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Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-04-05
Unreliable.

MEXICO, No., April 1.-The
Mayor of st. Louis is here hand
shaking. He win probably be Au-
drains second choice in the con-
yention. Morehouse leads the
race here.-Mexico Intelligeacer
telegram to the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The above is true except that
Francis was not in Mexico shaking
hands and is the first choice Of Au-
drasn county by a large majority.
Next Saturday will be stock sales
day and Governor Morehouse will
Be in Mexico to greet his friends
and tho public generally.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-04-05
Trustees Sale.

Whereas, Laura ID. Steele and Rob
ert .. Steele, her husband. nv their
certain deed of trust, dated July III.
1887, and recorded in book 3 of trusts.
page 20i, in the Office of the Recorder
of dseds for tn. county of Audrain and
State of Missouri, conveyed to The nm
dersigned tiustee the following describ-
ed real estate. situated In the said
county OF Audrain, state of Missouri.
to-v,it: Lot six (6l, block four l4,'
original town of Rush Hill, Mo. said
deed of trust was given to the under
signed to secure the payment of a GER
tain promissory note, therein described:
and whereas, said note is now dine and
unpilid. Now, therefore, at the re-
quest Of legal holder of said note. I.
the undersigned trustee in said deed
OF trust named, will, on
Friday, April 6, 1888,
sell said property TO the highest bidder
Tor cash, between the hours of Q O'Clock
.. m and 4 O'Clock p. M, at the east
front, door of the Court House. in Mex
ico, NO, to satisfy the conditions OF
said trust and costs. III Ia
GEO, ROBERTSON. Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-04-05

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice Is hereby given that I. as adj
ministratrix of the estate of John
Blum, deceased, will, at the May
term, 1888. of the Audrain Probate
Court, make my final settlement as adj
ministratrix of said estate.
sat LOU BLUM, Administrative.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-04-05

my trouble fIs' beg m ", rs ago, y said Mrs,
H. uanin 10 the arIIef, f.am = slight cold, and
every suceet ding cold | world IKE was more
severe,
. Last Juno. Httet taking II severe cold, / be-
catIs 80 deal That ! e'tnid tt'i hear nv children
when they .err y agibR HtuuHd fts. | had u
ca. iinfal paiu over my ty $. ntd ias lace was
psiaiu hriew tin.n,. ] hal y dgi heavy feel
ing IN my h1.td. Hnti nj night ! could only breaih lie
through. my mouth. | had n continual dry,
hack ing cough, with pam in my breast. | had
no relish for my food indigestion was 50 bad
and nothing that / could eat seemed 10 have Its
natural taste was ttefyans and discouraged
all the time and felt 80 badly ! had no d. sire Ia
live. My sleep WAS troubled a9d l wenid awake
wild, the same dull and listiess feeling rs When
| retired Mt night. Indeed, my life was II aie
miserable by my horrible disease. I had tried
mnny different kinds Of treatments but none
gate me any permanent relief.
.'Abnut five months ago I visited nr. MeCay's
Office at 1915 ldlsns Place aud began hi. treat
mana. From The first l begun To improve. grad
Sis.iy my yet So ot hearing returned and nov all
my unpleasant symptoms have left me. ] an
eniinlY cured"
Tie truth OF the abave statement can he. vert
fled by addressing or calling upon Mrs Frank
lf.,udatn. Florissattt. Mo.
The following statement regarding Dr. Mccoy
Is made upon good authority 'tsinee this
Eminent Specialist has been In the West
"a period of about five yea,s-hc has treared
and cured over Six Thousand eases of Ca
tarrh and Eitranie Throat and Lung Trou-
bies aud Of thee cases 80 per rent. had been
declared by lacif physicians hopeless and incur
allie.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-04-05
WET AND DRY.
List of Counties and Cities Having
Voted.

