The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-11-23
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Judge William Young = On avoPsd /.
candidate for congress. His we'll kseWa
ability to GIL the position will aid him
very much here andlin Jackson couusy.
Others here who have been meuttoasd
will not be in the race.
From the Leader.
Edward Reeves, Who wss admitted
to the Confederate Home u HiRgiss-
willie, from St, Louis, on tie 81 day
Of August. 1895. died on ths llth day
Of November, st O'Clock ?. NJ Mr..
Reeves was about sixty ysas oe sgs
and claimed TO have besn born In IIoa.
don. He enlisted In company B, Let
Missouri infantry, In the fall Of 1851
and participated in the following bsi- :
ties: Shiloh, Coripth, Bayou Pierrs,
Champion Hill. Big Black, I'll ~ bss-
ties OF the Georgia caupaigs sslse
General Joseph 4. Johnstoa. ths betaDss
Of Altoona and Franklin, Tess. ~
the latter affair be Was takss psisossr
IN the hospital and taken 10 Camp
Chase, Ohio, where ne renainsd till
after the surrender 1t the closs oe tAs
war. Mr.. Reeves was In faiIlng health
when admitted and was an orderly. we'll
behaved member Of the Community at
the Home. He left behind hin . lovsd
wife, from whom be received . Letter
the day of his death, and who lives with
their one child at Alexandria, La.
From the Qui vive twelli.ssoa., :
Lexington bridge workers hssd
another enthusiasts meeting Last Tees
day. Only abost q. 900 b seeded sow
TO complete the $3.50. 900. ~ snesse
necessary TO commence vert. Y
Lexington people are zap TO saslr'
they viii build that bridge. Il viii
more than treble their population. their
basiness and the value Of thsir prop
erty. We say, build the bridge b oil
means, Il will mot enhance The valus Of
Lexington property sloas.- buk every
foot Of land 10 Lafayette eouoly vii
advance IN price. % uf n. fi,t y
| In the race st H,gginsvills lest Tuss-
day between Joha Boose end Listls
Doc, Doc easily won over DOoss. The
raoe had been looked Toward 70 vath
interest BY all Of our c,tissas who tel .
an interest In that kiad of sport Il
wss generally cosceded that Dos vas
the swiftest Of the two horsss. bas sons
thought that his ownsr, Mr.. Bryant.
had been outmaiched In pltsing hin
, against a. old On race borss - John
Boone, the distance - did. hNevssths-
less, betting VAS even aad. 10 sss Z
little slang, .'yOa could grt ssssoa"ea
} all the John Boone money yen pss IL
r sight. The purse. togssAer Witt The
| stue Oetss was es'smsscS ~ sss~S~s ~
, about $1,000. uss rea -aie
} From the Advance (Hisginsvtlis.l - ~.
II Lafayette and johnson County asso-
/ citation (Bspiis,) has 80 ministers and
,Is l,centiates. II Was organixed a
3 Mound Prairie church, Lafayette
county, Oct. ., 1874. It has 80 churchss,
{ which have q membership Of $50
' The total contributions last year. Wsrt
. Sl4,1 1910. There are 2lss scsslar
in the Sunday schools and 2Sa s6s,et'
' and teachers. There are three 0erwss
e baptist chvrches within the boasds o
( the association, which have . member
{ ship OF 2s5. These are Cosoordsa
n organized In 1851. Hi9ginsville. ist
organized In 1868. Three Grove
(Alma), organized in i7ss. The 2v'
largest churches are Odessa, with so'
members; Holden, 2sl; Lexington
s74; h,gginsville, I'd, 260; warrsus
burg, 25s. "a
Le,ingtonians were much intsrsste'
!. in election returns last Tuesday. fa
3 ragan, anticipating republican victory
made arrangements with the westsr'
Q Union Telegraph Company for slectio
n news to be taken from the wire.
N Protracted meetings at the Sscon'
n Baptist church are now In progress
Rev. Lee Harrell, OF Platte City. :
d assisting Rev. c. A. Buchanan In th
y good work. The meetings are lsrgsl
d attended, and IL is hoped they vi
nt result in much good 10 the church an
re to the community.
ID John C. Young, Jr., has just receive
m "the prettiest and finest funeral car
Or the editor Of the INrELIoENcER HI
Or ever seen.