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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
aolf MnRll0P.

D. A, Rudolph, Topeka, Kansas, real
estate dealer, was arrested on q charge Of
forgery on the 18Th lust After consulting
his lawyer he returned to his Office and shot
hinaaelf fatally.
At Louisville, KY, On the 18th inst.
Robert L. Edgerton, uged AZ. shot himself
fatally while in 6t of mental arrangement.
Annie Heemyer, 81 years of age, died at
Chicago, on the 10Th, from ratsbane, taken
on Sunday with suicidal intent, on account
of family troubles.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
A Cattle Kinx's Troubles.

A Peora, Ill.,, special of the 18th, says:
"Thomas Neill, local cattle king, whose
operations have been very heavy, left the
city some days since, and as he was known
to be heavily involved much excitement
has been felt. It eliminated to-day in the
announcement that Neiil had failed for
from 81. 0, 900 to $500, 900, probably the latter
amount. He was widely known and uni
versally respected as beR Revolent, con.
scientious man. His whereabouts are still
unknoWn."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
A Fatal Tumhla.

A sharp wind in Boulder Canon, Colora.
do, on the 10th inst, upset the stage and
precipitated it down seventy foot embank-
ment. The driver named Dwyer received
fatal injuries, but no other person was seri
ously hurt.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
Chicago.

CHICAGO, December 20-1:30 r. NJ
Wheat Strong and higher at $131 for
seller February. Corn-Easier at 40hc for
cash: 40hc for seller January; 1870 for
seller May. Oats-Firm at 3434c for: cash :;
35Kc for seller January; 39As for seller
NAV. Rye-At 79<c. Barley-At SIC. Pro.
visions-Strong and higher. Pork-at
sl3 SO for cash $l3 IS for seller February {:
$l358 for seller March. Lard-At 81 AN
for cash 81 e5 for seller February: 81 IS
for seller March. Whisky-Lower at 81: II.
Hogs-Receipts $500 head; active : firm
and 1O@15c higher; light at $4.10@4 25
mixed packing at $4.10@4.30; shipping al
s4z5@45o. Cattle-Receipss 1,40O head
quiet; rather easier; shipping at 3.70@
SIX; butchers at $2.oo@3.4o; stockerl
quiet.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
A Dead Mans SHORTAGE.

A Dead Mans Shortage.
Upon examination of the accounts Of
the late Wm. johnson, mayor of Cincin.
natl, deficit of $4,000 was discovered.
The bondsmen will be called to make good
the difference,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
Fatally Crushed.

Martin Fellow, engineer of oil boat Ex.
change, of st. Louis, got caught in the ma.
chinery ofthe boat and was Instantly killed,
At Vicksburg, on the 10th.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
Foreigu.

LONDON, December 20-12:30 p. M-Liv.
erpool wheat market opens frmer. Float.
Inc csrgoes firm; on, psssageE suiet but
steady. Good cargoes No. 2 spriog wheat,
of coast, at 54s; good cargoes mixed Ameri-
can corn, of coast, at 28s Sd; number Of
careoes on sale of coast, Wheat s. soI4o;
corn. IL to 70. =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25

Two brick structures in course of erection
at Wilmington, DEL, fell on the goth,
fatally iujaring Charles Ruth and Lewis
Lynch, Jr, Four others were more or less
bruised,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
milwaukee,.

MILWAUKEE, December 20-3.00 P. NJ
Flour-Du]l but held strong; good to choice
spring at $6OO@6.75; common at $500
hard at 81 81 ; No. / regular at$1 30H; No. 2
At S1.29k: No. 8 at 81 Is; No seller Jan.
usry at 81 3ok@1.30N; seller February at
81 331<@1.32N Corn-Firm at. 40Hc. Oats
Firm st $3.50. Barley-Firmer at 74c for
M. 2 cash. Rve-Quiet at 781o Pork
Higher at $3.50 cash. Lard-At $3.50 cash.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
The Maine MIDDLE.

The official count Of the votes cast at the
recent election in Maine, as made by the
governor and council, gives the following
result. In the senate the Fusiouists are
given 20 members aud the Republicans II.
In the house, Fusionists 7s, Republicans 81.
Five cities with twelve Republican repre-
sentatives- Portland, Bath, Lewiston. Rock.
land and Saco-are without representation,
thus leaving the house twelve members
short at its organization. The actual result
of the election, according to the official re-
turns, before being changed by the council,
was Us follows: Senate-Republicans, 10;
Fasionists, ~. House-Republicans, 80;
Fusionists, 81. Net change in the senate,
16; in the house, 46. By the election the
Republicans had a majority of a6 on joint
ballot. As counted, the Fusionists have q
majority of 26 on joint ballot. The gov.
ernor claims that the count was made strict.
ly according to law, while on the other hand
the Republicans claim that the reflections
and changes were wholly on technical
grounds. .. &.-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
Cnunterfetter Rlllef1.

