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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-27
appointment OF Maine Postmasteis
Consul at Prague

The President Saturday appointed Richard
{. Spooner of Wisconsin, consul OF the
United States at Prague, He is brother of
Senator Spooner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-27
PRESS COMMENTS
Biddeford Times, May 24th. I
The State House Addition.

Some of the Maine papers which are feel
ing the responsibility which rests upon them
as special guardians and advisers of the com
mission on the enlargement of the State
House. are just now arguing to convince
those gentlemen that the work should be
given to Maine parties, even should their
bids be higher than those of firms outside
the State. What a howl these same papers
would raise should the amount expended on
the addition to the Capitol exceed the appro-
priation by few hundred dollars Peri aIs
they are looking for just that chance to
howl.
For our own part we have been go en-
crossed attending to our own business lately
that we have not found much time to give
advice to the gentlemen of the commission.
1t occurs to US just now to say TO them that
in our humble opinion the interests of the
tax payers of the State in the proposed en-
largement of the Capitol are greater than
those of any private firm of contractors ard
builders. and other things being equal, the
people will expect the job to go to the low
est bidders, whether they belong in Maine
or elsewhere. This is business, and if the
cost of the addition is TO be kept within lin
its it will be by the application of business
principles. OF course if Maine men will do
the work as chesply and as we'll as outsiders
they will be preferred. The commission is
composed Of Maine men and they can be
depended upon TO see to it that Maine build
ers are given the preference if il can be done
in Justice to the State and in fairness to the
other bid iers. The commits on represents
the taxpayers first and always, AMI its whole
duty s to them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-27
MARKET REPORT.

Brighton and WsteJtown 1.-Two Btoob
Market
Reported for Kennfboc Journal for week endiss
May tiI
AUGUST or IIyE Suooy AT hAHsKT.
Cattle. Sheep and Lambs. SNine, vesls. Hof,'s
4gD silG Esl+i lpis gll
EUNREr FEpH THE sEyERAL sTATEs.
Cattle sheep and Lambs. Calves. Hortes. Swim,
a. Gt
PEicEs oY MAZE ut Rygv.
few choice At ~ p0.nG.yj extra. sS5Osts.7s;
df,i quality y 01s o. u second qaAlIty, tOat75.
ihird quality, tff0astls.
PRlcEs ~ sHEgp AND LAMBS.
In Iot.. ~. 300 sasa each. extra. s.0oass-25;
'rur 2'1 % eenfs tsr tonrf. "ysing lambs, t9f0
= N, yenl calyss, 2s3l cents.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
The Alton Not Sold.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 3O.-"The
statement that the Chicago & AL.
ton Railroad has been absorbed by
the Union Pacific and is now part
of the Vanderbilt system is a lie
made out of whole CLOTH" said
Vice. President McMulIin of the
Chicago & Alton to a reporter this
morning.
"The New York dispatch in
which the announcement is made
pretends to give the details of the
transaction, Mr.. McMullin?"
"Well, there is not word o
truth in any one of these alleged
Details" said Mr.. McMullin, cane
what is more, nothing whatevel
has happened which could Civ,
even the semblance of truth 4
them"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07

Years ago Senators Jones, Vest,
Stewart ana Cameron were playing
a game of poker one evening. and
although the stakes were not high
the company was good and it ran
along until long after midnight. A
few days afterwards Vest remarked
to Jones:
81 say, Jones, wasn't that a nice
game the other evening? Every
thing went along so well and no
one at the game had to watch the
other three. / like a gentleman's
game like that, where you don't
even have to cut the cards for a
square deal"
Jones, who is an incorrigible
wag, suddenly conceived the idea
ofhaving some fun with Vest, so he
manufactured a story to fit the oc-
casion.
"I'm glad you think So" he said,
''but Bill Stewart doesn't have
that idea of it."
"Whatl" said Vest quite serious
ly, "do you mean to tell me that
Stewart thinks there was cheating
in the gamer"
"That's the idea he conveyed to
his wife when he reached home.
She spoke to me about it yester-
day"
"I'm real sorry to hear that"
said Vest. 81 feel hurt TO hear
that he hadn't lost his money on
the square,"
Il feel the same way" replied
Jones. 81 felt as if q thunderclap
had struck me-"
What did he really say about
it?" asked Vest.
"Well, he came home about
3 o'clock and his wife noticed that
his beard was all covered with
tobace" juice-a very unusual thing
for him-and she took him 70 task
for it, He said he had been in a
Senator ial poker game"
"'Were there no cuspidors in the
roomp'
"'Yes, plenty of 'em.'
Couldn't y'u turn from the
cards long enough TO use them?'
"'No, my dear, not in that
game"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
THE GOVERNORS TWO HATS.
The Old 0louch the Favorite
With Him ut Small Towns.
From the Kansas CITY star,


