i v'-i- ATTORNEYS. JOHK BI.AIK" AI.HKKT BLACH1VEI.L& STKOTHSsC, TTOIiNKYS LAW. Wi'l practical rV oourie siatp. mix. intention given business enru-'te- tticr Ullice Masonic buildui- - frig,: Hhiel tore t i i 3 t 4 r i W 1 1 : It; r: t IS ' 8 H ST ROT II II . A A 1' in ull the of tli- - I'r lo all It c;ne in Jt I'a 1 JL. a. at- - I6UUOO to alt ittlaliiesn ellllU-te- d In lii- - c:u- Will practice all i lie our;, except I it- IT OaieCiuri l '?oiu ly dec-- yl ItlC AltO I'IE.i. I V IMlJ I I IS' l I. . A . I" 4 iu 1 " .1 ..FjnMvii In all . . . ..... I,i......l t int. ... Suureme Court of Mo., anil the Federal 7 nun. sepSOiy LXASDBOnVKa. wlLt,iA.M ACLL. GRATES & AIXL. Lexington, Mo. ATTORSKYS-AT-I.A- u the courts oi iiie sixih Ju.il elal Circuit, ami United ia.es courts. Pro nip Office over 0,, attention giv-- n to collections. Commercial Bank. CBI"3- - O. ALUO.. AND 0OUNSKLLOR3 AT S a TTOUNL rrot room ih 0"IlinSv.r,iis BHiik." opposite courts ol in tie W in courthouse. i , ha , m and "jo' sSo.tri. and gfiaranVrthmctcourte tor the WMte'rn DUtrictol Mo., will Lexington. . rrTnrnJlc;--AT-LAW- over Grimes A Veuab.e a. i- UKDICAl.. on. T. Ia. BOLTUA, CdUcS. over Lexington Saving orrhol'la a specially. . rkHYSIClAN AND SURGEOS. . Diseases ol treet. - DR. P. H.' CHAMBERS, PHYSICIAN SURGEON, office "VP? Wa - Chinn ou Aab Residence; SK" OiceveCou,: ion . n. - .n 1W1VXIJ. XtnAMAnrthnuac.ai stilus. Lenin t,a.ww tin mm"" BANKS. ilSISrOf ODESSA Capital suocls ' ODESSA, JJIISSOI KI. DIRECTOuS: BfcNJ. KL"OTT THEO. BATES. IT ti. D II ih l I. J A- - EHl5y.. K rr. t INlWKLL. T. L J. W 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. - BOBT. J. A" .jKELAN. iiovil)tj V.orrison - Wentworth Bank icneTal BanUiniel.uBinee8;i)uying ITTlA'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. Caahicr Prcsirtent. "'" . HnKFEIl. H. HORTSM AN, W W M' WOODS. J- - O. JOb. J. C. w Blinkmg BuMncaa in Loans X) 0 D?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 tue aicea in ahwwi."" r ' ' ' Piinlini and Drawing. Expenencu.l tuatbeis n every department. Terma reasonable. For catalogue, containing mil pt.ruciilara, address W. JJ . IttKOUlr e, Julvl7-3- m WENTWORTH MALE ACADEMY Lexington, : : Mo. QCHOOLfor Bovb and Young Men. u miliary uiottpi". . -r an( orfl I Aiinstructed anil Well Boarding pui.ila under VTentilateJ. supervision of ie:i-h- - 4n, DOiu in scuti.ii .. .'r.i department. Couraea of study sm liable b.u lor hoae deairing to lay a go.i '.. -- V i. ... -- ....a,inn onH r.ir ihiitw wlio want a IQUIIIIMC CUUMH1UUI - . . practical oueineas euucanuu. but under ChtlsUan influence. Ftrat Term oi ixth annual ecooiou D.gina TueadaT. aentember 1. 1B9I JorIurther informal ion address, SANOr'Olil) Sitl.LLUT, Principal iul 4m:i i '.V r; fj 1 4 r" over in A. 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 iiuplrle of tide to all landa iu l.ulavi lie coiin'.y, llo.. nn abort 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 Citv Loia 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'e Insurance 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,yfjjt2M 41. 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- nuikulily LOW lKIClif Atll mist'.uiy th ilit- - is ce- - .air't e. Salilueuou nu .iani' i trS?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.ll litto 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 Insurancei j3-0lil- ce at Lafayette County Bank.-t- S Jc. A. Wilson & Rro., Agents, (.pviriirtnn M MONEY TO L.OAIS IX SUMS TO SUIT. ON FIVE YEARS TIME, AX LOW RUES OF INTEREST. Privilege to Pay at Any Time. r,oo. i.ooo. 2,000. 3,000. 5,o00. 8,000. 10,000. 15,000. 20,OOO. 8&,00O, S30.O0O. LAND SECURITY APPLY TO E. WIWSOR. LEXING TON, 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'S PhUIDIt" S I OVES All vnk Motes fold b 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, HARDWARE AND CUTLERY HOUSE SEE BIG RED AXE, Morrison Bnildinff, nrxl door fo Posiof fict, opposite Laclede Hotel nuireh29 1IB PffllC R. 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 Country tor 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 TIIAX IS AS.F ...f h1! ihe i'uhlic Ijindd disuused ot in 1&S2. ere in the Kortbprn Pacific rnnntrv. Itookaan.i iiit4 .hi ritKE. describinK the Korthern Prieiflr t'ou.tti'y.tli1 linilroad Lands tor sole ui.: i;,-- fr'?tf:Ki.itvcfuiiient Ijipri. Addres!,CHAS. b WUIflK. N. T'. R. II . St. Paul. Jlin- OANDEE 99 Rubber BOOTS DOUBLE THICK BALL. Ordinary Rubber Boots always wear out first on tnokdl. The CAXDEE Boots are double thick on tbe ball, and give DOUBLE WEAR. MM JW ecoiiomiad Rubber p.out in tbe market. Ln?:s longer than any otbor boot and the TBICE SO HIGHER. Call and ex. amine tho good.. FOR SALE BY HTJISKAMP BEOS., Keokuk, Iowa, The BUYERS' GUIDE is Issued Sept. and March, each year. 498&tt pages, o 8z x 11 Inches, with over 3.SOO Illustrations a whole Picture Gallery. GIVES Wholesale Price. direct to consumer on all goods Tor personal or fitmtly use. Tells how to order, and gives exact cost of every thing yon use, eat, drink, wear, or have run with. These IXVAXUABLJE BOOKS contain Information gleaned from the markets of the world. We will mall a copy FREE to any ad- dress upon receipt of 10 cts. to defray expense of mailing. let us hear from yon. Respectfully, MONTGOMERY WARD A CO. 87 dc 880 Wabash Avenue, Cbioac. 111. ooUImB f rSk1 M i BlTf1 sWPs BESTTQHIC. This medicine, combining Iron with pure vegetable tonics, quickly and completely Cures Dvspepaia, IndijreHtloil, Wenknesis Impure Blood, iMalaria, Chills and Fevers, and NenralBia. It is an unfailing nmcdy for Diseases of the Kidneys nnd Liver. It is invaluable for Diseases peculiar to Women, and all who lead sedentary lives. It does not injure the teeth, cause headache.or produce constipation oAt Iron medicines do. Itenrichesand purifies theblood.stlmtilates the appetite, aids the assimilation of food, re- lieves Henrtburn and Belching, and strength- ens the muscles and nerves. For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack Of Energy, Ac, it has no equal. Cm The Rcnnine has above trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. MVIemWInr BilQWIl I limiCU. 