The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-07-29
Lafayette county will raise q very hns

Lafayette county will raise a very fns
rop OF corn this year. -,
II your business as rood as you desiref
l not try the experiment OF telling the n
'eople that you are In business, desire q
heir custom.
Mrs. sweariugen has again taken charge
Longs hotel, and invites her old '
riend and the public to give her q call.
Her charges are rs cents per day, or 20
cents per meal. 7-sA
The coal miners Of this place have quit
WORK They now say they want a scale Of
W cents per ton the year around. They
call this the Moberlv scale, and want all
coal miners to adopt 1t.
FOR sALE-l6O acres Of good land, all
In blue grass pasture, fenced. Eight
miles southeast Of Lexington. To be
sold for cash.
7.29tf N. M. COOPER. Ex,r.
The ladies Of Prairie Church gave their
annual lawn party at the residence Of Mr..
Rufus Young, Tuesday night. We knew
the social would be a success, because the
ladies OF Prairie Church would not tolerate
the idea OF anything else. But 1t was q
greater success thsn anybody anticipated.
The receipts were $3.50, and Of this amount
over 800 will be clear. 1t was as sue
cessful socially as 1t was financially, and
all parts Of the county were represented.
In this city all modes Of conveyance had
been engaged q week ahead. We return
thanks Tor a liberal supply of very super
Tor cake. There were probably seven
hundred persons present, and plenty Of
refreshments Tor all; aud strange to say.
there was very little Of anything left
over.
The MAYHEM Progress means no harm
In the following: "Poor old Brother
Musgrove Is having the wrath OF the
farmers showered down on his bald pate
because he want the county court to
have the unsightly hitch-racks around
the court house removed" Nevertheless
/ there are some mistakes. Ia the Hrst
place we are not DID,. IN the second
place we have no bald pate, and In the
: third place the farmers who got after uG
, did not understand that we were working
In their interest. We would like TO 30,
q good covered hitch racks established or
y some vacant lot, and the old racks arount
4 the court house torn down. We also
want the four squares around the court
house asphalted and kept clean. Now le
the Progress give us lite moral support.
a Capt. William Astor Chanler, Con
gresham from New York, is the presiden
a Of The New York Star, which 10 givinI
|, away a forty dollar bicycle daily, a
offered by their advertisement in anothe
column. Hon. Amos. ]. Cummings, M
O., Col. Asa Bird Gardner, district attor
nsy Of New York, Ex-Governor Hogg, @
Texas, and Col. Fred Feigel, OF New Yor
x are among the we'll -knowp names in thei
'f board Of directors. Title
~ We have Just received a copy OF th
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Union Mutual and Novelty Company,
East 14th Street, New York.
The Pilgrimage OF Cryptic Mssons
Colorado, via the Santa Fe route,
a.. August. will afford an excellent oppo
tunity for every one who has not )
taken his or her vacation, or who m
desire anotAer outing, to do 30 at mi
imum expense. The Santa Fe will q
tickets 10 Beaver, Colorado Sprin
Pueblo, and reSarn for sao.3o {. on Aug
8, 8 and Z. Tickets will be limited
" August 81. The Santa Fs will ran
special train OF Pullman's, which "
leave Kansas City at II q. M, August
" Side trips to points Of interest have be
arranged and favorable rates will be mi
ap, those who take this train. j. ID. East
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