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Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11
BATTLING WITH A SNAKE.
A Missouri Farmer Has Terrible
Experience With Saline
County Reptile.

MARSHALL, Mo-, July 9.-P. S.
Sandidge and James H. Craddock
were looking for bean poles, this
afternoon. in a bushy ravine on
Craddock's farm, five miles south
of this city, when hearing Craddock
making strange noise Sandidge
looked around to behold snake ss
thick as his arm with its head al
most in Craddock's face, and the
latter standing as if in a terrible
nightmare making a hoarse, ,gurgling
noise IN his fright. The lower part
of the infuriated reptile was coiled
around Craddock's right leg, and
he stood as ifparaIyzed with terror.
Finally nerved to desperation by
the snakes hot breath Craddock
seized the serpent, which was Of
the dark blue, fighting species
commonly called "blue racers,' -
around the neck just below the
head. Then the contest between
man and snake began. The now
frenzied reptile lashed Craddock
cruelty with its tail and the lewerel
potion of Its body, skinning his
face and cutting his clothes into
ribbons. Despairing of killing his
squirming and slippery antagonist
Craddock released his hold on the
snakes neck, when it gave a great
spring and hurled itself through
the air about ten feet, alighting in
some bushes and gliding away
swift as flash.
Craddock was SO relaxed afte!
the terrible strain that he ceule
hardly speak. Sandidge stood
spell-bound, as if mesmerized by
the fearful sight, and could neithe,
move hand or foot during the singu
lar combat. When delivering tn,
account in this city he turned yer,
pale and it was feared he would
faint.
i The snake was about twelve fee
long and was probably aroused BY
Craddock stepping on 1t. The blu
racer, to which variety the snak
belonged, is very resentful and vim
dictive and a desperate fighte
when exasperated.
i Drs. Milen and Harlan have 10
, Gated permanently IN Mexico, an
have opened a sanitarium in tn
Central Building, where they ar
prepared to treat all chronic dis
eases. d&w1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

THE people of Mexico are al
ways found voting right when our
public schools are concerned, and
the proposition to erect $4,000
addition carried by the necessary
two-thirds vote, with plenty to
spare. The vote would have been
practically unanimous, except that
many of our most enthusiastic
school ssmen voted no." as they
thought it best to erect a new
building on the South Side instead
of an addition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

THE Intclligcnccr Friday SAID
Hon. Champ Clark's speech on the
Fourth of July was vigorous, log
ical, entertaining and universally
On Saturday the
same paper makes dirty fling at
the LEDGER for publishing it, and
intimates that the LEDGER is Champ
Clark's organ for Congress. The
LEDGER is no mans organ for any
office, and has no reason to believe
that Clark is a candidate for Con-
gress. As an enterprising news
paper we thought it our duty Gf
the speech was what our contem-
porary admits it was) to give 1t to
our readers. We are certain such
a Fourth of July speech makes
better reading than column after
column of meaningless and
uncalled for abuse of ministers of
the gospel; at least, it pleases our
readers better and comes nearer
our idea of dignitied and decent
journalism. We have a Congress-
man nominated by the party and
elected by the people, with whom
the LEDGER has no quarrel; and
when the time comes, We presume
the people will either re-elect HIM
or elect another from the vast
amount of material in this district,
good deal Of which can be found
in Audrain-our home county. Our
contemporary need not be uneasy,
the LEDGER is not going to encroach
on its self-constituted business OF
statesman Making" although
with jack knife and q pine stick
we could often make il ashamed OF
its attempts. Statesmen are not
made by newspapers. Statesmen
make themselves and the people
reward them with offices. Oul
contemporary often tries to make
statesmen" The LEDGER otter
supports statesmen but never tries
to make them. We are aware o
the grave responsibility which rest:
on our contemporary in taking the
burden of nominating officers of
the shoulders of Democratic con
veutions and we have no desire t.
interfere. When the proper time
comes, the LEDGER will have some
thing to say in regard to whom i
thinks in its humble judgment i
| best for the party to nominate 70
the various offices, but it does no
pretend to be a dictator or estates
man-maker," nor does it propos
to be placed in such light befor
the public. Instead of fussin
about men, especially at this earl.
! day, it behooves the Democrat
party to "get together" on tn
principles Of the party, and wit
harmony and good feeling, wor.
for their permanent establishment
throughout this great and gloriou
land. "
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