Up to date Local Option cleo
tons have been held in seventy
two counties and nineteen cities.
Thelaw has been defeated in TWEEN
ty-nine counties and seven cities,
and consequently adopted in forty.
three counties and twelve cities,
Following are the counties
WET.
Andrew, Barry, Bollnger, But.
Ter, Caldwell. Cape Girardeau,
Charlton, Clark, Clay, Cooper,
Dallas, Dent, Holt, jefferson, La.
fayette, Miller, Moniteau, Monroe,
New Madrid, Oregon, Polk, Rip.
ley, St. Clair, Schuyler, Saline,
Texas and Wright.
DRY.
A~udrain, Atehison, Bates, Car
roll, Christian, Clinton, Crawford,
Davies, Dunklin, DeKalb, Douglas,
Greene, Grundy, Henry, Howell,
Jasper, Knsx, Laclede, Lawrence,
Lewis, Lincoln, Linn, Livingstone,
Macon, Madison, Mercer, Mississip-
pl, Newton, Nodaway, Ozark, Pike,
Pulaski, Putnam, Ray, Randolph,
St. Francois, Scott, Scotland, Shell
by, Sullivan, fancy, Washington
and Wayne.
CITIES-WET.
Boonville, Fulton, Slater, Har.
.risonville, Brookfeld, Lexington
and De Soto.
CITIES-DRY.
Maryville, Trenton, Richmond,
Neosho, Carrollton, Kirksville,
Macon, Carthage, Peiree City, Mar,
shall, Cameron and Springfield.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-04-05
Trustees Sale,

Whereas, s. d. Monaghan and Lizzie
Monaghan, his wife, by their deed OF
trust dated the 10Th day of January, A.
D., 1885, and recorded in trust booksv,n
page, 423 in the Recorders Office for Au-
drain county, Missouri, conveyed TO the
undersigned trustee the following lands,
situate IN the county OF Audrain and
State of Missouri, to-wit; Lots eight 90
ane nine (91 ia block fourteen (l4), In
the town of Farber, according to the Of
hcBh plat thereof, which said conveyance
wat made to secure the payment of q
cersain note in said deed oftrust describe
ed, and whereas default has been made
in the payment of said note, which IL
now due and unpaid. Now, therefore,
at the request Of the legal holder of said
note, and by virtue Of the authority vest
ed IN me so to do by said deed Of trust,
/ will, on
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-04-05

]. CRBSAP Mccoy.
Late Of Bellevue Hospital, New York,
1916 Lucas Place. ST. Louis. Mo

Where all curabie cases are treated with sreress,
Medical diseases treated skiilfully Consump
lion, Bsight's Disease. Dyspepsia. Rheumatism
ana I'LL NERVOUS DISEASES. Al diseases
peculiar to the Sexes u specially GATARitfI
CURtp.
Many diseas = are treated successfully by Or.
MeCny through The Mails, and it is thus pGssIbic
for those unable to make a journey Ia obtain
successful hospital TREATMENT AT THEIH
HOMES.
8FFICE JOUR- 8 80 to IL a. III. F.: / to- p,
NJ 81 ~ s 30 r m. Sunta.s 8 80 a. IN to | pm.
Correspondence receives prompt attention.
m teIteas answered unless aceoIn ;tanied by
four cents in stamps.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-04-05
That's O Fact.
RYom tha Sshoat aud nnmn

.
The farm mortgage business in
the West has received a vast
amount of more or less loose at
tention from the press. Very fire.
quently the money lenders have
been represented as Shylocks, and
the extent of the business has often
been ridieulously exaggerated. The
agents through whom the loans
were made have sometimes turned
out Shylocks, we have no doubt.
Some of them probably cheat both
lender and borrower. But we pro-
test against blaming the lenders
or discouraging lending. Easy and
confiding money is what is steadily
wanted in this country for many
years to come. The next need is
for honest, prudent and energetic
men to use it for the advantage of
themselves and their communities.
Plenty OF men are not adapted to
be the right kind of debtors, be-
cause they are not qualified to
keep assets together and to get
ahead and pay off their debts.
Plenty of men are not wise enough
to be honest. Plenty of honest
men are not smart enough to both
make, money out of money and
then hold together a gaining per-
centage of what they make. The
deficiencies of these classes have to
be paid for by the honest and able
borrowers. If it were not for the
bad debtors, money would not
generally bring more than four per
cent. interest on long land-loans.
The farmers are partly to blame.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-04-05
Thursday. Nav 2 1888

