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Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

Time of game, 1:30.
Runs earned, keytesville, L.
First base on errors, Mexico, 4;
k~eytesville, &.
First base on balls, Keytesville,
/.
Struck out, Mexico, 7; Keytes-
vile, Is.
Left on bases, Mexico, 7; Keytes-
vile, 2.
Two base hits, Keytesville. 1.
Double plays, keytsville, /.
Flies caught, Mexico, Z; Key
tesville, 8.
Fouls caught, Mexico, l; Keytes.
vile, /.
Umpire, 1rimble.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
Ice lice !

Our ice wagons run in all parts
ofthe city, supplying the very best
rec, cut off of healthy water. BY
the season we a sell cheaper
than any other dealer. We have
five times more ice than the others
and will finish the season. We have
ice to give To the sick and poor.
We were first and expect TO stay.
Ice can be had any time Of day at
Tom Hughes shop, next door to
Ian Ii. Morris livery stable.
w. X. PorTs IL Son.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
syrsp Of r,rs.

1t is Natures own true laxative.
II is the most easily taken, and the
most effective remedy known TO
Cleanse the System when Bilious
or Costive; to dispel Headaches,
Colds, and Fevers; TO Cure Habit,
ual Constipation, Indigestion, Piles
etc. Manufactured only by the
California Fig Syrup Company,
San Francisco, Cal. For sale by
G. r. Gibbs, druggist, Mexico,
Mo. Dec. IL, 1889.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

R. c. Graham, of this city,
bought of Turner McBaine, Column
bia, 119 head of three-year-old cat
tie, averaging about 1850 pounds,
at 1925 per hundred. Mr.. Graham
says "the cattle market is boom
inp.H
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
The Windsor Folding Bed,

The ladies of Audrain and sur
rounding counties are cordially in
vited to call and inspect this ju' I
celebrated upright foId'.s bed,
which has no equa'fD. easy work
ing and elernr at exseeS Igly
low prices ne Wiz sor is the
best folding bed maf1.
j. NJ MEsEFEE, Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
WANTED |.

As / am now going 10 ship in car
load lots, ! am prepared to pay top
prices for live poultry and want all
| can get of all kinds. Also pay
the highest market price in cash for
butter and eggs.
THos. GIBSON,
1I3 North Jefferson st., Mexico Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

VIM. A. Edmonston has just got
judgment against the WesternU Union
Telegraph Co. in two cases for one
hundred dollars each on account of
the failure of the company to de-
liver messages.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

X. H. Allen, ofDeer Park, Boone
County, will sell at the Fair grounds
in this city on September 4, forty
head of saddle and trotting bred
horses, mostly Clays and Mambri-
nos. Ten are choice brood mares.
while the others are young, ranging
from five months to five years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
Sale of Grass.

The grass on the Fair Grounds
will be sold to the highest bidder
at the east door of the Court House
in Mexico, Mo-, Saturday, June
at 2 p. m. Terms and condi-
tions made known day of sale.
4td wit ia GLANDoN, Sec,y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
Letter List.
MEXICO, Mo-, June rs. 1888
Excellence of grain. perfection Of

Excellence of grain, perfection Of
water, expert knowledge of all the
best methods Of distillation, ex-
tensive experience, abundant CAPT.
tai, complete and expensive equip.
ment and high purpose ; all these
are used in the making of
Il. ". Harper's Nelson County Whisky
for which we have secured the sole
agency. ]. T. SAUNDERS & Co,
Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

A number of nicely furnished
rooms to rent, located three blocks
from Public Square; rent reasona-
BILE. Apply at this office.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

Benz. Sharp, Esq, a leading
citizen of Wellsville, was in town
to-day and paid the LEDGER a
pleasant call.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

Alb. Armstrong, Sam Baskin,
Miss Ida Clendenin and others
from Audrain are going to Cali
fornia on a pleasure trip in July.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

President Cleveland has signed
the act making it a misdemeanor
to send through the mails postal
cards or letters containing libelous
devices calculated to bring delin-
uuent debtors into discredit. This
shuts out all bad DEBIT collect
ing agencies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

A number of citizens gathered at
the Union Depot last night to see
the new vestibule Hummer on
the Alton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
.. Il. UlBBs, Druggist,
d&w-tf Mexico, Mo.

