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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

Congress will next Tues
day, and 1t is expected that Secretary
Olney will send in a communication
relative I o the Cuban matter. 1t is
said that Spain is willing to make every
concession in order to avoid "A with
the United States, and will accept the
good offices of this country as a media
tor, and guarantee amnesty to the
Cuban insurgents, Her representa-
tive at Washington said last Monday
that Spain wOuld ask this country to
assist her in the endeavor to establish
peace in the island, though he declared
that Cuba would not be allowed to
control her political and financial
affairs.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02
CONFIDENCE RESTORED, BUT NOT
PROSPERITY.

The following is taken from w. j.
Bryan's speech, which he delivered at
a banquet given him at Lincoln, Neb.,
by the Travelling Mems association,
December 28th:
ssThe public was told That republic
can success would restore confidence,
and that confidence was the only thing
lacking. In Dun's Review of Novem-
Der Z, we find these words: "A great
revolution has been effected this week
in the conditions which control bust
ness. 1t could not be in any fair
degree reflected as yet in transactions
or in records, but there is ample evil
dence elready that a crushing weight
has been lifted and rolled away, and
the business world has begun to adjust
itself to a state of freedom and security
which it has not known for years.
Dread of immeasurable disaster no
longer locks up resouroes and para
lyzes industry, and new contracts in
volving many millions have become
binding since the election
"The following week the same Re-
view says: No one now doubts that
the brighter day is dawning, and it is
the common remark that never before
has business shown so great a change
for the better within a single week.
"On the following week the Review
starts out with the statement: The
gain In volume of business continues
entirely without precedent By the
fourth week disappointment began to
manifest itself, and l find that accord
ing to Dun's report five of the eight
reports since the election show an in
crease of weekly failure over the cor
responding weeks of last year.
''For the eight weeks since the cleo
ton the reports show s~eventy-five bust
ness failures more than for the cores
ponding eight weeks in 1895. l call
attention to these figures because they
show either that confidence has not yet
been restored, or that confidence, if
restored, has not restored prosperity.
''Every failure among the wholesale
houses meaDs a loss of employment to
travelling men, and every failure among
retail establishments means the loss of
a customer. B%imetallists have con-
tended that hard times are due mainly
to the rise in the purchasing power of
money. They have contended nat
prosperity must begin with the farmer
and laborer, and afterward reach the
commercial classes. The republicans
rave promised to restore normal On
ditioDs without increasing the volume
of currency. What they may do here
after remains to be seen, but it is evil
dent that they have thus far failed to
bring relief to the people.
"Dun's Review of December &c re-
ports Il falling off of "a per cent IN
bank exchanges in the leading cities
for the five days ending December "A,
over corresponding days of last year,
and a falling off of lG per cent over
the corresponding days of ! 893."
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02
MR.. BRYAN AS A LECTURER.
He Sets a Needed Example of the Dig
nifty of Honest Work.
From the New York Journal.

From the New York Journal.
MI. Bryan has taken to to the lecture
platform. He is TO speak fifty time:
remuneration will be $50, 900. HI:
lectures will bear upon the problems OF
government, so that while he is earn
ing money he will also be %enlightening
the people.
This Is the first time in our history
hat a citizen who has beer a candidate
for the presidency, and may be again,
has made his appearance as a paid
lecturer. Consequently, we shall hear
about Mr.. Bryan's lack of dignity
again. he IS a fearless sort of man,
who has his own ideas as to what COM
stitutes dignity.
The statue and the pedestal do not
seem TO enter into his conception at all.
Whenever he is engaged in saying
what he thinks, whether an admission
price be charged at the door or not, he
evidently regards himself as dignified
enough to meet the American require
ments. This is a strict democratic
view, and it cannot but CRATE upon the
sensibilities of the aristocratic, to
whom reserve and state, moi To say
hauteur and pomposity, are absolutely
necessary TO dignity.
But MIR. Bryan is neither a king nor
a noble, and 1t is plain that he has no
ambition to be mistaken for either. He
is just an American, who has his living
to make and his family to provide for,
and is ready to turn himself to any
employment that offers. That is the
dignity of simplicity, which Is not ap-
preciated in this republic as it ought to
be.
Those who suffer a certain shock at
the spectacle of William Jennings
Bryan, late candidate for the exalted
Office of president of the United States,
appearing as a lecturer would be con-
sciOus of no sense of incongruity were
he, being a lawyer, TO become the
attorney of some wealthy corporation.
And it would be all right were he,
like MIR. Cleveland, to make friends
with a circle of millionaires and let
them roll up a fortune for him by spec
ulation; or were he to accept the pres
idency of q railroad company and
devote his energies to earning dividends
on watered stock or 10 take q flyer
under the rose in Wall street and bag
a million OF so; OF to pursue naked
money in any of the ways that are in
vogue with the financially successful.
But as Mr.. Bryan has chosen to ex-
ercise his gifts as a thinker and orator,
thus combining public instruction with
legitimate gain, his want of dignity
will impress itself upon the plutocracy,
and all those small creatures who are
willing poems, mentally and materially,
of the plutocracy.
1t IS a good thing for the country
that MIR. Bryan has taken to the lee
lure platform. He sets a needed ex-
ample of the essential dignity of honest
work 10 the young men of the United
States. And it 10 not TO be doubted
that by the time he has finished his
fifty addresses Mr.. Bryan will have
told the people il great many things
it will make them wiser men
and better citizens to know.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02
One-Man Power.

