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Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16

Following is the more important
part of Governor Francis letter to
T. j. Delaney, counsel for the
Christian county Bald Knobbers,
giving reasons for not extending
executive clemency. After stating
the case, the Governor says:
"For the past four..days / have de-
voted most of my time and atten-
ton to consideration of the argu-
ments which you have presented in
behalf of the condemned men and
to an investigation of the testimony
given at the trial of their cases. |
have read carefully the petition of
the trial judge and the prosecuting
attorney for Communication of sem
tence, as we'll as your written argu-
ment and the many appeals fer
mercy made by letter and petition
from different parts of the State.
That you have ably and ingenious
ly presented every reasonable argu-
msnt for your clients l cheerfully
admit. All the mitigating facts
you have carefully set forth in a
foreibls manner. The new testi-
mony which you have presented in
the shape of faffdavits from respect
ed citizens and officials attacking
the credibility of a prominent wit
ness in the case of David Walker
has been duly considered and care.
fully weighed. The testimony given
at the trial as shown IN the record
of the case presents few if any pal
hating circumstances. The Gov
ernors here reviews the details e1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
The Fourth in Mexico.

y. II
Mexico's deep planted patriotism
is already beginning to sprout, and
if the weather continues seasonable
it will grow and ripen into an old
fashioned Fourth of July celebra-
tion here, when the fatted short
horn calf will be killed and the
Berkshire sheat, the aged OK, the
sucking lamb and the stall-fed
Plymouth Rock hen will be sacrI-
feed side by side on the burn
ing altar of American Inde-
pendence, and the eloquent voices
of a million free born sons OF Au-
drain county, with unparalleled
shrillness shall mount the morn
ing breeze and be waited over the
vine-clad hills of Galloway, shall
reverbrate liberty's song on the fer
tile plains of Randolph and frighten
even the wild beasts of the forests
along the ragged shores of the
"Father of Waters" The glorious
bird of liberty shall stand on one
foot and gaZe-more anon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16

announced that they had walk
ed here all the way frsm Kansas.
They had little money where
with to purchase food on their way
but were pennlless when they ar
rived and had eaten nothing for
twenty-four hours. Upon inquiry
it was developed that the mans
name was w. J. Shaun and that
he had applied for pension which
was refused. Some of his friends
advised him to come to Washing
ton, see the President and get the
matter righted and in his simplic-
ity he set On his long tramp with
his wife and child.
Sergeant Dinsmore was obliged
to deny him admittance, but after
he had been ordered away a kind
hearted usher at the front door OF
the White House followed the poor
creatures out on the portlco and
gave them so cents and card OF
relief to Colonel Moore, the chief
of police. They were not begging,
| but simply in State OF destitution
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
Normal Commencement.

Following is the programme fol
commencement week at the State
Normal Schsol, Huntsville, NO.:
JUNE 7th, $50 p. m. Annual
Celebration Senior Literary So.
Iciety.
JUNE 9th, 1l:O0 a. m.-Bac.
calaureate Sermon.
JUNE 10Th, $50 p. m.-Inter.
Society declamatory contest for ths
VIM. T. Baird medal.
JUNE 18th, $50 p. m.-Inter.
Society oratorical contest for tn,
Regents medal.
JUNE 18th, $50 D. m-Annua
address to the Literary Societie.
by Hon: Nenophon Ryland, Lex
ington, Mo.
JENE 18th, $50 a. m.-Com
mencement. Immediately aftel
the delivery of the orations anc
essays of the graduating class, tn,
presentation of diplomas and an
nouncement of distinctions, the
Alumni dinner will be served il
the Execution Hall.
1t Is earnestly requested tha
there be large meeting of tn,
Alumni of the Institution on this
interesting festive occasion.
The annual reunion of the stud
ents and friends of the school vii
be held in the Chapel on Thurda,
afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Respectfully,
i p BIANTOS Pres
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
An Enterprjslng Southern Girl.
Rrom tha Attantx Constitution

Talk about your enterprising
Yankee and Western girls-they
can't compare to some of these
Southern maidens. Here's Mis-
sissippi lassie who seems to have a
genius for the accumulation of the
almighty dollar. Some one gave
the girl five cents on her birthday.
She bought a yard of calico with it,
cut of which she made a sun-bon-
net, which had ruffies around the
edges and frills upon the strings,
and was altogether so captivating a
bit of headgear that a neighbor
purchased it from her for ferty
cents. With this she bought eggs
and from these chickens, and in q
year and a half she has made from
the sale of eggs and chickens $40.
There the story stopped, but it
seems there is a sequel to it, fer all
this happened more than a year
ago, and in that time the young
woman has invested her $40 in a
COW which has calf. She raised
the cslt, selling at the same the
, milk from the cow to the value of
S$2o, and the calf, proving to be a
particularly fine enc, is valued so
much that the young woman who
began with five cents is now the
lpossessor of $50 worth of stock and
120in cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
Excelsior Springs.

