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Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29
The Fall Meeting.

The opinion grows stronger and
stronger among stock men, that the
colt which wins at Memphis will
win at the same meeting at Mexico.
N. E. Missouri has some of the
finest horses in the country, and it
will take q very fine colt to beat
the Memphis winner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29
CRY SCALES no, ..
They are Giving Weighsr Stock
ton Lots Of Work, with
Little Pay.

In October 1886, the City eeun-
ell conceived the plan Of buying q
new pair If scales to establish At
the corner Of Jefferson and Prone.
nade streets, The idea at the time
WIS TO menopniise the street weigh
ing business by purchasing the
scales Of r. Hisey, they beine
about the only public apparatus o.
the sort then In use, outside OF
city scales No. !. After some
little wiangling the scales were
transferred to the city, in consider,
alton of which, to quote the official
record, "the city gives 1iisey tho
privilege of weighing on said scales
free so long rs the city uses said
scales for city weighing" Mr.. X.
L. Stockton, who has charge Of
these scales, known as No. 2, com.
pEll1s tlihb iiib HUN tilS
office amounts to a mefe nothing
as compared with that of scales No
l, in charge of Weigher Kelly, He
gives as a reason that all til,
weighing of Hisey as well as that
of Hisey & Pollock and Northern
81 Edmonston il done on these
scales free, under the agreement
referred to above. The weighel
thinks the city has already paid
three or four times the worth of the
scales in free weighing, while
the office Scarcely pays a man fol-
his time, not to speak of labor, and
the city derives little or no benefit.
The LEDGER is of the opinion that
the apparatus should be purchased
by the city at once or done away
with altogether.
The agreement was entered into
in 'S6, before Mayor Hisey became
a city officer, and, of course, he had
nothing to do with the matter, from
| a CITY standpoint.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

"Mp Itanbis frat began years Hgn, alsid Mrs
Htsa ieih 10 the writer, firm A sl,gtt etils, hht
every sti.ett dug fuld | would ii,ks was NUT
1t were.
last Jnns. aftes taking n severe cad, ! he'
when they were paying asunIia me. ! haa 7
painiill below them, | had Il duh, heavy t2ti
ing In my head, aast Mt night | easid only breath
through my mouth, ! had u fautlhtai drt
backing cough, with pain tti my i%,r,tast, ] h4l
no relish for my Tat,i Indigestion WITS 50 hal
and nothing that tsfnla eat seemed Ia have III
nainrni taste Was ttefyans attd discourage
ali the time aud init So badly I hid no d sltt' !,
live, My sleep wis Troubled a-d I eatiid twIk'
with the SAME dull aud iistiess fseling h s'ittaI
| retired al hight, Indeed my life. waE 4, a Z
miserable by my horrible disease. l had tfist
many different kinds Of treatments but nnr'
gave me any permanent relief.
"Abaut 1--WE mouths ago ] visited fr. Mccoy
office ~ t5ia LII ms Plare and began his treat
meat. Frain n g FIRST j began 10 improve, grad
nsiiy my va 50 ,i hearing returned and now nj
my unpleasant symptoms hive lett me. ! an
.~pntirels cured"
= The ( u Ii Of the ttto1e state ment can be veri
He'd by addressing or calling upon Mrs tr lni
i~;,nidaln, FtorissYit, Nh.
The taiiowin statement regarding DIR. Me<Ia,
is made upon ga.h authority: "Sinee thii
Eminent Specialist has been ia the West
II period of ahout FIVE yeaI She has treated
md cured over six Thousand cases of ia
tarrh and ChroniG Throat and Lung Trou
bies and of theAc eases 10 per ceiiI, had beer
declared by local physicians hopeless and Incur
able."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29
Mexico Took no Part.
From the Centralia Guard.

Audrain county went dry by q
a majority of 95. This result was
not unexpected. The city of Mexico
will have an election later on, and
is certain to go wet. This is just
what Mexico has been working for,
With the county dry and the city
wet, Mexico will reap untold
benefits.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29
No More of That, Please.

Bob White, of the LEDGER, is
still talked of as Railroad Com
missioner. One of his friends,
who is something of apunster him.
self, has remarked that, aIn
case of trouble, he would bob up at
the right moment, and treat every
body white" No doubt,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29
Local Option IN Boone.
From the Sturgeon Leader.

