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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-09
st. Johns Denial.

The Rev. John c. Hanna, of Bloom
ington, Illinois, has received letter
from Ex-Governor st. John, in which
he says: 1.-THE whole story of the re-
publican papers that l at any time in
my life, either directly or indirectly,
proposed to sell out to the republican,
democratic or any other particular par
ty or organization, is simply one of the
infamous and malicious lies for which
the republican press during the cam
paign just closed has been noted. If
had desired to have sold my principles
for money or Office l could have done
go years ago and would not have wait
ed to have negotiated with party
that is morally and financially bank
rupt. In the late campaign the ma
tional prohibition party betrayed my
expenses, and / gave to the cause nv
time and labor without money and
without price. / am to-day and have
always been comparatively poor
man, too poor to be bought. The re-
publican party may burn me in cffigy,
continue its threats of pesonal VIC
lence; it may open its floodSates of
falsehood and utilization and bitterness
upon me; but it can never swerve me
one jot or title from doing what my
conscience tells me is right. The cam
paign of 1888 has already begun. and
the warfare against the liquor traffic
will be vigorously prosecuted, and the
political party that stands in the way
of the movement of the people will get
hurt. The spirit of intolerance exhib-
tied by the republican press of to-day
is doing for that party just what the
same spirit did for the pro-slavery
party thirty years ago. Hanging men
in eiligy, and INDUCING in falsehood
and utilization is not argument, nor
will it in this day and age of free
Christian homes and free men,
scare anybody or cause any one to
abandon their principles at the dicta-
ton of any political party"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-09
Gold Mining in Georgia.

Recent discoveries in the gold min
ing regions of Georgia in Carroll,
Murray, and Dahlonega counties, are
such as to revive the interest which
was turned away by the California dis
coveries of forty years ago, says a
special to The Nei0 York Tribune. The
miners have invested heavily in the
necessary machinery. The mines near
Villa Rica, from which 81, 1000, 900 were
taken in the decade preceding 1850,
are now yielding large sums daily.
The Cloption mine has a vein $500
feet wide, which grows richer as it is
penetrated. Thirty stamp mills will
be running this winter. The Falls City
mine is yielding rich returns. The
most extensive work, however, is be-
ing done by the .Ernestine company,
composed of Louisville people, who
have invested $1,000, 900 in machinery.
1t is said that $4,000 more will be in
vested in machinery near Dahlonega
and Nicolsville, so well-known to min
ers of forty years ago, over 200 stamps
are in operation.
The great sensation of the Georgia
gold belt, however, is connected with
the Legal Tender MINES situated in
Cahuttah Mountain, six miles from
Spring Place. For years it has been
tradition among the natives that the
mountain was mass of solid gold,
that it had been worked by De Sofa as
he crossed the continent seeking the
great river. Those who had penetrat-
ed the Businesses, reported that evil
dences existed that work had once been
carried on there. An old furnace of
crude design was described, and those
who had examined it found nuggets of
gold worth from $40 to $50. One of
the inhabitants of Murray, who visited
the Chicago Republican Convention,
met there an old New-Mexican miner,
named Wrinkles, to whom he told the
tradition. With the spirit of advent
ure characteristic of his calling, Wink
les found his way to the SPOT. He
spent week in the mountain, and
when he came back with such glitter
ing tales of gold he was regarded as a
visionary man. His persistence was
such that few gentlemen formed q
company and gave him small sum of
money to work on. This was about
six weeks ago. The lands on which
the mines were discovered were pur-
chased on conditions and the small
company went to work with hearty
good will. The mountain has been
penetrated only fifteen or twenty feet
and tunnelling has just been begun.
The deeper the miners go, the richer is
the yield. The first assays which were
made averaged $2.40 per ton, the sec
ond assay averaged $40 and the third
and last assay made shows an average
of over S100 per ton of ore. The value
increases as the mountain is penetrated,
and some specimens will assay $4,000
to the ton.
1t is asserted that three other mines
have been struck equal to the Legal
Tender Mine, and men are now buying
machinery to begin work at once.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-09
California VINEYARDS.

