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The Dillon tribune., 1886-10-15
ntI GLENDALE LETTER.
To" l'a,i: Too, l::,,l:-rhe Local De,nu..yacy
Wedding Bells -Cnrnrl beef
and Cabbage.

GLENDALE. Oct. Il, 1886. /
J" ;i!e Editor Of ,llc Dillon rRlB,Nt: !
TOMORROW evening the cn,n,nittee ap. !
pointed by the republicans at their primary
will have TO reportio. the adjourned meet. !,
ing that the democrats Of This precinct have !
failed to meet them far the purposc ut
choosing local officers, such as Justice Of
the peace, constables and ROAD supervisors.
Ou: idea in making .ae#sprointment Of
this committee OF three wasto take out ni
politics the question Of local officers, hut
as the other side have failed TO come 10
time and meet our committee, we will bc
compelled to nominate full local ticket.
On Saturday evening last the great jubi-
lee with Joe h. Toole at the head, was
turned loose in this place. The main ques.
/, ton debated was, to boil it down to II focus.
"which has most benefited the American
people, Italian opera or corned beef and
cablnse," with J. X. Toolr in the a,'irma'
tive ana Wilber +. Sanders to answer on
the 'corned beef and cabbage" side ON the
, ~ ~
speaker introduced. lie tried his best to
give Old Man Sparks good name, and
also spoke in very favorable terms of the
candidates on The llemocrati: ticket, all Of
which was rcccivc, Will, great coldness on
the part OF the audience, ,hns dampening
the enthusiasm Of the speaker, throwing as
! i. were a wet banAc, over the whole pro-
ccedinys.
y prominent democrat WAS heard 70
say while discussing the sub jcct OF county
school superintendent with all the faults
Of the average democrat, he is not void OF
gallantrv.'
The y. g. Z, ehcv1 seems to worry over
the position taken by the TE'EtN NE, and
also over "Eloat' and I'D. d. Of the Inter
.NWHI,uN. What is the matter with the
hire'in,: lie says whole barrels OF" tO'd
Rye "indsnation are being hurled at the
latter correspondent head The hircing
must have some mental disorder. Toe
bad! too bad. such a nice appearing young
man.
VIM. Wo,cr John Co!e:.n and lloher
!, Miller came in from 4 h,,n,in. expedition
to-day. bringing with them two deer weigh
Ing about one hundred pounds each. Th'
boys are rejoicing over their success.
The card, are GU, announcing the mar
riayc of Frank Tate and Miss Nina Carle,>
= the same to take place this evening. :.
social dance will be given 4: the rink i
honor OF the event.
.. After long skirmish ! at last cornere
- q. I.amarchc. and he cun!esse, that this Il
:. tcrnoon at 4 O'Clock, hc would lead 10 n
-, altar Miss Stella Cole, OF this place, tn
l. ceremony to take place at Melrose. q.
!. best wishes go out 10 and with both couple
>, will give Fred Arbour the benefit OF u
y, denial and let him oil easy on the marria$
question, but il he has deceived me woe |
unto him:
rs Dr.. \inson and William kimbc'l arc bull
&c ing thcms elves huge mansion OF logs
y which they will entertain their nunero'
= friends during the winter months.
- The Glendale dude was decoyed out Ia
- night and ambushcd. He lit out over Il
v, hills and did not return until this p. I
~ Since then he has kept close to shelter I
fear OF ASSASSINATION. "IEi"rE>.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-10-15

Mr.. tha>. T. Powell, postmaster, Ierrc
est chickens were recently affected with
roup. lie saturated 4 piece OF bread hail
an inch square with s.. Jacobs Oil and fed
it to them. Mex. day he examined them
and there was no trace OF the disease re-
naming.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-10-15
The New York MayOr1hN.

