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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-06-21
The 0.ly City On TIE Es.atsr.

AT Quito, the only csfy IN sne Woria
on the line of the equator, the sun
sets and rises at 6 o'clock. Your
clock may break down, ycur watch
get cranky, but the sun never nakes
q mistake here. When It Disappear
from sight for the night It Is 6 O'Clock,
and you can set your watch accord
ingly. In one part Of the city It ID
the summer season, and in the othes
| part IL is winter.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-06-21

A41Xk8B WVf&Ds
The Cosrier-Jouraal congratulates the
Democratic party that at last it Is solid,
or nearly so, for revenue tariff; that,
unlike the average Democratic leader Of
three years ago, the latter Is no longer a
man f-his-platform. Appealing
to the few Democrats here and there who
are still halting, still tarrying "outside
the ark Of safety" the Coarier-.yournal
| says:
Bless you, children, each and every one
of you. You have been somewhat fierce
and impetuoas. Yoa have strayed,
| somewhat from the straight path, but we
viii make no hard demands now; we
simply ask your adhesion 10 the princi-
pies and policy Of the party; to its or
| ganie law.
Do you join with us In denouncing the
present tariff as = mastery piece Of IN
equality and false pretense!
Do you believe IT has impoverished
many Industries to subsidize few?
/ Do you believe It prohibits imports tina
might purchase the products Of Am eri
can labor?
| Do yoa believe that It has dexrades
American commerce from the first to Al
inferior rank on the high seas2
i DO you believe that 1t has cut down tn
sales Of American manufactures at HON
and abroad, and depleted the returns o
American asriculturef
Do you believe that It has cost the peo
pie I'VE times more than 1t produces 3
the treasury
Do you believe that it obstructs th
productions and wastes the fruits Of Ia
bort Us ~ s4
! That II promotes fraud?
d That 1t fosters smuggiingi
!. / That 1t euriches dishonest officials2
That II hankrupts honest merchantsi
> b A. we read them over oae By one
: still seems 10 as that the plea Of reveau
. Ireform can not be sisted IN stronge
r lteTms. Any man who stands on this plal
form We hail ~ . political brother, evs
Though he comes from Pennsyiyani
D There's nothing mean abouf rs; we a
Il mot exscftng, not IN the least unsenero,
Q lin such masters. We are willing to me
{ Iour critics on tilis halfway ground, e
= Ipecsaliy as We have to travel no distan'
Ito reach It,
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Strictly Religious Principles.

A saloon-keeper in wild Western
town was recently converted and became
q member Of the church, but continued
ct his business, which he proposed to run
in popular manner. One night q crowd
Of cowboys congregated in his place, and
after filing up they began to be bolster
ous slszi} zss2 =, ---
| "Hold on, boys,n said the saloonist
s'this Is no place for such riotous con-
duct. You know have experienced 9
change of heart, and am now an advo-
cate Of peace"
"Oh, give us slack on that chin mu-
Sic" howled the crowd. We don't want
no gospel grease spread on our hair"
"But, boys. don't want you to be SO
loud." -.z k,s.xzg47 t.F,r sAr.,gr sz
"Hi-yi," they shouted; ''listen to the
church organ playin' hymns; amt it q
whole naeetin' house with brass cupa-
low throwed fn?" a'F So IL
'sListen TO me, boys, T." faE @-'i
ssHoorsy for & sermon! Let's have .
hot one. Shovel the birthstone right in,
and make the fire sizz!" s.....
Then he got mad, and whipping out hi,
revolver: '-.s t'
ssYou hear me, you rantankerous riot.
ers Of, the Roeklesi Pma man of peace
of meek and gentle humility; but this ole
gun Of mine is Just what she used to be-
and the nrst d-d skunk Of q cowboy that
don't IKE my style WIN git it right where
it will do the most good. Eve started IN
to live the new life, and Ipropase to ac'
In accordance with 1t, and any white-iiy-
cred coyote that raises how. will chas
dust In five seconds and not be able ts
spit 1t out. IN be id, II l ain't going
to run this shebang on strictly religion.
principles or shut her up. Now git ou
o'here quick; there's the church bell, ant
I've got to conduct the services. YOU
hear mel skipt'' Y.s ,.tgs .-fee.
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PERSONAL.