A good story is told of Governor
Francis by one Of the gentlemen
that is with the Pan-American
party. The Governor came up
from st. Louis on the special
train-and by the way, another
member of the party said that
within fifteen minutes after the
Governor first met the party he
was the personal friend of every
man in it.
When the Governor boarded the
train at st. Louis he wore a very
high and shiny silk hat. In the
morning, however, the train stop
ped at small town and the Cover
nor got out to shake hands with the
men on the platform. The plug
hat had disappeared and he wore
an old slouch hat. He got off at
every station where the train stop
ped, always wearing the slouch
hat. When the train pulled into
Kansas City the slouch hat had
disappeared and the Governor
again appeared in the shining
stovepipe.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
LEDGER APPRECIATED.
The People of Mexico and Audraln
Great Readers and Llberallv
Patronize Local Papers.
From the Keytesvilie Courier.


The Mexico LEDGER, of which
Bob White is editor and proprietor,
now has a circulation of 3 900. Up
here in Charlton a county paper
nth 3,eOO subscribers would make
an a,sraos.ve feature for museum.
Charlton people don't possess the
appreciation for their home papers
like the citizens of Audrain county.
Aen right here in Keytesville
there are a great many people who
are not subscribers to the Courier,
yet, in the innate littleness of their
hearts, borrow he paper from their
neighbors every week and read it.
Such people always remind us oi
the individuals who find it "cheap.
or to move than to pay rent"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
THEY ARE THE BENDERs.
The Notorious Family OF Murder
ers Reported to be Found.

NILES, Mich, October 30.-Mrs.
Eliza DAVIS was discharged yester-
day on the charge of grand larceny.
During the trial many facts were
adduced tending to show that Mrs.
Monroe was connected with theBen-
der murders in Kansas. By her
own admission she has had seven
husbands and a number of them
have mysteriously disappeared.
She has had two weeks in which
to establish her whereabouts from
1870 to 1875 and the statements she
has made covering those dates
prove to be untrue and she either
cannot or will not account for her
doings. Her daughter Eliza in
sists positively that Mrs. Monroe is
old Mrs. Bender. Much interest
was manifested and many blood
curdllng and horrible revelations
were brought out during the exam
ination. Officers from Kansas have
been in the State for ten days in
vestigating the case and are salts
fed that they have at last
discovered the notorious Bender
family. Mrs. Monroe with half a
dozen other aliases and Mrs. Eliza
Davis, her daughter, have appa-
rently been FULLY identified as old
Mrs. Bender and Kate. The gov
ernor of Kansas has asked from
Governor Luce, of Michigan, by
requisition, that the parties be de-
livered to the Kansas officers and
within two or three days, or as
soon as the proper extradltion pa
pers are received from the governor
of Michigan, the parties will be
| taken to Labette county, Kansas,
for trial
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
The New Electoral College.