MEN IoRk, Dct. ls.--lt seems probable
tina, .Abram S. Hewitt will accept Tam.
many halls nomination Tor mayor. In
case he does, the county democracy will
endorse the nomination and the democrats
of New York will, Tor the first time in six
wears, present united front. Bob lnger-
soil has announced himself in favor Of the
lection Of Henry George. lie advises
the republicans to endorse aud vote for
the labor candidate. 1t does not seen, at
all probable, however, that his advice will
be needed.
Gov. Hid Of New York, has commuted
to fifteen day, each the terms ot imprison'
ment oi Michael Stroh and number OF
other bovcotters who were convicted Will,
him. These are the men who forced
Thcis> to pay large sum ot money to Sc
cure the removal Of the boycott on his
beer.
Spokane Falls fM"Wil>: y genuine
.Asia,c lion has been discovered lurking
alon. the banks OF Snake river, near Lone
! Tree. 1t i, supposed that the beast has
escaped from a menaser.c. y large party
OF men, armed with rifles, have gone in
search OF the animal.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-10-15
The Isssly ~ y Woman Found ~ n hoN.

P,rr>n,HH, Oct. Is.-A wonans remains
were found in an oak box at the Allegheny
depot, near the end Of the bridge, this
morning. The lid Of the box had been
broken OF by jar the box had received
whc,, it fell, and the contents had rolled
out. The body was nude and in an aa-
vanccd state OF! dccomposition On the
box were the labels Of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company and the New York
Office of the Adams Express company.
The authorities are inclined to think the
body was shipped from Europe, but no
definite information has been learned in re-
gard to il.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-10-15
Insulting the American Flag.

U\,lrA>, Oct. 1.-THE American fish
ing schooner Marian Grimes Captain
Landry, which is detained Il. Shclbourne
by captain Quigley for Il breach OF the Gus.
toms laws in not reporting to the Custom
House on entering the harbor last Thurs.
day night, was lying at anchor in that har.
Dor this afternoon with the american flag
flying from her masthead. Capt. Quiylev,
who was on board the "'rcrror," which
was anchored 100 yards below tho schooner,
ordered Captain Landry to haul down the
flag The latter did SO bu, shortly after
ward the flag was again seen lying from
! the mast head Captain Quigley again or.
dcreu the flag to be hauled down. This
time the American refused to obey. An
armed crew was at once dispatched from,
the Terror who boarded the >choone,
and Captain Quiglcy himself hauled down
the american haA
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
RUsHAILL RACKET.
ANNIE LAURIE.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
Rush HILL, July Z. lsS6..-Messrs.
Green and Woolwine were up
to Mexico Tuesday, buying mules and
horses. They bought fine span of
mules of Harper & Turner paying a
fancy price.
The picnic at Canterbury's ford Sat
urday was decided success; the crowd
was not large, not over g0 persons tie
ing present, but more genteel well be.
haved crowd at a picnic we never saw,
and surprising TO say there was but one
candidate present, and We think lac cap
tnred the vote of Linn township.
Miss Katie, daughter of q. ID. Ferris,
is visiting at DR.. Dunbar's.
Miss Razor, of Worcester is spending
few days with the family Of A. H..
Boyd.
Mrs. 2. II. Cant and Mr.. A. 6. Tur-
ner and wife. of Mexico, came down
Saturday, made their friends a pleas
ant visit and returned Monday.
VIM. Feutz, merchant Of our town and
deputy 7. NJ, left Saturday night for
Edwardsville, Ill.,, where he will go into
business.
We are anxiously looking forwari 10
the LEDGER correspondents banquet.
We are not at all particular about what
the bill Of fare sili be bat We anticipate
the rapturous pleasure il viii afford us
TO be introduced tothat company. We
are taking drawing lessons that We may
be able TO make q sketch with a view oi
having 1T reproduced in The LEDGER OF
"Senor" by the side Of "Annie Laurie
in the position, In his a rapturous
imagination. he 10 vividly pictured In
last weeks LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
LADDONIA LACONICS.
Correspondence of the Ledger.

