The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-07-04
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feathers out of the American eagle today.
Mrs. Jas. Hays has been quite i'll for
several days this week, but was much
better yesterday.
Look out for the small boy with his
fireworks. Something is going to happen
when they come together.
The apple crop will be a great one in
this county, and buyers are now making
contracts with the farmers.
From 1889 to 1895 Jackson county graded
aud macadimized 1O5 miles of country
roads at a total cost of 1914, 1863. 65. Lafay-
cite county-none.
The new time card on the Missouri
Pacific went into effect Sunday. The only
change is the arrival of the evening west
bound train at SLY instead of $3.50, as
heretofore.
The Lexington and Independence base
ball teams will play a match game at the
latter place this afternoon. A large crowd
will be in attendance from here. May our
club return victorious.
Odessa Moon: Miss Nellie Mediation
entertained a number of friends last Fri
day evening in honor of Miss Bessie
Stewart of Lexington. Quite an enjoyable
time was had until about half after IL
o'clock.
Several of the grocery merchants have
stopped handling meat, the high price of
ice destroying the profits. This should
demonstrate the fact that an ice plant
would prove a paying investment here
for some one.
The great pacing horse, John X. Gentry,
made the best time on record, for
stations at Red Oak, Iowa, last Friday.
Only one other horse in the world, Robert
J., ever made a faster mile. Gentry's
time was 2:03h.
Today being the Fourth of July, and a,
legal holiday, the postotfice will be open
from $3.50 to 1890 a. m. only, and all the
banks and principal business houses will
be closed. Enjoy yourselves to the fullest
extent, but be careful of explosives.
At a meeting of the county court last
Tuesday licenses were granted to twenty
two saloons located in the various towns
OF the county. From these saloons the
state and county will receive a tax of ST.
1877. 20, and the towns almost as much
more.
Mr.. o. J. Powell has taken charge of the
republican paper at Sweet Springs, and
will conduct 1t in the interest of shat
party. Some time G he sold the office
material to a man named Jenkins, who
was unable to pay for it after having
established the paper, and Mr.. Powell
took charge and hopes to make it a
SUCCESS.
The city hall is now being put in thor
ough repair. Tom Price has the contract
for rebuilding the front and rear walls of
the structure, and David Wilson will do
the carpenter work. New windows, doors,
floors, ETC., will be put in, and the walls
plastered and papered. When completed
the building will have a more inviting
appearance.
There were several changes made by
parties changing their place OF residence
this week. Mr.. Frank Geyer moved into
the Tribble property, which he recently
purchased, on Third street. Mr.. Arthur
Bullard now occupies the house vacated
by Mr. Geyer, while MIR. Tribble is located
in the same block, residing in one OF DR..
j. w. Meng's houses.
Mr.. ]. r. billiard, OF this county, who
has been engaged for the past eighteen
months in experimenting the engineering
work on a railroad across thei island OF
Jamaica, has returned home. The road
will prove of great value to the people. of
the island by opening up a country
hitherto almost isolated from trading
facilities. Mr.. billiard was greatly pleased
with his trip, but was glad to get back
home once more.
Odessa Democrat: The MAYHEM coal
mines have been sold, and the purchaser
has made a contract with the c. q A. to
furnish coal to the railroad. b Will do
away with the coal chute at this place.
Mr.. Powell will probably accept a position
with the company at Mayhem for the
present. We hate to see any change
made, as it takes that much business
away from our town, and we regret very
much to lose a good citizen like Mr..
Powell.
A man about fifty years OF age, giving
his name as Andrew Mahafey, and his
home Neodesha, Kas., had his foot
mashed 1--WE the bumper while
stealing a ride on the Calamity" last
Monday evening. The accident happened
at Myrick. Drs. Fulkerson and Chambers
amputated the injured foot. Mahafey
had been visiting his sister, Mrs. Thos.
Neale, OF Bates City, and being without
money, he undertook to get a free ride TO
Kansas City.
Last Sunday morning a team of horses
attached to a spring wagon took fright
when near the German Methodist church
and ran away. Seated in he vehicle
were Arnold Esslinger, the driver; Mrs.
Ernest Sailing and her three children,
and Misses Lizzie Manthey and Pauline
Movers. The accident was caused by a
single-tree working loose in some man
ner. The horses dashed madly up South
street, and when near Mr.. Percy Silver's
residence the occupants were thrown out.
Mr.. Esslinger was slightly injured, and
Mrs. Sailing sustained severe cuts and
bruises. One of the horses ran against
the breast-yoke as 1t dangled from the
collar, and one end of it was forced into
the animals breast to O great depth. IL
was necessary to kill the horse to end
sufferings.
The financial question is the all-absorb-
topic of conversation just now. You
can hear 1t discussed everywhere by
everybody. Whenever you see a group of
men engaged In earnest and more or less
emphatic debate, you can safely bet six
teen to one that the financial question is
the subject of discussion. No one need
be in ignorance on this subject. Anyone
can explain it to you satisfactorily Ito
thenselyesl. 1t would be quite interest
ing to have a short hand report OF some
of these debates. We think it would help
to solve this st%upendous problem. Our
would then be able to obtain
some light on a question that has engaged
the attention OF the greatest OF minds for
ages. There 10 a vast amount OF financial
running loose. There are men on
every street corner who could solve this
preblem In less than no time ii they just
had a chance. Any one of them would
make the best secretary OF the treasury
this country ever a Great is the curb
statesman.
1t Is said that tw%enty-one people have
suicide in Lexington during
the past thirty years. and of this number
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