. !. IT is rather curious, but it is
nevertheless true, that in all the
"Recollectlons" of great men you
never read that they recollected to
pay money borrowed to help them
get their first push in the world.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

VARIOUS bodies have petitioned
the Pennsylvania Legislature for so
many legal holidays that each day
in the week, including Sunday,
would have been a holiday had the
petitions been granted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

THE Savings Bank stockholders
paid cashier J. NJ. Marmaduke a
well deserved compliment this
week by unanimously re-electing
him for the seventeenth time. Mr..
Marmaduke is one of the most
faithful and best known bank Of
ficials in the State. B. F. Debyns
was elected director in place of J.
M. Menefee, who has removed from
the State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

An effort is to be made in Iowa
to strip. the law of its nonsense.
Lawyers declare that deeds, war
rants and all other legal papers can
be cut down one-half in the amount
of whereases and wherefores.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

GEORGE C. DYER, of the St.
Charles Neus, is prominently
spoken of as the next State Senator
from that district. George is
sterling young Democrat, worthy,
at the hands of the party, of any
honor to which he may aspire.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

FROM daylight to midnight on
the Fourth, Mexico was crowded
with strangers and a more orderly
Jam of visitors was never seen.
They were delighted with Mex
leo and Mexico was delighted with
them. Come again and stay longer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11
MEXICO is steadily growing

MEXICO is steadily growing in
every direction and the number OF
new houses being erected is graft
flying to all friends of enterprise.
The outlook for new blood and
outside capital in the channels OF
trade was never so good as it is to-
day, and if all of our people will
just talk and work together we
think Mexico will double up within
q wear.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

P. H. CULLEN is now editor and
proprietor of the Vandalia Leader,
one of the cleanest and best sup
ported papers in the State. Cullen
is an enthusiastic newspaper man
and will keep the Leader up to its
present high standard.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

As AN evidence of the good ef-
fects sure to result from the street
railroad company's enterprise, it
may be stated that William Har-
per has been offered $500 per acre
for his land lying north of the
Boulevard. He didn't sell.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11
Will Continue the Good Work.

Ffofh the MINNEAPOLIS JournaI.
Mr.. Wanamaker has had a post
Office named after him. He will
have hard work to beat Frank Hat
toms record. There are sixteen
Hattons among the post-oftices of
the United States.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11
sHERIFF's SALE IN PARTITION.

Partition in the Audrain County Cir
cult Court, June term, A. D., 1859.
Patrick Reynolds, In the Circuit
vs.. Court of Audrain
Matthew McGown, County, State of
ct al. Missouri.
pY VIRTUE and authority Of de-
Dcree and order of sale made by
the said Court, in the above entitled
cause, and of q certified copy thereof,
dated june 10, 1859, I will, on
MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1889,
between the hours of o'clock I'm
the forenoon and ) o'clock I'm the
afternoon of that day, at the east
front door of the Court House, in
the town of Mexico, in Audrain county,
Missouri, sell, at public vendue, to the
| highest bidder, the following described
real estate, viz: Southeast southeast
section two (2), township fifty (50l
range nine (9l, and twenty f20l acres
north half Q-2l northwest northwest,
section seven (), township fifty f50),
range eight Isl, In the county of Au-
drain and State of Missouri. Terms of
sale, cash. G. w. ADAMS.
12tds Sheriff.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11
THE GOVERNOR WINS.
Judge Fields Decides an Interest
ing Case IN His Favor.
From the Kansas City News.

