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Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12

The general mass meeting in the
interest of the new railroad will be
held at the Court House on Tues
day afternoon, the 10Th, at l
o'clock, and everybody interested
in the projected line is invited to be
present.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12

Some very important repairs are
being made on the Monroe otfeet
Baptist Church.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12

G. Kabrich & Co. will not be un-
dersold, but viii sell you goods at
your own price to make room for
their spring stock. DIT 40-3t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12

A marriage license was to-day
granted Edward Reed and Miss
Mary e. Rutter. Thus far this
month only three licenses have been
granted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12

G.. Kabrich d Co. are now sci.
ling winter goods tor less than cost,
in order TO make room for spring
goods. DIT 40-3t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12

F. Tucker & Co. have bought the
custom mills just north of the
Square and solicit a portion of the
public custom. See their ad. They
have on hand the best roller flour,
which they will trade for any kind
of grain. Give them a call.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12

rs D A Hiner VS. P Forbach
20 Fleety Palmer vs. Joshua F Palmer
ct al
80 Leona Ditieme VS. Victoria Bra ant
81 Herman Fisher VS. VIM Keisicker and
wife
80 M N Galloway VS. Wm H Woodward
ct al
SO Martin VS. d EW hite.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12
Extraordinary

We take pleasure in announcing the fact that
We have placed before the people the largest
and handsomest line of oVERCoATs in all
sizes and qualities ever brought to this market.
Our SUITS for dress and business are equally
as fine and durable. We certainly offer the
best inducements in boys and children's wear.
When we say we can save you money by
buying your CLOTHING and GENTS FUR
NISHING GOODS we mean it, for we know we
do so every day. We are at all times glad to
see you. Should you need anything, and we
believe you will, we can certainly suit you in
style, quality and, above all, low prices.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12
Verdict for Bunnle.

Miss "Bunnie" Campbell was
awarded $4,000 in the Supreme
Court at New York yesterday, the
price Of a broken heart, fractured
at the hands of defendant, the
famous coffee manufacturer Ar
buckle. Miss Campbell asked
100000, but the jury thought
s45, goo a very good figure.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12
MEDICINE MEN MIXED.
Two Sets of Officers Elected
What Does it Mean ?

1t will appear from the follow
ing that the doctors of Mexico held
two elections Saturday night:
The Audrain County Medical
Society met in DR.. Lemons Office,
the usual place of meeting, Satur-
day evening, Jan. 7th, and elected
the following officers for the year
1888: President, DR.. T. P. Roth
well; vice-president, DR.. E. S.
Cave; secretary, DR.. r. W. Berrey;
treasurer, DIR. G. I'll. Dunbar. The
members present were: DR.. T. P.
Rothwell, DIR. T. J. Basket, DIR. J.
H. Crawford, DIR. r. w. Berrey,
DR.. w. E. Lemon.
The president appointed the
following standing committees
On Ethics-Drs. Basket, Rus
sell and Cave.
On Credentials-Drs. Crawford,
Murdoch and Walker.
On Executive-Drs. Lemon,
Fritts, Berrey.
The above report was handed us
by DIR. Lemon and the following
one by DIR. Russell.
At the regular meeting of the
Audrain County Medical Society
Saturday night, the following of
ficers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, DR.. S. N. Rus
sell, neutrality-suspicious., DIT.
P. Rothwell; secretary, DR.. R.. w.
Berrey; treasurer, DIR. Hawley, of
Benton City.
We trust that our medical society
will not split up. The society is
calculated to do much good and
should at once straighten this mat
ter out. We trust by our next
issue the two reports will be rec
conciled.
At the Christian Church Mon
day in this city letters of common
dalton were granted to M. Y. Dun
can and wife. Mr.. J. V. Williams
applied for them in a pleasant
mood. After the letters were
granted Mr.. Duncan on taking
leave spoke substantially as fol-
lows:
TO THE CHURCH IN GENERAL,
with which we have been identified
for nearly thirty-eight years and to
which we have been allied in ten
derest sympathy from our earliest
childhood we can only say:
"Had we never loved so kindly,
Had we never loved so blindly;
Never met and never parted,
We had meier beer broken hearted"
TO THOSE OF OUR OWN HOUSEHOLD,
the children gathered about us and
the few devoted friends who stand
by us the through evil as we'll as
good report we say:
Lo, DCyUuu lit OIIcHb flcduONS,
Shines the fringe of purple day;
Heart to heart we bide the shadows,
Till the mists ave cleared away"
TO THE CHURCH OF MEXICO,
to which we have been members
for almost thirty-four years, we now
say:
Farewell to friends, farewell to foes,
Our peace with these, our love with
those;
The bursting tears our hearts declare,
Adieu, We bonny banks of Ayre."
FINALLY,
"Now the God of peace that
brought again from the dead, our
Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of
the sheep, through the blood of the
everlasting covenant, make you
perfect in every good work to do
His will, working in you that
which is well pleasing in his sight
through Jesus Christ, to whom be
glory forever and ever. amen.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12
Money to Loan

