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Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

THE city of East St. Louis stands
a good chance ofbeing blotted from
the map. For q long time it has
been a perfect Alsatia, the rendez-
vous for all the roughs and toughs
of ST. Louis who were forced to
leave the latter place. 1t ran in
debt a million dollars and then re-
pudiated it's obligations. The su-
preme court has recently decided
that the obligation is legal and that
it must be paid. 1t will take forty
per cent. of the assessed valuation
to square up its accounts. The re-
suit is that many of the property
owners are selling out for what
they can get and are leaving the
city. Those who cannot leave are
cursing their luck, the city and the
management that has invoked
them in these difficulties.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

S. E. KENDALL, one of the di-
rectors of the Fair Association, is
in favor of spring and fall races,
separate from u regular Fair, In
August. We think this a good idea
and trust all of our directors will
favor IL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

The influx of Hardin College
students yesterday and last night
was large. New pupils will con-
tinue to arrive throughoutth week
and it is safe to say that the stten-
dance viii be 80 per cent. Larger
than at any time hsrstefose.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

ELDER T. j. Wheat, ofthe M. E.
Church, should come to Mexico at
once and submit a proposition to
our people for the location of the
new Methodist college here. We
are sure he would meet a hearty
recention.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
w. w: Edwards the Nominee.

SpeClaI DISPATCH 70 lIIt Ltusef.
LOUISIANA, Mo-, Sept. 4.-The
Republican Convention of the
Seventh Congressional District,
met here at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing, and at once nominated w. w.
Edwards, judge of the St. Charles
Circuit Court, as candidate for
Congress against Hon. Dick Nor
ton, of Lincoln. Judge Edwards
is a cousin of Judge Edwards, Of
Mexico. Judge w. O.. florist, OF
Mexico, was chairman of to-day's
convention and the nomination OF
Judge Edwards was unanimous.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
Why She SQueals.

FROM the fniiadelpnla RECORD.
Mr.. Blaine talks about the Presi-
dents message as if he had stock
in Canadian Pacific or Canada
Southern. Punch the head OF
Monopoly and the Grand Old
PARTY ALWAYS suueals,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
PUBLIC SALE !
MONDAY, SEPT. 18th, 1888.

Twill sell, to the highest and best bid
der, at my residence, some z miles south
of Mexico, on Monday, Sept. IL, 1883,
the following described personal prop
erty, to-wit
50 head cattle, 6 thoroulshbreds-l bull
and 5 females; 10 graded cows, all good
mixers; 8 calves, 8 ye;irlIng steers, 5
heifers; 200 sheep-l20 ewes, Is wethers
and &C lambs, 2 Merino bucks; 5 mares,
2 sucking colts, ! yearling; s stock hogs;
mower and reaper, hay stacker and rake,
cultivators, plows, harness, ETC.; wagon.
covered CORTLAND wagon; 10 ricks hay,
40 acres corn, 200 acres grass in 8 fields.
Terms of Sale-All suns Of sic and
under cash on day of sale, over that
amount a credit of 9 months viii be
given, purchaser giving bankable note,
bearing s per cent. from date. No pro-
perry to be removed until terms OF sale
are complied with.
Lunch will be served.
w. s. HATHAWAY.
j. T. JOHNSON, A%uctioneer. tbs,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
Administrator Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned Public Administrator has
taken charge of the estate OF. Milly
Crawford, deceased, for the purpose of
administering the same. All persons
having claims against said estate are
required to present them to me for al
lowancd within one year from this date
or they may be precladed from any
benefit of said estate; and that unless
said claims be presented for allowance
within two years from this date, they
will be forever barred.
w. b. MCINTYRE, Administrator.
Mexico, Mo-, July II, 1893.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

ANY one visiting Louisiana, Mo-,
is impressed with the value of
factories to a town. Hundreds of
people of both sex and all ages are
employed there in the factories,
and keep thousands of dollars in
circulation all the time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
Notice of the Allowance Of

Assignee's Notice of the Allowance OF
Claims.
Notice is hereby given to all creditors
of M. z. Bolts, that I will, on
Thursday, the 9th day of Septem-
Der, 1885,
and on the two succeeding DAYS, at the
office of the County Clerk of the unit
f Audrain, and State Of Missouri, in
the Court House in the city of Mexico,
set for the purpose of hearing, auditing
and allowing claims against the assigu-
ed estate of said M. T.. Iiotts.
J.. V. WILLIAMS,
lat, Assignee of M. Z. Bolts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

