The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-01-25

handsome new line OF perchiS, JUST TO-
ceived at F. r. Bane & Co.'S. lis 1t
Editor Bate Drummond, of the Welling-
ton Qul Vive, was here Tuesday.
Ed. Yingling's Tin Shop is located OPP
posite Moorehead's lumber YARD. LIST
Stockmen are gratihed with the in.
creased and increasing price of hogs.
LosT.-One pair gold trimmed glasses
Finder please leave at this office. 1872
Yingling has the furnace for burning
soft coal. Ask to see it. Opp. Moorehead's
One thousand barrels of corn were
raised on the Confederate Home farm this
year.
Jos. Long cures all his own meat and
makes the finest and purest slard in the
county .1-1S-t6
Nothing like them in the market-thost
sweet, sugar-cured hams aud Breakfast
Bacon at Jos. l.. Longs. 1-1S-t6.
Ladies' Aid Society of the Christian
church is prepared to make comforts in
any quantity on short notice. 10-12-tt
De Wits Little Early Risers fol-
biliousness, indigestion, constipation. A
small pill, n prompt cure. Crist & Gard
ner. 1-2o-1y
The .INTELLIG ENcER printed some OF
the speeches made at the taxpayers
meeting at Higgiusviile last week, but 1t
failed to see in these speeches n single
reason given for the meeting.
Piles OF people have piles, but Dc Wits
Witch Hazel SAive will cure them. When
promptly applied it cures scalds and burns
without the slightest pain. Crist &
Girduer. 1-25 1y
SPECTATORS autici pate a rise in the price
OF corr within sixty days, wheu they will
sell at prices far ia acvaDc of what they
paid for all they have In store. We hope
they will not be disappointed.
Kansas City Journals: The Lexington
INTEILIGENcER has ounded out its first
quarter of a century, and seems TO be
firmly addicted to the pleasant habit of
getting better as it grows older.
IL those persons who are now talking
about taxes will examine their receipts,
they will make the pleasant discovery
that their taxes for 1896 were lower than
" 4O01. ~ (OaAA my aCoAACs
Bolton Herald: The Lexington INTEL
has passed its twenty fifth
birthday. 1t is now published by II. j.
Groves and Isaac Neale, and they are
making one of the best papers in Missouri.
Capt. @. N. Richards. OF the Coucordian,
spent Saturday here. He is editing n of
the best papers in the county and making
good fight against using the courthouse
To increase Higginsville real estate values.
The commission appointed to examine
into the damage that would be sustained
by the Missouri Pacific railroad and the
Coal Mining Company by
giving a right of way for the Lexington
bridge, assessed the damages at $4,000
On Monday evening the Commercial
Club was organized. The dues were fixed
at % admission fee and "a annual dues
The officers are: Capt. J. Q. Plattenburg,
president; John Taubman, vice-president;
Horace Blackwell, secretary; T.. Chanslor,
Leroy Farmer, sergeant at
arms. The club now has about forty
members.
Peter B. Grant died at San Jose. California,
December 18th, of old age and heart failure.
was q brother of the late Lawson Grant. of
this county, and a first cousin of Gen. U. S.
Grant. His only son was a confederate soldier,
and was killed at the battle of Springfield. and
his body was a few months ago buried I'm the
lot In Machpelah cemetry. Peter
B. Grant was an enthusiastic mason, and a
member of the Methodist church.
Wellington Qui Vive: The Lexington
INTRLLIaENcER was twenty five years
old with the last issue, and starts upon
its twsnty-sixth volume with prospects of
as many more years Of prosperity and
usefulness. We admire it for its honorable
and straightforward way of ch~ampioning
every question that comes before the
people for consideration.
Sam Jones lectured to three hundred
people In Waverly. including the candi-
dates, Monday night. On Tuesday
morning he preached at the Methodist
church to an audience hat packed the
house and scores were turned away.
Jones free sermon drew q bigger crowd
than his dollar lecture, which is in
accord with the general run of affairs.
This week we Mr.. John Full
kerson as a candidate for the Office OF
sheriff. Mr.. Fulkerson Is at present the
efficient deputy Of Sheriff Wright. His
home Is in Sni-a-Bar township. Owing
to the duties OF his office he will hardly
be able to make an active campaign, and
asks US so to state. Mr.. Fnlkerson is u
staunch young democrat, with a host OF
good friends who will loyalty support
him In his campaign. As deputy he has
been efficient, honest and courteous, and
IL made sheriff his regime will bear the
same characteristics.
In another column we Mr..
Geo. w. Bates as a candidate for county
collector. Mr.. Bates is one of the most
honorable men in the county, a staunch
democrat, and worthy of any honor the
people might bestow upon him. During
his long residence In this county his
record for Integrity has challenged the
respect OF every one. His name is an
encomium within itself. Mr.. Bates will
be a potent factor in the coming collec-
tors race. and snould he be elected he
will make an efficient, accommodating
and courteous officer.
At the annual election of officers of the
Commercial bank of this city, held last
week, the following w~ell-known and
popular gentlemen were elected: Robt.
president; w. II. Chiles, vice.
president; e. NJ. Taubman, cashier; Jas.
r. Moorehead, secretary; Or. NJ.
Taubman and Geo. M. Vaughan, book
keepers. The directors elected at the same
meeting are Robt. Taubman, w. H.
Chiles, ]. R. M~oorehead, Geo. W. John
son James F. Catron, w.. j. G. Bour, Z.
NJ. Taubman- The great prosperity OF
the bank is shown by the fact that a
dividend of eight per cent was declared.
No institution of the kind In this part OF
the country has made a better showing
the Commercial bank. IL has a large
and growing patronage and is aslsolid and
as safely managed as any hank In Mis-
souri,. Its published statements speak
eloquently OF its immense popularity and
continued prosperity.
The C~oncordian says OF the court house
question: The mass meeting at Higgins
vile Monday carried out the plan indi-
GATED in the call and foreshadowed by the
newspapers in that city. The main object
was to resolve to move the seat OF justice
from Lexington to H~igginsville. In fur