In the case of D. R. Francis &
Brother, commission company, VS..
Thomas B. Price upon two prom
issory notes for 50, 900 each, Judge
Field gave his decision this after
noon in favor of the plaintiffs, i'm
mediately after which the defend
ant filed suit for a new trial.
Judge Field said in his decision,
which was rather lengthy, that it
was contended that the considera-
ton of the notes was the result of
wager. 1t appeared from the
evidence that D. r. Francis in the
years 1881 and 1882 acted as the
broker Of one Lyon, or for him
and defendant, and sold and bought
large amount of grain in St. Louis
and Chicago. This grain was
purchased with the intent on the
defendants part to speculate or
wager with it, but such intention
was not made known to Francis,
as Price admitted, nor did Francis
know anything of this intention on
Prices part. He was not a party
in the most remote way to the wa
ger in grain, and hence Prices de-
fense fell fiat. For that and other
reasons judgment was rendered
against Price. Prices attorneys
Immediately moved for an arrest
of judgment and new trial. The
motion was taken under advise
ment.
The practical workings of Build
ing and Loan Associations is thus
illustrated by Scribner's Magazine:
c and D occupy houses worth s3,-
600 each Qot 5000 and building s2,-
4OO.) c is tenant, paying s25 per
month. D with $500 in cash, has
So, 400 on twelve shares of a Build
ing and Loan Association, and built
his house. Supposing that DIS
shares mature in twelve years, their
accounts at the end of that period
will stand thus:
has paid out s3 900 III rent, has nothing to show
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

MEXICO was packed with people
on the Fourth, but they came to
town to see and not to parade. A
trades procession should take the
place of parade next Fourth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11
TRUSTEES SALE.

WHEREAS, Frank Tucker and Edna
w Y. Tucker, his wife, of Audrain
county, Mo-, by their certain deed of
trust, dated ON the ninth day of June,
1887, and recorded in the Recorders
office of Audrain county, State of Mis-
souri,, in trust record book 3, at page
$50, conveyed to J. C. Bassferd, as
trustee, the following described real
estate, situated in Audrain county,
and State of Missouri, to-wit: The
southwest quarter of the northwest
quarter; the northwest quarter of the
southwest quarter; the southeast quar-
ter of the northwest quarter; the north
east quarter of the northwest quarter;
and the southwest one-fourth Of north
east quarter, all in section twenty (20l,
township fifty (50}, range seven f7l,
west, containing two hundred acres.
except one acre off of the east one-half
(l-2) OF the northwest quarter, section
twenty t20), township fifty (50l, range
seven ~, west, heretofore decided to
district number two u for school pur-
poses, all situate and lying in said
county of Audrain, State of Missouri,
which said conveyance was made In
trust, to secure the payment of q GER
tain promissory note in said deed de-
scribed. And, whereas, said deed of
trust provides that in case default be
made in payment of said note or any
part thereof, or of the interest; or
if default be made in payment
of the taxes, as they become
due, the said trustee, or his sue
cessor, shall proceed to execute the
powers therein conferred; and, where
as, default has been made in the paw
mento of said note which is now due and
unpaid. Now, therefore, at the re-
quest of the legal holder of said note.
and by virtue of the authority vested
in me so to do by said deed of trust, I
| will, on
| FRIDAY, JULY 18th, 1889.
between the hours of 8 O'Clock In the
forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the east front door of the
Court House, in the town of Mexico,
State and county aforesaid, sell said
property at public vendue to the high
est bidder for cash, to satisfy said debt
and interest, taxes and the cost of exc
cutting this trust.
| J. c. BASSFORD,
| 11tdS Trustee
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

THE st. Louis Post-Dispateh is
the only paper in the State which
does not endorse the record being
made by Governor D. r. Francis.
An official who has the enmity of
the Post-Dispateh has the endorse
ment of the people and his party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

The Governor of Mississippi
should have said to the Governor
OF Louisiana: "When those New
England Yankees want to fight, let
them do it at home and not down
here ,,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

d. r. FRANCIS, as Governor Of
Missouri, is bearing living testi-
mony to all and even more than
his most enthusiastic friends ever
claimed for him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

