is tired of dry monotinous debates.
They can in this instance be productive
of no good. Votes will not be changed
by this means, and a long siege like
that which accompanied the Voorhees,
repeal bill will be q detriment Il all
business interests, and perhaps involve
the country in a more serious panic
than she has yet experienced. The
uncertainty as to the various schedules,
creates uneasiness in business centers,
and will be hurtful to the country. The
country demands action prompt, wise
and conservative action. 1t demands
the passage of the Wilson bill and it
looks to the democratic party to give
such action, and any congressman who
refuses 10 vote for it is no democrat.
He is a traitor to his party and to the
people who have reposed confidence
IN him,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13
[E nHOWL,' OLE HYPOCRISY.

VIII WI vi
A recent census shows 240, 600 des-
titute victims of s.tariff reform in the
city of New York.-Kansas City Jour
nal.
OF all silly, foolish productions or
iginating from the realm of human
mind, the above paragraph takes the
priZe-ss240,0 900 victims of tariff re-
form,' and the Mckinley bill in full
force. This is the first sample of re-
publican logic and the genuine article
of the hypocrisy, by which they have
secured votes enough to enable them
to put their treacherous principles in
action.
We do not doubt that there are 240,
600 destitute citizens in New York, but
any, logical man can well show the
cause of this restitution.
When the Mckinley bill was under
discussion the republican cry was ''do
something for the laborer.' They
dare not plead for the manufacturer
who has grown rich through the char
ity of their republican allies. But they
plead for the poor, and by having the
legislative and executive branches in
their hands, they indicated their love
for the poor by passing the ''robber
tariff bill" 1t was to be an era of
prosperity, but the poor fellows who
were making the rich richer, by the
sweat of their brow, for n meagre sum
per day, never reaped any benefits
from republican charity. The manu-
facturers secured the passage of the
bill and the laborer IA compelled to
be content with his former wages.
Who prospered by the Mckinley bill?
Not the laborer; his salary was not
increased. Not the consumer; he had
to pay more for his food and raiment.
While it is true it increased the reven
ues of the government, yet for every
uOlltT Dlil tuul WcHt W buc SoNVi hiioh
a ten dollar bill went into the pocket
Of the manufacturer. The wages of
the laborer were not increased, but
now that the people have arisen and
demanded the thief to stop, the tariff
barons issue orders that wages must be
decreased if the Wilson bill is passed.
They enter into a wholesome lot of
melodramatic claptrap, for fear that
their robbery is to be stopped. Ac-
tuated by naught else than their own
pc cuniary and selfish motives they
'.close up shop" and then offer as their
excuse that sstariff reform means ruin. ~
1t would seem that they are crossing
the bridge before they come to it, but
their fool trickery has fooled the peO-
pie as long as it will permitted to.
The robbers might as well 'sopen up
shop" and roo the people on until the
democratic party has placed a law upon
the statute books which will read be
tween the lines ''equal justice to all,
special forms TO none"
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MUST HAVE THEM.

That which should interest Lexing-
ton people is Lexington. Situated as
it is in one of the best counties in the
state, surrounded by the finest farming
land, populated with many men of
means, and with its fine colleges and
railroad facilities, Lexington should
not be allowed to run along in the old
ruts any longer. Those who have in
terests here can i'll afford to let the
town come to a standstill.
With u colleges which offer rare
inducements 70 parents to come here
to live and educate their children, our
city has an advantage over many of
its class.
All Lexington needs is a little of
.'the get up and get" that has made
Chicago the great city that it is. The
imagination of the most sanguine
optimist cannot picture for us a metro
politan city, but we can and should
have here a live, wide-awake, progress
sive city of 10000 inhabitants. How
can this be accomplished First let's
put in a fine system of electric lights.
Surely we are tired of the dingy old
gas Jets. Lexington a W its cleo
trio light plant and light up the city
properly at a great deal less cost than
it is now providing an occasional gas
light, which is simply no light at all.
Next, we must have a city hall. The
place where our lawmakers are meet
ing is a disgrace to any town. That
this is true no one will doubt. Again,
we are going to have a first class opera
house. There is here a generous pat
ronage for such, and in the course of
human events 1t Is bound to come.
Just put your a to the track; you will
hear the echo. Furthermore, we are
going to have a better sewer system;
become y city of the third class, and
when we get our electric lights we will
have an electric street car line.
These are not the visions of a
romantic book dreamer, but they are
facts told in advance. Our present
condition is not so bad, but it must be
better, and the INTELLIGENCER shall
be heard trem until it is.
There is too much money here that
is idle, and should be invested in some
enterprise. There is no town in the
country where such investments would
pay better, and none that could not
better do without the modern improve
ments.
Let's go to work and wreathe old
Lexington Il diadem that will be an
inducement to all who are looking fol
q location to come and cast their lots
in a live, progressive, w~ide-awake city
of the third class.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13
CENTRAL COLLEGE NOTES.

