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Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
TEN THOUSAND LOST.
The Conemaugh Disaster Still At
tracing the Country's Atten-
tion-The Estimates.

JoHNsTewN, Pa, June 6.-The
waters in the Conemaugh valley
have subsidized almost to their usual
level. The valley is an unbreken
plain for miles, only at last to find
abrupt termination in a mountain
of debris.
The search party has done so
well that big blast of twenty-five
dynamite cartridges at 10 o'clock
this morning loosened up the de-
bris and made it possible to open
the mouth of the old channel.
They have located the day express
train which was swept away at
Conemaugh.
This morning twenty time-keep-
ers from Pittsburg arrived and they
are now getting the names of the
men employed. This morning it
was stated that 5000 men were at
work and it is expected that by to-
morrow the number will reach
10000. Even this large force will
not be able to remove the debris in
less than several weeks.
Some doubt has been expressed
as to the correctness of the estimate
that $4,000 to $1,000 people were
lost. Of course there is at present
no way of determining with any de-
gree of exactitude how many are
dead, but the guessing is reasonable
and conservative and based on close
figuring. At least $500 bodies
have been found, 1900 at the low
| est calculation are in the burned
debris in the river, 5000 are in un-
searched banks around the Cambria
works, down along the the river,
and in the lower part of Johnstown,
from 1000 to 1000 are scattered in
the valley of the from Woodvale to
the bridge and thousand or two
below the bridge below the bridge
between Johnstown and Bolivar.
Hundreds were carried down to the
broad rivers in the tremendous cur
rent, and may never come into the
hands of the living.
| Said Adjutant General Hastings
this morning: 'In my opinion the
loss is greater than we can now
show figures for.'' William Jones
of Braddock thinks from 10000 to
l12.OOO were lost.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
Good Law.
From the jefferson City tribune.

Ffoin The aeleFson CITY Iflbnfe.
The road Improvement bill,
offered by Clay's representative,
Msj. Cash, has become a law.
The law authorizes the county
court, on the petition of one-tenth
of the taxes paying citizens, to sub
init to vote of the people the
proposition to create Indebtedness
for the construction of graded,
macadam, plank or gravel roads.
The people who desire geod roads
can secure the same by voting the
necessary money to build the same.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
SOMETIME since DIR. Talmage b

SOMETIME since DR.. Talmage had
q negotiation with a Baltimore So
ciety for the delivery of a lecture
in that city on May %. The rev.
erend gentleman made a note of the
date but no agreement was reached
and no contract signed. The cir
cumstances escaped his mind and
when he saw the memorandum ON
his engagement book he supposed
that the "date" was made and
hence, on Wednesday last, jour
neyed from New York to Baltimore,
only to find himself not expected" )"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
Kansas q Failure.

Mr.. M. Gray, a prominent citi.
zen of Ellsworth, Kansas, is in
town. Mr.. Gray came to Mexico
to attend the commencement exer
cises of Hardin College. His
daughter, Miss Minnie Gray, is {
member of the music class of 'S9
and is one of the most promising
young vocalists in the West. Mr.
Gray contemplates going to Wash
ington to reside. He is sick O.
Kansas. The State is virtually ir
the hands of the mortgage holder
and everything is tending down
ward. Men are failing in business
values of property are falling off
the people are leaving as fast al
possible and the immigration
amounts to nothing. The State il
apparently Ged-forsaken. Mr.. Gray
is thoroughly disgusted with th,
State and intends leaving for tn,
Pacific slope at once.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
Death of Mrs, Sontag.

Mrs. Frances Sontag, relict OF
John Sontag, died of drepsy at hel
home in this city Tuesday aged
81 years.
Mrs. Sontag was one of the old,
we'll known residents of Mexico.
With her husband, she moved here
in 1872. They Immediately EN-.
barked in a business which has
been maintained almost centin.
uously since. Mr.. Sontag died
four years since. Five children
were born to Mr.. and Mrs. Sontag.
Only enc child, Mrs. A. Fl. Miller,
of Parsons, Kansas, survives. Mrs
Miller, who lived here from 1s69te
1874, is we'll known IN Mexico.
She attended the death-bed of hel
mother. The remains were taker
to Carlisle, Illinois, next afternoon
where they will be inferred by the
Catholic Church.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
By the earthnuake at Lisbon i'm

By the earthquake at Lisbon in
ITS there were GO, ,0O lives lost.
Those historians who have been
calling the Pennsylvania calamity
the greatest ON record must revise
their record. II 10 the worst dis
aster we have ever had in this
country.-Jefferson City Tribune.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
SEXTON INDICTED.
The Man who made off with Mad
anne LIE Tourneau's Horses.

