The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-07-13

oscar Anoreen left Tuesday To
S''end The meeting Of the Missouri pres.
association at st. Louis.
Messrs. Jesse Crenshaw and .Joh,
moerlaiu spent Thursday night a, the
nshing lodge on the sni.
nMiss Alice Krieho returned Tbur,d.v
rom Kansas City, where she has hAa.
visiting for several weeks.
Miss Kate Howe returned Tbur.d.v
evening from Odessa. where she ba.
oeen spending the past week visiting
friends. ~
MT. orady, superintendent OF the Kan
Sas City public schools, was in the citv
Yesterday, the guest of the school board
Of our city.
because of the absence Of the pastor.
Rev. n. IL. Mccain, there will be no ser.
vice at Prairie church on the second
Sabbath 10 July.
Mr.. Levy Bullard and wife will leave
today for Columbia and Hallsville.
MO-, to visit Mr. Billiards. brother, MIR,
ORION Bullsrd aud other relatives.
Miss Edna Rinehart, of HigeiusyIlle,
mas been appointed maid Of honor to
represent this district at the Springfield
confederate reunion August 8, 8 and 10.
Capt. j. Q Plattenburg retur ned Thurs
Gay evening from Dover. where he has
been spending a few days visiting old
friends and looking after business In.
terests.
County Clerk Capt. Frank Thornton
has at his Office a number OF catalogues
OF the Missouri state fair to be held at
s~edalia. Parties interested can get them
BY calling at this office for them.
WANTED-A few good agents can hud
steady employment at big wages. Dom,
wait until territory is all gone. Write OF
call today for full particulars. w. G.
Warner, % North Main St., Fort Scott
Kansas.
Two more deaths we're added Thursday
10 the list of the victims OF the Chicago &
Alton wreck, making the number nine
teou. The loss to the company 10 dam,
ages and property will amount to pos
sibly a hall million dollars.
The j. Q. B & L. train that was due 4
arrive at the Lexington station at abou
K ojaIook Wadnasday auanfno did .ot nm
here until about three o'clock Thursda.
morning. The new work being done oil
the road and the rush Of cattle and hogs u
the market at this time Is crowding tn
working force OF the road almost beyon
Its capacity, hence the delay.
Mr.. win Eggleston came up iror
slater Thursday morning and spent tn
day here with relatives aud friends. II
left FRIDAY morning accompanied by hi
daughter, Miss Fannie Egleston, who be
been visiting relatives here Tor the pat
two weeks. MIR. Fry Wilson's two lit,
sons, upton and Lee, accompanied M
EggIestoo for a visit at Slater.
The temperature at this place Thursds
by the official government thermomet'
was 1U8 degrees. The hot term which "
are now ex periencing is a record break'
for the same period OF time at any iormI
time so far as the record here shows. I'll
average temperature for the eleven da.
In July is 10l.S degrees aud when we &C
to this period the last hot days Of Jul
we have a record breaking spell Of b.
weather. So far there is M prospect Of
change in sight bat we live In hopes thi
1t may come soon.
A party Of young gentlemen from KaI
sas City, composed Of Messrs. John Y
Duvall, Kent Catron, Emil Ericke, Fran
Smith and Chas. Mitchell will NAL
the trip from Kansas City to Lexingtc
today on their wheels and will arri'
here about 1880 p. m. II they have l
serious break down and Ia pull throue
the few feet uf dust they will encount
on the road. We would advise them
stop at Graham branch at the foot
Irish Town hill and take a good wal
before coming up into town, as otherwi
their friends might not know ther
Lexington has many beautiful attraction
for Kansas City boys and II they on
, get q good look at our attractions th'
| are sure to come again.
:, The razor %sharpener map, who b
been about our streets for a couple
days recently, had an accident Thursd'
which came near proving a very serio'
' affair. He had just gotten into his wage
J at the northwest corner OF the publ
SQUARE when the horse took fright al
began to run east on Main street. II
, horse bore to the right and ran up on Il
pavement 10 front OF the court bon
breaking the right hind wheel and tea
Jog off the top OF the Wagon. Mr.. Gle
Tyree ran up at this time and caught &
A horse and succeeded In stopping him
few feet east OF the court house gal
4 Had not Mr.. Tyree taken hold at t
}. time he did there would have been a b
4 smash-up and the man In the wag'
= could hardly have escaped serious iDiuT