The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-08-31

AS"s A'oS
drug store. II
A nice present given away with every
slate bought Of Farmer. II
Rev. A. 8. Moffett will preach at Maple
Glen school house Sunday, at 8 p. m. =
Save mons by buying your states, Tab
let's, pencils, crayons inks, etc, ETC., of
Farmer. u
The Presbyterian Sunday School gave
a picnic at Mr.. Tom Sawyer's Friday
afternoon.
New Millinery for the fall trade just re-
received at the store of Mrs. O.. J. Powell,
Franklin Ave.
At the annual colt show given by Mr..
Frank c. Stewart, Mr.. Isaac Hulver
won the first prize, and a colt belonging
to Mr.. w. II. Silver won the second.
Several nice colts were exhibited.
The ladies Of the Episcopal church
Will give a garden party on Thursday
evening, September 5th, on the lawn of
Mr.. Bolen, opposite the court house.
Refreshments, consisting Of ice cream,
cakes, SC will be served at reasonable
rates.
The personal property belonging to
the estate of John w. Waddell, deceased,
will be sold at public sale, Monday. Sep
TENDER 16, by the administrator, Walter
b. Waddell. The sale will take place
four miles southeast Of Lexington.
The property to be sold is advertised in
another column Of this paper.
Odessa Moon: Floyd E. Schooley,
well known in this county, who began
the practice of law in Kansas City q few
months ago, has formed q partnership
with Thos. F. Cats, an old and well
known attorney. They have Offices in
the New York Life building, and Floyd
is in high clover. We wish him un-
bounded success
The Lafayette County Bank statement
will be found elsewhere in this issue.
This is the oldest bank in Missouri. 1t
is carefully managed, and is in q good
condition. Mr.. George Wilson, we'll
known as q banker and writer of ability,
is the president, and Capt. 10 A. Will
son, one of the best soldiers that ever
shouldered a musket, is the acting
cashier. The bank statement speaks for
itself. Read it.
The following dispatch from Kansas
City appeared in the st. Louis Post Dis
patch On Wednesday. ~. s. Hackley,
Q travelling salesman. claims to know Q
man who will produce DIR. George w.
Fraker for SIC, 600 IL no prosecution fol-
lows, he having been implicated in the
Fraker scheme to defrsud insurance
companies out Of SIS 0o0 in policies. It
is said negotiations are 4 ding with the
companies" Hackley at one time trav-
eled for James Glass, Of Sedalis, and
lived at Aullville, Lafayette county.
The correspondent from the Confederate
Home to the Lssdsr gives this item. "
oortas holland, company G, Let Missouri
cavalry C~onisderats States army, sdmittsd
to the Home ON the 18th day OF February,
1879, died In the hospital on the 26th day
of August, 1895, at . N. Mr.. holland bad
been . great sufferer and bore his atAio-
ton With becoming chssriulpsss. ~ Q
soldier, his reputation for courags and
good conduct was we'll established. Death
came to him - . blessing After two years
Of constant suffering. He was buried In
the Home csmstery. =
Joe Nsgri, an Italian, tried TO assessi-
nate Night Watchman J. M. Crowder last
Tuesday night. He ared . shot on the
strsst, and - croWdse cams mp 10 him, he
exclaimed With IN oath, II will kill you,"
and showed the revolver almost agaipst
his breast. Crowdsr knocked the revolt
YER aside before It was Discharged and
grapplsd with him. He got his hand on
the hammer Of the revolver 20 he could
not work It and downsd him, and sue
cecded in taking 1t away from him, and
landed him In jail. Negri rscsivsd several
hundred dollsTs fFem the old country .
few days ego, and 1t hss beea lesypsd
that he purchased the pistol TO kill
Crowder with, and leave the country.
HE motive Tor the crime was bscanss Of
his being arrested for disordsrly conduct
BY Crowdsr . few days ago. hs threat
sned then to kill, him, and has also made
several thvssts siRcs. SCI.
The Official statement Of the Morrison
Wentworth bank is always . good one,
It will be read by many Of our readers
this morning apd COMMUNICATION cannot
bs withheld from it. II j. in modern
parlance "a corker." There - not Q
safer. stronger. better institution in
Missouri than this one. Its officers are
men. of honor, brains and business.
Capt. Plattenbnrg, the president. is one
6f the best known business men in the
state, as well - one Of the shrevdest.
He iss native Of this county and - q
man, friend. citizen and anaucier, his
record il. without . blot Few men ara
as we'll posted % he on the laws Of bank.
ing and finance. Mr.. John G. Worth
ington who made this county . model
co~llectorfor four years. Is the cashier Of
the bank: The names OF these two men
speak more for the institution than we
could white in q week. Everybody
knows them, everybody has confidence
in them and nobody can deny that as
business men and bankers they are
worthy OF the confidence OF all. The
statement made over their names, Is q
volume OF eulogy in itself. Figures
never he. Read the figures.