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GRATES & AIXL.Lexington, Mo.

ATTORSKYS-AT-I.A- u the courts oi iiie sixih Ju.ilelal Circuit, ami United ia.es courts. Pro nip

Office over 0,,attention giv-- n to collections.Commercial Bank.

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AND 0OUNSKLLOR3 ATSa TTOUNL rrot room

ih 0"IlinSv.r,iis BHiik." oppositecourts olin tieW incourthouse. i ,ha , m

and "jo' sSo.tri. andgfiaranVrthmctcourte tor the

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Mo., willLexington.. rrTnrnJlc;--AT-LAW-

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CdUcS. over Lexington Saving

orrhol'la a specially. .

rkHYSIClAN AND SURGEOS. .Diseases ol

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Wa - Chinn ou AabResidence;

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XtnAMAnrthnuac.ai stilus. Lenint,a.ww

tin mm""BANKS.

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Capital suocls 'ODESSA, JJIISSOI KI.

DIRECTOuS:BfcNJ. KL"OTT

THEO. BATES.

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COMMERCIAL BAfiK,LEXIJiGTOX, MlsSOUi",

Paid up Capital ..73,000. ind tiniiulur basia.

ROBI TAlJBMAN, President.WJI H CHI .fcS.Vioe-l'rad- t.

B. R. litfcLAND, Cashier.DIRECTORS.

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BOBT. J. A" .jKELAN. iiovil)tj

V.orrison - Wentworth Bank

icneTal BanUiniel.uBinee8;i)uyingITTlA'l'."0.?. l I anil Hxchalllt"

MoiW"cei. oleschanft--Wliffflon- .

r..BuUr.:..atomM8, a v KST WORTH . r rent.H C. BOt KLb't VicelTSBt.WM. MORRISON. Cashier.

LjANK-O-F

HiGuiHSVILLE.CAPITAL STOCK, 630.O00

.K1LE. CJMAS. HOKFl.n.CaahicrPrcsirtent.

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Blinkmg BuMncaa in LoansX)0D?a5.uoU. Exchar.aean.1 .U.;tlt- -

. CENTRAL uullcucj

eeaaion opens I'UUUS-- N

DA SEPTEMBEUSao. Isf.-.-.

Courae oi inatruction la .borough

iioua. and all therooma ureaupplicil

.ararr eourae tueaicea in ahwwi."" r ' ' '

Piinlini and Drawing. Expenencu.l tuatbeisn every department. Terma reasonable.

For catalogue, containing mil pt.ruciilara,address W . JJ . IttKOUlr e ,

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WENTWORTH

MALE ACADEMYLexington, : : Mo.

QCHOOLfor Bovb and Young Men.u miliary uiottpi". .-r an( orfl I Aiinstructed anil Well

Boarding pui.ila underVTentilateJ. supervision of ie:i-h- -

4n, DOiu in scuti.ii .. .'r.idepartment. Couraea of study sm liable b.u lorhoae deairing to lay a go.i '.. --

V i. ... -- ....a,inn onH r.ir ihiitw wlio want aIQUIIIIMC CUUMH1UUI - .. practical oueineas euucanuu.

but under ChtlsUan influence.Ftrat Term oi ixth annual ecooiou D.ginaTueadaT. aentember 1. 1B9I

JorIurther informal ion address,SANOr'Olil) Sitl.LLUT, Principal

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ROBERT TAILOR. JObEl'H O. LKBVKUR.

TiYLOR & LESULilB.

Real Estate and Insurance Agents

and Notaries Public.

We have a full and complete set ot

ABSTRACT BOOKS.and are prepared to lurnlah c iiuplrleof tide to all landa iu l.ulavi lie coiin'.y, llo.. nnabort notice.

WE HAVE MONEY TO LOAN

on Real Estate security in auifia lo auit.We collect renla, pay taxes. He. We have km

jsale a number oi 'iue F.irina null CitvLoia and Ueaiueocea at moderate prici -.

We also reprefent the l"ill..wint! tire liiur- -nce Cofupauu-a- , each of wli:cti is knouii 10 be

Brat claas and atricily ivliai.1. :

The London," Liverpool, Club ',North British and Meieantile ol Loudon un.l

Association ol l'bila'Ielpbl i.Lancashireol Manchester, EnKlai.d.

British American, of Toronto. Cena. a.

Northwestern National, ol Milwaukee, V i .

American Fire, of Phi.a.'.eli.iii.Connecticut, ol Hartlurd.

Queen, of Liverpool und London.Girard, of I'li l .d l:liia.

And also repre.-e- ul the Obi Muiiii'.l l.i'eInsurance Company, ol . Conn.

TAYLOR & LESUEUR,mne20vl OFIii:R ir :!'!; niorsa

PORTRAIT PASfiTiflO.J. P. Thornton, Artist- -

HE atlenlion ol the i.nb. (;:.lio ia mvi- - ijrs.,,,

4etl to lb, a notice. ,?' II ; :i

I8t Becan-- e a rare epi' r- - i,yfjjt2M41. iiecuut-- no ri-- is h:curivl in u.

lio i.Genuine Ol't-Fitn- me t ior'rii'-- i ii iit;'t- - i on

CtnvayB Irniu tv iierson "r irota f ' i j u.any clussol j:c nrt-e- ft uiiv vc, u n- nuikulilyLOW lKIClif Atll mist'.uiy t h ilit-- is ce- -

.air't e. Salilueuou nu .iani' itrS?II'llo over on ivi It ink.SSl7j?l J. I HI'Jt;l.N. A r

- THE SOUTHERN CHUfiCHViAN.

ftichiiioiid. Va.,lor over 50 years; t an Kvun

PUBLISHKD :er, and one ol the Ltat l. .;nil;& ...... . Uri.1. ruillleuil t.l OU A VettC. 'i 1' I

fei.lllitto year.

VOL. 15.

A. WIVSOS. EOBT. A. WiLSOS

INSURANCE AGENCY!!

HOME iHSitRANGE COMPANY

oF NEW Y'OBK.

PHSrsIX INSURANCE CGMP'Y,OF HARTFORD. CONN.

nsagaraInsurance CO.,

of new ;yoek,

ire. Tornado, Cyclone and

Windstorm Insuranceij3-0lil- ce at Lafayette County Bank.-t- S

Jc. A. Wilson & Rro., Agents,(.pviriirtnn M

MONEY TO L.OAISIX SUMS TO SUIT.

ON FIVE YEARS TIME,AX LOW RUES OF INTEREST.

Privilege to Pay at Any Time.r,oo.

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3,000.5,o00.

8,000.10,000.

15,000.20,OOO.

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LAND SECURITY

APPLY TO E. WIWSOR. LEXINGTON, MO., OK II - W. WIN-SO- R,

ItVUINSVII.L.E.missooRi.

IF YOU WAST Mm GET IT WHILE YOD CAS,

tepl5 E. WI9SSOR &SON,lnAiiran.'p. Real Extate and Laii AKents.

U. C. GRAHAM. W. J. MORRISON.

mm & MORRISOH

:DEALEKS IN:

tiTUVES,TIX,

SHEET-IUO- X A' D

COPPEBWAUE.

