The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-01-08

Buy your groceries of VIM. j. Gabel,
west of court house. 9-1Stf
Only 25c per quart for Baltimore Oys-
ters at Cafe Hacker. 12-4tf
The Gas Company has reduced the price
Of gas to one dollar per thousand feet. II
A complete line of groceries which we
sell at low figures. Eggleston & Ewing.
The ice men of Wellington have filled
their ice houses with eight-inch ice from
the Sni.
Go to the Episcopal church tomorrow,
Atwill will preach morning and
Eggleston 81 Ewing carry the best in
the market, and sell at the lowest
12-1Stf
The weather during the past few days
has seemed more like spring than the
of winter.
Tax paying has been pretty brisk for
the last three weeks. Collector Bates is
doing a fine business.
The new Catholic church Is enclosed
from the weather, and work has ceased,
presumably on account OF cold weather.
For RENT.-Farm OF 81 acres, equipped
for raising poultry on a largo scale.
A. D.. HAWK,
Box 593, Lexington, Nc.
1t is said tina there are already seven
candidates for oity marshal of Odessa, and
possibly all have not yet announced them
When In need of anything In the gro
Gerry line, call on AulI & Wilson. They
keep only the best and sell as low as the
lowest. 5-22tf
Alisky & Son are Offering some wonder
full bargains at their store, one door west
of Grand Central hotel. Think Of a solid
gold ring, worth "a, for 81. 1t
Bishop AtwiIl, of the West Missouri
diocese, will occupy the pulpit at the
Episcopal church tomorrow morning and
evening. All are cordially invited to
The furnace in the second ward school
house has become so broken and burned
that 1t cannot be used. There has
been no school in that particular building
this week.
Arthur Eckhart, formerly a citizen of
Odessa, but more recently of Chilicothe.
was killed by the cars In Arizona on the
night Of December Is. He was a conduc-
on the train.
We wish every ex.confederate In the
state could read the Confederate Veteran,
published at Nashville. We can furnish
the INTELLIaENCRR aud the Veteran for
one year for 81. rs. 1-Stf
The young people Of the Edenview
neighborhood gave a social at the
of Mr.. ]. l.. Marshall, last week.
A large crowd was in attendance, and a
time was INDUCED In by all.
It is better to make good resolutions
and break them, than to not make the
good resolutions at all. A man must be
in q pretty bad fix when he ceases trying
to be better. .
Mrs. M. B. Ford. Ruddelrs, ILL.,, suffered
for eight years from dyspepsia and chronic
constipation and was finally cured by
using Dewitt's Little Early RIsers, the
little pills for all stomach and
liver troubles. Day & Shelby, h Lead
ing Druggists. @ 2s-tf
The case Of Frances l.. Price va. the
administrator of the estate OF Grove
YounRs, will be taken up mex Tuesday,
at a special term OF the circuit court. She
sues to have the will of her father set
aside. 1t will be a hard fight on both
That UT Bros. are nrst- class painters,
10 every respect, is proven by the neat Job
Of painting OF the Nickell Home, which
recently completed, the entire build
ing being white, with stone trimming,
aud the blinds of a beautiful green. This
Ia one of their many neat jobs, and parties
call on these gentlemen.
John NJ. Fleming. who was sheriff of
his county about the time the war broke
put, recently died In Kansas City, Kansas.
he was a genial companion q a chris
tian gentleman. He lived 10 q house
which stood where Mr.. R. T Jesse's resi-
now stands. His residence was
burned, as q military necessity" We
Sedalia Capital: Rev. @. A. Buchanan,
Of Odessa, Mo-, has accepted a call to the
East Sedalia Baptist church of thls city,
and Will enter NJ on his duties as pastor
February LIST. Rev. Buchanan has
held several meetings with this church,
and has already endeared himself to the
of East SedalIa. He Is q man OF
ability and the church may con-
z~ratuIate itself upon having secured him
as pastor.
HiggInsvilIs Leader: Ike Neale came
Town from Lexington. Thursday, On his
way back to Washington to resume his
iuties as private secretary Of Congressman
cowherd. From him we learn that his
partner, II. J.. Groves, has sold his inter-
'st In the Lexington I~ntellIgencer to W.
Musgrove, who, with Mr.. Neale, will
hat paper In the future. Mr..
Groves goes to Independence, where he
will take charge Of the Sentinel. The
is sorry to lose Mr. Groves from
he journalistic field Of Lafayette county.
The bright sunshine and warm weather
,oaxed Mr.. Thomas B. Shelby out of his
louse Thursday, and he came down town
or the first time In nearly q month. Mr..
Shelby has been down town only q very
tImes since his recent illness, and Is
yet strong enough to walk very far.
lie received a hearty greeting from his
pany friends, who are pleased to see him
approving In health. Mr.. Shelby is one
u Lafayette county's most highly
citizens, aud the pleasure we
-ealize In being able to write Of his i'm
health is not greater han will be
hat of his host of friends throughout the
Jtate, whom reading Of It.
Lexington News: Mr.. H. ]. Groves,
Who for the past three years has been
'ditor of the Lexington Iptelligencer, has
Of his interest to Mr.. VIM. @.
husgrove. In the future Mr.. Groves will
make his home at Independence, having
control OF the Sentinel, and there
s no doubt he will maintain its present
During the time he has been at
he head OF the 1ntelligencer he has made
or himself quite a record as a writer, and
las many friends In this county who are
to have him leave. Mr.. Musgrove
s we'll and favorably known to people of
lafayette county. and Is recognized as ore
I the ablest and most level-headed
writer's in the state. The News is glad to