r.KENAN 4 BARNES, financial cor
anandents of Eastern capitalists. have
unlimited capital to loan for 5 to 7 years
time ~ a low rate of interest on farms In
Audrain and neishboring counties. Priv
ilere of paving part or all of loan before
due. We also loan home money on very
reasonable terms. II you desire = loan
call on us and we will give you terms thai
defy competition.
&
Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Agents,
MEyICo. MO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12

Scarlet fever is raging at Ia
Grange.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12

A. Lisenberry, whose insanity
was noted in the LEDGER Saturday
died Monday at the residence
of a Nh. Workman, northeast of
this city. The funeral took
place from Littleby Methodist
Church Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12

Born, to MIR. and Mrs. E. w,
Lee, twin boys.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12
J.. F.. LLEWELLYN,
WEST SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE,
Mexico Missouri.

J. A.. Potts, of this city, presi-
dent of the State Board of Agricul-
ture, has called a meeting of the
Board at Columbia, the 18th in-
slant. The meeting is called at
the instance of Governor More
house that the alleged difficulties
at the State Farm may be adjusted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12
Letter List.
MEXICO. Mo-. ian, ~. !

MEXICO, Mo-, Jan. IL, 1883.
lST OF LETTERS remaining in the
LPost-office ut Mexico, Audrain County,
Mo-, and which, if not called for within
tow weeks from date, will be sent to the
| Dead Letter Office at Washington City:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12

The first business meeting Of the
Missouri State Trotting and Pacing
association will be held at Sedalia
to-day. AT this meeting the
permanent meeting place viii be
selected. VIM. Carter, G. f. CLARK
and J. A. Glandon, of this city,
left this afternoon for Sedalia and
will make a strong effort to secure
the location for Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12

unanimously.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12

through.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12
CIRCUIT COURT DOCKET,

rrasT Ar-A ospAy, JAN. 2sRi,.
] Pond Eng 60 vs. Mexico Water.
works Go.
2 NJ III Scott vs. John M Gordon
8 VIM II White VS. Jos B BotkIn
( JW Lannius vs. 5 ID Whaley ct al
Hamilton Brown Shoe Co vs. M L
Rarker.
Q 4 Douglass assignee N 1 Barker
Z u Weed ct al vs. VIM II McPike
ct al
s II II Fife ct al VS. Emil Reudy
Q Geo Nicholson vs. A w Woodwine
ct al
10 J NJ Beshears vs. q 4 A Railroad
IL VIM A. Edmonston VS. Western I'M
Tel Co, No
IL VIM A Edmonston vs. Western I'm
Tel CO, No 2
SECOND DAY-TUEspAY, JAN. 24TH.
Is Crewson vs. City Moberly
IL Sarah q Crewson vi City Moberly
IL Mathew Fountain vs. ID T LittreIl
j II Littrell interpieader
Is Mathew Fountain vs. d T Littreil.
Geo II LIttrell interpleader
10 Mathew Fountain VS. ID T Littrell
Martha L Littrell interpleader
Is Rich. Gentry VS. John w Atchison
ct al
10 John II Little VS. Jas r Hamilton
90 G + Brown ct al A v Shock ct al
81 BR Canthorn ex est Danl Corker.
Almyra S Chase ct al
90 John Z Hinman vs. Isaac b Kimbell
ct al
23 State rel and use of Saliie J Hender-
son VS. Henry G Allen ct al
"a sc Baskin VS. Jno w Spotswood
% C Burkhardt VS. NJ w Schefftei.
U Weimer interpleader
THIRD DAY-wEDNEsDAY. JAN. 18th.
26 L D Ireland VS. Calvin Moore
~ r B Hooton VS. w p Hooton
2S Moses Sherron vs. ] p Hammett ct al
20 b T Dobyns VS. w w Schefteil
80 Hannah Shock VS. James Ellis
3l Alb Bowman VS. Luckett and Travis
80 CT Nofziger VS. Geo r johnson
80 CT Grain VS. Benz Hin
"a LIST National Bank of Mexico VS. John
Leniton ct al
35 l. Sims VS. Wabash Western R R
&c Geo Adams vs. Wabash Western R r
81 A B Tinsley, Kraft, Holmes & Co VS.
Nj M Scott ct al
3s A B Tinsley ct al VS. NJ NJ Scott ct al
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-12

