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Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

The fair catalogues are ready for
distribution. Copies can be OBJ
tanned of Secretary Glandon or at
the newspaper offices.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

Those who have charge of the
scheme to organize Il colored fair
association, report excellent pro-
gress.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

Tom Trimble, of this city, has
taken charge of the weekly circula-
ton of the Hannibal Journal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

John NJ. Kelso, of this city, has
been granted a patent on a lever
for hosting wagon beds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

R. H. Cauthorn, of this county,
sold to a gentleman living in Him
OILS a three year old Black Squirrel
stallion for $500 cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

Mr.. A. G.. Gass will ever be re-
membered by the q. Il. W. for
thoughtful fayOrs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

IT is painful, we know, hut the
Republican organs must really be
held to heirplatform. The freeing
of whiskey, says the Tribune, is
mot an immediate policy, to which
the party is definitely committed,
but a step which the Republicans
would rather take than give up the
protective system" Stick to the
text. The platform says: ave
favor the entire repeal of the
internal of any part of our protec-
tive system" This means the
maintenance forever of a AZ per
cent. war tariff. 1t can't be lodged
nor wriggled away from.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

MEXICO, Mo-, july IL, |

MEXICO, MO-, july IL, lsss.
T IST OF LETTERS remaining in the
IPost-offlce at Mexico, Aufraiu County,
Mo-, and which, If not called for within
w weeks from date, will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office at Washington City:
Alvey VIM Stuart Esith
Armstrong Miss LouStewart Miss Mollie
Brown A. TysweII VI
Burton Mrs HiidredTeasse Miss Hattie
Fish | Mrs Sarah Whitaker ) II
Cav Mapnie White Mis- Willie
Hampton Robt Yarnall Shorb
Hart Miss Lizzie Reeves TG
Hawks Ell Roberts Il VI
Jackson Warren Rody Thomas
Martin Mrs Mary CRobuck Louis
OiRourke Pat Pollard X B
Preston Mrs Lolita
D. d. WOODWARD, Postmaster.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

A Mexico gentleman and Il Mo-
berly lady will be married on We'd
nesday, the 25th.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

w. r. Carter to-day sold his
trotter, Lena Clay, 2:34 ID, to Tom
Bass for s4,25O. Bass will cam
paign the animal this season.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

Elder W. II. Hook leaves to-day
~ for Rocheport, to conduct Il meet
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

Dry goods clerks and city officials
will play ball at Sportsman's Park
soon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

Mrs. NJ. 5. Suggett is very i'll.
Her son George is also sick with
fever.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19
st. Louis Live Stock Market,

The booths and dining hall at
the Fair Grounds will be rented to
the highest bidder Saturday, July
q, 1888, at 3 O'Clock p. m. at the
grounds. Terms and conditions
made known at time of sale. The
Association reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
GREEN CLAY, Pres.
J. A. GLANDoN, Sec'y. diff.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19
Notice to Enginears.

/ have a full line OF rubber sue
ton hose. Also, all sizes of gas
pipe and pumps.
E. r. CUNNINGHAM.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

Miss Grace Def. Human, of
Centralia, was married in that place
yesterday to Mr.. J. w. Beagles, a
prominent farmer of near Worces-
ter. this county. Rev. N. S. John
ston officiatGd. The LEDGER ex-
tends CONGRATULATIONS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19


Mrs. W. s. Mosby is very i'll.
DIR. Hamilton has returnrd from
Texas.
Elder Barker, Of Huntsville, is
in the city.
DR.. and Mrs. Rodes, of Fulton,
are in the city.
Prof. A. X. Iancey is home
from Kansas City.
C. +. PurneIl will be home from
& minnesota Saturday.
Maj. Lawder is in Colorado look
ing after his mining interests
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

The Emma Warren combination,
which was to have opened the
Ferris Grand Opera House, has
cancelled it's dates, owing to the
death of the manager. Another
frst-class company will be booked
for the opening week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

D. 7. Gentry, formerly of Mex
leo, was beaten as a candidate be-
fore the people for the Superin-
tendentcy of the Richmond Public
Schools by only one vote.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

An old man named Jack Will
born, aged "a years, died suddenly
last night of heart disease, at his
home in West Mexico. Deceased
moved here from Kentucky six
months ago. The funeral took
place at 4 O'Clock this afternoon,
Elder j. S. Jesse conducting the
service
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19
WORCESTER ITEMS.
C0TrespOndence of The Ledger.

