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Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15
AND THE CELEBRATE
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William B. IN
w aud Ella Brown, his wife +
deed of trust dated Nay q
and recorded in trust book
1913 of the records of AudraiHa
Missouri, did convey to II
signed trustee, the followils3
ed real estate situate II .
county, Missouri. to-wit: LIi
"a in Roberts Square, Of te
Mexico, as per plat Of said sqN
file in Recorders Office viz
for Audrain county, Nilsson
secure the payment of . nossn
deed OF trust described n. J
as, said note is due and uup1ids
therefore, at the request oftht1
of said note l will, in purarn1
the provisions of said deed q
on
Saturday, February Il, 10
between the hours of 3 o'clnk1
and 4 O'Clock, p. M, of thst
the east front door of the coa1l
in Mexico, Audrain county, n
sell all the above described ~
at public vendue to the hieha
der, for cash, for the purpost I
isfying said note and interests
and the expenses of execasiEI
trust. GEO. B. MAcFAEkE
41-tds. q
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15
LUMBER INTERESTS OF SOUTHERN
MISSOURI.
Large Numbers OF Saw and Planning
Mills at Work in Texas COunty..A
Thriving Little City.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
CABooL, TEXAS COUNTY, Mo-, Feb.
5.-Perhaps a few facts concerning
this part of the country might be OF
interest to the many readers of the
LEDGER. Cabool, the subject of this
letter, is one of the leading and i'm
important towns ON the line of the
Kansas City, Fl. Scott & Guk r. R.,
situated about 76 miles southeast of
Springfield, in Texas county, Mo.
The town is built on a beautiful south
slope, sufficient to afford a good nat
ural range, and the country surround
ing it is free from cess pools and stag
nant water that tends to produce sick
ness. The young city of Cabool is
but about three months old yet it is
one of the liveliest and best business
towns along the line. 1t is the only
available shipping point for pine lum-
Der on the road in this part of the
country, and is destined to become
the great head center of the lumber
dristricts from which there will be
many million feet of pine and oak
lumber annually shipped to the tim
berless prairles of Northwest Missou-
ri and Kansas. There are now a
number of saw and planning mills in
active operation within a few miles of
/ Cabool, the most extensive of which
is that of Mr.. F. Kendall, a few miles
south of town. There is now in the
yard at Mr.. kendall's mill about three
million feet of good hard pine lum-
Der ready for shipment, such as di-
mension flooring, siding, boxing,
sheetlng and, in fact, all kinds Of
lumber for general use. This lum-
Der enters into use for all kinds OF
buildings, and is much superior to the
white pine for general use. Lumber
is delivered in the city of Cabool al
the following prices:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15

Shingles AA.......... $50. 3 90
Since the completion of the railroad
lumber can now be shipped to the
North and West and sold at a good
profit, much cheaper than the Chicago
pine, and Will become a formidable
competitor of the white pine, which
has so long been king of the West.
The pine forests here are very extern
sive, covering a vast area of country.
and will be to Cabool what coal is to
Rich Hill. 1t will employ several
hundred men and teams constantly
cutting and hauling logs to the mills
and lumber to the railroad. Quite a
large force of men are o engaged
at the different mills, which will be
greatly increased just as soon as the
weather opens so that men and teams
can work to an advantage. The city
of Cabool now has quite a number of
large two-story store rooms, built in
the latest modern style and in the
most substantial manner, and repre-
sent stocks of goods consisting of
general merchandise that will compare
favorably with many of the better
houses in the old towns of North Mis-
souri,. In addition to the many bust
ness houses, there are a number of
good residences now completed and
many more in course of construction.
There are also several good boarding
houses kept in the latest and best
style for the accommodation of the
public, and parties have now arranged
for the erection of q large and COM
modious hotel which, when completed,
will be amply large for the accommo-
dation of all the hungry and tired.
The town is daily crowded with stran-
gers selecting new locations, and a
number of business houses will COM
menced just as soon as it is possible.
There is also a mineral spring
just in the suburbs of the infant
city that is destined to become
one of the most favorite health resorts
in the great southwest. Its medical
properties have been tested by ex-
perienced judges and pronounced SUI
perior to that of Eureka Springs, and
the healthfulness of the country is
unsurpassed anywhere in the west.
The country around Cabool is the
best for agricultural pursuits in south
west Missouri-corn averaging fifty
bushels per acre and wheat about 25
bushels. As a stock growing coun-
try it certainly possesses superior adj
vantages to almost all other western
points. The whole face of the coun-
try forms n grand field of pasture
and from the foot of every hill flows
beautiful springs of clear, soft water
which supplies the whole country
with the best of stock water, while
the oak and pine forests afford am
| pie shade in the summer season and
a good stock break in the winter.
Land can be had at very reasonable
rates !; unimproved land near the rail-
road from So to So per acre. This
country has been underestimated
on account of the fact that it has been
| so distant from railroads, but since
the road has been completed it will
be developed very rapidly, and those
seeking business and homes in a new
and rapidly growing town and coun-
try will do we'll to come to Cabool.
Yours respectfully,
FRANK CUMMINGS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15
Final Settleme1s