The adding of tour new stars to
the National Flag representing the
four new States, Montana, Washing
ton, North Dakota and South
Dakota, has naturally led to much
speculation as to the effect on the
next presidential election. Some
students of politics have been free
to say that New York will now
cease to be the seat of political
power, and that the saying tnat the
party which carries New York will
elect the President will no longer
have the torce it has had in the
past. AS the electoral college is at
present constituted there are sol
votes. Of these, 2O1 are a con-
stitutional majority and at the last
election the votes were divided as
follows: Democrats, 1853; ;Republi-
cans, 233; or Republican MAORI
ty of IS. Upon the basis of the
recent elections in the new states
there should be added to the
Republican column 10 votes, or 8
total of 243, and to the Democratic
column three votes, making total
of III. AS the whole number Of
votes in the new college will be 414
the party which prevails must OBJ.
tain eos. Without New York the
Republicans could not secure,
under the present condition, but
207 votes and the result would be
a tie. We cannot see from this
position the force of the claim thai
New York is not longer to hold the
scepter. Certainly until the reap.
portionment based on the new cen.
sus is made the Empire State will
be an all.important factor in
national politics. If the new
states make any marked change, il
is in swelling the importance O
the votes of Indiana. That State
like New York. we believe to be
naturally Democratic, and only BY
the most disreputable means was
it wrested from US in 1888 by {
meager majority af 234s. That il
no indication of the vote in 1885,
and the trend is all against the
demonstration. Let it appear
probable that tie would result al
indicated above, and the pressure
there would be vastly increased
over former years. The "blocks o
five" operation will hardly be re
peated, and the popular tide
| makes everything look bright il
the Hoosier State. There is moth
ing to discourage the Democracy il
the present outlook. The youn.
man, the men of opinions and th,
men of intellect are coming up te
the support of its standard, ant
with good candidates and tarif
reform to present to the country
the result seems assured.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
WILL OBEY THE LAW.
The Mexico Saloon Men Close up
the Billiard Halls-Deve:-
opments Awaited.

The Newberry law, which pre-.
vents billiard playing in and about
saloons, went into effect Friday and
all the saloon keepers at once com.
piled with the law. E. B. Norris
has covered his tables and will
await an investigation of the law.
"Jake'' has closed the door to his
billiard hall and will move shortly
anyway, and there will be no bill.
hard hall connected with his new
saloon. Saunders & Kemp have
closed the door from their hall to
saloon. VIM. Kemper has covered
his tables and will await develop.
ments. Pete Dudley has no bill
lard hall. When he bought Car.
ter out he did not buy the billiard
hall, which still belongs to W. R.
Carter, and is being run by Ian
Jones. Carter's license was taken
out before the new law was passed
and does not expire with March II,
1890. AS he understands it he has
a right to run up to that time any
way. The saloon men have all
complied with the law and are all
waiting to see just how it will be
interpreted. Some think no bill.
lizards can be played in the same
building controlled by the saloon
keeper who owns it, no matter
whether there is any opening from
the saloon to the billiard hall OF
not, while others hold right ths
contrary. Until the law is inter
preted and applied there will be
very little billiard playing In Mex
soa
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
Help Your Town.

More towns die for want of conf
dence on the part of business men
and lack of public spirit than from
any other cause. When a man in
search of a home or busine g loca'
tion goes into to wn and finds every
thing brim full of hope and enthusi.
asm over the prospect of the place
and all earnestly at work to build
it up, he soon becomes imbued with
the same spirit, and as a result he
drives down his stakes and goes to
work with the same interest. 1t is
the duty of every citizen to try and
make a live, enterprising town out
OF the one in which he lives.
When you are working or saying a
good thing for your town you are
accomplishing all the more fol
yourself. Washington Observer.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
LILIES JOURNEY EEpED.
The Baby Crosses the Continent
Safely but No Friends
Meet Her.

SAN Francisco, Oct. 3l.-When
the boat bringing overland passen-
gers arrived on this side of the bay
this morning policeman on duty
had his attention drawn by little
dark haired maiden not three feet
high tugging at his coat tail
"Please, SIR" said the little tot,
"I'se looking for my papa. Icome
awful far from home to see him and
l can't fine him." The policeman
saw letter pinned to her dress.
1t was from William Poosh, Gener-
al Eastern Passenger Agent of the
New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad, and announced
that little Ellie Kilsby, six years
old, had been placed in Poosh's
care for safe transportation to San
Francisco. He requested all con-
dactors over the lines she travelled
to help the little one along. There
was also a note, dated Oct. 10, from
A. J. Thieman, Elgin, o., of the
Lake Shore Southern Railway,
which said:
This child has no money or food
except what charitable passengers
have given her. Some one should
be jailed for starting a little infant
that way on such a journey. Do
not give her money, as that would
be stolen from her, but see that she
is regularly fed, thinking of your
little ones at home.
Lilies friends, who were to
meet her at the depot, failed to ap-
pear, SO the policeman took care of
her. The little one said her moth
er had been dead long while and
she hadn't seen her father for
wears.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
Fun for the Consumer.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Oct. 3O.-Bad
blood is existing between the Far
mers'Milling Co. and the Colum'
bia Milling Co. of this place. The
iormer mill is new enterprise and
Is run by stock company. Early
In the week the Columbia Milling
20. issued schedule of prices
cutting on -four and meal, which
was followed with greater reduc.
ton in prices from the Farmers
mill. As a result for a struggle
ior supremacy the best -four can be
purchased to-day at 81 per barrel,
and eorn-meal at 25 cents Der
Poshel. Both mills have strong
backing, and the end is not vet.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
An Expensive Accident,