AMELIE RIyEs, a Richmond
critic says, wrote her tragedy,
.Herod and Marianne some five
years ago, before she was 81 years
aid. As an admirer of Miss Riyes'
genius, we are glad to hear that
She did not write. the tragedy since
she has been old enough to know
better.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

A Georgia woman went to town
to have a tooth pulled and the
dentist broke herjaw. She wanted
her husband to sue the bungler, but
instead of that he put $40 in an
envelope and sent it to the artist
with his compliments.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters Of
administration upon the estate of J. G.
Heller, deceased, have b.en granted the
undersigned, r. L. and III. H. Heller, by
the Probate Court of Audrain county,
Missouri, bearing date Aug 20, 1888.
all persons having claims against said
estate are required 10 exhibit them for
to the administrator within one
year after the date. or they may be pre-
Guided from any benefit of such estate,
II such claims be not G Exhibited with
in two years from this date they will be
barred.
2l-4 X. l.. HEIZER,
M. n. Heller,
Administrators.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram McFall,
and Miss Belle McFall, of Odebolt,
Iowa, are the guests of Dr.. and Mrs.
HI. C. MeFall. Miss McFall will
attend Hardin College.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

THE election in Maine takes pkaee
Monday, Sept. 10. The RePuhH'
cans are somewhat shaky about the
result, but the presence of Mr..
Blaine, they think, will pull the
State through with something like
the usual majority. In 1880 the
Democrats and Greenbackers com.
bined and carried the State at the
fall election by a majority.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

The case of the Mining Company
against Contractor Wolfe will come
up inthe Pike County Circuit Court
at Bowling Green Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
Wants 1t Quick.
t- Al. n~n u-.atI

Pat Ford is giving abundant rea-
sons for the faith that is in him.
He wants 500, 900 to organize the
Irish organization for Harrison and
Morton, and he wants it quick.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

THE new Republican paper is to
be called the Patriot. If ably
edited it will receive the liberal
support of the Republicans in Au,
drain
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For State Senator,
GREEN CLAY.
For Representative,
c. F. CLARK.
For Sheriff,
GEO. W. ADAMS.
For Collector,
RICHARD P. HOPKINS.
For Treasurer,
r. H. MARSHALL.
Judge County Ceurt-Western Dist,
M. G.. FLYNT.
Judge County Court-Eastern Dist,
s. L. KENDALL.
Fol Public Administrator,
JAS. M. BUSH.
For County Assessor,
J. Y. MCLEAN.
For County Coroner,
E. 8. CAVE.
For County Surveyor,
C. D. RODGERS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

The Directors of the Mining
Company will push their suit
against Wolf to the finish. The
Directors say that those who think
they will get nothing but old iron
when they gain their suit are mis-
taken, as will be clearly proven in
the end.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

Miss POLLY BRYAN, one of the
most accomplished and talented
musicians in the State, left to-day
to accept a position in Baird Col
lsge, Clinton, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

THE Republicans have put up
Judge w. w. Edwards, of st.
Charles, as their Congressional
sacrifice. He will be defeated by
at least 5000 majority.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

The Union Browns, of Union,
and the Stars, of this city, will
play base ball at Sportsman's Park
Saturday afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

John Andrews left yesterday
afternoon for st. Louis, where he
will be the guest of friends and
relatives for a few days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

Proctor Knott, the handsome
Kentucky two year old, won the
great Futurity stakes of $4,000 at
Sheepshead Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

No TIME should be wasted in
inviting Elder T. J. Wheat to talk
to our people on the Methodist
College.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

MACON county, which Is not to
be compared with Audrain, spends
$1,000 ON a book rdesciptive of its
resources. If Audrain spends 5000
cents she will surprise herself.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
They Want the Earth.

The earth may be the Lords,
but the fullness thereof seems to
belong to the trusts and pools and
combines.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

NOTHING would please the peo-
pie of this town better than to see
the Alton division returned to
Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
The Fat Fries Out Copiously.
From the Providence journal.

The fat-frying process goes on.
Massachusetts, manufacturers have
subscribed the largest political fund
ever known for use in the doubtful
States.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

ABIG ratification will be in order
ifthe Alton folks kindly consent to
change engines and train crews
here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

Mrs. A. M. Brigham, who has
been the guest of l. N. Hathaway
and family, has returned to her
home in Michigan.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

REV. T. j. WHEAT informs US
that Mexico has a splendid chance
to secure the Methodist College,
which is to be located in a week or
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
AdmInIktratrix Notice.