Geo b. Cowlan, OF Madison, is at the Grand
Hotel
Thos.. N. Galloway, of Madison, Is at the Grand
Hotel
Hon. R. B. F. Peirce has gone to New York on
business.
Colonel s. Harper OF Peoria, Ill., is at the
Bates House.
Hon. Samuel F. Cary, or Cincinnati, is at the
Bates House.
j. L. Richardson, OF Galesburg H., is at the
Bates House.
j. Warren Wright, Of Battle Greek, Mich, is at
the Grand Hotel.
]. B. wibong and wife, and Miss Nellie shsr-
man, of Cincinnati, are at the Bates House.
George B. Moore and Henry H. Morrow. of
San Francisco, Cal, are at the Grand Hotel.
Miss Mary Worth. the niece of secretary-ot
State Myers, is at Anderson ON a visit to rela-
tives.
Rev. Robert sloss, of Greensburg, was in the
city yesterday, and conducted the services at
the Second Presbyterian Church.
Miss Lucy A. Evans aud brother, of Frankfort,
KY, arrived in this city on Saturday evening,
and will be the guests Of friends here for some
time
Miss Clara Hyatt. who has been member of
the DAILY theater company during the past sea-
son. returned to Indianapolis on Saturday, aud
will be here during the summer.
Hon. W. Fl. Calkins goes to Washington to-
day to bring home his family. his two boys be-
ing at school there. On the 9TH Of July Mr.. and
Mrs Calkins start for visit to the Pacific coast
Leon Valet, New York; C. d. WOodman, Bos-
ton; n. Morris and John Mcconnell, Cleveland;
j. W. Hamilton. Portland; C. b. Vanfelt, South
Bend; George W. Mullen, TT. Wayne, are at the
Grand Hotel.
indianapolis Saturday Herald: "Mr. L. d.
Hayes. of the journal, read the annual poem, on
Wednesday night, before the alumni of Asbury
University. Those who heard 1t are warm in
praise of the effort"
John w. Ragsdale and o. G. Dunn, Franklin;
II. G. Plat, San Francisco; j. G. Marriott, st.
Louis; H. L. Anderson, Kansas City: c. E. Tuber.
Logansport; F. W. Miller, Louisville; G. W. Bor-
land, Chicago; John r Courtney, Charlottesville:
John Mcconnell, Cleveland; H. H. Kimban, Co
iunbus, Oh II e. Longwell. Ithaca, N. Y; B. L.
Ferris, Detroit: L. b. Fountain, Cleveland: Mrs.
Will Armstrong, Mrs. ]. ]. Curtis, Mrs A. r.
Knight, and Miss Ida Gentry, Frankfort, were
registered at the Bates House yesterday.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