Coronel w. R. Cook, a noted counterfeit
er, was killed on the 18th instant, at hi.
house near Nicholasville, KY. He had es
capped from number of United States dep
uty marshals who undertook to capture
him last Friday, and five marsha|s sur.
rounded his house this morning and de-
manded his surrender. It is said he opened
,he door with a pistol in his hand, when Ee
vas Immediately shot through the heart.
He was colonel of Kentucky regiment in
the Union army during the war.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
Work of the Flames.

Stones shoddy mill at kemlus. .v., W.
burned ON the afternoon of tho Goth. Sey.
mour G. Stones and two workmen escaped
through the flames, but the former was 80
badly burned that he died soon after. The
workmen were badly burned.
At Albany, N. Y, on the Goth, a building
occupied in part by gun store, was con-
sumed by fire. Several persons were injur-
ed by powder explosions.
The steamer Maggie Barker burned to the
waters edge at Mobile, Ala, on the Goth
About 100 bales of cotton were destroyed.
Loss $4,000; insured.
At Milwaukee, Wis, early on the morn.
ing of the 2lst instant, Best 4 Co.'s west
side brewery, on Chestnut street, was dis.
covered ibe on fire. Before the flames
were extinguished the old malt house, part
of the new one, the Office, elevator and
barn were destroyed. The loss is various]y
estimated at from $40, 900 to $4,000. Two
hundred thousand bushels Of grain were
burned.
Mr.. Fl. Smiths cotton storage house,
New York city, burned on ths l9sh inst.
Damage to stock $25,00o.
The barn of NJ. c. Browning, two miles
from Haddcn6eld, N. J., together with its
contents, was destroyed by fire on the 10th.
Twenty.three COWS and two mules were
roasted to death. Loss $4,000; NO insur.
ance..
Twelve stores and few adjoining build
irgs were destroyed by fire at Bismarck.
Dakota, on the 18th. Loss $4,000; insur.
ance small.
A blaze at Addison, N. Y, on the 18th
inst, destroyed nine business houses. Sew.
eral 6remen were injured. Loss $4,000.
The City brewery at Altoona, Pa; burned
on the 18th inst. Loss $4,000. Several
men escaped only by jumping from the
windows.
Outlaws are terrorizing the country
around Victoria, British Columbia. Agent
Ushur, herder Kelly and another settler
have been shot down, and the people are up
in arms.
Lewton's -four mill at Stones Prairie,
near Quincy, Ill.,, was destroyed by fire ON
the 10Th. Loss $4,000.
Fire and water did much damage to
stoughton hall, one of the Harvard college
buildings, on the 18th.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
Colcroit, for forty-six years hangman in
England, il dead.
Murt1erOus Deeds,

At Columbus, g h., on the night of the Ugh
inst, Geo. W. Cannon, 65 years of age,
while on his WAY home, had his throat cut
from earto ear and his pockets rifled. Z.
James Mulligan, Port Huron, Mich.,
saloon Keeper, shot and killed Charles
Howard, son of Hon. Henry Howard, on
the 10th. Howard and q friend were re-.
turning from dance and hammered at the
saloon;ste door to gain admittance and
secure lunch. Mulligan, who had retired,
disliked the intrusion, and to scare away
his untimely visitors fred with fatsl effect.
During the temporary absenca of Frede.
rick c. Werner, from his residence in Long
Island City L. l., on the 10th, Max Hess, the
hired man, butchered Mrs. Werner with a
large ehesth knife and robbed the house of
4 lot of wearing apparel and $3.50 in cash.
Officers raided diereputable dance at
Sherman, Texas, on the Goth, and in the
melee two of the revelers, named Mitchell
and Elliott, were shot-the former fatally.
Hon. r. E. Little, a prominent lawyer,
politician and ex-member of the legislature,
was shot and killed by his brother.in.law,
James d. Arnold, at Louisville, KY, on the
10th. Little received four shots aud died
in few minutes. The men quarreled over
land held jointly. Little was an elector fo,
Greeley and Brown in 1872, being then "a
years old.
Frank Bodie, a Chicago rough, went
home drunk on the night of the 10th inst,
and commenced abusing his father when
the latter shot him, inaicting fatal wound.
The father gave himself up and il apparent
" heart-broken.
George Beard, laborer on the farm OF
Luther Watkins, near Pennington, NO.,
killed fellow labcr*r named Eli Cunning.
ham, on the 10Th inst, by striking him on
the head with hammer.
David Norman shot and killed Morris
Smith, a Wisconsin man, at Plum Island:
Tenn, On the 7th inst, in an alteration
about the payment of wages.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25