At 6:15 a. m. Thursday the west
bound vestibule passenger train on
Chicago, Santa Fe & California
railway was wrecked at a point a
quarter ola mile east of Paleman, a
flag station five miles west of
Carrollton. The accident was
caused by the spreading of the
rails. The engine left the track
but remained on the ties. Four
coaches were upset but strange to
say no one was seriously hurt.
The passengers were transferred to
the Wabash and a wreoking train is
now at the scene of the accident
cleaning away the debris and re-
pairing the track.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07

DR.. Potts delivered a lecture be-
fore the st. Louis college of physi-
clans and surgeons Tuesday morn
ing. His subject was, "My Early
Experiences E az a Physician" We
are told the address was very able
as well as humorous, convulsing
the students with laughter.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07

There are
many white soaps,
each
represented to be
lust as good as the Ivory" /"
They are not,
but like
all counterfeits.
they lack
the peculiar
and remarkable
qualities Of
the genuine.
Ask for
Ivory Soap
and
insist upon having it.
'Tis sold everywhere.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07

The Jefferson City Tribune says ::
Mr.. Hall, who is State Lecturer for
the combined farmers organizations
|of Missouri, has been making some
very sensible speeches in Southeast
Missouri. He advises the organi-
zation to keep out of politics, and
he tells the farmers not to array
themselves against their own
towns. This kind of talk has
greatly disgruntled political hacks
who joined the organization solely
for the purpose OF riding into
public office, but the great mass OF
farmers endorse the words of Mr..
Hall.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07

The necessary stock for a cheese
factory at Sheldon has been sub
scribed. Missouri is the best
adapted state in the union for the
dairying industry. AS her pasture
lands are covered with blue grass,
sheltered by fine timber and seam
ed with never failing streams of
water, the State ought to be the
best dairy state of the union.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
The Alton Story Was "Sheer Non
sense"

BosToN, MASS, Oct. 31.-Presi-
dent Charles F. Adams, of the
Union Pacific Railroad authorizes a
denial in toto of the story about
the purchase of the Alton road, and
the further report that the collater-
al trust bonds to be used in pay
ment for stock are being printed.
He says: "No purchase OF the
Alton has been or will be consider
ed, formally or informally. The
whole story is sheer nonsense"
The above relates to the story
that the Union Pacific Railroad had
purchased controlling interest In
the Alton.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
The Little Dogs Bark.

From the bloomington. lli., Ballsiin
Since President Eliot, of Har-
ward, has announced himself a
Democrat he is being pounced upon
by all the 2x4 organs "f;i,, county
Soon we shall learn that the schol-
arly head of the oldest and greatest
institution of learning on this con.
tinent being a Democrat canno,
read. He has read-the party
platforms and histories.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
A Factory for Mexico.

Mexico is to have an overall and
shirt factory, which, according 10
the LEDGER, will give employment
to from ten to one hundred men.
Bob White has the first order in for
a shirt, of which he is sadly in
need,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
Love of Home.

From an Grafton by Henry w. Grady.
The germ of the best patriotism
is the love that a man has for the
home he inhabits, for the soil he
tills, for the trees that give him
shade, and the hills that stand in
his pathway. 1 teach my son to
love Georgia to love the soil he
stands on-the bed ofmy old moth
er-the mountains that are her
springing breasts-the broad acres
that hold her substance, the dim
pied valleys in which her beauty
rests, the forests that sing her
songs of lullaby and of praise, and
the brooks that run with her rip
pling laughter. The love of home
deep rooted and ahid,ng-tha,
blurs the eye of the dying soldier
with the vision of an old home.
stead amid green fields and cluster
ing trees-that follows the busy
man through the clamoring world,
persistent though put aside, and at
last draws his tired feet from the
highway and leads him through
shady lanes, and well-remembered
paths until, amid the scenes of
boyhood, he gathers up the broken
threads of his life and owns the soil
his conquerer-this-lodged in the
hearts of the citizens is the staying
principle of our government. We
note barracks of our standing army
with its rolling drum and futtering
flags as points of strength and pro-
lection. But the citizen standing
in the doorway of his home-con-
tented on his threshold-his family
gathered about the hearth-stone-
while the evening of a we'll spent
day closes scenes and sounds that
are drearest-he shall save the
republic when the drum tap Is
futile and barracks are exhausted
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
Suspicious Submission.