ROOFING AND GUTTERING

A SPECIALTY.AGKNT FifRTHE

BOCK'S "111111.-- 1

IASI" AND RIIIOUK'SPhUIDIt" S I OVES

All vnk Motes foldb icive entire e:ltlalac- -

pricisat r.t'il uock, ana low aa ine lowest.

.Iluiu street, Oppoiiile Courlhonse,bsin;lon : : Irli-aon- ri.

tiBtHt ll Sc MORRISON.(n.iliUyl

J. W. R1NKHAUT. JOB. A. KDUONDB.

EijEiiiRT k umm,LEXINGTON, : : MISSOURI,

HARDWAREAND

CUTLERY HOUSE

SEE BIG RED AXE,

Morrison Bnildinff, nrxl door foPosiof fict, opposite Laclede Hotel

nuireh29

1IB PffllCR. LANDS

In Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana,Idaho, Washington and Oregon.

From Superior to Paget Sound.At prices ranging chiefly from 2 to 16 per acre,on 5 to 1 0 years' time. This Is the Best Countrytor securing Good Homes now open for settlement.P r3' ? C 3 ncrea of Government. jes ft tr9 Land Free umler tbe Hume-tpa-

d ILSsaW ua Timber Culture Ijiws. MITK-- to. SIS. 433 Acres OR HOKE TIIAXIS AS.F ...f h1! ihe i'uhlic Ijindd disuused ot in 1&S2.

ere in the Kortbprn Pacific rnnntrv. Itookaan.iiiit4 .hi ritKE. describinK the Korthern

Prieiflr t'ou.tti'y.tli1 linilroad Lands tor sole ui.:i;,-- fr'?tf:Ki.itvcfuiiient Ijipri. Addres!,CHAS. bWUIflK. N. T'. R. II . St. Paul. Jlin-

OANDEE 99

RubberBOOTSDOUBLE THICK

BALL.Ordinary Rubber Bootsalways wear out first ontnokdl. The CAXDEEBoots are double thickon tbe ball, and giveDOUBLE WEAR. MMJW ecoiiomiad Rubberp.out in tbe market.Ln?:s longer than anyotbor boot and theTBICE SO HIGHER.Call and ex.amine thogood..

FOR SALE BY

HTJISKAMP BEOS., Keokuk, Iowa,

The BUYERS' GUIDE isIssued Sept. and March,each year. 498&tt pages,o 8z x 11 Inches, with over3.SOO Illustrations awhole Picture Gallery.GIVES Wholesale Price.

direct to consumer on all goods Torpersonal or fitmtly use. Tells how toorder, and gives exact cost of everything yon use, eat, drink, wear, orhave run with. These IXVAXUABLJEBOOKS contain Information gleanedfrom the markets of the world. Wewill mall a copy FREE to any ad-dress upon receipt of 10 cts. to defrayexpense of mailing. let us hear fromyon. Respectfully,MONTGOMERY WARD A CO.

87 dc 880 Wabash Avenue, Cbioac. 111.

ooUImB

frSk1 M i

BlTf1 sWPsBESTTQHIC.

This medicine, combining Iron with purevegetable tonics, quickly and completelyCures Dvspepaia, IndijreHtloil, WenknesisImpure Blood, iMalaria, Chills and Fevers,and NenralBia.

It is an unfailing nmcdy for Diseases of theKidneys nnd Liver.

It is invaluable for Diseases peculiar toWomen, and all who lead sedentary lives.

It does not injure the teeth, cause headache.orproduce constipation oAt Iron medicines do.

Itenrichesand purifies theblood.stlmtilatesthe appetite, aids the assimilation of food, re-

lieves Henrtburn and Belching, and strength-ens the muscles and nerves.

For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack OfEnergy, Ac, it has no equal.

Cm The Rcnnine has above trade mark andcrossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other.MVIemWInr BilQWIl I limiCU. 111. B4I.THORK. SP.

OTHER

Used herbs in doctoring the fatoily.andher simple remedies I11 CURE inmost cases. Without the use of herbs,medical science would be powerless;and yet the tendency of the times is toneglect the best ot all remedies for thosepowerful medicines that seriously in-jure the system.

I SH LEU'SmiFITTERS- -is n combinationof valuable herbs, care-fully compounded from the formula ofa regular Physician, who used this

largely in his private practicewith great success. It is not a drink, buta medicine used by many physicians.

3-- It is invaluable for liYSPursi A,K'Erand LIVER COMI'LAJKTS,NERVOUS EXHAUSTION, NEAR-NESS, INDIGESTION, Jte.i and whilecuring will not hurt the system.

Mr. C. J. Rhodes, a well-know- n ironman of Safe Harbor, Fa., writes :

"My eon was completely prostrated by feverQuinine and barKH did him no good. 1

then sent for Mishlers Herb Bitters and in a eborttime the boy was quits well."

"E. A. Schellentrager, Druggist, 717St. Clair Street, Cleveland, O., writes :

" Your Bittere, I can say, and do say. are pre.scribed by some of tbe oldest and most prominentphysicians In our city.

MISHIiEB HEBB BITTEB3 CO.,525 Commerce St., Philadelphia.

P' Titer's Pleasant Worm Symn Never Fails

TUTTSPILLS

25 YEARS IN USE.The Greatest Medical Triumph of the Age!

SYMPTOMS OF A

TORPID LIVER.Loss ofappetite, Dowels costive, Fain inthe head, witb n dull sensation In thobuck parr, Pnin nnder the shoulder-bis.d- e,

Fullness after eating--, with a dis-inclination to exertion of body or mind.Irritability of temper, Low spirits, witha fcelins of having neglected some duty.Weariness, Dizziness, Flattering at thoHeart. Dots before tho eyes. Headacheover the right eye, Restlessness, withBtful dreams, Highly colored Urine, and

CONSTIPATION.TTJTT'S P1IXS are especially adapted

to such cases, one dose effects such achnngnoffeelinRnstoastonisUthesufferer.

They Increase the A ppetlte.and cauae thobody tn Take on Flesh .thus the system Isnourished, nrd by their Tonic Action onthe l.lsestive orBans.ttejriUar Stools arei.roduce.t. Price 35c. 4 Murray st..lV.Y.

TUTTS HAIR DYE.Gbat Haiti or Wu.ihk.eb8 changed to a

Glossy Black lv a single application ofthis Dte. It imparls a natural color, actsinstantaneously. Sold by lnigt;ita. ocsent by express on receipt of 1.Office, 44 Murray St., New York.'

WELfLlXOTOX.

REAL ESTATEAND

INSURANCE AGENT,Wfci;LITOAV, MO.

t WILL ilo funeral CoIIee ion business. ColI'Cltt-Di- uri't n iv taxes for

Bern local ft! at th plae to which a pr eaterpari ol immigrant' are coining 1

n:!Vf n I eitr ommrtuuiiy ( mahinfc ttananv otner laml u.'u: iu Lhe county. GIVE MKA TH? L

J. It. Itf DMO,veti:iuaiiv m c;eo..

.GINSV1LLE, MO. l'rar.ticaHI ituir - Alftlicioe ami trt-at-s

all branchi-- o! thdctne UidjfnRburspa muccm lti!!y cauirael. Hospital uv.c- n iT:oiiti.u reiitonuble. OlS eni

CORDER.