Rsported BY CHANDLER, Brown Co., Commits
.ton Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago
Now York

NEW YORK, December 20-3:3o p. NJ
Cotton-Nominal at 12Hc. Flonr-Quiet
and unchanged; receipts $4,000 bbls: sales
1900 bbls; rye -four quiet at IS 35@5 20.
Wheat Dull; receipts sc. 600 bus; sales 16,.
600 bus; No. 2 red seller January by eenta'
at So 65N. Rye-Quiet and unchanged.
Corn-Dall: receipts $4,000 bus; sales 49,
600 bus at at6i@64Ac. Barley-Dull: Oats
Steady: receipts Al, 900 bus sales 26, 600 bus
at .48k@5o1zc for mixed western; 49H@'
53c for white. Pork-Firm ut $12 50. Beet
Steady. Lard-Weak at $7.77h. Butter
and Cheese Unchanged. Waisky-At
Sl.19. sugar-At 1Qhc. Eggs-Unchanged.
Petroleum-Crude at 7Ac; refined nm.
changed. Tallow-At 6Hc. Leather-Un'
changed. Wool-Quiet and firm.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25

Rumor has it that Charles Baker, of the
Evansville lind } elevator, has silently stole
away to parts unknown, leaving his credit.
ors to mourn about $S0,0C0 worth.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25

Pelcomayo. The outlook for the Peruviaus
is anything but favorable.
Before abandoning Iquique tho Peruvian
and Bolivian allies burned the town and
blew up the forli6cations:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
steannsl,lp On,eer K,,l>d.

At New Orleans, on the 10th, Henry vii.
liams, chief officer of the steamship New
York, fell into the hold and was killed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
UnIOPfunaEA.

At Lobs, Ont, on the leth inst, Robert
Campbell. on the occasion of his brothers.
marriage, took gun to fire salute, when
the weapon burst, killing him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25

sixty Mohammedan refugees which the
Bulgarian government had refused to admit
to their former homes, died of cold and
starvation in the open fields.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
A New Senator

A New senator.
On the 18th inst, tho Virginia legislature
elected Gen. Malone to succeed Senator
Withers in the United States senate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
Sad Result OF q Horse Rack.

Sad Result OF a Horse Race,
Ash. &. McElree and VIM. Eitsrit. farm.
ers residing in Dallas county. towa, were
returning home from besM Moines on tho 18th,
they indulged in the sport of running their
respective teams. In crossing bridge they
crowded each other off and fatal wreck
ensued. McElree was killed instantly and
his son George dangerously hurt. Eitfritz
will die from tho injuries he received.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
Grant at Ph1Iatlelpbia.

Gen. Grant and party reached Philadel-
phia on the 10th inst, there completing the
tour of the world. The demonstration was
the most imposing ever witnessed in the
city of brotherly love. The chief feature of
;he procession was miniature steamer, City
of Toxic, which was the exact model of its
namesake, in which Gen. Grant sailed from
thirty.fve feet long, four feet beam and
masts 20 feet. It was on truck drawn by
ak horses
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25

Father Doyle, Catholic priest and Nor.
ris Aaynhan, clerk in a store in Athens,
Ga, were drowned on the night of the 14th
while crossing river ten miles from Au
gusta, Ga. They he'd been paying sick
cali.
At Penetanguishene, Ont, on the 18th
inst, Joseph Genbro and young lady
named Clotier, while skating, fell through
a hole in the ice and were drowned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25
After Many DaYa.

At Chicago on the 18th inst detectives
arrested Thomas Wall, an employe Of the
Southern Express company in New Orleans,
where, in 1868, he stole package contain.
ing $4,000. At the time yall was traced to
Texas, and since then until few weeks
ago Wall was lost sight Of. He says he has
been in Texas. Boston. New York. San
Francisco and Chicago since his theft. He
has been taken to New Orleans.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-12
Blind Tenn.

