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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-13
BY A SLENDER THREAD.
General Shelby Continues to Hover
Between Life and Death.

ADRIAN, Mo-, Feb. 11.-Drs. Gilmore and
Boulware held a consultation in General
Shelby's case at 5p. M. today. They made
the following report of his condition.:
Respiration, 45; temperature, 1O0A
pulse, 100; weak and compressible. They
regard his case as extremely critical. DIR.
Boulware will remain with the patient
during the night. Mrs. Shelby has recov-
cred from her nervous prostration.
The physicians can offer no encourage
meDt upon which the generals friends
may base a hope of recovery. AS a matter
of fact, his strength is rapidly giving way
and he is each day less able to stand the
strain han on the day previous.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-13
GRAN
Masquerade
Ball L.
Will be given under the auspices of the
Lexington Orchestra,
TURNER'S
HALL,
Monday, Feb. 18th

Mask tickets must be secured at l..
Gillen'S hardware store.
Positively no mask tickets sold at the
door.
Costumes, Masks and Trimmings can
be had at y. II. Homer's.
Don't miss it., as this will be the
Grandest Ball of the season.
ADMISSION
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-13

Lafayette county papers are requested
to please copy.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-02-13

While other cities are wrestling with
the theater hat problem, resulting in the
passage of ordinances against the nuis-
ance, besides causing the anager of
opera houses and their patrons considera-
bic annoyance, the lady patrons of the
New Grand settle this matter in their
usual sensible manner With very few
exceptions, the ladies remove their hats
at the commencement of a performance,
to the intense satisfaction and relief of
any person who may nave been hidden in
ambush, as It were, behind one OF these
great productions of feminine architec-
ture. The ladies' are TO be commended for
their fue taste and consideration in his
matter, and we are sure they have earned
the heartfelt thanks and lasting gratitude
of every gentleman who %patronizes the
opera house.
The Henshaw-Ten Brock Comedy
company, in dodge, at the French Bal"
was at the New Grand, Thursday night.
1t SIS no exaRgeration to say that it was
the very best show of Its kind that has
been seen in this city. John e. Henshaw
is a comedian of the first rank, and he
ia ably seconded in this line by Frank
David. The two make a fine comedy
team, and their work kept the house In
a continual roar of laughter from the
beginning to the end of b play. May
Ten Brock fulfills her part in this play
in an excellent manner. The support OF
the company is good. The songs and
jokes were new, bright, crisp and origi-
nal. There is nothing dull about this
play. Everything goes with a dash and
vim, and it abounds in comical situations
from the first to the last act. We can
cheerfully recommend this as a splendid
company. May It come again. The audi
ence, while not 20 large, on account OF
the inclement weather, WAS q most en-
thusiastiO and aPpreciNtivs one.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
Tuesday, April 90.

Jerry Brown, q member Of the Mont
gomery gang of murderers in West
Virginia, has been sentenced to be
hanged June % for the murder Of Mrs.
Isaac Radford
The Argentine government will pay
interest for June on the foreign debt in
full.
Primrose day, the anniversary Of the
death Of Lord Beaconsfield, was OBJ
served at London with the usual display
of his favorite flower.
Sol Miller, editor of the Troy Chief
and former state politician Of note,
died at his home at Troy, N. Y, after a
prolonged illness.
The Uruguayan general, Munez, has
again been defeated by the rebels under
Saraiva and Lamos.
A German correspondent at Shanghai
notes the curious absence Of all feel
Ing and desire for revenge against the
Japanese among the Chinese. They
are now establishing factories and get
supplies from Japanese rather than
from Europeans or Americans.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
"wednesday. April Fl.

New South Wales has spent $40, 000,-
900 for harbors in forty years, exclusive
Of the cost of the port of Sydney, and
will spend s1,500,O00 for the same pur-
pose this year.
Cairo's (Egypt) new Museum of
Egyptian Antiquities. which will cover
1900 square meters and cost $3.50 900,
has been begun, the young khedive lay
ing the corner stone.
DIR. Won Stephan's (the German post
master generaD death was due to his
cutting corn some time ago. he was
obliged to have first the toe sand then
the leg amputated, but too late to save
him.
Actress Annie Russell Is suing her
husband, Manager Eugene Wiley Pres
bry, for divorce.
The Uruguayan government has pre-
sented heavy claim against Brazil for
permitting the passage of rebels across
the frontier.
The war furry In the wheat markets
at Chicago, New York and other Amer
ican cities has passed over.
Rudolf zeller, the Viennese operatta
composer. has been found guilty OF
fraud and perjury and sentenced to one
years imprisonment at hard labor
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23

Thnrshay. April Is.