From the Representative.
The English government recognizes
the terrible power of this nation. II
sees hat II war with US would bankrupt
them; while, with our tremendous
resources, constituting us a world in
ourselves, we could fight forever. They
realize, too, that the war-like instincts
of the western giant may boil over at
any time, as they did the other day in
the Venezuela affair; and in that event
affairs would pass ont of the control of
the banking class. And so they pro-
pose to bottle us. And SO old Mother
Goose (Cleyeland), the platilqdinons
personiiication OF humbnggery, has
agreed with the aristocratic govern
ment of England that, if any controver-
sjss arise with England during the next
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02
INCREASE THE VALUE OF YOUR
PROPERTY.

Never, since the question of building
a bridge at Lexington was first agita-
ted, have the conditions been so favor
able tor success as they are now. la
fact, the bridge is assured beyond any
question of doubt, If the citizens OF
Lexington will do what they did last
spring-that Is, subscribe $3.50, 900.
The building of this bridge IS no more
nor less than a profitable investment.
The INTELLIGENCER feels hat it is
but doing its duty when it makes the
statement that the bridge is necessary
to this towns prosperity. Property
owners cannot expect their property to
even maintain its present value under
the existing conditions. The fact that
property is lower today than twelve
months ago proves this.
The calm, deliberate decision of our
people is that the bridge a be erected.
The INTELLIGENCER shares in that
opinion. 1t would indeed have a poor
opinion of It's home did it not believe
this. We cannot believe that enter
prising business men, surrounded by
such a country, located in such a place
and realizing the possibilities for the
future, would throw away a golden
opportunity for their material advance
ment. No; we believe our sensible
men are awake to the needs of the
hour, and that they will choose the
path of progress rather than the hard
ened ruts of retrogressIon.
Every citizen in Lexington is in a
position to increase the value of his
property, his neighbours property, and
make Lexington the city 1t should be.
Be true to yourselves, to your family
and to Lexington by renewing your
subscription.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

There are fifteen persons supported al
the Nevada insane asylum by this county,
Eight are at Fulton and ten at the st. Jo-
seph ssylums, making thirty-three in all
who were sent to these institutions from
Lafayette county, the cost being S13O each
annually. Besides these the county has
to pay SO per month for the support OF
nine minors at the reform school, and
1925 per month for two women, Mary
Frazier and Bessie Walker, who were sent
TO the industrial school at Chillicothe.
The eighteen inmates of the county poor
house costs the county $I57.14 per month
for their support. Poor and deserving
who are wholly or in part supported by
the county end who are not inmates of
any institution, cost the county S12O per
month. The total cost per year foots up
tn ~ .625. 68,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02
Stockholders Meeting.

