The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-05-02
Many farmers have finished planting

Many farmers have finished planting
corn.
Examine the Star lace curtain stretcher.
4-1St2 SCHAwE & WEIs.
The populist county central committee
will meet at Burns school house today.
McKlnIey's managers are disposing of
"favorite sons" as Don as they "bob up"
There are 294 voters In the Third Ward,
and five of them are candidates for
councilman.
The democratic central committee of
Lafayette county will meet in Higgins
Vile Monday.
Senator Hiram NJ. Bledsoe has an
nounced that he will not be a candidate
for reelection.
For RENT.-A two story, six room
frame house in splendid condition. Iu-
quire at Winkler's Store. 5-2-tf
George Wittenburg, the tailor. is pre-
pared to show you what you want in
goods and to make that suit to fit. tt
Next Monday will be the annual field
day at the Wentworth Military Academy.
Everybody invited. Admission free.
Store for rent. Rooms for housekeeping
above it. Gas, water closet. kitchen sink.
g 20. Wilson at Lafayette County Bank.
The transfer company keeps a call book
at the Mammoth livery stable. and one at
the Grand Central hotel. Leave orders at
these places. 1O-27-tf
The republicans of the county will meet
today in township convention to elect
delegates to the county convention that
will meet in Higginsville Monday.
In the persons OF Hon. Sam Huston and
Mai. Chas' Vandiver the democrats of
Lafayette county have a chance to send
one of their best to the state senate.
Higginsville will have an opportunity
to let the taxpayers know whether or not
she wants the court house question
settled next week. The county court will
convene Monday.
Thos. c. Young, candidate for sheriff,
who has been down with a spell of
rheumatism for the past two weeks, is
improving. He hopes to be out with the
other candidates soon.
Mr.. George H.. P~lattenburg has with
drawn from the race for county collector.
His reason for resigning is that he intends
to locate in st. Louis. Mr.. Plattenburg
was recognized as a strong candidate.
The Alumne Association OF B. F. G.
will hold a business meeting next Thurs
day, May 9TH, at $3.50 p. M, in the college
parlors. The resident members are urged
to attend to make arrangements for the
annual meeting.
We are authorized to announce that Mr..
Geo. l. Smith is a candidate for council
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a progressive, energetic, honest, young
man, and would represent the ward we'll
In the council chamber.
MIR. w. F. Hinesley aud family, of
Oskaloosa, Iowa, moved to Lexington
this week, occupying the Price property,
lately occupied by Mr.. Ed. Aull. Mr..
Hinesley moved his entire cigar factory
from that place to Lexington. We are
i glad to welcome him here.
Many of our citizens will remember the
negro ]. H. Bradbury, who testified here
in the Kansas City election cases. Well,
Bradbury the self confessed criminal was
appointed to a good job under the repub-
lican city administration last week at
Kansas City. However the protests were
SO many that Mayor Jones recalled the
appointment.
dacy of DR.. j. w. McCown for the state
legislature. He was born and raised in
johnson county, and is a son of Col.
James McCown, who commanded The
9th Missouri regiment in the LIST Missouri
brigade, in the late war. DR.. McCown
lives in MAYHEM, and is engaged in the
drug business. He is an ardent advocate
of 10 to 1, and is for Vest for senator. He
has been very active in organizing silver
clubs and has represented his township
several times in county conventions. He
is well known to the voters of the county
and shoul they see fit to nominate him,
the honor would fall to one who would
appreciate it.. He is making the race
subject to democratic action.
A man just brim full of ideas called on
the INTELLIaENCER this week. We like
for that kind of men to come around.
This man had great hopes for Lexington,
and he had great ideas about what she
should do. He was talking about our
coal fields and the quality and thickness
of the vein of coal and said, 1.-The citizens
of this community ought to get up a
stock company and bore q hole in the
ground about 800 feet and see what is in
the ground around here. There Is oil
east and west of US, and how do W. know
there is not oil here. We lave never done
anything but tickle the surface. 1 am
ready to subscribe my part whenever any
one else Is. 1 would like to know what
mother earth has In store for u.s." Now
! this is an idea worth thinking over
Maybe there is "IIe" about these parts.
Our good friend ex-Mayor Schwartz, Of
Higginsville, was on the tram last Wed
nesday going to Napoleon. When he
reached Wellington he became engaged
in conversation with a citizen of this city
"Well, how do you think the vote viii
stand on the court house question, +" asked
/ Schwartz. "Oh, i believe We will carry
3 Higginsville when it comes to a vote
responded the Lexingtonian. The con
l versation waxed warmer on the question
l and just as Mr.. Schwartz was going TX
describe the piece of mother earth tina
' marked the center of the county, tn
conductor asked him where he was going
, ITO Napoleon" answered Schwartz, 81
4 this train ever gets there" 1t will no
2 get there again until 8 O'Clock tonight
q was the quick response, and an investiga'
[ ton proved that Higginsville's mayo
, was about two miles the other side O
A Napoleon. The conductor stopped tn
, train and Schwartz got off and turning
, his eyes to Napoleon he vowed he woul'
? have a mileage bill against Lexington
The mayor had a good long walk, but il
his solitude he could count the ties an,
u think on Lexington's big majority IL
l November.
On last Wednesday evening Mrs. JohI
Gordon entertained in honor of her hus
: band, who on that day celebrated hi
q 29th anniversary. The entertainment wa
a surprise TO Mr.. Gordon. While he wa
n at prayer meeting the guests arrived, an
A when he returned he found %seventeeI
couple thoroughly enjoying the celebra
ton of his natal day. Mrs. Gordon ha
b won much honor as a hostess and upoI
= this occasion she added new laurels t
y that reputation. The pictures OF all tn