Delicate persons, and all whose
systems have become debiliated,
should bear in mind that Simmons
Liver Regulator is not drastic,
purging medicine, does not weakin
or deplete the system as other pur-
gatlves do, but acts gently. II
Will lnvigorate like a glass of wine,
but Is no intoxicating beverage to
lead to intemperance !; will pro-
mote digestion, dissipate headache,
and generally tone up the system
Hon. Alex. FL. Stephens, of Ga,
says :; Summons Liver Regulate,
Is mild and suits me better than
more active remedies
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
Brfck for Sale.

have plenty of the very best of
brick for sale. Large orders can
be filled at once. DIFF
A. NJ. HARRISON,
Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

j. 7. Johnson shipped to St.
Louis 325 hogs which sold at from
S4.75 to $500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

The Mexico ladies are very fond
of base ball, and, by the way, are
well up in the points of the game.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

The Mexico-Auxvasse picnic has
been declared off. From last We'd
nesday it was postponed until to-
day on account ofinclement wealth
err; rain has again interfered and it
was thought best to let the matter
drop.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

Go to Jim CARROTS if you want
spring wagons, surrey, buggy or
carriage. He has the best work
ever brought to Mexico. Also,
Minneapolis binders. Call and
look for yourselves. Large stock
of all kinds of hardware, stoves,
etc. TAT
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

The Missouri Christian Lecture
ship will convene in the Christian
Church at this place July 1919. A
number of prominent ministers
have accepted places on the pro-
gramme, and a feast of avery high
order is anticipated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

Miss Sallie Parks, of Centralia,
is the guest of Miss Lizzie Ami
stead, OF South Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

L keep more furniture and better
furniture than all the five stores IN
Audrain county and will give you
goods for less money. Call and
see. tt ]. M. MRNKFEE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

Weimer, the cigar manufacturer,
now employs thirteen men in his
place of business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

Miss Pink Edmonston and Miss
Withers are the guest of Miss
Jennie Hit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

FOR EASTERN MONEY On LONG
TIME LOAN, AT LOWEST RATES,
APPLY TO kILGORE Il HOWELL,
LOAN AGENTS, MEXICO, MO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
The Best Shoes.

The best ladies' shoe is madeSb
Tennent, Walker T. Co., of st.
Louis. Ask your merchant for
them. 7-4t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

All kinds of window and store
awnings made to order.
diff JIM. MENEFEE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

Miss Heioise Mumpower has re-
turned home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

George Venable, of Columbia, is
in the city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

Hubert Schmidt and L. B.
Norris are in Marshall, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah Wright are
visiting in Boone county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

A TRIP SoUTH.-Mr. L. NJ. Mar
tin, "a prominent Iowa railroad man,
and Superintendent of the st.
Louis, Des Moines & Northern r.
R. says: "On my return from a
recent trip South, where the water
was very impure, | was attacked
with a violent case of cholera NOR
bus. Having heard agreat deal OF
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy l concluded to
try it and with the most beneficial
results; within six hours | was
completely cured" No well regu-
lated household should ever be
without a bottle of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy. Sold by
G. R. GIBBS, Druggist,
d&w-tf Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
wheelers Must Keen Still,

LEBANON, NO., June 24.-Mr,
Thomas Gross, of Pulaski county,
was taken from his home a few
days ago by a band of night riders
and whipped. His alleged offense
was revealing some of the secrets
of the Wheel, which had just been
organized in that neighborhood.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

The purest and best ice cream in
the city every day. Also delivered
TO any part Of the city. d&wtf
J. w. Mckinney.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
TRIP.

These tickets will be on sale
July3d and 4th, net returning after
July 9Th, 1888.
The Wabash Western Short Line
trains are equipped with elegant
Day Coaches, Free Reclining Chair
Cars, V%estibule Buffet Parlor Cars
and Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars.
For Further particulars apply to
the nearest ticket agent of the Wa.
bash Railway.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
CELEBRATE THE FOURTH.
Low Rates via The Wabash West
r. Railway.