Correspondence of the Ledger. 3
LADDoNIA, Mo-, July 6.-The Fourth
has past and big time enjoyed by a
large majority. Rev. Wheat delivered
the oration, Rev. Love gave a short
speech. Thirty-eight little girls repre-
senting the states, headed by the God
dess of Liberty, Miss Myrtle skaggs,
was one of the best features of the oc-
casion. Miss Myrtle gave short speech
of welcome which was delivered in a
clear and pleasant tone. She is a
Young lady of fine intellect and pleas
ing manner, and bids fair to become
one of the best teachers in the State.
The Thirteen" lead by Captain John
son was there. @. III. Harrington, read
the Declaration" and we thought it
seemed shorter than usual. It was well
read. The band played excellent. The
Glee Club led by w. Corner was very
good, and added much to the exercises.
The swing was there, also the baby
show, the "nigger" with the -padded
head, the "cane man." the fortune
wheel" "baby racks" +" &C., &C., were all
there; in fact all that go to make up a
Fourth" even down to the friendly
candidate. We noticed several from
Mexico, among the number B. b. Run
kle and Miss Nora. Branstetter. Mar
shals Myers and Cartmell looked grand
and imposing. The usual amount OF
promenading, love making and flirta-
tions were engaged in. Dinner was
profusely scattered round through the
grove. At night ball at the hall
in Laddonia wound up the Fourth
Take it all together the Fourth was a
success. By past experience We learn
for the future, and so the Laddonians
| have learned that the next Fourth they
| celebrate, will be done in town. Miss
Josie Baker of Perry, Miss Maggie Tor.
reyson of Martinsbnrg and gentleman
we failed to learn his name, from Co.
lumbia, have been employed to teach
the fall school. Miss Aggie Spriggs
who has been teaching near here, leaves
for her home in Barton county to-day
| MISS Eta 1lRp oi Nduuaiia, ls Nlsitine
| in town. p. p. Ellis of New Florence
is in town to-day. Doctor Ireland is pull
ling teeth in town this week. The ban.
quet wanted by "Senor," (the Martins
burg correspondent would be splendid
Should like to be there, but if circum.
stances prevented, we would send some
token ofremembrance-such as goose
quill, or a hat mark, emblematic of tht
grand thoughts contained in the heat
and written by the pen Of the Martins
burg correspondent.
ANNE LAURIE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
III Is A FACT THAT

Farber is to have brickyard.
You should be careful of what you
eat.
There is danger of cholera this
year.
Guesses are rolling in for the LED
GER ten dollars.
There was never such prospect
for corn IN Audrain.
Something definite was done about
the Trades Procession.
Herman Tratchell knows how to
entertain candidates and editors.
Neither work nor pleasure should
keep Democrat away from the pri-
maries.
Five hundred dollars have been
deposited that a man can not guess
the nominees in three guesses.
You can get fair catalogues from
Secretary j. A. Glandon or from
either Mexico newspaper office.
Richard Dalton, candidate for Con-
gress from Rails county, has one OF
the finest fruit farms in the state.
Farber has ladies horse shoe club
They should have match with some
of the horse shoe pitching gents OF
Mexico.
The more you travel over Audrain
county the better you like the coun.
try and the more you are pleased
with the people.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
Resolutions of Respect.

