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Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02

"Be good boy and don't break
your mothers heart, for then you
would be an orphan in an asylum,
where you would have to listen to q
couple of sermons on Sunday, and
two or three during the week." said
his mother, and that boy has been
good ever since.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
AUDRAIN CIRCUIT COURT,
February 8, 1873.
Wendell S. Hathaway,

February 8, 1873.
Wendell S. Hathaway,
VS..
The Charter Oak Life Ins. Co.
Now, at this day comes the plain.
tiff, by his attorney, and on his mo.
ton it was,by the Court ordered thai
Order of publication issue for said
defendant. -
You. said nonresident defendant,
are hereby notified that a petition
has been filed in this Court, the OBJ.
ject and general nature of which is
TO obtain a decree to the following
described lands situate in Audraiu
county. State of Missouri, to-wit:
The southeast quarter section
tweaty-eight (28);the east half section
thirty-three 1887: west-half seq
ton thirty-four (34), and west
half of east-half of section thirty
four go, township fifty (5O), range
nine 10y west.
And further, that an account be
taken showing the balance due from
plaintiff to defendant. And unless
you be and appear at the next rtou-
lar term of this Court, to be begun
and held at the Court House, i'm the
city of Mexico, county of Andrain.
State of Missouri, on the 1st Monday
of June next, and plead to said
petition, the aYle will be taken as
confessed and Judgment rendered rs
prayed for in said petition. And it
is further ordered that a copy hereof
ne published according to law in the
observation-disclosures, a newspaper pub
lished and printed in the city of Mex
leo: 48-4t.
A true copy. s4s,t.
Witness ~sny hand and
seal of said court affixed,
(seai1 at Office In Mexico this
2lst day of March, A.
D., 1878.
las CARpoII (y1orb
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02

The verdict of an ordinary jury "oi
twelve good men, when it does not
serve his purpose, raises no presump-
ton of The truth or Justice of a cause
in his cSpacious mind. There is
nothing so high or holy or sacred that
he will hesitate to belittle and be.
mean. The language of all his az.
tons is, "Gentlemen, stand from un-
der"
Father-''Why don't yer say yel
grace, Charley" Charley-"Why.
eos l don't like the looks O. them
t~aters."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02

aftergard all that remained {

soon aftergard all that remained of
him was q disgusting, shapeless, black
mass.
His cries, however, had been heard
by Mrs. Smalls' two slaves. They
hurried to the house and Soon dis
covered that there was fire in the cell
lar.
They woke up their mistress, and
she, with Mrs. Bocock and her
daughters, escaped from the house
Just as the flames reached 1t.
A few minuets sufficed to convert
the elegant frame building into
MASS on sMouLDERrSG Ru1Ns.
All Bowling Green speedily gathered
round the of conflagration, and Mrs.
Small grief over the destruction OF
her property excited general commits
Grafton.
AT daybreak the population of the
town became stillpmore. excited, the
charred remains Of Ralph having been
found in the cellar. fyy
Then a search was made fol
suspicious characters, and two tramps,
were arrested.
Their hands were blackened from
some canse or other, and an unusually
large number of matches we're found
upon their persons.
They gave their names as Nathan
Drain and Calvin Bennett, but theil
answers were generally SO vague and
evasive that everybody believed thai
they had set fire to the house of Mrs.
Smalls.
The grandjury Of Warren county
was in session at the time, and Drain
and Bennett were indicted for arson
in the first degree.
The trial was hurried on with un-
usual dispatch. Woolman appeared
as counsel for them, but
THE wRETcHED MEN
Were convicted and hung three weeks
afterward. They protested their in
nOcence to the last.
A few days later Bowling Green
was startled by the news that the in
surance company had refused to pay
Mrs. Smalls' policy on her house, Oh
the ground that it was she herself
who had set fire to it.
Woolman acted as counsel fer the
insurance company and exhausted all
his ingenuity in order to win the suit,
but he Vas beaten, the jury return
ing q verdict for the plaintiff.
Mrs. Smails then had the insurance
agent arrested for defamation of char
acter, and, in his terror, the agent re-
vealed that Woolman had caused him
to solicit her insurance for SO large an
amount, and that he had afterward in
stigated him to refuse payingthe poll
cy.
A warrant was issued for Wool
mans arrest, but before it IA ex-
tecuted he shot himself through thr
head.
Among h~ispapeFs, strangely enough
was found al account Of his Interview
with Ralph.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02
HER SPEEDY CONVICTION.