TVTFt VHb DFVFSCUH TFdtTtT.
The fight is over in Audrain and
it has gone 'sdry" by default as ii
were, as the vets made no canvass
of the county. The affair will not
be so tame in Boone, as we under
stand some of the able speakers
who canvassed Monroe county in
opposition to the law will also ad-
dress the voters of Boone when
the election is ordered. Well, lei
the wal commence, we want a
chance for some men to show their
cnlors
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29
Good Newspaper Man.

ii'' NV -. iE""hS IN t"oiSnh
The mention of R. NJ. White, OF
the Mexico LEDGER, tor Railroad
Commissioner ELECTS this from the
Slater index: why not Bob?
He is a rising young man and one
of the best newspaper men in the
State, and has done a great deal
for the Democratic party of Mis-
souri,. The Democratic party can
go further and fare worse than in
the selection of Bob White"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

w. P. QUIsENBERRY is a candi-
date for Constable and has a host
of warm friends all over the dis
trict. "Pink" is we'll known to
u readers as an honest and de-
serving Democrat, and if elected
will make a good officer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

AMONG the presents arriving for
MI. and Mrs. B. F. Dobyns, We
notice an old fashioned spinning
wheel. Useful presents are be-
coming more and more fashionable
at weddings, which speaks well for
the taste of the donors.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

W. w. Fry, of this city, is favor
ably spoken of as the next State
Senator from this district. MI. Fry
is a young man with laudable po-
litical ambition. and has a host OF
warm friends in the district who
would rally to his support.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

THE Board of Trade should meet
at once and arrange for advertising
matter to be used by the G. A. R.
post, when it goes to the National
Encampment. This will be a
glorious opportunity to advertise
Mexico and Audrain county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29
Trustees Sale.

Whereas, Michel w. Schefftel and
Mary J. Schefftel, his wife, by their deed
of trust dated the first day of July, AID,
1887, and recorded in trust book 49,"
page 202 in the Recorders office for Au-
drain county. Missouri, conveyed to the
undersigned trustee the following lands,
stu ate in the county of Audrain and
State of Missouri, to-wit; Lot No. three
| (8), In Block No. two (2), in Muldrow's
Subdivision additlon3to Mexico, Mo-, all
being in Audrain county, No, which
said conveyance was made to secure the
payment of O certain note In said deed Of
trust described, and whereas default has
been made In the payment of said note,
which is now due and unpaid. Now,
therefore, at the request of the legal
holder of said note, and by virtue of the
authority vested in me SO to do by said
deed of trust. / will, on
Thursday, April 10, 1888,
between the hours of 0 o'clock In the
forenoon and 8 O'Clock in the afternoon
OF said day at the east front door of the
Court House in the town of Mexico,
State and county aforesaid. sell said
property publicly to the highest and best
bidder for cash, to satisfy said debt and
interest and the cos of executing this
trust. w. b MCINTYRE, Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

B. f. ToMLINsoN, as will be
seen by our announcement column,
this week, is a candidate for Con-
stable of Salt River township.
ssUncle Frank is known to most
of our readers and is. in every way
qualified and fitted for the office.
He has been tried by the public
and found not wanting.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

THE effort to give Mexico a good
base ball club this season should
be encouraged. We think the
right men have hold of the matter
and that Mexico will enjoy some
manly sport this season.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29
Some Time in June,

FfNIH ElH SeualIa DtIHOCrHl.
1t seems the Local Option elec-
ton in Audrain county was only for
the county outside of the city Of
Mexico. The county went dry by
ninety-four majority, and an cleo.
ton is to be held in Mexico some
time in June.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

JUDGE Shepherd Barclay, of st.
Louis, was in Mexico to-day and
made us a pleasant call. He is a
candidate for Supreme Judge and
is developing strength all over the
State. We think he is the favorite
in Audrain, at least the members OF
the bar speak very highly of him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

FULToN's plan of having a big
immigration meeting at Mexico
composed of delegates from adjoin-
ing counties could be adopted, if
the Board of Trade would meet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

THERE is a scheme on foot among
the G. A. r. people here to attend
the National Encampment at Col
umbus, Ohio, September IL, in a
body. The party will go in q
special car, on the sides of which
will be borne appropriate inscrip-
tons. An effort viii be made to
eiye the county and city some
valuable advertising through this
medium. The scheune should be
encouraged and, # possible, put
through.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