Passed by Mexico Lodge No. SO, /. o.
o. f., IN memory Of +. c. Skelly, July
/, 1856.
WHEREAS, IL has pleased Almighty
God To remove from his sphere OF useful
ness below to a higher sphere of useful
ness above our dearly beloved brother,
Peter C. Skelly, and
WHEREAS. We cannot do better JUS
lice TO the exalted character Of our broth
er than in the words of the palsm, which
reads:
"Lord who shall abide In Thy taber-
nacle and who shall dwell in Thy holy
mounty"
"Iie that walketh uprightly and work
eth righteousness, and speaketh the truth
in his heart"
"IIe that ta kbiteth not with his
tongue, nor doeth evil TO his neighbor,
nor takcth up a rcproach against his
ncighbor In whose eyes a vile person Ii
contemned but he honored them, that
feared the Lord. lie that sweareth to
his own hurt aud changeth not. He that
puttcth not out his money TO usury, nor
taketh reward against the innocent. He
that doeth these things, shall never be
moved"
Resolred, That we firmly believe, that
Bio. Skelly has by strict adherence 10 the
above rules, fully earned and will receive
his Just reward In Il future life and is now
dwelling in the Lodge ahe%e with his
father.
Resotued, That we extend cur heart
| felt sympathy to the bcreaved widow
and orphans and beg them 10 accept this
our tribute as "a consolation In their hour
Of trouble and rest assured as ~ their be-
loved ones future fate.
Reso{red, That copy of these rcsolu-
tions be spread ON our minutes, one copy
| be handed To the sorrOwing widow and
published In each Of our city papers.
/. FHAsK, Chairman.
j. NJ. RILEY,
w. NJ. DIEssxL,
fsafa rI1faE
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
Harper. Turner =
Base Bali.

The game of ball at the picnic last
Saturday between the Dougherty
Bros. nine of ST. Louis and the Mex
!co Browns was a very exciting one
and was Witnessed by large crowd.
The st, Louis men were unable to
hit Harrison, who was admirably
supported behind the bat by Card
well. Only three hits were made off
of HARRISON up to the seventh inning,
when the visitors luade five of their
eight hits and aided by errors of the
Browns scored eight runs. In the
next two innings not st. Louis man
reached first base, while in the eighth
the Browns made thirteen runs. The
large number Of errors can be at
>tributed to the bad condition of the
STounds. The feature of the game
was the battery work of Harrison
and Cardwell and the "slugging'' of
the Browns. Following is
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
BENTON CITY BRIEFS.

Correspondence OF the LEDGER.
BENTON CRY, July 7.-Miss Fannie
Ehler, of Martinsburg, and Mrs. j. w.
Coons, of Rush Hill, visited their sister.
Mrs. j. N. Stephens, this week.
The whooping cough is raging In this
locality their being several cases reported
dangerous.
VIM. Mansfield is fast recovering from
a broken limb caused by q tub of water
falling on it.
j. w. Dowel shipped car load OF hogs
from Benton City last Tuesday night.
The mill has not been running the mas,
week on account of broken machinery, but
will be all o. X. In short time when IL
win be open only on regular grinding
days, Tuesday and Friday.
Mr.. Joseph Martin, agent at this place,
has resigned. A Mr.. Steward will take
his place.
1t is not our put in but we do think
some Of the small boys around Benton
City need few lessons In morals. Their
vocabulary Of profane language Is CON-
plete in every respect, and 1t seems their
only pride to use 1t before old men and In
public places. SrnYNx.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
THOMPSON TALK.

Correspondents Of the Ledger.
THOMPSON, Mo, July s.. Oats
harvest in full blast.
Prospect most excellent for corn.
Pat Wright has gone to Kansas
City.
Thompson is fast becoming Q ''Gal-
Ion" town.
Six car loads Of hogs shipped from
this point to st: Louis last week.
Isom Roberts attended commence
ment week at the Kirksville Normal.
Mrs. DIR. Varnon, OF Thompson, is
visiting friends<hd relatives at Renick
Mo.
Bluff Dawson has sold half inter
Test in the blacksmith shop to Mr..
Easton for $100.
Jno. Strict, the gentlemanly Wa
bash agent, has returned from High
Hill. where he spent a ten days fur
Tough in visiting parents.
John Wright, having settled his
whiskey bill, left these parts abrupt
ly, leaving Mcdonald in the lurch for
$40 worth of clothing.
Jno. Cogswell, one Of our most re-
spectacle and substantial citizens. is
recovering from a severe cut In the
leg. made by foot ADJ.
tits circulating talk, that red-eye
is guzzled in quantities less than q
"gallon" in our unostentatious town.
The Daniel school closed Friday.
The enrolment for the term was GA,
and daily attendance over so. The
school was represented in class grade
by Matte Victoria Pool. grade "a !;
In examination grade, by Dora
Daniel, grade 81 in general standing
by Edna Asbury, grade SO. Each Of
the three young ladies are earnest,
hard working students, and acquitted
themselves with much credit, amiable,
studious and persevering we predict
for them bright future. In addi-
ton to the above mentioned students,
the following, by their persistent ef-
forts, merit special mention Katie
Lyons, Lula Boswell, Hannah Dug
gins, Polly Sims, Charlie Vander-
ford, Wesley Waters, Fanny Davis,
Julia Morris, William Hogan, Mary
Riley and Malinda Berger.
j. Swan.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
UNION ITEMS.
SENIOR.