Ralph's demand seemed exorbi
tant to the lawyer. After higglins
about the price for a long time thu
outlaw agreed to take $1,000 for tn,
diabolical deed and Woolman paIc
him the sum in one-hundred dollar
notes. Ralph promised to do the
sob" at eleven o'clock the same
night.
At the late hour villain approach.
ed furtiy ely Mrs. ST.. alls house, a very
fine frame building lying in the centre
of q splendid garden. The night was
very dark and the inmates of Mrs.
Small house had all gone to bed.
Only the two slaves, a married
couple who were living in a big log
cabin situated in q corner of the gar
den at a distance of one h.ndred
Yards from their mistress house, were
still awake.
But they were singing some old
plantation ditties, and they had no
idea that q villain bent upon a dia-
bolical deed was stealing up to the
home.
Ralph cautiously CROPPED his way
to the cellar door, which by the light
ola dark Lantern he broke open with
a jimmy with the celebrity of
A N EXPERIENCED CRAFTSMAN.
He easily found the combustibles,
and lighting a match, flung it among
them.
Bnt now something decidedly I'M
expected took place. The combus-
tibles were Immediately in a blaze,
and soon the flames surrounded the
incendiary on all sides.
He was dumbfounded with terror,
and ipi his intense agitation he drop
Bis dark-lantern. A few seconds
tried to make his escape, but
4of fire around him rendered
Apossible.
The began shouting at the top
lngs:
Help!"
me dense smoke clicked
clothes caught fire, and
oath, he fell down, and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02

If there is anything in this world
that will make a mule laugh his tail
off, it is to see the man with a glass
eye trying to wink it ut a pretty girl.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02

II is announced that several regi-
ments of British troops at Calcutta
have been ordered to Malta.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02

embracing fuIl and authentic ACCOUNTS
of every nation of ancient and modsrr
times. and including n history of the rise
and fall of the Greek and Roman Empires,
the growth of the nations Of modern Eu.
rope, the middle ages. the crusades, the
feudal system, the reformation, the dis.
covery ane settlement of the New World,
etc etc.
It contains 872 Ane historical engrav.
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and Is the most compieta history of the
World ever published. II sells at sight.
Send for specimen pagesaand ezra terms
to Agents, and see Why 1t sells faster than
nv other bonk. Address. at
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02
ANOTHER MANS WIFE.

With fiendish ingenuity he had con
ceived the following plan: A dis.
tant cousin of his. an insurance agent
had prevailed, a.his solicitation upon
Mrs. Smalls to insure her house for 8
very large sum. Careless about bust.
ness matters, the widow had filled out
the papers without reading them.
Woolman had also managed to get
into the widows cellar a quantity of
combustlble rags saturated with oil,
&c., without her knowledge. Ralph
was to enter the cellar in the night
and set fire to the combustibleS.
In Mrs. Small's house lived beside
herself her aged mother-in-law, Mrs.
Bocock, and the latter's two spinster
daughters, Jane and Betsey. Wool
ma thought if all of them persisted in
the conlagration, well and good. If
they are saved, Mrs. Smalls will be
prosecuted for arson with every chance
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02
AbAwYER's vILLANY.