Notice Is hereby given that the annual
meeting OF the stockholders in the Com
mereial Bank, of Lexington, Mo, will be
held IN the directors room Of said bank,
on Monday, January IL, 1897. at ten
O'Clock a. M, for the purpose OF e~Ieeting
directors for said bank for The ensuing
year, and to transact any other business
that may cone before said meeting.
ROBT. KAUFMAN, Pres.
j. X. MooREHEAD, Secy.
Lexington, Mo, Dec. Is, 1896. IL. 10 Il
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

The Sultan OF Turkey, when told
that unless he consented TO the reforms
proposed by the great powers he would
be coereed into doing SO, replied: al
my be the last Of the caliphs, but ]
win become q second khedive.''
He is game TO the last, but the time is
approaching when the Turks will be
driven from Europe at the point of the
bagonet.
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Stockholders, Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting OF the stockholders of the Lex
ington Savings Bank, for the purpose of
electing directors OF said bank for the
ensuing year, and for the consideration of
such other business as may come before
meeting, will be held In the directors
room in the bspk building OF said bank,
in the city OF Lexington, Mo-, on Wednes-
day, January ID, 1897, between the hours
of 10 o'clock a. m. and O'Clock p. m. of
that day. W, ID. RANKIN,
j. Il. RYLAAD, Seo'Y, President
Lexington, Mo-, Dec. "a, 1895, I'd
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LOUIS GRATz, G. q,
NOTICE.


Schawe & Weis have issued the follow
ing circular:
LEXINGTON, Mo-, Dec. 31st, 1896.
| To our Patrons and the Public;
We take this means of announcing
that on and after January l, 1897, we
will adopt the CASH SYSTEM.
Careful Investigation and mature DELHI
Grafton nave convinced us of the wisdom of
this generally conceded modern method
of doing business. Buying and selling
for cash will enable us to both buy and
sell cheaper. We can do business with a
much smaller capital; we meet with no
losses; we consume no time making
charges, posting ledgers, making out
bills, collecting accounts, etc, etc.
Where the credit sytem is in vogue the
merchant is forced To make the paying
customer sustain the loss occasioned by
the delinquent patron. We propose to
give the trade the benefit of the expenses
thus saved, and any person can readily
understand nov we can afford to greatly
undersell competitors who do a credit
business.
We are truly grateful for past f%avors,
and respectfully solicit "A continuance of
YOUR patronage. Very truly,
' SCHAWE * WEIs,
Dealers in Hardware, Stoves and Tinware.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

John Jacob Astor's resolution to
swenr allegiance to Queen Victoria is
Rafortunately followed by Grover Cleve-
land determination to 90 into private
life 1t Princeton. 1t 10 Q pity that such
pllce AZ the seat of old Nassau should
be tssdqHarters for the great Nimrod.
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Notice to Bridge COntractors.
will let 10 the lowest and best bidder. on
IHuRSDAN. JANUARY Z lsNI.

7 TVT y TTT TVTVVTT TTTW TV1T W VII
THURSDAY, JANUARY :, 1897,
at 10 o'clock a. m, the construction of one
Wooden Pile Bent Bridge. about thirEy-fiVc
G5 feet in length, on road leading from
Columbus to Poor Farm" and near =. V.
Cooks
Also, on same day, and rs soon after the
above letting as prpcticable, | will let the con
struotion of a Wooden Frame Bent Bridge,
about furty-eight GSl feet in length, on the
Columbus road, about DIX 90 miles south of
Lexington, and near Mir. Bowers.
Letting t. take place at sites of bridges, at
which time and place plans and specifications
can be seen.
Contractors will be required to give bonds
with approved security for contracts and
maintenance, as the law directs.
The right to reject any or all bids IS re-
served. j. X. GRAY.
lp-TptI rAunppIGafpnpr
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

The taxes OF 1895 will be subject to suit
on the LIST day Of January, 1897. II not
paid by the 10Th OF January, 1897, suit
will be fled'and issued on and Judgment
asked at first term Of circuit court. This
will make an additional cost Of from s. to
$40. Ii You wish to save up this cost pay
up at once. IHos. A. CATBoN,
Collector.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02
TIME TABLE.

