The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-08
Slight snow Thursday night.

cheap for cash, or trade for horses. In
quire of Geo. l. Smith. 2-8-4t
Mr.. James Y. Brand has purchased
half interest in the Corder Mercantile,
company and will have general manage
ment of the store. Mr.. Brand is a hustler
and an all-round good man and will b,
successful because he will merit success.
Kansas City Star, Feb. 6: "Mrs. Mar
garet Brice, mother-in-law of PatrolmaI
John Dryer, died at 1909 Harrison street
this morning, of dropsy. Mrs. BrIce wal
rs years old, and had lived in this city
eleven years." Mrs. Brice was formerly &
resident of this city.
Yesterday Sheriff Wright and Deputy
Heathman made a raid on a building neal
the opera house in search of a gambling
room which they had been informed wa
doing a brisk business in that line. They
succeeded in finding the room, but thu
players had vanished. They seized upor
the tables, chairs, chip racks, checks and
other pharaphernalia aud carted them IL
triumph to the court house.
Rev. ]. p. Green, d. D., will preach al
the Baptist church tonight, and will
continue to preach afternoon and even.
ings all next week, remaining over Sun
day. The meeting has already begun a,
the church with fine promise. DIR. Greer
stands at the head OF the Missouri min.
istry and the people of Lexington and
vicinity will miss much if they fail to hear
him. The brethren are expecting a fine
meeting.
The indications are that there will be g
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erected in this city as soon as the weather
will allow the mechanics to begin work.
Mr.. Talbot Simpson has purchased from
Catron q Tauoman q lot on Franklin
avenue, formerly belonging to the Lowry
estate, and Is having plans drawn for q
handsome residence, which will be
erected early in the spring. 1t is to have
all the modern improvements, and when
completed will be an ornament to that
neighborhood.
The ladies of the city are hard at work
raising the money to buy the Lexington
battle grounds. That they will succeed
any n who knows of their loyalty to
their city and their untiring work in i'm
proving its churches, Identifying its
homes, and making their sleepy old hus-
bands, brothers and fathers get out and
hustle for the bridge, can doubt. The
Lexington woman Is energetic, jealous
and progressive, and she will have q clear
title to the Lexington battle grounds
before strawberries get ripe. The ladies
gave their first entertainment last Tues
day evening. 1t was a BIRTHDAY supper"
At this nearly 800 was cleared and Is now
In the treasury to the credit of Mrs. Rob-
ert Taubmau, treasurer of the Womans'
National Park association. Other enter
tsinments will be given soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Yonng will cele-
brate their golden wedding anniversary
on ext Wednesday. February 18th.
Fifty years e Rufus Young and Miss
PANELS Landlord were married one mile
from the place where they now live. and
these fifty long years have been charac-
terized by o mutual love and confidence
that is q brilliant example for others to
follow. There are no better husbands
than Mr.. Rufus Young, and no man ever
won q better prize than did he on Feb
raary II, 1886, when he led Miss Parmelia
Landlord to the altar. The INTELLI-
aENCER joins scores, yea hundreds, of
Lafayette countyans in extending con-
gr%atulations and good wishes. Their life
has been as pure as gold. They have adj
hered to the golden rule, and no couple 10
more worthy to celebrate a golden we'd
ding.
1t nay not be generally known, but
such is the fact, that while the rest of us
have been thinking of other matters and
attending to other business, Maj. Sellers,
the able and popular superintendent of
the Wentworth Military Academy, has
been hard at work making many valuabie
improvements to the buildings and
grounds of that institution. He has pur-
chased additional grounds adjoining the
campus at q cost of 1000, which will give
the students all the latitude they demand.
The drill room has been treated to a new
floor of hard wood, and new bath rooms
and other improvements have been made
to 1t at a cost OF about sl,6oo. New and
novel apparatus have been added to the
gymnasium, and other additions and
alterations made thereto, at q cost of $40O
This work has progressed so quietly that
but few outside OF those Immediately In
terested In the school were aware that 1t
was being done. This is the Oldest mill
tary academy In the state, and its enter
prise never wanes.
MIR. and Mrs. evan 8. Young entertained
a number of their friends on last Monday
evening". Several hours were spent most
pleasantly in various ways. Many of the
guests being partial to cards, spent the
evening playing progressive euchre.
While others chose to play the manning
Came" that is the latest fad. Mrs. Robert
e. Smith was the prize winner at euchre.
The games being ended, the gentlemen
were all put into a corner in b hall and
a curtain suspended before them. Each
lady look a candle, in turn, and chose her
escort for supper by the foot she liked
best, protruding from beneath the cur
tain. The married ladies all seemed
thoroughly satisfied with their selections,
as each one present chose the loot of her
husband. The dining room was beauti-
fully decorated in yellow and pink, the
color scheme being carried out in the
detail. Mrs. Young presided
little Misses Steele aided her with equal
grace. Those who enjoyed this delightful
evening were: Messrs. and Mesdames e.
M. McCausland, Z. Chanslor, Talbot
simPsos, II. J.; Groves, Gardner, II. =.
Misses Burden, Minnie and FlorenceI
Neals. Bsttias Mountioy; Messrs- McGlet-]
land, Chdppcil ireland. tferis RoyIe And
HsEezHelh
DEATHs.
Died, In Yellow Springs. Ohio. January
81, 1896, OF heart disease, Mrs. Katharine
Marshall, aged about ~ years. Mrs. Mare
shall was Q sister OF Mrs, Elizabeth NJ
Fletcher, Of our city.
Died. in HigginsvIlle, FebruarS 3, 1896,
of pneumonia, Mrs. j. Ed. Ragland.
She was sick but a few days. A hus-
band and three children are left TO mourn
her death. She was a daughter of Mr..
Williamson, and her remains were
inferred at Wellington yesterday. The
INTELLIGENCE sympathizes with her
bereaved relatives.
Died, in this city, January 81, 1888. of
consumption, Anna Belle Clark, nee
CLANCY, wife of Wesley Clark, aged "a
years, 3 months and 8 days.s
Mrs. Clark leaves a husband and three
children. In her early youth she united
with the Cumberland Presbyterian
church, under the pastorate of Rev. A,
Moore. She YVES laid to rest by the heads
Of kind and sYm~pathiEIng friends in
Mach nalah nametarv- The funeral aer-