The grand jury has indicted
Fielding Sexton for larceny and
embezziement. Sexton is the man
who last winter made off with the
horses of poor old Madame LIE
Tourneau, his mother-in-law. A
full account of the affair was pub
llsked exclusively in this paper at
the time.
Bud Nixon was also indicted for
burglary.
Lucy V Heller VS. Kingsland
Manufacturing Co., on appli-
cation of plaintiff, continued at her
cost.
Green Tree Brewing Co VS. ] w
Balthrope, verdict fer defendant.
Ira Tincher VS. Charles B Burks,
Judgment for plaintiff for $216.30.
j w Burks VS. Charles B Burks,
judgment for plaintiff for s255. 33.
Missouri I Smith VS. w III Nc
Pike ct al, decree of partition; order
of sale at October term, 1899.
Abram Strauss & Co VS. M
Smith, answer filed and cause con-
tinued.
James Elliott VS. E M Hogan.
continued.
Einstein & Co VS. Wm Wolf ct al,
final Judgment for plaintiffs by
default.
B Lengfelder VS. L Schuehman,
answer tiled, case continued gener-
ally.
RW Bawm VS. E Ward, iudg-
ment for plaintiff s131 .25.
Henry Ahrens vs. Geo r john
son ct al, Judgment for plaintiff for
s154. 20.
w I. Parker VS. ] r Baker, iudg-
ment for plaintiff fer s119.7O.
Lydia F Herndon VS. The Triple
Alliance, continued.
S e Hansard VS. J w Brockman,
by consent continued.
] G Brown VS. Jno. I'll Rowland,
continued.
w G Hubener VS. Geo Richards,
continued.
sc Hale VS. o F Settle, judg-
ment sustaining allotment and
case continued.
Turner, Smith Il Co use of ] NJ
Smith VS. w H Barton, judgment of
Justices Court affirmed.
Ella Brown VS. David Vivion,
continued.
J R Shell VS. c H Rippey, con-
tfnued defendants cost.
f FL Cordner VS. Jne B Mayes,
continued defendants cost.
Jennie Hit VS. Simon Landers,
tried by jury; judgment for plain
tiff one cent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

DR.. Flint's Remedy, in cases OF
chronic valvular diseases of the
heart, should be used to remove
the affection and abolish the pain
which is felt with or without mus
cular exertion. Descriptive treatise
with each bottle; or address Mack
Drug Co., n 7. For, sale By &.
A. Bucknsr, druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Robert NJ. White, his accom-.
plished wife and son, Mitchell, ei
Mexico, No., are here to attend
the Press meeting. They are quar-
tered at Hotel Mitchell. Bob White
is we'll known to the press. He il
enterprising, public-spirited, and q
hustler on general principles. He
publishes the LEDGER, well-es.
tablished journal.--Nevada Demo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
.fI like the penny system ofmak.

'fI like the penny system ofmak-
ing change y said Rev. A. NJ. Var
Ideman this morning, ssand I hope
it will be adopted in Mexico. When
r buy twelve cents worth of straw
berries I want to pay twelve cents
and il. I buy eight cents worth OF
anything ]. do not want to pay ten.
And more than that. the penny
system teaches the children econ-
|omy.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
Harrtsons Galore.


FfVta NE 2 ssthsKe, Nd Uesaoefst'
There are 200 persons OF the
name of Smith employed in the
United States postal service
Joplin Neos.
That's nothing at all. If the
president keeps up his average
during the rest of his term, there
will be 24,391 Harrisons IN the
government employ in 1888, for
Cleveland's consideration.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

THE developments most recently
made show that the financial man.
agement of the Panama Canal Com
pany was as malarial as the eli
mate of the isthmus. The stock.
holders were robbed to waltz time,
a single item, by way of illustration,
showing that they paid 81 each fol
all the spikes in 1000 kegs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
A P0sefS

Why will you suffer with indi-
gestion, constipation, torpid liver
and sick-headache, when a few
cents will buy Hamburg Figs
enough to- relieve your distress at
once and effect q cure in few days?
25 cents. Desc, one fig. Mack
Drug Co., N. Y. For sale by G. A.
Ruckner. druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

THREE thousand of the most en-
lightened citizens of Topeka, Kan
sas, took part in the lynching of a
man in the principal street of that
city the other night. The CHASTITY
scene was illuminated by electric
light, the very emblem OF civiliza-
ton. Blu. it was in Kansas and
nothing better is expected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
The Coming Far.

