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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
Hurrah for the Holidays. Right to the Front of all Competition. Fall in Line all You People
Who Wish to See a Bright and Beautiful Display of Christmas Goods.
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Loomis
Book
and
Art
Store
1 103 Main St.,
Lexington, - Ho.
1 U) this year.
PnniP Crokinole; This still remains a
UlllllCo very popular game. No. 5S2
size, 25 inches in diamett r with checker board
on reverse side, worth $1.00, now ;5c.
No. So board, 30 inches in diameter, full
size, with checker board on reverse side,
stained, imitation cherry, complete, worth
$1.50. now 98c.
Archarena Star Combination Board ; a well
made board on which tjcugames can be played,
lull equipment is furnished with each board,
handsomely finished, price $2.25.
Also full line of the smaller board games, 5c
up to Si with a reduction of 25 per cent on
most of them.
Air Riflp he King air rifle is a beauty
rll IV lllto and besides being handsome
it is the strongest air gun in the world, worth
$1.25, now 75c.
King Repeating Air Rifle ; this rifle is per
fect in action, easy operated and simple, $1.25
nnnHQ carts' 'n- sPe wheels 9c.
VV CllJUIlo Wheel barrows, 10250 and35c.
Steel wagons iron clad; the iron clad wagon
is the strongest and best finished on the
market; two sizes on sale, $1.25 and Si. 50
each.
Shoofly Rockers SLi Z jS:
ral wood, 50c. Hobby Morses, $1.25.
Photoflrapii Albums IVotkt?
consider quality first. Our alliums, with few
exceptions, have pure gold lraf edges, prices
50c, j5c, $1.00, $1 25 up.
IllfPQ "ne f china decorated plates,
ltllLo salads and celery dishes.
This Year
We Will Give
Away a Fine
Quality
Bisque
DOLL
32 inches
long, showing
Teeth.
Moving Eyes,
Curly Hair.
Etc.
Tickets
Given With
Every 25c
Cash
Purchase.
Doll is now on
Exhibition,
Call and
See It.
RW IPfk IIardwood Coaster, top
Ujy O vJlLUO neatly ornamented, 25c.
Hardwood coaster, length 36 inches, round
spring shoes, regular price 75c, now 50c
Hollas e are sh-0'n a 'u" ,ine of dressed
LUllo dolls and kid body dolls, ranging in
price from 5c up to $2.50.
Dress dolls, 13 inches, fancy dressed, as
sorted collars, trimmed with lace and ribbons
large bonnet trimmed with lace, only 5oc each.
MprfcillinrK The PPularIty ol these Pic-
L lVAUUliUliO tures has been proven by
their immense sal . We know of no line of
goods more suitable for Christmas gifts. Our
line is large and the sale has begun on them.
would
particular
attention to these vases. They are so beauti
ful and so moderate in price.
Crest Wove Ware, consisting of puff
boxes, jewel cases, fern dishes, ash trays,
cracker jars, &c. This popular line of goods
is more beautiful this year than ever before and
at prices within reach of all.
1 UllCl DUlKnj card cases, combination card
case and pocket book, bill books, finger purses,
letter cases, cigar cases, purses, &c. at the
lowest prices. Ladies' shopping bags, 35c
Wedrjewood Vases
Books
It is again our privilege to invite
your attention to our annual large as
sortment of books, bibles, testaments, &c. We
have increased our line by adding all the new
books, at the lowest price.
Hand Painted Souvenir China. Our
line of 1 90 1 Dresden assortment of hand
painted German souvenir china representing
the different schools and court house are at
tracting great deal of attention ; ask to see
them ; prices 35c, 45c and 65c each.
Extracts Prom the Lexington Caucasian and Express
niKS WHILE BEING BAPTIZED.
F- A. Simmons, M. D., writing from
Rocbesler, Mo., to the Caucasian and
Exp re-s under date October 19, 1868, says:
By jour permission I report the following
cae, with :he attending circumstances, as I
learn from second parties who witnessed the
soleLDnictne. Ata baptism on October 18,
on t be Platte river, four miles from this place
the ordinance was administered to several
persons among whom was Mr. Stephens, of
Third Fork. After being immersed, but
whil e still in the river, he wiped bis hands
over his (ace several times to free it of water,
thre-w bead and bands up and fell backwards
in t he waler, wi'ereupon bis friends ran
quic klj in and took him upon the bank, after
which he died without a struggle. The peo
ple not knowing what to do and being
unprepared, there was, I suppose, little done
to rt ciKitste him. After taking bim to the
nearest bouse I was sent for, and two hours
afterward saw the corpse and found his face,
arm ami hanUs cold, but there was consid
erable warmth in the auxillar of arm pits.