111. B4I.THORK. SP. OTHER Used herbs in doctoring the fatoily.and her simple remedies I11 CURE in most cases. Without the use of herbs, medical science would be powerless; and yet the tendency of the times is to neglect the best ot all remedies for those powerful medicines that seriously in- jure the system. I SH LEU'S mi FITTERS- - is n combination of valuable herbs, care- fully compounded from the formula of a regular Physician, who used this largely in his private practice with great success. It is not a drink, but a 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 while curing will not hurt the system. Mr. C. J. Rhodes, a well-know- n iron man of Safe Harbor, Fa., writes : "My eon was completely prostrated by fever Quinine and barKH did him no good. 1 then sent for Mishlers Herb Bitters and in a ebort time the boy was quits well." "E. A. Schellentrager, Druggist, 717 St. Clair Street, Cleveland, O., writes : " Your Bittere, I can say, and do say. are pre. scribed by some of tbe oldest and most prominent physicians In our city. MISHIiEB HEBB BITTEB3 CO., 525 Commerce St., Philadelphia. P' Titer's Pleasant Worm Symn Never Fails TUTTS PILLS 25 YEARS IN USE. The Greatest Medical Triumph of the Age! SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Loss ofappetite, Dowels costive, Fain in the head, witb n dull sensation In tho buck 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, with a fcelins of having neglected some duty. Weariness, Dizziness, Flattering at tho Heart. Dots before tho eyes. Headache over the right eye, Restlessness, with Btful dreams, Highly colored Urine, and CONSTIPATION. TTJTT'S P1IXS are especially adapted to such cases, one dose effects such a chnngnoffeelinRnstoastonisUthesufferer. They Increase the A ppetlte.and cauae tho body tn Take on Flesh .thus the system Is nourished, nrd by their Tonic Action on the l.lsestive orBans.ttejriUar Stools are i.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 of this Dte. It imparls a natural color, acts instantaneously. Sold by lnigt;ita. oc sent by express on receipt of 1. Office, 44 Murray St., New York.' WELfLlXOTOX. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT, Wfci;LITOAV, MO. t WILL ilo funeral CoIIee ion business. Col I'Cltt-Di- uri't n iv taxes for Bern local ft! at th plae to which a pr eater pari ol immigrant' are coining 1 n:!Vf n I eitr ommrtuuiiy ( mahinfc ttan anv otner laml u.'u: iu Lhe county. GIVE MK A TH? L J. It. Itf DMO, veti:iuaiiv m c;eo.. .GINSV1LLE, MO. l'rar.tica HI ituir - Alftlicioe ami trt-at- s all branchi-- o! thdctne UidjfnR burspa muccm lti!!y cauirael. Hos pital 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 of tbe 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 aud Q.ieentw.uv. On-doc- ll.ie aeleet and ot Hie hert quality, and we sie cuialaiiMv making ii.iuitjona io it. We sell. only lorcjsh or our prices are low uud we rrcvinr you to inspect oar good- aa we call save yn: money and ollierwiae muk-- it to your int. io .1. a' with ur. 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 band f 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 breed ing 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 breed ol lioga are invited to come and examine my herd. Satisfaction guaranteed. 1 have been breeding this stock since 1874 with sue ceaa. febllyl G. II. BAKitOK OFALF.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, making connection 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 trains going east una west, and north aa lar aa Richmond, ut 3:00 p. m. Returning, will arrive at 5:3u p. n JOHN" C YOCXG, Superintendent. MO. P. B. R. Tirde Table. i'nasenger Freight. Kast West East West pm, 4:15 uni i Sedalia j '.J uii, 4 in 6:UUpm l:I.'iaiu il:ai)ln; 5:411 pail Concordia.. I 8:15 ami 5:57 m1 2:tltjpni! 2:2ripm H.li tun! 5:51) mul Aullville... 7:5buiu; 6:17 umj l:4i pm Sbtpin 8:511 iiuii ti:l'2 uml Higginsville j 7:43uln t l:l'2pm! 3:'2Spm o:4buni o:.imt Page City., j .iiaiuj b :44 am rj:4jpm 3.50piu 8: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;pm 7 :.- '- pin 7:20 pin Waterloo... t ti:33 alii 7:47 an. J:58 am 5:50pm 7 :4b pin 7 :2t um: Napoleon... j (i::;4alll 7:52utn 9:43ani 6:d:;pni l iu, 9 (Kl pm Kanaas City 5 U7 unij !i:ii ni .ri:30am;10:50pm Leavenworth 4 Ibpinlll :15 ami Atchison.... 5 iut)ii,iii:10pmi Chicago & Alton S Passenger Local Freight East West Fast Weal ( m:1 am! 5.40 am Blackburn. 1 u:iupni! 1:35pm! 8:15am ( 9:55ptl p.-- u pm I 9:12am 5;4i am Alma... . H:12 pin tb:i8 am 1 :20 pm 8:35am ( 9:47 pm n:oopni 'li boum Corder. Slhlluuii ii:t.ipm pm 9:00am M:45 ulli1 0:-J- um Higg'sville 8:45 pu. 9.S0 pini 0:55 pmj Mayview !8:3 am;0:37aml 7:l)am ll:.iOam 10:15am pm 7:10pju! 8:15 am 6:65 aim Odessa . 8:15 pm! 7:li)am 11:00am 11 :00am 8:45p i. 7:25pm 8:00 um'7 :12 am Bales City. t8:00 pfliti :35am 9:65 am 11:35am ( 8::Wiii i :3i pili 7:50aml 7:S3am Oak 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 to near, Aud well I know that secrets will capture every ear; The more profound autp'sacred, tbe faster it will fly. And each one who repeats it, tbe tale will magnify. It's aprinling-oillj- e secret that I have now to tell. I may get murdered for It, but I hope to do it wen; Scores have tried to tell it, but no one e'er got through; If I perish iu the effort it maybe worse for you. While working in the office, I caught up will) their racket. The foreinau is not slow in warming up my iacket: The co tups, impose upon me,U seems they can't be civil. They kick and cuff me every day, because I am the devil." I'll be revenged upon them.und tell the world mv storv It may save some lite, and bring to ine some Klorv : But if 1 die a martyr, let other bovs take care, Aud avoid the printing-otlic- e, for death is lurking there. The editor's a savage, the business man worse. And every printer helps them to make my life a curse. I'm to be iuitiated, but I expect to quit "the place. I'd rather