READ THIS EVERYBODY.CASH STORE

OF

Blair Sc Vivion,CORDER, MO.

iSUCLKSsOltSIO It. I. KLAIlt )

We tpive recently opened up a new slock oftbe beat and mo--- ea:nahle sods. em-

bracing all Ibe slMiiitiird bues of i, v O.x.d,Boota, Shoes, tlata. C pa. Notioua Jtid Cioib-tu-

Also a lull ato::k of abipl t, nceriea audQ.ieentw.uv. On-doc- ll.ie aeleet and otHie hert quality, and we sie cuialaiiMv makingii.iuitjona io it. We sell. only lorcjsh or

our prices are low uud we rrcvinr you toinspect oar good- aa we call save yn: money andollierwiae muk-- it to your int. io .1. a' withur. oellllll III, lit & VIVION.

COVCOUDIA.

ALTHGFF & WALKENHCRST,IHiT I TH 1 1 n 111 I v I It 11

1'

COMORDIA, 11 O.

PAltTlES wishing to ceil Farms, or to borrow::! very reasonable raten, areresjitct-tull- y

r ij ieste.1 to give tia a call. jylHif

F. C. COOK,

REAL ESTATE AMI M ACEH,CONCORDIA : : MO.

ti tiyiuni

PUKE POLASU-CHEX- A HOJj

W. H. BRUftS,COA'COXSM, WO.,

.liRE hash - anil in,IT1LL, alter June lat, 18s3, have on bandf aud for aale at all times a limited sup

piy oi rigs anu Mioais, ol nis breeding,wan an led ot pure blood. My principal breeding stock is recorded in th- - C entral I'oland-Chin- a

volume 3; and oti.ers will be re-corded in'voluiue 4. Persona deaiiing this breedol lioga are invited to come and examine myherd. Satisfaction guaranteed. 1 have beenbreeding this stock since 1874 with sueceaa. febllyl

G. II. BAKitOKOFALF.lt IN

LEXINGTON, MISSOURI, SATURDAY,

OFFICIAL COUSTlf PAPER.rerms, $2 per Year, in Advance.

Alex. A. Lesueuk, Editor

Ethan Allen , - - Business Manager.

W.G. Musgkove, FUBLISHEB.

Wabash Railroad Time Table.Omnibus will leave tbe liolela in Ibis

city lor K & L. .Junction, makingconnection with trains going east,weal and north, at u:UOa.

IteHirniiig, will arnve'nt 9:0Ua.Omnibus will leave for K. & . Junc-

tion, making connection with trainsgoing east una west, and north aalar aa Richmond, ut 3:00 p. m.

Returning, will arrive at 5:3u p. nJOHN" C YOCXG, Superintendent.

MO. P. B. R. Tirde Table.i'nasenger Freight.

Kast West East Westpm, 4:15 uni iSedalia j '.J uii, 4 in 6:UUpm l:I.'iaiu

il:ai)ln; 5:411 pailConcordia.. I 8:15 ami 5:57 m1 2:tltjpni! 2:2ripmH.li tun! 5:51) mulAullville... 7:5buiu; 6:17 umj l:4i pm Sbtpin8:511 iiuii ti:l'2 umlHigginsville j 7:43uln t l:l'2pm! 3:'2Spmo:4buni o:.imtPage City., j .iiaiuj b :44 am rj:4jpm 3.50piu8:JI pin 0:45 pm;Lexington.. I 7:05 am 7:lUuni;ll:55 am 4:40pm

! 7:58 pili 7:lipin!Wellington. t;:45alll 7::i.s Kiniio.lTani r:;s;pm7 :.- '- pin 7:20 pinWaterloo... t ti:33 alii 7:47 an. J:58 am 5:50pm7 :4b pin 7 :2t um:Napoleon... j (i::;4alll 7:52utn 9:43ani 6:d:;pni

l iu, 9 (Kl pmKanaas City 5 U7 unij !i:ii ni .ri:30am;10:50pmLeavenworth 4 Ibpinlll :15 amiAtchison.... 5 iut)ii,iii:10pmi

Chicago & Alton SPassenger Local Freight

East West Fast Weal( m:1 am! 5.40 am

Blackburn. 1 u:iupni! 1:35pm! 8:15am( 9:55ptl p.-- u pmI 9:12am 5;4i am

Alma... . H:12 pin tb:i8 am 1 :20 pm 8:35am( 9:47 pm n:oopni

'li boumCorder. Slhlluuii

ii:t.ipmpm 9:00am

M:45 ulli1 0:-J- umHigg'sville 8:45 pu.

9.S0 pini 0:55 pmj

Mayview !8:3am;0:37aml

7:l)am ll:.iOam 10:15ampm 7:10pju!

8:15 am 6:65 aimOdessa . 8:15 pm! 7:li)am 11:00am 11 :00am

8:45p i. 7:25pm8:00 um'7 :12 am

Bales City. t8:00 pfliti :35am 9:65 am 11:35am( 8::Wiii i :3i pili

7:50aml 7:S3amOak re) 7:'i.Ml pm 7:51 an, 8:45 am

itU:! 20 pm i :5U pmi

Trains marked will not stop.Trains market t will stop on signal.Local freights rundailyexcepl&uuday. Other

trains daily.We keep a lull line of through tick. Is to all

principal points in the United Slates and Can-ada at lowest rates. Also through checks.

11. P. PRICE, Aaent, at uigginsviue.B A .IOHNSOS, Agent it Odessa.

Our Carrier Boys' Address,BY A. LONGFELLOW.

I will tell you all a secret, if you will stop tonear,

Aud well I know that secrets will captureevery ear;

The more profound autp'sacred, tbe faster itwill fly.

And each one who repeats it, tbe tale willmagnify.

It's aprinling-oillj- e secret that I have nowto tell.

I may get murdered for It, but I hope to do itwen;

Scores have tried to tell it, but no one e'er gotthrough;

If I perish iu the effort it maybe worse foryou.

While working in the office, I caught up will)their racket.

The foreinau is not slow in warming up myiacket:

The co tups, impose upon me,U seems theycan't be civil.

They kick and cuff me every day, because Iam the devil."

I'll be revenged upon them.und tell the worldmv storv

It may save some lite, and bring to ine someKlorv :

But if 1 die a martyr, let other bovs takecare,

Aud avoid the printing-otlic- e, for death islurking there.

The editor's a savage, the business manworse.

And every printer helps them to make mylife a curse.

I'm to be iuitiated, but I expect to quit "theplace.

I'd rather starve or freeze to death, than gothrough the race,

1 fell asleep one evening, while iu tbe paperroom.

And when aroused at midulght 1 thought mytime bad come;

All bands were in the sauctum, a single candie burned

Host earnestly 1 listened, and this is what Ilearned.

Deep down below the cellar there is an awfulwell.

A trap-do- lar above it, what a story couldthey tell!

