The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-23

Good homemade mince meat, &c. per
pound at d.. Hackers bakery and restaur-
ant. 1-23t2
II Lexington don't get. the bridge, or
something equally as good" old Sister
Prosperity will never reach this town.
STRAYED OR SToLEN.-Lost, about two
weeks ago, a red setter dog. Anybody
who can give any information about him
will be well rewarded by d. Hacker. ct
There a few "old fogies' in Lexington
that have always stood in the way of
progress, but thank the Lord old Father
Time has got 'em marked. He will harv-
est 'em in some OF these days and then
Lexington viii be L~exingtonian.
Mrs. James Lyons, of Page City, mother
of Attorney Chas. Lyons, is very low with
pneumonia. The reports from her are
not encouraging, yet the INTELLIaENBER
trusts that the general hopes OF her recov
cry will be realized. Mrs. Lyons Is one of
Lafayette's most estimable women.
We learn that Messrs. Jonas Hocken-
smith and "Punch" Evans, who shot each
other last Thursday, near Dover, a full
report of which was published 10 the last
issue of the INTELLIGENCER, are neither
fatally hurt. Both are still confined to
their beds, but are fairly on the road to
recovery. No arrests have been made as
yet.
The pond of MIR. w. H. Waggoner,
assignee of the MAYHEM bank, was ap-
approved by Judge Richard Field last
Friday. The bond is for $4,000, and the
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w. p. Keith, j. r. Smith, j. s. Vickars,
A. B. Mathews, w. II. and Jas. r. Means.
Mr.. Waggoner is now in charge of the
bank.
Henry Clayton, who has been suffering
for several years from an injury to one of
his ankles, had the membe amputated
a few inches above the ankle last Tuesday
afternoon. The patient underwent the
ordeal all right, and is improving as fast
as could be expected. h young man
has been extremely unfortunate for some
time, and is entitled to much sympathy.
Mr.. w. b. Bolton has accepted a posi-
tion with Wheeler, Tootle & Motter, OF
st. Joseph, and will represent that great
wholesale shoe house i'm forty-fve towns
in Central Missouri. Mr.. Bolton will
spend one or two days of each week in
Lexington attending to matters connected
with his retail shoe house here. Mr..
is one of the most successful shoe
men in Central Missouri.
Miss Lillian Ryland entertained a few
friends with a dinner, Friday evening, in
honor of her guest, Miss Lula Piper, OF
The table was a thing of beauty
and certainly "A joy to those present.
the evening was a most pleas
ant one as any OF the following can
Misses Piper, Mary Silver, Eliz-
abeth Groves and Dixie Grady; Messrs.
Grady.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Taubman and
laughteDs, Mrs. N. "a. Basket and Miss
Taubman, will tour Europe this
iummer. They will sail on July Sd on
he ship, "Oty OF Rome,' and will visit
Taubman's birthplace, the Isle of
nan, before they return. They will spend
four months in Europe. Mr.. Tauh-
nan came to this country from England
orty-three years CO., and has not crossed
he waters since.
Several of the prisoners in the county
all would have ''turned up missing" last
morning, but for the timely in
o the Jail by Sheriff Fulkerson
nd Jailer Goode on the evening before.
of the prisoners had gotten into the
possession of some tools and had cut a
lole in the ceiling large enough iora man
o get through, and had they not been
detected, these two, at least, would rave
nede their escape that eight. The pris-
'ners have been moved tn other oslis, and
will be securely kept until tried in the
court.