Correspondence Of the ledger.
UNION, July 5.--J t. Byrns has been
very sick with chills and fever.
Farmers are very busy harvesting oats
and hay. Prospects are very good for a
big corn crop. Oats are splendid, hay
crop fair and vegetables abundant
The summer term of school taugh! in
this district by Robert McSee closed on
June 29th. /, with other patrons of the
district, was present, and the nanner IN
which the scholars acquitted themselves
was credit to both teacher and school.
Monthly average enrolled, 2s; first
month 4T2, second month 39s, third
month Ais l-2; total number of days by
all scholars, LESS I-2. Della Shcarer
and Emma Green did not miss word the
last north. b. A. BYRss.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
THE LEDGER WOULD LOVE TO SEE
All of the candidates elected.

All of the candidates elected.
More life in the Board of Trade.
The real estate market going up.
The Trades procession success.
The weeds and wooden awnings 60
A good rain the last of this month.
A good crop of weddings next
fall.
A little more enterprise among all
of US.
Everybody patronize home in
dustries.
The man who jumped the ten-foot
fence.
More new barns going up all over
the county.
Everybody in the county take a
local paper.
Rock roads 20 miles each way
from Mexico
A light iron bridge over the Jeffer-
son street crossing.
Everybody in the county bring
something to the fair.
Electric lights at least on. the road
to the depot to burn all night.
Any county that has more eff
cient set of officers than Audrain.
A grand ratification picnic IN Mex
leo after the nominations are made.
Some one take hold of the fire.
works matter for fair week. Sub
scriptions will be taken at this office.
| Go to Pease's for your overalls
and working shirts. Every garment
warranted not to rip. 13-3t.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
ATTENTION, DEMOCRATS

MEXICO, Mo-, July 9th, 1856
The Democrats of the several
wards of Mexico, and the circular
wards will meet at the places and hour
named below, Saturday evening,
July 18th, at 2 O'Clock p, M, for the
purpose of electing one delegate to
attend the County Convention, Mon
day, July 10th:
First ward-Null & Brooks grocery
store.
Second ward-Basemen under the
LEDGER office.
Third ward-City council room.
Fourth ward-Circuit court room.
Fifth ward-Pollock' mill.
Sixth ward-Rothwell's hall.
Circular ward-Wm. Harper's new
building.
W. j. MASON, J. A. PoTTs,
SEc'Y. Chirman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
Only 0uces

A great king, desiring to teach his
son practical lesson, ordered long
table to be prepared in one of the
galleries of his palace, set out with
all manner of toys, fruits and other
things which he thought would please
the little boy. Taking him to door
at one end of the room, he said to
him, "My son, pass down this hall,
and whatever you are pleased with,
you may take for your own, on one
condition-you are not to turn back.
When you have gone the whole length
of the table, and have made your de-
cision, go out at the other door and
bring me what you have chosen"
Joyfully the little boy started, en-
chanted with the prospect; he ate and
drank, and gathered his arms full of
treasures, and presently tired of what
he had, he threw them away to make
room for some glittering toy which
attracted him further on; but which
when secured, somehow did not
please or satisfy him as much as he
expected, and he was constantly look
ing back regretfully to that which he
had left behind, or he saw something
still further on which he thought
more desirable. Now, instead of be-
ing happy in having his choice of all
those good things, the little boy grew
irritable and dissatisfied. At length
he appeared before the king with a
sorrowful countenance, and in his
hands were a few broken toys.
sis this all, my son, that you have
brought me out of the infinite variety
from which you had to choose?"
Eyes, father" sobbed the weeping
boy, "that which pleased me at first
seemed SO poor and inferior, when /
had it, to that which 1 saw further
on, that l could not be content, and
always hoping to please me better, 1
could not make nv choice, and now
these are AL have. Oh, il l might
60 back once morr!'
Not so. my sou" sail the king.
sthat cannot be; but lc, this lesson
sink deep in your heart. As you &c
through life, enjoy each day all there
is in it Of pleasure and happiness
! Do not look back with vain regrets,
nor live in anticipation Of future joys,
oblivious to those which are within
your reach. Let each day bring its
measure OF comfort and cheer. The
present is all you are ever sure of by
wisely improving it, your memories
of the past will be pleasant, and YOU
future happiness will be assured"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
Excursion to Randolph Springs.