"Only $500? You must be crazy,
Mr.. Weolmar."
"well, / will add s25, Ralph"
"Do you really think, Woolman
that 1 would risk my neck for the
paltry sum of s225F'
"But, Ralph, it is only arson?"
eyes, you want me 10 set fire to a
building occupied by four people.
Under the laws of Kentucky this is a
capital offence, Woolman; and / do
not yet wish 10 shuttle off this mortal
coil, 1 beg to be excused" q
"But, Ralph, they will never catch
you. Let me look cut for that"
II don't want even to go to the
penitentiary at Frankfort, Woclman.
/ vas there for two years, and / got
nearly starved to death, not to count
NUMEROUS FLoGGTNes
Which l received for the most triiirg
i%nfractions of the terrible prison regu-
lations."
"Let US come to an understanding,
Ralph. How much do you want for
the jobT"
1.-TWO thousand dollars, Wool
man."
care you crazy, Ralph:''
81 am as sane as any body. / won't
take a cent less. II you won't give
me the 80, 900 in advance"
SIN advanced"
eyes, in Advance, Woolman. DONE
take me for n fool. Two thousand
dollars is a small sum for YOU"
This delectable conversation took
place in the office Of Jared Woolman,
a wealthy lawyer of Bowling Green,
Kentucky, between 9 and 10 O'Clock
a. m. on the 18th of May, 1889, be-
tween Woolman and Benjamin Ralph,
a seedy and decidedly desperate look
ing man oe thirty.
This man Ralph vas one of the
worst young outlaws in Kentucky.
He had committed at least three
murders, but had always escaped
convicticn owing to the insufficiency
of the ev dence against him.
Tor Enrse-stealing he had served a
term of two years in the penitentiary,
where lie had behaved very badly, and
In consequence had been treated by
the prison authorities with
MARKET SEVERITY.
On the present occasion he offered
Noolman, who was a very mean,
cowardly villain, to set fire to the
house of the widow Smalls, 4 very
handsome woman, for $4,000.
Why did Woolman want this most
infamous incendiary act to be COM
mitted? Simply because the widow
Smalls had rejected his proposals of
marriage. He was a voluptuary of
the worst kind, and the buxom charms
of Mrs. Smalls had infamed his I'M
bridled passions
When Ms. Swatis told HIM that
she would not marry him because she
was engaged TO Valentine Donohue,
an Irish merchant. The lawyer had
sworn TO hims elfthat he would. I'm
her in order to prevent her from be
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02

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Chicago and Alton x. II
GOING EAST ~
Jefferson anu Fulton Exp. arrives.
at. ll:15 a. IN. .
Accommodation (mixed trainlarun
ming only between Mexico@and
Louisiana leaves...&.. $500 pm
cc~vcr Express leaves....2 300 a. in
GOING WEST.
Jefferson and Fulton Express
leaves. 800 p. M.
Accommodation (mixed train rum
ming only between Mexico and
Louisiana arrives. ......11:30 a. In.
Denver EXPRESS ARRIVES 1850 a IN.
~Denver Express, leaving
at. 200 a. IN.
The only train to Chicago without
change of cars. sd
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02
WIND AND WATER PaooF

1 ~ article under iour pounds g5ighg cau
be sent by mail.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02

Among hispapefs, strangely enough
was found al account Of his interview
with Ralph.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02

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Form. adsp.>s1 20 universal use.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02

7. 7. MAST OO.,
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field Ohio. But all wishing the two pa
ners for the price of one must apply t.
the publisher of the LEDGER at once.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-02

When Ms. Swatis told HIM that
she would not marry him because she
was engaged TO Valentine Donohue,
an Irish merchant. The lawyer had
sworn TO hims lfthat he would. I'm
her in order to prevent her from be-
COMING
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06
Personal.