The viticulturists make the great
mistake of assuming that all Americans
are longing for cheap wine. If
price will be within the reach of the
laboring man 1000, 100000 gallons will
be used in America, say the more en-
thusiastic wine-makers. They forget
that there are large number of Amer
leans that would not consume wine
if they could obtain it free of charge.
Many are prevented by principle ard
many others by taste. The whole
population of the United States is less
than 100000 and this includes
negroes, Indians and infants. For this
population to consume the estimated
amount of wine it would be necessary
for each one to drink half pint daily.
The wine producers are on the
verge of a depression. Vines have
been set out with reckless disregard
to the market The vineyard craze
seized all classes. Most glowing rep
of vine growing. Men were tempted
to invest their capital in this business
as they have frequently been tempted
by speculation. The inevitable re-
suits of strong demand has hap
pened. The state is now threatened
with an over production. The supply
at the present time is so great that
there is difficulty of disposing of it,
and within the next three or four years
the number of bearing vines will be
increased by hundreds of thousands.
The production will be increased far
more rapidly than the demand can be.
Prices will fall for grapes and all the
products of the vines, and men who
have embarked their all will find them
selves with Improbable property on
their hands. 1t is so in all business
operations. Over supply and over
demand regularly alternate.
Unless the market is broadened in
an unexpected manner, there will be
great depression in the vineyard bust
ness within the next few years. We
have been trying to advance too
rapidly, and must pay the penalty OF
our haste. That California is destined
to be a great wine producer there can
be no doubt, but the industry must be
built up gradually. 1t must be devel-
oped as any other business would be.
The recent vineyard boom will be
succeeded by vineyard gloom, and
then vine-growing will settle down on
a permanent foundation in California.
San Francisco DGilU ReDOrt
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-09

aroused police officer. who, after a
search, found the freshly boiled skull
of the murdered girl among the bushes
near Floreals house. The mysterious
disappearance of the second girl was
inquired into, and she was discovered
hidden under the altar. Fourteen
persons were arrested including the
young woman who had looked through
the partition in company with the fresh
victim, for it turned out the girl had
been deceived there, and was IN reality
in charge of her companion.
eight of those arrested were tried,
found guilty of murder and cannibal-
ism and sentenced to be shot.
1.-THE execution took place the fol-
lowing February. They were sullen
and resigned. The ridiculous black
soldiers were told off in fives to fire
upon the condemned, who were tied
in pairs. Only six were wounded at
the first fire, and none were killed,
and it was only after half an hour
of firing that the last wretch was shot
to death. The Voodoo priests use
their knowledge of mysterious drugs
for the purpose of getting victims.
They know more of the secret proper
ties of drugs than anyone else. Moth
ing is more barbarous or more absurd
than the uses to which they put their
art. They produce death-that is APP
parent death, either slow or instanta-
neous-paralysis, impotence, madness,
and idiocy at will. Many a one has
retired to bed at night with the full
possession of his senses, and in the
morning found himself paralyzed past
all aid of science. A handsome and
wealthy lady died in 1867 and was
buried. Count Megan, the French
charge d'affaires, chronicles the subse-
quent events. That night shrieks
were heard in the cemtery, and upon
running to the place the grave of the
unfortunate lady was found to be
opened, and the body of the lady lay
bleeding on the ground with dagger
in her bosom. 1t came out that the
lady's husband had mistress, who,
becoming jealous of her, procured
from Voodoo priest poison which
put her into death-like sleep, in
which state she was buried. That
night the devilish creature got her
friends together and dug up the coffin,
intending to steal the body and eat it.
But in the meantime the drug had lost
its potency, and she came back TO life
as she was lifted from her coffin. Her
screams attracted help, and, finding
themselves baked, the wretches stab
bed their victim to death, tore her
heart and lungs out, and fled, carrying
them with them for the purpose of a
feast.
81 remember a naval officer whose
vessel touched at Hayti, he declared
that he ordered several casks of pork,
and among them found one cask con-
tanning human flesh. 1t was discov-
cred through finding finger nails in the
cask. Newborn babes are frequently
made insensible, buried, dug up, and
eaten.
1.-The uniformed reader might sup
pose that the Haytians are ignorant,
savage people, little removed above
their African ancestors. Such is not
the fact. The people in the cities read
and write and are intelligent. They
talk French almost exclusively. They
have government institutions that
would be good if correctly admins
tered, and are very fond of dress"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-09
Petrified Wood.