When oue falls through the trap-doo- r, thewater breaks the fall.

And drowns the silly victim lie caunot evencall.

The student-doctor- s gather in the upperolnce room

And fish out all the victims who thus haremet their doom.

They buy up all the bodies aud get ttaeiu out01 HlgDt.

This is why their meetings are always heldat night.

I've seen the finest clock-wor- the bestmechanic skill.

But for its easy working this trap-do- fillsthe bill:

If all newspapers have tliem. as I've heardthe printers sav.

The world mut be a grave-yar- d, though itoften looks so gty.

A candidate came in one day aud stood upontbe trap

Aud then began a wordv speech on "Officesana pap;"

The trap was sprung beneath bim, liis speechwas at an cud.

His bones are in a doctnr-sho- p the doctorwas bis ii ieuil.

The editor is wicked, the reason is quitetil till.

He's talked lo death by people who havenotnt to tr;,in :

They carry oir ut papers, and feather him fornews

Aud then abuse htm roundly if he don't endorse their views.

His life is dull and dieary he always lias totoil

The farmer sings so merrily while he agitatesthe soil ;

The editor is auli iiin, he wears a chronicfrown.

And only smiles at random wheu a victimhurries down.

One day a silly poet wrote up something onme snow.

The trap-do- quickly dropped aim to regionslar ueiovy;

Another poet handed in u windy song ofspring.

Then went below at double-quic- and nowne cannot sing.

There s A., t'.te little noodle, who alwayswrites of love.

And B , the politician, who spits upon thesiuve.

I've pondered ou the subject , aud yet I knownot wnv

They should escape destruction, when bettermen must inc.

The delinquent subscriber has his name cutlnim the list.

Aim is ureu inrouuti iiic trap, for he neverwill b llllCll.

He promises more dollars than he redeemwith dunes.

It will not p:iv lo keep him in these moststringent limes.

A stranger hustled in one day enduringtal toils.

Ills fare was lull of pimples, nearly largen. i. mn nir uons. .

said nc, "it looks like snow it Wasbis fast remark :

His grave Is in tbe.coal house he was buriedalter dark.

Xext d iy a dude contend. d. "We've had

RUGS & GROCERIES. And then lie doubled Up and Ml, his faee ex- -.

FULL line of Drugs always on band, p.e-- P""scd his pain ;

scripiiona carefully compounded ai all 1 he d iclors took bun out that night.lie'sI h ive a choice line ol groceries winch ter oil. 1 hope;

I otter ciieau lor cash and; country pio.luce. His bones went into buttons, his" flesh went(iooda delivered in the ciyr, dol j into soup.

A talking man wa? io last wcek.and questionsfast he plied.

The rain, the snow, the crops, the wind tbewedding and the bride;

He talked of each both lona and loud, andnow 1 do insist '

That it Is strange that such a man.should dieand not be missed.

He shot through like a millstone, aud as hedisappeared

A blue streak came up from the pit, it washis dying word;

The streak mixed with tho atmosphere, andinto words was turned:

"I'm goingdown below, good-b- my fate isrichly earned."

A. chronio loafer moved his chair upon themagic spot, it

Tne editor, with malice smiled, that loafernow is nut;

In lilteea minutes by the watch another manwent throueli.

He was an agent for a book, and only got his itdue.

The disappointed candidate who talks onevery theme,

VYho gives his free opinion,and Is up to everyscheme;

He button-hole- s the primer you may guessthe reason why

Can you feel sorry for him, should he, too.downward fly?

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And then the wretched mugwump, who iscertain to be wrong.

Disgust is on bis features, despair is still hissong;

These men were a great uuisance, but thejtrouble us no more, .

We bless the means thai saved us the bandyold trap-doo- r.

An awful fat man came in, 'twas on the tentbol June;

The sweat was streaming from him he looked like he would swoon:

He said, "It's hot, I tell you ! I'm hot enoughto die,"

Tbe trap then did its duty, he had not timeto cry.

We took him out at midnight, and he wasvery cold

In his pocket there was found asiugle coin ofcold.

The rag-ma- n bought his clothing, except bisbat and boots.

They fell to' me, and now are in one of mySunday suits.

His bones went to a museum, and brought ahandsome price.

Though all our doctors grumbled.and tried tosteal tnem twice;

His flesh was rendered up with care, it paidus for our toil,

A pound of gristle still remained, and fortyquarts ot on.

This human oil is made into the finest ofpomade :

Twill make the moustache quickly grow.and1 have nearu it saiu

Twill drive off freckles, cure your corns,audstop ingrowing nails.

And for all cramps and other pains I know Itnever lans.

Such things as these sound savage, but thetrap Is honor's irieud.

It weeds out only nuisances, and brings tbemto an end ;

It can not cut off every wrong, we ouly wishit could.

It only cures a portion, but that, does a sightof good.

The sland'rer and back-bite- r, the false friendand tbe liar

Must have their imperfections purged out ofthem with hre.

There are many minor evils that ought tocatch tbe rod.

And many rascals holding down, who shouldhold up the sod.

There are many other evils which people callmishaps.

That never can be conquered in other kindsof traps.

How can you cure a dead-bea- t, a chronictram i or sot .'

If it can be accomplished, I confess I know itnot.

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATEFurnished weekly to the Intelligencer by

Captain J. D. Conner, recorder of deeds ofLafayette county, Mo.

Abstract of the deeds filed in the office ofRecorder of Deeds from Saturday, Dec. 19,

to Saturday, Dec. 2!,A. 1., 18S5. Only suchas contain covenants of warranty containedin list.

Geo. W. Thistle to Abbie S. Belles,lot 1 hlk 2, Lee's add lo Odessa $ 00

I. N. S dlerly to Frauk H. Volz.lot 8,blk 4,1st add to Lexington .... TOO 00

Emma Steunpenliaus to 11. Teh- -bencamp, s hf w hf. w hf sw aw, 1;!,48. 24, 5 acres 175 00

Joseph 11 ua to Matilda W . Iman,se ne, 25, 48,2!), 40 acres 1 00

Herman Brand to r . W. Brand,w hf sec 22 aud w hf se, 22 and swne, 22, 49, 25, 440 acres (deed to cor- -crect) 10.000 00

Town of Odessa to M. U. Wood,lot in cemetery 10 00

THE BURLINGTON & SOUTHWESTERNRAILROAD.

EDITOR INTELLIGENCER We HOW

have iutoi'inatiou that ia credible, thatit ia the intention ot the company torun Burlington & Southwestern railroad across the Missouri river andstrike for the great southwest. It isalso known that two routes are beins;considered, one bv Waverly and Hisr"iusville to Holdeu, aud the other bvLexington ana Udessa to lloklen, andit is important in view of the tact thatthe citizens ot averlv and llisrffiiisville are urging their claims, thai theLexington and Odessa route should beproperly represented before the officersot the railroad, lo one who is lattnliar with the country over which thetwo routes would pass, aud the advantages ot location and business, thereis no comparison between them.

should the extension be from Car--

rollton, the distance bv each of theroutes to Holdeu will be about thesame, but the cost ot building andmaintaining the lligginsville line wouldgreallv exceed that via LexingtonFrom CaiTolltoii to Waverly across thebottom, it is ouly ten miles. FromWaverly to ilolden, a distance of morethan titty miles, the route would beover a broken country, aud runningacross me streams emptying into theriver on the north side, and thoseemptying into Davis and Dluckwatei'creeks ou the south. There would beheavy cuts and deep tills all along theroute anil many bridges lo build, someof them large and expensive ones.

