The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-03-07

magnificent.
Yingling will do your tinware repairing
at low prices. Opposite Mooreheads.
The infant daughter of Matt Bouldridge,
the barber, died early Wednesday morn
ing.
Mr.. Bedford La Bertew has been quite
i'll for some time, but has about recovered,
and will soon be out again.
Mr.. Lucien Lesueur has been appointed
bv Mr.. c. c. Wallace as his deputy, IN the
Off ;e of the county recorder.
Ex-Sheriff Chas. 8. Mitchell, who had a
leg broken in a runaway accident two
weeks ago, is slowly recovering.
The city candidate column shows that
Lexington is not without patriots, who,
10 a push, would serve the public.
George Wittenburg. the tailor. is pre-
pared to show you what o want in
goods and to make that suit to fit. II
The weather bureau promised a snow
storm Thursday, but the conditions were
unfavorable, aud we had a rain Instead.
The columbian" cigar pleases every
smoker. John Powell, the pioneer grocer,
has the sale of this excellent brand. 29-8t
De Wits Little Early Risers for
biliousness. indigestion, constipation. A
small pill, a prompt cure. Crist & Gard
ner. 1-25-1y
DIR. 8. A. Smith, of b. b. c., will deliver
a lecture in Boonville tonight and Sunday
night. He also breaches there Sunday
morning.
On March 10th, the local amateurs will
play the comedy, "a Scrap of Paper" at
the New Grand. Tie proceeds are to go
to the park fund.
Capt. Chas. Anderson has accepted q
position as pilot of one of the large pas
senger steamboats, plying between st.
Louis and New Orleans.
The ladies' interested in the Armenian
question are requested to meet at the Bap-
fist church at half-past 3 O'Clock on the
afternoon of Monday, March 9Th.
1t is now McCausland & McCausland.
William g.. and Ernest NJ. now constitute
the firm. and they are both as good men
as ever walked the streets of Lexington.
The lectures of Hon. Alfred and Ex-
Gov. Robert Taylor, '.of Tennessee, were
simply grand. Everybody was pleased.
"Yankee Doodle" and "Dixie" must
again visit Lexington.
The residence of Mr.. Jas. Strodman,
near Wellington, was totally destroyed
by fire last Tuesday morning. 1t was a
fine building, and the loss on it and the
household furniture was considerable.
Mr.. W. P. Sanborn, OF Odessa, is in his
s2d year. His father fought under Gen.
Warrington in the Revolutionary war.
It Is said that no more than five other
men in Missouri can claim that honor.
The telephone system is being pushed
forward very rapidly. The houses have
all been wired and the poles have almost
all been put In place. Superintendent
Mathews says he will ave 1t completed
In about two weeks.
Soothing, healing, cleansing, DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve Is the enemy to sores,
wounds and piles, which it never fails to
cure. Stops itching and burning. Cures
chapped lips and cold-sores in two or
three hours. Crist & Gardner. 1-25-1y
The Lexington Goa Company was yes
terday awarded the contract for furnish
ing coal to the state penitentiary for one
year from March Goth. There were several
competitors. The contract has been filled
for several years by the Consolidated Coal
Company of Illinois.
Mr.. John King wants to be city
assessor. He his desire this
morning. John would fill the Office with
satisfaction II elected. He woul efficiently
assess the city. John King is deserving.
honest and energetic, and il elected will
max q faithful official.
Mr.. w. @. Musgrove has been appoint
ed business manage of the Lexington
Electric Company. Since the erection OF
the plant Supt. Wolfe has been so crowd-
ed with work that the appointment OF an
assistant has been absolutely necessary.
Mr.. Wolfe will now ave more time to
devots to the outside work, while Mr..
Musgrove will attend to the office work.
Anyone desiring a hot air furnace should
be sure to get my prices. Opposite Moore
heads. 3-7-tf
ga Scrap OF Paper" which is to be
played by the amateurs, is given under
the direction OF Mr.. Arthur Graves, late
of Frohman's Stock Co., New York. The
following well known amateurs are In
the cast: Misses Maude Burden, Bette
Mountjoy and Susie Hassell; Mesdames
b. A. Gardner and r. M. Taubman;
Messrs. II. B. McCIelland, W. T. Hays,
Il. NJ. Taubman and j. p. Brawley. The
proceeds of the entertainment are to 60 to
the park fund.
Mr.. W. B. Hamlet announces his can
didacy for the Office of mayor of the city
of Lexington. He once filled this Office
with satisfaction to the city, n should
he be elected will make. an excellent
mayor. He is known to all our readers OF
the city as q man of honesty and good
Judgment and one who is always in the
march of progress. AS he once made a
good mayor and has always made a good
citizen, he would surely again maze a
good executive officer for the city.
Mr.. Jesse Hargrave, for many years a
substantial citizen Inc democrat of this
county, his desire to serve as
county treasurer, provided that desire Is
shared by the democrats who vote at the
primary. Mr.. Hargrave is a courageous,
honest, faithful democratic democrat. As
a citizen he has the respect of every one
who knows him. His name is a synonym
for honesty and an encomium within
itself. Should he be named as q standard
bearer, he will carry the flag to victory
aud make this county an excellent official.
Estimates cheerfulIy furnished on hot
air heating by Yingling. Opposite Moore
heads. 3-7-tf
Henry c. Wallace, Jr., oun this
week as a candidate for the office of pros
scouting attorney. He is a young demo-
crat of sterling integrity, and an attorney
we'll versed in law. He is a m of
one of the foremost families in the
county, and inherited and acquired the
sturdy. honest, sincere Wallace character.
He Is thoroughly qualified to discharge
the duties of county attorney. Henry
Wallace, Jr., will make a strong candi-
date, and II nominated, d materially to
the strength of the ticket. The Lafay-
cite county democracy has no worthier
son, and should It see ft to honor him, as
as he asks, and is no doubt worthy, he
will make the county a faithful public
officer. He will wage a war on crime and
criminals and at the aama time DrackiCe