The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-02-02
LEXINGTON, MO.
Yes, this is cold enough for US.

Richmond is in the throes OF II water
works election.
Remember the ball on February 18th by
the Lexington Orchestra.
Have your commercial printing done at
this Office. We dc best work at cheap
rates. ii
Dressed stone is being placed on the
ground for the foundation Of DIR. Fred
endail's new residence.
II you want any kind OF help. let us
know. We will try to secure 1t for you,
and it won't cost you anything.
For sALE-Fourteen 3-year-old gentle
work Mules. Terms, reasonable. Apply
to Jas. IL. Gather, Dover, Mo. 12-29tf
To-day six pounds good plate boiling
meat for twenty-five cents, or twenty-five
pounds for one dollar, at X. f. Lees. II
|. WANTED-A situation, In town, by q
white girl; Is years old. Is handy at all
kinds of homework. Apply at this office.
DR.. j. p. Green. president OF William
Jewell college, at Liberty. will preach at
the Baptist church in this city. tomorrow
morning.
Billiard makes no shody photos. All
work Is of the best and is guaranteed.
Gallery opposite postofice. Work fin
ished promptly. 2-2-2t
For Stoves, Iinware. Whites Round
Oak, Riverside, Superior air-tight oak, all
first-class oak stoves, go to Schawe &
Weis, Main street. 10-13tf
d. Hacker Is the only confectioner in
the city who has a complete line OF con-
~fectionery goods, and the only one who
has the finest goods. 12-23tf
Mr.. Albert Althoff, Jr., Of Concordia,
has gone west, and will grow up with the
country IL the country grows as fast as he
does. He is a popular young man.
Don't be deceived, but call and get the
best photos ut Billiards.. All his work is
Of the best and is finished promptly. All
work guaranteed. Gallery opposite post
Office. 2-2.2t
The street railroad company turned GU,
it's forces. Monday, and located its track,
which had been covered by snow for sew.
erai days. The cars ara now making
, regular trips.
. Duncan Ciark's Female Ministries
shoa Ct here last Saturday night. The
show was not SO naughty as circumstance
Indicated it would be. It was neither
. extra good nor extra bad.
t Trains were considerably interferet
with, last Friday and Saturday, by tn,
|, drifting snow. All trains in this section
have made regular trips. West and norti
Of here the snow was very bad.
Tho lNTELLlaENcER has been invite,
: to spend an "Evening IN Japan" witt
r lduna Literary Society this evening. W
shall be there n expect to learn some
!. thing about why the FLAPS" have jumpe
on "Washee Washee."
II Roy, q son OF DR.. and Mrs. w. G.. Allen
of Kansas City, and a grandson Of Mrs. Z
M. Fletcher, Of this city, was awarde
third prize. (s7.5O) in the Kansas Cit
Worlds ILLUSTRATED Proverb Contest.
There were quite a umbe OF contestant
Is MIR. Sam. Zeiler, an efficient member q
" the INTELLIaHNCER force, spent the pas
two weeks In Kansas City, visiting rels
tlvss and friends and playing the ba.
.e fiddle In his brothers. "Full Dress o.
chestra." Sam. is a-good musician, hay
h ing inherited bis fathers talent.
l.. Miss Fannie, daughter OF Mr.. and Mr.
le John Baehr, Of this city. will be marie
he at noon on next Wednesday, at the famil
b residence, to Mr.. Albert F. Wulfekuhle
20 Miss Fannie has hosts OF warm friends
this city, who will join with tho INTELLl
Ia, auNyrrD IL xutahyn n than. tnuch hapninaa
There was a sleigh in town one day tn
es week which Rufus Mccormack says
over fifty years dc 1t was made by NJ
xe Elijah Rogers and Mr.. Hamlet, father
IS. w. b. Hamlet, for Mr.. g. b. Stramck
ed The sleigh was about as good as new. \
ly repairs have ever been made, except
'. take off the box and pat on a larger one.
ID Richmond Conservation "a fema
n minstrel company will play at Lexingto
ne tomorrow dan. 26) night. The INTEL.
az aENCER says the posters used by Tn
company are SO ''loud" they cannot
IN used in a moral community. Are we
til understand by this.that Lexington is n
al "a moral c~ommunity?'" No! You are
zee understand that tho posters were n
be used. They were saved for Richmond.
Independence Sentinel: "The reviv
ny services at the Westminster PresbyteriI
church closed, Tuesday night, with
be sermon by Rev. X%enophon Ryland, W
Ter has conducted the meetings. Mr.. Ryla
er, was compelled to close the meetings he
'es on account Of other engagements viii
could not be ignored. The meetings ha
&c. proven Il great help to the church, q
his the interest awakened will long he fell
'%y The INTELLIGENcER ever r~ejoices at I
a prosperity and advancement Of Leyingt
SIC boys, whether they are Yet residents
ere this thriving city or have "taken up tn
ny abode elsewhere. 1t gives US pleasu
me this week, to that Mr.. Will
cry F. Teller, an old Lexington boy, was,
10 Monday, elected secretary OF the Owl
na' Shoe Company, OF Kansas City. He v
ing also chosen Us one of the directors. 7
oss honor has fallen 10 one who deserved
ior Success to you. VIII. May you ne
'rst quit climbing until you reach the top.
A test OF what is attingly called ~
Lightning Fire Extinguisher," was mi
lew by the canvassing agent, who Is at pres
'ers In this city. on the southwest corner
18th the court house square, Thursday ev'
the ing, in tho presence of n large number
1t. citizens, among whom was the chief
pa the fire department. In order to IN
ork the test the agent had built of white p
Ice? a structure about eight feet high and {
the feet square. To this, Itself a very iniian
I'M BILE structure, was added Il large heap
cry dry kind!ing, and all was thoroug
est. saturated with coal oil, and ignited. A
the the flames had reached a probable hei
* OF twenty feet, aud IL seemed to the int
Ar ested onloolSers as IL there was no pc.
we biiity of the flames icing checked,
the agent calmly walked up and dashed
for contents OF one can of the fluid In
,ffer midst Of the flames, which were subd
the almost instantly. Every building in
cial city should be equipped with this wont
fol safeguard.