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Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10
Administrators Nefiee,

Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration upon the estate OF Jacob
Jarck. deed, have been granted the I'M
dersigned, l. A. Kuhne, by the Probate
Court of audrain county, Missouri, bear
ing date December 5, 1883,
All persons having claims against said
estate are required to exhibit them for
allowance to the administrator within
one year after the date, or they may be
pfecIuded from any benefit of such
estate. aud if such claims be not exhibit
ed within w years from this date they
will be forever barred.
L.. A. KUHNE, Administrator.
daEIN til lan u
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10
Don't Kiss Tho Baby.

FFlTIf IEHIafE HEUF-IWa IKE.
= x * In common with the
rest, one day | besought her to
give ME a kiss. The baby drew
herself up with an air and said,
Mamma tells me not to tiss -
At once the wisdom of the mother
impressed me, and one phase of
indiscriminate kissing was present
ed as never before. To touch with
lips that might carry with them the
breath of illness-the wise mother
meant her child should run no such
| risk
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10
Trustpe'g Sale.

Whereas, n. B. Shaffer and A. T.
Shaffer, his wife, did on the 22nd day OF
July, 1887, execute and deliver their
deed OF trust to the undersigned TO Sc.
cure the payment of a note therein de-
sc ribed, which deed of trust is record
ed in book Y, page 80, for trusts, 10 Re
corder's office of Audrain county. Mis-
souri, and, whereas, said deed of trust
confers power upon the undersigned
trustee 10 sell the lands therein de-
scribed for non-payment of said nete
and interest ; and. whereas, said shater
has failed to pay said note and inter
est, or any part thereof for six months
previous to this publication now,
therefore, nnder the authority in me
vested by said deed of trust, ! shall, on
Monday, the 2Sth day Of January,
1889,
at the east door Of the Court House, IN
Mexico, Mo, in order to pay said note
and othe,w wise comply with the oondi-
tons of said deed of trust, sell TO q
highest bidder, for cash, the land IN
| SAID trust described, to-wit Lot 40:
| of block No. 6 OF Lakenan & Barnes
| Highland addition TO the city oil Mex
ico.
3Stds. II. A. RICKETTS,, Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10
Col. Green Clay.

Green Clay, of Audrain, and
Teasdale, of Kansas City, are sale
by the ladies to be the most pull
phritudinous members of the en.
ate. Senator Green Clay, OF Au
drain, will be one of the strong
members of the senate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

THERE is trouble in the camp.
1t comes to us from Ohio that Sher-
man hates Foraker and that Fora
ker hates Sherman, and that the
word is razors ! This Is as it should
be. Let the merry war go On I'm.
til both are exterminated. In all
that constitutes unloveliness, 1t is
six Of one and half a dozen of the
other, and bad luck to the sur
v1v0r'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10
CLAY and Clark.

Green Clay, of Mexico, repre-
SCENTS the Eleventh Senatorial Dis
triot. He Was born in Bergan
county, Ky, and graduated at Yale
College in 1859 "a classmate of the
late Bishop Robertson of the
Episcopal Diocese of Missouri.)
He was attending a course of lee
lures in law at Cambridge when
the war broke out. His family
was divided on the war issue, his
father IA member of Congress)
siding with the Union and Il brother
serving with distinction in the
Confederate army. In 1860, Mr..
Clay was appointed Secretary of
Legation with his uncle C. NJ.
Clay) to Russia and afterwards
served as Secretary Of Legation and
Charge d'Ailaires in Italy, during
the u%uiiication of the Kingdom.
He visited Garibaldi while II
prisoner at Capreri and befriended
him with the good offices of the
United States Legation with the
Italian Government. Upon his
return from Europe in 1867, Mr..
Clay took up his residence in Mis-
sissippi and engaged in planting
until 1900 when he moved to Mis-
souri, where he also owned farming
property. He was elected to the
Mississippi Legislature in 1875 in
the great upheaval that redeemed
the State from carpet-bag rule and
took part in the impeachment of
Ames and Davis, the carpet-bag
Governor and Lieutenant-Gover-
nor. He served two terms in that
Legislature and also served several
wears Us Commissioner and P,esi-
dent of the Board of Mississippi
LeVce Commissioners, which posi-
ton he resigned after moving to
Missouri. He has been chairman
of the Audrain county delegation
to four Congressional Conventions
preceding the last one. He was
always a Democrat.
Cyrus F, Clark, of Mexico, rep
rcsents Audrain county in the As
sembly. He was born in New
Hampshire, November II, 1S4I.
His parents moved to Clermont
county, Ohio, in 1854. Mr.. Clark
was raised on a farm and his educa-
ton was limited to the public
schools of that county. When he
was 10 years of age he came to
Missouri and went to work as a
farm hand. but in a short time en-
gagged in teaching school and con-
tinued in that profession for six
years. During that tiue he taught
one year in Texas. Since then he
has devoted his time to farming
and stock raising. in which he Is
now engaged. He has served in
the City Council at Mexico. Mr..
f Clark is president of the Audrair
County Fair Association and presi.
dent of the North Missouri Fail
Circuit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