Willie Burleson has returned from
Georgetown D. @. College.
Our boys" have returned from
school near Bryan, and some Of "our
girls" from Kentucky.
Ex-Gov. Throck morton spoke at
this place on yesterday-too late for q
notice Of his speech this week.
We met a number of agreeable for
mer acquaintance at the San Marcos
River barbecue, and made several
pleasant new ones.
Our friend Mr.. Nordyke, the mill
maker, who is fitting up the new mill
Of Maj. Nance's, and Mr.. Lundy, his
chief miller called on US on Thursday
Mrs. French while here staid at the
pleasant home of Mr.. Pegues' She got
quite number Of subscribers to her
magazine through the kind co.opera-
ton of friends. She expressed herself
much grati6ed by her reception at this
place. She will include San Marcos
aud Brennan in the next number Of
of her work.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06

DoINGs ON THE FoURTH.-We felt
the inconvenience on the fourth Of not
being able to be in two places at the
same time. AS a loyal citizen of Hays
county, our preference was to 60 to the
celebration at Purgatory Springs, but
missing asuitable opportunity, we went
instead to that in Guadalupe county,
some ten miles down the river. There
we found a crowd, perhaps a little
larger than attended the recent Mason
10 celebration at our town. Mr.. Frank
lin was the orator of the day, and Sen
ator Storey and others spoke on politi-
cal topics. There was plenty of din
ner" for all. We shall have more to
say of our trip in our next.
At Purgatory springs we learn Maj
Hutchinson delivered the grafton and all
or nearly all the candidates, and per-
haps others made speeches. There was
a large crowd, a good dinner and an
interesting time.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06

CLIrFoRD's FEBRIPUGE-In the
cure of Fever and Agve this remedy
displays extraordinary powers. pro.
perly used, no case can resist 1t and
other diseases of an intermittent char
acter. including that most distressing
periodicle Neuralgia, have been found
to yield, with equal certainty, to its in
fuence. 1t eradicates all malaria from
the system, gives tone and vigor to the
whole body and prevents disease from
becoming seated. Try CLIFFORD S
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10 its action. You will never regret
buying the first bottle. and you will
have discovered q friend you cannot
afford to lSse. J. Z. RICHARDSON.
Prop'r, ST. Louis. For sale py all drug
fists. june 29-4 ".
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06
Magazines of the Month.

Both for lack of space and time our
notices must this month be little more
than mere mention"
ScRIBNER' s and ST. NICHOLAS glow
with all their wonted charms of liter
airy and pictorial interest.
The ATLANTIC contains the first
chapter of a new novel by Henry
James, Jr., and some twenty other arti'
cles of interest.
LIppINcoTT's contains about twenty
interesting articles, several of which
are illustrated.
AppLEToN's fills its accustomed and
appropriate sphere in the walks Of lit
erature and art, in its usual acceptable
manner.
The ECLECTIC leads into the high
er walks of transatlantic literature
and thought. A very valuable work.
POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY dis
tances the attractions Of romance in
the estimation of practical and philo-
sophical minds.
The CHRONOLOGICAL JOURNAL
continues to maintain its reputation
as work of varied interest.
New volumes of nearly all the
above begin with this month. We
will order any of them at publishers
prices, or club them with the FREE
PRESS at reduced rates.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06

DIR. G. w. BENsoN's CELERY AND
CHAMoMILE PILLS are prepared ex-
pressly to cure Sick Headache, Ner-
vous Headache, Dyspeptio Headache,
Neuralgia, Nervousness and Sleepless.
ness, and will cure any case. Price if-
ty cents a box. 80 pills. postage free.
Sold by all druggists. Office, No. LOG.
N. Eutaw st., Baltimore Md.
A pril q ".
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"IHAvE used DR.. Simmons Liver
Regulator myself and in my family for
years, and pronounce It one OF the
most satisfactory medicines that can
be used. Nothing can be used. Moth
ing would induce me to be without it,
and l recommend all my friends, If
they want to secure health, to always
keep it on hand. r. l.. Mort, Col
umbus. Ca.
Genuine prepared only byJ. Hell
in & Go. Philadelphia.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06

Mr.. EDIToR:-If MANY Voters
were men of ordinary intelligence,
they should have known that the halls
Of the legislature are too small for the
PRONUNCIATION of my principle, on the
necessity Of a union of astronomy and
politics, as the only means to bring
order into the chaos of human legis.
lation.
GUSTAV VoGELsANG.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ELECTION. NOVEMBER B, 1873.

