The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-08-18
Attend the fair, today.

a meeting at Bates City.
The populists held a picnic last Satur-
day at Odessa that was we'll attended.
Mr.. Leroy Farmer has moved his drug
store into his building, opposite the court
house.
Lexington Is threatened with a popu-
list lecturer. He will land about Septem-
Der 9Th.
The Odessa public schools will open
October 1st, Prof W. Z. Morrow will sup
erintend them.
Mrs. Rufus Mccormick and daughter
Miss Bette went to Higginsville Thurs.
day to attend the fair.
II you want a boy or girl, come to the
INTELLIaENCER Office and let your wants
be known. 1t will cost nothing.
The hot weather we have "~enjoyed'
for the past ten days is not local. TIL,
whole country has suffered, the thermom-
eters ranging from 50 to lO5 degrees.
Some men in this city employ coloret
boys to attend their horses. IL these
horse-owners could see these boys racing
and jerking their horses, they would soor
change matters.
For Picking and Preserving-Mur'
docks o. p. II. Extracts, Fruit Colorinl
and Strictly Pure Spices are the best. A
full line of MasOn's self-sealing fruit
jars. Go see them at Mullenix anG
Co.'S 6-23-tf
Tim Howard. mayor OF Myrick, brought
us a watermelon, last Monday, hat wal
a whopper. 1t was as good as they get t.
be. He has our thanks for his continued
remembrance. Tim never fOrgets his ole
friends.
The people of Atchison have employed
a boat to run along as close as possible t.
their sand bar, hoping that the bar viii
be cut away by the boats waves. W.
have q sand bar In front of u levee that
can be spared.
Sore eyes, no matter how severe or lonl
standing, are cured by DIR. Jackson's Eyt
Salve. 1t soothes and removes the In
famation and g%ranulation at once. Car
Dc had at any drug store at twenty five
cents a box. 2-3-1year.
WANTED.-The INTELLIaENCER will
print, free OF charge, all advertisements
for help wanted. There are SO many pool
boys and girls in the city who want work
that we will gladly print any notice thai
will help them.
to find q good home for two white boys
each fifteen years old. Also . good, neal
white girl, fifteen years of age. wants
work. The boys have no objection Il
going to the country. s-ls-tf.
The birthday party given to little Ests
Myers last Saturday, was a complete sur
prise TO her. She was Waiting Liliar
Worthington at the time, and when tn
company had assembled, she was sent for
The little folks had q very pleasant time
sedaIia Gazette, 18th: "Mr. and Mrs. J
D. Love returned, yesterday, from Lexing
ton, where they buried their son, Dudley
aged fourteen years, who died here, Sun
day, August s, Of typhoid fever. Mrs
z. Owen accompanied them to Sedalia
and will remain here one week."
While in Jefferson City Mrs. w. X
Trigg was given q musical reception b,
Mrs. A. A. Lesueur. The beautiful new
home wal brilliantly lighted, and th,
spacious rooms filled with appreciativ
guests, who enjoyed to the fullest extern
the fine music rendered. Elegant refresh
ments were served.
The contract for uniforming the sx-Con
tsderate soldiers, at the Home at Higgins
lyille, has been awarded by the Daughter
C~Onfederacy Of Missouri to Brown
King & Co., OF Kansas City. Tn
brms will be delivered by the middl
sptember. The old heroes will lool
we'll In their new clothes.
We saw Ed. Meyer, our popular sho
merchant, going home, Sunday morning
| ct 9 O'Clock. He had Q sack on his shout
der, and something in each end that look
ed very much like q watermelon. w
heard one of his neighbors say that Ed
had been out to Tim Towards the nigh
before. Tim has fine melons, and W
can't blame the boys much.
Willie Cobb, son OF Rev. T. M. Cobb, @
this city, broke his arm at Higginsville
T%hursday. He jumped over the low fenc
around the ring, but his heel caught o
the top, throwing him on his face. II
threw out his arms, and fell in q Sigh
twist. He was taken to town, and tn
bones set, and it was thought the brea
would not prove dangerous. Drs. Fulker
son and Carter set the break. The patien
came home yesterday.
We are invited to attend ga regular oil
he ex-Confederate picnic," to be held q
Odessa, on Saturday, September 9th. w
are told that the Odessa ex.Confederate
will "kill . pumpkin and roast a brick
for this occasion. Fine speakers from q
parts OF the state have been invited an
several will be there. The INTELLIaEN
GER will pitch q tent In 10 Christy's from
yard.
Tomorrow evening, at the Souther
Methodist church, the regular Epwort
league services will be held, beginning
seven O'Clock. Miss Martha Crensha'
will be the leader, and the subject will
"How Christians Should Walk"-Jos. 2
8; John 8:12; Rom. Ga; Gal. 5:16. Ia
every member of the League be presen
and let all come prepared to say a fe
words on the subject or read a verse or tw
from the Bible. Everybody cordial
invited.
Early Monday morning Nora Thoma
the colored ervant girl OF ]. K. Brougf
ton, OF Odessa, was badly burned. 81
had filled the tank to the gasoline sto'
with gasoline, and some of the fluid spill
ed on her dress. In lighting the stove h
dress caught fire and she ran into Il
yard enveioped In flames. Her cloth
were torn OF by women who had hear
her screams. but she was 30 badly burne
that she died at 4 O'Clock, Tuesday ate
noon. Nora formerly lived at Mayviev
! On next Wednesday evening, at Rio
, Hill, Mr.. h. M. Rodecker, one of o,
prominent young men, will lead to ii
alar Miss Esther Baum. About 800 inv
! tations have been issued to the weddin
which will occur in the Odd Fellow
hall, al Rich Hill. Rabbi Schulman w
pronounce the ceremony, after which
, elaborate banquet will be served. After
short tour the young married couple W
] come to Lexington and go to housekee
' ing In q handsome cottage, near Bapti
College. Mr.. Rodecker Is engaged in Il
clothing business here, and though
has not been in our midst very long, h
l made many friends, who with the INTE
Z LIaENcER extend congratulations al
I best wishes.