L. &. Day & Co, carpet dealers, Milwaukee,
have failed for $4,000.
The cost of star-route service in Texas and
Louisiana Was S14l,97 less last year than the
year before.
The regular summer shutdown of the Pitts
burg flint glass factories will commence on Sat
urday. the 30th inst.
Caterpilars have appeared in such enormous
numbers ia several counties IN Nova Scotia as to
impede railroad travel.
Private advices from Vera Cruz say yellow
fever Is making fearful ravages among the Eu-
ropeans aud Americans.
A boiler exploded at a well on the clapp farm
on Kendall creek, near Bradford, Pa. on Satur-
day, killing the engineer and demolishing the
rig.
Fannie Conley. Of Mansfield, O., on exhibition
as the Zulu giantess with Nathan's circus, was
found dead IN bed at Salamanca, N. Y. She
weighed 597 pounds.
Bay City Mich. special says: "On satur.
day afternoon $4,000 worth of lumber was
burned on the docks of Dalsur, Chaplin Sc Co.'s
saw-mills partly insured"
star-route Dorsey has ordered for distribution
25, 900 copies of the New York Sun containing
his recent letter to Diekerson on the stal route
investigation and prosecution.
At stapieton, s. l., Samuel Rutherford, aged
twelve ana John Ryan. aged thirteen, were
drowned IN Brady's lake. Rutherford lost his
life wntle attempting to save his companion.
Andrew McHaley. aged thirteen. fell several
hundred feet 10 the bottom OF the Enterprise
eoliery, at Wilkesbarre, Pa. His skull was
crushed, and he WAS otherwise horribly man
gled.
Suit has been begun by the Rutland Railroad
Company, of Rutland, VT, against J. NJ. Haven,
late treasurer, to recover $50, 000-mouey al
legged TO have been received by Haven while
treasurer
AT Dover, N. II, yesterday, Perry P Long
aged seventeen, WAS killed by James Glidden
aged nineteen. The latter claims that the shoot.
lug WAS accidental, but his story Is doubted by
the authorities.
A handsome woman of Derby, Conn, has been
arrested for completely in the recent Alarming
burglaries In the NaEEntuek valley, including the
abstraction of $1,000 from the safe OF the post
Office In Bristol.
A Gaiesville. Tex, special says that Colonel
J. ]. Pickett, brother of the late Lieutenant
governor Pickett. and q prominent attorney
took twenty-five grains OF morphine on Satur-
day, and IS now dead.
AStevens Point dispatch says: "a large stays
factory, owned by Mcmillan Brothers, at Manu-
vile, was destroyed by fire on Saturday, and a
young POlander. the night Waterman, was
burned. Loss, So 600"
The loss by the destruction OF farm houses and
barns by the tornado winch ravaged the country
near ChillicOthe. Mo, ON Wednesday night, so
far as now known, amounts To $4,000. This
does not include the crops destroyed.
A Matafneras. Mexico. special says that $50
revOlutionsts attacked Cheautta, Mexico, and
carried on two officials. The cavalry pursued,
and the revOlutionists, heing pressed. assassin
ated their prisoners. The rev0utiOnists
oyerfaken by the cavalry and cut TO pieces and
thirty OF them killed.
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THE CITY IN BRIEF.

The Fletcher Place Sunday school will picnic
at NOblesville on Wednesday.
TweRtyseven building permits, amounting to
SOS, AGO, were issued last week.
General q. F. Carey, of Ohio. WA lecture at
Engish's tonight. on ''Fhe Mistakes of Moses or
Ingerson-Whichf"
Charles A. Blue and Susan A. Fike. Louis
Rosuok and Sarah Greenwald, Reuben T. White
and Mary Dill, George W. Green and Nancy Bis.
sell we're licensed to marry On saturday.
On Saturday the coroner returned n verdict
that the little son of Ludwig Braun, No. ATT
South West street, was accidentally drO wned,
and censured the owner of the premises where
the accident occurred for keeping a barrel of
water exposed so MS to be dangerous.
A. Mcgee, jr., young man whose relatives
live near Rushville has escaped from the Insane
Asylum, and reward il offered for his apDre-
hension. He is twenty -One years old. five feet
ten inches high, with black hair and mustache
aud wore gray suit of clothes when last seen.
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DIR. KNICKERBACKER.
His Letter of Resign alton to His MinneapO-
lis Parish.