Correspondence of the Ledger
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo-, May
S.-The marvellous growth of Ex-
celsior Springs seems destined to
soon place it in the lead among the
health and pleasure resorts of the
West. The recent completion of a
$500, 900 hotel, $40, 900 opera house,
three church edifices and 65 ele-
CANT summer cottages offers ample
facilities and inducements to casual
visitors. or to those who may wish
to spend the summer at these now
famous medical springs. The ex-
cursions, attractions, ETC., SO far
announced are: Annual excursion
and dinner of "New England So
ciety" of Kansas City, May 10th;
Inauguration of summer season al
opera house, by Boston Stars
May 11th, with two evenings in
each week of light opera during
the summer; annual tournament oi
the Southwestern Tennis Associa-
ton May 30th, 31st and June 1st,
and excursion, banquet and ball oi
Missour; Press Association June
9th and 7th. c. A. K.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
An Immense Wheel.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The largest wheel of the kind
ever made in this country, and
probably the largest OF any kind, is
now in course of construction at the
machine shops of the Dickson Man.
ufacturing Company at Scranton,
Pa. 1t is what Is called a sand
wheel, and is being made for the
Calumet and Hecla Copper Com
pany, of the Lake Superior region.
The great wheel will be fifty-three
feet IN diameter and several feet
wide, and the Dickson Manufacture
ing Company will get SIC, 900 for it.
1t is being built around twenty
inch hollow shaft of gun metal, and
it will weigh between $50 and 16C
tons when completed.
When the great wheel is put in
place at the copper mines it will be
made to revolve slowly by means
of enormous cogs ON the surface OF
its circumference. These cogs are
being cast in segments, and viii
weigh many tons in the aggregate
On each side of the mammoth whee
there will be fifty buckets, each o
which will hold about 100 gallons,
and these buckets viii elevate the
washings and dump them into &
sluiceway. Alter the great whee,
has been built up and the finishing
touches have been put on, it viii
be taken apart and shipped. Every
piece will be numbered, SO thai
there will be no trouble in putting
the wheel together. 1t will take
eight or ten cars to transport it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
The Cost of Macadam.
From the Independence Sentinel.

The price of macadamizing
roads has been SO much reduced of
late that good read can now be
made for much less than formerly.
A good bed of machine-crushed
.rock-and no other should be used
can now be had for $1.25 cubic
yard, or less. If the road bed be
IS feet wide and the rock be an
average of six inches in thickness,
one cubic yard of stone will make
one yard of roadway the entire
width. AS there are 1,760 yards to
the mile, first class road will cost
but 50, 200 per mile or $3.50 to each
quarter section. If the road be but
Is feet wide it will cost one-sixth
less, or S1,S44.34 per mile. Of
this amount the County Court will
pay s1,475. 80, or three fourths,
leaving the land owners bat 1858 .O4
per mile or $3.50 to the quarter
section, to pay. Is this not an op-
portunity to jump at =? But the con-
sideration of the important subject
does not end here. The cost of the
road would Immediately attach to
the opposite land, adding to each
fronting quarter section the SUM of
$45S.4 .43, or 81 Sc per acre, while
the cost per acre to the owner is
but Sc cents, a net gain to the land
owner of $3.50 per acre. Nor is
this all. The hauling would be
much lighter; travelling would be
made easier. There would be less
wear and tear of vehicle, much less
distress to horse-hesh. Land, if
for sale at all, would bring ready
buyers and at figures much ad-
vanced upon present rates. The
people should think of this matter
and think seriously. They should
act and act promptly,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
Grand and Petit Jurors.