At the Christian Church Mon
day in this city letters of common
dalton were granted to M. Y. Dun
can and wife. Mr.. J. V. Williams
applied for them in a pleasant
mood. After the letters were
granted Mr.. Duncan on taking
leave spoke substantially as fol-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-30
Divorced From a King.
New York Graphic.


 In the supreme court yesterday Judge Lawrence granted Mrs. Fannie Banks an absolute divorce from her husband, Charles w. Banks.
 The romantic story that is brought to an end by this action of the supreme court is one of the strangest that has been related in many 6 day. A few years ago Charley Banks, of Albany, was one of the brightest and most petted young fellows in that city. He was popular and good-looking and generally pretty good specimen of the growing Knickerbocker.
 When he was twenty two he mar ried very estimable Albany girl, and they started for the Golden Gate to begin their new life together. Charley never had liked work before his mar riage, and his new relations had not altered his disposition in that respect. Still he was capable and talented, and when he finally found place in the employ of Wells, Fargo < Co.,, he very soon won his way to a trusted posi- tion. He fell into some old habits that had not been creditable to him in Albany, and grew to know a good deal more about the poker and faro
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-30

in the year 1882. and every reader of newspapers since that time has be- come intimate with it's Plantation Philosophy, negro lullabys, dialect sketches and odd colloquies. These are all the product of MT. Reads pen and brain, and insignificant indeed, is the paper whose columns do not con- tain quotation of some kind from TIE ARKANsAw TRAVELLER.
 In 1887, Messrs. Read lS Benham moved their paper from Little Rock to Chicago, and the success that has attended the change has proved the wisdom of the venture. Not withstanding his editorial cares, Mir. Read has found time to write for nearly all the prominent publications in this country and also to write two books, "The Backlog" and "Len Gan sett," each of which proves him the king-delineator of southern character. The last t-mentioned work was re- gently issued by Ticknor & Co.,, Bos- ton, and is having rapid sale. He is the strongest writer the south has yet produced, which at the present time is saying good deal. Joel Chandler Harris, George Cable, Miss Murfree and Miss Rives are now on the crest of the wave of fame; but before long Read will be there as well, and as he wears a strong life preserver-force in character-he will remain at the apex when his colleagues shall have sunk in the trough of the American literary sea.
 Read is in every way self-made author and to whatever success he att tains, he deserves it. His manner of invoking inspiration and garnering ideas is something after the style of Alexander Dumas, pere. Like Field, Read likes comfort and ease while at work. In summer I have many a time found him lying in his shirt sleeves on a pile of old exchanges, with an un- abridged dictionary for pillow and a copy of the Boston Courier spread above him as protection against flies. There he would lie and smoke his meerschaum and plan quaint dialect sketches. MT. Read is married to his partners sister and has two children, a boy and a girl. He has had $1OO per week offered him to edit an eastern magazine; but, as THE ARKAN- SAW TRAVELLER and he are insepara- ble, the offer was refused and Read will remain one of the shining liter ary lights of the west, first and fore- most in his line as southern charac- ter delineator. And so for several years to come Chicago need not fear the loss of the two bright literary stars in her galaxy-Field and Read. Chicago Ldmp.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-30
Msjilton, the Man Monkey.
 ExchapUo
Exchange.