WORCESTER, MO-, July To-
Farmers are having some difficulty
in saving their grain. The heavy
rains and winds beat the small
grain to the ground and can only
be saved by cutting n way. Some
grain is being threshed and the
turnout in excellent.
The Wheelers are in a booming
condition in this vicinity. They
are taking advantage of the good
of the order, and think they are
in an excellent order, and have a
bright future before them. They
claim to have an agency in st.
Louis, and can procure goods
through that agency at much lower
figures.
Rev. N. S. Johnston preached to
a large and appreciative audience
last Sunday at the Littleby Bap-
fist Church. Bro. Johnston is a
tip-top preacher, a popular gentle
man and a good man.
Crigler & Shepherd are now
editing a Worcester daily, contain
ing the latest news, Geographic
dispatches and transatlantic news.
They will gladly furnish you a
sample copy, which contains the
description of their nice stock of
goods, and stating the low prices
at which they are offered you. Call
and get a paper.
Mr.. j. 7. Hunter, of Kansas
City, has been employed to run
the engine of Sumner, of this place,
during threshing season. Hei is an
engineer of a first-class kind and
will do the gentleman good work.
J. w. Crigler, of Martinsburg,
visited his son Lebb this week.
While here we spent several days
on Littleby, South Fork and Salt
River, trying in vain to catch the
slickers. We leave the fish story
for him to tell. as we believe he
can do it justice.
Mrs. Kunkel and daughter, Miss
Lena, visited in Worcester Sun
day.
st. Louis Live Stock Market.
Cattle - Market steady and
firmer. Choice heavy native
steers, $5.20a6. 90; fair to good
native steers, $4.00a5. 80; butchers
steers, medium to choice, lat $3.50
al. GO; stockers and feeders, fair to
good, S2.40a3.S0; rangers common
to good, S2.30a3.70, corn fed, $500
475.
Hogs-Steady and higher. Quo
tationS ranged: Choice heavy and
butchers selections, S5.S0a5.9 80;
packing grades, medium to prime,
IS. 70a5.S5; light grades, ordinary
to best, $5.60a5.75.
Sheep and lambs-Firm. Fair
to choice grades of sheep, $3.5Oa
40.
The booths and dining hall at
the Fair Grounds will be rented to
the highest bidder Saturday, July
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

Mr.. Francis and his friends may
take this comfort out of the unfair
opposition which the Kansas City
Times is making to his candidacy
for the gubernatorial nomination.
Opposition from that quarter is US
ually followed by the success ofthe
candidate picked out for special
abuse.-Kansas City Star.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

Biographical, etc.
Mark Stephenson was seen at
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19
THE FDG
THURSDAY. july -, lSSS

FOR EASTERN MONEY on LONG
TIME LOAN, Al LOWEST RATES,
APPLY TO KILGORE h HOWELL,
LOAN AGENTS. MENICO, MO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

The management of the Kansas
City Exposition has set apart the
entire north section of the first
gallery for agricultural, mineral,
floral and other exhibits, showing
the resources and illustrative of
the wealth of the country tributary
to Kansas City. These exhibits
will be composed of county dis
plays, the whole forming one State
exhibit. Audrain county should
make Il display of her varied re-
sources that none could surpass.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

Young ladies of Sunrise Church
will give a festival at the re sidence
of Alex. Carter, ST., 4 ID miles
northeast of this city, Thursday
evening, July26. Proceeds forth
benefit of the church. Everybody
cordially invited. dww
A complaint is made against the
English sparrow, which, although
but a few years ago introduced into
this country, has become a cause of
complaint and annoyance in its
rapid increase, and driving off
other birds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

The base ball admirers of Nor
wood Macfarlane one of the best
short stops and all around base
ball players in the State, have made
him a present of q So pair of base
ball shoes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

The management of the Fair is
being urged to erect a reporters
stand on the track in time for this
years meeting. Mr.. Carter, SUI
perintendent of the track, will like
ly see that this much needed i'm
provement is made at once.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19

The funeral of Mrs. Strother
Williams, who died Saturday af-
ternoon, took place Sunday at
$50 p. m. Rev. E. K. Miller of
the Promenade Street NJ. f.
Church, South, preached the SER
mon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19
TIE WEAPON USED.