While seated at the breakfast table
Matthias Custer. 20 years old, was shot
and instantly killed by John Formiller,
his step-father. az Chicago. Formiller
then killed himself.
The body of the man found in the
Weber river at Ogden, Utah, is believed
to be that of L. A. Kilday, of New
York.
A dispatch to the London Times from
st. Petersburg says that a nest of con-
spirators was recently discovered in
Sergius street, a fashionable thorough
fare OF that city.
Policeman Paul Craft. Of Chicago, ac-
cidentally shot and killed his sweetheart
while he was cleaning his revolver. Craft
was arrested and had to be restrained
to prevent him killing himself.
The Standard Oil company paid
through the federal court $3.50 to Will
lam Costello, of Chicago, which was the
agreed price for the loss of an eye.
Mrs. U. S. Grant has written book
the home history OF General and Mrs.
Grant as 1t has never been told before.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
Saturday, April II.

a telegram from Asheville, n. c.,
states that Mrs. S. NJ. Hanna, the
mother of Senator Hanna, is dead
there from pneumonia. She was 81
years old
The navy department is in ferment
over an order TO Lieutenant Peary, the
Arctic explorer, to leave the New York
navy yard and take up his station at
Mare island, Cal.
Detectives are searching for w. T..
Farley, cashier for the clothing firm of
Work Bros. 6, Co. He and $1,000 have
coincidentally disappeared from Chi
cago.
A man who had just reached Chicago
on a Northwestern suburban train
was drowned in the river at Wells
street. Scores of spectators watched
the unfortunate go down in the dirty
water unable to render him any as
sistance.
Judge Morton of the Suffolk superior
court, Boston, has decided that Adah
Richmond has not established her
rights as a widow to contest the will of
John Stetson.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
Monday, April 10.

William Dawson, Sr., president, and
Robert l.. Miller assistant cashier of
the defunct bank of Minnesota, at st.
Paul, have been arrested on the usual
charge of accepting deposits after they
knew the bank was insolvent.
General Ruiz Rivera and Colonel
Bacallao, the captured insurgent lead
ers in prison al Havana are no longer
incommunicado.
Juan Tejada, one of the survivors Of
the wreck of the Vile de ST. Nazaire,
has become a maniac as result of his
terrible experience.
Mrs. Randoll Davidson, wife Of the
bishop Of Winchester. England. has
been initiated a member of the Royal
Lady Mary College of Odd Fellows at
Farnham.
American bashi bazourks burned the
feet of John, Smith, Rebecca and Eliza
Blakesley near Findley, o., until the
victims told where they had $1,000 in
money concealed.
j. c. Long and wife are on trial at
Hampton, Ia, for murder. They are
accused of poisoning Longs only child.
a daughter 1e years old, by his divorced
wife.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
Friday. April 10.

The st. Louis Dairy company has been
found guilty in the United States dis
trict court of having imported contract
labor and will have to pay $1,000. the
penalty provided by law.
Princess de Chimay has left Paris She
was not allowed to appear at a music
hall.
The California legislature has enacted
a law fixing the minimum rate of pay
per day for laborers on public works at
50 a day
A special from Grand Forks, B. c.,
announces the sudden death of Captain
Carter, a well-known character of the
camp, said to be a brother of Senator
Thomas Carter, of Montana. He leaves
mining property valued at $S00,000
The board of regents of the Michigan
University will meet April 20 and vote
a leave of absence for President Angel
while he is in Turkey as diplomat.
Part of the Globe Iron works at Day
ton, O., weakened by the recent floods,
collapsed. Damage estimated at $4,000.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
TOW BARGE. GOES TO THE BOTTOM
Runs on Pier Breaking n Hole in Her
Crew All Saved.