The following jurors have been
selected for the June term Of Cir.
cult Court:
Petit jury: Sailing township
A. J. Turner, F. NJ. Traughber;
Wilson,. B. Pool, P. Considine,
I. J. Sims, Jo Brown; Salt River
R. C. Graham, I. F. Coons, A. c.
Hit, T. J. DonCarlos, Linn-Joe
Fennewald, A. C. Stotler, VIM. G.
Sims; Loutre-John Youngblood,
Noah Wilburn, Stephen Bertels;
Cuivre-R. N. Canterbury, 1. n.
Oaks, VIM. Maiden, w. S. Boyd;
Prairie-Jehn M. Smith, G.. w.
Stuart, Martin Fisher, &. H. Ran.
dali, Sr.
Grand jury: S. w. Downing,
A. D. Spratt, R. c. Carter, J. Alex
Roberts, r. A. Calhoun, E. R.
Cauthorn, Joel Pierce, Jacot
Shobe, j. T. Harrison, Shelby
Clark, David Pike and Jeptha
Lake.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
J. p. BLANTos, Pres

Governor Francis has again dis.
appointed his enemies in giving
his approval to what is known as
the grain-gambling bill. Certain
newspapers have freely predicted
that he would interpose his veto
and that no such measure could re.
eeive his sanction. To such of oul
contemporaries We would suggest
that it is not wise to anticipate ex,
ecutive action and allow your pref
udice to do injustice to a conscien
tious official. Jefferson City Tri
bune.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
Electric Executions,

Contracts were signed a day or
two since by which the State of
New York purchases for the cleo
trical execution of condemned
criminals, three Westinghouse cur
rent electric light dynamos. The
State prisons at Sing Sing, Auburn
and Clinton are each to have one
of these deadly machines, which
will be driven by the engines al
ready in place. The current will
be applied to the unfortunates at
the same pressure used by this sys-
tenn for electric lighting, and the
States experiments have shewn
that death will ensue in less than
80 seconds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
TWO WEEKS FREE.
The Mining Company Stops Work
But Mr.. Scofield will Con-
tinue A Fortnight.

At its meeting Wednesday after
moon the Board of Directors of the
Mining Company ordered Contrac-
tor Scofield to discontinue work at
the acknowledgement. In view
of the fact that the thirty foot,
three thousand pound tool that
was dropped several weeks ago is
still firmly planted at the bottom
of the hole, the situation Is quite
interesting. The hole at the bot.
tom is very small and is nearly
filled by the lost tool. Aside from
this disadvantage, about a dozer
feet of the two inch rope are attach
ed to the tool andi it is next to i'm
possible to secure a hold on it. The
rope is almost as hard as iror
itself and hooks, spears and prongs
have been kept vainly jabbing a
it for weeks. Several small piece.
have been drawn up at different
times, but at no time have the
prospects for securing the tool beer
very fattering.
WILL CONTINUE TWO WEEKS.
At. yesterdays meeting Of the
Directory work as the hole was or
dered stopped, but no plans ar,
ranged or suggested for the future
This morning, however, Mr.
Scofield made a proposition to the
Directors to continue the fishing
job for a period of two weeks, free
the company to furnish two hands,
His offer was accepted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
CENTRALIA ITEMS.
Correspondence OF the Ledger.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
CENTRALIA, Nc Day l1.-Mrs.
A. B. Wood, of Chicago, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. S. Magee. .
Jerry Bush and Dick Willis have
returned from New Mexico.
Mr.. r. A. Roddy and Miss Bella
Stephens were united in marriage
last Thursday evening by Rev. J..
Hardy.
Elder Magee is preaching in Au.
drain county near Benton City.
John S. Clayton, the irrepressi-
BILE insurance agent, is in jefferson
City on business.
Mayor Henry is absent on busi-
ness in Southwest Missouri. He
will return early next month.
Miss Alice Roberts. who has been
visiting friends in Fayette, has re-
turned home.
Mrs. Telfair, OF Pittsfield, Iiii-
nois, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J.
W., Shores.
George Radford, of Higginsville,
is visiting in Centralia.
The Guard reminds US that "the
4th of July will be here in the near
future; our people ought, by all
means, get up big celebration this
| year" Adam is always looking out
| for the interests of Centralia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16

A MARRIED lady of position liv-
ing at Peoria, Ill, wishing to take
an airing, sent for horse and a
man to drive. The order was
filled. the liveryman himself act
ing as Jehu. 1t seems that the lat
ter was married, and his wife, .ee-
ing her husband driving with a
lady, became madly jealous and,
procuring a horse, followed and
overlook the other buggy and gave
the lady, who was accompanied by
her little girl, a brutal horse-whip-
ping. Peoria ladies, if they con-
tinue the practice of driving in
single-seated buggies with hired
coachmen, will probably hereafter
insist upon having the services of
fngle men.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
What Is q Nilsson?