between the hours of 8 O'Clock in the
FORENOON and s O'Clock In the afternoon
OF said day at the front door Of the post
ONCE Ia the town of Farber, State and
cou1ty aforesaid, sell said property pub
icly' to the highest and best bidder for
CASH, TO satisfy said debt and interest
and Insurance due and the cost of cxecut-
Ing this trust. March %, 1883. 50tds.
j. w. REED, Trustee.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-10

Virginia with her 555, 807 children, 49,
$50 OF whom are unable to write, would
get s8Sg, 600; and so on, the northern
States getting millions as the southern
would thousands; and yet 1t is the price
of our servitude.
in the Congressional Record OF Jan
uary 81. 1888, the Advdnce will find
upon page 772 the official figures. From
these figures, it appears that Illinois is
TO get 81. sol, 616.46 Arkansas, 81, SOB,
1907: Iowa, S577, 1924 North Caro-
lima. 80. 749, 121 81; Virginia, 1892,
49s. 20; Alabama, $3.50, s4s.45 Massa-
chusetts mote the contrast), only
81, l52, 1861 South Carolina, 1852
.792. 90 Rhode Island, 1901, "A Ten
ncssec, sj,Os9, 262 60; Vermont, $780,
236.5l; Georgia, s6,44s, 4S2. &c; New
Hampshire. sl17, 216.3O ; and so on to
the end OF the chapter. No southern
man ought to antagonize measure
which proposes to correct the greatest
wrong likely TO be inflicted upon the
country by the new pension bill-the
wrong of collecting money in one section
to be disbursed in the other.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-10
An Injurious BINDER

We fear that the Lynchburg Adpancc
failed TO receive copy OF the Dispatch
Of the issue in which we corrected the
ihexcusable bluuders made by its cor.
respondent " Pedagogue" in stating the
relative amounts which would be paid
out to the South and to the North under
the BLAIR bill in case this should become
law. The blunders were such as were
well calculated to occasion opposition to
that bill on the part Of ignorant southern
people. We deem it proper, therefore,
to recur to the subject, and to SET forth
again the real facts in the case.
Pedagogue says that in the distri-
qution Of the $79,0O0,00O all of the
northern aud western States get the
lions share-that is, they are to get mil
lions Of the funds, where the poor States
OF the South are only TO get thousands.
Here are his figures:
"nlnois is 10 get 81, 500. 900; Arkan-
sas, only S205, 200 Iowa, $4,000, 600 ;
North Carolina, 1888, 900; Massachu-
sets, $4,000. 900; Louisiana, S455, 600 ;
Pennsylvania, S7.000,O00; South Caro-
lima. 1867, 900; Ohio. nearly $1,000, 000 ;
Mississippi. 100000; California,
$1,000, 900 Tennessee, $3.50, 900 Michi-
gan, $1,000. 600 Texas, S782, 900 Ne
brasks, nearly S2,000,0o0; Alabama,
SlS0, 900; New York, nearly $40, 900, 900 /;
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-10
Private Sheridan Transferred.


An order from the War Department at
Washington has been received at the
military post at Willet's Point transfer
ring Private Frank Sheridan, Company
&. battalion OF engineers, to the general
service of the United States army, and
ordering him to report at David's island
and await transportation without delay.
This is an unusual proceeding and fol-
lows upon Sheridan's having caused the
arrest of Sergeant Henry Brown, Of
Davids Island, for criminal libel, pro-
ceeding which caused considerable com
motios among the soldiers OF both sta
tons mentioned. The prevailing opinion
among them now is that, notwithstand-
ing Sheridan's protest, he will probably
be in Dakota or further away when the
time comes Tor him to substantive his
charge against the Sergeant before the
grand jury.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-10
Presented with Goid ~pectncles.