DISTRICT AND COUNTY CLEhh'
We ae authorized to announce ED.
J. L. GREEN as . candidate for re.
election to the Office Of District and
County Clerk Of Hays county.
COUNTY PROSECUTOR:
We are authorized to announce +.
j. MANLOVE as candidate for re.
election TO the Office of Prosecuting
Attorney for Hays county.
SHERIFF:
We are authorised to announce DA-
VID A. BARBEE as a candidate for
Sheriff of Hays county.
We are authorized to announce
CAPT. FERG. KYLE as candidate
for Sheriff Of Hays county.
ASSESSOR:
We are authorized to announce AL.
BERT HEATON as candidate for
re- election to the Office of Assessor Of
Hays county.
JUSTICE, PRECINCT NO. /:
We are authorized to announce A.
G. DANFORTH as candidate tor
Justice of the Peace.
We are authorized to announce G.
W. GROOMS as a candidate for re-
election to the Office of Justice Of the
Peace.
CONSTABLE, PRECINCT NO. /;
We are authorized to announce
JOHN H. PATTERSON as a candi-
date for Constable of Precinct No. l,
subject to the action Of q Precinct
meeting, should one be held.
TREASURER:
We are authorized to announce H.
A, McMEANS as candidate for re.
election to the Office of Treasurer Of
Hays county.
LEGIsLATURE..:
We are authorized to announce Capt.
W. S. GULLETT as candidate for
Representative in the Legislature from
the Gath District. subject to the Nom
mating Convention for said District.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06

FISHING in the San Marcos appears
to be unusually good this season. Cat
fish especially are abundant. Messrs.
Fitch and Griffin caught one which
weighed % lbs. the other day.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06

The FREE PRESS force are board
ing at the Hof heinz Hotel and find
the fare all that any reasonable person
could desire. The worthy proprietor
and his better. half" unquestionably
know how to keep hotel"
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4 LosT.-.Gold Sleeve. Button, between
sWolfolk's Bath House and the gate.
The finder will be rewarded by leav.
ing at this Office.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06

THE announcement of H. A. Nc
Means as a candidate for reelection
to the Office of County Treasurer APP
pears iu its proper place this week.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06

WE see by our exchanges, that Col
Inns Of the excursion North, aud his
crowd came to grief at Denison and
various other points, it turning out
mat be had not perfected his contract
With the railroads, so that much delay
sod trouble was the consequence, and
we results very unsatisfactory to the
passengers, some Of whom threatened
" inch him. We do not know vheth-
q those who went from this quarter
we're involved in the trouble or not.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06

In looking over the legal notices on
the blackboard" in the Court House,
where the assembled wisdom Of the
State" hides them from general view,
we noticed an announcement of can
didate. This may appear rather odd,
but why is not such announcement
just as appropriate there as the other
matters on said board?
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06
GUSTAV VoGELsANG.

Two nice. well.to do looking fami-
lies of English people stopped at the
Hof heinz Hotel a day or two this
week. One of them had but Just ar
rived; the other had been renting near
Luling since March, but do not like it
there. All we're delighted with our
place, and fully resolved to settle near
oy, If they can suit themselves as to
lands, &c.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06

ELDERS Darlington and Williamson
will begin a protracted meeting at this
place on next Friday night.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06

For sALE.-A 5O-saw Gin, Conden-
ser and Feeder, with Horse Power to
run the sane. Almost new. The own.
er will guarantee it. A bargain will
be given. Inquire at this Office.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06

QUERY: why will men smoke
common tobacco, when they can buy
Marburg Bros. Seal Of NORTH Caro-
Ina at the Same price?" Feb.2.ly
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-06

By the proceedings Of the Mass
Meeting another place it will be seen
that it has been determined to hold a
county nominating convention. From
the expression we have heard, there
appears to be wide difference Of opin-
ion as to the propriety of the measure.