A g., all boy had been having a
day of unmitigated outrageousness,
such as all children who do not die
young are likely to have at times,
and when he was ready for bed his
mother said to him:
'When you say your prayers,
George, ask God to make you a
better boy. You have been very
naughty to-day" ;.
The youngster accordingly put
up his petitions in the usual form,
and then before closing with
"amen" he added: "And please,
God, make me a good boy" He
paused second, and then to the
utter CONSERVATION of his mother
concluded with unabated gravity:
Nevertheless, not my will, @
Lord, but thine be DONE"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07

LABOR COMMISSIONER MERI-
wETHER is after the scoundrelly cor
porations which have been punching
their employees with a red hot
poker. A half dozen convictions,
We think, would open their eyes
and convince them that Missouri
laws are for the poor as well as the
rich.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07

PRESIDENT HARRISON has COM
menced the work of preparing his
message to Congress, which meets
the first Monday in December next.
There is much speculation as to
what he will say on the silver
question, which will come up for
discussion at the next session.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Miss China Gibbs is ill of pneu-
monia.
j. c. Bassford is home from st.
Louis.
W. o. Forrist is still confined to
the house.
Billy Coons is home from
Cincinnati.
w. X. Potts will rebuild his ice
house at once.
Born, to Nj. and Mrs. Edward
Machin, of Farber, son.
Joe Henderson went up to Clin-
ton Friday to Welt his wife.
VIM. Mason and family will re.
side i'll Mexico permanently.
Price johnson has opened a
grocery and feed store IN the Hiner
block.
Louis T. Cline and family are
arranging to move to Mexico to
reside.
Mrs. N. Summerfield, of Grena.
da, Miss, is the guest of Mrs. Sam
Morris.
James M. Turner, of Wellsville,
had tumor taken from his back
here Friday.
Col. Switzler has had relapse
and his condition is said to be very
preearious.
Alfred Browning, of Galloway,
shipped one car of cows to St.
Louis Friday.
A. M. Trimble has sold out to
Miller & Co., and is going to Ken
lucky on a visit.
See advertisement ofsale of RID.
Alexander's green house, plants
and grocery store.
Miss Maggie Ryan and Mr.. John
Andrews, of Montgomery City,
are visiting friends here.
Capt. Buckner is home from
Texas and will take the "shine''
off some of our quail shooters.
Mexico will have a wedding in
about three weeks which will sur
prise even the knowing" ones.
Mrs. J. M. Proctor and children.
of Sturgeon, who were guests OF
Mrs. W. H. White, returned home
to-day.
Don't fail to see change in VIM.
Lleweilyn's advertisement. He is
making specially of glassware
and queensware.
DR.. VanDeventer and wife, of
Wellsville, returned home Friday
after a pleasant visit with Mr..
and Mrs. John X. Brown.
Charley Day and family are
moving to Cedar City to reside.
R. H. Herman will occupy theil
residence in West Mexico.
The Mayor of Marshall, Mo-,
has ordered all dogs muzzled fol
thirty days. A case of bydropho.
bia resulted in death last week.
DR.. J. S. Potts, of Californis,
pays for the LEDGER to January 1,
1891. He says the LEDGER is like
long and interesting letter from
home.
The Louisiana Republican says
"when you see funeral procession
it is sign some one is dead"
Pretty good for Republican pa.
per, but my!
One hundred and fifty rugs a,
"Famous" worth from rs cents to
$3.50 will be sold at 25 per cent.
off; less than regular price. Now
is your time,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-11-07

"PAN" is a Greek word and
means "all." "Pan-American"
means all American, and the 'Pan-
American Congress" is composed
of representatives from all the
Americas.