Commencing Sunday, Nov. 18th, 1896,
trains will pass Lexington junction on
the Wabash as follows:
West bound-No. 5, Kansas City and Des
Moines express, $40 a. M; No. z, Denver
limited, 7:40 a. M; No. 3. fast line, 4:5O . p
M; No. II, local freight, 4:35 p. m.
East bound-No. 2, New York limited.
IL 90 a. M; No. q, Chicago and Toledo fast
mail, 7:45 p. M; No. A, st. Louis and Des
Moines express, 1874 p. M; No. 20, local
freight, 800 a. m.
II, w, ARTER Agent.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, William jenkins and Mary Jcnk-
ins, his wife, by their deed of trust dated
March. 2ith, 1872, and recorded in the record.
er's office for Lafayette county, Missouri, In
book 96,-at page ll3, conveyed to w. X. TrigE,
as trustee. the followin described real estate,
situated in said Lafayette county, tu-wit. Lots
! and :, in block 10, in Pomcroy, HouN and
Graham's additiOnto Lexington, in trust, To
secure the payment of the notes in said deed
described: and, whereas, il is provided in said
deed of trust, in case ui the death of the said
trustee, the netting sheriff of Lafayette cOuu-
ty, Missouri, should become his successor.
Said W, X. T'rigg having departed this life, /.
John y. FulkcTsun, acting sheriff of SAID La
faNettC county, mt the request of the legal
holder of said notes, default having been made
in the payment thereof, will On
SATURDAY, JANUARY p. 1897,
between the hours Of Il. IN. and , p. m , ut
the front door OF the court house, in Licking
ton, Lafayette county. Missouri, Sc | publicly
at auction To the highest bidder, for cash, the
above described property, for the purpose of
paying said debt and the cost of executing
this trust. JOHN a. FL LII EItSpN,
Sheriff of Lafayette County, Missouri, and
acting Trustee.
Lexington, Mo, January I'd, 1881.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

The annual meeting OF the stockhold-
ers OF the Traders Bank, to elect thirteen
OBJ directors to serve for the ensuing
year, will be held at the banking house
on Monday, January 4th, 1897. The polls
will DO opened at 10 O'Clock Il. m, and re-
main open until 2 o'clock p. m.
w. q. MCCAUSLAND, Pres.
I. @. SAWYER, Sec'y. Ut
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

The story m from Cuba that
ute n young Texans who C there
20 q yht for Cuba Libre were surround
ed ty Spanish soldiers IN a mountain
gore and all slam, but not until they
had killed twenty-five or thirty of their
foea
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02
A PR

A PRESENT.
Hoping that of enjoyment you may have
your full share,
We ask you to accept OF this "~balancing
chair"
And in taking your "trial balance"
In this balancing chair we send,
May you make no INSTRUMENTATION,
But keep %accoun straight TO the end.
STUDENTS OF LEX. Bus. COLLEGE.
A card bearing the above attached to a
fine Office rocking chair, was found by
Prof. L. F. Myers in his Office the day
after Christmas. 1t was an agreeable
surprise. Prof. H%ortenstein was also
remembered with n nice rocker.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02
A LETTER FROM MIR. BRYAN.
Hon. II. G. Wallace Receives q Letter
Which Will be of Interest to All
True Democrats.

Hon. II. O.. Wallace, who was e~nthusias-
tic in his support of Bryan and Sewall, and
who performed a vast amount of labor
during the late campaign in the interest
of the democratic party and its popular
standard bearers, recently received the
following letter from Hon. w. j. Bryan,
in which that great leader and eloquent
exponent of democratic principles ex-
presses his sincere thanks to Mr.. Wallace
for the valuable aid he rendered the
ticket during the campaign. The letter
is characteristic of the man, and is given
verbatim:
LINCOLN, NEB., pee. 10, 1896.
Mr.. II. &. Wallace. Attorney, Lexington. Nj.
My DEAR SIR:-I am in receipt OF your
favor OF Nov. 6, and appreciate your words
of encourdgeWebtan expressions of good
will. ! also beg to thank you for the in
terest you have taken in the campaign
and for the aid you have given. The CON
seriousness of duty doEe must sustain us
until we see the triumph OF our cause.
haye no doubt OF ultimate success.
Yours truly, W. ]. BRYAN.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

There were 1912 failures in the
United States in '96. The total liabil :
lilies Of the failing institutions reached
the stupendous sum OF $247, 0o0, 900.
We are under the gold standard.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02
Teacher WauTpdi

For the Harris district school, three
miles southwest of Wellington. Term,
four months from January 9TH. Apply
to T.. IL. NAHEN, Wellington, Mo.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02
JOINT INSTALLATION

