The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-01-09

Hency Werths, Jan. 4, a grit
Married. in Odessa, Dec "a, 1904
Rev. Frank Wagner ofhclatiug, Jesse
Campbell and Miss Bertha Snow, both
siviOg.south OF Odessa.
Married. A. the Florence hotel, 10
odessa, Dec. "A, 1908, Elder ]. W.
Joggins officiating Frank Middleton
and Miss Elizabeth Aired,
Married, in Higginsville, Wed
nesdAy afternoon December so, 1908,
w. Q. Wh'mer Of Lauark, H., and
Miss Eide May West of Aullville, Rev
W. K. Beallie officiating.
Fred Brockmann of Coucordia and
Miss L ma, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
II. D. Meyer, we're married at the
nome Of the b;ide's parents near
Emma, Friday, Jan. !, 1904
The lay ofihe American hen IS worth
about $500, 900, 900 a year. All the ca
tie and hogs slaughtered 10 the coun-
try are wolth less, aud so Is the coun
try's total ield OF both geld and ST.
yer.
Convinced that rheumatism Is con-
(agiou-, a German physician in Leip
ZIG has established a system Of segre
gatipu 10 order I prevent rheumatic
patients from spreading the malady
among other mvahds.
Recent statistics show that thu SER
pents kill more persons in India than
10 any OTTER country. During 1901
the number of victims was 22,Sl0 and
it is estimated that almost, if not quite
as many we're killed IN 1902.
In order to prevent the extinction of
the chamois IN the Swiss Alps. a law
has been passed in Grisonos, STiizer-
land, prohibiting the shooting Of
caamois on the mountains. A real
chsmois skin is aow worth $50
France coins more gold than do 9th.
er% countries; $500 tons of that prec
ious metal tsrned into gold coin IN the
last 40 years is her record. Great Brit
ian used up but 1,4OO tons in the sam
space Of time for the same purpose.
The ice 10 Greenland is melting
more rapidly than It is formed. Com
parison Of the descriptions of tn
Jacobshaven glacier shows that il
edge has receded eight miles sine
1850, and it has lost twenty feet il
depth.
Norway is the European coputr
with the lowest death rate, I4.9 pc
1000, and Is followed by Sweden. Th
United Kingdom is 10 a healthy pos
ion Gu the list, with III, while j
France the birth rate and the deaf
rate is 20 l per 1000 per year.
The total actual yield Of forests an
farms in this country this year
50, 600, 600, 900, Of which the cereal.
cotton and hay, constitute 50, 1000, 00l
600. There was never a time in Il
history OF America, north aud soutl
wheu its agriculture was so prospe
Gus as it is today.
Missouri employs 1000 publ
school teachers, enrolls 720,0 coo CHI
drer 10 the public schools and pa
these teachers SO, 200, 900. Sixty-f
per cent Of the teachers are in the r
raj schools. They instruct iity-ni
per cent of the children and rocie
forty per cent OF the pay.
There are 252 Catholic schools
Missouri, employing 1890 teach'
and enrolling sc, 1856 pupils. Ofthei
53 are academies and colleges, e
plOying Ola teachers and enrolli
1904 pupils. This leaves 1879 pa
cbisi schools employing 746 teach
and enrolling 3l,732 pupils.
Married, at the home OF the brid
parents in %HiggiusvIlle, Wednest
evening, Dec. 80, 1908, Charles M
iedt and Mss Anna Tatum, JUS
COe Officiating MIR, Muxfeldt is a
Of II Muxieldt, general superintend
Of the glucose sugar refining comps
Of Cardinal, Ontario, and has been
Higginsvdle in the employ of f. Biz
schmidt tor the past two month";
Advance.
One Of the most enjoyable OF
many social events Of the season,
the leap year ball given by the 20
ladies OF this city at Landrum's
WriAew Iannarv LAT. AlthouOh