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Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
Our Goose Hunters.

FROM lile tlUClitpUIL COMMERCIAL.
Quite a number of goose hunters
from Mexico were camped below
town last week, and from the con-
tinual popping of their guns, must
have fred into every flock OF
geese that came in hearing DIS
lance of them. Few geese were
made to bite the sand, however,
from their shots. The party were
evidently inexperienced goose
hunters, as it is known that they
often fired at a gang of geese at a
distance of 500 to 600 yards. They
remained on the Anderson bar
three days and only killed two
geese. Before leaving for their
homes, the party purchased quite
a number of geese and ducks from
our sportsmen, and more than
likely claimed to their Mexico
friends that they bagged the game.
The jolly Mexicans might have
been immense rabbit hunters, but
when it comes to downing the
ever watchful wild goose, they
were failures.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
nth Monday in January,
A. D., 1889.
Trustees Sale.


Whereas, III. L. Dudly, by his certain
deed of trust, dated on the 4th day of
January, 1888, and recorded in the
Recorders office of Audrain county,
State of Missouri, in Record r, at page
5S5 and conveyed to B. H. Ingram as
trustee, the following described real
estate, situated in Audrain county, and
State of Missouri. to-wit: The southeast
quarter of the northeast quarter, and the
east half of the southwest quarter of
the northeast quarter dissection twenty
five (25), in township tifty-one (5l),
range ten (l0), containing sixty (60)
acres; Which said conveyance was made
in trust, to secure the payment of a
certain coupon bond, for $3.50 o in said
deed described; and, whereas, said deed
of trust provides that In case de-
fault be made in the payment of said
coupon bond or either of the interest
coupons; or if default be made IN the
payment of taxes, as they become due,
the said trustee, or his successor, shall
proceed to execute the powers therein
conferred; AND, WHEREAS, said deed oil
trust'further provides, that IN case OF
sickness, death, or absence from the said
county Of the said trustee, or other dis
ability or refusal to act, then the acting
Sheriff of said county, for the time be-
ing, shall proceed to execute said trust;
AND, WHEREAS, the said b. III. Ingram is
absent from said county, and has re-
fused to act; AND, WHEREAS, default has
been made in the payment Of said cou'
pom bond and two interest ~coupons;now.
therefore, l., Jno. w. Atchlson, sheriff
of Audrain county, acting trustee at the
request of the holder of said conpon
bond, do hereby give notice that VIII
proceed to sell all of said real estate at
public auction to the highest bidder,
for cash in hand, at the Court House
door in the County of Audrain and
Stale of Missouri, on
Monday,the Oath day of December,
1888,
between the hours of nine o'clock in the
forenoon and six o'clock in the after
noo of that day, to satisfy said notes
and interest, and the costs of execu Ing
this trust.
JOHN W. ATCHISON, Sheriff,
33-tds Acting trustee
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
Order of Publication.
To whom it may corcern:
STATE OF MISSOURI, no
COUNTY OF AUDRAIN.

STATE OF MISSOURI, mo
COUNTY OF AUDRAIN.
In the Circuit Court of said County.
Notice is hereby given that Daniel N.
Anthony has filed his petition in said
Circuit Court of said Audrain county
Missouri, under Article Nv, Chapter IS
First Vol. Revised Statutes of Missouri
1879, setting forth the loss OF a certain
deed alleged to have been on to-wif;
The - day of October, A. D., 1881
made, executed and delivered by On
Bruce Wilcox and Abigail Wilcox, BIZ
wife, t, William Il. Cook, CONVEX
ing to said Cook the northeast quarta
cf section thirty-six, township ffty-tWos
north, range seven, west of the o.
principal meridian in said county o.
Audrain.
Said ID. NJ. Anthony in said petiti0l
claims to be the owner of an absolnas
estate in fee simple in and to said land
through a conveyance by said Cook %
one Hulda Anthony, and from a&l4
Huida Anthony to him, the said ID. y.
Anthony; and said petition prays fora
decree adjudging said ID. NJ. Antho1y
to be seized of said estate of fee siE7pk
absolute in and to 90 d land, which ~
cree will be entered by said COURT sad
cause at the next term of said court
after the due publication Of this motifs
adjudging said title to be in said pet.
toner according to the prayer of saA
petition, unless good cause is shown
the contrary.
[sRAL.l In witness whereof / bsr
hereunt set my hand and the seal n
said court this, l4th day of Novembst,
A. ID. 1888.
BEN. @. JOHNSON,
32.4t Clerk Circuit Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
,phe Electric Age.