A mission is a call from God to
all to repent. 1t comes to the Chris
tian; to the deubter; to the nom
church goer; to the unbeliever. 1t
comes to recall to all the fact, which
we SO often forget, that our nature
is forward and wayward and must
be dealt with in all its meods-in
all it's liabilities. The church of
which this mission is a part, would
use all the ''machinery" that has
been found serviceable in other re-
liglous orders for the awakening and
winning of souls. Whatsoever
things are true; whatsoever things
are honest; whatsoever things are
just; whatsoever things are pure;
whatsoever things are lovely; what
seeyer things are of good report
these she would use to win and al
lure men back to God-their Father
and their Saviour.
Sin is around us, in a.s, and Satan
plies with extraordinary tempta-
ton. Seeing this the church new
goes as she did in the days of her
faithful priests-Law, the Wesleys,
Fletcher and Whitfield, and cries
aloud, to all who will hear the
words of life. She sees that John
the Baptists and Pauls are needed.
She would if she could recall Isaiah,
jeremiah, Ezekiel and the old
prophets. She weuld bring back
Chrysostom and Boniface, Anthony
of Padua and Bernard. She would
have with her now Savanaiola, Rid
lay and Latimer and all the martyrs
of a past age to awaken the present.
The fact is that we believe that
our church beautiful as it Is, with
all its privileges is for all, high,
low, rich and poor; for they all are
the children of ONE FATHER. And
she is for all ages and all places,
and because of this she has a mis-
sion and she must speak to all who
will hear and tell of a present Sa-
viour-Jesus Christ, who filleth all
in all.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
1T WAS REcoNsIDERED.
The House Passes the Bill REIN.
| bursing Governor Francis.

In the House at jefferson City
Tuesday morning the members
reconsidered the vote by Which the
bill reimbursing Governor Francis
for expenses at the New York cen.
tennial celebration failed to pass on
yesterday, and passed the bill, ayes
y, noes 55. Messrs. Young, Smith,
of Jackson, Clohesy, Stuart, Evans
and Hereford changed their votes
from Tuesday and voted ave,
while Jackson and Parker, who
voted aye, were absent. The
Governor is in fine spirits over the
result, and was congratulated ovel
the vote by number OF members
The House appropriation bill fol
the Elemosynary Institutions of th.
State passed the Senate, givins
$40, 600 to each of the asylums Al
Fulton, St. Joseph and Nevada
The House bill gave the St. JOSEPH
and Nevada asylums $500
There was some discussion on 9
motion to strike cut of the bill the
$4,000 for the st. Louis Insane
Asylum. An amendment offered
by Senator McGrath to have al
the bills contracted by the institu
tions audited by the Auditor o
State and not by the Board of Man
ayers of the institutions as hereto
fore. was adonted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
FOUND A HOME.
The C1ty's Orphan Adopted Into
an Excellent Family of This
County.

The female infant left moth erless
by the death of Mrs. John Baker,
has found a good and permanent
home. The child's father, John
Baker, is a pedestrian, and his
whereabouts are unknown, the man
having left this cits last fall. The
child left by the unfortunate moth
er's death was last week taken for
adoption by Mr.. and Mrs. R. A.
Boyd, prominent and well-to-do
residents of this county. The child
has been kept by Mrs. Cross
white on the West Side, since the
death of its mother, the city meet
ing its expenses. 1t is quite a
pretty youngster and has fallen into
excellent hands. The baby has
been named Grace Boyd.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
FRANCIS SIGNS THE BILL.
Dealing In Options Supposed to be
Stopped.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, May g.
Governor Francis signed the op-
ton dealing bill to-day and re-
turned it to the House with a mes
sage otapproval. The Governor was
up to his ears in work when the St.
Louis Republic correspondent call
ed on him this evening, and asked
him what he thought of the bill.
sit is a good law" was his reply.
81 most heartily approve of its
provisions. 1t will work no injury
to legitimate dealing in grain and
other agricultural products, and it
will prevent gambling in those
commodities. That is right"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
Live Stoe