NOTICE is hereby given -
IN March regular term, 1888,
bate Court Of Audrain CountN
l viii make final settlement Of
istration of the estate Of WiniM
deceased. ID. E. s.
43-4w Admn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15
Final SettleDeM

NOTICE is hereby given
IN March regular term, lsss,S
bate Court of Audrafn Couufg,A
I will make final settlement Q
istration of the estate Of -
deceased. DE-
43-4w AdD
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15
Final Sett1emenk

NOTICE is hereby given
IN March regular tern, 1888, g
bate Court of Audrain County,
l viii make final settlement Of
istration of the estate Of HenFs
deceased. d. L..
43-3w Adm
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15

We are of the opinion that the feat
of eating two quail per day for thirty
days does not amount to much. Why
we have newspaper men here in Au-
drian county who eat crow every
week. Last week and week before
they must have eaten three crows per
day. Their stomachs appear to be
in good condition, and there is no
telling what diet they will tackle next.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15
It NOTICE

A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE,
a is hereby given that on he g
of January 1883, letters OF adm
were granted the ~undersignes
partner upon the partnersalp
Baker & Allison, which FRA VI
ed of C.. w. Baker and c. W.
latter deceased. All persons haFlE
against said estate are requires
them for allowance within one
the date of said letters, or -
preclrded from the benefit q
and If such claims be not exhlseN
two years from the date OF ~
ton. they will be forever baiIta.
43-4w c. W. BAKER, Admlle
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15

The Greenback party has clasped
hands with the Bourbon Democracy
in the North and with earpet-bag Re-
publicanism in the South, until in the
judgment of most all the people of
the country it has found the sleep
that knows no waking.-CSolon
Chase, ex-Greenbacker.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15

There are 2,649 dogs in Galloway
county. The office of dog pelter
should be created in that county.
There would be plenty of men over
there that we know of who could be
prevailed upon to ..place themselves
in the hands of their friends even
for the office of s'dog PETER"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15
Final Settlen~

NOTICE is hereby given
March regular term, 1s~s
bate Court of Audrain Counk42
I will make final settlement q
of the estate Of Ms
GEO. RDbk
43-4w Adml
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15
A Blessing to All Mankind.

In these times when u newspapers
are flooded with patent medicine adj
vertisements, it is gratifying to know
what to procure that will certainly
cure you. If you are bilious, blood
out of order, liver inactive, or gener-
ally debilitated, there is nothing in
the world that will cure you so quickly
as Electric Bitters. They are a bless
ing to all mankind, and a be had
for only fifty cents a bottle of j. F.
Llewellyn. 44eow
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15

NOTICE OF FINAL sETIA
NNouee is hereby given
istrator Of the estate Of Jen@
ceased, win, at the March ssA
the Audrain Probate Court -
settlement as adminstra1of rIna6
4I-4t Admir- Est. John ~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15

NOTICE OF DIsSoLUTM1
IN is hereby given that the ~
loney & Rodan Is dissciseaA
consent, John Maloney retal.
counts due the late firm WIFI
T. T. Rodan, who win also ~
ties of same. MALONEp
February 8, 1858. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15

NOTICE OF FINAL SEIIN
Notice is hereby given tassi~
traitor Of the estate Of 49,
ceased, will, at the MarcA 80
the Audrain Probate Couff, -
settlement as administsstof@
tate. J.CLs-AH
Admir- estate Of II. 4. h@
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15