Prof. Elisha Gray remarks that
electrical science has made a greater
advance IN the last twenty years
than in all the 1000 historic years
preceding. More is discovered
in one day now than in a thousand
years OF the middle ages. We
find all sorts of work for electricity
to do. We make it carry our mes
sages, drive III engine, ring our
door bell and scare the burglar;
we. take it as a medicine, light our
gas with it, see by it, hear from it,
talk with it, and now We are be-
ginning to teach it to write.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
The Eclipse of he Sun.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, December
2.-Much interest is taken by
astronomers here in the total
eclipse of the sun en- January /,
which will be only visible in the
country along this coast. The
period of total eclipse will be ten
seconds, but between the begin
ming and end of contact will be
about two minutes. Elaborate
preparations have been made for
observing the eclipse and taking
solar photographs at the Lick OBJ
se~rvatory, while at fifteen other
stations will be observous from
this State and from most of the
Eastern ohseryatories.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
County Court.

The adjourned session of the
November term of County Court
come to a close Tuesday afternoon.
The proceedings were as follows 4:
J. A. McGee ct al, petitioners
for public road; ordered dismissed
on motion of petitioners.
The bonds of w. P. Quisenberry,
Salt River: J. F. Miller, Wilson;
Ben Crump, Sailing; A. J. Richard
son, Prairie and o. A. Uzzle, Linn,
constables, were approved.
The resignation Of D. L. Wylde
as road overseer, east IL sos, was
accepted, and NJ. III. Williams ap-
pointed in his stead.
H. 7. Brown ct al, petitioners
public road; ordered opened when
damages are paid.
j. S. Creed, ct al, petitioners
for public road; referred to COM
missioner.
J. P. Gossett ct al, petitioners
public road; jury trial.
The sheriff was ordered to make
necessary repairs and purchases
for the Court House.
The following bills were allow.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
PUBLIC SALE
MONDAY, 18th.

| will offer at public sale. to the high
est and best bidder, one mile north OF
Prairie View, on the Gamble farm, on
Monday, December II, 1888, the follow
ing described property, viz
Six head of horses, consisting of 2 ex-
ira brood mares and sucking colts, ]
work horse, / yearliug colt; 20 head Of
stock hogs, | sow and pigs; l extra good
young milk cow;on good yearling heifer:
l farm wagon, | c~ultivator, l pillow,
harness, household and kitchen furni-
ture, 2 heating stoves, / coal cook stove,
etc. 800 bushels of oats.
TERMS OF SALE-All sums of SIC
and under, cash; over $40 a credit of iC
months at 5 per cent, purchaser giving
bankable note. o. L. SMITH.
J. r. Brown, Auctioneer.
Sale begins promptly at 10 o'clock.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06


WHEN Local Option was being
discussed in Mexico, Macon City
was pointed out as an example Of
the cities which had adopted the
law. 1t was pictured to Mexico as
a grand success in every particular;
but, judging from the following
from the Democrat of that city,
the people have had enough: awe
have the Local Option law and
whisky is sold, as we have every
reason to believe, in almost any
quantity and to almost anyone.
The subject now presenting itself
for our consideration is, shall this
state of things continue ?"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
A. Taking Newspaper.

New YORK, December 4.-Edi.
son promises to put his latest in,
vention, the monograph, to a Gu.
rious and practical use. It his in.
tention to furnish to subscribers 9
talking daily newspaper.
The little instrument will be
charged with a condensation of the
news of the day and each subscrib.
er can listen to it while at break.
fast.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
AdminIsfrasar,s yafire.

Notice is hereby given that letssssA !
administration upon the partneFs4!
estate Of Smith q Clark, have been e..
ed the undersigned, A. j. Douglas, d.
Probate Court OF Audrain county, -
50 ri, bearing date Oct. rs, 1888.
All persons having claims against
estate are required to exhibit them
allowance TO the administrator NJ
M year after the date. or they NJ y
precluded from any benefit OF r.
estate, and If such claims be mot exnieS
ed within two years from this da.s
VIII be forever barred. -
A. J. DOUGLAS, Adminteaas
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
The National Editorial Excu

ne NdlICudIL OItOEIdt hACuTSlOl.
RocKPoRT, TEX, Dec. 4.-One
hundred and seven members of the
National Editorial Excursion, in
Guiding fifteen ladies, arrived here
at 8 O'Clock this morning and took
schooners for Arkansas Pass. The
remainder of the party stopped at
Very Cruz, promising to unite at
Galveston. The excursion will
leave tonight for Galveston, where
they will arrive about 10 O'Clock.
While here they received an in
vitation from Houston, which was
declined, so many of the party be-
ing anxious to get home. Ne places
will be visited except where invita-
tons have been previously accept
cd
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
sCARLET-FEvE
Best Methods of Preventing This
Dangerous Disease-Its
Symptoms.