Correspondence Of tho Richmond Di'patch.l
new KENT G. H., March s. 1888.
To-day a very pleasant episode oc-
Cured in our County Court, which was
the presentation to Judge Isaac H.
Christian of a handsome pair of gold
spectacles 10y the members OF the ban
practising in his court and officers of the
court.
The presentation speech was made by
Herbert /. Lewis, Esq, Commonwealth {
attorney OF King William county, in very
handsome and fitting terms. and was re-
sponded to by the Judge from the bench
in a very touching aad pathetic speech,
in which he alluded to the kindness and
courtesy that he had received from every
member of the bar since his judicial
connection with this court.
But little business of public interest
was transacted in court, there being nc
felony cases. L.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-10
What Will Follow ?

The opinion expressed in some quar-
ters that the death of the German En-
peror will hasten the bursting of the
European war-cloud does not seem to
he well founded. Certainly there is no
reason to believe that it viii lead to any
overt act on the part Of Germany tend
ing to such result. Should Russia see
fit to provoke bostilities in the hour Of
Germany's sorrow it would be all the
worse for Russia. There is in reality 10
change in the situation as far as Ger
many's relations with the other Powers
are concerned. Even should the Grown
Prince die, there is no ground for be-
lieving that his successor, young VII
LIAM, would, as some prophesy, jump
upon France. The young Prince
may be fiery; he may ambitious
of military renown, may be the
" heir to the mantel Of FREDERICK
the Great" but were he Emperor Bis
slARCK would be more the master Of Ger
many than ever. II is well known
that the Crown Prince differs with
BISMARCK on some questions Of state
craft, but young WILLIAM and the
Chancellor are in perfect accord.
BISMARCK, in his speech in the
Reichstag in support OF the military
bill, defined the policy of Germany as
one Of peace and defence. There can
be no question that he was honest in
that. He also declared that no one be-
gins war for trihes, and he meant 1t. At
present Germany has no reason to 90 TO
war with France. On the contrary, there
Is every reason why she should not. She
is comparatively poor. War would in
volve q terrible expense, and it is the
part of wisdom TO husband her resources
of both money and men. Conquest is
not demanded in the interest of either
her military or moral prestige. The til
pie alliance places a wall of steel be-
TWEEN IAuSSih GuA a AhuNcs anu tllC ithStA
that alliance is purely defensive the
more time Germany will have for recu-
peration financially and for military pre-
paration against the hour when hostili-
ties may be forced upon her.
Ii will not do to say that war will not
come in the near future. Russia is still
chatting at the obstacles that bar her way
to ascendancy in the Balkans, and the
Russian war party still has the ear of
the Gar. Indeed it seems to be fast
nearing a question of war or revolution
with the Colossus of the North. But the
shock of arms will in all probability
come as the logical sequence ofconditions,
complications, end causes ante-dating
the change in the German rulership
1t viii hardly be precipitated or deferred
by any internal question affecting the
German empire. The helm OF the Ger
mau ship of State will probably be
held now with a hrner hand and the ship
steered more cautiously in order to avoid
foreign breakers than ever before.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-10
Mahone Rcd Ont Of the Party