Notice il hereby given that letters Of
administration upon the estate OF
j. b. Machin, deceased, have been
granted the undersigned, Julie 81
Machin by the Probate Court of Au-
drain county, Missouri, bearing date
July 9Th, 1885. !.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required 10 exhibit them
for allowance TO the administrator
within one year after the date, or they
may by precluded from any benefit Of
such estate, and II such claims be not
exhibited within two years from this
date they will be forever barred.
1874 JULIE q. MACHIE,
Adminiefrnfrir
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

Emmett Cunningham has been
in Slater on business. He return
ed this afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

WE want two things very badly
the Alton division and the Meth
odist College. We may get them
both.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

Miss Bessie Lakeland went to st.
Louis this afternoon, to be absent
sometime. She was accompanied
by Miss Carrie Scott, of that city,
who has been her guest for several
weeks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

Joseph Baker and Browning
Bros. have just shipped IN a big lot
of stock hogs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

Emmett Bridgeford goes TO St.
Louis tonight to attend a medical
school.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

LEDGER and St. Louis Republic
till Jan. 1889 for 60 cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

Dick Worrell bought of a farmer
to-day four watermelens that aggre-
gated 200 pounds in weight.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

Mrs. r. B. Worrell and daughter,
Miss Jennie, returned from Paris
this afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

THE real estate business is pick
ing up. Joe Offutt sold two farms
last week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

John Northern, of Beulah,
Pueblo county, Colorado, is in
Audrain, the guest of relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

C. G. Cunningham is home from
Iowa for a few days visit with his
family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
Desefvedly Popular.

tsP
Miss Lena 3ohnson, Ia company
with Mh. Evans and daughter,
Miss AaAle, lefa 81 Tia Boannza
Friday fer their home In Mckee,
No, after a visit Of several weeks
to the family Of Mrs. 8. 6. Miner.
With the departure of Miss john
son Maysville is much the loser,
never. has a stranger so completely
won the hearts ofour people. Thor
oughly lovely in all things, she
will ever receive upon her return
a most cordial welcome from the
hosts of friends made while here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

Mrs. Ola and Miss Bessie Barnes,
of Higbee, are guests of Miss Rose
Brinker..
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

MEXICO is to have a fall rae,
meeting and it will be a success.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

Mr.. Ruloffis having his store
room on the East Side enlarged
and will put in a plate glass front.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
Trusty Jim.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Every trust now thinks Blaine is
q trustworthy man or a worthy
trust-man. Trusty-Jim is what
Paek's cartoon calls him this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

The horse sale should have been
down town.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For Governor,
DAVID r. FRANCIS.
For Lieutenant Governor,
S. Fl. CLAYCOMB.
For Secretary of State,
ALEX. A. LESUEUR.
For Auditor,
JAMES NJ. SEIBERT.
For State Treasurer,
E. T. NOLAN.
For Attorney-Gcneral,
JOHN M. WOOD.
For Register of Lands,
ROBERT McCULLOCH.
For Railroad Commissioner,
TIM HENNESSY.
For Judge of the Supreme Court,
SHEPARD BARCLAY.
For Judges of the Kansas City Court Of
Appeals-Western District,
JAMES ELLISON,
TURNER A. GILL,
J. L. SMITH.
For Electors at Large,
JOHN F. WILLIAMS.
CHAS. II. MORGAN.
For Congressman from the 18th District
R. H. NORTON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

Ernest Gardner, formerly of this
city, has joined the army and is
stationed at Fort Hayes, Kansas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

Special excursion to Los Angeles
and return. For information call
upon e. s. WILSON,
Ticket Agent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06

