The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-07-27

Mrs. Emma Reeder returned last
night from Kansas City, where she
has been visiting relatives for the
past two weeks.
Mr.. ]. r. Hedges, editor Of the
Buckner Star, and Mr.. Alex Hedrick,
of Buckner, spent yesterday in our
city on business.
Mr., Baxter Landlord left yester.
day evening for Chicago and from
there he will go to Valparaiso, Ind,
to attend school.
CORRESPONDENTS wAETED-The In"
TRLLIeENCER wants q correspondent in
every town 10 Lafayette county. Write
or particulars.
Miss Myrtle Terhune left this
morning for Nevada for a ten days
visit with the family Of ex-Sheriff
John A. Fulkerson.
Miss Carrie Fulkerson, OF Nevada,
who has been visiting friends and
relatives here for the past Eve weeks,
returned home today.
Mr.. Melville Smithers returned to
his home In st. Louis this morning
after o visit to the family Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas T. Stramcke.
Mr.. NJ. T. Slusher and Mr.. Leslie
Slusher. his son, left yesterday even
ing for III Reno. where the latter
will register for a claim.
Mrs. j. r. Filing arrived IN u
city yesterday evening, having been
called here on account Of the severe
nlness OF Mr.. Ste wart Summers.
justices Of the peace and noiafies public
can be supplied with chattie mortgages
At this ONCE, at S cents per copy. Al
kinds OF blanks Trinted to order.
Bryant Jones, OF Kansas City, who
has 6een visiting the family Of his
uncle, Mr.. j. L. Marshall for several
weeks. returned home yesterday
evening.
A fine sorrel horse belonging to
Mr.. Pet Cole died from the heat this
morning. 1t was one u the best
horses Mr.. Cole had and is a severe
loss to him.
Messrs. Frank Howe, T. J. Duling
and F. r. Davis left this morning for
FL Reno, Okla, via the Santa Fe.
Mr.. Davis expects to buy a town lot
: and reside there in the future.
Messrs. d. L. Mitchell, Henderson
r Young, Drew Crews and Emmett
Daley left this morning for FL Reno,
/ Okla, to try their luck In the draw
ing of the land to be opened up
August G. We hope they will all get
: good claims.
Mr.. and Mrs. VI. G. Musgrove re-
turned this morning from Sweet
d Springs, where they attended the
funeral OF Mrs. Martha Elizabeth
Spurgeon. Mrs, SpurgeOn was the
mother Of Edgar S%pufgeon, a brother
. in.law Of MIR. Musgrove.
AT a meeting of the school board
last night the contact was let for
J, a new school building. Mr., W. W.
Schultz, Of Carbondale, Kas., secured
! the contract for the building al
y 81, 1852, and Lewis & kitchen, OF
e Kansas City, Mo-, the heating COZ
tract at 81, O65.
Yesterday morning about two
J. o'clock the barn OF Mr.. win Tyree,
who lives south OF Mayview, was
u destroyed by fire. Mr.. Tyree lost in
n the barn one fine stallion, two jacks,
q pair Of driving mares, fifty tons OF
hay, eighty barrels Of corr and all his
farm machinery.
- The thermometer yesterday reach
ed III degrees, two degrees hotter
than any other day this season so far.
b This makes twenty-six days this
summer that the thermometer has
\. been 100 degrees and above. Such &
long heated term with the ther
y mometer so high was neve known II
this section before,
In au alteration yesterday even
ing over u crap game in the alley ives
III of the fort" in East Lexington
T. Tim Howell was struck on the heal
Ia the mixup and seriously hurt
en- Several arrests were made of thos
*. who were in the "scrap," but 1T wa
nn not known at first who 1t was tba
h. struck the blow that felled Holwel