Bind Tom will again make his ap'
peannce at Opera House on Wed
nestay night, June 25th. The New
YORK Herald says:
Or mere music the public have an
abundant supply; but when it eman.
atesfrom 4 condition of idiocy, when
youmight as we'll expect one of the
orarg outangs from Barnum's cage to
stepon the stage and produce the
mos exquisite creations of manners
as t see the thing really done by
this oGr, demented negro; when you
see lis sightiess eyes wandering in
vacbcy, and his tongue tapping his
lips Is if he we're turning some sweet
morel, while a flow of melody is
pousng from beneath his fingers,it is
impossible not to wonder at the mys-
teridls dispensation OF Providence
thathas bestowed upon this nonenti-
ty-hIs being, so little higher than q
brut-one of the choicest of its gifts
andthe ability to illustrate that gift
Will all the art that attends the
choicest culture. Two or three OF
his irigiual songs are full of exquisite
beatty, and his composition descrip-
tivebf the Battle of Manassas lost
nont of its freshness or quaintness
front the fact that it has been heard
scors of times before.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-12

H~elmbold's Buchu has long been
known as one of the most valuable
medicines attainable in certain classes
Of Diseases such as dyspepsia, chronic
rheumatism, dropsy, cutaneous affec-
ton, and especially affections Of tho
urinary organs. As a diuretic, it is
superior to aim ost, any other medi-
cine in use, and the great are with
which it is prepared, the absolute
purity of the preparation, and the
diligence used in the selection Of the
crude material, have made it known
far and wide rs 4 reliable and effec-
tive preparation, and n that can
always be used with safety and bene-
fit. The great success of Helmbold's
Buchu has led to the production of
many spurious preparations, which
are made cheaply and placed upon
the market to be sold on the reputa-
ton acquired by Helmbold's original
preparation. Parties who desire a
really good medicine should be care
full and use Helmbold's only.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-12
Circuit Court Proceedings.

Craig VS. Watts, dismissed at plain.
till s costs,
Rodes VS. Holt, special Judgment
for $540.46.
State VS. Harrison, recoguizance
So, 900.
State VS. Meirs, recognizance for
feited-scire facies.
State We Gray, 3 indictments, re.
cognizance forfeited.
Crews VS. Lakeland, verdict foi
plaintiff $50. Motion new trial filed
Morris VS. Beardsley, dismissed.
Wear ct al VS. Haislip, judgment fol
$245 28.
K~ingsbaker VS. Woltz, judgment fol
$l16.
State VS. Revis, grand larceny, YER
dict guilty. Punishment, assessed
by court at 2 years in the penitentia
ry. Motion for new trial overruled
Adjourned term OF Audrain cir.
cult court, 4th Monday in Septem'
Der.
State VS. Hughes, change of venue
to Pike county circuit court.
state VS. Williams ct al, continued
by consent.
State rs Hartley ct Al, continued
till adjourned term.
State VS. kilgore, continued till adj
ionrned term.
City of Mexico VS. Treloar, dis.
missed.
Hall VS. Carson, decree for plain
tiff.
l.. n. Robertson VS. Jas. Brown,
judgment for 81, 1853 67.
b. f. Robertson VS. Jas. Brown,
judgment $1,522 81.
Dunlap VS. Brown g. Holman,
judgment for 1924 so.
Harris VS. Bentley, judgment for
$209 40.
Mexico Southern Bank VS. Holeman
ct al, judgment for 1857 rs.
State VS. Revis, motion for arrest
overruled.
Smith VS. Powell ct al, bill dismiss.
cd, judgment for defendant.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-12
An Honest Medicine Free ar

OF all medicines advertised to cure
any affection of the throat, chest 81
lungs, we know of none we can rec
ommend so highly as DIR. Kings
New Discovery for consumption,
coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis,
hay fever, -hoarseness, tickling in the
throat, loss Of voice, etc. This
medicine does positively cure, and
that where everything else has failed.
NO medicine a show one-half so
many positive and permanent cures
rs have already been effected by this
truly wonderful remedy. For asth.
ma and bronchitis it is q perfect
specific, curing the very worat cases
in the shortest time possible. We
say by all means give it a trial.
Trial bottles free. Regular size
S1.00. For sale by r.. Scharlach,
Bingo building, Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-12
B.iccnse m. mo License.