THE prayer meetings every night
this week should be we'll attended.
This is the Week OF Prayer ana the
people Of Mexico have nnusaI
reasons for properly observing it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

THE Brooktield .trg,,S used over
q ton of paper in its New Year
edition, which was one of the most
complete and readable issues OF a
country paper we ever inspected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

DICK SPEED, editor Of the Nevada
HAL, goes to Jefferson City to-mor-
row to confer with the executive
committee Of the Missouri Press
Association with u view of bringing
the annual meeting Of editors to
Nevada. There is no better place
in Missouri than Nevada for such
a meeting, and Speed will get what
he goes after.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

MANY OF our best stock men are
investing in black muley cattle and
claim that they are the best for all
purposes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10
And Yet the World Moves

from tIle kAhsaS IiIs Times.
Mrs. Harrison admits that she ii
against deeouets toilettes, fayofs
bustles and is in doubt as to wine.
This il q fair stand-of. The general
il opposed to wine, but win pro.
bable wink at hustles. Youns
Russell appears, from late New
York evidence, to countenanee
dseoL<te. Altogether the situation
IL still mixed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

MOORE q NELSON, real estate, and
loan brokers and abstracters, are
doing an immense business.
Though a new firm. both of the
gentlemen are experienced in the
business they have undertaken here
and we predict for them a success
full career. Their advertisement
in another column should be read
by everyone at all interested.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

THE colored voters have added a
new interest to the Cabinet ques-
ton by demanding a high reward
for their answering devotion to
the Republican party in all nation
al elections. They claim to have
won the victory for Gen. Harrison
and in return, ask the appointment
of one of their number as a Cabinet
officer, their favorite being Blanche
X. Bruce, ex-United States Sena-
tor from Mississippi, and more re-
Gently Register of the Treasury.
Mr.. Bruce is a man of respect.
ability, and has, perhaps, more
than any other man of his ract
who has sat In Congress, the re
spect Of those with whom he Sc nv
ed, but he will get no pl ace in tht
Cabinet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

ANY gentleman in Mexico de-
string to erect a house can now Sc
cure stock from the E. & L. Associ-
alton and borrow money on easy
and reasonable terms. There are
a number of people in Mexico who
should stop paying rent and put up
a house of their own.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

THE demandants Of q uniform MAJ
riage and divorce law IN this
country as a cure for the evil oftoo
frequent divorce can learn some
thing from the divorce statistics OF
France. That republic has a uni,
form marriage and divorce law
throughout its entire length and
breadth. Yet it had last yeal
; 315 divorces
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10
The Christmas Day Controversy