starve or freeze to death, than go through the race, 1 fell asleep one evening, while iu tbe paper room. And when aroused at midulght 1 thought my time bad come; All bands were in the sauctum, a single can die burned Host earnestly 1 listened, and this is what I learned. Deep down below the cellar there is an awful well. A trap-do- lar above it, what a story could they tell! When oue falls through the trap-doo- r, the water breaks the fall. And drowns the silly victim lie caunot even call. The student-doctor- s gather in the upper olnce room And fish out all the victims who thus hare met their doom. They buy up all the bodies aud get ttaeiu out 01 HlgDt. This is why their meetings are always held at night. I've seen the finest clock-wor- the best mechanic skill. But for its easy working this trap-do- fills the bill: If all newspapers have tliem. as I've heard the printers sav. The world mut be a grave-yar- d, though it often looks so gty. A candidate came in one day aud stood upon tbe trap Aud then began a wordv speech on "Offices ana pap;" The trap was sprung beneath bim, liis speech was at an cud. His bones are in a doctnr-sho- p the doctor was bis ii ieuil. The editor is wicked, the reason is quite til till. He's talked lo death by people who have notnt to tr;,in : They carry oir ut papers, and feather him for news Aud then abuse htm roundly if he don't en dorse their views. His life is dull and dieary he always lias to toil The farmer sings so merrily while he agitates the soil ; The editor is auli iiin, he wears a chronic frown. And only smiles at random wheu a victim hurries down. One day a silly poet wrote up something on me snow. The trap-do- quickly dropped aim to regions lar ueiovy; Another poet handed in u windy song of spring. Then went below at double-quic- and now ne cannot sing. There s A., t'.te little noodle, who always writes of love. And B , the politician, who spits upon the siuve. I've pondered ou the subject , aud yet I know not wnv They should escape destruction, when better men must inc. The delinquent subscriber has his name cut lnim the list. Aim is ureu inrouuti iiic trap, for he never will b llllCll. He promises more dollars than he redeem with dunes. It will not p:iv lo keep him in these most stringent limes. A stranger hustled in one day enduring tal toils. Ills fare was lull of pimples, nearly larg en. i. mn nir uons. . said nc, "it looks like snow it Was bis fast remark : His grave Is in tbe.coal house he was buried alter 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's I 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 questions fast he plied. The rain, the snow, the crops, the wind tbe wedding and the bride; He talked of each both lona and loud, and now 1 do insist ' That it Is strange that such a man.should die and not be missed. He shot through like a millstone, aud as he disappeared A blue streak came up from the pit, it was his dying word; The streak mixed with tho atmosphere, and into words was turned: "I'm goingdown below, good-b- my fate is richly earned." A. chronio loafer moved his chair upon the magic spot, it Tne editor, with malice smiled, that loafer now is nut; In lilteea minutes by the watch another man went throueli. He was an agent for a book, and only got his it due. The disappointed candidate who talks on every theme, VYho gives his free opinion,and Is up to every scheme; He button-hole- s the primer you may guess the reason why Can you feel sorry for him, should he, too. downward fly? i And then the wretched mugwump, who is certain to be wrong. Disgust is on bis features, despair is still his song; These men were a great uuisance, but thej trouble us no more, . We bless the means thai saved us the bandy old trap-doo- r. An awful fat man came in, 'twas on the tentb ol June; The sweat was streaming from him he look ed like he would swoon: He said, "It's hot, I tell you ! I'm hot enough to die," Tbe trap then did its duty, he had not time to cry. We took him out at midnight, and he was very cold In his pocket there was found asiugle coin of cold. The rag-ma- n bought his clothing, except bis bat and boots. They fell to' me, and now are in one of my Sunday suits. His bones went to a museum, and brought a handsome price. Though all our doctors grumbled.and tried to steal tnem twice; His flesh was rendered up with care, it paid us for our toil, A pound of gristle still remained, and forty quarts ot on. This human oil is made into the finest of pomade : Twill make the moustache quickly grow.and 1 have nearu it saiu Twill drive off freckles, cure your corns,aud stop ingrowing nails. And for all cramps and other pains I know It never lans. Such things as these sound savage, but the trap Is honor's irieud. It weeds out only nuisances, and brings tbem to an end ; It can not cut off every wrong, we ouly wish it could. It only cures a portion, but that, does a sight of good. The sland'rer and back-bite- r, the false friend and tbe liar Must have their imperfections purged out of them with hre. There are many minor evils that ought to catch tbe rod. And many rascals holding down, who should hold up the sod. There are many other evils which people call mishaps. That never can be conquered in other kinds of traps. How can you cure a dead-bea- t, a chronic tram i or sot .' If it can be accomplished, I confess I know it not. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE Furnished weekly to the Intelligencer by Captain J. D. Conner, recorder of deeds of Lafayette county, Mo. Abstract of the deeds filed in the office of Recorder of Deeds from Saturday, Dec. 19, to Saturday, Dec. 2!,A. 1., 18S5. Only such as contain covenants of warranty contained in 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 sw ne, 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 & SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD. EDITOR INTELLIGENCER We HOW have iutoi'inatiou that ia credible, that it ia the intention ot the company to run Burlington & Southwestern rail road across the Missouri river and strike for the great southwest. It is also known that two routes are beins; considered, one bv Waverly and Hisr "iusville to Holdeu, aud the other bv Lexington ana Udessa to lloklen, and it is important in view of the tact that the citizens ot averlv and llisrffiiis ville are urging their claims, thai the Lexington and Odessa route should be properly represented before the officers ot the railroad, lo one who is lattn liar with the country over which the two routes would pass, aud the ad vantages ot location and business, there is no comparison between them. should the extension be from Car- - rollton, the distance bv each of the routes to Holdeu will be about the same, but the cost ot building and maintaining the lligginsville line would greallv exceed that via Lexington From CaiTolltoii to Waverly across the bottom, it is ouly ten miles. From Waverly to ilolden, a distance of more than titty miles, the route would be over a broken country, aud running across me streams emptying into the river on the north side, and those emptying into Davis and Dluckwatei' creeks ou the south. There would be heavy cuts and deep tills all along the route anil many bridges lo build, some of them large and expensive ones. From (Jarroliton to Lexington, about twentv-tw- o miles, there is a level bot tom, requiring little or no grading, and only one bi'iaire to erect. rom Licx iugton to Ilolden via Odessa, is one of the best and cheapest upland routes that could be selected. The route from Lexington to Mt. Hope, twenty-tw- o miles, is ou the track once graded tor the Lexington, Chillicothe & Uulf road, stud there is nothing to do but lo level ii, at a small cost. The grade from the l iver to the highlands south of Lexing- ton is an easy one, not exceeding fifty teet 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 of the Sui on one side and those of Tabo and Davis on the other, and the grade would not exceed twenty feet to the mile. From Lexington to Ulackwater, a distance of thirty miles, there is not a stream lo cross or a bridge to be built. From Iilackwatcr to Ilolden the topography of the country is about tho same as it would be 011 the lligginsville route. The route from Carrollton via Lexington and Odessa is one of the best that could be selected in western Missouri. On this route there would be but few bridges lo be kept up, as long as time lasts, while on the other route there would be in tny. Another important consideration is the larger amount of business that would accrue to the road ou the Lex- ington rotue. The business ot Odessa and Lexington will treble or quadruple that of Waverly and lligginsville, and the stratum of coal extends much further on this line that the other. But it is not all certain that the road will be extended from Carrollton. It j is more than probable that the exten-- ; sion will be from Itogard. Should it be so, there will be no doubt as to which is the best and most practicable route. The Lexington route would be iho shortest and cheapest. , It f iS 8 f it itt iTif 1T JANUARY 2, 1886. SOMETHING ABOUT RAILROADS-Edito- r Intelligencer: As the question of the C., B. & Q. and its ex- - eusion from Carrollion south ot Hie Missouri river via Waveriv and llig ginsville or via Lexington and Odessa seems to be one of general interest to our people, I thought a few reasons why it should, and no doubt will, cross the river at Lexington, would be ac- ceptable to yourself and readers. Crossing at Waverly, a place ot no importance, and only seven miles from Blackburn, a coint on the J is A., and running on a parallel line closing up as goes forward to lligginsville, thus leaving a country and its business to be divided, not over six miles wide and the -- Missouri river on the north side 01 to cut down its trade in addition to the C. & A. railroad. It is about 15 miles from Waverly to lligginsville, and even at a cost ot $10,- - UUO per mile, a very low estimate lor road bed, culverts aud rocK worK ior bridges. Admitting that this road passes 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 miles south, thus dividing up that much more country for which these roads will con- tend. On the other baud, via Lexington, this road will run through a place of some considerable business, ana get the benefit of a road bed, some seven teen miles to Odessa, that less than $1,0jO per mile will put iu good con- dition ; this at same cost at which we placed 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 repairs leaves $153,000 You run through a country equal to any ami second to noue. crossing the Missouri I'acitic at Lexington aud the C. & A. at Odessa, not running paral lel with another road 011 one side aud the river on the other. Again, seemingly now there is a fair chauce that the St. Louis & St. Jo. It. Ii., 87 miles long, will disconnect itself with the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific railway, which last uamed road has had all this road's local business for the past ten years, and join tlu C, B. & Q. railway in bridging the river at Lexington, and running into this city aud forming close business re lations with the C. Ii. & U , giving the C. B. & Q. all its local travel to it does at St. Joseph, crossing this road at Lathrop aud con necting as it will at Lexington, thereby this would be a consideration in con- nection with road bed to Odessa that could not possibly be overcome by any other route. You would ask in what way would it pay the St. Joseph & St. Louis railroad to help bridge the river at Lexington and run into this city. My answer would be, take coal alone, and at rates of freight now paid the Missouri I'acitic to Kansas City, per car of 20 tons, 2,000 pounds per ton, $15, and even a trade of 20 r cars per day would make $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 4 yjars. iow,. iresmeut i oner says tne Di'inge is tne main tnmg in t.