The weapon from which the fatal
shot was fired is an old army navy.
The pistol was bought by Stephen
son i'll 1861, together with another
of the same kind. The palr cost
$44. Mr.. Stephenson now only
has the one he used last night,
having sold its mate.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-11
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION,
FlFTlETH CONGRESS-.

THURSDAY, Aug 2.-After several bills
had been reported in the Senate the
fisheries treaty was again discussed in
open session. In the House the Senate
amendments to the Army Appropriation
Dill We're non-concurred in, and confer
ence was ordered. The Deficiency AID
preparation bill was further considered.
FRIDAY, Aug. Sin the Senate reso-
luton was passed to investigate the re-
latlons OF the Canadian railroads with
the transportation across the continent of
commerce which naturally belongs to the
United States. Mr.. Teller spoke in. oppo-
sltlon to ratifying the fisheries treaty. Ad-
]ourned to the 9th. In the House the De-
hclency Appropriation bill was further
considered. At the evening session twenty
pension bills were passed. Adjourned to
the 9th. . ..
MONDAY, Aug g. - In the Senate Sen
ator Edmunds introduced resolution in
regard to the death of General Sheridan.
and after he had spoken briefly it was
adopted. Senator FarweEl introduced a
OIL, which was referred, to give Mrs. Sher-
ldan pension of $4,000 Out of respect to
the memory of General Sheridan the Sem
ate then adjourned. In the House a few
new bills were introduced, the President's
announcement OF General Sheridan's death
was received, and after passing resolutions
OF coincidence the House adjourned
TUESDAY, Aug. 7.-Senator Sherman ad-
dressed the Senate in opposition to the
fisheries treaty. He advocated union with
canada. The House spent the day IN dis
cusslons OF the Columbus Exposition bill,
put When vote was reached it was dis
covered that no quorum was present.
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DEATH WINS.

The Conquer0r of AL Triumphs, Over the
Gallant Soldier General Philip H. sher-
idan, Who Passed Away at Nonquitt,
Mass, Sunday Night-The End Rather
Unexpected, and Caused by Recurrence
of the Old Heart Trouble ~ Universal
Sorrow at His Demise - His Life and
achievements
NoNQu1TT, Mass, Aug. General Philip
81. Sheridan died at 1920 o'clock last even
ing from an attack Of his old heart failure
trouble. Previous to the sudden appear
ance of heart failure at about $3.50 there
had been no premonitions of any unfavor-
able change in his condition. The
weather has been warmer than usual
and the General was at times little rest
less, but seemed generally bright
and cheerful. His voice was strong,
he took a full supply of nourish-
ment, slept occasionlly as usual,
and the doctors and the family were in
hopeful spirits. At Z o'clock Mrs. Sheri-
dan and the doctors went to the hotel for
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WHERE THE GENERAL DIED.
ceived with composure the news, and ex-
erted herself to make as comfortable as
possible the last hours Of her hus-
bands life. The renewing of the
coughing spells in the morning
brought fresh alarm to the household
Mrs Sheridan had summoned the four
children, and they We're brought into the
sick room. Colonel Mike sheridan was
also present, as were also the physicians
None of them left the chamber all through
the day. At each successive attack of
coughing the General grew weaker. For
second at time his heart ceased TO give
evidence OF pulsation, and again and again
did the physicians believe that the last
moment had arrived Then there would be
feeble futter, and instantly the oxygen
and electrical treatment would be re-
newed.
The General was conscious up to within
few hours of his death. He had, how
ever, lost the power of speech, and indi-
Gated by signs his desires. Mrs. Sheridan
sat at the bedside. Next to her was
Colonel Mike, and arranged around the
bedside were the four children. At
O'Clock the General gasped as if trying
to cough He was unsuccessful and
seemed to be awfully distressed at some
internal attack, which he could not relieve
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FROM WASHINGTON.

