The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-04-25
Mr.. Jesse G.. Crenshaw is on the sick

Mr.. Jesse G. Crenshaw is on the sick
list.
For fancy and staple groceries dom
forget Aull & Wilson. 4-25-tf
Little Miss Gene, second daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Farley, is quite sick.
Young & Buford shipped TWEEN ty head
OF good mules to Kansas City yesterday.
Mr.. Charles Vandiver has declined to
make the race for state senator. He
would have made a strong race had he
entered the field.
Sedalia Capital, 3D.: w. L. Bard, Jr.,
yesterday sold his beautiful residence on
Grand avenue and West Sixth street to
William Courthey. 1t is understood the
consideration was 5000.
Col. Hiram Bledsoe spent several days
in his county this week. He has not yet
decided as to whether he will enter the
race for state senator. He will announce
his intentions next week.
There are thirty -four now buried at the
Confederate home cemetery at Higgins
Vile and at esvh grave will be Glazed a
neat stone with an appropriate inscrip-
ton, giving name, service, dates OF birth
and death.
Take a dose of DeWitt's Little Early
Risers just for the good they will do you.
These little pills are good for indigestion,
good for headache, good for liver COM
plant, good for constipation. They are
good. Crist Il Gardner. 1.25-1y
There will be a reception at the NJ. e.
church, south next Monday evening. 1t
is given to The new members of the
church and all the Methodists are urged
to be present. Refreshments will be
served during the evening.
Mr.. Lewis Neale's card of withdrawal
from the race for city register and
announcing himself for city recorder, will
be seen in another column. Should he be
elected city recorder he will make q
faithful and efficient officer.
Mr.. Herman Schmidt is putting a hand
some new front in the store building on
Franklin avenue recently purchased by
him from D. NJ. Smith. He will move
his harness and saddle shop into the
building as soon as the work is completed.
1t will not be many moons before Lex
ington is connected by telephone with
every town In the county. Telephones
will be a great convenience to all the
taxpayers. They will thus be enabled for
Is cents to transact any ordinary business
in Lexington.
H. j. Groves, of this city, has been
elected a member of the Missouri society
of the Sons of the Revolution. He
obtained his eligibility by virtue of being
the great great grandson of Robert Clark
and Jno. Trigg, both of whom were
captains of Virginia troops in the wal of
the revolution.
Mr.. John G. WORTH ngton, the banker,
has presented the editor with a fine delft
cuspIdore, which is very ornamental.
Now II some one will give us a box of
cigars WI will guarantee that we will
make that cuspidore useful. We declare
that "a are for John G.. Worthington for
anything he wants. Candidates ought to
take this pointer.
Mr.. b. A. Gordon and family, who have
been residing in Nevada, vernon county,
for several years past, are in the city Wis
iting relatives and friend. Mr.. Gordon
has disposed of his livery business in
Nevada and. in all probability, will not
return there to reside. We would like
very much to see him engage In business
here and make Lexington his permanent
home.
Immediately after the killing of James
Sechrist by Jo. Wilkerson, at Odessa, a
telegram was sent to Sheriff Wright in
this city, but the telegraph Office being
closed the message was not given to the
sherifi until the following morning. By
that time Wilkerson had disappeared.
This incident shows the urgent need of
telephone communication with every
town in the county. and the wires should
be strung without delay.
A stranger went to Fegert's marble yard
and said he wanted to purchase
several tombstones to erect over the
graves of departed relatives in Kansas. He
was oon on good terms with Jake, and
selected the best stones In the yard. He
promised to bring his wife around to look
at them later In the day. In about an
hour, however, he called again and wanted
to borrow ifty cents to pay for some
hauling. "Nix," said Jake, and the
tomb stone deal was of.
The third quarterly conference of the
u1cbaodlbb ChuECu u bhlb CITY Wh6 hCl0
last Monday evening under the direction
of the presiding elder, Rev. J. M. Boon.
The report of the pastor Rev. A. X. Faris,
showed an increase of the churc mem
bership since the beginning Of the con-
ference year, of 101, and the Sunday
school attendance PA. b increase of
entitled the church to three
stewards, and E. M. Taubman,
w. b. Bolton and J. g.. Crenshaw were
Herald, Oskalooss, Iowa: "Mr. w. F.
Hinesley, identified through many years
with the business interests of Oskaloosa,
to Lexington, Mo-, where he has had a
branch establishment for several months.
Mr.. Hinesiey will move his family to
Lexington in about one week. Mr..
Hinesley has been one OF our most sue
and progressive business men, and
regrets the loss she suffers in
removal. All will wish for the best
of fortune and abundant success to the
in his new home"
The republican central committee last
Monday issued q call for precinct meet
~ JIG ~ ~ u 5uh PlaSCn Oh
Saturday, May I'd, at 2 o'clock p. M, to
elect delegates to a county convention to
held in H~igginsvilIe May 4. At this
convention forty-six delegates will be
to attend the Kansas City conven-
ton and nine delegates to go to the st.
Joseph convention. Lexington is entitled
to thirty-one delegates to the county
convention. The convention to nominate
for the county offices will
probably be held July IL at Higginsville
or 0des a.
1t is conceded that Jackson county
republicans will give one of the delegates
to their national convention to the Lafay-
cite county republicans. There are
several spoken of for the honor. e. M.
Taubman the silver tongued republican
ortator of this city has many friends in
his party who are going to urge his
Mayor Henry Tiemau, OF Con-
cordia, an honest, faithful republican war
horse is 1.-THE favOrite with many. Hig-