-- way; this being brought about would not ! only, as you see, give him a road bed worth $153,000, but a local road aud its Chicago business, 87 miles iu length, but a road which is willing to take halt' the stock in a bridge So much for the 20 cars of coal at rates of freight named; increase the number of cars and you increase the amount re- - ceived At Lexington this road will couiiec-- wiiu lug kj. , tv ami io all points it may run through south, and open up to the merchants ot bt Joseph a trade and country through which that road runs, friendly to her interest, in both passenger and lreiglit. Again there will be no inconsiderable business done via Lexington in way of both passenger and freight to Sedalia and even ou the M. K. & T. as far south as Clinton and Appletou,froin the tact it would be some 25 Or 30 miles nearer via Lexington than via Kansas City, lo St. Joseph, to that extent, making rates less in both passengers and freight. Again at lligginsville for local points on the C. & A. railroad. From all this you will see there is no little business to be built up by the St. Joseph & St. Louis railroad running into Lexington, but may we not hope that 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 two parties at interest are brought together will end in the desired end being brought 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 interest iu genera! ; there are 100,000 acres, and easy of access for mining purposes, in first hands, excepting some 3,000 acres now owned by the Lexington Coal Company, J. C. McGrew and others This coal is shipped to Kansas City j.n I Wyandotte along the Mo. Pacific ex- tension to Omaha, aud from Atchison west to the terminus ot the Central Branch , 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 that the C, B. &Q. It. It. company intends to extend its road southwest, passing through Lathy ct to county iu tho direc- tion of Fort Scott. It would be quite futile, itideel puerile, to advance unfair or unsound arguments, iu attempting to secure the road, either by one route or the other, because the company will naturally investigate for itself, and act at last as its own best interests dictate. We shall, therefore, endeavor lo approach the subject fairly. There are mauy points on the Mis- souri river where bridges can easily be built: there is no part of the river that cannot be bridged. There are some advantages possessed by Lexing- ton as a bridge site not common even to favorable sites. First, it. has baeu established by soundings, 111 ute by an engineer of the B & W. It. It. Co., the archives of which are now the prop- erty of the C , B. & (. , that ai the most convenient point for a bridge there is a solid rock bottom, all the way across the river. Second, the river at Lexington is as narrow as at any point for seven or eight hundred miles from its moiiih, and all of its water does now. and has always flowed through one channel Third, the gov- ernment oi the United States has iu lue last few years expended many thous- ands of dollars in the revetment just above the city which confines the river to its present course and prevents it from encroaching upon the bottom lands above the bridge site. As to routes. When the greater kiuuosities, because ot a rougher coun try by way ot the eastern route are considered, there does not seem to be a mile's ditlerence from Carrollton to Fort Scott by either the Waverly or Lexington route. From Wawrly to the south county line the country is oeautiiui anu lentie; ine line crosses numeious streams and the ridges be-- t ween,requiring heavy cuts and a great litany bridges, some of them expensive ones". In the Waters' survey of that route, it was demonstrated that some of the grades could not well be reduced below eighty feet to the mile. There is not a dollar's worth of work now done 011 that route. From Lexington to the south county line is also beauti- ful aud fertile; the line running along a natural plateau, a dividing ridge be- tween the headwaters of two systems, of streams, presenting a phenomenal route, already surveyed, already gra- ded for twenty miles, and which does not rcqurie a single bridge or trestle work for the entire distance. Four mile ot the twenty are now part of the ('. Jfc A. track, and would have to be I. ! lie remainder belongs to tbe C, B. & ti. railroad company, if it belongs to anybody, aud in any event they can have it for the asking. It cof.t several hundred thousand dollars to construct it. A large part ol Lafayette county is underlaid with coal, of good quality. Receding trom the liver, however, the vein becomes thinner aud less relia ble, being waxv and liable to run into thin places. The most eligible and reliable coal field is that which sur rounds Lexington. The proof of this is. that with only one railroad, and in spite ot chance of ownership, quarrel ing and litigation iu the coal company, Lexington y mines lour times as much coal as does all the remainder 01 the county put together, and Mr. Gould regards his coal mines here as the most valuable and permanent that he has in the state. The coal field is very extensive ; it has np to this time barely been touched, and Mr. Gould's hold upon it is a very insignificant one as compared with the whole. JNot to speak ot tne coal, Lex iugton and Odessa would easily fur nish a railroad three or four times as much business as could tbe towns of lligginsville and Waverly. The road already graded through Lafavette county is a part of the original B. & S. Y R It., its legitimate and proper route, it brings the road by Lexmg ton, from which it can easily put out a spur to Kansas City to teed its connec tions there with coal, and to connect with that place for its southern business No great railroad will long be content with a trunk line running 40 miles from Kansas City, without a direct couneciiou with that place. These are a few reasons, which seem to us sound and unanswerable, why it would be better tor the C. , Is. & extension to come by way of Lex ing- - Iqn and Odessa rather than by way of Waverly and lligginsville. The company, too, may elect to ex tend its road from Bogard, iu which event there could be no question as to routes. A BRIDGE AT LEXINGTON. From