The petrifed wood which is so
abundant in the United States terrific
ries of Arizona, Wyoming, and the
Rocky mountain regions is rapidly be-
coming utilized by the practical Amer
lean. In San Francisco there is now
factory for cutting and polishing these
petrifactions into mantle-pieces, tiles.
tablets, and other architectural parts
for which marble or slate is commonly
used. Petrified wood is said to be sus-
ceptible of a finer polish than marble,
or even onyx, the latter of which it is
driving from the market. The raw
material employed comes mostly from
the forests of petrified wood along the
line of the Atlantic and Pacific rail-
way. Several other companies have
also been formed to obtain concessions
of different portions of these forests.
Biologists will regret the destruction
of such interesting primeval remains,
and some steps ought to be taken to
preserve certain tracts in their original
state. Engineering.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-09
John Wentworth on Passes.

The Hon. John Wentworth writes to
railway manager as follows:
"The pass system has done much to
ALLEVIATE the people from railroad cor
porations. What can the people think
when they see the Judges of our courts
riding upon pass, while the mass of
the people have to pay their fares
And what will those Judges think
when they lose their passes as soon as
they lose their oflicesP If the railroad
companies could hear the remarks OF
the people when prominent man ex-
hblts his pass L am sure they would
change their course. was riding by
the side of Judge but few days
since, when he shuflled over a mass OF
passes almost equal in bulk to pack
of cards to find the right one. When
he loses his position as a Judge he OF
course will know why the passes were
given him. "-Chicag0 Inter Ocean.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-09
The Presidential Road.

Several influential officials of the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
loosely account fol the election of
Grover Cleveland by asserting that
theirs is the presidential road of Amer-
lea. That is, Mr.. Hayes lived at FIRE.
mont, which is on the line of the Lake
Shore road, and he was elected. Next
Mr.. Garfield, who lived at Mentor, on
the Lake Shore, was nominated and
elected, and the number of extra trains
and extra stops which the officials of
the road were asked to grant makes
the campaign of 1880 to them a mem
orab one. Then Mr.. Cleveland, who
lives in Buffalo, the eastern terminus
of the Lake Shore, was nominated, and
is elected, and the general passenger
agent says his residence in Lake
Shore town is what did the business.
The officials of the road have candi-
date selected for 1SSS-Mr. Romeis, of
Toledo, the man who defeated Frank
Hurd. He'll get there, too. "--Cleve-
land Herald.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-09

like mercantile service. Matters for
eign to his past career he seems to
have no fondness to discuss. He seems
not to be n man of much curiosity.
The literary and the reportorial facul-
ties are hardly there.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-09

Bret Harte sually spends three weeks writ
ing a three c nn story.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-09

The wheat crop of America has doubled dur
NO liza LAT ten years.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-09

The weather pamphlets predict mild and
serene winter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17
Owes the Party an Apology.

NNE t'D
We regret exceedingly that the
Mexico MteUigencer has inadvertent-
ly adopted the plan of grumbling.
First it complained at the supreme
court and now it is growing at Pres
ident Cleveland and the senators
from this state because Col. r. D.
Lancaster was appointed surveyor of
the port for st. Louis. 1t even says
that Col. Lancaster is neither a rep
resentative Democrat nor an honor
able politician. This is very bad
taste, to say the least. The Lnteue-
gencer must be more careful here
after about making such remarks,
because it is well known that all this
line of argument originated with the
Post Dispatch, a paper devoted al
most exclusively to vilifying Demo
Gratis Col. Lancaster is a represent
alive man, and has several times been
elected to office on the Democrat
ic ticket when he had to contend
against great political odds. The
InteUigencer owe Col. Lancaster and
the Democratic party an apology for
its unwise remarks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17
Administrators Sale.