The greenbackers of this county
are in a great rage to think they now
have no paper. They eve did any
thing with a paper and they can't do
much worse without one We hear
they twill now read Bob Whites pa
per-" When the greenbackers get to
be patrons of Bob Whites paper then
We may not be surprised at anything.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15
HEnicaeS.N

A train load of people were showed
in out in Kansas last week and ex-
listed on old boots and underwear for
three days. The people of this world
are too particular; or, to use the
words of Mrs. Darlington, we are all
epicacs. There are hundreds of tons
of old boots and fiannels in the Uni
ted States that might be harvested
and canned or served as hash. Why
friend Richard Graham has one
woody vest that would keep a regi-
ment OF soldiers alive for a month. If
a man was right hungry We Judge he
would think he was eating fried tripe.
Col. p. B. Petrie, aged 80, of Will
son township, step-father of Mrs r.
Eoaton died last va
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLM
IN Notice is hereby given ~
ministratrix of the estate Of He@
deceased, win, at the March -
of the Audrain Probate Court
final settlement as administEnfn
estate. CAROLINE BIZ
42-4w Admin
February 8, 1888.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15
THE DOWNING BILL.

If the Downing dramshop bill
passed by the senate shall be finally
adopted by both branches of the leg
islature it will give the citizens of this
State such an opportunity to test the
merits of the high license system as
has not yet been possible. The two
most noticeable features of contrast
between existing and proposed legis-
lation are the resembling of some of
the discretionary powers of county
courts, and increase of the sum de-
manded for licenses. Hereafter, if
the Downing bill becomes law, dram
shop licenses in this State will be
granted upon the following condi-
tions: LIST. That the applicant there
for be a person of good character.
I'd. That q majority of the taxable
citizens of both the incorporated
town and municipal township and OF
the block or square therein in which
the dramshop is to be situated unite
in a petition therefor to the county
court. Sd. That the applicant give a
bond with good security in the amount
of 81, 900, conditioned that he will
keep an orderly house, will not sell
to minors without consent of parents
or guardians or to habitual drunkards
when notified not to do so, will observe
all legal provisions and pay all fines
and penalties adjudged against him.
The sum to be charged for county
uses is placed at from $3.50 to $500
which for a city with municipal laws
like those of Mexico will make a
dramshop license cost from s1,O75 to
sI.4OO for six months. The fines for
selling liquor On Sunday and to a
minor and habitual drunkard are con-
siderably increased and there are 9TH
er stringent provisions. Under the
present law the question might be
raised at elections whether licenses
should be granted and the whole
community votes for or against coun-
ty court candidates pledged for or
against prohibition, but the Downing
bill RENTS the decision of such
matters to tax = payers exclus-
lively. The St. Louis Republican
makes the following suggestion con-
corning the bill: There is one SIM
pie provision lacking in the bill which
might be inserted with great advan-
tage-a clause requiring every Ii
censee to have his license suspended
in a conspicuous place in his saloon,
and making the absence of it prima
ia.i~ evidence that he is selling with
out license. Honest and law-abiding
licensees are entitled to all the pro-
lection the State can give them, and
something like this seems necessary
to protect them against the competi-
ton of the irresponsible persons who
Garry on the business without license.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15
Republican Racket.

To the Editor of the LEDGER:
MEXICO, Mo-, February 12.-In
answer to the question in last weeks
LEDGER, 1 will tell you what one re-
publican intends to do ''who paid in
advance for the Mexico Republican,"
For an evenings entertainment each
week, read the LEDGER. For another,
read Senator Vests ''free trade
speech on the protection that should
be, given the ''infant industries of
Missouri" and call it good republic
can doctrine. If our friend, Fred.
Llewellyn, will again enlighten the
readers of the LEDGER by giving his
views on free trade, as applicable to
the ''infant industries of Missouri
touching the zinc question, l shall no
doubt be highly entertained in read
ing that also. l like to read good
republican doctrine advocated by
democrats and democratic journals.
The tariff question will be the issue
In 1884. Tell your republican read
ers where you stand. We may not
need q journal of our own.
A REPUBLICAN,.
We stand on the principle of tariff
for 7erenue OnlU,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-15
PUBLIC SALE
On Tuesday, February 9th,