the Lexington Intelligencer Nov. 28.1 In the interview held 111 Chicago be tweeu our committee and Mr. Thos. J Potter,' first nt of the C, o. & lj. railroad, Mr. rotter stated that the greatest deterrent to the extension of the road southwest, is the builtlin of the bridge across the Missouri river. The sounding of local tom-tom- s will aViij but little in the contest for the securing of this valuable railroad, Business considerations alone will de cide wiien and where the road will be built. - Lexington - has to offer the largest and most important town; the most valuable coal nelus; and a road bed already graded. These induce mcuts alone will be apt to secure the road ; but we arc not satisfied to res our claims here; and in what we have to suggest we desire to ask tho atten- - tion and the of the city of .loscpn The St Joseph & St. Louis railroad for a long time was verv successful I v operated. Of late it has appeared that the Wabash railroad companv has sought to wreck it. Its road-be- d, ties rails, etc., have been suffered to run down to a degree It will bo retneiu bercd that wheu Mr. Talmage, in an swer to a letter written to hiin by our citizens some weeks ago, said that he thought It would not be the policy of the W abash company, after tbe road was sold, to retain control of this branch, the Intelligeucer said that this determination was not au unmixed evil, aud intimated that it might be of benefit .o Lexington. Since that time we have been eudavoriug to develop that idea. As a result we have some facts to lay before our readers. The St. Joseph & St. Louis railroad, extending from St Joseph to Lexing- ton, is now leased to the Wabash. The owners ot the road are dissatisfied witb the lease. The Wabash professes also to be dissatisfied. The terms ol the lease have been so far forfeited that the o.vners may without difficulty resume control of their property. That prop- erly and fairly managed the road can be made to pay well, no one who knows where it lies aud what it is cap- able ot doing, doubts. Cut oft from all communication in this direction, St. Joseph was, ouly a short lime ago, contemplating tbe build- ing of a narrow gauge railroad into the coal fields of Lafayette county. What we have to offer Is this: that if the merchants and other business men of that place will extend to the owners of the St. Joseph & St. Louis railroad the proper encouragement(no money is asked: only a promise of and patronage) they can, we believe, be induced to operate their railway in first-cla- ss style from St. Joseph into Lxiiigton.aud also assist largely in the building of a bridge at this place. The railroad iu question is out of debt, and able to build the bridge by itself if its owners thought it would be profitable to do so, the latter being capitalists of very large means. This they might not at this time undertake, but from an investigation of the sub- ject very thorough ami very close to the source of power in the matter, we are convinced that the gentlemen could be induced to undertake one-ha- lf ot the bridge, the C, B. & to furnish 1 he other half of the necessary sum. The two roads would not conflict in the least indeed they would be mutu- ally helpful. What is St. interest in this mailer? First, it would aid iu rehabil- itating 0111 of its railways which has for some years past been systematically prevented iroin being a tender to its business; second, it would be enabled. for its large and growing mercantile and manufacturing interests, to pene- trate a country now entirely tributary to St. Lotus and Kansas City; third, it would gain access to a coal field near to its doors, which produces abetter article of coal, at less cost, than any tuel which is now produced for the St. Joseph market; and, lastly, it would, Willi the connections proposed 111 this article, give to St Joseph conned ions at Lexington .villi the southwest with out passing through Kansas Cit v, some thing which it has not now. The coal and passenger business alone which would pass over this road would niaUe it profitable; and the intimate associa- - Hons which would spring up between the two places would develop many business interests between them which do not now exist. Steps are now being taken to secure, at Lexington, some time in January, a meeting of ttie capitalists who are" in- terested iu the two roads. We write thiii article to call the attention of the business men of St. Joseph to the sub- ject, and to ask their in it. May we not hope lhat they will be well represented at the meeting. No. 17 THE BRIDGE AND THE NEW RAIL ROAD- - fFrom the Lexington Intelligencer, Decem ber 12. ljo. . In the two interviews recently held with Mr. T. J. Potter, first nt of tho C. B. & Q. railroHd, thai gentleman asserted that the building 01 bridge across the Missouri river was the greatest impediment iu the way of the extension ot that road southwest. Is an interview with 1 ho attorney of the at. Joseph & at. Loun railway 11 was ascertained that the owners of that road were much dissatisfied with the way their road was being treated bv tbe Wabash; that they seriously con templated taking it into their own con trol; aud that in that event they would greatly desire to operate it from ot Joseph directly into Lexington. A letter was then received here Iroin the president of that road, Mr Win. F Xisbet, of New York, iu which tbal gentleman, among other things, said, In regard to a bridge at vour city we leel deeply interested in such a matter. It would be a very desirable thing for us to have a bridge there. and ot incalculable benefit to your city. ' Our board will meet one week from to-da- Mr. Nisbct asked particularly for all information iu our possession lor use at that direc tors' meeting. At a mass meeting ot citizens of Lexington the writer was requested to attend the meeting ot the board ol directors of the St. Joseph & St. Louis railroad, iu New York City, Tuesday, December 1, which he did. There was a full attendance of the members of the board, aud he was received and given au