.nTHE editor of this paper would
love to see John l.. Sullivan hit a
certain book agent we know just
once. Only this and nothing more.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

When Dan K. Shields left here
Saturday afternoon before the close
of the polls he knew that he had
not carried his ''pint." The bag
at the c. & A. depot dis
covered however, that he carried
his half-pint and that he drank it,
too, at one good prohibition gulp.
Saline County Progress.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

people will trade with home
folks and patronize home instltu-
tions they will not be caught by
enote sharpS.o
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

SuLL1vAN's final fights and Pat
tbs farewell tours, will, it appears,
like Tennyson's "Brook," go on
forever
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

You can't keep good town
from booming, spontaneously, so
to speak.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

THE move on foot to establish a
German church at Mexico should
be pushed to successful finish.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

THE Boulevard addition to Mex
leo viii be the prettiest residence
property in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11
The Devils Poem.

The editor had gone to a dog
fight, leaving the devil, says Peck's
Sun, in charge of the Office. The
irrepressible spring poet makes his
appearance with a short poem
which he wishes to have inserted.
He gives the devil So to set it up
and insert in the next edition of the
paper. This is how 1t appeared:
NATURE AND sPRINGTIME.
ALGERNoN J. DUBBs.
what beautiful time is Spring
When the Brides begin to SING
And the bumblebee and The chca:. ZEE
carry their heds around in sling
when the black and Tikling aunts
Crawl I'D the yung mans Pants
And eht strgdlebuG and misketo hug
whiIe the spiders Ingage In dance
y the birds git drunk on due
& Offers the Iobin A chue
While the Crate owl blinks
g. tue spaIow wn4s
at the wife OF the gra cuckoo
y the koon gose off on A spre
Along Mith tn chipmunk 4 tie
& the Oderus skunk
gets thundarN drunk
And trise to make Luve to tn be.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

No MATTER when the date, the
Mexico Fulton picnic always brings
local rain or snow.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

Some Things Left Unfinished.
One of the DOCTORS good stories
was that of quaint old townsman
who once said to a well-knewn
divine in Fulton: "Parsons, the
Bible says that the Lord made the
world in six days; do you believe
it?"
eyes"
"Now, do you think that he
finished the whole thing up in that
timer"
eyes"
"Well, all I can say it that he
could have put in one more day to
mighty good advantage, right here
in this town."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

PERHAPS the most thoroughly ad-
vertised woman in America is Mrs.
Harriet Hubbard Aver, who manu-
factures certain cosmetics fer the
female face. Somebody says that
if man wanted to make fortune
all he had to do was to trade on the
vices of his fellow men. This ac-
counts for the fortunes made by
whisky manufacturers, brewers and
tobacco dealers. 1t would seem
that if a woman wants to make
fortune one of the surest ways to
get it is to trade on the vanities of
her own sex. 1t is generally un-
derstood that Mrs. Hubbard Aver
has made a large fortune by furnish
ing preparations which are sup
posed to enhance female beauty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

By request the st. Joseph Gazette
published from its files a few of the
editorials written for that paper by
the late Maj. Edwards. On the
emptiness of materialism he says:
When great griefs come material
ism has nothing to offer for consola-
ton. In the heyday of life and
youth and health men may boast OF
their infdelity over their wine as
they boast of old love affairs; but
when the night falls and the dark
ness gathers they then find that all
their puerile scoffing and unbeliet
is nothing but a naked sign-post
pointing the way to hopelessness
and desolation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

John Hinman, the well known
horseman of Centralia, has three
trotters at the Fair Grounds in
training. Indian Boy is great
horse and promises to distinguish
himself at the coming meeting.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

iotai .Sf,tlo
The neighborhood must be very
inactive one where the increased
value of property will not more
than offset the cost of repairs. We
find that D owns his property by
paying to the end of the period
named, G has nothing to show for
his money.-,Semi- Weekly Star.
He Made the Editor Feel Small.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
The small boy is a terror when he
has an inquiring mind. Such a boy
strolled into the EDITORS room the
other day, and at once proceeded to
down the patient man at the desk.
care you on the paper?" asked
the boy.
eyes"
"What do you do?"
"Wr1te for it,
"Write all the timer"
eyes"
"Don't do anything else?"
"No.'
"Just wait for somebody else to
do something and then write about
it?"
eyes"
"Umr' CALCULATED the small boy
with a look of deep disgust as he
walked off.
The toiler at the desk did not
laugh. Never before had he felt so
small and mean. He had been
made to see himself from a new and
original point of view.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