From (Jarroliton to Lexington, abouttwentv-tw- o miles, there is a level bottom, requiring little or no grading, andonly one bi'iaire to erect. rom Licxiugton to Ilolden via Odessa, is one ofthe best and cheapest upland routesthat could be selected. The route fromLexington to Mt. Hope, twenty-tw- o

miles, is ou the track once graded torthe Lexington, Chillicothe & Uulf road,stud there is nothing to do but lo levelii, at a small cost. The grade from thel iver to the highlands south of Lexing-ton is an easy one, not exceeding fiftyteet to the mile, and thence to Ii.ack-wat- er

it is a level country, the line be-ing 0:1 a ridge between the waters ofthe Sui on one side and those of Taboand Davis on the other, and the gradewould not exceed twenty feet to themile. From Lexington to Ulackwater,a distance of thirty miles, there is nota stream lo cross or a bridge to bebuilt. From Iilackwatcr to Ilolden thetopography of the country is about thosame as it would be 011 the lligginsvilleroute. The route from Carrollton viaLexington and Odessa is one of thebest that could be selected in westernMissouri. On this route there wouldbe but few bridges lo be kept up, aslong as time lasts, while on the otherroute there would be in tny.

Another important consideration isthe larger amount of business thatwould accrue to the road ou the Lex-ington rotue. The business ot Odessaand Lexington will treble or quadruplethat of Waverly and lligginsville, andthe stratum of coal extends muchfurther on this line that the other.

But it is not all certain that the roadwill be extended from Carrollton. It j

is more than probable that the exten-- ;sion will be from Itogard. Should itbe so, there will be no doubt as towhich is the best and most practicableroute. The Lexington route would beiho shortest and cheapest. ,

Itf iS 8 f ititt iTif1T

JANUARY 2, 1886.

SOMETHING ABOUT RAILROADS-Edito- r

Intelligencer: As thequestion of the C., B. & Q. and its ex- -

eusion from Carrollion south ot HieMissouri river via Waveriv and lligginsville or via Lexington and Odessaseems to be one of general interest toour people, I thought a few reasonswhy it should, and no doubt will, crossthe river at Lexington, would be ac-

ceptable to yourself and readers.Crossing at Waverly, a place ot no

importance, and only seven miles fromBlackburn, a coint on the J is A., andrunning on a parallel line closing up as

goes forward to lligginsville, thusleaving a country and its business to bedivided, not over six miles wide andthe --Missouri river on the north side 01

to cut down its trade in addition tothe C. & A. railroad.

It is about 15 miles from Waverly tolligginsville, and even at a cost ot $10,- -

UUO per mile, a very low estimate lorroad bed, culverts aud rocK worK iorbridges. Admitting that this roadpasses through a country unsurpassed,thence going southwest Iroin lliggins-ville, having the Missouri i'acitic 1 ail- -way ou the east and the c. & A. rail-way ou the west for the first eight milessouth, thus dividing up that much morecountry for which these roads will con-

tend.On the other baud, via Lexington,

this road will run through a place ofsome considerable business, ana getthe benefit of a road bed, some seventeen miles to Odessa, that less than$1,0jO per mile will put iu good con-dition ; this at same cost at which weplaced road bed trom w aveny to nig- -

giusville at $10,000 per mile or $150,- -

tor the 10 miles, woum utaKe 11

miles at 810,000 per mile gives us $170,- -

000, less $1,000 per mile for repairsleaves $153,000 You run through acountry equal to any amisecond to noue. crossing theMissouri I'acitic at Lexington aud theC. & A. at Odessa, not running parallel with another road 011 one side audthe river on the other.

Again, seemingly now there is a fairchauce that the St. Louis & St. Jo.It. Ii., 87 miles long, will disconnectitself with the Wabash, St. Louis &Pacific railway, which last uamed roadhas had all this road's local businessfor the past ten years, and join tluC, B. & Q. railway in bridging theriver at Lexington, and running intothis city aud forming close business relations with the C. Ii. & U , giving theC. B. & Q. all its local travel to

it does at St. Joseph,crossing this road at Lathrop aud connecting as it will at Lexington, therebythis would be a consideration in con-nection with road bed to Odessa thatcould not possibly be overcome by anyother route. You would ask in whatway would it pay the St. Joseph &St. Louis railroad to help bridge theriver at Lexington and run into thiscity. My answer would be, take coalalone, and at rates of freight now paidthe Missouri I'acitic to Kansas City, percar of 20 tons, 2,000 poundsper ton, $15, and even a tradeof 20 r cars per day wouldmake $300 per day, $9,000 a month or$108,000 per vear being . 10 per cent.interest on $1,080,000; this of itself j

would pay tne cost ot a bridge 111 4yjars. iow,. iresmeut i oner saystne Di'inge is tne main tnmg in t.-- way;this being brought about would not !

only, as you see, give him a road bedworth $153,000, but a local road audits Chicago business, 87 miles iu length,but a road which is willing to take halt'the stock in a bridge Somuch for the 20 cars of coal at rates offreight named; increase the number ofcars and you increase the amount re- -ceived At Lexington this road willcouiiec-- wiiu lug kj. , tv ami ioall points it may run through south,and open up to the merchants ot btJoseph a trade and country throughwhich that road runs, friendly to herinterest, in both passenger and lreiglit.Again there will be no inconsiderablebusiness done via Lexington in way ofboth passenger and freight to Sedaliaand even ou the M. K. & T. as farsouth as Clinton and Appletou,froin thetact it would be some 25 Or 30 milesnearer via Lexington than via KansasCity, lo St. Joseph, to that extent,making rates less in both passengersand freight. Again at lligginsville forlocal points on the C. & A. railroad.From all this you will see there is nolittle business to be built up by the St.Joseph & St. Louis railroad runninginto Lexington, but may we not hopethat it too will make a move .south-ward, and taking facts as bresented,any one can see that there is an identi-ty of interest between the St. Joseph &St. Louis and C, B. & Oj. railroad,that I can not but believe it the twoparties at interest are brought togetherwill end in the desired end beingbrought about, i. e , the C, 15. & Q .

and the St. Joseph & St, Louis compa-ny, a bridge jointly built over the Mis-

souri river into Lexington.Now, Mr. Editor, in conclusion, let

me say as to Lexington's coal interestiu genera! ; there are 100,000 acres, andeasy of access for mining purposes, infirst hands, excepting some 3,000 acresnow owned by the Lexington CoalCompany, J. C. McGrew and othersThis coal is shipped to Kansas City j.n I

Wyandotte along the Mo. Pacific ex-tension to Omaha, aud from Atchisonwest to the terminus ot the CentralBranch , aud east of here to Sedalia,and both east aud west from there.

