The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-01-22

Gus man when under the influence of
liquor.
Mr.. John E. DVorak In .'The Merchant
of Venice" played to Q fall house at Rich.
mond Wednesday night In spite OF The
bad weather. This show Is ons OF the
best ever seen In this city aud comes
highly recommended.
The home OF DIR. ]. G. CrIst, on Frank.
lin avenue, was b scene of q pleasant
gathering Wednesday evening. Mrs. Crist
fully understands the art OF entertaining,
and the evening was q very enjoyable one,
indeed. The hours were passed In gay
conversation and In playing high Eve.
At an appropriate hour delicious refresh
ments were served.
Rev. Thos. M. Cobb IS assisting Rev.
Mr.. Franklin In conducting q protrscted
meeting, being held at the Methodist
church In Wellington. Rev. MIR. Frank
lin Is one OF the ablest young ministers in
the Methodist church, and with Rev. Cobb
to assist him the meeting can but result In
strengthening the church both spiritually
and in numbers.
DR.. C.. K. Day has bought an interest in
a drug store at MAYHEM and Will move to
that city next week. DIR. Day moved to
this city from MAYHEM. and during the
time OF his r~esidency here he has built mp
q good practice and has made many warm
friends. We regret very much to see him
leave Lexington. aud wish him uu-
bounded success In his home In our
neighboring city.
A. OIor, D..aa In khIa Hama
az a candidate for the Office OF recorder.
Mr.. Tyree has an extensive acquaintance
throughout the county. and Is well liked
by all to whom he is known. He Is a
working democrat and always takes an
active part In county politics. he Is COM
petsnt to oil the Office to which he
aspires. and II elected, will make q good
officer. II defeated, he will still labor hard
to elect the entire ticket.
At a meeting of the stockholders OF the
Commercial bank, held last week, the
same board of directors was elected that
had served during the past year.. The
board then met and elected the same on
GERS 1t elected at Its last meeting. The
bank declared a dividend of eight per
can't and also set aside 5000 as a perma-
neut reserve fund. There IL no better
banking institution In the state than the
Commercial bsnk OF Lexington, nor one
that is In better hands.
The stockholders In the Morrison
Wentworth bank ct the recent meeting
elected the same board OF directors that
had served during the year past. Mr..
Louis w. Cox, of near Dover. wal elected
to I'LL the vacancy In the board caused by
the death Of Mr.. Stephen @. Wentworth.
The board met aud elected the anne
officers for the new year who had served
during 1897. The Morrison. Wentworth
bank is among the Oldest and most relia.
BILE institutions In the state. and is
reckoned among the safest.
The following board Of directors was
elected at a recent meeting Of the stock.
holders In the Lexington Saving bank:
d. W. B. .Tevis. WsIter B. WaddelI, W. D.
Rankin, John 8. Rylsnd. E. Hoffman, NJ.
Chapman and E. F. Nicholson. The
board then elected the following of1cers:
W. D. Rankin, president; D. w. q. Tevis,
vics-president; Walter B. Wsddell,
cashier; Irwin Tevis. book-keeper, ana
John E. Ryland. secretary of b board.
The Saving bank 10 counted among Lex.
iuRton's soundest business organizations
financially, and 10 enjoying the liberal
patronage 1t deserves.
HigginsvIlIe Leader 1.-THE 10 ual meet.
ing of the stockholders of the Lafayette
County Cooperative Association, better
known as the Grange store. was held
at the store In this city on Wednesday.
The following directors were elected for
the ensuing year: Jackson Corder, pres
ident; II. D. Mile, secretary; Jno. Price,
D. Y. Prigmore, Rufus Young, J. E.Giad-
dish, Thomas Jones, James Lyons. David
Ralson, c. r. Anderson. II. E. Kuhne
was reelected manager and the usual four
per cent semi.snnusl dividend was declar-
cd. The store has made this dividend ever
since It has been under the management
OF Mr.. Kuhne, which is a sufficient COM
plImeut to hIs ability to all the position.
The supper and ball given by the ladies
of the Catholic church, Wednesday night,
was one OF the most enjoyable ever given
In the city. The ladies OF the Catholic
church fully understand how to give q
delightful entertainment, and this one
was q OF the most delightful they rave
ever given. A large crowd was In at.
tendance aud q large sum OF money was
cleared, which will be used to pay for
finishing up :he inside OF the new Cath
olio church which 10 almost completed,
While soliciting money last spring with
which to build their church, the ladies
gave a ticket bearing q number to those
who contributed. which entitled the per-
son holding the ticket to a chance on q
town lot. The drawing for the town lot
was held Wednesday night, and number
or was the lucky ticket. The holder OF
the ticket was not present to claim the
lot aud the ladies' hsye not yet found out
who holds 1t. These balls which are held
at Turner hall, are becoming more popu-
lar every day and Q larger crowd was In
attendance at this one han has been
present at any ball In the city for a long
time. The ladies may conclude to give
another ENTERTAINMENT In the pesr future,
and II they do, they wlll receive a still
larger attendance.