The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-08-17
LOCAL ~SHORT-STOPS.
A fine rain Wednesday.

The residences of the city are being
numbered.
The great reunion at Higginsville next
Wednesday.
Begin the day with a cup of Morning
Glory Coffee. S-3-tf
Try Wittenberg, The Tailor, over Lud-
wigs Jewelry store. s-1O-4t.
The very best Gasoline Stoves at Schawe
& Wsis', at YOU W price. 7-l3tf
The August meeting at Dover will
probably close tomorrow evening.
Suits cheap with profits shaved off, at
Wittenberg's, The Tailor, over Ludwigs'
Jewelry store. s-1O-4t.
The new opera house is only an offspring
OF the bridge boom. Build the bridge and
1t will all follow.
Talk is chespi So is suits bought at
Geo. W~ittenberg's. The Tailor, over Lud-
wigs Jswelry store. 8 At.
Mrs. WIN. Curtis sustained a very seri-
Gus fall Sunday morning. She is recover
ing from her injuries.
The INTELLIaENCER for job work.
Prices the lowest, workmanship the best,
satisfaction guaranteed.
The Grand Central Hotel has been leased
by J. 8. Borland, Of Hisgiasviiied, and
will be opened next week.
Impure blood is the cause OF boils, pim-
Piles aud other eruptions. Hoods Sarss-
parills purifes the blood. and cures these
troubles.
The union services will be held to-mor-
row evening at 8 O'Clock in the Baptist
Church. Rev. w. T. Russell, OF Lees Sum
NIT, will preach the sermon.
The summer term OF the Lexington Bus
iness College closed yesterday. Miss Stel-
Ia Bandon, who finished the commercial
course, was awarded q diploma.
We are in receipt of y COPY of the st.
Louis Pfesby terrain, which contains u cred
liable summary OF the advantages of Cen
trail College q Wentworth Military Aca-
deny.
Mr.. Michael w. Crispiu was killed in Q
very singular accident At Rich mond Mou-
day night. He was sleeping in a conibi-
nation folding bed when it fell, and In the
fall he sustained internal injuries. which
resulted 10 death q few hours later.
The INTKLLIoRNcER could suggest ma
ny improvements for Lexington, but there
are two that would MI = loug felt want,
Wig: The abolition and annihilation of
the farce, commonly known as 'Stock
Sale Day" and the permanent ~oreanixa-
ton Of . society for the prevention of cru
city to animais. These two reforms are
needed.
Fred Gedney has been here foI some
time. This il his seventeenth year OF
coming. He 10 . great tuner aud piano
maker-musical composer, and plays the
organ for churches q Sunday schools
gratis. The largest music Publishing
house In America has just sent him an
order for bis beautiful waltz song, ''Sing
TO me, Robin Red Breast" II you want
to buy . piano, see him about the Adam
Schaaf.
Last Thursday evening Mrs. Ed. ZeIler
received . severe fall, s~praining her right
wrist, and being considerably shocked.
She had been visiting Mrs. A.. w. smith,
and started away about i've o'clock. At
the front gate she slipped and fell. At
nrst she thought . bone In her wrist had
been broken, but when she became salts
fed that Il was only = sprain she wal very
thankful that 1t was not worse, though
the hurt was quite painful.
The old opera house has seen its day. The
architect who executed the plans for the
Warder Grand, In Kansas City, was here
Tuesday and tool inn the situation. He
10 now ut work on the specifications which
will be submitted in q few days. The
work Of tearing down the old building
will commence next week, and the new
opera house will be open about October
1st. With this foe ADD commodious Doe
~ house. Lexington will be allie to secure
some of the best attractions that 60 10
Kansas City.
Prof. L. F. Meyers has presented this
otbs with . large chalk portrait of His
Excsllsncy, the President of the United
States, Grover Cleveland. The work wa
done by Mr.. A. e. Hortsnstsin, who will
have charge of the ~penmanship depart
msut 10 the Business College. We have
long wanted q picture OF Grover, and have
given this one Q prominent place In the
ofacs, but IL be makes smother bond deal
with that Belmont-M Morgan syndicate
Prot. Myers will have to lake it ba OK, OF
else We will turn 1t to the wall.
Rich mond Couservator: j.. c. Mc0rsw
OF Lexington, who 10 spending the
summer with his family In Europe Il
writing some very interesting letters tc
ths lNTELLIoENCER The Lexington
INTELLIoENcER calls for the a~bolishment
OF the so.called "stock sale days" iu thai
town, claiming that the old "crow. baits'
o6sred for sale there by u~nprinciplsd
Jockeys are the means Of spreading
diseases among 6 God animals. The gane
was warned away from Richmond several
weeks ago and we hope they will stay
away.
The county court has drawn the follow.
ing jurors for the Lafayette cou nty crimi.
nal court: Clay t~ownship-R. H. Benton
T. L. Woodland, John W.. Thomas; Davi,
townshtp-Prics Gum, Jackson johnson,
william Knapp; Dover townshipJ. ]
Collier, G. E.. Corder, g. 2. Darneil; Free.
dom town hip-Chris Frsitag, Adolph
Bergman, j. H. Wilson; Lexington town.
shipeJohn Y. Carter, William Newman,
John D. Slushsr, Victor L. Wells; Mid.
dleton township r. G. Csuthoro, Ernest
Schroyer, w. H. Landrom; Sni- a-Bar
township-John w. Prince, Peter Bedsaul;
Washington township-G. H. Youlds
Daniel Herr, John B. FInnsii.
There will be q mass meeting of the cit
liens OF Lexington ct the court house
next Monday evening. The object of tbs
meeting 10 to consider the s%dyisabiiity Of
celebrating the Saith anniversary OF the
Battle OF Lexington, September 2lst. II
10 proposed upon that date to have q
grand barbecue and invite some ceIebra
ted orators to make addresses. Ths occa-
sion will draw q large crowd from the
county and many veteran soldiers from
Ill over the State. The battle of Lsxing.
ton was one OF the dercest OF the civil
war, and II IL but y roper that 1t should
be commemorsted. Let all our citizens
put their shoulders to the wheel and push
this celebration. Lexington needs more
OF those old fashioned picuics. We ought
to get together ~oitsner. The mass meet
ing Monday night should be largely at
tended. and the result Of it should be q
grand celebration.
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