THERE were $50 business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 3D., against 2l7 the previous seven
days.
THE exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended the 4th aggrerat
ed S9l2, So, 265, against SSlS,625, 6S7 the pre-
Vious week. As compared with the CORE
spending week of 1887 the decrease amount
ed to 1873 per cent.
On the 9th flags were placed at half mast
ON all Government buildings in the coun
try as mark of respect to the memory of
General Sheridan.
On the 18th the North Atlantic squadron,
under command of Rear Admiral Luce, was
ordered to the fishing grounds in the Gulf
Of st. Lawrence to afford American fish
errnen protection
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LATER.

TWO prospectors came into Livingston,
Mont, on the Sth, with about $4,000 worth
OF gold specimens which they had dis
covered in Boulder Co.
AT an early hour on the morning of the
9Th fire occurr> d in a tenement house in
New York City. Gusta We Berg, wife, moth
er-in-law and - year old daughter were
all burned to death.
DISPATCHES from Galveston, Texas dated
the 9Th, state that during gale Oh Mon
day night eff Valparaiso two barks, one
French and the other English collided.
The crew Of the English bark, consisting OF
II men and Z of the French crew were
ashore and wrecked. ..........
WILLIAM AUCKLAND, from Dayton, KY
shot Joseph Bailey, A bert Freyer, and then
himself at the lockwood Pottery, near
Cincinnati, o., on the Sth.
DISPATCHES from Washington, D. c., dat
ed the Sth state that the Senate committee
have decided to fix the duty on wool in its
tariff bill slightly above that of the present
law.
Mayor Huwitt. of New York City, on the
Sth began suit for criminal SANDER against
the Editors OF the Daily Press of that city
The third annual session of the National
Miners and Mine Laborers assembly, began
at Cleveland, O., on the Sth.
FIRE broke out in the lumber district and
planting mills of Saginaw City, Mich, on
the 9th Sixteen houses and about $500, 900
of lumber were consumed.
DISPATCHES received by Surgeon General
Hamilton on the Sth, announced the appear
nnce of a case of yellow fever at Jackson
vile, Fla.
| A MIXED train on the Far.and branch OF
| the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis and
ChicagolRy, was thrown from the track at
Morgantown, Ind, on the Sth, by broken
rail. The passenger coach was thrown
down thirty-foot embankment and e:gh-
teen persons were injured.
TnE President, on the 9Th pardoned A. F.
Parker who was confined in the Montana
penitentiary, for counterfeiting.
! GEN. A. P. HovEY was on the Sth nomi-
mated for Governor by the Republican
State Convention of Indiana.
/ AS Northern Pacific freight train was
passing through Bozeman, Mont, tunnel on
the sth, A. w. Hunter, a brakeman fell be-
tween the cars, cutting of his head and
both hands.
The funeral of Gen. Endes, the French
ex-commonist took place in Paris on the
9Th. A large concourse gathered in the
streets and bombs were thrown into the
procession during its progress
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married couple IN the world, the captain
being eight feet tall and his wife seven feet