A Missouri grocer advertises that
any man who takes two drinks of
whisky a day for year at cost of
10 cents each, can have for the
same money thirty sacks of -four,
220 pounds of granulated sugar,
seventy-two pounds of good coffee
and save $3.50 as a premium for
making the change.-Ex.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11
A Cynicism.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Found spouse-"Walter's hair
was the loveliest color when he's
little; I've got curl his mamma
cut off when he's a baby, and it's
pure gold"
Cynical bachelor friend gazing
attentively at the expansive brow
on the back of Walters head y
"Must have been quite a sizeable
nugget; / can see the spot where
she cut 1t off now."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-11

LET 'er boom.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-24
GRALY AND PRODUCE 1ARKETS.
pxAruREs or NEw.YoRK DEALINGS.


There was considerable liquidation accomplished In
wheat speculation yesterday, and the only apparent
buying camo from the covering OF shorts. There
were no new influences OF importance at work and
the slump resulted from the surrender OF many OF
tho longsS whose margins had been exhausted In
the contest mado by them for considerable time
against tho sagnant export trade dsoouraging cable
advces and tho absence OF outside interest. Every
body appeared TO DO selling in response to tho smash
In values at the West, and there was scarcely
check TO the downward movement, and that was
caused by noon reports OF frccr engagements OF
wheat for export. The transactions increased to
10 900 bushels in tho option line, and the net
losses for the day LIS for January at 03 5s,
a-s Cor February at 1-s . Ia for March, at
e5 1-o and May at 0s Ia, and cents for June az
0s l-2 cents Perhaps tho best evidence OK the
elimination Of the liquidation Is 10 be had IN tho
option. After The formal close the traders on the
curb continued Vigorous hammeripg and salee o.
rom tho Official close. There were no failures
reported and suggestion Of embarassments as there
the speculation has ruled dull and unsettled.
Spot wheat was OF 2a2 l-2 cents and At the decline
spain and Portugal The speculative feeling weak
az the close, aud afterward, but thore was porc
conservative view respecting tho future OF the New
York markets than was entertained With egard TO
the Chicago speculation.
Corn on the SPOT Yielded only ID 1 cent and
lative dealings ran up TO about 1000 ooo bushels,
but the market showed sgniacsnt Independence
dealings were at declines OF 1-4a34 cent, but rally
followed later, and the market ended stoady at net
iosses OF only Is cent az 40 for January, ~ 3-9
for February, "A 5.6 for March, and as Ia cents
for May oats showed tho saTno comparative In
difference 10 the tumble IN ths leading cereal. aud
closed OF 1-A61-s cent for tho options, at ~ for
January 81 % for February, 81 5s for March, and
90 ga cents for May. There sales OF 1000
tierces VI SPOT lard part OF the amount being for
Shipment Tho options we're unsettled a9d irregular
ending generally 203 points lowor, st "a IS for
February and March, 81 30 for April, 81 81 for
May, and 81 II for June
fe receipts OF grain and -four reported yesterday at
Eew-York, Philadelphia Baltimore and Boston were as
follows: Wheat, 1881 bushels; corn 331 tbl9 bushels
oats ,6s4 bushels; total grain, 429 67s bushels
-four, $40 packages At Chicago, milwaukee, and
ST. Louis the arrivals wero Wheat, 46,s32 bushels;
corn, 271 9i0 bushels oats, 10l 0O5 bushels; total
grain. AiO O53 bnshels hour, 81 ,431 barrelA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-24

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