DY VIRTUE of an order of the Probate
ID Court held in and for Audrain county
and State of Missouri, made at the May
term, 1885, and renewed at the Septem-
Der term, 1885, of said court, l will, in
obedience to said order, on
FRIDAY, JANUARY Is, A. D. 1856,
mt the east front door of the court house,
in the city of Mexico, in said county, and
during the session of the Probate Court
held in and for Audrain county, expose
to sale at public auction all the right, title
and interest of James S. Riggs, deceased,
of, in and to the following described real
estate, to-wit: Thirty-three and two
fifth (33 2-5) acres off of the west side of
the southeast quarter northwest quarter
and northeast quarter southwest quarter,
lying and being south of the line of the
right of way of the G.. & A. Railroad Com
pany, situate in Audrain county, Mis-
souri,; and section thirty $50, township
tifty-two (52), range twelve (12) and the
following subject to dover and home
stead: The northwest one-fOurth south
east quarter section thirty 800, township
fifty-two (52), range twelve (I2), that
lies south of the railroad bed of the G. &
A. r. R. Co., and enough from the east
side west one-half lot No. one %, south
west quarter section thirty 800, town
snip ffty-two (52), range twelve (l2) to
make in all forty-six 46) acres, and
twenty-four ga acres i'll addition from
east part lot one %, southwest quarter,
and east part lot one (l), northwest quar-
ter, lying south of road bed of c. & A. r.
R., all in section thirty (30), township
fifty-two (52), range twelve (l2), in Au-
drain county, Missouri.
TERMS OF SALE-Cash in hand.
H.. j. RIGGS,
Administrator estate of Jas. S. Riggs,
deceased. 35-tds
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17
Gir.S. stop

The LEDGER when it talks tries to
he plain. We have Il few words for
some of the young ladies of Mexico.
We know what we are talking about.
they viii know whom we refer to.
There was Il cheap-john show in
Mexico last week. Connected with
it were several cheap-john supe ac-
tors. Some Of them passed the
week flirting with the nymphs dU
pare of Mexico, while others wliied
away their time flirting openly and
outrageously with some of Mexico's
young girIs-young ladies. Girls,
stop it. You did not mean any harm
and may think it is funny but it is
not. You were seen and remarked
about; you waved your handkerchiefs
at these men who, only a few mo,
ment5 before, were in company witt
women yor would not look at. You
encouraged them. They followed
you. You talked to them. Whethel
you were insulted or not We don't
know. If not you were very lucky.
Do you know what such things leao
to? 1ou are old enough to know
Take our advice and stop it-stop il
short OFF. If you don't, some fine
day YOU will see a three-colmun arti
! Gle in the LEDGER and You will bc tie
fallen flower referred to. Now
don't act this way any more. 1t l.
Simply outrageous. Don't let passers
hy lear You talk about your !ates.
mash on a show actor" You would
rather die than have your mother
know Of these things. \ girl shoutG
never do anything she i ashamed
or afraid to tell her mother.
The finest line of ladies and child
ren's neckwear in the city at tht
Famous
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17

j. +. Llewellyn makes the following
proposition to light the city:
Il viii furnish the city Of Mexico
with 50 incandescent lamps electric
lights for SIS a month. Lamps to
burn from dark TO dawn. Light fur
nished to be greater than a street
gas lamp. Contract for five years.
Or, will furnish the arc lamp, 1000
candle power, to burn same time as
the incandescent, for SIS per month.
Contract for five years. Light not
to burn when moon furnishes abund-
ant light, as is usual with gas light
companies
The council will look into the
matter and give the proposition carr
full consideration. Mexico must have
LIGHT.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17
Guess.

Every mail is bringing in a large
number of guesses for the LEDGER
prizes. The number will run up into
the thousands. Every man, woman
and child not connected with the
LEDGER office has a right to guess.
Call at Pollard's and see that the
prizes are not snide. Figures should
he spelled out, and Authorizations, in
itials and signs stand for words.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17
MeXico Hunters.