We have often had occasion to say
that the New York Tribune was Mr..
BLMNE's chief organ-speaks for him,
il any paper does. Our Petersburg
friend, who recently wrote us that he
feared the northern papers were not
posted as to MAHoNE's recent secret cir
cuar will be pleased to learn that the
Tribune is fully informed on the sub
ject. That paper talks about General
MALONE as follows:
A Word ABOUT MAHoNE.-Ex-Senator
Malone recently issued q confidential
circular TO Republicans in Virginia,
which promptly found its way into print.
This was inevitable, because the circular
was so disingenuous and malicious that
it excited the resentment of many who
received it, and who saw that the best
wav to refute il and bring confusion
upon its author was to make it public.
The letter was q virulent attack upon Mr..
Blaine, then the official head of the party
General Malone processes to support,
seeking to undermine him secretly among
Virginia Republicans. and all in the in
terest of Mr.. Sherman, who has need to
pray to be delivered from at least one of
his friends.
The Tribune then quotes what Ma
HONE SAYS as to Mr.. Il. G. Parsons
having written q letter to that paper III
1886, and comments as follows:
of this extract gives fair average of
the truthlulness of the circular it is an
utterly meDdacious production, as we
have every reason to believe it to be.
The letter alluded to was not written by
II. c. Parsons, nor at the Fi'th-Avenue
Hotel. nor at Mr. Blaine's instigation,
nor did it contain any such suggestion as
is described. 1t was written i'll Virginia
by gentleman whose name and address
tina T.fjlWc keeps among its confiden-
tial records, as it does those of all per
sons from whom communications are
printed. twas exactly what it purported
to bean explanation Of the real causes
Of the Republican victory. as distin-
guished from the claims of the Demo
GidLS on INC one manu- uuu Aitllt Idl MA
homes followers on the other. The
latter's charges about Mr. Blaine's 'con-
spring against him in Virginia have
as much truth in taem AS the statements
Just noted. 1t is poor cause that
stands in need OF tactics like these,
and Virginia Republicans will do well,
in the light of tais exposure. to take
very little advice from General MahoIe
hereafter as 70 their conduct in national
politics
What more 90 the Virginia Blaineites
want? They have Mr.. BLAINE's head
organ on their side. They have the i'm
mense popularity of Mr. BLAINE him
self on their side They have three or
four of the few Republican papers in
Virginia on their side. They have the
LrwIsEs, the YosTs, PESDLEToN. CAME
RON, BRADY, GLMER, RIDDLEBEEGER,
Parsons. WIcKHAM, &C., &c, &c. In
deed, they have every encouragement to
begin the battle against MALONE now.
They nav never have another opportu-
nlty so favorable. Let them put al end
once for all to the tyrannical career Of
this little tyrant.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-10

CLEVELAND AHEAD. Mr.. SHERMAE's
record on the Chinese question is SO bad
that he recently attempted to improve
it by voting in the Senate for a resolu-
ton requesting the President OF
the United States to negotiate with the
Emperor of China treaty containing a
provision that no Chinese laborer shall
enter the United States
Mr.. CLEVELAND responds to the reso-
luton in short message to the Senate
in which he says that negotiations with
the Emperor of China for a treaty such
as is mentioned in said resolution were
commenced many months ago and have
been since continued. He adds:
st is with much qualification that l
deem myself now justified In expressing
to the Senate. In response 10 It's resolu-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-10