For the coming Fourth of July,
the Wabash Western Railway will
sell tickets between all stations, in
Guiding St. Louis, Kansas City,
St. Joseph, Council Bluffs and Des
Moines, at
ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND
TDTD
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
AN ENGLIsHMAN WAS THERE.
What Was Found in All Sings
DisreDutabIe Opium Den.

y
Disreputable Opium Den.
All Sing will not ''smoke him opium
pipe" again for long time, says the
San Francisco Examiner. His fOndness
for the exhilarating fumes of the drug,
and his benevolence in opening up a
path by which his white brethren could
also be visited with yOluptuous visions,
led him into the thorny path which
landed him i'm the arms OF justice and
Judge HOrnblOwer.
Yesterday he appeared in court to
to answer to the charge of keeping an
opium place. He put on his most innO-
cent look, smiled his most guilelesS
smile. and allowed Harris Lowenthal to
defend his spotless character.
Officer COnbOy, who is remarkable for
his bulk and good humor. first testified.
"This man isn't quite as green as he
looks. your honor" he said, ''for he not
only keeps resort of heathenS like
himself, but lets white men come in and
hit him pipe On the 23d inst, while
| was strOlling through SpOffOrd alley,
saw man glance furtiyely around out
side of one of the houses.
ssWhen he entered thought / would
investigate, as had long suspected All
Sing i'm the opium business. l travelled
through long passages, and had to
squeeze my body, which isn't the small
est in the world, into very awkward
openings. The atmosphere got so thick
that was tempted to cut some OF it and
carry it home in my pocket.
Atlast got to door, and through
hole l saw nine Cinnamon seated on
benches, with opium layouts near them.
When entered three were insensible,
and lay back with CLASSY eyes and
palIid faces. Three others were heat
ing the opium over the little lamps or
sucking the sinking smoke through the
pipes. Frederick Sanders, an English
man, was being initiated into the mys-
teries Of the art by Celestial, and he
His face was flushed, and he Stammered
so much when he saw me that | thought
he would have fit.
''Ah Sing was fixing pipe for China
woman, who lay on one of the hard
hunks, and when | arrested him he
cursed as hard as stage william"
"Well, Mr.. Sing, how do you explain
away these Statements" asked his
honor.
sob, belly easy, judge. | cook for
BO Sin Scar society, and him glib me
room so | lookee after him building.
Me belly good Chilaman and hab heap
friend. They come see All Sing, and
we glib 'em pipe smoke allie same other
Chilamen. We no want white men
come, but him no go away. Him say he
want to see how bloody pipe work, and
what um keeps in Chinatown, and we
no like to fightee him."
All Sing wanted to call seven cousins
and five uncles to corroborate his state
ment, but his honor said with stern
curl of his nose: my man, this won't
do. It's bad enough when you China
men lower yourselves to the level of the
swine which grOvel in the mud. but
when you encourage free-born Ameri-
cans and subjects of her majesty into
your Celestial mansions, it is time to put
bride on you. This time 500 will OBJ
viate the necessity of your spending 200
days in the house of correction, but
you had better go and hang yourself be-
fore appearing in this court. Au
revoir."
He paid the fine.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
THE GAME OF CRIBBAGE.
The Young Lady Purchases a Sup.
ply Of Pegs.
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
A congenial circle of uptown ac-
quaintances is having good laugh at
the expense of one of its members, a
young lady recently married. 1t had
occurred to her that one of her b0unden
duties should be to interest her husband
i'm his home to the extent that he should
find the most of his amusement and en-
tertainment there. LII the course of her
studies as to ways and means she heard
of the game of cribbage, with which, up
to that time, she had been entirely unfa-
miliar. She learned that it was played
with pack OF playing cards and a
board, along which were several rows of
holes. She secured the cards and the
board, -but by some accident the pegs
thrt they have to mark the progress of
the game were lost on the way to her
house. She accordingly returned to the
store to supply the want, and told the
clerk she wanted TO get some cribbage
pegs. To the question "HOw many?"
the Young bride thought moment. and,
probably considering the possibility of
future accidents of the same kind and
the necessity of having enough pegs to
keep all the holes filed, she responded:
Il think six dozen would do" The
clerk was either too well bred or too anx-
ious to serve his employer to advise the
lady very strongly against making such
an extraordinary purchase, and the re-
suit was that she carried home the en-
tire stock of cribbage pegs in the store.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18