Lewis & Johnson bought bunch
of !, 900 pound cattle of Z. +. Buck
ner at 3 IA cents. They sold some
of them to Holt to be placed on the
butcher market.
At the stock sale Saturday after
noon, c. Fl. and j. s. Browns five
shorthorns sold as follows: Henry
McCue, Mexico, $40; r. J. Moore,
s52; w. ID. Harrison, Mexico, s38;
F. NJ. Shoup, Rush Hill, $40; John
Gamble, Mexico, $50. Jas. T. john
son was auctioneer.
W. +. Muir, of Fulton, shipped
sixty-two cars of hogs to ST. Louis.
Smith & Atkinson shipped in
sixty. FIVE hogs from McCredie.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
MEXICO, MISSOURI, TIL URSDAY MAY I6, 1880
the murders on the night of March

the murders on the night of March
IL, 1877 That all those who en-
gagged in this attack were equally
guilty cannot be denied, but the
fact that the State was compelled
to grant immunity TO some OF the
accomplices in order to convict
others, if not more guilty offenders,
should not relieve from punish
ment those who have been sentenc-
ed by the courts. This was a con-
spiracy, the parties to which were
masked and bound together by a
terrifying oath, attended by cere-
monies calculated to impress the
subscriber with deep sense of the
selemnity of his oblig zion. The
new testimony which you have ad-
dueed for the purpose of overthrow
ing the statements made by one of
the states witnesses against David
Walker, to the effect that he not
only encouraged but ordered the at
tack, appears from the testimony
to have been known to the counsel
for defense at the time of the trial.
But even if such were not the case
the fact remains that David Walker
was the organizer and leader of this
band; that his authority over the
men was absolute if not despotic
and that by timely exertion he
could undoubtedly have prevented
the assault. The youth of William
Walker, which has been urged as
the reason for the extension OF
clemency to him, would in most
cases be justification for mercitul
action, but in this one the testi-
mony shows him to have been a
leader rather than a follower and
establishes the fact that he was the
most daring and desperate of the
band.
In the case in hand the innocence
of the accused is not asserted, and
the extenuatlng circumstances bal
ance poorly with the enormity Of
the offense committed.
The attack had little provocatien
and no reasonable explanation o.
it has ever been offered. The ex.
ecutive authority of the State can.
not be better employed than in
throwing about the homes of its
children the mantle of its protec
ton. The epidemic of lawIes sness
which has broken out in various
parts of the country in the guise ot
self-styled regulators, and which il
this State has found expression in
bald knobberism, should be sup
pressed, and it is to the credit o
Missouri that she has so promptly
administered the punishment pres
cribed by law tor the commission
of outrages Of the nature of the
Edens- Green murder.
Being swern to support and up
hold the law, to insure protection
to peaceable citizens, and to assis
in the punishment of the offenders
l cannot grant the Communication
desired.
| With the highest respect ant
greatest personal esteem, I am, sir
your obedient servant.
DAVID r. FRANCIS, Governor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
All For Francis.

The Mexico Iateitigeneer which
has misrepresented and abused
Gov. Francis, before and since tbs
election, has at length seen tn,
error of its ways, and in a recent
issue gives credit in half apeioget
ic way to Gov. Francis for the adj
mirable way IN which he has adj
ministered the affairs of the State
1t takes some people long time t.
learn common sense.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
Horace Greeiey's Adage.

1t was maintained by the late
Horace Greeley, that nothing sue
eeeds like successr If this be
true, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
will always be popular, as it never
fails. Il is intended, especially for
coughs, colds, Group and whooping
cough, and is undoubtedly the best
and most reliable mediciLe in use
for those diseases. 1t is decidedly
q success. For sale by G. Z. Gibbs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
The Prizes Forwarded.

An elegant gold watch, the first
prize Of the LEDGER guessing
tournament, was forwarded to Miss
Maggie B. Harris, of McCredie,
Mo-, Friday morning. The second
prize, a set of silver knives and
forks, was won by Mr.. James Wise,
of McCredie. This prize was also
forwarded that morning. The
third prize, a years subscription to
the LEDGER, goes to Mr.. Louis
.O'Brien, Mexico Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16

but If he cannot come IN and live
as a Christian, we would recon-.
mend that he stay out and confine
his labors to the prosecution of his
legitimate business, and remember
that "offered services are generally
rejected" In the future, if the
church should feel the need of his
counsel, he will be duly notified
1 do not desire newspaper con.
troversy and hope this will be the
last of it. w. w. SETTLE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16

Few persons have any idea of
what the coming fair and race
meeting are to be. There will be
more horses on the ground by the
first day of July than that date
ever before witnessed here. The
annual stall building will have to
be commenced soon, as the pros
poets for an increased attendance
ofstock were never more fiattering
Secretary Glandon confidently
counts ON twenty-five entries to the
thousand dollar guaranteed stake
race. This race will be one of the
features of the racing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-16
The collsse Located.

At meeting of the college COM
mittee of the NJ. E. Church at
Laddonia Friday afternoon, a
beautiful site south of the railroad
was selected. The members of the
committee were pleased with the
bright little town. Work viii COM
mence on the college as soon as
possible.