The Minneapolis Tribune publishes the follow
ing letter of resignation, by Dr. Knickerbacker
Of the rectorate of Gethse name Parish:
ITO the Wardens and Nestrymen of GethsemRne
Church, Minneapolis:
"Dear Brethren-The hardest trial of my life
has come, IN feeling compelled to write this COM
municatlon to you announcing my resignation OF
the trust committed 10 me twenty-six years ago
when called TO the rectorship of your parish 1t
calls to the severance Of near and dear ties, and
the termination of happy rectorate. | will not
venture TO review the past; our relations nave
always been of the happlest character. L have
ever found in the Vestry of &c hsemane cordial
cO-workers, ana thank you Tor all the love and
confidence you have given me. l would not
have thought of leaving you now, and In the
midst OF the great work of the erection of our
of duty The call TO Indiana seems of tho
Holy Ghost. The diocese has stronger
claim than the parish | have not dis
regarded this, and have felt constrained to
yield my own lncluatlons and submit to VIVA.
seems TO be the ordering of divine Providence.
In your parish the best years of my life have been
spent and are associated with many joys and
sorrows May God forgive when have fallen
short OF any duty, l have tried TO be a faithful
shepherd of this flock of Christ, and il will ever
have my love and prayer My hope is that God
may send you faithful priest and pastor to take
have great anxiety in behalf of the mission and
benevolent work connected with aud dependent
on the parish. | commend it to your careful at
tenticn aud that Of my successor.
Assuring you that 1t Is with sincere sorrow
that ask you TO accept my resignation as rector
sooner il a successor can be secured-commend
ing you to the loving care of the Good Shepherd
and Bishop OF souls, l remain your loving friend
and pastor. d. y. kNICKERIA gkER"
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PROPOSALS FOR oRDNANcEsuprLlG4


INDIANAPOLIS, IND, June IL, 1888.
Sealed proposals.. upon the blank forms fur
nished from this office only. will be received by
tho undersigned until 10 O'clock q. m, on ThHra-
day. July II, 1888. for furnishing the supplies.
in such quantities ana AT such times durlng the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1884. as the com
nlanding officer Of this Arsenal may require viz;
Forage, Leather, Lumber, Cement, Lime. Glass.
Hardware supplies, Fuel. Stationery, Paiuts.
Oils, etc
A preference will he given TO articles OF do
mestio production. Catalogues giving tha 0sti
inated quantities and arucies required can ne
formation to manner OF bidding. conditions to
be observed by bidders, ana teTms OF contract
aud payments
The Government reserves tue right ~ rciect
any or all bids.
ISAAC ARNOLD JR., Ma! OF Ordnance.
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Death Of Robert Mccarr.

Robert Notary. one or the best known and
most highly respected colored men in the city.
died yesterday morning of a complication OF
diseases and his funeral services will take place
at the Ninth Presbyterian Church at 2 o'clock.
Mr. McCary was at one time pastor of the A. NJ.
e. Church and has always been actively identi-
fled with church work among his people. For
eight years past he has been in the railway mail
service. holding responsible position, the du-
ties of which he discharged admirably. He leaves
a wife and seven children.
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hat she wished some castor oil. and asked
him if he could mix it up so as to disguise
the taste of it.
''Oh yes;" says Speight. Presently Speight
said; will you have glass of soda water
Miss -7'
"Oh, yes" says she. After drinking the
soda water the young lady waited while,
and then asked Speght if the castor oil was
ready.
"OhI' says Speight you have already
taken the castor oil in the soda water"
Great heavens!" said the young lady, 81
wanted the oil for my mother"
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The Fire saturdav Nlrht.

mosq ute bar in the show window OF A.
Jesepb's store on North Pennsylvania street
ignited from the gas jet Saturday evening aud
before the flames could DO extinguished dam
aged the stock to the extent of about $3.50. The
loss is covered by insurance. In going to the
fire, william Long and John King, OF the fire
department headquarters, were thrown from
the chiefs buggy IN front of the Denison, and
King was rather seriously injured about the
shoulders. Long. however, escaped mnipinred.
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Robert Rurua.

The lovers of Robert Burns-and that takes In
every body-will be interested in the meeting of
the Central-aveuue Lyceum tonight. 1t is the
last meeting before the summer vacation, and
the topic Ia Burns. Besides the regular lyceum
programme Rev. Myron W. Reed will speak OF
his visit to Burns's home. and there will be
attractive musical selections Everybody is In
vited, Without money aud without price
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Death Of DIR. Edson,s Father.