married couple IN the world, the captain
being eight feet tall and his wife seven feet
nine inches
WHILE going to a camp meeting nea.
Montgomery, Ala, on the 9Th lightning
struck three negroes and mule, instantly
killing the entire party.
The election in Alabama took place on
the 9th. the Democrats electing their tick
ct, headed by Thomas Seay for Governor,
by q large majority.
PROPERTY and crops were damaged to
the extent Of half a million dollars nv
storms in Central Missouri on the 9th, and
several persons were badly injured by
hail.
ADvIcEs Of the 9th say that family
named Myers, consisting of husband, wife
and two children, had been murdered by
Indians about forty miles above Denison.
Tex
REPUBLICANS of the Ninth district of
Michigan on the 9th renomlnated Byron
McCutcheon for Congress, and in the Ninth
North Carolina district nominated Hamil-
ton G. Evart
On the 9th letters of acceptance were
made public from the Presidential and
Vlce-Presidential nominees of the Prohibi-
ton party, Clinton B. Fisk and John A.
Brooks
FIRE on the 9th nearly destroyed
Blackstone, Va, thriving town of fifteen
hundred inhabitants on the Norfolk &
Western railroad.
The United Labor and Union parties of
Ohio consolidated on the 9th with the Ma
tional Union Labor party.
AN incendiary fire on the 7th at Hamp-
ton, Va, destroyed several fine buildings
The death OF Hugh CASTOR, aged one
hundred and five years and one month, oc-
CURED at his home in Lewis County, w.
Va, on the 18th.
The Sixth Iowa district Republicans in
convention on the It'll at Ottumwa nom
mated Mayor John F. Lally, of that place,
for Congress.
A WIND and rain-storm on the 7th at
Springfield, o., did damage amounting to
thousands OF dollars
MRS. GEORGE ALLEN was burned to
death on the 18th at Cleveland, O., by the
explosion of a gasoline stove, and the shock
made her husband maniac.
The Sioux Commissioners council with
the Indians at Standing Rock Agency,
d. t., was ended on the eth and the H.
dians dismissed after their final refusal to
sign the offered treaty .
FIRE on the 18th destroyed property
worth 100000 in the business portion of
Macon, Mo.
On the 18th G.. W. Hastings was NOM
mated for Congress by the Democrats of
the Second district of Nebraska.
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An Overworked Official,

Citizen (who wants to see a Govern.
ment ofdciaD-Is Mr.. So-and-so in?
Clerk-You are too early, sir. Mr.
So-and-so is not down town yet. Come
back in half an hour. .~
Citizen Cat the expiration of the halt
hour)-Can I see Mr.. So-and-sop
Clerk-You are too late, sir. Mr..
So-and-so has gone home for the day.
Ha7per's Bazaar.
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THE EAST.

On the I'd May Patton, a young woman,
shot her paramount, Charles DeKnight, and
then suicided in hotel room at Pitts
burgh, Pa. No cause for the deed was
known
IN the seven months ended on the 1st
2o,352 more immigrants landed at Castle
Harden. New York, than in the CORE
s aonding seven months of last year. The
July arrivals were $500, or l,246 more
than for July, 1887.
BY the burning of a six-story building in
New York on the Sd seventeen people were
burned to death and fifty more injured.
TWENTY dead bodies had on the 4th
been taken from the ruins of the recent
Bowery fire in New York
OK the 9TH Treasurer George l.. Perkins.
of the Norwich & Worcester railroad, cele-
brated his one hundredth birthday at his
home in Worcester. Mass.
THE death Of General Philip H. Sheridan,
Commander in Chief of the United States
armies, occurred at 1920 o'clock on the
light OF the 9Th at Nonquitt, Mass, from
II attack of his old heart failure trouble
The end came suddenly and unexpectedly,
as there had been no premonition of any
unfavorable change in his condi tion until
within few hours Of his death. General
Sheridan was born in Somerset, O., March
q, 1881 He leaves wife, the daughter of
General Rucker, of Chicago, and four
small children-three girls and one boy
PROF. W. Il. BROOKS. of Smith Observa-
tory, Geneva, N. Y, discovered comet on
the 18th.
In the vicinity of New York pleuro
pneumonia was on the 7th discovered
among cattle, and two hundred cattle had
been ordered killed.
On the 18th Mis-. Joseph B. Swift, the re
nowned hospital nurse and soldiers friend,
died at Chelsea, Mass, aged about fifty
five wears
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The Steady Hand,

The clear head, the vigorous stomach, I'M
broken slumber, are the priceless posses
sions Of those who do not suffer from nerv-
BUSINESS. 1t is quite possible for you, if
your nerves are weak, to endow them with
renewed vigor. Pleasant are the means
and easy. Use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
retire early, rise with the lark, eat regular
~, and take plenty of outdoor exercise.
The Bitters subdues malaria.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-11

A WESTERN newspaper says that two
freight cars can so press a man that he
won't be over six inches thick at any spot.
That's too thin. Rochester Post Express