Scarlet-fever is brought on by
bad sanitation, neglect of the body,
exposure and numerous other
causes. It is an exanthema, some
times called rosaIia and searlatina.
Usually, the first symptom of the
disease Is Il soreness about the
throat ; the patient is then taken
To bed and a fever sets in. About
the third day an eruption of level,
red splotches begins to appear,
first on the fauces, then extending
to the face and breast, finally COW
ering the entire body. At the sew
enth day, this feature ofrhe disease
generally terminates in ~cuticular
desquamation, the entire skin
coming off. Patients are usually
confined several weeks and often
months are consumed in the pro-
gress OF the disease.
Scarlet-tever is more to be feared
among children than adults, but it
Is by no means a necessarily fatal
disease. The secondary evils that
come with scarlet-fever make it a
dreaded disease. In children,
blindness, deafness, lung troubles
and nearly all Affections to which
man is heir are likely to follow an
attack of scarlet-fever.
The best method of preventing
an attack of scariet-fever is to
rigidly observe all hyglenic laws
and to look carefully after the
sanitary condition of your sur
roundings. A bit of asafoetida
tied about the neck may act as a
preventive.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

THE Republican papers of the
State are elamoring for Boss
Filley's appointment as Post
master General, and the St. Louis
Sayings calls him 1.-THE Grand Old
Man." in every way worthy of any
honor that may be bestowed on
him. From a Republican stand.
point, Filley may be Sin every way
worthy, = fer he hustled manfully
for the Doodle party in Missouri;
but his hustling didn't amount te
much, even though he was aided
by q corruption fund of over S1p,
600.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

SLOWLY but surely the Plumed
Knight is working his way to In
dianapolis. When he doffs his
dicer and sits down to a business
talk with Grandson Harrison. the
Cabinet question will be settled.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

The people Of this city have
never been called on to support a
worthier cause than that for which
Hamlet will be given as a benefit at
the Grand on next Saturday even
ing. The sale of seats for this oc-
casion has been opened at Carter's
and a liberal patronage is being be-
slowed. When the sheet is closed
Saturday evening every seat should
be taken. The prices are very
reasonable and the performance
will be fi~rst-class.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
Not All Fitted to Marry.

1t is a common though mistaken
idea that all men and women are
fitted for wedlock, and hat they
can not embrace it too soon after
arriving at maturity. The error is
most mischievous, and has ruined
the lives of thousands, who, with
proper enlightenment on the sub
ject, might have been as little dis
contented as are average mortals.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

Who dares assert that woman
is not making rapid strides in the
direction of supremacy of the
sexs? Miss Baletta Page, assist
ant collector of Harrisburg, Penn,
has fled to Canada with $500 of the
public money. She writes back
that she lost it by speculation.
Heretofore it took a nervy man to
make such a bold break as this.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

IT is rather an uncommon sight
to see boys running about barefoot
ed in December. Emlgrants en-
route to California should make a
note ofthis and spend a week in
Missouri's salubrious climate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

