The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-09-07
WELLINGTON AND VICINITY.
Death OF Mrs. Louisa Shaffer-
To Build New Church, Etc.
(BY LEALMA.)

(BY LEALMA.)
James O'Donnell spent Wednesday
in Kansas City.
w. T. johnson had business in Lex
ington Tuesday.
George Larberg was in Higginsville
Wednesday night,
Master Elmer Duebbert was visiting
in independence Sunday.
/ Mrs. A. N. Woodward of Lexington
spent Thursday with friends here.
James L. Kinkead Tuesday shipped
90 head of fat cattl. to Kansas City.
Mrs. S. B. Beazley of Colorado is
visiting the family of her %brother.in-
law, James L. Kinkead.
William Finklemeyer and H. G.
Wills, with their families visited II.
+. Wills in independence Sunday,
Miss Maggie Larkin returned Sun.
day evening after a stay of two weeks
with Miss Mabel Jarvis of Kansas City.
Master Tom LGrkin has secured EN-
plovment in the store of II. +. ODER.
holman and went to work Monday
morning.
Mrs. Frank V. Benton who for some.
time has been visiting her aunt, Mrs.
j, +. Myers, returned to her home in
Kansas City, Wednesday.
Saturday W. f. Johnson purchased
OF John A. Fulkerson 800 acres of land
lying in the Egypt bottom northwest
of town. Consideration, $4,000.
Another big delegation Of railroad
hands came in during the latter part OF
last week and Monday went to work
making the excavation necessary To re-
duce the sharp cnrve IN thu northeast
part Of town.
A telephone message received Satur
day evening called Judge J. A. Lock
hart to the bedside of his sister. Mrs.
: Louisa Shqffer, who is dangerously
, sick at the home of her s%on-in-law
Price Mccormick, near Bates City.
A committee. composed of Ne>srs r.
7. Russell and d. Wagner OF Odessa
representing the congregation OF tht
: NJ. r. Churchill South. were at work
e among the brethren here Monday
u soliciting aid for the erection OF a new
parsonage at that place.
= Emmett Flornuv and Andrew Ma
- honey recently went to Oklahoma II
n search If employment but after onl.
two or three days of investigation
q, were fully pursuaded there is no plac
$ like a home in LAFAYETTE county an
d came hustling back THURSDAY.
Judge j.. F. Peet, after >erera
/, weeks stay on his Sni-side riartatio
lust east Of town. returned Sunda
& morning to his home at ~Leavenwortf
Kansas. where he has accepted a pos.
s. ton rs instructor in short-hant an
i. typewriting in the Leavenworth B1S
no. ness College.
The public school opened Monda
10 morning with 1870 pupils enrolled WIT
80 Professor George Chamberlin prlncipa
80 in charge of the senior department
Miss Ethel Emison looking after tn
intermediate grade and Miss Mani
Corse teaching the young idea.
The contractor for whom w.
Johnson has had about a dozen team
81 work or the railroad near LAX
'r' Citv left the country a short tim
since and Mr.. Johson has had all OF h
~ mules brought home. We learn thu
ARRANGEMENTS had been perfectt
whereby johnson will loose little
ri anv of the $1,000 that was due nj
sit when his employee left
Died. on Saturday, August 81 leo
at the home of her daughter Mr.
Ter Price Mccormick, near la es Olt
LED Mrs. Louisa Shaffer after a lingeilr
at illness. Mrs. shaffer was the daught
of John H. aud Nancy Lockhart al
n a was born in Simpson county kentuck
August 10, 1895, removing with h
osi. rorents to Morgan county, Missouri
ppS.o The father deceased and .
w. lo1V, Shor,ly thereafter, in 49,