Very truly. Light Auk ad.

THE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUIN-C-

RAILROAD.

From the Lexington, Mo., Intelligencer,JNOV. 1, 1NN).1

It seems pretty well established thatthe C, B. &Q. It. It. company intendsto extend its road southwest, passingthrough Lathy ct to county iu tho direc-tion of Fort Scott.

It would be quite futile, itideelpuerile, to advance unfair or unsoundarguments, iu attempting to secure theroad, either by one route or the other,because the company will naturallyinvestigate for itself, and act at last asits own best interests dictate. Weshall, therefore, endeavor lo approachthe subject fairly.

There are mauy points on the Mis-souri river where bridges can easilybe built: there is no part of the riverthat cannot be bridged. There aresome advantages possessed by Lexing-ton as a bridge site not common evento favorable sites. First, it. has baeuestablished by soundings, 111 ute by anengineer of the B & W. It. It. Co.,the archives of which are now the prop-erty of the C , B. & (. , that ai themost convenient point for a bridgethere is a solid rock bottom, all theway across the river. Second, theriver at Lexington is as narrow as atany point for seven or eight hundredmiles from its moiiih, and all of itswater does now. and has always flowedthrough one channel Third, the gov-ernment oi the United States has iu luelast few years expended many thous-ands of dollars in the revetment justabove the city which confines the riverto its present course and prevents itfrom encroaching upon the bottomlands above the bridge site.

As to routes. When the greaterkiuuosities, because ot a rougher country by way ot the eastern route areconsidered, there does not seem to be amile's ditlerence from Carrollton toFort Scott by either the Waverly orLexington route. From Wawrly tothe south county line the country isoeautiiui anu lentie; ine line crosses

numeious streams and the ridges be-- tween,requiring heavy cuts and a great

litany bridges, some of them expensiveones". In the Waters' survey of thatroute, it was demonstrated that someof the grades could not well be reducedbelow eighty feet to the mile. Thereis not a dollar's worth of work nowdone 011 that route. From Lexingtonto the south county line is also beauti-ful aud fertile; the line running alonga natural plateau, a dividing ridge be-

tween the headwaters of two systems,of streams, presenting a phenomenalroute, already surveyed, already gra-ded for twenty miles, and which doesnot rcqurie a single bridge or trestlework for the entire distance. Fourmile ot the twenty are now part of the('. Jfc A. track, and would have to be

I. ! lie remainder belongs to tbeC, B. & ti. railroad company, if itbelongs to anybody, aud in any eventthey can have it for the asking. It cof.tseveral hundred thousand dollars toconstruct it.

A large part ol Lafayette county isunderlaid with coal, of good quality.Receding trom the liver, however,the vein becomes thinner aud less reliable, being waxv and liable to run intothin places. The most eligible andreliable coal field is that which surrounds Lexington. The proof of thisis. that with only one railroad, and inspite ot chance of ownership, quarreling and litigation iu the coal company,Lexington y mines lour times asmuch coal as does all the remainder 01the county put together, and Mr. Gouldregards his coal mines here as the mostvaluable and permanent that he has inthe state.

The coal field is very extensive ; ithas np to this time barely been touched,and Mr. Gould's hold upon it is a veryinsignificant one as compared with thewhole. JNot to speak ot tne coal, Lexiugton and Odessa would easily furnish a railroad three or four times asmuch business as could tbe towns oflligginsville and Waverly. The roadalready graded through Lafavettecounty is a part of the original B. & S.

Y R It., its legitimate and properroute, it brings the road by Lexmgton, from which it can easily put out aspur to Kansas City to teed its connections there with coal, and to connectwith that place for its southern businessNo great railroad will long be contentwith a trunk line running 40 milesfrom Kansas City, without a directcouneciiou with that place.

These are a few reasons, which seemto us sound and unanswerable, why itwould be better tor the C. , Is. &extension to come by way of Lex ing- -

Iqn and Odessa rather than by way ofWaverly and lligginsville.

The company, too, may elect to extend its road from Bogard, iu whichevent there could be no question as toroutes.

A BRIDGE AT LEXINGTON.

From the Lexington Intelligencer Nov. 28.1In the interview held 111 Chicago be

tweeu our committee and Mr. Thos. JPotter,' first nt of the C,o. & lj. railroad, Mr. rotter stated thatthe greatest deterrent to the extensionof the road southwest, is the builtlinof the bridge across the Missouri river.The sounding of local tom-tom- s willaViij but little in the contest for thesecuring of this valuable railroad,Business considerations alone will decide wiien and where the road will bebuilt. - Lexington - has to offer thelargest and most important town; themost valuable coal nelus; and a roadbed already graded. These inducemcuts alone will be apt to secure theroad ; but we arc not satisfied to resour claims here; and in what we haveto suggest we desire to ask tho atten- -tion and the of the city of

.loscpnThe St Joseph & St. Louis railroad

for a long time was verv successful I voperated. Of late it has appeared thatthe Wabash railroad companv hassought to wreck it. Its road-be- d, tiesrails, etc., have been suffered to rundown to a degree It will bo retneiubercd that wheu Mr. Talmage, in answer to a letter written to hiin by ourcitizens some weeks ago, said that hethought It would not be the policy ofthe W abash company, after tbe roadwas sold, to retain control of thisbranch, the Intelligeucer said that thisdetermination was not au unmixedevil, aud intimated that it might be ofbenefit .o Lexington. Since that timewe have been eudavoriug to developthat idea. As a result we have somefacts to lay before our readers.

The St. Joseph & St. Louis railroad,extending from St Joseph to Lexing-ton, is now leased to the Wabash. Theowners ot the road are dissatisfied witbthe lease. The Wabash professes alsoto be dissatisfied. The terms ol thelease have been so far forfeited that theo.vners may without difficulty resumecontrol of their property. That prop-erly and fairly managed the road canbe made to pay well, no one whoknows where it lies aud what it is cap-able ot doing, doubts.

Cut oft from all communication inthis direction, St. Joseph was, ouly ashort lime ago, contemplating tbe build-ing of a narrow gauge railroad intothe coal fields of Lafayette county.What we have to offer Is this: that ifthe merchants and other business menof that place will extend to the ownersof the St. Joseph & St. Louis railroadthe proper encouragement(no money isasked: only a promise ofand patronage) they can, we believe,be induced to operate their railway infirst-cla- ss style from St. Joseph intoLxiiigton.aud also assist largely in thebuilding of a bridge at this place.

The railroad iu question is out ofdebt, and able to build the bridge byitself if its owners thought it would beprofitable to do so, the latter beingcapitalists of very large means. Thisthey might not at this time undertake,but from an investigation of the sub-ject very thorough ami very close tothe source of power in the matter, weare convinced that the gentlemen couldbe induced to undertake one-ha- lf otthe bridge, the C, B. & to furnish1 he other half of the necessary sum.The two roads would not conflict inthe least indeed they would be mutu-ally helpful.