We received last week, q prem
ium list of the Audrain County
Fair, to be held at Mexico August
|6-1o. In addition to the usual
premiums in the stock, agricui-
tural, art and floral departments, a
number of novel features have
been added. This fair is becom-
ing one OF the most important in
the State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

"NEvER scold your wife for cry
ing" says DR.. Agnew. $50 long
as woman can weep she will
never do anything desperate, and
she will have much more patience
than a dry-eyed woman" Always
letter go, Mrs. Gallagher.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

We are in receipt of the Audrain
County Fair programme, printed
by the Mexico LEDGER. It is a
handsome piece of work and the
premiums are good ones.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
From the vandaiia Leader.

We received a catalogue of the
Mexico fair last week. It was
printed by the LEDGER and is enc
Of the neatest jobs we ever saw.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

DURING the past few days we
have heard Hon. John E. Hutton,
of Audrain county, frequently
spoken of as a candidate for Cover
nor of Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Mrs. MoLLIE CoRWIN, of Shelby
vile, Ind, beats the record. She
was divorced from her seventh hus-
band last Tuesday. Next!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
From the Laddonla Herald

The premium list of the Autirsi IN
County Fair has beer i--.ie.! The
work was publishs,4 4, tie Mex
leo LEDGER, and is i ueat piece of
workmanship.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

De SoTo contributed $3.50 to the
poor Conamaugh sufferers. Mexico
should at least do half as well.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Miss Sadie Taylor, of Martins
burg, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Josiah Wright, on East Liberty
street.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

A new rope has been ordered for
use at the hole-in the-ground. Mr..
Scofeld says he thinks the tools
can be brought out without
trouble with the new tools that are
to be used in the work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Miss Hertense Brown, of Lad
donia, who has been visiting here,
returned to her home Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Mrs. Matt Stacy, OF Kansas City,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. JOSIAH
| Wright, of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Herbert Tucker is home from
Boonville, where he attended Kem-
eer's Institute.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Mrs. J. A. Hollopeter and son,
Charlie, are home from Iowa.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

The Council chamber at the
City Hall is filled with scaffo1ding.
The room is undergoing heavy re-
nairS
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Rev. o. S. Middleton, of this
city, delivered an address before
the graduating glass of Lewis Col
lege, Glasgow.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Mrs. Ernest Chowning, of Salina,
Tennessee, is the guest.of Judge D.
w. Summers family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

The walls and ceiling of the
Council Chamber Of the City Hall
have been beautifully papered.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Miss May Coatsworth, of Kan
sas City, is visiting Miss Sadie
Pollock.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Mr.. NJ. Russell ,ef Carleith north
west of Mexico, brought some mag
nlfcent strawberries to Mexico last
week. Among them was a man.
moth berry measuring five inches
in circumference.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

B. r. Cauthorn and Misses Emma
Cauthorn and Alice Mason are
home from Fayette.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

THE Methodist College will like
ly be located at Laddonia after all.
The town deserves it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Frank Roberts, who just returned
from Southwest Missouri, brought
with him very young fawn. 1t is
beautiful animal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

THERE is one State in the Union
which is practically covered by a
mortgage. They call 1t Kansas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Nat Hutton is home from Fulton,
where he was recently graduated
from Westminster College.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

THERE is Chinaman in Louis
lana named All There. 1t is pre-.
sumed he will stay there.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Mrs. J. NJ. Kelso went to Carroll.
ton Friday. She will be alb
sent a month, throug ghout the State,
in the interest of the Christian Wo.
mems Board of Missions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

W. E. Newkirk, son of Lafe New
kirk, left Friday for Wood
land, Cal. to reside,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

| Mrs. Edgar Matthews is home
from Montgomery.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

UNDER Mr.. Dixon's manage
ment, the Salamander works are
coming to the front.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Robert Rysdyk, G. F. Clark 8
grand trotting stallion, was given a
trial mile on the Fair Ground track
Friday. 1t was his first per.
formance this season and his work
more than satisfied his admirers
Rysdyk's record will be well low.
cred this season. His trainers con.
idently expect him to trot in Less
than 2::2O before fall.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Joe Levi is home from st. Louis,
where he spent few days pleas
antly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
MEXICO, MISSOURI. THURSDAY, JUNE Is. 1855.
Programme.