attentive hearing. Numer ous questions were asked by the gen tlemcu present, regarding what had already passed between our people and the C, B. & Q. railroad company; the cost ol a bridge; tne probable business etc. The result of this meeting was. that the gentlemen promised that their board should be represented at the conference fo be held here iu January with Mr, Potter and other officers of theC, B. & Q. The writer spent almost the entire day, Thursday, with Mr. Nisbet, in discussing the bridge question ns it would effect the St. Joseph & St Louis railroad. It is not necessary here to enter into details as to the condition of the St. Joseph road. It is enough tor our purpose to know that it is out ot debt and abundantly able to do ii part toward building a bridge. Several ot its directors are individually able lo do so. iney are anxious to make their w roau a paying one. it nas been so in the past. It can be made even more so in the future by an active oolicv with able and honest management Tbe best manager of a poperty. as a urc, is us ow ner. inese views All' JNi8bet entertains. Hut tbe present owners are so as investors ; aud to get mem 10 taKe upon tuemseivcs the bur (ten ot management will require con victionsof probable profits. The hope ful feature, for us, is, that the road CBiinot do worse than it has been doing, nud that some chansc must be made. There are several propositions under consideration, but none of them are thought, by those in interest with whom we have conversed, so favorable as direct management of the road The 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 they cross the Missouri river. Of course the opponents of this movement will say at once, "O, it will not pay." Have they investigated it? The fact is, lhat there is every reason to believe that it will pay, aud pay well. There is no reason wliv the road, even from St. Joseph tb the Junction, should not pay. It traverses a beautiful, fertile and' thickly settled country, and with the connections at the Junction, at Lathrop and a Platts-burg- , should do a good passenger as well as freight business. Extend the road to Lexington, thence to the C. & A., the C, B. & Q. joining it here and going ou to Odessa and south; then look at the situation. First, we be- lieve, Ornily, that a coal business of twenty-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 of lack ot demand tint because of exces- sive freights. The net profit on the minimum amount of the coal business would more than pay the road's annual interest upon its share of the cost ot the bridge. The road then would have as feeders, for passenger to St. Joseph, all the country Ivingdown the Missouri Pacific, the M. K. & T. as far as Clin ton, and a large portion of the C. & A. in this vicinity. It would also have the C, li & O. at this Doml: the Hannibal & St. Joseph at Lathrop, and the Itock lsianu at riattsourg. With a quick a certain connection. over a bridge, with tho Missouri Pacific, this is the natural route for passengers from St. Louts and Jeffer son City to St. Joseph. It is thirtv five miles shorter, and by reason of the breaks and stops at Kansas City nearly two hours quicker than going bv wav of Kansas City. Properly conducted it wouiu uo an immense nassentrer busi ness. It does some now and it is not a railroad at all, but the mere pretense of one. The Missouri Pacific couldn't change its time table fast enough to pre vent ii irom maicing close connections with its traius here; and it Jt did so it would get the passengers. Anyone who will take the tronble to look at a map will see that what we sav is true. The only danger to us, who" want it to be an independent hne,lies in the temp tation that would beset Mr. Gould to buy it. He ought to have done it in 1SW4 when he was thinking and fignr ing 011 the matter. Lexington alone, wiiu 11s scnoojs ami mines, would tur- iii.Mi a very considerable passenger iramc; aim every road it would cross would be glad to make arrangements with it. The argument make itself. It is only a question of time when these things must be done; and it seem lo us that this Is the golden opportunity for the St. Joseph road. Now it can secure the of the C, B. Si 0., the people of St. Joseph and Lex- ington iu building the bridge. If it neglects this opportunity it will cither have to build the bridge'itself; continue under the murderous sway of the Wabash, or rent its St. Joseph end to the Itock Island. The first will be costly; the second suicidal, and the third humiliating and destructive to a part of the property which is fully as valuable as the other property man- aged. But, may say 60me of the stockhold- ers, ilWe bought these securities simply as an investment; we do not wish tii be burdened with management." Well, of what good arc securities which bring no returns? And is ii not a craven policy to see a valuable prop erty wrecneo anu destroyed by adverse management? Suppose the Wabash in what guarantee is there that the whole system will not again be wrecked? There are certainly enough young and active men in the auscuu orttieisnio 10 seize ine great opportunities which are now presented to them, and to pluck out of the jaws of apparent defeat a glorious victory for their road. St. .losenh men control the that can make the St. J. & St. L. road a success. SOUNDINGS FOR 'i'HL liHIDGE T LEXINGTON " the Lexington Mo., Intelligencer. D..