The Christmas Day Controversy.
Correspondence nj The ledger.
CENrRAIIA, Mo, Jan. IA
Methodist and Il Master Mason
ought to post himself a little in The
teachings Of the Fellow Craft
degree in regard to the questions
he has put to the writer respecting
the age of Masonry, "Tusean,'
"Dorjc," "Ionic,' ''Corinthian'
and Composite" We don't care
to discuss this question in a public
journal.
When Paul speaks about the
!"Holy Apostles and PROPHETS" he
includes John the Baptist, and
when that same Paul writes ''to the
saints which are at Ephesus," he
includes all the faithful disciples
at Ephesus. This town is fire.
quentIy applied to Gods people
collectively, never applied to
make distinction of one from the
others. Hence, all disciples are
saints.
Every student of history knows
that long before the reformation
the jealously CT the church was
excited by the Masonic brethren
simply because they refused sub.
mission i'll all things to the Popes
In England an act was passed
early i'll the sixteenth century, a
the instigation of Henry of Beau
fort. Cardinal of Winchester. AT
forwards, however, this act wa:
revoked. If our brother will come
up Il little higher and consent t.
be dubbed" a Knight Templar
he will learn some things of whicl
now, evidently, he is ignorant.
According to my obligation,
hold communication with a Mason
;, or Masons wherever found, includ
ing French and Italian Masons; 0
course, a Mason is a Mason wher
ever found.
:. The Masons did not put ST
Johns day in the calendar, 1. {.
the church calendar. They foun'
it therel Rome did that. Al
men have their feast days. Ad
vancIng intelligence tends to regu
late these feasts and to make Their
significant. Hence, among tn
J lowest races of men, we find feast
in celebration of the return c
| spring or the advent Of winter
/ Feasts of this nature are well-nig
Immortal. The priesthood, frol
the most savage people up, hs
: taken advantage of these feasts t
further the cause Of religion(0 The
F. have tried to make them slgnit
l cant of important events or epocf
: in their religious history. We nee
| only refer to the Roman Churc
: adopting Easter and Christmas
e representatives Of the birth
Christ. The midsummer solsti'
was celebrated by the heathens
q June, the midwinter solstice
December-iust six months apar
o Here was a chance to cater to ?
ganism. 1t was done. The al
: of June was named St. Johns ds
and the 25th of December Chris
nlas. We don't see wherein Il
Great Light of Missionary did an
thing towards settling said days
dates.
We kindly refer ga Method;
and Il Master Mason to "Prestor
Illustrations of Masonry"
John Eutick's work, published u
der the Grand Lodge III Londo
England, in 1856, and Anderso
l723. "Morris' Dictionary
:, "Mackey's R~itualist," "Sicke
Monitor" "Mackey's Lexicon
'Rebold'sHistory of Freemasonry
- Any or all of these works W
throw a considerable ray of Zig
s. from the East into the mind of h
who will carefully peruse them.
S. MAGE.
The Escaped Bald Knobber.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, January Z
K. James Groves, a cattle buyer W
- " u
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

Nor last years, but this years,
New York murderers are to be
punished by electricity. The first
murderer of the present year will
be an object of great interest, and
no doubt ne will be found guilty in
order that the new scheme may be
given q trial az early as possible.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

Teachers Institute Programme
The following is the programme
of the Teachers Institute to be
held at Benton City on Saturday,
January 10, 1889:
MORNING SESSION.
10 O'Clock, organization and cleo
ton of officers.
1915. Uutility of object les
sons, G. Z. Johnson.
HIS. Discussion, T. Clark and
others.
1900. Adjournment.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
lis. Parental Cooperation, R.
D. Rodgers.
las. Discussion, B. W. Tor
reyson and others.
2:10. Oral teaching, Miss Mag
gle Torreyson.
$40. Discussion, Miss Lutte
Cave and others.
3:O5. Methods of Teaching U.
S. History, F. n. Peters.
1856. Discussion, B. W. Torrey-
son.
$3.50. Essay, Miss Lutte Cave;
discussion.
4:40. Adjournment.
NIGHT SESSION.
6:45. Opening exercises.
700. One view of the Practical
in Education, d. A. Mcmillan.
7:30. Discussion, l.. ]. Hall
Montgomery.
500. Educational wants, S. T.
Davis.
$50, Discussion, w, D. Thomas
and others.
sos Adjournment.
All teachers invited.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

THE ice men and small boys with
sledS are smiling.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