STATE OF MISSOURI
COUNTY OF AUDRAIN.
In the Circuit Court, for January Term,
1889.
Patrick Reynolds, Plaintiff.
VS..
Matthias McGown, Patrick Muilany.
Mathew Mullany, Defendants. I
Now, on this day comes plaintiff, BY
his attorney, s. NJ. Edwards, end II
appearing by plaintiffs petition and
affidavit, herewith filed, stating amour
other things, hat the defendants ar
non presidents of this State and that
service can OF be had in the ordinary
way, it is by the Clerk of this Court OF.
dered, in vacation, that publication b
made, notifying said defendants that 1
suit has been commenced against them
in the Circuit Court of Audrain County
and the State of Missouri, the object
and general nature of which is the par
tition of the following lands, .o-wit:
Southeast IA, southeast quarter Sec
ton 2, township so, range 8, and %
acres north l-2 northwest IA. north.
west quarter section z, township 30,
range s, in Audrain county, Mo-; and
unless you, Matthias McGown, Patricl
Mullany and Mathew Mullany, defend.
ants, be and appear at the next term q
said Circuit @ urt, to be holden at the
Court House, in the city of Mexico,
Audrain County, Mo-, on
the Fourth Monday in JAM, A. D.,
1889,
and on or before the 9th day Thereof.
answer or otherwise plead to said peti-
ton, judgment will be rendered accord.
ing to the prayer of the same. It \
further ordered that a copy hereof u
published in the Mexico Weekly LIN.
GER, a newspaper published in satd
County of Audrain, for four weet1
successfully, the last insertion to ~
co least four weeks before the com
mencement of the e X term of said
court.
(-@1 In witness whereof hereto
SEAL set my hand and afiix the seal
49, of office, this done in the Gin
cult Clerks Office, this, the Goth daylof
October, 1888. BEN. G. JOHNSON,
29-4t Circuit Court Clerk.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
Even Mober1y Couldn't Go Jones
From the MnherlV Monitor.

Sam Jones evidently mistook his
audience yesterday when he got
down to his verminous illustrations.
He must have thought he was talk
idg to a crowd of hoodlums, where
a vulgar illustration is more &C.
ceptable than a profound argument
Or a chaste comparison. Perhaps,
though, Sam Jones may be excused
on the ground that some men are
bound to talk most about "what
runs in their heads" He should
have used a fine comb before en-
tering the pulpit. Eccentricity
cannot give license to vulgarity,
especially in the sacred desk and
on Thanksgiving occasions
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

BEN TUREMAN, of this city, has
been appointed by Gov. Morehouse
as one of the delegates from Mis-
souri, ito the Centennial Inaugural
ton of President Washington, to
be held at New York next April.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

A LARGE number of public
school children are being kept at
home by their parents on account
of the appearance of scarlet-tever
here. 1t might be well to close
the schools entirely until the scare
has passed away. Gan ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of
or,ra
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
Cleveland Has 10000 Majority

New YORK, Dec. 3.-General
Harrison has carried 20 States by
aggregate majorities of 476 900 and
President Cleveland has carried IS
States by aggregate majorities of
$50, 900, giving Cleveland apopular
majority of $4,000, or $4,000 more
than he received in 1884.
The official vote may vary this
slightly but tits more likely to in
crease than to diminish Cleveland's
majority of the popular vote.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

The rumor that the public
schools have been closed on ac-
count OF scarlet-tever is without
foundation. There are but three
cases of the disease in the city, and
consequently, little cause for
alarm.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

FIFTEEN young ladies from a
neighboring female college called
upon General Harrison yesterday.
According to the latest Indiana
fashion they were introduced in
s'blocks oil five."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

CITIZENS of Helena, Mont, are
striking gold veins in their back
yards, according to recent dis
patches. The Northwestern liar
is daring as well as picturesque.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given that I, as ad.
ministratrix of the estate of J. T. VIII
fey, deceased, will, at the Jan. term,
1889, of the Audrain Probate Court,
make my final settlement as admins
TRAITOR of said estate.
SARAH T.. WHITLEY, Admr'x.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

THE tough youngsters of Mexico
should remember that we now
have a brand new reform school at
Boonyille.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

THE sale of seats for the charity
benefit Saturday evening has
started off right merrily..
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

THOMPSON Station has again suf-
fered a disastrous fire. It seems
the fate of that town to be burned
out every year Or two.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

AS THE returns come in, the in
dications are that Missouri leads
the States in the increase of vote.
Grand old Missouri
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

WI need the next annual meet
ing of the Trotting and Pacing
Horse-breeders Association. We
need it in our business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

THE Ferris Grand should be
crowded from pit to dome next
Saturday evening ''for sweet
charity's sake.'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

MAKE arrangements to take your
family to the Grand Saturday
evening. The bill is Hamlet and
the cause, Charity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given that l. as ad-
ministrator of the estate of 5. r.
Thomas, deceased, will, at the
Jan. term, 1889, of the Andrain
Probate Court, make my final settle
ment as administrator Of said estate.
w. b. M4INTIRE, Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
Trustees Sale,