to the ground, but the fourth renamed
upright, impregnable and desolate; no
one ever entered it. Immense and
sterile terraces, without flowers or
shrubs, replaced the rampartS that had
once made of the building a veri
table fortress, presenting in win
ter sea of mud, in summer an
ocean of dust, while at the top of the
bitches that still encircled it waved and
rustled row of stunted lindens: Be
hind it extended a garden laid out in the
French style, bordered with ragged box,
filled with silent fountains and mutt
lated statues. ...,.-
Truly funeral outlook--but what did
it matter to Madeleine?
One evening in January, toward II
o'clock, the COmteSSe d Heracles entered
her salon. She had just returned from
visiting sick one in the village below,
who, believing herself dying, had asked
for her interceSSion. Her long black
mantle and hood, similar to those worn
by the VoSgean peasants, were covered
with rain and Sleet.
Il need you no longer, Adele" she
said to the waiting woman, relieving
her of her wraps and putting to rights
for the night; lit is late. Get you to
bed, my girl; get you to bed at once"
Adele Obeyed, and the comtesse re-
NAMED alone, as was her nightly Gus
tom, to watch and pray in that gloomy
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
The Newer Way.

The business of Burglary having Re-
turned but small Margin for several
years, Circular was issued and all
Prominent Burglars gathered in Con-
vention. After several speeches had
been made by leading spirits, Billy the
Kid offered the following Preamble and
Resolution:
''Whereas, The business of Burglary
has steadily declined for Several years
past: and,
Whereas. The reason for this decli-
nation lies in the Fact of Opposition to
each other; now, therefore,
Resolved, That the Burglars of this
country organize themselves into a
Trust Tor the purpose of Maintaining
Remuneratiye rates."
On motion of Jimmy Safe-Blower. the
above was put to Vote and Unanimously
adopted, and the convention adjourned
with great good feeling.
Moral: The Murderer's Syndicate will
be the next thing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
SANS PRACTICAL JOKE.
IL Works Like a Boomerang ant
He Will Play No More.
Boston Transcript.

Boston Transcript
There is one darky in Peoria who will
play no more tricks or practical jokes
for while, at least. This is something
for which he has been somewhat noted
in the past. Shortly after the anarchist
executions he met another darky who
was badly frightened.
''Sam," said he, s'I'se almost afraid to
go to bed, Suppose some arnikist frow
a bomb 'gainSt me some time when l
was gwine home"
''Pshaw," answered Sam. the Joker,
that amt the way they do. They'll
just drop bomb in your back yard. and
you'll wake up some morning and lind
yourself a mile high and cellar in de
back yard.'
Then finding that Joe was so badly
frightened. Sam resolved to have some
fun with him. He took about three
inches of gas-pipe, filled it with sand,
plugged up one end and in the other in
serted a piece of firecracker, with the
snap removed, SO that it would merely
fiz. He then took it and quietly laid it
in JOc'S back yard. Unfortunately for
the success of the project, Joe was
peeping through the cracks in the stable
where Sam was manufacturing the
bomb, and also saw him place the bomb
in his back yard. The next morning
Sam was over to see Joe early. He drew
him gently in the back yard, and there
pretended to discover the bomb. Joe
jumped about three feet in the air and
exhibited all the marks of extreme ter
ror. He wanted Sam to leave the spot
with him at once and warn the family;
and Sam sat down on the doorstep and
laughed until his back ached.
Joe" said he, you am the hardest
fool niggah ebber see. Dat am moth
ing. Why, l could fire dat off in my
mouf." And he picked up the gas pipe.
sam! SAM" yelled Joe, drop dat.
or foah de Lawd you'll be blow'd up
Sans only answer was to laugh
harder. Then he pulled match, held
the gas pipe up to his mouth and
touched the match to it.
The next moment there was flash, a
scattering sound, red light, howl Of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
run NUtsO III LIVE lin,
A New Convent for the School
Of the Sisters Of the
Visitation.
Plans for a Structure That
Will Be an Ornament to
the City.
It Will Give Scope for Greater
Work in the Educational
Line.
Work to Be Begun on It at an
Early Day--Its In
terror.

The new convent and academy pro-
jected by the Sisters of the Visitation
will, when completed, add much to the
architectural beauty of the city and
rank with the leading private educa-
tiOnal institutions of the West. Plans
of the proposed structure, which will be
of an imposing character and cost in
the neighborhood of 100000, are in
course of preparation by Architect John
G. Mccarthy, of this city. The work
undertaken by the sisters is of great
magnitude. When they came here first,
in 1878, the building at 3lS Somerset
street. now occupied as St. Mary's
home, was quite sufficient for their
needs and the school then organized.
Eight years ago the pressing demand
for more. room necessitated a
change of quarters and the sis
tiers acquired, by purchase. the
property now occupied by them at Rob
ert Street and Aurora avenue, and which
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18