THIRTEEN hundred and ninety
more votes were cast for Represen-
tative in 1884 outside of Mexico
than were polled at the Local OPP
ton election last week. The in
crease in the vote during four years
and those who stayed at home in
1884 would bring these figures UP
to two thousand easy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

EVERY citizen interested in Mex
leo or Audrain county will be at
the big railroad meeting next
Thursday afternoon. This railroad
matter must be settled at once and
IN favor of Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

THE daily Sun, of Fulton, J. R.
Brandon editor and proprietor, is a
neat and newsy daily just starting
In life under favorable auspices.
If it receives half the support ii
deserves the Sun will shine for
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

THE County Democratic Central
Committee should agree on the
plan which will come the nearest
to making the nominees the choice
of the party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

MORE business property has
changed hands in Mexico within a
month than ever before in double
that time, and at advanced prices.
A substantial boom is upon us if
nothing happens.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29
A Good

VIM. Angle was chosen by the
Democrats of Mexico, at the pri.
mary election as a candidate fol-
Councilman from the Fifth Ward
Will is a hustler.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

IF it should be Unnecessary to ap-
point another fish commission it
would be very appropriate to put
Senator Dolph in.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

IF it quits raining long enough
for our balmy Italian climate to
get in its work, the oldest inhab-
itants viii be surprised at our
building boom.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29
ADMINISTRATIVE Netlce

Notice is hereby given that letters of
mar Adrian, decd, have been granted
tie UNDERSIGNED, Elizabeth Adrian, by
tie Probate Court Of Audrain county,
Missouri, bearing date March q, 1883,
All persons having claims against
said estate are required TO exhibit them
for allowance to the administrative with
In one year after the date, or they may
b., precluded from any benefit OF such
estate, and II such claims be not exh;b-
tied within two years from this date
they will be forever barred.
5I-4 ELIZABETH ADRIAN.
AdmiDistrasrix.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

w. A. SHARP, a son of General
Sharp, formerly of Galloway eoun-
ty, is a candidate for Constable
from Salt River township. He is
ii young man of good habits, and
would make a faithful officer. He
Is well known in Mexico and the
southern part of the township,
and all who know him speak well
This candidacy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

LAST year Mexico had to force a
boom-this year a BOOM and a
substantial one is coming of its
own accord.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

THE speed programme for the
fall race meeting of the Mexico
Fair Association is out. 1t is re-
produced to-day in another part of
the LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29
PUBLIC SALE!
On Friday, April 9Th.

I will sell at public sale at the John w.
Atchison farm, 4 LIZ miles Northeast OF
Worcester, z miles North of Perry and
miles East of Santa Fe, on FRIDAY,
APRIL 6, 1888, the following described
property, viz:
l span Work Horses, 5 and 6 years old,
and No. l animals.
toppy Saddle Horse, Is I-2 hands and
q dandy animal.
II No. / t~wo-year-old Mare Mules, as
good as the sun ever sbone upon.
10 spans first-class aged Mules.
A load of extra large fat Mules belong
ing to Robertson & Stone.
8 good young Cows.
A bunch of nice stock Hogs.
All kinds of Farm Implements.
/ two-horse Wagon and l Spring Wager
both new.
Lot of Harness.
New Water-tank, Pump, Hose, &C.
Household and Kitchen Furniture.
6s-Farm will be rented on day of sale
TERMS OF SALE.-All sums of $40 ant
under, cash; over that amount q eredi
until January ], 1889, purchaser givins
bankable note bearing 10 per cent. int.
w. E. ROBERTSON.
| JNo. w. ATCHTsoN, Auetioneer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

THE plan proposed by several of
Mexico's young Democrats to
forma Cleveland club, we think, a
good idea.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

EVERYBODY interested in the new
railroad coming to Mexico is ex-
pected to be present at the mass
meeting Thursday afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

AS WILL be seen from a letter
published elsewhere, Ashland is
ready to work to have the new
railroad come down the Two-Mile
Drairie.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

THE ''drop-letterp boxes in Eng
land must get pretty well filled
up with his.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

Rev. J. T. M. JOHNSTON, of JEFF
forson City, Mo-, was in Mexico
Saturday and called. He is n of
the most brilliant takers in the
State and a man ofbroad influence,
and calculated to do great good.
He was formerly a leading politi-
oian, but saw the error of his ways
and repented before it was too late.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

