The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-15


THAI be does ID ga Fool for Luck" III
hard working dry goods clerk, who
becomes suddenly rich. The part wal
written expressly for him, and it II
useless TO state that he is making the
biggest kind Of a hit in 1t. At the New
Grandthis evening.
Last Tuesday Mr.. Lewis Martin, of this
city, was assisssng In the work of loading
hogs Into a wagon when he was seen tc
stagger and suddenly fell to the ground,
He was assisted into his residence aDd 9
physician was hastily summoned. He found
Mr.. Martin in a dangerous condition
from having overstrained himself to the
extent of bursting a blood-vessel In his
head. The patient gradually grew worse,
and died within twelve hours. He was
about 80 years of age, and leaves q wife
and several children.
/ Judge w. w. Wood, OF Warrensburg,
who was special Judge last Friday, handed
down opinions in the following cases.
State to the use of Robert Taubman, ct al
VS.. Turner Williamson, ct al; Judgment
for plaintiff to h amount of $6.O85. The
case OF ]. Q. Plattenburg, administrator
vs.. Central College, demurrer overruled
ss to first and second counts and sustain
60 as to the other six. State to the use OF
Collector vs.. ]. D. Shewalter; decision
for defendant AZ to taxes for 1889, and for
the plaintiff for the other years sued on.
Mrs. II. G. Francisco and daughter, Miss
Marcia. met with quite a serious accident
last Monday. They were CO ming to town
ia q light spring-wagon when the horse
became frightened and ran away, throw
Ing both ladies out. Mrs. Francisco, who
was very badly bruised and stunned by
the fall, was carried into the residence of
Mr.. w. 7. Bell, and q physician hastily
summoned. He found her suffering from
brnises and the shock produced by the fall,
but not seriously injured. Miss Marcia
received q few bruises and q severe cut
on the head.
Mr.. Thomas G. Young, who announces
in this issue for Sheriff, was born
In Woodford county, Kentucky, in Sep
TENDER, 1S43, and came to Missouri in
1874. He lived In this township one year
and moved to Washington township,
his father improved the Sherwood
farm. He next moved from there to Davis
township in 1858. Mr.. t. G.. Young
entered the confederate RrnF in June,
1851, and stayed until the last plank went
down, losing an arm for the lost aus
He has been a hard worker for the dem
oeratic party all his life and he has lived
In Lafayette county hfty-two years, which
ought to entitle him to q fair consider
alton.
Mr.. 8. j. Mathews, who has the con-
tract for supplying he city with a
telephone system, will have h "centrar'
office over G. W. Loomis' drug store, on
Franklin avenue. Up to date about
sixty subscribers have their name on
the books. IL 10 the intention of Mr..
Mathews TO push the work as rapidly as
possible, and il 10 thought b city
system will be In perfect working
order within a month. Then the other
OF the county Qncluding Higgins
vile. OF c~onrse,) will be connected with
all possible dispatch, and when the work
is completed Lafayette county will havs q
ia the state can boast.
Rev. Thos. III. Cobb n family have
up their residence in HIReinsvilIe,
Mr.. Cobb is the regular pastor of
the N. +. church, South. This
ment is made with deep regret, as the
gentlemen and his charming
have been residents of Lexington
SO long that they were regarded as per-
manent citizens who woul always be
likely to remain with US. But Mr.. Cobb
it quite impossible to reside here
and give his undivided attention to the
church at ~Higginsville, and he aecord
ingly rented his residence on Main
street and left tnis weak for that
place. The socfaf 1iraiss of the city will
greatly mtaa <hs 1oanaer members of the
ianuys