NEVADA, m of the most enter
prising cities in the West, secured
the next meeting of the Missouri
Press Association. As We stated
several days ago, when Dick
Speed, of the Hail, got his tow
line out, other towns would do well
TO leave the track.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

E>gNyxs for Clark and Potts
Combination Sale are fast coming
in and the sale promises 10 be even
more of Il success than il has been
heretofore.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

JoHE CLAY, 4 Chicago man,
said "Ah, there ~ 10 a Mrs. Be
ment, and she had him arrested.
Tbs court held that it was an in
suit, and he was fined $50, after
which Mrs. Bement punched his
head
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

EVERY teacher in the county
should attend the Saturday Insti-
tutes. They will be a blessing to
all interested in the cause of
Education. Take your note book
and experience; let others be
profited by your knowledge, and
it you are in doubt on any ques-
ton have the teachers discuss the
subject in your presence; mingle
your thoughts with theirs, exchange
ideas, get more enthusiasm. No
live, energetic teacher can afford to
miss a teachers meeting. Good
teachers mean good schools. Every
teacher should strive to become
better by associating with the best.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10
Pocket Book Lost.

Lost. on the South Side of the
Pubic Square on Monday, the 18th
inst, a dark red folding pocket
book containing SIG. Liberal re-
ward paid to finder on returning to
the LEDGER Office.
2t-d ltw HARRY WHITAKER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

Gov oREHoUsE, in the language
OF his organ-the St. Louis Post
Dtspatch-is doing all he can as he
goes out to "get even" and is
now making several appointments
throughout the State which should
clearly be made by Francis. His
action is without precedent, and,
of course, his object is to appoint
men who will be particularly OBJ
noxious to the new administration.
Oh, well, man should be humored
as much as possible when on his
| death bed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

Who was it that said anything
about California weather or play
ing base ball III Missouri during
JANUARY
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10
Tuesday, the Fifth day ofFebruary,
4 d 1880

between the hours Of min O'Clock in the
forenoon and five O'Clock in the after
noon of that day, ut the east front door
OF the Court House in the city of Mexico,
county of Audrain aforesaid sell the
same, or so much thereof as many be re-
quirej, at public vendue, to. the highest
bidder for cash in hand Subject to all
prior liens and j~udgments)to satisfy said
execution and costs.
G. W. ADAMS,
Sheriff of Audrain Co., Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

II is Il great comfort to the West
ern farmer to have IL Republican
newspaper explain his mortgages.
Ii explanations were cancellations,
the unfortunate farmer would soon
be on the road to permanent pros
perity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10
S;,erim'S Sale.

B. virtue and authority of transcript
execution issued from the Office of the
CLERK of the Circuit Court of Audrain
County, Missouri, re Iurnable at the
January term, 1859, Of said court, and to
me ii ERECTED in favor of S. G. Baskin
and against Frank 7. ~IIuiett, | have
levied upon and seized all the right, title,
interest and claim of the said Frank T.
HuIett, of, in and to the following de-
scribed real estate, to-wlt: The west
half of section FIVE (5), township fifty
[50I, range seven III, vest; also, the
northwest quarter Ia of section three
Isl, township fifty sol, range seven "a,
west. All living and being in the said
county, and State of Missouri; and |
will, on
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

He was sired by Croswhite's famous
stallion and is sound and all right, and Is
Il beautiful animal aud as fine as a fiddle.
This horse will be sold TO the highest
bidder. No ma eau make a mistake in
buying him.
tbs A. r. BOVINE, Centralia, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

John Pollard is the owner of a
dandy horse that gets out and goes
at a fine gait. The animal is a
good locker and trots splendidly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10
A Dead Bank Robber.

CINCINNATI, Jan. Ben Hop
kins, of the Fidelity Bank, who
has just been pardoned out of the
penitentiary, died this morning,
A short time ago he said: ''When
l die | want inscribed on my tomb
this sentence: Murdered by E.
l.. Harper | want that man held
up to the execratlon of honorable
men. Let the men scorn him as
they would a viper, for he has
stung me into the grave"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

Mrs. E. Lee, of Page avenue, St.
Louis, is in Mexico to spend a
month with her daughter and
grandchildren.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

Game is beginning to make its
appearance on the market.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

purposes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-10

OF! Is
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-01
DEFENDING WRISTS.

