The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-03-14
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Yingling will do your tinware repairing
at low prices. Opposite Mooreheads.
Quite a number OF severe cases of grippe
have been reported in the city this week
Estimates cheerfully furnished On hot
air heating by Yingling. Opposite Moore
heads. 3-7-tf
The family of Mr.. Henry Deuchler re-
quests us to thank their many friends for
their kindness in their recent af1ictioD.
Rev. A. s. Moffett has returned from
Eminence, Kentucky. where he was called
as a witness in a suit in which the Pres
byterian church of Eminence was in
terested.
The Bankers Life Insurance Co., of Des
Moines, Iowa, paid Mrs. Sallie Trigg ST.
O39 last Monday which was the amount of
a policy which the late w. X. Trigg car
ried in that company.
One Minute Cough Cure is rightly
named. 1t affords instant relief from
suffering when afflicted with a severe
cough or cold. 1t acts on the throat,
bronchial tubes, and lungs and never fails
to give immediate relief. 1-25-1y
We had the pleasure of attending a re-
hersal of "a Scrap OF Paper" to be given
on the 10Th inst. at the New Grand, and
can assure all who attend that they will
see a first class performance.
The play that is to be given by home
talent at the opera house next Thursday
Is a very pleasing and high class comedy.
1t is adapted from French written by Du
mas the greatest modern dramatist.
Mr.. George Venable, Jr., wants to be
city assessor. He is n young man full OF
pluck, vim and energy and thoroughly
competent to fill the Office of assessor.
He is a fine penman and should he assess
the city, his books will be neat and cor
rect. He will make a strong fight for the
office and il he gets it, will make a model
official.
In another column we nnoun Mr..
Thos. p. Paxton as a candidate for city
register and treasurer. Mr.. Paxton IS so
we'll known to the voters and comment
upon his candidacy is unnecessary. What
the voters want is a man of ability and
integrity and Mr.. Paxton fills the bill.
Should he be the successful cand idate, he
will make a splendid officer.
Sam Jones, the noted evangelist, will
be at the opera house on the nth of
April. The price of admission will range
from 81 to % cents. He will come at the
invitation of Rev. j. M. Boone, presiding
elder of the NJ. f. church, and part OF the
proceeds will be applied to the fund now
being raised to pay off the debt on the
district parsonage.
Mr.. John Mulligan is before the voters
as a candidate for city engineer. Mr..
Mulligan has long been a resident of this
city and Is known as an excellent honest
citizen. He is qualified to discharge the
duties OF the Office for which he is an ap-
plicant. He has a host of warm friends
who will zealously support him in the
coming election. He would make a good
officer.
In this issue we MIR. Charles
Lyons as a candidate for city attorney.
He is a young man OF fine legal attain
ments. He Is a graduate OF Washington
Lee University. Since his location here
he has been very successful aud has de-
ported himselfin such a manner as to win
a host of warm friends. Charles Lyons is
qualified to fill office the with ability. He
has an excellent chance Of being elected.
At the meeting next Monday the county
court will award the contract for making
the repairs to the court house building
which were ordered some weeks ago. 1t
will be remembered that the court appro-
priated $12,0 900 for this purpose, and the
successful bidders must come within this
amount in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. The draw
ings and specifications were prepared on
the order of the court by Mr.. Thos J..
Bandon, and cover all the work required
to be DONE. Bond must be given by the
successful bidders for the faithful and
satisfactory execut ion of their contract.
Gen. 10. o. Shelby has received the
first cannon ball that was fred at his
command during the civil war. At that
time he had but fifteen raw men, and they
were camped on the Missouri river in
Lafayette county. A steamboat, the
Cloud, fired on the Confederates with n
small cannon and the ball lodged in a
tree and was afterwards cut out by some
citizens and is now in possession of Gen.
Shelby. The C~onfederates had business
elsewhere that demanded their immediate
attention as soon as the BOAT opened fire
on them. 1t is said that one soldier, who
was asleep at the first alarm, did not even
wait for his clothes.
Judging from the tenor of articles aud
items of news recently appearing in the
st. Louis and Kansas City papers the
indications are hat the Missouri Pacific
railroad will soon resume work upon and
complete the Lexington, Boonville and
Jefferson City branch~by building the gap
between BoonvilIe and Jefferson City,
thus making a continuous line from st.
Louis TO Kansas City and st. Joseph by
way OF Boonville, Waverly and Lexington,
and that this latter route, being the
shortest by some miles and on a level
grade, will be used not only for the heavy
freight, but for the "fast mail" line be-
tween st. Louis and Kansas City.
The will of the late William Crittendon
Webb, of Dover township, was filed for
probate March 9th, 1896. He bequeathed
one third of his real estate, including
house, household and kitchen furniture,
to his wife, Martha Helen; also one-third
of his personal property, and at her death,
if any OF the same remain, it shall
be divided equally between his children.
He gives to his niece, Elizabeth p. Webb,
five hundred dollars. All the remainder
of his estate shall De divided equally
among his children, w. L. Webb, j.. e.
Webb, Mary s. Goodwin, r. M. Webb,
Helen G. Tut and Jane w. Tut, after
deducting certain sumsa advanced to them.
Walter l.. Webb, Jas. E. Webb and Robert
NJ. Webb are appointed executors The
will was executed December %, 1895, and
witne sed by Jas. Lyons and j. L. Groves.
Nearly all old residents OF Lexington
fully understand that the title of Lafay-
county to the court house block is
unquestioned, and they had never heard
1t disputed until recently, when a few
town lot boomers" at H'gginsville made
the astounding discovery that the land
was owned by the city and not by the
county. These old settlers laugh at such
a suggestion. One of them Is Mr.. Allen
Campbell, who was a member of the city
forty-tive years age when the
city thought it would be an excellent
to build a market house IN the
corner of the square. There was a legal
apa - uuaa dacidRd for all time IN