Auc oooue SouHLy w. u. l. U.
Convention will be held at Cen
tralia June 10Th and Goth, Wednes-
day and Thursday.
MORNING SESSION.
Devotional exercises will be led
by the County President from $50
to 9:45.
Reading of last sessions min
utes.
appointment of committees.
Report of officers ef local unions.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Devotional exercises by Miss
Kate Crosswhite, of Sturgeon, from
2::30 to 2:45.
Address of welcome by Rev. G..
W. Grabe. Response by Miss Babb.
Address by Rev. Mr.. Hogan, of
Mexico.
EVENING SESSION.
Devotional exercises led by Mrs.
Judge Forrist, of Mexico, from
7:3O to 7:45.
Address by Rev. Mr.. Jackson, of
Columbia.
THURSDAY MORNING.
Devotional exercises led by Mrs.
M. F. Matthews from $50 to 9:45.
Minute business.
Recitation by Susie Rabowrn.
Address by Rev. Mr.. Middleton,
| of Mexico.
Recitation by Nick Eaton.
Volunteer talks.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Devotional exercises led by Mrs.
j. Thomas from 2::30 to 2:45.
Address by Rev. M. F. Smoots,
late of India.
Song by Rama, the Hindoo boy.
Children's work by Mrs. Bond,
of Fayette.
EVENING SESSION.
Devotional exercises led by Miss
Babb, of Columbia, from 7:30 to
7:45.
! Recitation by Tillie NJ. Matthews.
Song by the Hindoo boy.
| Address by Mrs. S. M. I. Henry.
Points About Horses.
A horseman says there are
certain marked points in a good
horse. You can see breadth and
Iflllness between the ears and eyes
The eye should be full, and hazel
is a good color. I like a small thin
ear and want a horse to throw his
ears well forward. Look out fol
the brute that wants to listen to al
the conversation going on behine
him. The horse that turns baci
his ears till they almost meet at th'
points, take my word for it, is SUR
to do something wrong. See tina
straight, elegant face. A hors'
with a dashing face is cowardly
and a cowardly horse is usually
vicious. Then I like a squar,
muzzle, with large nostrils, to le
in plenty Of air to the lungs. Fo,
the under side of the head, goot
horse should be well cut under thu
jowl, with jaw bones broad ane
wide apart under the throttle.
The next thingis the build of tn.
animal. Never buy a long-legged
stilty horse. Let him have 1
short, straight back and a straigh
rump, and you've got a gentleman
horse. The withers should b.
thigh and the shoulders we'll set bacl
and broad; but don't get them to-
deep in the chest. The fore lie,
|should be short. Give me prett,
straight hind leg, with hook loy
, down, short pastern joints, and
round, mulish foot. There are al
kinds of horses, but the horse tina
has these points Is almost sure tt
be slightly, graceful, good-naturee
and serviceable.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

If you have not subscribed to
the Fourth of July fund call upon
Mr.. Hubert Schmidt or Mr.. John
lane
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Mr.. Matthews, of the livery
stable opposite the City Hall, has
a span of as fine black horses
as ever stepped over the Boule-
ward
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Rev. Mr.. Hogan now has the
Methodist pastorate OF Vandalia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

The street railway seems to be
among the certainties.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