at least suspicion, saw him stop before
q door an the second floor and enter like
man expected. Thanks to franc
piece bestowed upon servant, the spy
learned the name of the traveller who
occupied the room was Nine. Alice
Davidson, an English woman. speaking
scarcely word of French, unacqualnted
with Paris, well-dressed, apparently
rich. but without distinction, and very
probably bore close relationship to the
gentleman who had gone into her room:
The President Daubeterre hesitated
no longer to apprise his niece OF these
peculiar facts.
The third day, Lionel having again
manifested an intention to depart I'M
mediately after dinner, Nine. d Heracles
did not object, bat as soon as ne had de-
parted sent for voiture, hastily donned
bonnet and mantle, and few minutes
later was
WAITING IN SIGHT OF HER LOVERS
DOOR.
In due tine the mysterious visitreSS ap-
peared, rang and entered, but unlike
the first interview. her stay was short:
Scarcely quarter Of an hour had
elapsed when the cOmtesse saw
her reappear, enter the ilacre
and drive away Wild with jealousy
baron. To the first stroke of the bell no
one responded. Persistence. however,
won the day. Lionel answered. Hag-
gard, Stammering she questioned him.
a woman pasSionately in love is neither
skillful nor discreed. She revealed
everything, the inquietude of the presi-
dent. his espionage, the means employed
to discover this cruel adventure, and
ended by depicting in words so true and
eloquent the anguish Of which she was
the victim, that a spaSm of sorrow and
regret contracted her lovers face.
Il swear to you, Madeleine" he said
to her, his voice broken by an emotion
he was unable to conceal. 81 swear to
you that this woman, this Alice David
son, is not what you belieVe-Sle is not
my mistress, | swear it to you! The
only being, the only one in all the
world, who is near or dear to me, is you.
Madeleine-yOu, whom | adore. DO
not doubt me, [ beseech you! L
swear to you that it is TRUTH am not
lying to you. Alice Davidson has come
here on family matters but ask me
no mOre-I am unable to answer you at
this moment. Nevertheless, be sure
that live for you, for you alone. |
will render you SO happy that you will
regret neither your devotion nor your
trust: You are my redemption-G0d
wills it thuS-be as charitable as He.
But now come, let me take you to your
home-it is not we'll that you should be
berer'
When the cOmteSSe once more babe
her lover good night it was with heart
more his own than ever.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18

ing headlines that ''tlfe Baron de Noir-
m0ustier had aSSaSSinated his son, had
been arrested, convicted and locked in
Newgate." When Mime. de Heracles
saw these lines Oh opening the evening
paper she believed for moment that
ohe was mad. She was not mad, now
ever; the news waS'true.
The body of William de Noir-
mouStier, the morning after hunt
ing party at the Marquis of Barck-
ley's, at which he and his father
had been guests, was found at
the bottom of ravine bordering the
wood in which they had hunted. Rob
berry had been supposed the motive I'M
and a p0cketbook containing large
later on the hunting-knife with which
the deed was done was found in a
neighbOring pool and recognized as
that of the Baron de NOirmouStier.
The accused shut himself in naughty
silence, "a Baron de NOirmoustier is
not apswerable to English tribunalsw
being his response to all questioning.
All the same he was condemned to
death, and to be hanged according to
the English custom, in the prison of
Newgate. The unhappy woman who
had loved him so well, was unable to
follow either the process OF the debates
of the trial. A prey to Il violent BRAIN
fever, she lay for two months
EACKED WITH PHYSICAL SUFFERINGS,
cruel to contemplate and endure, yet
sutferings that were both benefcent and
healing. for in them she had forgotten
all mental anguish. Thinking to benefit
her by carrying her to place as far as
possible from the scene of her
troubles, the President Daubeterre and
Hedwige, as soon as she could travel,
departed with her for the family chateau
near LuXeuil, at the foot of the VosgeS.
But the cOmteSSe, with the I'M Justice of
despair. refused to endure the sight or
presence of her uncle, attributing to him
hand in the frightful disaster that had
shattered her life. He was forced to
leave her to the care Of her daughter,
and of the cure Of Heracles, an aged and
rustic apostle, venerated throughout the
neighborhood for more than thirty years,
the only surgeon, in fact, capable of
mlnistering to the burning wounds of
this stricken soul.