I'erc ussion elicited a good resonance over the
chest, except a little dullness in the lower
part ol the right lung. Tho heart was still
and lit was evidently dead, and I made no
efforts to restore life. I learned from bis
friends that be never had convulsions or fits
of aojkind, and that be bad been perfectly
beal t tiv up to this time. After be had been
take in out upon the bank the radical pulse
could be easily felt. In dying there was a
frottay mucus issued from the corners of bis
mouth, but there was no stertor (snoring)
in breathing, or contortion of the facial
musoles.
Matters of Interest Published in The Caucasian and Express, December, 12. 1S8:
John Barleycorn. Some time since we
Now what caused the man's deatb? Did
water enter the; bronchial tubes in his efforts
of respiration in sufficient quantities to
destroy life, or would not the spasmodic
closure of the rima glottidis upon the con
tact of the water prevent this to any consid
erable extent? Besides, as remarked, there
was a good chest sound, or resonance, under
percussion, except in the lower part of tbe
right lung. Could apoplexy or epilepy
cause bis deatb? Tbe usual signs of these
were absent stertor and convulsive move
ments of tbe muscles. Or can bis death be
accounted for from tbe physical shock upon
tbe nervous system, causing syncope or
fainting immediately after tbe immersion?
This, taken in connection with the disturbing
influence that the small amount of water be
may bave inhaled or swallowed might have
bad upon his mind and body, is tbe most
plausible explanation that I can give. A
post mortem examination was refused.
stated tbe number of places where liquor
could be obtained at 33. We do no, know
of the abatement of a single one since tbat
time. There are only about 75 active mem
bers of tbe order of good templars' in tbe
city, or 2a members to each juuery. Still
we are to bave more of them.
Tbe Weather. The thermometer stood at
10 degrees below zero at sunup on. yesterday
morning, the night previous being too cold
to talk about. We do not remember ever
having seen a colder snap before Christmas.
Grand Arch Masons. The
the officers of the chapter he
Chapter No. 10:
John E. Ryland
Ilobt. Hale
A. V. Small -J.
A. Price
X. Kyland
F. II. Shrock
P. II. Chambers
E. Allen ....
G. C. Alexander
W. P. Boulware
B. Marshall
E. S. Dulin
Jo. Wolf
F. Morath
II. Flynt -
followiug are
re Lexington
High Priest
King
Scribe
Capt of Host
Trin. Sol
H. A. Capt.
G. M. 3d V
G. M. 2d V
G. M. 1st V
Secretary
Treasurer
Chaplain
Steward
Steward
Guard
Just Thirty-three Years Ago This Week.
Sad Death. Mr. August Broeker, a Ger
man, tobacconist, was found dead in his bed,
at one of our hotels, on Sunday moruing last.
Mr. Broekman was a very intemperate man,
or rather was given to occcasional "sprees, '
as it is called in tbe drunkard's parlance,
and bad been on one of these for several
days prexious to bis sad death, but whether
death ensued from this cause or poison, we
believe is not known. Mr. Coroner Clayton
held an inquest, but so far as we have
learned, nothing was elicited to decide the
point. Many stories arc ull tat as to the
probable cause of the apparent suicide of Mr.
Broeker, some saying it was purely an affair
of the heart, a love matter, and others that it
was the legitimate consequence of in temper
ance. To us, and to most of our people, Mr.
B. was a stranger, having settled here only a
short time ago, from St. Louis, where, in
former time, ho is said .to have been con
cerned in a tobacco store at the coiner of
Third and Vine, opposite the old city hotel.
there abouts. The county owns tbe 60
north of the market which is a vacant s;
Now if tbe market were placed on this p
of ground, or on 50 feet of it, we should hi
87 feet of it left for street, a space
would amply accommodate the trade, a:
the market were made the length of
court bouse square, it would be not probJ
more than will be needed in a few ve
but we could get along at present with
of it. We hope what we have said wi.
thought of.
Waverly Ferry. We are glad to know
tbat tbe loss by accident of tbe Waverly
ferryboat is not so serious as stated by us in
our last. Instead ol tbe ferry being a total
loss, her machinery was taken off, and
finally tbe boat itself was towed to tbe shore,
where she will be repaired in tbe spring.