As will be seen from an advertise
ment on the second page of this issue
of the LEDGER, there. will be an ex-
cursion from Mexico to that popular
summer resort. Randolph Springs,
July 25th. The fare is placed low
so all can go. The managers of the
excursion will leave nothing undone
to insure pleasant trip to all who
90. Several of Mexico's old citizens
will 20 and take their families. We
understand that there viii be reli-
gious services at the springs, so all
who desire can attend.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
Picnics.

Picnic in Green's grove, FIVE miles
south of Mexico. July 10th.
Picnic in Fennewald,s $ pasture, near
Martinsburg, Thursday, July 18th
Grand old-fssbioned picnic in j.
L. Green's grove, Eve miles south OF
town, on Saturday, July 10.
There will be ''Jumbo" picnic al
McDonald's grove, half mile south
of Thompson, on Saturday, July "a.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
Teachers. Attention.

Audrain County Teachers Normal
Institute will convene at the public
school building in Mexico, Aug. 16,
and continue IN session two weeks.
Programme with general information
will be issued in a few days. Look
out for them. All teachers should
make special efforts to attend and in
duce others to do so.
E~~~r-rYyr Ca.s
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08

Who can beat Willard Carroll rum
ming.
If Clark Harrison amt a (base
balD hummer.
Why the st. Louis boys didn't
cline 'em out"
Why we can't have grand display
of fire. works fair week.
If the LEDGER IS not read in nearly
every household in the county.
If big crowd will not go on the
excursion to Randolph Springs.
If breeze even from a candidate
is not refreshing this hot weather.
If the LEDGER cannon did not
make the welkin ring at Vandalia on
the Sd of July.
If there is not blood ON the moon
both in politics and religion? Come
down off the fence, boys.
If the old-fashioned barbecue in
this city on the 10th inst. won't be
the biggest of the season.
Any town that can beat Vandalis
at picnic or anything else. Every
business man in the town is wide
awake for it's best interests.
If the LEDGER will not soon reach
the $500? Forty-two new sub
scribers at the Laddonia picnic and
ten at the Benton City picnic. Our
circulation is now over 2,400. And
still we are not through.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08
John Y, MeCIean Not Wealth,

The report that John Y. McClean,
candidate for Assessor of Audrain
county, is wealthy-his father living
in afiiuence-which is being circulated
by some of his opponents, is false, but
may mislead strangers who would
have supported him. His father,
John Y. Mclean. died when Johnnie
was two weeks old, and when IL
years old the great misfortune of his
life befell him-that of losing his left
leg. He is entirely dependent on his
own exertions, having spent his in
heritance educating himself. l know
him to be capable of attending any
duties assigned him-being well ed
ucated, energetic, honest and high
minded. JOHN W. Ellis.
13-2t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-08

Bob Smiley, living near Santa Fe,
if feeding 36 head of three-year-old
steers, that are, perhaps, as good a
lot of steers as there is in Monroe
county. He also has as good a span
of year old mules that can be found
in North Missouri. We understand
that he has been offered 5000 apiece
for them.-Paris AppeaE.