What is St. interest in thismailer? First, it would aid iu rehabil-itating 0111 of its railways which hasfor some years past been systematicallyprevented iroin being a tender to itsbusiness; second, it would be enabled.for its large and growing mercantileand manufacturing interests, to pene-trate a country now entirely tributaryto St. Lotus and Kansas City; third,it would gain access to a coal field nearto its doors, which produces abetterarticle of coal, at less cost, than anytuel which is now produced for the St.Joseph market; and, lastly, it would,Willi the connections proposed 111 thisarticle, give to St Joseph conned ionsat Lexington .villi the southwest without passing through Kansas Cit v, something which it has not now. The coaland passenger business alone whichwould pass over this road would niaUeit profitable; and the intimate associa- -Hons which would spring up betweenthe two places would develop manybusiness interests between them whichdo not now exist.

Steps are now being taken to secure,at Lexington, some time in January, ameeting of ttie capitalists who are" in-terested iu the two roads. We writethiii article to call the attention of thebusiness men of St. Joseph to the sub-ject, and to ask their init. May we not hope lhat they will bewell represented at the meeting.

No. 17

THE BRIDGE AND THE NEW RAILROAD- -

fFrom the Lexington Intelligencer, December 12. ljo. .

In the two interviews recently heldwith Mr. T. J. Potter, first nt

of tho C. B. & Q. railroHd, thaigentleman asserted that the building 01

bridge across the Missouri river wasthe greatest impediment iu the way ofthe extension ot that road southwest.

Is an interview with 1 ho attorney ofthe at. Joseph & at. Loun railway 11

was ascertained that the owners of thatroad were much dissatisfied with theway their road was being treated bvtbe Wabash; that they seriously contemplated taking it into their own control; aud that in that event they wouldgreatly desire to operate it from otJoseph directly into Lexington. Aletter was then received here Iroin thepresident of that road, Mr Win. FXisbet, of New York, iu which tbalgentleman, among other things, said,

In regard to a bridge at vour citywe leel deeply interested in such amatter. It would be a very desirablething for us to have a bridge there.and ot incalculable benefit to yourcity. ' Our board will meetone week from to-da- Mr. Nisbctasked particularly for all informationiu our possession lor use at that directors' meeting.

At a mass meeting ot citizens ofLexington the writer was requestedto attend the meeting ot the board oldirectors of the St. Joseph & St. Louisrailroad, iu New York City, Tuesday,December 1, which he did. Therewas a full attendance of the membersof the board, aud he was received andgiven au attentive hearing. Numerous questions were asked by the gentlemcu present, regarding what hadalready passed between our people andthe C, B. & Q. railroad company; thecost ol a bridge; tne probable businessetc. The result of this meeting was.that the gentlemen promised that theirboard should be represented at theconference fo be held here iu Januarywith Mr, Potter and other officers oftheC, B. & Q.

The writer spent almost the entireday, Thursday, with Mr. Nisbet, indiscussing the bridge question ns itwould effect the St. Joseph & St Louisrailroad. It is not necessary here toenter into details as to the conditionof the St. Joseph road. It is enoughtor our purpose to know that it is outot debt and abundantly able to do iipart toward building a bridge. Severalot its directors are individually able lodo so. iney are anxious to make their

wroau a paying one. it nas been so inthe past. It can be made even moreso in the future by an active oolicvwith able and honest managementTbe best manager of a poperty. as aurc, is us ow ner. inese views All'

JNi8bet entertains. Hut tbe presentowners are so as investors ; aud to getmem 10 taKe upon tuemseivcs the bur(ten ot management will require convictionsof probable profits. The hopeful feature, for us, is, that the roadCBiinot do worse than it has beendoing, nud that some chansc must bemade. There are several propositionsunder consideration, but none of themare thought, by those in interest withwhom we have conversed, so favorableas direct management of the roadThe president and other gentlemen in -quired as to the feasibility of extend-ing the road south to the C. & A. This,they believe, will be desirable if theycross the Missouri river.

Of course the opponents of thismovement will say at once, "O, it willnot pay." Have they investigated it?The fact is, lhat there is every reasonto believe that it will pay, aud paywell. There is no reason wliv theroad, even from St. Joseph tb theJunction, should not pay. It traversesa beautiful, fertile and' thickly settledcountry, and with the connections atthe Junction, at Lathrop and a Platts-burg- ,

should do a good passenger aswell as freight business. Extend theroad to Lexington, thence to the C. &A., the C, B. & Q. joining it here andgoing ou to Odessa and south; thenlook at the situation. First, we be-lieve, Ornily, that a coal business oftwenty-fiv- e to thirty-fiv- e car loads pet-da-

could easily be developed here,without injury to but rather with ben-efit to the itichmond mines, which arc--

now comparatively idle, not because oflack ot demand tint because of exces-sive freights. The net profit on theminimum amount of the coal businesswould more than pay the road's annualinterest upon its share of the cost otthe bridge. The road then would haveas feeders, for passenger to St. Joseph,all the country Ivingdown the MissouriPacific, the M. K. & T. as far as Clinton, and a large portion of the C. & A.in this vicinity. It would also have theC, li & O. at this Doml: the Hannibal& St. Joseph at Lathrop, and the Itocklsianu at riattsourg.

With a quick a certain connection.over a bridge, with tho MissouriPacific, this is the natural route forpassengers from St. Louts and Jefferson City to St. Joseph. It is thirtvfive miles shorter, and by reason of thebreaks and stops at Kansas City nearlytwo hours quicker than going bv wavof Kansas City. Properly conducted itwouiu uo an immense nassentrer business. It does some now and it is not arailroad at all, but the mere pretense ofone. The Missouri Pacific couldn'tchange its time table fast enough to prevent ii irom maicing close connectionswith its traius here; and it Jt did so itwould get the passengers. Anyonewho will take the tronble to look at amap will see that what we sav is true.The only danger to us, who" want it tobe an independent hne,lies in the temptation that would beset Mr. Gould tobuy it. He ought to have done it in1SW4 when he was thinking and fignring 011 the matter. Lexington alone,wiiu 11s scnoojs ami mines, would tur-iii.Mi a very considerable passengeriramc; aim every road it would crosswould be glad to make arrangementswith it.

The argument make itself. It isonly a question of time when thesethings must be done; and it seem lo usthat this Is the golden opportunity forthe St. Joseph road. Now it cansecure the of the C, B. Si0., the people of St. Joseph and Lex-ington iu building the bridge. If itneglects this opportunity it will citherhave to build the bridge'itself; continueunder the murderous sway of theWabash, or rent its St. Joseph end tothe Itock Island. The first will becostly; the second suicidal, and thethird humiliating and destructive to apart of the property which is fully asvaluable as the other property man-aged.

But, may say 60me of the stockhold-ers, ilWe bought these securities simplyas an investment; we do not wish tiibe burdened with management."Well, of what good arc securitieswhich bring no returns? And is ii nota craven policy to see a valuable property wrecneo anu destroyed by adversemanagement? Suppose the Wabash in

what guarantee is therethat the whole system will not againbe wrecked? There are certainlyenough young and active men in the

auscuu orttieisnio 10 seize inegreat opportunities which are nowpresented to them, and to pluck out ofthe jaws of apparent defeat a gloriousvictory for their road.

