The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-01-15

Good, fresh groceries always on hand
at our store. We carry only the best
Eggleston q Ewing. 12.1Stf
Lexington merchants pay higher prices
for country produce han is paid ut any
other town in the state.
The WIthers Grocery Co. closed its
doors Wednesday. John p Ardinger,
trustee, has taken charge and will begin
to sell the stock off January II.
1t 10 reported that q Georgia negro was
recently choked to death while eating
'possum. This incident should auggest
delightful means of suicide fer the
colored citizen.
Burning, itching skin diseases instantly
relieved by De Wits Witch Hazel Salve,
u~nequalled for cuts, bruises, burns. 1t
heals without leaving n scar. Day q
Shelby, Leading Druggists. 1-15tf
The vivid flashes of lightning and loud
peals of hunder that accompanied the
heavy downpour OF rain last Tuesday
night, presented a remarkable phenom-
ena for January. It reminded one OF n
midsummer shower.
'They don't make much fuss about it,
We are speaking OF Ds Wits Liatle
Early Risers, the famous little pills for
constipation, ~biliousness, and all storuRnh
and liver troubles. They never grippe
Day & Shelby, Leading Druggists. 1-15ti
Assignee Wagner, of the defunct May
view Bank, is making rapid progress in
winding up the affairs OF that Institution
He will make a final settlement at the
April term of the circuit court, and it IL
now believed that the depositors Will get
100 cents on the dollar.
We noticed a few bicycles on Main
street last Saturday afternoon. 1t was the
first time the condition of the weather
and roads has favored bicycle riding since
winter set in; and this was only for a
brief time, for the rain on tho following
day put the streets In n muddy condition
again.
There is a time for everything, and the
time to attend to n odd is when it starts.
Don't wait till you have consumption
but prevent it by using One Minute
Cough Cure, the great remedy for coughs,
colds, Group, bronchitis and all throat
and lung troubles. Day & Shelby, Lead
Ino Drnooists. LIST
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MIR. 1. t. Hyre, of Kansas City, took
charge of the Commercial hotel last
Tuesday. He is an experienced hotel
man, and will make such changes In the
management of the business as will in
sure its success. We welcome him to
our city and bespeak for him a liberal
patronage.
The recent discovery that a man can
live without a stomach will doubtless
prove of vital interest to 5ramps. Without
a stomach to provide for, their lives would
be one perpetual dream of bliss; and thus
another burden would be hoisted from
the shoulders of a large class of indus
trious IN "citizens'' of this country.
VIM. Schmidt, of near ConcordIa, was
adjudged iosane by a jury in the probate
court, Tuesday, and a guardian will be
appointed to look after his property. Mr..
has considerable money, which
he puts put ut interest, and for some time
he has shown himself to be incapable OF
attending to his business. He will be
sent to the asylum.
Mr.. George w. Null, of near Odessa.
was a welcome caller at our office We'd
nesday. Mr.. Null tells US that Anderson's
Model n her litter of ten pigs are get
ting along finely, and says the pigs will
be put in the ring at his August sale. The
pigs are beauties, every one of them, and
we trust that he will do even better on
them than he did on the last litter, which
eight aud sold for s3.O55.
Lexington Letter in HlgginSville
Leader: n. j. Groves. who has been the
editor of the ISTELLIeENCER for severa!
years, has sold his Interest to w. G.. Mus
grove, and mas bought an interest In the
Independence Sentinel, and will assume
the editorial management. Mr.. Mus
grove, who was manager OF the INTELLI-
aENcER during the time Capt. Lesueur
was editor, will be the editor aud mans.
ger of the paper. The paper was a sue
cess when he had charge, and 1t Is hoped
that he will keep it in line as a leading
democratic Journal, that will dispense
democratic light and make It a useful
paper to the county.
The Mavview Progress ~eulogizes its
something after this style: "Who-
soever has eaten of the fairness of our soil,
upon our glorious landscape,
our apple-odor-Iaden air, will,
II he goes away. always come back If he
Old man, you hit the nail that
lick. II there Is q beautiful spot in Mis-
souri,, that spot is around MAYHEM. Pure
air, lovely scenery, rich soil, and a Popu-
of the best people on earth--what
more could DO wantedH Cool, lovely
MayviswI When the Thermometer climbs
into the ninetIes, and fried chicken
begins to ripen, we long for thy breeZes
ns the hart longs for h w~aterbrook.
Jeffersoniau: "Several weeks ago we
mentioned b case OF J. @. Mcbride, a
barber aud a former residen Mt of this city,
who is charged with having taken unto
himself three wives. Deputy Sheriff Goode
was sent after the gentleman at Carthage,
where he is serving a Jail sentence for
wife desertion, but returned without him
because the MIR. Mcbride there had black
hair and the man he was after used to
have brown hair. Wife number three was
a Miss Rally of Carthage, and 10 confident
he Is guilty and will prosecute him. 1t Is
that dye urned his hair black,
an effort will be made to ascertain if
is not the truth. II this superstition
is correct, Mcbride will be brought here
and prosecuted"
Lebanon (Tenn.) Democrat; "Miss
Laura Ireland entertained st progressive
on Tuesday evening, In honor OF
Miss Annie Ireland, OF Lexington, Mo,
and Miss LII Glenn, of Nashville. The
was a delightful one, as all
evenings with Miss Laura are bound to
be. The prizes were won by Mr.. Thomas
and Miss McIver. The BOBBY
could not be awarded owing to the num-
of contestants entitled to the aforesaid
honor. Il ia safe to say that two more
attractive young ladies' than Misses Ire.
land and Glenn never visited Lebanon.
Miss Glenn, although appearing for her
drst time in Lebanon society, Won by her
gracious manners and vivacious conversa-
ton many friends. Miss Ireland, who has
bean with Miss Laura for some days, has
certainly won the admiration OF all who
nave met her. She Is a bright, attractive
and pretty, and converts casual acquain-
tances into friends at her own pleasure.
refreshments were served dur
ing the evening, which were both sub
and delicate"