- - IQ Me 1 .Lin-In- A. Morrison, of Kane City, 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 01 79. They were made under direction t H. A. Sumner, chiet engineer a- - s: W. R. R..and James Morrison bridge builder of the Burlington system, who had just completed the bridge over tUa Missouri river at I'lattsiuouth, Nub. We used a flat boat Willi a well in the center, 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 ut distances of 200 feet apart and at depths from 76 to 87 feet as far down as opposite the old soap lactory site. where we lost it, although we expected to find it more favorable in front of the Clageit coal banks, where the rock reef extends into the river from the south bank. We continued ou down nearly to the head ot the island or just oppo- site the point below Clagett's, but with- out success. We theu took the boat and tarted opposite the foundrv again, about 109 teet from the north bank, and sounded about the same distance as be fore with about the same result. We then went down about the middle of the river with the same result. Tho results thus far were very satisfactory, but where we expected to find most favorable soundings we were disap- pointed, that is on the rocky reef above Clagett's where we onlv found large loose boulders with 410 solid rock un der. We had been nearly two months at work, aud the engineer concluded to make nse of the remaining one day, so we anchored our boat just above Mc- - lulyre s coal bank, aud to our astonish- ment the first length of pipe struck tho clean solid rock at a depth of 16 teet. We followed this out tor a distance of 36 feet where it went deeper, and as. night was on ns and our time had ex- pired we left off. The sounding ou tho north bank opposite was 83 feet. The result, after all, was far better than, ex- pected and was so stated by tbe engi- neers and officers connected with the road, who said it was the most favora- ble they ever heard of on the Missouri river. At the time wo were sounding a corps of engineers was running Hues of the shores and sand bars and taking distances. The whole work was un- der Engineer Hurst, who reported to and we were paid by the B & S. W. It. It. Co. The expense was some $1,600 to $2,000." We have alreadr printed an engineer's report upon the distance across tbe river at the point last men- tioned to be 2,500 feet, covering the entire river bed and sand bar. Mr. Morrison shows that solid rock founda- tion is here found, going from this shore to the northern one., at depths from 16 feet, 39G feet out, to 83 feet ou the northern bank. This, he says, the engineers declared the most favorable soundings they had ever heard of ou the Missouri river. This survey, made by order of Mr. Sumner, and under the imiueditte superintendence of Mr. Hurst, is a mailer of record in the archives of tho B. & S. W. railway. To add to its value, since it was made, the government of the United States has spent several thousand dollars in constructing a revetment just above Lexington, on the ltay county shore, which has already proven its efficiency iu stopping the ravages of the river upon that bank. In such an uucertain stream as the Missouri this is a very great advantage in the location of a bridge, as its safety from mutations of 1 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 especial news in it, the letter confirms what we published last week: Chicago, Nov. 27, IS80. Robkrt Halk, Esq , Lexington, Mo. Dear Sib: Your letter of the 14th Inst., enclosing petition signed by the people of Lexington duly received. Wo note what you say about Mr. Per kins visiting your city. Mr Perkins has just left for the east, and will not return until early spring. Mv arrangements are such that 1 am com pelled to go to California early next month, aud I will not return until after the holidays, but as soon after the mid- dle of January as I can spare the time 1 snail, with our engineer, make a visit to your pltce. We appreciate the kind sentiments expressed by the people of Lexington toward the company we represent. Yours truly, T. J. Porruu. "ONTO LEXINGTON-- " From tbe St. Joseph Uazette, Dec. 23.1 The Lexington delegation was greet ed yesterday by a representative meet ing at the board 01 trade rooms, aud the results ot the conference were ex- ceedingly gratifying to tne people of both cities. No proposition ever sub-min- ed to our people, in the way of a Ublic enterprise, was ever more impor- tant than this. It involves not only the construction of a bridge over the Mis- souri river, at Lexington, thereby bringing that beautiful vine clad city, with its'desirable commercial and social elements, to our very doors, by ineaus of the St. Joseph & St. Louis railroad, but it also contemplates the improve- ment of that road, so long needed to make it a thoroughfare. It involves, also, a direct aud immediate connection with tbe vast coal fields ot Lafayette county, which would enable St. Joseph to compete with any city iu the west as a manufacturing point. It moreover involves other railway con- nections, affording a direct Hue from St. 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 to be made with the Chicago & Alton railroad, which would be equivalent to the bringing of that great Chicago Into to St. Joseph, and affording additional railway competition to that commercial center aud tbe east. Southwestern connections 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 that could have been accomplished at this time. But the work must not be per- mitted to end here. At the conference with the railway officials and the peo- ple of Lexington, iu that city next month, St. Joseph must be well rcprc-seute- d. With such au effort as this city is capable ot making, all the ad- vantages above outlined may be secured at that meeting. Every citizen is in- terested, and tbe delegation from St. Joseph, ou that occasion, should have the assurance iu advance that whatever they may find it necessary to obligato St. Joseph to do, in order to bring about the desired results, lhat St. Joseph will do, promptly and cheerful- ly. The Gazette believes it cau so pledge the committee, iu the name of the people, for they have never failed to do their whole duty when matters of -- nch grave importance were presented 10 them. St. Joseph is looming np as a manii- - lacturing and commercial center. Her increase in clearings week before last , showed a gam of 76 per cent, over thn corresponding week of last year Ho largest gain of any city iu the country. A GRADED ROAD-BE- D- We are asking no gratuity from thd C, B. &Q. We ofler them one in tin Blians 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 itm two best chipping towns iu the county,