Another New Saloon. Is to be opened on
Main street, for the accommodation of Mr.
Ku KIux. Eb, Neighbor? The Register
has the rumored bangiog of a negro in Dover
township, the paiticulars of which, the
editor had not beard. We have heard noth
ing of tbe affair.
Tbe same authority hath it that the chivalry
fired into an empty school house, and then
burnt a lot of books belonging to the school.
It may be true. It so, it was quite wrong,
bnt we hear nothing of it from Dover.
The Mails For several days we have hud
no mails from the other side, owing to the
cold weather, the absence of a mail agent,
etc., so that we are without tho latest news.
The Warrensburg mail is now only carried
three times a week, leaving our town in a
sorry condition. We hope these evils will be
righted soon.
New Market.-Jlhc width of the old
market is 40 feet, the distance from the
pavement, southward to tho pavement is 27
feet, and the distance from the pavement
northward is CO leet, or 127 feel in all, or
I'eligious. The inclement wcatherof s
day evening last defeated the object ol
call for a meeting of the Lafayette Bible s
ety, at the Methodist church, as but few M
present. The meeting will be held tomor
Hvening at the same place.
Services al the Baptist, Presbyter
Christian, Episcopal and Catholic churc
Mr. Drcnnen preaches at Mt. Hebron.
Bishop Robertson did not arrive here
Thursday evening, as noticed, on accour.
the cold weather and the hard roads.
Ministerial Conference on Monday m
ing at 9 o'clock, at tho study of Kev. W
Camp. All ministers are invited.
The River At this point closed on
nesday last, leaving space for the few
cross. This close up was not earlier than
had a right to expect. Tbe ferryboat, wi:
team or two on board, got on a log tbe 1
before tho close, and remained there
nignt, getting to land tbe next morn'1
Crossing on the ice.
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Cliai'loy'H Aunt and Jane
It ;aped i rich harvest from tbeir
American tour and jertainly took tbeir
audieuc-es by morm. There seems to
be more finish to comedies written by
English, authors. And, by tbe way,
A Wise Woman" was first produced
at the IS Hand Theatre, Loudon, where
it had a phenomenal ruo of 23H nights
and was tbe hit of the season. They
ome h igli, but we must have them.
A ise Woman.
Manager llaerle Informs us that be
is negotiating with the managers of
A Wise Woman" for one night. He
says there is very little chance for such
a company having a date open. No
matter, let them know we are on
earth. Wo may catch them on their
return. You must remember, 'twas
wind that made Chicago. Keep blow,
ing your horn.
Mrs. Clark Head.
Mrs. Nancy Clark, 7(1 years of age,
died at the homo of her son, George
W. Clark, at half past nine o'clock
Saturday morning of general debility
occasioued by old ae. The funerul
took place at 3 o'clock Sunday
afternoon, and services were con
ducted at the home liy the Rev. J. C.
Given.
The laughing comedy, "Shooting
the Chutes," which comes to the
New Grand opera house tonight,
has Just closed an extremely suc
cessful series of performances in
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and
Chicago, where they not only attract
cd large audiences and aroused the
utmost enthusiasm, but made the
most favorable Impression on all the
critics. In many respects ttie oruan
Ization Is pronounced superior to all
oilier styles and classes of farce
comedy programmes presented and
has .awakened new Interest In this
style of comedy, and shows that at
least there Is something fresh arid
novel with which to please and en
tertain the public.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McGrew and
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hard i,.fl U)V
CofTeyville, Kas., on a visit Mond;iy
morning.
moke"' "D f P'PM l Ulnel,l0y'
i QREAT NEWSPAPER.
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Republic is a marvel of .mo lern news
paper enterprise. The orgai.ization of
its news service is world-wide, complete
in every department; in fact, superior
to Hiat of any other newspaper.
The mag.i7.inH section is illustrated in
daintily tinted colors and splendid half
tone pictures. This section contains
mre high class literary matter than
"y of the monthly magazines. The
fashions illustrated in natural uolorsnre
specially v.-il liable to the ladies.
The colored comic section is a
Reniiiuo laugh-maker. The ifunny car-
toons are by the best artist
humorous stories aro Iup1 cl"
authors of national reputati""'
Sheet music, a higli-d I
song, is furnished free every .
The Republic. .
The price of the Sunday MP '
mail one year is $:UW. F"r w'
news dealers.
For tlio Holiday-
,if rai'H V nil '
of our holiday goods, fbr.r-JI
and many articles uii"
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