No news OF special interest this
week in our little family, at the head of
College street. Full school and every
thing connected with it are moving along
smoothly and successfully.
We cordially invite you, Mr.. Editor,
and the other "INTELLIoENCER'' folks,
to attend the meeting of our musical So
ciety, the Euterpean, in the college chapel
on next Saturday evening. The exercises
will be by some of the music pupils in
stead Of by the teachers. We think you
will enjoy them as there are among our
girls some sweet singers and fine pianists.
We are all looking forward with great
pleasure to u reading, to be given in our
college chapel, on the evening of the 29th.
inst, by Prof Merrill, of Vanderbilt Uni
versity. Apart from the fact that Prof.
Merrill is an elocutionist and im%persona-
tor Of national reputation, we feel a spec
ial interest in him and his work because
of his relation to Missouri. He was mar
ried a few years ago to n of the most
beautiful and lovely daughters OF our
state, and may therefore be said to be
more than half Missourian.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13

The Kansas City Mail seems to have
the laugh on Deacon Mcdonald. While
the deacon was attending to the DIS
tribution of patronage in W ashington
and running the Missouri end of the
administration, the Mail sent in n bid
for the city printing and secured it.
The Times seems to have underesti-
mated the, ca libre of the city officials,
and thought, as a matter of course, 1t
would get the '.pie," and as another
.smatter of course" it is now making
war upon the officials.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13

Chairman Wilson, says the New
York World, was disposed to be face
tiOus in his speech to the Journalists
Club ut Baltimore. The conflicting
and absurd claims of the McKinleyites
certainly incite to irony; and Mr.. Will
son yielded to it in saying that his tar :
if bill was evolved CATER the commit
tee had been informed by persons from
various parts of the country that there
are no wages paid to laborers in for
eign lands: that all goods are brought
to the United States as ballast, and
that after they are placed in the Gus
ton houses here the foreigner steps up
and pays the duty" Mr.. Wilson did
not exhaust the paradoxes of high pro-
lection in this statement. We are told
also that, though the foreigner pays
the duty, the ann of the Mckinley bill
was to shut out as many imports As
possible in order TO save the poor for
eigners from becoming impoverished
by supporting their own government
and ours to. 1t raises wages without
increasing the cost OF the product, and
lowers prices by preventing competi-
ton. Truly McKinleyism is Il wonder
full system.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13
The Doctors are Guilty..

Grave mistakes are made by physicians
In treating heart disease. The rate OF
sudden deaths is daily increasing. Hun
dreds become victims OF the Ignorance OF
physicians in the treatment of this disease.
One in four persons has a diseased heart.
Shortness Of breath, palpitation and fiut.
tering, irregular pulse, choking sensation,
asthmatic breathing, pain or tenderness
in side, shoulder or arm, weak or hungry
spells. are symptoms of heart disease. DIR.
Miles New Heart Cure is the only reliable
remedy. Thousands testify to its Won
derlul cures. Books free. Sold by Leroy
Farmer.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13

Senator Cockrell has the sympathy
of the entire country IN his sad be-
reavement. Through all his career his
wife has been a loving .helpmate to
him. No words of consolation a re-
lieve his sorrowing heart, yet he can
look beyond with the blessed assur-
ance that she is now happier in a home
where cares and sorrow never comes.
To him we extend our heartfelt SYM
pathY.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13

