The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-01-18
The candidates are out.


, announcement column.
Messrs. Young & Buford shipped a cf
load of mules to Kansas City Saturday.
WANTED.-A white girl for a sma
family. Address. 30, Lexington, Mo. ii
Another college paper added to tn
number issued from the IETBLLIeKNcE
office.
Harry Reeder takes subscriptions 70
the Republic, Globe Democrat and Kan
sas City Star, aud has them delivered a
your door.
Missouri Statesman: Col. Oscar An
dreen, of Lexington, Mo-, the agent of tn
st. Louis Paper Co., was in Coiumbi
Wednesday.
YingiIng does Roofing, Guttering AM
S%pouting at reasonable prices. (opposit
M~oorehead's.) 1-1S-tf
Large and beautiful line of japanese
cups and saucers, plates and other novel
ties, v5ich we offer at great reduction
F. R-Bane & Co. 1-1s-2t
H%igginsvills is an enterprising town
but she must be careful lest she bite of
more with her i~ncisors han she car
masticate with her molars.
Fulton Telegraph: Miss Ella Nickel
after a pleasant visit with the family o.
her brother, L. U. Nickel, in this city
returned to her home at Lexington Satur-
day morning.
Charles Bowring, of Wellington, ha:
spent several days here recently in the
company of the old files of the Caucasian
aud INTELLIaENcER. He is collecting
the historical data o. ellington.
Messrs. Joseph Girls and ]. w. McBur-
ney, of Odessa, were here Wednesday.
Both of these gentlemen are most excel
lent citizens. and good democrats. Both
of them render valuab assistance when
the party needs their services.
Commencing on Saturday, January IS.
and continuing the rest OF January, F. r.
Bane & Co. will offer their large stock of
plain and novelty dress goods at greatly
reduced prices. Their stock is new and
filled with bargains. Give them a call.
Richmond Register: The Lexington
INTELLIaENoER was twenty-five ryears
old last Saturday. It is the successor OF
Col. Pat DOMAINS famous old Caucasian
which in its day was probably the most
rubit and bitter paper publisher in
America. Bat the INTELLIaENCER, while
lacking none in ginger, is a much better
paper in every way and is doing a much
greetsr good for its town and county.
Lexington is always a good mule mar
ket, but it will be better in the mex four
weeks thar 1t has been for sometime
This week Col. John G. Young entered
entered into a contract with Mr.. Abe
Con, of st. Louis, to furnish him with 500
mules for the English government. The
mules to be delivered between this and
April 10. Under this contract all the
mules must be In good condition. This
is q large contract, but there are mules
enough around here to I'll it.
By misplacinga coupled sheets of man
uscript last week, we failed to get a notice
of the meeting of the stockholders of the
Traders Bank in the INTELLIGEECER-
We deeply regretted the omission. but it
was discovered too late to rectify. This
bank, however, is too well Known to suffer
Ia any degree the loss of one or a dozen
press notices. 1t Is one of the most popu- /
lar and ably managed institutions in the
state, and its officers are men OF experience
in financial affairs. The stockholders
the following gentlemen to act as
for b ensuing year: Wm.G-I
McCausland, John Price, John p. Gordon, |
Upton Wilson, Joel II. Ewing, Jr., John |
Richard Field, John r.
Howe, Jackson Bradley, Lee j. Slusher, |
VIM. AuH, and b. r.. Ireland. After organ /
Izing the directors elected the following |
officers: Vim. g.. McCausland, president,
John Price, vice president; Thos. @. Saw
yer, secretary; B. r. Ireland, cashier. and
James Wentworth, book keeper. The bank
IS enjoying q high degree Of prosperity, |
is in every respect al Institution
worthy of all the confidence reposed in it
BY the people of this city and county.
On last Tuesday evening a number of
men met IN the council chamber
Tor the purpose of organizing a CONNER
:ial Club. Mayor Jno. Taubman was
temporary chairman and H. j.
Groves secretary. A committee, consist
ing of Horace F. Blackwell, E. M. Nc
and Frank Bowman, was APP
on constitution and bylaws.
Philip Keller, Emison Chanslor
Jos. Long were appointed as a COM
nittee On membership. 1t is proposed to
,rganize a permanent club at the meeting
IN next Monday evening. 1t was the
Iense OF the meeting iast Tuesday even
ng that the initiation fee be s., and that
he dues be 81 per quarter. 1t Ia the in
to rent a suitable hall and furnish
t In q becoming manner, and to organize
club that will work enth Enthusiastically for
he material interests of Lexington. The
building OF the bridge, telephone system,
car line, n national park are
ome Of the big issues that the club will
laudle this year. Besides these the sub
ect of factories will come In for a large
hare of attention. The new Commercial
hub will start u right this time. Every
member is supposed to be a worker.
On last Sunday morning Rev. A. Il.
'aris. at the Methodist church, preached
strong sermon on church property i'm
'rovemeut. He went over the field OF
city improvements during the
ast year and said that in all of these the
nsmbers OF his church had been very
He cited the fact that two enter
rising young men had built a magnif-
opera hons In which to entertain
he people. and yet the Msthodists of the
had not lone anything to make
heir church more attractive to worship
A.. He did not think the Methodist
hurch here would fulfil its mission with !
he present buildings in the condition
hey are nov In. His sermon had a fine
feet On the audience and the general {
prevailed that the improvements {
ught To be made. At q meeting Of the !
board Of the church Monday ,
the question OF church improve T
tent wss discussed from every side. The
GARD thought with the pastor that this
FORK ought to be done. A committee ]
onsisting of Rev. A. r. Faris, Capt. W. !
!. Rankin, Mr.. Robt. Taubman, President ,,
A. Jones and II. J. Groves MAS ap-
to secure estimates on the pro-
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