The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-05-09

Weis. Att
Picnics will soon be claiming public
attention.
The local senatorial fight is getting
interesting.
Aull & Wilson are headquarters for fine
teas and coffees. 4-25-tf
Mr.. Ben Gordon has moved his family
to Kansas City.
Buy your hardware and tinware of
Schawe q Weis. Att
For fancy and staple groceries don't
forget Aull & Wilson. Asst
Examine the Star lace curtain stretcher.
4-1St2 SCHAwE & WEIs.
To RRNT-Thirty-three acres in suburbs
of Lexington. JOHN E. BURDEN. 21-tf
Fire backs in Superior stoves guaran-
teed for five years, at Schawe & Weis'. 4tf
The only place in the city with a full
line of granite ware-Schawe d Weis. Aft
DR.. Emmett Fulkerson will not be q
candidate for reelection to the office OF
coroner
The stone foundation for Mr.. Talbot
Simpsons residence on franklin street,
is about completed.
For RENr.-A two story, six room
frame house in splendid condition. To-
quire at WinkIer's Store. 5-2-tf
If you would always be healthy,-ksep
your blood pure with Hoods Sarsaparills,
the one true blood purifier.
Three more weeks of the county cam
paigD. The Salt River expedition will
start three weeks from tonight.
George W~ittenburg, the tailor, is pre-
pared to show you what you wan in
goods and to make that suit to fit. tt
The transfer company keeps a call book
at the Mammoth livery stable. and one at
the Grand Central hotel. Leave orders at
these places. 10-27-tf
The workmen have been busy for q day
OF two putting the big boiler in position
in the basement OF the new addition to
the court house.
Last Monday being stock sale day q
great crowd of Jockeys" and troops OF
animals were on hand. The horse doctors
did q rushing business.
We have everything new in wash goods,
the prettiest and cheapest line in the city,
SO the ladies say. Come and see them.
Kriehn& Wilker. 5-9-t1
1t is not a miracle. 1t won't cure every
thing, but it will cure piles. That's what
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve will do, be-
CrIst & Gardner. 1-25-1y
Elder Goode will preach an extra
sermon Sunday afternoon, at three
O'Clock, to which everybody is invited.
Subject, "The Hanging of Bill Taylor"
Services also at morning and night.
Capt. RyIand Todhunter is a candidate
for state senator. He is known to every
voter in the county as thoroughly
qualified for any official position. He
would be q tower of strength in the state
senate.
Mayor John Taubman celebrated his
4sth birthday and his 25th wedding
anniversary last Saturday. He was mar
ried on his Gath birthday. May he and
his good wife live to celebrate their
golden wedding, and may We be there to
help them.
Elder g. NJ. Goode has a standing call
from the church at Normal, ILL.,, and q
low any o6O OSCANCA . RAo PooAtAOh "
Colorado Springs. He will except one of
the offers, and will leave Lexington early
in June. He has been here Ave years and
is popular with everybody.
A great deal of the pottery sold in this
city is made in Henry county. 1t is
hauled here In wagons, he distance
being about eighty miles. We have good
pottery clay all around the city, and
some enterprising man could probably
do we'll by manufacturing that kind of
ware in this city.
News reached here Wednesday of the
death of Mr.. Stanley B. Walker, of Hig-
ginsville. The cause of his death was
paralysis. He was = prominent, pro-
gressive citizen Of Higginsville. and was
one OF the foremost in all her public
enterprises. His funeral took place
Thursday. A large delegation attended
from Lexington.
Higginsville Leader On Thursday,
Maud, the 2-year-old daughter of Abe
Prosser, near Corder, was scalded by q
kettle of boiling soap. The purEs proved
fatal and the child died on Friday. The
calamity was both horrible and sad. A
kettle full OF soap was boiling On a fire in
the yard and the little girl was playing
neal it. One of the logs on which the
kettle rested burned off and the seething
contents turned over on the child. She
was buried on Saturday in the Corder
cemetery.
J In this issue we announce DIR. Frank
Mann as q candidate for the democratic
nomination for coro ner. DIR. Mann Is 9
native and an inhabitant of Wellington,
and is q member OF a family whose infiu.
ence for the party and for all that is right
in politics has been of great value to the
county. He, himself, has not neglected
his duty as q citizen, and has always been
q good worker and hard fighter for the
party at whose hands he asks his nomina-
ton. A democratic ticket composed OF
men as thoroughly qualified to I'LL their
respective positions as Is DR.. fam to al
the office of coroner, would be . winner
from top to bottom and would be irwin.
chile at the polls.
In this issue we nnoun the candi-
dacy of DR.. j. G. Crist of this city, for the
office of coroner, subject to democratic
action. DR.. Crist is eminently worthy oil
the honor. He is in the best sense of the
word a democrat, and has every qualih-
cation that is needed to fill the office. Hs
is a man of the very best ability, and 6
man and citizen of the highest and best
repute. He would be a strong addition &c
the ticket. In his profession he stands al
the top, and his regime would be charac-
terized by devotion to duty and tbs
performance OF the obligations in 9
manner c~Teditabie alike to himself and to
the county. DIR. Crist has q host of friends
who will support him enthusiastically.
The board of equalization has adjourned
after ten days labor 10 equalizing taxa
tion throughout the county. The assess.
msnt for this year has been greatly de
creased, yet there will be no reduction
in the amou of taxes to be collected
This is caused by the fact hat the asses.
sor erased from the books the names o.
many parties who have moved out of the
county, and to the further fact that thu
state board of equalization reduced taxei
In the county about $14, 900. There hal