SIGNS favorable to the final To-
cation of the c., H. & S. through
this city are multiplying daily.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

We find that the most angrateful
people on earth are those we allow
to beat us.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

The Circuit Court room should
be crowded Thursday afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

Miss Jennie and Mr.. Robert
Worrell will entertain their friends
at the Windsor Hotel Friday even
ing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

THERE is a wood famine in Next
co on account of the roads being so
bad.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

MEXICO is going to get there this
spring.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29
DOCTOR
j. CRBSAP MCCOY.
Late Of Bellevue Hospital, New York,
1916 Lucas Place. St, Louis. Mo

Where all curable eases are treated with success.
Medical diseases treated skiitfully Consump
lion, Brigtlt's Disease. ibysDe psia. Rheumatism
ami all NERVOUS DISEASES. All diseases
pecnliario the Sexes u specially CATAERH
CURED.
Mccoy through the Mails. and it is Thus possible
for those unable to make a journey to obtain
successful hospital TREATMENT AT THEIR
ONE
OFFICE BOURS 8 80 to Ii II. m. 1 to4 p
me- 80 To 80 p IN. SUNDAYS 8 80 a. m to pm
Correspondence receives prom pit attention.
No letteas answered unless accompanied BIZ
four cents III stamps.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29
Thursday. April 10. 1888.
Trustees Sale.

Whereas, s. ID. Monaghan and Lizzie
Monaghan, his wife, by their deed Of
trust dated the 29th day OF January, A.
D., 1885, and recorded in trust book'sv,n
page. 42S 10 the Recorders office for Au-
drain county, Missouri, conveyed to the
undersigned trustee the following lands,
situate in the county Of Audraln and
State of Missouri, to-wit: Lots eight (s)
and nine COZ in block fourteen (l4), I'm
the town of Farber, according to the Of
fetal plst thereof, which said conveyance
was made to secure the payment of q
certain note In said deed oftrust describ-
ed, and whereas q efauit has beer made
In b payment of SAID note, which IL
now due and unpaid. Now, therefore,
al the request Of the legal holder Of said
note, and by virtue Of the authority vest
ed in me so to do by said decd of trust,
l will, on
Thursday, May 3, 1888,
between the hours of 0 O'Clock In the
forenoon and 8 O'Clock In the afternoon
OF said day at the front door of the post
Office in the town of Farber, State and
county aforesaid, sell said property pub
licly TO the highest and best bidder for
cash, to satisfy said debt and Interest
and insurance due and the cost oil execut-
ing this trust. March %, 1888. 5otds.
j. W. REED, Trustee,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29
Thursday, May 3. 1888.
Trustees Sale.

Whereas, Laura ID. Steele and Rob-
ert s. Steele, her husband. by their
curtain deed of trnst, dated July ii,
1887. and recorded in book 3 of trusts.
page 2Oi, in the office OF the Recorder
oil deeds for the county of Audrain and
State of Missouri, conveyed to the un-
dersigned Trustee the following describ-
ell real estate, situated in the said
county of Audrain, state of Missouri,
t0-wit: Lot six (6), block four "a.
original town Of Rush Hill, No. Said
deed of trust was given to the under.
signed to secure the payment ola GER
tain promissory note, therein described;
and, whereas, said note is now due and
unpaid. Now, therefore, at the re-
guest OF legal holder of said note, /,
the undersigned trustee i'm said deed
oil trust named, will, on
Friday, April 6, 1888,
soil said property TO the highest bidder
for cash, between the hours Of 8 O'Clock
a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m, at the east
front door of the Court House, in Mex
leo, Mo-, TO satisfy the conditions of
sud trust and costs. AZ tbs
GEO. ROBERTSON. Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

Several gentlemen of the vicinity
of Mexico will experiment IN
Gallery culture the coming season.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-29

own accord
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-23
A Medicine Fakir's Ruse.