Tie jefferson City papers say
there should be a law passed against
hunters from Mexico going into the
Usage country and shooting deer.
They say our boys are wors than
butchers. There is no doubt but
what the Mexico boys are fine shots
bat they are not at all selfish. On
being interviewed they said they did
not object to the hunters from JET
ferson City going to Usage county
to shoot that they might 60 there
and stay the year through and neither
they nor the deer would enter any
protest that it was a matte" Of histo-
~ that no jefferson City man ever
killed a deer in Usage county or
anywhere else; that it is true at, one
time a jefferson City man did shoot
a sucking calf but never q deer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17

The Republican party and Repub-
lican press is backing all Demo
cratic editors who are finding fault
with Cleveland, Cockrell, Vest and
their appointments. They prefer to
have Republicans in Office.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17
Nick Cartmell. postmaster ut lad

Nick Cartmell, postmaster at Lad
donia, has moved his office up Ell
Second street. The people on Sec
ond street are happy. Some of those
on Front street are unhappy. We
think the loo ton of a post office is
very much overestimated as to the
value to adjoining property. Al
least that has been our experience in
Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
IN Notice is hereby given that L, as ad-
ministrator of the estate of E. 6. Haley,
deceased, will at the January term, 1886,
of the Audrain Probate Court, make my
final settlement as administrator of said
estator. j. B. POOL,
sat- Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17
ROar6 0i Trade.

The Mexico Board of Trade met
Tuesday night. A motion was made
by L. Phillip and carried to pay F.
Fl. Mitchell, secretary, S25 a month.
The Board then adjourned.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
~ Fotice is hereby given that we, as ad-
illustrators of the estate of DR.. c. T.
Sames, deceased, will at the January
term, 1886, make our final settlement as
administrators of said estate.
Ii. AND C. A. SAMES,
33-4t Administrators.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17

NOTICE is given that l, as assignee of
N Ruedy & Feutz, will apply to the cir
cult court OF Audrain county, Missouri,
at its next regular term, to be held on
the fourth Monday in January, 1856, for a
discharge from my trust as assignee of
aforesaid. NJ. Y. DUNCAN.
35-6t Assignee Ruedy & Feutz.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17

We take the Daily Congressional
Record but from it thus far are unable
to find whether u Congressman is
sick or well.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17
We trust the entertainment for the

We trust the entertainment for the
poor will be a financial success. Our
experience with such entertainments
is that very little money Is ever
made, but on this occasion oil the
churches are interested and the object
is so laudable we can not see how it
will fail to have liberal patronage.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17
Let There be Light.

Llewellyn has taken all of his
electric lights off the square and
placed them in stores and will have
to send for some more as the demand
is increasing. The darkness On the
street a almost be felt as we bad
become accustomed to the light. Mr..
Llewellyn says he could not keep the
lights on the street as business men
would not pay for them. We trust
the city will look after this matter.
This looks like a step backward and
must be attended to.
Cv-ant EIoriAo orarras lomopc ao1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17

The Mexico LEDGER, in its state and
national policy, is backed by the DEM
ocratic press and Democratic party,
not only of Missouri but of the Z.
S. 1t has the same backing when it
fights corruption at home-rank and
admitted-on which some of our
contemporaries are notlceably silent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-17
WATCH,
Silver Spoons and the
CIR. v for a Year.
No One Shut Out--Every-
body Guess.

The LEDGER proposes to give three
New Year pTemiums-a good Wal
tIlam stem-winding watch for gent or
imported solid silver stem-winding
chatelain watch for lady, a set of sill
e spoons and the LEDGER free for
one year.
To the party guessing nearest to
the number of words in the LEDGER
of Jan. It'll, 1856, We will give a new
and good time keeping watch the
next best guess a set of silver tea
spoons, and to the third best the
LEDGER for one year. The watch
and spoons can be seen and examined
at j. NJ. Pollard's jewelry store,
southwest corner square. No one is
barred from guessing except LEDGER
Office employees. Everybody is entitled
to one guess. Supplements should
not he considered. We refer to the
number of words III the four pages of
tie LEDGER proper, advertisements
included.
All gucsses must be in by Wednes-
day, Jan. 9Th, 1886. Call at the
LEDGER office and we will give you
all the points we know about how to
figure. See the prizes and make a
CUES it costs you nothing.
Write figures, name and post-office
address plain. This is all that is
necessary.
DCD't no led off Inv thp h1owino of