FULTON, Mo-. Sept. 3.-The
Galloway Democratic Convention
assembled and nominated a county
ticket to-day as follows: Collec-
tor, w. G. Davis, Fulton; Prescott
ing Attorney, T.W. Tincher, Fulton;
Judge of the Eastern District, Jno.
Whyte, of st. ALBERT; Judge Of the
Western District, r. T. Murphy, of
New Bloomfield; Representative,
N. d. Thurmond, of Fulton; Sher-
if, Hescot Brown, of Shamrock;
for Assessor, James Goodrich, of
Portland; for Surveyor, J. c. Cave,
of Caldwell; Coroner, DR.. S. b.
Simcoe, of Fulton. The fight dur
ing the canvass was on Represen-
~tative, and in the convention for
Sheriff, Brown being nominated on
the seventy-seventh ballot. The
fight for Representative represent
ed the contest between the ultra
temperance element against the
high license men and resulted in a
signal triumph for the former.
Should an amendment be submit
ted the indications are that it will
easily carry Galloway. Shaw, the
defeated candidate, was in the last
Legislature and voted both for sub
mission and tor the Wood law, but
personally he would have voted at
the polls against both. Mr.. Thur
mond holds the same position as
the Legislature, and made a strong
fight for Local Option in Fulton
last year, bringing him in sympa-
thy with ultra temperance men.
Notwithstanding the fact that
Local Option carried in Columbia
and the saloons were all closed on
July 4th, there is still as much, if
not more drunkenness in that city
than there was before its passage.
Since this law wsat into effect two
new drug stores havs heen opsned,
sAa ose Doctor there - kept busy
writing prescriptions sos liquor.
He furnishes these AT 4 cents
apieee, which is quite a drop In the
regular price Of prescriptions
and is an amount that any
one wanting liquor would
be willing to pay. Drunken men
are to be seen on the street every
day and drunken rows are of fire.
quent occurrence. The people OF
that city now see their mistake in
adopting this measure and are
more than willing for the old order
of things to rule once more. Col
umbia is the one ''dry'' spot in a
"wet" county, and while Local
Option may be in accordance with
the public opinion of Columbia, ii
is against that of the surrounding
country upon which she depends
for trade, and as long as this is the
case the law can never be enforced.
l-Rocheport Commercial.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06


NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given that /, az adj
ministrator Of the estate of Il. Schar-
ZACH, deceased, will, at the next
term OF the .Audrain Probate
Court, make my final settlement az adj
ministrator OF said estate.
w. b. MCINTYRE, Administrator.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Is hereby given that I, as nd.
Administrator of the estate of Jarref Tay.
Tor, deceased. will, at the next term.
OF the Audrain Probate Court,
make my final settlement az admins.
traitor OF said estate.
w. b. MCINTYRE,
Public Administrator.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given that I, as adj
ministrator OF the estate of Jas, ID.
Jesse, decd, viii, at The next term,
OF the Andrain Probate Court.
make my final settlement as admins
traitor Of said estate.
3. A. l3YRNs,
Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-06
A Fairy Tale,

A FAIRY Tale.
From The Nebraska State Journal.
"Still writing for the papers,
Bingley ?"
eyes"
What are you writing now ?"
IA fairy tale!"
"A fairy tale! What is the
title Of it ?"
"He Fell in Love with His
Mother-in-law."
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-04
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR

Mr.. James o. johnson, the lifelong friend
Of Henry Clay. and executor under his will,
died at Lexington, KY, Wednesday, aged
eighty-four years.
The latest news from the other side of the
water is that all the American women on
this side are bleaching their hair, using some
application which turns it snow white in
two applications, but which is very injurious
to the health.
woman who dared was Mrs. Catherine
Kinney of Paterson, N. j. She objected to
the planting of an electric pole in front of
her house. although the city ordered it
placed there. As fast as hole was dug she
filled itup. On Monday night the men in
the employ of the electric light company got
pole up and soon the light was streaming
into Mrs Kinney's bed room. Mrs. Kinney
awoke and at once chopped down the pole,
and pole, light and wire fell on the sidewalk.
The company has taken no further action in
the matter.
A somewhat novel proceeding occurred
recently in the courts of Lafayette, Indiana,
it being the naturalization of woman, Mrs.
Alice Mcdaniel, former subject of Queen
Victoria. Mrs. Mcdaniel came to this coun-
try with her husband, and by their Joint la
Dor they accumulated considerable property.
Mcdaniel failed to perfect his citizenship
before his. death. In 1885 the Indiana Legis-
lature enacted a law that all property owned
by aliens in Indiana should be forfeited to
the State unless they became citizens of the
United States. Attorneys who w ere inter-
viewed on the subject expressed the belief
that under this law it will be necessary for
every foregn-born woman who is the owner
OF property to become naturalized under the
law in order to hold the property. Itwas in
conformity with this law that Mrs. Mcdaniel
took our citizen papers, and it is believed
that she is the first woman in Indiana to be
made citizen under that law.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-04
TIGHTENING IN 1T
TRoston Transerint i
Home Decorations,