1 will sell, at public sale, to the highest
bidder, at my farm, 5 l-2 miles South of
Mexico, Mo-, the following described
property, to-wit
l good Work Horse, l Saddle Horse, Z
good Farm Mares, 2 Colts; 5 Cows,
all giving milk, three of them with
Calves, 4 yearling Calves, l Thorough
bred Bull, pedigree given on day of
sale); 4 Sows and Pigs, 8 fine Gifts, s
Shoats; ! new Champion Reaper and
Mower combined; l new Sulky Rake;
new Corn Planter and Check Rover;
2two-horse Wagons; / Buggy and 2
sets of Harness; l new Sewing Ma
chine; 80 tons Timothy Hay; 20 tons
Hungarian, &C.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-06

least fifty per cent. greater than last
year. The harvest prospects he pro.
nounces as better than they were this
time last year, and an increase in the
average yield per acre will not surprise
him. Within the past few weeks he
has passed through a large part Of Da.
kota, Minnesota and Wisconsin, and
basing his opinion on what he has seen
himself he states that the condition
OF the spring wheat in general in the
states named is very good. As to the
outlook for prices, Mr.. Dalrymple saws
that is as encouraging to growers as
the present prospects of the yield. He
says wheat will bear good prices on
the coming crops, because the general
shortage of the winter wheat will not
be made up by the increased yield of
spring wheat. Mr.. Dalrymple has
growing on his farm in the Red River
Valley $4,000 acres of wheat and 1000
acres of oats and barley.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-06
Walsh County News

The thermometer stood at 102 degrees
in the shade III Grafton on Thursday O,
last week.
Albert stratton, who was severely in.
Jured by a runaway team, died last Tues.
day at one of the Grafton hotels.
A roller skating rink 4sx6O feet is in
course of erection at Grafton.
Grafton News: The bricklayers are
now busily engaged in laying the founda-
ton for the new Bank of Grafton. The
bricks used are from FIT. Walkers ward.
and prove to be of excellent quality.
The mayor of Grafton has decided to
put stop to fast driving in that town.
A calethumpian procession formed q
part of the attraction in Grafton on the
Fourth.
Grafton Herald: IT is currently re-.
ported that some parties are leaving poi-
son around the streets for the purpose of
killing dogs. While we admit there are
some worthless ours which it would he
no loss to poison, there are good valuable
dogs who are just as liable to pick up the
poison. The thing should be STONED
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-06
CORRESPONDENTS
Editor P1oxEER-ExpREss:

Editor PIoNEER-ExPREss:
S1R:-The result of the election on
division seems to indicate that the
county officials know but little of this
country up, here, known as the Second
Mountain or else they know too much of
it, or they would have given us q voice in
the election. We polled 14O votes in this
precinct (Loam) which was the only
polling place for many miles. They all
voted for the division except four. I
take notice that there were plenty of
polling places where they were against
the division, some places us low as twelve
votes being polled. There seems MIR.
Editor to have been some poor manage
nlent some way. The three ranges that
were to be set off to form the county of
Harvey are mostly unsurveyed and
mostly all settled up and contains a
greater number of voters than any other
tract of the same size in the county from
the fact that every 100 acres has a resi-
dent which is not the case in the valley,
Had there been more polling places in
ranges 81, 81 and So, the division would
not have been defeated SO badly if at all.
OF course, the cost to the county would
have been greater had there been more
polling places established but if they had
been scattered more so all could have GOT
to the polls there would have been
much larger vote. hope before another
election some aspirant for office will can
vas this section to see what it contains.
we have as fine country here as there
is in the Territory as the present crop
prospects prove.
Yours respectfully,
PLow Boy.
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The St. Paul Pioneer Press ia M,