There is no man in the city OF
Mexico who would rather see the Ii
quor traffic stopped, not only in
Mexico aud Audrain county and the
state of Missouri, but in the whole
United States, and the world, than the
editor of the LEDGER. The crisis in
the Murphy movement in Mexico,
for which we have looked for, has at
last come. The question now is,
license or no license. Last Monday
night the matter was taken up by
the council and laid on the table till
Friday night a week, when it will be
determined whether liquor will be
sold in Mexico with or without n Ii
cense. Whether whisky shall be
sold in every alley and shanty in
town, on the sly OF whether it shall
be sold legally. Whether the city
shall receive a revenue from the sale
Of liquor or the town be turned into
u Kerry Patch Remonstrances and
petitions are at this writing being
circulated and signed by IL citizens
to do away with a license We think
the best and perhaps the only way to
determine this matter justly, is TO
hold an election. 1t will take but a
short time and cost but little. We
may he wrong, but VIC look at this
matter from a broad standpoint. We
are not interested in 4. Rines or his
saloon. The LEDGER belongs to no
man or faction. We sell out
or give ourselves away. To our GER
tain knowledge more liquor is sold to
day in Mexico, outside of the saloon
than in it. This is a fact we defy
any one to deny. Why, then,
should We shut up our saloon and
deprive our city of her revenue and
at the same time not lessen the sale
Of liquor? We hold that fully as
much would then be sold as now, if
not more Our city would then get
no revenue. Our town would be full
of small slop shops and whisky dens.
You can't force men to stop drink
ing liquor; you must educate them.
AS long as whisky Is made and men
care to drink it, no law of man can
keep them from selling it. We may
be wrong in this matter, but it is our
honest conviction, that our city coun-
Gil would make a bad move at this
time by not granting a license.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-12
~DASTARDLY DEED.
Justly Punished--A Warning
20 Others.

A special correspondent at Mont
gomery City sends the particulars of
a horrible outrage committed at that
place Sunday morning, and the retri-
button which followed the perpetra.
tor of it. A negro man by the name
of Geo. Frost went to the house of
Mrs. Hamhlin, . poor woman living
in town, about 10 o'clock Saturday
night, forced an entrance to her room
by breaking open a door, then drew
a revolver and made her submit to
his damnable demands, threatening
to shoot her If she resisted. He oc-
cupied the woman's bed until three
O'Clock Sunday morning, accomplish
ing his brutal desires to his hearts
content. At 3o'clock Sunday mern-
ing Frost was arrested and placed IN
the calaboose for safe-keeping where
he remained until 1850 o'clock
sunday night, when some twelve
men broke open the calaboose door
and shot him dead. The carcass Of
Frost received Is shots. Let this be
4 warning 10 roustahouts, both black
and white--Warrentonf No )BAnner. ]
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-12
GOOD !,
A Big Find-s2O, OOO In an
Old Trunk.


On the 23d'day of last May Daniel
Corker, ofSouth Mexico, died, as il
was thought, in rather poor clrcum-
stances. B. r. Cauthorn was ap-
pointed administrator of the estate,
and q few days since NJ. Y. Duncan
and J. ]. Steele, as appraisers. visit
ed the house of Corker to invoice the
property of deceased. After going
over various old notes, &C., &c,
they were about to leave, when they
saw an old leather trunk in the cor
ner which they kicked open more out
of curiosity than with the expecta-
ton offinding anything valuable in
it. When will wonders cease? In
that trunk was nearly $4,000 in old
rusty gold coin and musty bank notes.
The coins and notes all bear an old
date, showing that Corker did not be-
lieve in banking his money, but hord-
ed it up. Corker, in his will, leaves
$1,000 to each of his children, and
the rest to his wife. He has one
daughter in Texas, a Mrs. Chase.
Jack Aliens wife, one of his chill
dren, is dead, but leaves a child.
CorEer raada hiS mopay millinu and
farming, or rather, he made his mo-
ney by saving it. MI. Cauthorn, ad-
mihistrator, has placed the money,
most of which vas in gold coin, il
the Mexico Exchange Bank. In the
old trunk with the packages of the
"root of all %evil,' were found ole
bottles, broken knives, pieces of glass
and rubbish of different kinds EH.
n9njno All old f9.UIES
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-12

DIED.

In this city Tuesday night, May 10,
j. WILL HIsEY, one of Mexico's most
energetic and promising young men.
Will would have been "a years old on
the Sth of September next. He has
been in very poor health for some
time, having to give up his medical
studies at Louisville, KY, where he
was progressing finely. Will was
loved by all who knew him, and his
death is a severe blow to his relations
and friends. His young friends es-
pecially pause and think of the future
when they see their comrade fall from
their ranks in the prime of his young
manhood. t. j. Gooch conducted
the funeral services, and the remains
of the deceased were inferred in the
new cemetery.