The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-01-26
Bridge meeting Monday Z d. m.

The Missouri river is again full of
heavy, floating ice.
The Thermometer was down to zero,
Thursday morning.
There was a light snow here Thursday
night, and moro Friday.
Lafayette county is getting out of debt
by paying off her indebtedness.
W. w. Hudson, n brakeman, had his hip
badly crushed at Higbee, last Saturday. !
Mass meeting Monday night. All inter-
ested in the bridge should try to attend.
The board OF health thinks Lexington
should have more sewers. We think so
too.
Uncle Harvey Mallory, OF Dover. is very
sick. Ne was reported dead here last
week.
bus line in operation by the first Of
February.
Read the advertisement OF the Lexington
Water Company. and govern yourself
accordingly.
Mrs. l.. A. Blackburn. of near waverly,
uuo kouS ~ 80 huScics, III uin, ~
spend the winter.
Miss Bessie Standish writes us from
Richmond, Mo-, requesting that her paper
be seat to 405l kossuth avenue, st. Louis.
; The editor has been unavoidably absent
most of this week. Ii we have skipped
any item Of news this is eur only excuse.
Mrs. w. b. Cooper. the oldest person in
the county, is quite low, and her recovery
very doubtful. She is just about 100 years
old.
yesterday afternoon. As we 60 to press
the snow IL six inches deep. and getting
deeper.
The snow will make you want shoes OF
boots or overshoes. Bolton will supply
J the demand. Read his selliag off adver-
tisemsnt.
IL any OF our citizens want to know oil
about diaries q creameries, they should
attend the dairy meeting, at Higgissviiie,
February 9Th.
WANrED-At once a young man with
go. Salary US per month and expenses.
Inquire for A. A. Stewart, Longs Hotel,
Lexington, Mo-.
The appraisers of the Slater banks
report the assets Of the Stock bank at
S2i5, 400; liabilities $6s7 ,s42. The Slater
bank assets at s46,4ss; liabilities 1857 .st2.
The mountain lion, which roaned
around the Kerdolff mines last summer j,
said to be In the neighborhood Of Waveriy,
and the colored population are very care
full about going out at night.
Mr.. T.. II. Taubman was yesterday
elected cashier OF tho Commercial bank
TO Gil the vacancy caused by the declina'
ton Of Mr.. J. X. Moorehead. Mr.. George
NJ. Vaughan was elected bookkeeper.
At . meeting of the trades union, in 81
Louis. this week, it was resolved THAT
strikes are failures, and beycotts are un
American" The INrELLIaENcER wa
'boycotted," last summer, Tor expressing
these sentiments.
Elmer Young shipped two car loads o
; cattle to Kansas City, Wednesday, ant
found u good market. He also shippe,
four calves, four weeks old, and sold then
at $3.50 each. for veal. This is a very higl
price for veal calves.
. Kansas City Journsl: "a Lafayett
county man Invested twenty-five cents i
. rafiis aud drew q mule. TIL other mem
, bsrs Of the pool have no kick coming 70
they will not have to feed the anies
through the remainder of the winter"
. The meeting at Edenvisw closed on tn
Twenty third of this month. 1t was
. good meeting; large crowds attended
, and MUCK interest WAS manifested. Their
|, were . aumber Of professions OF faith an
> additions to the church. Rev. NJ. Brooks
: OF Bowling Green, Mo-. did some goo
, preaching.
/. Nfr. David Groves, Sr., is in y very crit
v ical condition., At his home, four mile
south of Dover, and is liable to die q
almost any hour. His family are O.
, gathered at the old home, doing all the
4 loviag hands eau do To proiong his liz
a lie IL nearly eighty mine years OF age. an
seems to be gradually iosing strength IN
. vitality. Lafayette county could bette
d spare many q younger man.
Slater Rusiier: Il. w. Avitt. OF kans
. City, and Mr.. .Hoefer, of Higginsvill'
. were 10 the city, last week, for h pal
: pose OF making arrangements to open
bank in ths Savings Bank building.
@ WA the Intention of Mr.. Avitt to hsy
a opened his bank on the Il ftesnth Of thi
month, but IN account OF the disarrangt
. mont OF his plans, due to the fact tbs
4 ZONE parsons who were to hav had .
ioterest In b bank, on account OF othe
y business, could not come to Slater just 9
|, this time. 1t il probable that Mr.. Hoefe
of the Bank OF Hieginsvilie, will be intel
n estea with MIR. Avitt, but as to who Ii
, other interested parties will be, it is NJ
n yet known.
p. Hieginsvills Acme: Saturday, abol
noon, q the sast-bound local freigt
train was passing At the c. Il A. depot
10 this city, W. Z. Shearer fell under the Ct
ID wheels. had one leg mashed below II
10 knee, IN the other leg broken In at lea
se two places. He was removed to his ROOF
at Mr.. Borland's hotel. Doctors Cart,
and Fulksrson called, and the railros
surgeon at Slater DISPATCHED for. DIR. v
c. Webb. local surgeon for the compan.
was also soou on the scene, and Il
unfortunate man was made as comiortab
!. as possible. pending the arrival Of Il
surgeon from slater, at 4:35, p. m. UpC
a investigation he concluded that it WI
:, not q case for which the company
,v responsible, aud he refused to have an,
thing to do with 1t. Our local surgeon
!. then proceeded to amputate the crush,
limb. The patient endured his awf
suffering nObly. About ten O'Clock. SUI
4 day morning. he died. 1t is thought tn
he received internal injuries. His iaths
. farmer, Of near Lynn, Kas., arrived
a. few hours before, and at $3.50 in the evel
ing returned home with the remains, v
the Missouri Pacific. Mr.. Shearer W
~ about twenty years lid. and had bet
I. employed for several weeks deliveriI
kilograms. His ante norton sisteme
was, that he endeavored to move II tfu,
that appeared too near the moving trai
when he was caught. Witnesses sta
70 that he was attempting TO mount "A C
ID when he fell. However it happened, it
~ q sad affair, for the young man seem
y sober aud Industrious, and was mu
II. esteemed by those who knew him"
BY
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