Rev. Fl. A. Edison, pastor of Memorial Presby-
terrain Church. received a dispatch yesterday.
stating his father, DR.. Freeman Edison, was seri-
ousy i'll with pneumonia, aud was not expected
to live. He left last evening at o'clock, and
an hour after his departure a second dispatch
was received stating that his father had died.
DIR. Edison visited ths city about year ago, aud
delivered address to the Marion County Med
ica Society. He was practicing physician at
scottsville, New York, and was ninety-two
wears old
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mighr. If they would. take valuable lessons from
their opponents on this point. Robbins tances
that he is going TO make an enduring repution
a reformer by his actions, but he will sue
coed only IN driving Democrats out of the party
aud writing himself down an ass. The Indian
apolis politicians who selected that board of
commissioners and that superin tendent have
shown themselves to be a set of political cow
ards, and unfit to even organize a ward oOnven-
Ri
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SUPERINTENDENT Robbins.

The Shelby Democrat, organ of the Ragged
Reubens." talks as follows
"Robbins, the super intendent OF the metr0pol-
itan police force at indianapolis, Is proving him
self to be one of those l%shly moral chaps, and
is succeeding rapidly IN handing that city over
to the Republicans for all time to come Tho
very men who contributed so largely to Demo
cratic success last fail now the men who are
being spit upon by the superintendent, and by
that lovely set of commissioners Jim Rice
and John J. Cooper appointed 1t appears like
the Democratic party never will learn how to
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The above is good likeness Of rgrs lydia T. pfrt
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may be truthfuly called the Dear Friend of WonanD
Of her CORES lndents love TO call her. sho
Is zealously devoted TO her work which the outcome
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which daily pour in upon her each bearing its special
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On account Of its proven merits it is recommended
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For Kidney Complaint of either sex this eompoundL Is
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"Mrs. Pinkhams Liver Pills." says enc writer "ere
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The CIan-na-Gaei Celebration.

The Clan-na-Gael Society had picnic at Ma
lott Park yesterday. and the attendance was
very large, numbering perhaps 1900 ard in
cluded all the representative Irish people of the
city. A very pleasant time was had. and good
order generally prevailed with the exception of
fights, IN which some roughs from the city en-
gagged. Hon. ]. W Gordon delivered a brief and
pointed address, which was received with much
favor andenthusiastically appiauded.
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a Sfahla Enrnad.

A stable belonging to George W. Stout, ia tho
rear of his residence, No. 200 North Pennsylva-
MIA street, caught fire, last night, about 1890
O'Clock. ane was damaged to the extent Of about
$500. The origin OF the fire is unknown, but 1t
is supposed that 1T started from match a
spark from pipe accidentally dropped In the
hay. The building was insured, and Mr.. stOut's
valuable horses were saved.
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Dlxnrca Maffara

Mrs. Fanny " Burdett has applied for a di-
voree from Christopher II. Burdett. to whom she
was married April =, 1881, alleging failure to
provide. She also asks for the legal restoration
OF her maiden name, Fanny v. Nichols
Mrs. Clarissa WOodgate has been divorced from
James WOodgate on proof Of abandonment.
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Death of John Ford.

John Ford, an cid and well-known citizen. died
yesterday morning. Of heart disease. He was
born at Dusanan. ireland. In 1908, and had
lived here many years.
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Believes in the Old Man.
with Wash. Mclean.

Interview with Wash. Mclean.
do you think that Mr.. Tilden could
VIM
IL think that with Mr.. Tilden at the head
of the ticket the Democrats would sweep the
country like blizzard"
How would any other man dor
II must decline to answer any further
questions. l do not know about politics
pr politicians, and l won't say anything
more"
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Mus. Do Printed Eyery Year.

F0rt Gaines Tribune
A beautiful young lady tripped into DR..
HRtchetts drug store few days ago and
odd young Mr. Speight, who presides there,
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EE' NoTHIeG so simpe and perfect for color
ing as the Diamond Dyes. For carpet rags.
bstter and cheaper than any other dye-stuffs.
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For general debility ana prOstratiOh Hop Bit
rs viii do wonders. Prove IL by q trial.
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DR.. J. c. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists priooiSI six bottles for So.
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BRYCE'S BAKERY.

Only one quality Of CRACKERS made. and
that the best. Wholesale price, 6ls cents, aud
retail 10 cents per pound.