The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-06-26
The amatuer Photographic craze has

The amatuer Photographic craze has
struck Concordia.
Mr.. r. p. Seven, editor of the Higgins
vile Thalbote, is seeking an appointm emit
from the government.
Lexington lodge, 157, K. of p, has
elected Mr.. Louis Gratz to represent 1t in
the grand lodge of Missouri.
A MAYHEM farmer lost account of time
last week and worked a part of Sunday
before be found out his mistake.
Guttering, roofing, spouting and re-
pairing promptly attended to by Ed.
Yingliug. Opposite post office. 6-19tf
Wall paper from five cents to twenty
fashionable styles, at A. Egle's. 5-1-10t
Mr.. Studdard ia engaged in painting the
Evangelical church, and when completed
the building will present a much i'm
proved appearance.
Joseph Dupuis, a French Canadian, of
Kankakee, ILL.,, who got married the other
day, is 81 years old, forty-seven inches in
height, and is as vivacious as a boy.
Authorizations are 8 metimes objection
able, as, for instance, the New York Trib-
uue thinks, when the Tennessee Centen-
NAL exposition is referred to as ''the
Tenn. Cent. show"
A Sedalia man who never had occasion
to dodge a funnel-shaped cloud in his life
when at home, narrowly escaped being
mixed up with two different tornadoes
while enroute back from New York last
week. And yet they talk about the
''cycIoue-ridden west"
Recently a young man wrote to William
Dean Howells for his autograph. The
novelist replied IN q typewriter letter:
"Have you bought my last book?" The
young man answered: 81 have not. ]
want to sell your autograph in order to
get enough money to buy i'll"
Exchange: An Indiana farmer, who
had been reading the newspapers, was
accosted by a party of three card monte
sharps. He excused himself to go into
the house to get some money, but APP
peared soon after with a shotgun. There
was a sudden exodu of his visitors.
Special excursion to Kansas City, Sun
day, June 81, via Mo-. Pacific Railway Co.,
at the low rate of $1.O0 for the round trip,
Train will leave Lexington at 1O:15 a. M,
returning, leave Kansas City at IL O'Clock
p. m. All kinds of amusements will be
offered on the above date. A. 8. Loomis,
Ticket Agent.
The young ladies of the Catholic church
gave a lawn social at the residence OF Mr..
Longmeyer, Wednesday evening. Elegant
refreshments were served and a large
crowd was present to enjoy the event. A
considerable amount of none was real
lied, which will be added to the church
fund.
Dallas (Tex.) News: Mrs. G. B. Dealey
and children and Miss Annie Allen, OF
Lexington, Mo-, q gone to Sebago
Lake, Maine, to spend the summer. They
will be accompanied as far as Portland by
Mrs. Carrie Dandy, who returns east,
after a visit to the family of her brother,
Mr.. T. w. Grifiths.
The case of the state of Missouri vs. Irwin
Seeber. charged with murder in the first
degree will be called for trial Monday.
Sixty men have been summoned from
which the jury to try the case will be
chosen. Monday will probably be taken
up with selecting the jury and the trial
proper will come up Tuesday morning.
The Missouri Pacific will sell tickets
July 3 and A, to Lexington from all
stations within 200 miles distance at one
fare for the round trip. This will be a
great accommodation to the persons COM
ing here to attend the fourth OF Juiy pic
mic and will induce many to come who
otherwise would have stayed away.
Everyone turn out and enjoy with us ore
of the biggest fourth of July celebration
ever given in the county.
City Marshal James N. Price and Po-
liceman v. A. Dickerson arrested Nish
Davis yesterday morning for stealing q
horse from a farmer near Montserat on
the night OF June 81. Sheriff Lear OF
Johnson county, notified Marshal Price OF
the theft several days ago and furnished
him with a description of the thief. Yes
terday morning a man answering the de-
scriptiou o into town, and the two
officers at once placed him under arrest.
He at first denied being the man wanted,
but afterwsrd broke down and admitted
his guilt. He had traded the stolen horse
for the one which he was riding, and told
them where he had traded it of. Sheriff
Lear was notified OF the arrest and will
come at once for his man.
The Missouri state press association, at
st. Louis last week, honored Senator
Chas. H. Vandiver by electinR him an
honorary member of the association. The
Senator attended the meeting and made
the association an Interesting speech,
which the ''boys' enjoyed. He was a
"pencil pusher'' for IL years in Virginia
and was introduced as ga man who was
in the newspaper business at a time when
the editors told the truth" Senator Van
diver resented the introduction by deny
ing that he was as old as Methuslah, and
declaring that that era had antidated his
newspaper experience. The Senator had
q "bushel o. fun" at the meeting. He
went to Nashville with the "boys" as a
guest of the association. His niece, Miss
Anna Tabb, accompanied him..
Messrs. Burden and Shswalter were In
upon the circuit court at Mar
shall, last week, putting the finishing
touches upon the Catron will case. 1t will
Oc TculcluOuICdY OI Jul lOuaCioY Nnht VIC
the opinion of the supreme
court In this case in full and that the
court remanded the case and
the circuit court to enter judg-
establishing the will of Martha
Catron. Mr.. ~Shewalter, attorney OF The
contestant, after the case was rem tnded,
fled last week an amended petition for
Mrs. McFadiu contestant of the will, pray
ing the circuit court to annuI and set aside
the decision OF the supreme court. Last
Friday the circuit court. at Marshall,
struck this petition from the files and
entered judgment establishing the will IN
accordance with the decision of the
court.
There were exhumed and taken from
cemetery Tuesday the remains
Of Col. John Wilson, one of the early set
Tiers of Lexington, and n of the teach
srs of a private school here at n time
before the days OF public schools; who
was born in the year 1888 and died Deem
Der %, 1884. He was q man of powerful
frame in his younger days, tall and we'll
'ormed, and a highly respected citizen.
Also the remains of his son, b. Bray Will
ION, a young lawyer, % years old, at the
lime of his death, which occurred in 1851.