The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-08-24
Missonri and Missonrlans.

Several serious fires occurred In
Fayette last week. A barn full of grain
was destroyed aud a number Of dwell
hngs we're badly damaged.
dad" Jasper, of Hardin, declares
he has a hen that lays three eggs a day.
This hen is worth about $40 a year,
city retail prices of eggs iguered.
The y. confederates Of Galloway and
adjoining counties will hold an annual
reunion Thursday and Friday, Septem-
Der 5 and 8, at the Auxvasse club
grounds.
In portions Of Carroll county, the
JeffersonIan says, grssshopPers are
doing mnch damage. Fields of small
eorn have nearly been consumed, and
many pastures have suffered.
The campaign of 1904 has opened in
Graudy county with a discussion be-
tween the Trenton and Princeton papers
as to the question whether or not
Roosevelt is 4 civil service refprmer.
One dollar and ten cents for every
child in the state between the ages Of
sixteen and twenty years Is Missourl's
donation to her school children. This
is the largest per capata the state has
ever known.
Both Hannibal and Palmyra, over ! n
Marion county, have new fifty thousand
dollar c~ourtbouses and q local editor
suggests that it was q most lucky thing
that a vote was taken on the necessary
bond issue before this summers
drought set in.
John A. Knott, with his journal"
has made Of Hannibal the chief street
fair city Of the state. That town held
. big midsummer carnival and is now
preparing for another. Knott seems
to favor pushing q good thing along
when he once finds il.
A mad dog bit more than one hun.
bred head OF stock 10 De Kalk county
last week, and almost the whole
country has been quarantined. The
dog was finally killed, a farmer hear.
ing bis hogs squealing at three O'Clock
in the morning rushed out to the barr
lot and with a neck yoke killed the
dog.
1.-The discovery of the dead body o.
an aged spinster of Bloomington, say:
the Hardin News, "wedged in between
a chicken coop and a fence, ought t.
be taken as a solemn warning by girl
who have a chance to get married anC
have folks around them" Is this {
suggestion from some writer on tn,
News?
The Mexico fair grounds are to be &
thing of the past. The stock company
has decided to sell all the land anC
buildings September 2S. This will b,
the end Of the famous Mexico faiI
grounds, the kite mile track and alst
the half mile track. Many famous
fairs and races have been held on thes,
grounds. The last fair was held il
1899.
Missouri day was a 6zzle in Kansa.
City but that's nothing. Missouri is
standing celebration Of herself. Eight,
years Of eventual history, q succession
of glorious triumphs and the presen
high rank of the state IN population
wealth and power, are abundant tok
ems OF the greatness Of the common
wealth, without any eloeuence or roas
pig.-Norborne Jeffersonian.
The Fulton Gazette IS evidently op
posed 10 early campaigns. 1t says
The Wellsville Record Is urging Wal
ter L.. Nabry for state senator fror
this district. II Mabry and his friend
act advlsedly (and other candidate
may also take III hint) they will nc
attempt to talk politics to Callswa.
people this year. We are going t
wait until the campaign year comes.
The press throughout Missouri seem
opposed to the calling Of an extra sel
sion of the legislature for the purpos
Of making an attempt to repeal th
Nesbit election law SIMPLY because
is demanded by q few knockers in 81