The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-09-04


Green and purple shoes at less than
factory cost at Bottoms.
For RENT.-About Is acres of wheat
land. Apply to ]. L. Marshall.
Read Tom Early's d in this issue.
His prices are down at bed rock and his
lumber as good as the best. 7-17tf
Victor L. Wells and wife sold the coal
underlying forty acres of Ian in section
s, township so, range q, to Mrs. Sarah A.
Wyatt for $500.
Our stock of summer shoes at cost 10
make room for our immence stock OF fall
and winter boots and shoes. Ed. Meyer,
opposite post office. 7-31-tf
To heal the broken and diseased tissues,
to sooth the irritated surfaces, to instant
ly relieve and to permanently cure is the
mission of DsWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Day & Shelby, Leading Druggists. s-2stf
Mr.. A. J. Lauchner Is engaged in build
ing q bath room and back porch to the
residence of Mr.. E. G. Loomis, On South
street. The addition will add very much
to the already neat appearance of the
house.
Next week will be a busy u in school
circles in this city. All of our institu-
tions of learning will be under foil head
way by ths end of the week. The indica-
tions are hat they will all be we'll
attended.
Nearly all of our merchants nave been
busy receiving and unpacking large con-
signments of goods this week. In view
of the abundant grain and fruit crops and
the miners all having employment, our
merchants are expecting a prosperous
season. May tasir hopes be more than
realized.
The business men who have been closing
their stores at Z o'clock p. M. during the
summer season, will keep open at their
own discretion from now on, the time
agreed upon for closing at I O'Clock
having expired August 81. The early
closing was greatly enjoyed and appre-
ciated by the clerks.
Mr.. f. A. Foulds, of Higginsville, and
Miss Catharina Hes, of Obese, we're mar
ried in Odessa, Thursday September 2.
Mr.. Foulds Is one of the promising young
mer of HlggiusviIle. and the bride is one
of Odessa's popular young ladies. The
INTELLIGENcER wishes them happiness
and prosperity in their journey through
life.
Mr.. Philip Keller is having the front of
his store building nicely painted. He
has recently had his show windows en-
larRed aud remodeled and fitted up with
numerous incandescens lights, which
gives his store a brilliant and attractive
appearance ut night. The windows are
decorated ia an artistic manner and look
quite citiied.
About sixty five tickets were sold from
this point 20 st. Louis on the excursion
over the Missouri Pacific railway, last
Saturday night. Four coaches were put
on at this place and several more were
added at Sedalia. They were all full of
excursionists, and everybody seemed to
enjoy the trip. Returning. the train
reached Lexington about A O'Clock Mon
day morning, without an accident.
The circus will soon be here. Bill
boards have been erected in various con-
spicuous places about town, and in a
short time the mall boy will be seen
gazing in open -mouthed wonder and
admiration at the brilliant posters depict
ing "the greatest aggregation of wonders
ever exhibited under one tent" The
children are in luck this time, as
the show will be here on Saturday, Octo-
Der I'd.
The protracted meeting of the Christian
church of H~igRinsville began Wednesday
evening. A large tabernacle has been
erected and the meeting promises to be a
very successful one. Elder J.. v. Updike,
Fort Wayne, Indiana, who is holding the
meeting, Is a noted evangelist, and has
met with great success In his work at
other places. He held a meeting at Des
Moines, Ic wa, which resulted IN 600 addi-
lions to the church.
We clip the following from the Chris
tian Evangelist: "Charles FL. Platten-
burg, pastor of the church at Ashland,
Ohio, has been preaching to large crowds
of people at the annual meeting of the
church at Dover. Mo-, where his parents
reside. The local press and the people of
Dover class his sermons along with the
great preachers of the past whom they
have heard, and believe that he is destined
to a great and useful life IL spared to the
ordinary years of man on this earth. The
interest manifested has been unusually
great. There have been over t%hirty-two