The original of the character of "Jocko, the Brazilian ape," was Henry Leech, an Englishman, whose profess sional name was Otto Motti. His body was of the size of an ordinary mans, but his legs were only foot long, yet such was his agility that he could outrun, on all fours, a very fair runner. His skeleton is in Mime. Tus- saud's exhibition in London. The Ravels afterward introduced the char acter in their pantomimes, but it was lett to Majilton to bring it to perfec- tion. He had wonderful strength in his hands and could walk with his hands hanging under an ordinary floor joist, his whole weight depending upon the grip between his thumbs and their opposing fingers with per feet ease; and he occasionally as- tonished braggart of the profession by walking on his hands on slack rope, or on the hawser with which the circus was lowed by a steamer. This singu- lar faculty made him an expert climber, and he would run up and down the interior of the circus and leap the rail offne tiers and run along them with an agility that no ape could excel. He fairly rolled with laughter when he told how he frightened the colored people on the Mississippi.
 On one occasion, when he leaped among them, chattering and grimac- ing, many jumped in their fright through the windows of the circus into the river and were rescued with difficulty. "For Gods sake, stop this. !" said Spaldlng afterward, ''or we'll have dead niggers to pay for" In December, 1854, while playing in Charleston, he created almost a panic in the theatre. One of the scrub wo- men was stationed in the third tier with 8 stuffed baby, and Majilton, in his Jocko act, snatched it from her and, jumping to the side of the pros cenium boxes, beat its head against the wood and then threw it on the stage and jumped on it, the woman yelling all the while and the audience in terrible uproar of terror and in- dignation.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-30
TWO HUMORISTS.
BY BURT ARNOLD.

TDoubtless if MT. Opie P. Read, the editor of this paper, were in his chair ~instead of being away on business visit, he would not allow the repro- duction,. of that portion of the fol- lowing sketch which is so com- plimentary,,- yet so truthful, of himself. But in his absence the editor pro lem. assumes the responsi- bility of reprinting it here, and will afterward meet Mr. Read on any ground he may name-that is not dangerous.
 It is not without some misgivings that one attempts dnte m0rtem biog- raphies of his friends. The safest plan is to wait until the demise of his vic tims when all chance for retaliation is denied them; but, as the appreciative public is ever c,amorous for news paper acquaintanceship with men of note, particularly with men whose writings have for years afforded ex- quisite pleasure through their pe- rusal, few facts regarding Chicago's two literary stars-Eugene Field, of the Chicago Duly NeaoS, and Opie P. Read, of THE ARKANsAw TRAVELLER, will prove acceptable, wherever the English language is printed. Both of these gentlemen enjoy the well-de- served reputation of being representa- tive American humorists, an honor of which they can feel justly proud. Neither writer stoops to the mechan- ical misappliance of parts of speech to provoke mirth; nor does he deem it necessary to introduce the latest slang into an intended humorous article and thus reduce the standard to the level of stable wit or the horse- play of cir GUS side- show ranters who iuggle phrases for the benefit of unsophisto- cated yokels. One of the essentials o1 true humor is purity; and pure hu- nor will live long after heavy, brain laden literature is dead.
 Each author is the representative o1 widely varying schools of humor.
 Fields writings are pungent they bear trace of quick thought and rapid action consequent. To one unac- quainted with him his productions might occasionally suggest that their author was cynic; yet such is not the case. Mir. Field is man something after the style of Tom Hood, with the wit and good nature of Sheridan, com- bined with Tom Smollet's love oi practical jokes. Reads articles are oi an entirely different type from those by Field; his humor is the natural hu- nor of the eccentric character he re- produces from the slow, non- progress i've backwoods Arkansans. The charm of his humor is in its simplicity; he never strains for effects, yet the same story in the mouth of a different char acter from that used by the author would fall flat, lose it's snap and cease to be entertaining.
 In personal appearance MT. Field is tall, stately looking gentleman with fine physique, crowned by shapely head, which immediately impresses a
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-30

After sojOurn at Carlisle, Ark. ht
 became connected with the Little
 Rock Gazette, where he continued
 from 1877 to 1881. From thence ht
 went to Cleveland, O., and held al editorial position upon the Leode'
 for period of six months, when ht
 became dissatisfied and returned te
 Little Rock, where, in partnership
 with Philo D. Benham, he launched ! I'll. ARKANsAw TRAvELER on tho up 5O HISH, 1~..4 ,O2,y. evv.. and she laughed and played gleefully with Tim in the black dirt till her little rosy face was streaked with ebony, and her little, chubby hands were black as coals, and her cunning white apron, alas was no longer white.
 Tim had planted the flag at the head of the foremost car, and had mounted his drum to serve as piece of artil- lery, and was busily engaged in throw ing up earthworks of culm with a piece of shingle which he had climbed down to secure, and brought up in triumph.
 He became sensible of peculiar mo- tion of the car. He looked up, and thought at first that the long train on the main track was slipping back toward the village; but one startled glance to the other side proved to him that the cars on which he and Daisy had been playing were moving slowly down the siding.
 Somehow, in climbing up the last time he had loosened the brake, and - L:lI~on oftor READ IN HIS sANCTUM.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-30
Yellowstone National Park, Pacific
 Coast and Alaska.