On the fifth day0x fthe
first number was issued. Nee
essary to enter into any rev14gf the
causes that led to the establishment of
this paper. They are yet fresh in the
minds of many of our people, and 1t
would give us no pleasure to rehash
them.
The INTELLIGENCEE espoused in in
fancy the cause of democracy, and has
from that day to this been Il Jealous
exponent of those principles. Judge
William Young jwielded the editorial
pen for the first two years of its his
tory, when he entered the race for
sheriff and retired from the staff. He
was succeeded by Lafayette w. Groves,
brother of the present editor, who
welded the editorial pen in behalf of
his people until November 8, 1873,
when he was assassinated at the post
of duty by a political enemy and bust
ness rival. John S. Davis then became
the editor, and conducted the paper
until it was consolidated with the
Caucasian in August, 1873. The Cau-
casian dated its birth in April, 1866,
and was started by j. NJ. Julian, Ethan
Allen and w. G.. Musgrove. In 1874
Mr.. Musgrove became the sole owner
of that paper. When the consolida-
tor was made he and David Groves,
ST., became the overs of the most of
the stock of the Intelligencer Company,
and q short time after the consolida-
ton A. A. Lesueur became the editor,
and remained in this office for about
fifteen years.
In April, 1886, Mr.. Musgrove retired
and left the paper in the hands of Hon.
A. A. Lesueur and Ethan Allen, who
II January, 1891, turned it over to
j. f. Payne. On the 9TH of August,
1898, Mr.. Payne retired, turning the
paper over to its present managers.
The paper has had its soups and
DOWNS" and for a while it had more
''downs than ups" 1t was with much
reluctance and many misgivings that
the present owners took charge of the
office. Business was at a standstill the
editor was a new man at the wheel,
but we thought we knew the political
pulse of Lafayette county democrats,
and knowing the intelligence and fair
ness of our readers we put forth our
best efforts to please. Our efforts have
been kindly received, our old patrons
have come back to us by the score !;
our advertising patronage has doubled
and our job room has been taxed to its
utmost capacity. We would be more
or less than human did we not appre-
ciate all this, and do all that is in our
power to give u readers and patrons
full value for the money they spend
with us.
For t%wenty-three years the INTELLI-
GENcER has zealously advocated the
cause of the people, and to this alone
we ascribe the present generous sup
port it is now given BY them. This ia
the peoples organ; Il ID devoted to
their interests, and II wars upon their
enemies expecting no greater reward
than their appreciation.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13

The case of ''Pinky" Blitz, the vote
repeater, who is in the state peniten-
tiary at jefferson City serving a two
years sentence for illegal voting at the
election in November, 1892, has gone
to the supreme court of the nation for
final adjudication.
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Take a Trim to Texas.

The Santa Fe Route greatest railroad
in the world has arranged a series of
monthly homeseekers excursions to all
points in Texas. TIL rate is one fare for
the round trip-iust a little more than
one cent a mile. Dates of sale have been
fixed for January 9, February 13, March
IS, April 10, and May s, 1894. Final limit
OF tickets, thirty days from date of sale.
Stop-over privileges allowed in Oklahoma,
Indian Territory, New Mexico and Texas.
on going trip. For full particulars call
on or address: G. o. NORTON, Agent,
Lexington, Mo. l2-l6-tf.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13

The committee on elections has
decided that John i. O'Neill is the
man who was elected II represent the
eleventh district of Missouri in con-
gress. The report will doubtless be
accepted by the house, and Tariff reform
will have one more vote aud a con-
scientious worker.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Letters of administration ON the estate of
Emily Waters, deceased. were granted to the
undersigned on the 21th day OF Dec. 1891, by
the probate court Of Lafayette county. Mis-
souri,.
All persons having claims against said estate,
are required to exhibit them for allowance ti
the administrator within l year after the date
of said letters or they may be precluded from
any benefit of such estate; and Ii such claims
be not exhibited within two years from the
date of said letters they will be forever barred.
This 25th day of December. lsg;.
John w. GROVES.
I2-3oIt Administr,tnr
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Ruck1en's Arnisa Saliva.

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For sale at Tevis's drug store. tt.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13

As good. This is the statement of Prof.
Smith, analytical chemist: al have an
alyzed all of the popular blood purifiers
and medicines now sold. Many of them
| found to be worthless, and dangerous
to use. Sulphur Bitters contains nothing
poisonous. and l think it is the best blood
purifier made" Try il. 1-6-2t.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13

The republicans revised the tariff
twenty times in thirty years, and each
time in favor of the monopolles. 1t
should lot object now TO q systematic
revision in favor of the
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NOTICE.

Letters documentary on the estate of Sarah
A. Jones. deceased, were granted to the
undersigned ON the 18Th day Of December, 1888.
by the probate court OF Lafayette county, Mo.
All persons having claims against said cs-
tate, are required to exhibit them for allow
ance to the executor within one year after
tho date of sand letters or they may he pre-
cluded from any benefit OF such estate; and
IL such claims he not exhibited within two
years from the date OF said letters they will be
forever barred.
This 18th day of De,smber. 1893.
GEORGE II. GORDON,
l2-93-tt. Executor.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13

y two per cent tax on incomes of
over $1,000, will be the subject matter
of a bill soon to be presented To con
gross. After a vigorous fight for tins
measure in the committee rooms the
friends of this tax won a triumphant
victory for democracy. A o just,
more equitable, more flexible tax could
not be imposed, and when once in OPP
Grafton, it will demonstrate its many
virtues. When the bill m before
congress it should be passed without a
dissenting voice in the democratic line.