The officers and members of Orion
Lodge, No. As, l. o. o. F., are hereby
notified to be present at the regular meet
ing, on Tuesday, January 5, 1897, to assist
in the joint installation of officers of this
lodge, and of Gutenberg Lodge, No. 323.
GEO. j. TAYLOR, n. q.
10. o. WILSON. Sec'y.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02
Merit
intrinsic value OF 20
Hoods arsaparilla. O&E EAS

Merit in medicine means the power to
cure. Hoods Sarsaparilla possesses actual
and ~unequalled curative power and there
fore it has true merit. When you buy
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and take it according
to directions, to purify your blood, or
cure any of the many blood diseases, you
are morally certain to receive benefit.
The power to cure is there. You are not
trying an experiment. 1t will make your
blood pure, rich and nourishing, and thus
drive out the germs of disease, strengthen
the nerves and build up the whole system.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02
Are N0m Tired

all the time? This condition is a sure in
dication that your blood is not rich and
nourishing as it ought to be and as it may
be il you will take n few bottles of the
great blood purifier, Hood' Sa~rsaparilla.
Thousands write that Hoods Sarsaparilla
has cured them of that tired feeling by
giving them rich, red blood
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

II some one could convince ''lIttle
Davy Francis OF his real size he would
not try to occupy so much space in the
political field.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

Old Mother Prosperity wires in from
Chicago that she has got stranded
there. Great smokes! Stranded right
in tile sight Of Jno.. NJ. Palmer.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

Judging from toe papers of Kansas
CITY, the touans and gamblers are the
only ones rece.vihg protection from the
police.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

That wave of prosperity is the great
est producer Of suicides, bank failures
and toot-pads that has ever swept over
this country.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

II Is q plain business proposition 4:
Help build the bridge and increase the
value Of your property.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

Marks clothes won't fit Willie ;
thei sfore he is having a suit made for
the Inauguration.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

TIE Star, the beautiful Kansas City
Start In its endcavor to illuminate
both sides OF he isnce, it blinds itself.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY %, 1897.

between the hours of . a. m. and . p. m. nj
the court house door, in the city of Lexington,
Lafayette county. Missouri. soil publicly, at
auction, to tho highest bidder. FOR cash, the
property above described. for the purpose of
paying said debt and the expense of rNgcutiuT
this trust.
JAMES WENTWORTH. Trustee.
Lexington, Mo. December ~. lS1i. l1-stta
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

The only Inference oetween the
Cubans anu .;uoks Is, that ''there are
0th,cs" doing lhc kiiling-not Grover.
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HENRY G. WALLACE, JR.
WALLACE & WALLACE,

Attorneys and COunsellors ut Law, LeXing-
ton, Mo. Oflice, rooms in Tcvis BUILDING.
opposite the court house. VIII practice in nll
the courts of this state, and L. =. COurts.
ConYeyancing aud examination Of titles care
fully made. Prompt attentions given to col
IAnfnna
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

Anyone can make resolutions, but 1t
take q true man ov woman to keep
thera.
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Jekepn q McCuilogh was a great
6tI fo1 \ of the few who has
I4t u stamping his personality
on the ofofessiou.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

Have you broken those resolutions
yoH made yesterday
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OHIO GAFFIN.

Those wishing the best grade of coaIand
prompt delivery will ring up telephone
No. 81.
- 26-t4 OHIO GAFFIN.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY %. 1871,
TRUSTEES SALE,

Whereas. Th0masT. Stramckc and ljobccca
W. Stramcke. his wife, 10y their deed of trust
dated November 2lts, lSS7, and recorded in he
recorders office for Lafayette county, Mis-
souri,, in book 81, page ~, conveyed To the uE-
dcrsieucd, ais trustee, the foilowiug described
real estate, situated in said Lafayette county,
to-wit: Lot twelve tl2), in block twcuty-ciSht
(2Sl, iu the first addition to the city of LCNiug-
ton, in trust. to secure the payment Of tho
notes in said deed described Default having
been made ia the payment of one Of said
notes, | will, at the request of the legal holder
of said note, ON
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

Read w. j. Bryan's great book,
.'.Ths First Battle"