great Franco prussian war. from the be-
ginning 10 the end Of which he was with
the German army, the surrender of Ma
roLEoS ILL.,, and the proclamation, JAN
nary IS, 1871, constituting him Emperor
Of Germany. With hisaccession the "ful-
ness OF Time" arrived. In his reign the
legend of BARpARossA became fact.
The old Emperors last days were his
bcst--days of quiet and piety--and his
long life ended as he wished It,
with Germany at peace. lie had
lived to see jena avenged, arrogant Aus
tria humbled, his hereditary foe at his
feet. and his dream realized. No sove-
reign was ever more universally beloved.
As he bound to him his ministers, adj
visers. and generals, so he bound the
masses, as was shown by the support
they gave him when BISMARCK dissolved
the Reichstag on the Septennate bill
issue and appealed to the people. His
triumph on that occasion was more OF
personal than political triumph. ltwas
tribute Of love, yenerstion, and re-
spect.
The Emperor's home life was extreme
" simple. He never forgot the lessons
he learned in the school of the soldier,
and he ruled himself down almost to the
discipline of the camp. He WAS work
ing monarch and an example OF industry
and frugality TO the German nation. he
gloried in the historic position of his
dynasty as protector of the Protestant
faith and strove to live up to the teach
ings Of the creed he protested. Monu-
ments in his honor have been erected all
over the empire, but no one Of them
bears as strong testimony to his great
ness and his goodness as does the simple
/ fact that before lie died he had con
quered all internal luminosity to himself
his early career engendered.
There is now only one life between
the youthful WILLIAM and the German
throne, and that life hangs by slender
thread. 1t would seem that at best it
cannot be many months ere the Crown
Prince follows his venerable father
We may, therefore, expect a flood Of
speculation as to the future of Germany.
But Germany has nothing to tear. Her
future is secure for many years, at least.
The strength of Germany is not IN the
Crown Prince, as some would have us
believe. 1t is in the unity the dead
monarch accomplished. and which he
has left as a sacred and patriotic
legacy to the people. BIsMARcK
and VoX Mo1TKE still live--millions of
other brave men with hearts as true as
theirs still live to guard it. The old lion
is gone, but until the question that was
"settled beyond the stars has been
worked out here there will be a lions
vhelp in the path of those who would
break the union Of blood, iron, and
/ patriotism.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-10
Mondays Debates.

T. D. MUssEY writes from Washing
ton to the Cincinnati Commercial
GQ-ate that MIR. BLACKBURN raised
great laughter and applause when he
attacked the military record of n
CALLS, and declared that when such
Democratic soldiers as HANCOCK were
bleeding on Cemetery Hill In Get
tysburg, and RosEcRANs was fighting,
and MCCLELLAN was leading the armies
Of the North, INGALLS,, according to his
own autobiography" was judge-ad-
vocate OF Kansas volunteers, and en-
gagged in trying Kansas jayhawkers for
robbing hen roosls. He adds:
cat this the House roared, and Mrs.
ingalls, laughed till she cried at the turn
taken on her husband"
MIR. MUssEY candidly says further:
"When Mr.. Ingalls, concluded there
was feeling that, while he had made a
magnificent oratorical display and had
been the central figure of a great event,
he had in some respects lacked a little of
what was expected, and had said some
things that perhaps he would better not
have said and that detracted somewhat
from the general effectiveness of the
whole"
As to Mr.. O'FERRALL Mr.. MUssEY
saws that he is ga handsome man and an
impressive red-hot rebel speaker" We
suspect that the following is a gross ex-
aggeration
Boutelle arose to ask him if he had
any proof of his assertion that Lincoln
had long hesitated before signing the
emancipation proclamation, and said he
! (Boutelle) did not think that the gentle
man from Virginia was well situated
during the war to know about and be in
structiug toe House about Mr.. Lincoln.
"At this O'Ferrall few in a great
rage. He denounced Mr.. BOutelle as a
CO ward, and tumbled over the seats be-
tween him and the broad dividing aisle.
making for The Maine member as
though he meant TO eat him up. He,
however, stopped at his side of the aisle,
and as cloud of excited congressman
closed down about the two members it
looked as if the civil war was about to
be fought over again on the floor of the
House OF Representatives in Congress.
"The confusion was so great that
what the Southerner and Northerner
were saying could not be distinguished,
but the glowering and shaking OF fists
were significant.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-10

The ohio state journal says: "Of
course SHERMAN would contradict the
absurd story of literary bureaus being
started to make his claims and qualifca-
tons for the presidency known to his
countrymen." Well, yes. He hasn't
any claims and qualifications for the
presidency, and such bureau would be
maniiestly absurd.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-10

The Senate ought to have passed the
bill abolishing compulsory pilotage. -
DdRUiHo Times.
The pilots seem to be as strong in
Washington as in Virginia. They
threaten to defeat oil propositions for
national Legislation on the subject