St. .losenh men control thethat can make the St. J. & St. L. roada success.

SOUNDINGS FOR 'i'HL liHIDGE TLEXINGTON

" the Lexington Mo., Intelligencer. D..- -IQ

Me 1 .Lin-In- A. Morrison, of KaneCity, has been here for some time f .--tling up ins o'd busiii.s. itioc:i.i; hat h(; assisted in making thesoai"'- -

" f th river at ihts point .- t 10

B. & . W. ravlroad in li7:. we- -

iowe.i him di " nbnct. las!day. Mr. Morrison said: " i lie n..i,d- -ngs were made in the spring or mi 0179. They were made under directiont H. A. Sumner, chiet engineer a- - s:

W. R. R..and James Morrison bridgebuilder of the Burlington system, whohad just completed the bridge over tUaMissouri river at I'lattsiuouth, Nub.We used a flat boat Willi a well in thecenter, with pile driver and tools used- -

betorc for the same purpose. We com-menced on the point of the sand bar.at that time just across the river op- -

Dosite my foundry, and found rock utdistances of 200 feet apart and atdepths from 76 to 87 feet as far downas opposite the old soap lactory site.where we lost it, although we expectedto find it more favorable in front of theClageit coal banks, where the rock reefextends into the river from the southbank. We continued ou down nearlyto the head ot the island or just oppo-site the point below Clagett's, but with-out success. We theu took the boat andtarted opposite the foundrv again,

about 109 teet from the north bank, andsounded about the same distance as before with about the same result. Wethen went down about the middle ofthe river with the same result. Thoresults thus far were very satisfactory,but where we expected to find mostfavorable soundings we were disap-pointed, that is on the rocky reef aboveClagett's where we onlv found largeloose boulders with 410 solid rock under. We had been nearly two monthsat work, aud the engineer concluded tomake nse of the remaining one day, sowe anchored our boat just above Mc- -lulyre s coal bank, aud to our astonish-ment the first length of pipe struck thoclean solid rock at a depth of 16 teet.We followed this out tor a distance of36 feet where it went deeper, and as.night was on ns and our time had ex-pired we left off. The sounding ou thonorth bank opposite was 83 feet. Theresult, after all, was far better than, ex-pected and was so stated by tbe engi-neers and officers connected with theroad, who said it was the most favora-ble they ever heard of on the Missouririver. At the time wo were soundinga corps of engineers was running Huesof the shores and sand bars and takingdistances. The whole work was un-der Engineer Hurst, who reported toand we were paid by the B & S. W.It. It. Co. The expense was some $1,600to $2,000." We have alreadr printedan engineer's report upon the distanceacross tbe river at the point last men-tioned to be 2,500 feet, covering theentire river bed and sand bar. Mr.Morrison shows that solid rock founda-tion is here found, going from thisshore to the northern one., at depthsfrom 16 feet, 39G feet out, to 83 feet outhe northern bank. This, he says, theengineers declared the most favorablesoundings they had ever heard of ou theMissouri river. This survey, made byorder of Mr. Sumner, and under theimiueditte superintendence of Mr.Hurst, is a mailer of record in thearchives of tho B. & S. W. railway.To add to its value, since it was made,the government of the United Stateshas spent several thousand dollars inconstructing a revetment just aboveLexington, on the ltay county shore,which has already proven its efficiencyiu stopping the ravages of the riverupon that bank. In such an uucertainstream as the Missouri this is a verygreat advantage in the location of abridge, as its safety from mutations of1 he stream is thereby insured.

0-- , B. & Q. R- - R.

From the Lexington, Mo., Intelligencer,Dec. 5, 1885.

Tho following letter has been le- -ceived. While there is 110 especialnews in it, the letter confirms what wepublished last week:

Chicago, Nov. 27, IS80.Robkrt Halk, Esq , Lexington,

Mo. Dear Sib: Your letter of the14th Inst., enclosing petition signed bythe people of Lexington duly received.Wo note what you say about Mr. Perkins visiting your city. Mr Perkinshas just left for the east, and will notreturn until early spring. Mvarrangements are such that 1 am compelled to go to California early nextmonth, aud I will not return until afterthe holidays, but as soon after the mid-dle of January as I can spare the time1 snail, with our engineer, make a visitto your pltce.

We appreciate the kind sentimentsexpressed by the people of Lexingtontoward the company we represent.Yours truly, T. J. Porruu.

"ONTO LEXINGTON-- "

From tbe St. Joseph Uazette, Dec. 23.1

The Lexington delegation was greeted yesterday by a representative meeting at the board 01 trade rooms, audthe results ot the conference were ex-ceedingly gratifying to tne people ofboth cities. No proposition ever sub-min- ed

to our people, in the way of aUblic enterprise, was ever more impor-

tant than this. It involves not only theconstruction of a bridge over the Mis-souri river, at Lexington, therebybringing that beautiful vine clad city,with its'desirable commercial and socialelements, to our very doors, by ineausof the St. Joseph & St. Louis railroad,but it also contemplates the improve-ment of that road, so long needed tomake it a thoroughfare. It involves,also, a direct aud immediate connectionwith tbe vast coal fields ot Lafayettecounty, which would enableSt. Joseph to compete with any city iuthe west as a manufacturing point. Itmoreover involves other railway con-nections, affording a direct Hue fromSt. Joseph to the state capital, aud an-

other direct and competing line to St.Louis, which ineaus another and a di-rect outlet to the southern seaboard.Theu there is a possible couneciiou tobe made with the Chicago & Altonrailroad, which would be equivalent tothe bringing of that great Chicago Intoto St. Joseph, and affording additionalrailway competition to that commercialcenter aud tbe east. Southwesternconnections would follow, and these,too, would greatly benefit the com-merce ol St. Joseph.

Yesterday's meeting was a credita-ble one, and all was accomplished thatcould have been accomplished at thistime. But the work must not be per-mitted to end here. At the conferencewith the railway officials and the peo-ple of Lexington, iu that city nextmonth, St. Joseph must be well rcprc-seute- d.

With such au effort as thiscity is capable ot making, all the ad-vantages above outlined may be securedat that meeting. Every citizen is in-

terested, and tbe delegation from St.Joseph, ou that occasion, should havethe assurance iu advance that whateverthey may find it necessary to obligatoSt. Joseph to do, in order to bringabout the desired results, lhat St.Joseph will do, promptly and cheerful-ly. The Gazette believes it cau sopledge the committee, iu the name ofthe people, for they have never failedto do their whole duty when matters of-- nch grave importance were presented10 them.

St. Joseph is looming np as a manii- -

lacturing and commercial center. Herincrease in clearings week before last

, showed a gam of 76 per cent, over thncorresponding week of last year Holargest gain of any city iu the country.

A GRADED ROAD-BE- D-

We are asking no gratuity from thdC, B. &Q. We ofler them one in tinBlians nf a veuiloil rand-lim- l Wa nfl'ae

' ihuin i,.i;Ha ih.- i,ci onii fui.i ;.. ,

conntv: and weofler them access 10 itmtwo best chipping towns iu the county,