Ludington, Mich, April TO- - Tow
barge Charles N. Ryan went to the
bottom a quarter Of mile off this port
in twenty-five feet Of water yesterday.
In trying to make harbor the current
carried her on the north pier, breaking
hole in her bow. A line was thrown
to the pier and made fast by the life
savers, but it soon parted and the boat
drifted into shallow water, where she
soon sank.
life-boat was manned and reached
the tow barge in safety. On her re-
turn trip she shipped sea and upset.
The occupants of the life-boat were
washed into the water. Some hung to
the lfe-boat and drifted ashore with it,
and others were picked up by volun-
teer crew, while the remainder were
washed ashore. The Ryan is owned
by Neffs, of Milwaukee. Her captain
is John Gillard. She left Chicago bound
for this port for bulk salt
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
NEWS FROM DOWN AT NArCHEz.
The Way the Glasscock Lcvee Let the
Mississippi River Through.

The Way the GlasscoclS Lcvee Let the
Mississippi River Through.
Natchez, Miss, April 20-The first
break on the Concordia parish front &C.
Cured on Sunday morning last, when
the Glasscock levee gave way. This le-
wee is located about twenty-eight miles
below Natchez and is near the lower
end of the levee system Of the parish
1t is an old levee and has received no
attention since 1891. There was a large
force of men at work on it Sunday, rails
ing and strengthening it. They were
working their way to the lower end Of
it when suddenly the laborers saw the
muddy water begin to bubble up at the
lower end and in less time than it takes
to tell, it the seething water tore great
hole through it, and work on the en-
bankment was at once stopped.
The water rushed through at q great
rate and began spreading out in the low
lands adjacent. The catastrophe was
not unexpected, and it's disastrous eff
fects were in measure discounted by
reason of all the stock and other per-
ishable property having been previous
ly removed. The water from this break
will inundate the lower part of the par
ish of Mooreville down to Brabston,
covering a number of fine plantations.
but it was expected that most of this
section would go under anyhow from
the overflow that will take place in
Black river from the Biggs crevasse,
below Delta. 1t will entail vast amount
of suffering Of the people Of the neigh
borhood, and relief will have to be ex-
tended to them.
Last night the crevasse was reported
to be from 800 20 1000 feet wide and still
caving. The river at Natchez has fall
en- 20-100 in the past forty-eight hours,
but again shows rising tendency. This
city is fast filling up with flood suffer-
ers, and every effort will be made to
care for them. Stock of all kinds con-
tinues to pour in by the steamboat load.
All the other levees are in good shape
and little apprehension is felt for them.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
pingree Appo,n,s rwo women.

Lansing. Mich. April 1.-THE follow
ing appointments have been made by
Governor Pingree: Frederick II. Bel
KNAPP, of Niles, member of state board
OF health: Jacob Stahl. Of Lansing,
member of the board of control of the
Industrial school for boys; George A.
hewitt. Of Ishpeming. commissioner of
mineral statistics; Mrs. M. A. Bliss, OF
Saginaw, guardian Of the industrial
home for girls; II. II. Rankin, Jr., trus-
tee OF school for the blind; c. e. Dana
her, of Newberry. trustee Of the upper
peninsula hospital for the insane; Jo-
seph Armstrong, of Lapeer. and Jane
M Kenrey, of Port Huron, trustees of
the eastern asylum for the insane at
Pontiac; Charles w. Light, of Saginaw.
members of the state board of charities.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
FoIAJnirorm Game Laws.

Lansing, Mich, April 1.-THE Michi-
gan legislature will in few days re-
ceive a request from the legislature Of
Wisconsin asking for the appointment
of commission to work Jointly with
commissioners appointed by the legisla-
lures of Wisconsin, Minnesota and I'LL
nois, to devise uniform game and fish
laws for the four states mentioned. The
commission will comprise five members
of the senate and house, and the work
provided for will be done after the close
of the present session and before the
opening of the legislature of 1899.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
sound Money Campaign to Proceed.

Grand Rapids Mich. April 19.-The
sound money Democratic state central
committee has decided to keep up it's
organization and work Clerks will
continue in charge of headquarters to
superintend the organization of the
counties and to distribute the litera-
ture. Reports have been received showing
the total vote cast in the recent election
to be $4,000, with fifteen counties yet to
hear from.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
Specimen of Cuban specials"

New York, April luna Melton, one
of the Competitor prisoners, cables to a
New York paper that the Spanish evac-
uation of Cuba has commenced, $50 SOL
diers having embarked from Havana
for Spain. 1t has been given out by
Spanish authorities that the men to
leave were sick and wounded, but that
was merely a ruse to cover the fact that
the withdrawal of Spanish troops has
commenced
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
Indemnity for Diseased Cattle.

