The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-05-16
The contest for city offices Is getting
interesting.

Give us a trial for low prices IN hard
Schawe & Weis. Att
Capt. Ryland Todhuntsr has withdrawn
from the race for state senator.
The quadrennisI general conference of
Methodist church will open at Kansas
City today.
Billiards. platinum photos lead them
all. Great reduction for a short time.
opposite postothce. 5.16.2t
there are LIS white and 453 colored
of school g in Lexington.
Prof. Edgar ID. Watson, of Central Col
lege, preached an able sermon at the
Methodist church last Sunday evening.
The candidates are getting more and
more affable and engaging in their man
ner. The final struggle is close at hand.
Pretty line of white Parasols aud Fans,
which we offer at reduced prices this
week. Splendid bargains. Kriehn u
Wilker. 1t
Something for house-keepers. 1t will
do everything. Use 1t once. You will
never do without it. g. G. C., at Eggles-
ton & Ewins's. 5-l6tf
The snag boat Charles h. Suter passed
down Thursday. She had on board sew
eral members of the Missouri River Com
mission, but passed by without landing.
Hicks said that we could look for "re-
dictionary storms" about last Sunday. We
looked, but there was no reaction or
backaction in the glare of the sun or roll
ing clouds Of dust in any direction as far
as we could see.
Did you ever think how readily the
blood is poisoned by constipation Bad
blood means bad health and premature
old age. De Wits Little Early Risers,
the famous little pills, overcome obstinate
constipation. Crist & Gardner. 1-25-1y
There will be an annual basket picnic
at Bells Grove, one mile south of Corder,
on Thursday, May 81. Prominent speak
ers will be present and address the people.
All county candidates are invited and ex-
pected to be present.
1t costs money to get q good team to
come here to play ball. The Kansas City
High school nine will play the W. NJ. A.
team to-day at 2 O'Clock p. m. Every one
who loves to see a good ball game should
%patronize this game. Admission 10 cents.
For the annual meeting of the Missouri
State Sunday School Association at Pal
myra, Mo-, June 18th to 18th, the Mo.
Pacific railway makes the low rate of one
fare for the round trip. Tickets On sale
June 14th to 10th, with finai return limit
June 18th. A. 8. LOOMS, Agent.
Stock men are not encouraged by the
present price of hogs. They were worth
only SS.35 In Chicago on Tuesday. The
wheat market was more satisfactory.
July wheat was selling at "a cents, owing
t o reports of drouths, Hessian flies and
chinch bugs.
One of the facetious candidates for O
city office recently said that politics
makes strange bedfellows. His opponent
heard the remark, and quoted this verse
from the Bible: 1.-TWO men shall be
sleeping In one bed, and behold, l say
into you, one shall be taken and the
other left"
One of the busiest places in Lexington
is Hinesley's Cigar Factory on Franklin
from Oskaloosa, Iowa, here and now occu-
pies the large Kriehn building. The cigars
this factory makes are the best on the mar
ket ant every merchant and smoke OF
Lexington ought to patronize it.
Young mothers dread the summer
months on account of the great mortality
among children caused by bowel troubles.
Perfect safety may be assured those who
keep on hand De Wits Collie d Cholera
cure, snd administer it promptly. For
cramps. bilious collie, ~dysentery and diar-
rhoa, 1t affords instant relief. Crist &
Gardner. 1-25-1y
The new Missouri Pacific time card
went into effect last Sunday. The service
now is much improved. The west bound
evening train arrives here now at $3.50
O'Clock, and the east bound evening train
arrives at 7:45 O'Clock. By this change
Lexington resolves through morning
trains to st. Louis and st. Joseph, and
through night trains from st. Louis to
Lexington. The car service 10 also much
improved.
MIR. Chas. Barron has not abandoned
the work Of attempting to secure the vast
estate left by q man named Barron and
whose heirs have been advertised for by q
Kansas lawyer, as told In these columns
some months ago. The lawyer has written
to Mr.. Barron and told him that he seems
to ave q good claim, and that as soon as
he is able to produce unmistakable evil
dence of the relationship efforts would be
made to secure the property and turn it
over to him..
Capt. 10 Wilson, president, vice. presi-
dent, secretary, treasurer n general
manager of the Society for the Collection
and Preservation of War Relics, has just
secured q six-inch Colts revolver, So
calibre, from the old battle ground. 1t
was found in a hollow tree, where it has
probably laid hidden for nearly thirty
five years. 1t IL q mass of rust, but some
of the chambers are still loaded, the caps
and bullets being plainly visible. The
number of the revolver IL 1887.
The tracing matinee" held on the Shew-
alter place last Monday afternoon wal
advertised by q brass band, and q large
row from the city attended. There were
running and trotting RACES and in several
very good time was made. The "scrub'
races that followed were very exciting.
A pony race was q mirth- provoking
feature, as 1t was holly contested by the
boys who owned the animals. One accused
the other of winning the race by cutting
across the track before the end had been
reached, and the meeting broke up before
another race could be arranged.
Mrs. George Goings died very suddenly
of heart failure at her residence in East
Lexington Wednesday morning. She had
been i'll for several weeks q suffered
great agony. She was not confined to
her bed, but was able to walk about the
house, and only a few minutes before her
death had been to the dining room, where
she conversed with members of the
family. Her long and severe illness had
affected her mind, but at times she was
quite rational and fully realized her un-
happy condition. The funeral took place
Thursday morning from the family resi-
dence.
Hon. T. A. Cstron, Frank Trigg and
Harvey Plattenburg left here Thursday
evening for the gold fields of Old Mexico,
They were accompanied by State G%eologist
WInslow. They 60 to investigate q mine,
on which a company organized here has
an option. The representations made are