Midsummer, is the time of the year, when,
like our bodies, we choose to clothe our home
in cool raiment Much that delighted few
weeks ago otfends now, and we swathe our
damask sofas and plush chairs in linen GOV
ers.
The very sight of our low-down CRATES is
uncomfortable. and we hide them behind
screens improvised out of huge fans or spread
Japanese umbrellas.
The old-fashioned theory still prevails that
even bric-a-brac adds to the apparent warmth
OF room, and our careful housewives have
stored their wealth of china away on dark
ened shelves, to reproduce it and renew their
delight in its possession when once the cool
weather returns to us.
1t is but a preparatory season. season
when we are planning as it were, to orna-
ment freshly our homes, and If the MANY
tasteful trlfies that are now being fashioned
by deft fingers are to be accepted as critic
IRONS, our houses. in the fall, will vie in brill
fancy with the gorgeous autumn foliage
The table comes in for special amount of
attention, and many are the tasteful accom-
paniments, in the way of covers, d'oyleys
etc., in course Of preparation for the mahog-
any. Many OF these are both fanciful and
tasteful. Table-cloths, napkins and d'oylevs
come. in sets to match, of fine damask, white
or pale tinted. There is little ornamentation
beyond the woven pattern, which is chaste
and beautiful, on the cloths and napkins.
bat ingenuity expends itself ON the d'oyleys,
The rage of these trifles has almost reached
its height; they are now things of more ac-
tual beauty than of the least service. 1t is
true they were destined, primarily, only to
shield the surface of finally decorated dessert
plates from the contact of the fnger-bowI
but should the bowl not be entirely dry alas
then for the d'oyleys, which are quite as
costly nowadays and more easily damaged
than the fine china itself. Some of these
d'oyleys are of white satin, embroidered in
pale-colored silks and edged with narrow.
white fringe; others, Iagain, are small squares
of the most delicate lace, hand-woyen, and a
curious conceit Is a set Of d'oyleys. made Of
the bark of South American tree. The
fabric is so thin as to be transparent, and the
veins trace the most intricate patterns. Bolt
ing cloth, one of the sheerest materials that
comes, Is much used for these table trifies.
and, delicate as it is, it is capable of receiving
and holding considerable ornamentation in
the way of embroidery and painting. New
tea-cl0ths are OF pale-colored, Roman sheet
ing, bordered with frill of deep cream and
coffee-c0lored lace, or with festoons of fancy
Madras muslin, over a pleated fall of lace
caught up with silk pompons, matching in
color.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-04

The PRESS, lately given to rice diet is very
much troubled about "insiduous installmentsh
logic and betakes itself to harping upon typo
graphical errors the cause 1t attempts to defend
must be weak indecd.-Argus.
We fully agree with our contemporary that
when paper forsakes logic and betakes
itself to harping upon typographical errors
the cause 1t attempts TO defend must be
weak indeed" Now will our contemporary
agree to this: that when paper insinuates
that another paper has been doing that thing
when such is not the fact. the cause
It attempts to defend must be weak indeed.
There is in the above paragraph an insinua-
ton that the PRESS has been harping on ty-
biographical errors. The PRESS has been do
ng no such thing. 1t has not said word
about typographical errors, and we defy our
disingenuous contemporary to show to the
contrary. What the Press has been doing is
proving out OF the Argus's own mouth that
the Mills bill is precisely what we have
claimed TIA step in the direction of the de-
struction Of the protective system. and so
intended by its authors. On the morning ~
July ~ IN leading editorial the Arcus said.
Inc Mills bill took notice Of the fact that the
me sio ooS wSrsg took from
the requirements Of the government and thst 9h ~
excess in the form of cash was lying idle IN ths
Treasury to the imminent danger of The financia1
system of the country, and 1t put upon the srea
list or reduced the scale Of duty, on such articles
mainly raw materials, and prime necessities az
Woulo reduce the revenue $4,000 600 II
seemed prudent TO try the effect Of that much re-
ducnon; mo-, not az al unlikely it will prove made
quate general business will be so stimulated that
importauons may increase, and another emf he
necessary. we nave always practiced the meth
cd OF reducing tariff taxation gradually and nv
successive steps, and that seems eminentIv con- s
seryatiye and considerate of the interests az can
tai embarked In manufactures. The present
in one enactment, If it had been il wpuI6 1 noe
provoked insurrection; IL stole upon The eonntrv
by insidi0us installments. IL must be gotten ri3
OF In the same way. '
The above paragraph contains distinct
admission of the purpose of the Democracy to