Whereas, Annie E. Sailing and S. /.
Sailing, by their certain deed of trust,
dated March II, 1888, and recorded in
the Recorders office of Audraln county,
Missouri, in book t., page 1856. convey
ed to the undersigned, all the follow
ing described lots, or parcels of land, In
said Audrain county, Missouri, viz: Be-
gin at southwest corner of Water and
Maple streets, being in southwest Ia,
southeast quarter, section %, township
81, range 0, thence north SO degrees and
Is minutes west, and with the south
line of Maple street, 297 IL feet for u
beginning. thence north 50 degrees and
Is minutes, west l3l IA feet; thence
south 80 minutes, west 20S l-2 feet;
thence south SO degrees and Is minutes,
east 131 IA feet. thence north 80 min
utes, east POS IL feet to beginning, con-
Ia ming 3040 square yards, IN trust, to
secure a note in said deed described;
and, whereas, default has been maze in
the payment of said note; now, there
fore, at the request of the holder of said
note, l will, en-
Saturday, December 10, 1888,
At the east front door of the Court
House, in Mexico, Missouri, sell, ut
public auction, to the highest bidder,
for cash the above described lands, to
pay off said note, interest and costs.
33 At SAM M. EDWARDS, Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

IT will be a rousing audience
that will greet the Keene Club at
the Grand Saturday evening.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given that l, as ad.
ministrator of the estate of ID vid
MCGEE, deceased, viii, at the Jan
term, 1880. of the Audrain Probate
Court, make my final settlement as ad-
ministrator of said estate.
sat J. G. MCGEE, Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

THE st. Louis P~ost-Daspatch
Christmas fund Is booming. A live
donkey is the latest contribution.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

Why should we not entertain the
Missouri trotting and pacing horse
breeders again next year?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

AT a recent special meeting of
the Carrollton Council an ordinance
was adopted making the license of
street fakirs and auction houses at
$40 per day. This action was
taken upon a petition of the bust
ness men of the city who claimed
that they ought to have more pro-
lection than the small license fee
which has been charged in the past.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
Order Of Publication.

STATE OF MISSOURI,
COUNTY OF AUDRAIN.
In the Circuit Court, Jan. Term, 1889.
Ira Tincher, plaintiff, -.
VS.. Attachment
Chas. B. Burks, def't.
Now, on this day, plaintiff and
it appearing by plaintiffs petition and
affidavit herewith flied, stating among
other things that the defendant, Chas'
B. Burks, has absented himself from
his usual place of abode, and that SER
vice cannot be had in the ordinary way,
it is by the clerk ordered in vacation
that publication be made notifying said
defendant, Chas. b. Burks, that a suit
in attachment has been commenced
against him in the Circuit Court of Au-
drain county, Missouri, the object and
general nature is a suit by attachment
for rent and your personality has been
levied upon /; and, unless you be and ap-
pear at the next term of said Court, to
be holden at the Court House, in the
city of Mexico, Audrain County, Mis-
souri,,
The Fourth Monday in January,
A. D., 1889.
and on or before t e 9th day thereof,
answer or otherwise plead to said petit
ton, Judgment will be rendered accord
ing to the prayer of the anne 1t is
further ordered that a copy hereof be
published in the Mexico Weekly LED
GER, a newspaper published in said
county of Audrain, for four weeks sue
cessively, the last insertion to be at
lea t four weeks before the commence
ment of the next term of said court.
[sEAL.l In witness whereof / hereun-
to set my hand and affix the seal of
said court, this done in Mexico, Mo-,
this 10Th day of November, 1888.
BEN G. JOHNSON,
Circuit Clerk.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given that /, as adj
ntinistrafrix Of the estate ofC. W.
~ erman, deceased, will. at the next
I. rm, of the Audrain Probat Court.
q axe my Anal settlement as admin .
istrstrix of estate.
LUCY j. SHERMAN,
Administrative.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
He Had Never Heard of Fulton.

TFuti the fulton SAu.
Sam Jones says if Mexico, Chilli
cothe and St. Louis were put to-
gether, they would be worse than
hell. Poor old Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
Saturday. December Is. 1888,

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given that /, as adj
ministrator of the estate of Joshua
Pearce, deceased, will, at the next
term of the Audrain Probate
Court make my final settlement as adj
ministrator of said estate.
L. B. HIT, Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
Burned to the Ground.

Special Dispatch to the Ledger.
THOMPSON, Mo-, Dec. 4.-Dennis
O'Callaghan's store, residence and
hotel burned to the ground about
1870 this afternoon, with a large
part of the contents. The origin
of the fire is unknown. The loss is
covered by insurance.