A travelling medicine van stopped III
the fashionable suburb of Stapleton,
England. 1t was equipped with lee
turer, comic vocalist, violin player,
and an actress. The charlatan himself
made what he called scientific medical
address, the point of which was that the
sure way 10 be cured of anything what.
ever was to buy bottle of his wonderful
panacea. The singer and the fiddler
ga hered the crowd for him, and held it
by. songs and playing whenever his
oratory lost its grip on their attention:
The actress was not ostens:bly part of
the show. She played a difficult and
essential role. In the guise of rheu-
matte old woman, she hobbled in among
the multitude on crutches, aud was sim
sled out by the practitioner.
"Come here, my good woman" he
said, ''and will euro you gratis"
"You couldn't do it if l let you try, u
she replied; "more than hundred doc
tors have failed, and guess I'll have to
die cripple"
She permitted herself to be persuaded,
however, and at length. was seated in g
chair in front Of the gorgeous wagon.
The quack set a screen around her fol
several minutes, in the pretence that he
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-23
Birds and Bonnets.

In single metropolitan auction room,
IN one or two weeks of the season, there
were sold upward of 5000 birds of par
adise, 5000 of the lovely ""Impeyan
pheasauts," hundreds of Argus pheas-
ants, 4OO, 900 humming and other birds
from North and South America, and
800, 900 skins of gay-cclored winged
things from the great Indian forests.
It is quite obvious that this sort of thing
cannot 90 on forever. AS man has al
ready nearly exterminated tho bison for
the sake of its skin and horns, and the
elephant for its tusks, so in brief time
he will have seen the last Of many of the
most gaily. plumed deni1ens of Brazil, E,
Guinea and the Southern States of
America. Guinea and the Tapuan
Islands, according to Wallace and
D'Albertis, are being ruthlessly despoiled
of their small remaining stock of birds
of paradise, just as our own kinghshers
nave dwindled owing to love of mis-.
taken "sport," and the common topaz
humming. bird" is no longer common,
but rare, in the places where it was
once habitually found. To go on stupid
ly massacring these wonderful creatures,
Just in order to turn lady's bonnet into
a kind of second rate ornithological mu-
scum, is the best way to make the race
as extinct as it threatens to become; so
that it is much to be hoped that the
mysterious influence which preside over
the fashion plates will in this instance,
at least, carry out the kindly intention
with which they are credited. .-L9ndoa
Telegraph.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-23
MisanthrOpic Wills.

The Vienna papers publish the will
of half-pay Austrian officer, which has
created considerable amusement. He
leaves his fortune to his nephew, who
has a situation in the postofice, on con-
dision that he shall never, on any oc-
casion, indulge in his favorite occupa-
ton of reading newspapers. The old
gentleman institutes three persons his
trustees, whose duty it shall be to
watch his luckless heir, and, in case of
a single infringement of the will, dis
poses of his property to other members
Of his family. The said property con-
sists of two houses, money in the funds
and landed estate.
Another curious will story comes to
hand from the sister capital-Berlin. A
DOOR citizen of the big town on the
Spree was recently left some 100, 900
marks. Thinking none of his friends
worthy of it, he at last determined to
leave it to a bitter enemy, who had
a large family and no money except his
daily earnings. He made his will to
that effect: he made it condition,
however, that the heir should always
wear thin white linen clothes and no ex-
ira underclothing. Should that con-
6ition be violated even once the money
goes to the hospitals. .-Stephen's Rcciao
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-23
The Marching OF Armies.

The best examples of forced marches
in modern times are, perhaps, those per-
formed by Havelock and Lord Clyde in
the Indian mutiny of 1856.
Perhaps the finest examples in all
history of strategic marches are found in
Napolcon's campaigns in Italy in 1906
and the campaign on the Danube in
1905.
During the Civil War the march of
the Second Army Corps, October ID,
1862, of seventy-six miles in fifty.six
hours, fighting two engagements. cross
ing two rivers and guarding baggage, is
exceptional.
During the same war Hooker's corps,
the Eleventh and Twelfth consolidated,
22, 900 strong, was removed from
Virginia to Bridgeport, Tenn, with all
its baggage and supplies, in seven days.
The advance of Washington on New
York in 1882, and his deception of the
British thereby, while he really marched
on CORVALLIS at Yorktown, must also
ever stand out as a strategic march of the
highest order.
Another instance of successful water
transportation is the move of the Twenty
fifth Army Corps from City Point in
Texas in May, 1865. The corps con-
sisted of $4,000 men, 5000 horses with
guns, wagons, ammunition, ambulauces,
etc.-Desroit Free Pres.