1t is an apparent anomaly to find the
champions of trusts employing free
trade arguments in defense of the in
iquitous combines. And yet that is pre-
cisely what Prof. DWIGHT does in his
learned and elaborate defense of the
legality of trusts in the current number
of the Popular Science Monthly. He
starts out with the theory that these
conSpiracieS for eytortion are natural
development of the principles of civil
lied business, and that it is contrary to
public policy to place any restrictions
upon trade, or to interfere by legislation
with the natural laws which govern it.
1t he were making an argument in favor
of the abolition of tariff duties, Prof.
DwIGHT's premises would be all right.
But as he is arguing in favor Of main
taininga system which is the outgrowth
of an excessive tariff, the public will be
slow to reconcile the principles he lays
down with the facts that are outlined.
When Prof. DWIGHT says that trusts
are not dangerous because "they can
not overcome the law of demand and
supply, nor the resistless power of I'M
limited competition" he has evidently
lost sight of the aims and purposes of
the ''trust' system,an is most asSuredly
obliviouS to the progress Of events. 1t
was for the purpose of suppressing ''the
unlimited power of competition" that
the trusts were invented, and the single
aim of these organizations is to amend
the law OF supply and demand to suit
their purposes. They assume to regu-
late production for the purpose of pre-
venting glut and cheap prices, when
their real purpose is to create scarcity
and initiate prices beyond what the uu-
restricted law of supply and demand
would fix them. At best, Prof. DwIGHT's
learned argument only goes to show
what little practical knowledge the
average doctrinaire has of the subject
he usually writes about. Admitting
that the professors theories are all
right, still they are not applicable to the
condition that confrontS us. The sugar
trust and the copper trust operations
have long ago convinced the public that
these combines are nothing more or less
than cOnspiracies against the world, and
their purpose is toreyolutioniZe all bust
ness laws so as to give them practical
monopoly of trade. If Prof. DWIGHT
would get down among the COM
mon people and study the trust Ques-
ton. from their side, he would
readily discover the fallacies of his
argument and see in what a ridiculous
light he has placed himself.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-01

is no room left for doubt as to where
the leader of the Republican league
stands. His relations with the general
are quite confidential, and he is looked
upon as one of the best authorities to
speak for that side of the house.
Dan Aberle has returned to the pOlit-
1t is hardly probable that ballot on
senator will be reached much before
the 20th of January, and probably later.
Ten legislative days after the session
has opened is the time set for the joint
session, which would bring it about the
latter part of January. In the interim
the legislature must choose its own
officers, listen to Gov. McGiIi's message
and attend two banquets. With this
prospect in view the law making will
hardly start before February. If the
senatorial contest should be of any
length tas it was in 1889, the actual
work of this session will be commenc-
ing just about the time the last session
started to think of adjournment.
~
The preparations for the inaugural
banquet are being made on scale to
surpass anything of the kind ever held
in this state.
Hon. f. F. Comstock is of the opinion
that when the question comes before
the legislature of taking ten days re-
cess to go and see Harrison inaugurated,
a majority will be in favor of it. He
thinks party of 800, including the leg
islature. might be easily made up. The
recess would be from March to
March TO-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-01
HOW Will WORK.

A Pennsylvania saw manufacturer
and high tariff man testified before one
of the congressional committees that he
exported his saws to Canada, paid
Canadian duty of 80 per cent. and still
made a fair profit on them. A saw that
he sells to the American trade for So he
could also sell on the Canada line for
50. after having paid tax of 30 per
cent of the cost. This was not free
trade, but 80 per cent worse. He stated
that he made money ON this sale, or he
would not send them to Canada. His
evidence was presented to the senate in
the discussion of the new Republican
tariff bill, and still every Republican
voted to raise the tariff on saws such as
were referred to, from 80 to 40 cents.
This is an additional assessment upon
the tools of every carpenter, but it is
sample of the tariff reform the senate is
preparing.