The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-09-26
LOCAL SHORT-STOPS.

creditable daily during fair week.
Cash paid for all kinds of second hanG
stoves at Ed. Yingling's, Opp. Moore
heads. us Il.
Gold Medal flour is the best flour on
the market. For sale at d. Hacker:
bakery. 9-12-t2
Prof. E. d. Watson occupied the pulpit
at the Methodist church last Sunday
morning.
o SALE.-A young, thoroughbred
Jersey COW, recently fresh. Will be sold
cheap. L. Allen. 8 12-1m
Mr.. and Mis-. Talbot Simpson have
moved INTO their handsome new residence
IN Franklin avenue.
What you want when you are ailing i:
a medicine that will cure you. Try Hood
Sarsaparilla and be convinced of its merit
Messrs. waddeIl & Cbanslor have
secured Gen. John Il. Gordon to open the
hear him.
l carry the only complete stock o.
artists materials In Lafayette county, and
will sell for less money than ever before
Leroy Farmer. 9-19if
The transfer company keeps a call book
at the Mammoth livery stable and one al
the Grand Central hotel. Leave orders al
these places. 10-27-tf
At Portland, Me-, last Tuesday, John Il
Gentry, the famous pacing horse, made q
mile in 2:OOH, which was the fastest time
ever made by a pacing or trotting horse
In the world.
Mr.. T.. J. Dock Frazer was selected by
the county court as ~janitor of the court
house and clerks offices at the meeting
last Friday. There were seventeen APP
~plicants for the position.
The young ladies and gentlemen OF
Dover will give an 'old folks concert
Saturday evening September 26th, for the
benefit of the Methodist parsonage oil
that place. Thos who take part will be
costumed after the style of old colonial
days.
tt cor les of sure may be discussed a
length by physicians, but the suffers want
quick relief; and One Minute Cough Cure
will give it to them. A safe cure for chill
dren. 1t is "the only harmless remedy
that produces immediate results" Crist
& Day. I-25-1y
Don't trihe away time when you have
cholera morbus or diarrhea. Fight them
in the beginning with DeWitt's Collie and
Cholera Cure. You don't have to wait for
results, they are instantaneous, and it
leaAes the bowels in healthy condition.
Crist & Day. 1-25-1y
Circus day passed off without a single
disturbance, and no arrests were made by
the officers. The circus people were a
gentlemanly lot, and conducted them
selves altogether different from the en-
ployees of other circuses which nave
visited Lexington.
Some time between 10 and IL o'clock
Tuesday morning n thief broke into the
re sidence OF Mr.. Thos. Smith, three miles
from the city, and stole II gold watch, a
revolver, and n pair of gold sleeve buttons.
The members OF the family were absent
when the burglar paid his visit.
For the first time in many years Mr..
Wade Hicklin failed to exhibit his stock
at the county fair. He was too busy with
other matters, and his son could not
spare the time from his studies at the
academy to prepare the animals for ex-
hibition.
The firm OF Blackwell & Sons OF Odessa,
one of the leading dry goods firms of the
county, was closed under the provisions of
a mortgage to the Farmers bank of
Odessa last Tuesday. We are informed
that the liabilities are about S11 900, the
a sets will probably equal the amount.
Hard times and bad collections caused the
4 ilure.
The Missouri Military Academy at
Mexico, of which Col. A. F.. Fleet is
superintendent. was destroyed by fire
Wednesday night. The property burned
is estimated at $4,000, and was insured
for $4,000. Several of the cadets were
seriously injured in making their escape
the burning buildings. 1t is prob
able that the academy will never be
rebuilt.
The list of gold boiling democrats as
published in the local republican paper
contained the following "John r. Jordon,
county clerk" Many have thought that
was a typographical error and that it
meant Mr.. John Gordon. This is not the
case. Mr.. John Gordon is a member of the
Bryan-SewaIl club and is doing good work
for the regular democratic ticket. He is
a "bolter."
Messrs. WaddelI & Chanslor are arrang-
ing for one of the finest lecture courses
ever offered to the citizens of Lexington
and vicinity. They have arranged to open
the course October Sth, with Gen. John b.
in his celebrated lecture, "Last
Days of the Confederacy." While the
course is especially intended for
the benefit of the pupils of our schools,
there can be no doubt that this seasons
course will prove a most pleasant and
profitable one to who attends.
will be on sale at Farmers drug
We call particular attention to the adj
vertisement of X. D.. Bledsoe, which
appears in this issue. Having determined
to cease farming he will on next Wednes-
day, September Both, offer at public sale
all of his farming implements, hogs,
horses, wagons, buggies, harness,
etc., to the highest bidder. This is a
opportunity for farmers to pur-
chase good farming machinery of every
description at their own prices. The
L6TI1b VI LAO bdAC OAJ AAOCAais AACao
The advertisement. The sale will take
place at Mr.. Bledsoe's farm three miles
north of Mayhem and seven miles fro m
ibis city.
One of the most mob Christian women
the Southwest Missouri conference has
rome to rest, as the following feeling tes-
imony will tell: Resolved, By the official
BOARD of NJ. e. church, South, Of Mar
Mo-, that we have Just heard with
profound sorrow of the death of Sister
Earis, the beloved wife of our late pastor,
Rev. A. II. Faris. During her four years.
esidence among us our entire member
hip learned to esteem and to love her, for
Ter Christian character and her devotion
o the cause of religion and her helpful
less to her husband in his pastoral work,
nd we hereby tender to our bereaved
and his children our sincere SYM
,athy, and pray that our Heavenly Father
Jay sustain them in their great affection.
IL. G. Sydnor's sixth annual public sale
fine bred China and Berkshire
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