The st. Paul Pioneer Press ia now
engaged in the task of consipninp
Iowa to the dogs. It thinks there ia
too much Puritan blood in the veins If
lowans. But the Pioneer Press totally
ignores the intelligence of it's readers
when it accuses the Iowa Republican
Convention OF striking down. a Judge
OF the supreme court because major.
ity of its delegates prefer to nominate
another man for that position. The
Pioneer Press declaims against intoler.
ance and fanaticism as exemplified bv
the Iowa Republican convention. hut
IN the same editorial it exhibits the
most furious intolerance, charging
lawlessness upon one of the most
orderly, intelligent and respectable
gatherings ever held in Iowa. AS for
intolerance there is plenty of it out
side of Iowa, and the pure article
can be found not far from st. Paul.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-06

We would like to know how Queen
Victoria's health is; but since newspa.
per dispatches do not agree and are not
likely to until she is either we'll or
dead, we must take it out in guessing.
Although the queens health is a sub
1ect ct interest on account Of her per-
sonal excellence and exalted station
the time has passed when her illness
or demise would seriously disturb the
course of events in the great nation
over which she presides.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-06

Those who imagined that the pro.
hlbltlon cause in Iowa was born of
fanaticism, lead by cranks and doomed
to swift destruction may yet be COM
PEELED to modify tn. ir Judgment. On
tne heels OF defeat in the highest
tribunal in the state of Iowa instead
OF being demoralized they have won
another victory in the Republican con.
vention. The st. Paul Pioneer Press
says the movement will die out of it's
own fever. Will the Pioneer Press
diagnose the case of Maine and state
what Kind of a fever it is that has
swayed that state for thirty years :
Would it be possible that prohibition
is an incurable disease?
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-06

Prof. Phillips, late principal of the
Grand Forks public school, is about
supplying a much felt want in that
city-another newspaper, there being
only three daily papers there now.
The new paper is to be the North Da
kota Democrat. 1t will have a large
field, but thin grazing.
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The Bismarck Trihnna i. ono of :,

The Bismarck Tribune is one of the
brightest papers in the Northwest
good natured and spicy. But it was
not our intention to give it compli.
ment now, but to object to it's habit of
giving tincture of blasphemy
occasionally to a passage of wit. The
quality of joke is never sufficiently
improved by mixture of profanity to
render it worth while offending the
tastes of a large portion of it's read.
ers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-06

Stephen H. Tying, popular and
successful preacher and pastor some
years ago in New York city, took a
notion that he would try another avoca.
ton and went into the: insurance
business with the result usual in such
cases failure.
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Freaks Of the Elements.
Fargo Argus,)

(Fargo Argus,)
This is an unusual year for tragedies.
disasters, and destructive freaks of the
elements. In the telegraph columns
have been found almost daily records
OF the destructive forces somewhere
battling the enterprise, provisions and
devices OF men, sweeping away life of
to an alarming extent. The
TACT that Dakota almost alone Is free from
such calamities is significant and fruit
tul theme for devout reflection.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-06

The working of the township system
in Pembina county has been attended
with difficulties. The lack of expert
ence with many township officers has
been rendered more embarrassing by
the difficulty of getting copies of our
Territorial laws. In time these OBJ.
stacles will be removed and the system
will be of great advantage to the
people.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-06

Agood Fourth OF, July celebration
is something of interest and enjoy
ment even in hot weather. 1t is a
question, however, if on every alter.
nate year holiday would not be as
enjoyable as celebration to the major.
itv.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-06

The reduction of the national debt
for the first eleven months of the pres.
ent fiscal year amounts to $ll5, 1875, 900.
at this rate it will not take MANY
years to wipe out the whole debt.
Would it not be well for the present
generation to slow up little on this
job and let the boys have chance by
and by before the work is all
done?
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-06

Some of the Grand Forks papers
have had a discussion on the compare.
tive merits of some of its preachers.
Happy Is the paper that keeps out of
such mess as that.
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Ran out OF Lead Pencil
(Huron Leader.)

a man down town made wager with
lady that he could. thread a needle
quicker than she could sharpen lead
pencil. The man won. Time, fourteen
minutes and forty seconds. It is
thought the result would have been
different ifthe woman had not run out Of
lead pencil inside of five minutes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-06

Grand Forks Herald w. F. Dial.
rymple, the bonanza farmer of Dakot,
IN an Interview with Milwaukee re.
porter strongly intimated the belief
that the current year will be a profit.
able one to wheatgrowers in the North.
west. Ini Dakota he says an enormous
crop Of spring wheat has been planted.
the acreage in the territory being at