The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-11-26

First snow Of the season Monday, octo-
Der nth.
First floating ice in the river Wednes-
day, November 23d. II 10 now 50 thick as
to impede navigation considerably.
DR.. Fredendan and DR.. Tucker will, on
Tuesday, move their Offices into the new
rooms atted up for them 10 the Gruber
building.
Our merchants have all laid In big
stocks Of goods for the holidays. Read
our advertisements, select the goods you
want, aud buy before the rush.
The public school children Of Riverton
sent about six bushels OF walnuts to the
donation on "Wednesday. They sent extra
sacks along 30 the nuts could be divided,
and sent . note saying that they wanted
the nuts divided up among those children
who were not SO fortunate as themselves.
The Riverton children are not rich, but
they are 10 be commended for their
liberality.
There vas an entertainment at Zion
church on Sixteenth street, T~hanksgiving
night, for the benefit Of the church, and
about SIS were taken at the door. w. ii.
McCiarin was the manager, and the show
was given by home talent. The roaring
three act comedy, "For Gods Sake Look
at Ny Dog "Married in the Dark" and
"Three O'Clock Train' was presented, and
the entertainment wound up with . grand
cake walk by the little folks. When IL
comes to cake walk the colored folks
are strictly In IL, and even the children
take to II as a duck takes TO water. The
entertainment was pronounced q great
success by everyone who attended, and
the house was damned full.
Thanksgiving Day was q great day for
our hunters. Nearly all Of them were out
that day, and in some sections there were
more hunters than birds, and the boys
were afraid TO shoot, for fear Of Gripping
each other. We were not able to get COM
plsts returns, but the following Ia about
Afalr sample Of what they did: Mr.. G. J
Woolayer has just bought himself . No
10 doubls.b back action, automatic, self
). retrieying pointer gun. All the hunter
has to do 10 to point the gun and pull thu
trigger; the gun does the rest. His luci
OF In the'isld can thus be easily ~accountet
40 for. His bag Of 90 birds made him fee
n weary, but bis pride In his new gun gav'
Sc HIM strength to carry them. MIR. Sic
a. Loomis feels disappointed because h
Up could not come In at least second or third
m but he could only show up 20 birds, au'
ne had to take back seat. Mr.. Ed johnson
as counted out As birds. and claims that b
* lost three, but the referee would not allo,
IL him q Stow" unless he showed the tow
IT. and he had. to be content with secon
%. choice. Mr.. John Wilmot, who Away
nd kills a big lot of birds when there
oy nobody along TO count them, only counte
out three birds, and everybody gave hi
Is. the horse laugh. He claims to hay
killed everything he saw. Mr.. r. d. Bal
ers nett got four pot-shots into some p,
ng qusils he had been feeding all SUNNI
ms and fall, and bagged four birds. M
fps Albert Young and bis brother, Mr.. Bai
m. nett Young, we're out for sport, and wouI
lite not shoot q bird on the ground. 1t W,
Ind wing shot or nothing with them, and M
OTIS Albert Young felt proud as he COUNT
'ell out "A birds, and not one maugled. NJ
as Barnett Young handed over his birds
be counted, aud the referee counted out
has birds, but Barnett claimed that he hi
the only killed IS fairly. He shot all h
ere birds in the left wing only, but his g,
rye had gone of prematurely In one instant
non and he had put two or three shot 10 I
Der. body Of the bird. The referee said he "
no entitled to Al, but Barnett said he won
-, not have 1t. He was about to throw I
a, bird away when he killed IL, but remeI
"a, bered Thanksgiving day, and had broug
the bird TO town for the poor. T
= : referee does not know whether Mr.. Wo'
. aver, with 40 birds, shot all over, or \
H. Barnett Young, with 40 birds, shot OF
lon. 10 the left wing, is entitled to the m
,av,s credit.