The Yellowstone Park is unoues- tionably attracting more attention at the present time as a tourist resort than any other place on the face of the earth. This spot is reached by rail only by the Northern Pacific rail- road, the famous dining-car line to the Pacific coast, the only one of the trans continental lines running dining cars of any description whatever. A book ticket will be sold at the eastern ter- minals of the Northern Pacific for $l10.00, including rail and stage trans portation, meals on dining cars, Pull- man, and five days accommodations south of Livingston in the park.
 The Alaska tour is also one that is attracting wide attention. The rates and facilities offered for making this trip are better via the Northern Pa- cific railroad than by any other line. The attractions offered ca soute via the Northern Pacific, such as the ride through the Lake Park region of Min nesota, by the great wheat fields of Dakota, along the Yellowstone river and Clark's fork of the Columbia, through the famous Spokane Falls re- zion, over the Cascade range, by the Palisades of the Columbia, Puget Sound, etc., together with the supe- rior accommodations offered, make a trip via this route especially enioya- ble. By writing Chas. s. Fee, gen. eral passenger agent, N. P. R. R., St. Panl. Minn., you will receive copy of "Wonderland" and other books de- scriptive of the Yellowstone Park, Alaska and the country in general traversed by the 'dining-car and Yel- lowstone Park route"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-30
FIELD AT HIS DESK.

newly formed acquaintance that it contains an extra allowance of brains. His frank countenance inspires feel
 ing that he is uncommonly good
 natured, and his genial smile and pleasant voice at once corroborate the impression. He has large bluish-gray eyes, at the corners of which turk an expression somewhat puzxling; his hair is growing thin where his active
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-30

Few editors ever r.fuse to puff . good cigar.-LoreH Cittzen.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-30
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csy sos PileAss's casseria.
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-30

READ IN HIS sANCTuM.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-03-03
An Ungrateful LEDGER.

The latter part of last week man named
O'Leary, who had been chopping wood for
Mr.. Barton, who owns a wood ranch near
the CoOney wood ranch in the Come mount
aims, came down to Washout station on the
C. & c. road, about thirty miles from this
place, and asked section boss Hulbert's per-
mission to stop over night. Hubert gave
his consent. The next morning O'Leary
started out on foot, quite early, saying he
was going to Virginia City, and at the same
time asking Hubert to put his blankets on
the train the next day and send them to
Virginia. Hubert, soon after the departure
Of OIeary, went out on the road to work,
and when he returned in the evening and
looked fer the blankets they were not to be
found. Upon further examination Hubert
found that TWO silver watches, a shotgun
razor and several articles of jewelry belong
ing to himself were also missing from the
section house. OLeary, who it is supposed
returned to the house and took the things
after Hubert went to work, is an Irishman,
middle aged, about 5 feet 7 inches tall, dark
Completed, and had on ordinary working
clothes. AS very little effort was made to
find him he is probably well out Of the way
by this time. One of the watches stolen
has the name Crank Hubert" engraved
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-03-03
ReDOcted Sale.

1t was reported here yesterday that c. c.
Stevenson had sold the Rock Point Mill to
the Savage Mining Company. Some time
ago, it will be remembered, there was some
talk of the Savage Company purchasing or
leasing this mill. At that time however, no
bargain was made. 1t is reported that the
sale has been made and that Ed. Swift has
the contract to haul sixty tons of ore a day
from the Sutro Tunnel, where the ore will
be taken out, to the mill. We believe this
change will be for the better as it will prob.
ably keep the mill running steadily, where
as it has heretofore been shut down every
little while for want at rock. Mr.. Stevenson
will now probably have all the Kentuck
rock worked at the Douglass mill in Gold
Hill