The best Wagon Harness at C.
Ragsdale & Co.'S. All kinds Of re-
pairing neatly done. 8-4t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Two men were lynchsd in Kan
sas last week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Under the new management of
Mr.. c. Dixon, the Salamande1
works are rapidly extending. The
entire grounds are being put under
shed, while the main buildings are
all undergoing Improvements.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Wheat is the best food for AMI
mails. Oats for the horse. Corn is
not good horse feed. Peas are the
most nutritious food there is for
stock. Corn stalks are very carbon
aceous. Milk and grass are COM
|plete feeds. Wheat bran, linseed
meal and cotton seed meal are the
main carbonaceeus foods, but they
should be fed with hay.
John Atkins, captain of the
'Nine Brothers Base Ball Aggrega-
tien' of this county, has received a
challenge from the "Nlne Brothers
Nine" of Philadelphia, to come
there and play a series of match
games. John says if they will come
to Mexico the Atkins Brothers
will entertain them in every sense
of the word. sIr. Atkins also says
|if they cannot come to Mexico his
club will meet them in st. Louis.
A very small and delicate look
ing, but bright boy, got off the first
Wabash from the East to-day and
asked a reporter for this paper to
to direct him to Mr.. William Kem-
per. Fastened to the little fellows
coat was tag bearing these words:
Henry Winkler, for j. Schuner-
lin, Youngs Creek, in care of VIII
liam Kemper, Mexico, Mo-" The
boy left New York Menday after
noon, coming here by way Of Mag
ara Falls and st. Louis. He is an
exceedingly bright little fellow and
talked continuously to the bystand-
ers at the Union Depot. ST don't
like to be expressed said he,
"and as / am at the end of my trip
I guess I'll take this tag of. y
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
Lafe Newkirk is home from Hot

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank CoatsWorth
are in St. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

The United States Express Com
pany will forward, free of charges,
any relief supplies for the Johns.
town sufferers. Parties having
clothing or food to send should at
once apply to Leslie L. Lee, agent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
Blind Toms Fate,

P1TTsBURG, Pa, June 6.-Among
those believed to have been swept
away by the food is ''Blind Tom,"
the well known pianist. He, with
his manager, left this city on Fri
day morning for Johnstewn, and as
they have not been heard of since
it is thought they are both drowned.
Being strangers, and one of them a
colored man, it is more than likely
that if their bodies were recovered
they were unidentified.
When the mighty smuggler,
says The Horsenaan, trotted in
2:15 IA, it was thought by many
that he would hold the champion
ship for life. He made his record
Of 2:15 IA on August 81, 1876. But
one year later a colt was born in
Kentucky which was destined
when seven years old to win the
stallion crown. Phallas, 2:13 "a,
lowered the stallion record to that
point ON July Ia, 1884. 1t Is the
fastest time ever made by a stall
lion in contested race, and it was
accomplished in the fourth heat.
Phallas was bred in Kentucky, and
received his tuition at Racine,
Wis. On September 30, 1884, in a
match against time, Maxey Cobb
trotted a mile in 2:13 IA. He was
bred and educated in the East. AL
though half second faster than
the record Of Phallas, 1t cannot
compare with it for actual excel
lence. Maxey Cobb's death soon
after caused the crown to revert
back to Phallas, and he new holds
the title of fastest of living stall
lions. In team records Maxey
Cobb and Meta Medium hold the
belt with their record of PIP 3-4
The pair were by Happy Medium
and were trained in the East.
Fanny Witherspoen holds the best
two mile record, 4:43. She was
bred in Kentucky, and educated in
that State and in Minnesota. II
B. Winship, with running mate,
holds the record at that way o.
going, namely 2:O6. He was breo
and owned in the East. There are
other champion trott1ng records,
but these leading ones are sufficient
| for our present purpose.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

R. w. Pearson, a prominent
Laddonian, was in town Saturday
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Clear Havana 1oc. cigar for 5 cts.
at Snyder & Davis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
Children Cry for Pitchers castoria.

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria
When she was q Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung 10 Cassorfa,
When hehad Children, she gave them Castogiat
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

bids DispsnsaIy Medical Association,
e6S Main st. BUFFALO, n. r;
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
{" sitting I" aud "Settlng."

Many Of the agricultural journals,
says The Christian World, are sorely
troubled to know whether a hen sits or
sets. If some editor of dignity would
set a hen on the nest and the little
editors would let her sit, it would be well
with the world. Now man, or woman
either, can set hen, although they
can not sit her; neither can they set on
her, although the old hen might sit on
them by the hour if they would allow.
A man can not set on wash bench;
but he could set the basin on it, and
neither the basin nor the grammarians
would object, He could sit on a dog S
tail if the dog were willing, or he might
set his foot on it, But if he should set
on the aforesaid tail, or sit his foot
there, the grammarians as well as the
dog would howl, and yet, strange as it
may seem, the man might set the
tail aside and then sit down and neither
be assaulted by the dog nor the gram
marians.