Lansing, Mich, April 19.-The right
Of the state sanitary live stock commits
sion to slaughter cattle suspected of
having tuberculosis without compensat-
ing the owner for the full market va}ue
Of the animals will be tested in Nthe
supreme court. O. w. Shipman, of
Detroit, was the owner of large herd
of valuable Jerseys. The state live
stock commission applied the tuber-
culosis test and found that twenty
eight of the best looking animals in the
herd were afflicted with tuberculosis.
The animals were slaughtered and Ship
man was rendered 81 each for the
animals, which he refused He de-
manded their market value, which was
$4,000. Hence the suit
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
omnhnIsProhnbIy safe.

Omaha, April 1.-THE river is still
falling at this point. and there is evil
dence that the worst damage from the
flood has been done. The stream across
the north bottoms is still discharging
an immense volume of water into CUT
Off lake, but the dykes across the bot
tom are holding well. and the receding
river must soon reduce the influx.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
Detroit Woman Horribly Murdered.

Detroit, April 19.-The horribly mutt
lated remains of a woman named Nellie
Bergen were discovered in her little
frame house on Madison avenue. Life
had been extinct for more than twenty
four hours. The woman's head was fair
ly chopped to pieces. Suspicion of the
crime rests upon John A. Dittman, who
had been living with the woman. Dit
man has not yet been found.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
Citizens RESCUED the Crew.

Rogers City, Mich, April 21.-The tow
barge John A. Francomb, Of Detroit,
broke loose from her consort, the STAFF
ford, during Sunday nights gale off
Spectacle reef, Lake Huron, and struck
on Adams Point, seven miles south of
this place. The crew was rescued by
citizens of this place, after having been
made about helpless by the freezing
weather.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
Deranitcd and "sloped.y

Birmingham, Ala, April 20.-A spe-
cial from Albertville, Ala, to The State
Herald says: County Superintendent
w. w. Kidd, of Marshall county, has
defaulted and gone to parts unknown.
His shortage is about $4,000.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
Shot by a Burglar

Adrian, Mich, April ,19.-Lafayette
Ladd, one of the most prominent citi-
zens of this city, was shot and fatally
wounded by burglar at o'clock Sat-
urday morning. The robber escaped
and there is no clew as to his identity.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
Condition Slightly Improved.

The United States steamer Vdette
arrived at 6 p. m. from below in charge
OF Captain W. r. Brown, assistant
United States engineer under Lieuten-
ant Newcomer. He reported a break
in the Reid levee, one mile below the
saw-mill and one and q half miles be-
low the Bggs break. At p. m. the
break was 800 feet wide and not widen
ing fast. as the water behind the levee
from the Biggs break prevented it 60
ing through with any great velocity
Captain Brown states that the condi-
ton is slightly improved along the up
per portion OF the line and also that
only small force is atSwork maintain
ing any protecting work already done.
There has been a fall of two-tenths
from Goodrich, in East Carroll parish
to this point. The water from the Reid
break joins that from Biggs' levee and
will only add to the volume of water
going east.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
SLEEPING AND PARLoR CAR SERVICE.

SLEEPING AND PARLOR CAR SERVICE
wEsTBOUND.
1902 a m. train has Parlor car to Grand Rap
ids. Extra charge % cents.
7:17 p m. train has Parlor car to Graz 1 Rap
ids. Extra charge 25 cents.
EAsTBOUND.
900 a. M train has Parlor car to Detroit. EX-
ira charge 25 cents. Pullman Parlor car, De.
troit to Toronto, connecting with Sleeper for
the east and New York. Connects with G. g.
Huron and with c., S. 81 M. division for Saginaw
and Bay City.
6:03 p. m. train has Parlor car to Detroit Ex-
TIA charge 25 cents, and Pullman Sleeping car
Detroit to Toronto. Suspension Bridge, Buffalo,
Philadelphia and New York. Connects at Du-
rand with c., y. and M. div. for Saginaw and
Battle Creek.
3:25 a. m. train has through day Parlor and
Sleeping cars Windsor to Suspension Bridge,
Buffalo, New York and Boston.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
Memphis Has Sufficient Funds.

Memphis, Miss, April 20.-Calls for
aid have been sent out from sections
Of the overlooked Mississippi delta, and
while the waters are slowly receding
the suffering and restitution increases.
The situation throughout the delta is
about the same as on Sunday. 1t was
q beautiful day in the flood-stricken
section, and the planters hope that the
waters will be carried away in time to
make a good crop. At Memphis the
river is slowly falling and at Cairo a
decided fall is reported. The Memphis
relief committee has issued a card
stating that lin the judgment of the
executive committee the funds now in
hand will, in all probability be sufficient
for demands, and that contributions to
the Memphis relief committee should
cease"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23

IA who resides at Green Bay, writes
March 9Th, 1895, as follows:
rive years ago became so nervous that
mental work was a burden. could not rest
al hight ON account of sleeplessness. My
attention was called to DR.. Miles Restora-
tive Nervine. and commenced to use it
with the very best effect. Since then 1
nave Kept bottle in my house and use it
whenever my nerves become unstrung, with
always the same good results. My son also
DIR. Miles takes it for nervousness
with like never failing
NSIVIue success. have recon-
Restores it e cupes t IL sD l AMI W Who
Hao1fh suffer from nerve
''s''' troubles should try it.
~ Is Tree from narcotics, perfectly harm
Tess, and yet soothes and strengthens. DR..
Miles, through his Nervine is a benefactor
to thousands" A.C. LEHMAN,
EDITOR and proprietor OF DER LANDsMAN.
Dr. Miles Nervine is sold on guarantee
nrst bottle will benefit or money refunded.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-23
PEOPLE DROWNING.
CALL FOR HELP FROM cOON'S LAND
ING. LOUISIANA.

Two Breaks In the Embankment Reported
at That Point, and Others Elsewhere
Thousands of Destitute People To BE
Provided For.
Vicksburg, Miss, April 20.-Major j.
II. Willard, ". S. engineer has just
received dispatch from the master Of
the steamer Florence. ordered Sunday
night to Coons Landing. La, 10 rescue
flood sufferers. asking him TO serd all
the skiffs obtalnable by the first steam
er. as the people are drowning and can
not be reached except by skiffs. Coon's
Landing is about thirty-five miles from
this city and is being flooded by the
Biggs crevGsse. A dispatch arrived at
midnight from Ashwood, La, says the
water is rushing rapidly into the
swamps of Tensas parish, which are
inaccessible by steamer, and this dis
patch srouses many apprehensions. Re-
lief work here is depending upon pri-
vate charity. upon which the burden is
daily heavier. Thousands have arrived
and thousands are coming. The levees
are covered with fugitives. Chairman
Grayton, Of the colored relief commit
tee, says 1000 persons are in distress
here.
Later-A dispatch from the valley
route operator at Hays, Miss, referring
to the foregoing, says the calamity at
Coons Landing is due to a break in
the levee there and that another has
occurred opposite Rodney. No details
have been received. Boats cannot be
eent bafora ,o1orpipo
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-19
Wednesday Night at Grove Avenue.

The protracted meeting at Grove-Avenue
Baptist church is in its third week, ana
still the interest continues to grow. Wed
nesday nights meeting was perhaps the
best that has yet been held. The singing
was lively and spirited, the congregation
taking part in it with great interest.
When DR.. Hiden called for volunteer
talks the venerable Deacon Flemming
Phillips responded with an earnest ana
eloquent appeal, which was particularly
impressive. 49,.
Dir. Hlden preached. on the nth verse
of the 18th chapter OF Luke: "And when
he came to himself he said, How many
hired servants OF my fathers have bread
enough and to spare, and / perish with
hungerr The sermon was an earnest APP
peal TO the unconverted to come to them
selves. The preacher argued that god
less life is unnatural, irrational. and alb
surd.
At the close Of the sermon six persons
confessed their faith In Christ. The num-
Der of converts thus far Is twenty-four.
Nearly all Of these are of the Sunday
school.
The meetings still continue. beginning
each nlght at 8 o'clock. They usually close
before $50