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Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

James Ruse and daughters have
Just returned from a pleasant
months visit in Mercer county, H., j,
where they went to attend the COM
mencement exercises of the college
at which John Ruse, who will short
ly locate in Mexico, graduated. They
brought back a sample of water
taken from an artesian well $3.50
feet deep. They say In ali their
travels the saw no county like Au-
drain and no tewn like Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

TIE entertainment given at the
Ferris Grand Thursday by Prof.
Treloar's class was enjoyed by a
large and critical audience, which
was delighted with the programme
from beginning to end. His class
shows fine talent, unusual develop
ment, and demonstrates clearly the
results to be obtained from thor
ough training by competent and
painstaking teacher.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
FOULLY MURDERED.
Former Resident of Galloway
County Killed IN the
Mountains.

"An Associated Press dispatch
sent from Fort Pierre, Dakota of
May 14,' says the Eastern Oregon
Republican, Estates that the body
OF w. G. Duncan, who left Chey-
enne Agency two weeks prior in
company with Arthur Redmond
with a band of horses, was found
near the Agency that day. The
circumstances show that Duncan
was undoubtedly murdered and he
was known to have had large
sum of money in his possession at
the time. The man Redmond
went to Fort Pierre with the stock i,
selling the same, giving an excuse
for the non appearance of Duncan
that he had received bad news
from his home in Oregon and had
Immediately left. The story OF
Redmond was accepted with sus-
picion and a large reward was
offered for the apprehension Of the
murderer and finally eliminated
in the arrest of Redmond as the
principal in the atrocious crime.
The Duncan boys are all well and
favorably known in this part of the
State and the awful death of Will
will be deeply regretted by ALL
The murdered man above re.
fered to was single and about forty
years of age. He was born and
raised On Coates Prairie, in Cal
laway County, and was the son o.
M. Y. Duncan's oldest brother.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

WHILE in Jefferson City this
week we had business in the de-
partments, and were delighted to
hear the State officers say that Au-
drain had the most prompt and cor
rect officials of any county in the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
A YOUTH sELF-sLAIN.
The Nineteen Year Old Son of A.
Griggs Kills Himself with a
Shotgun.

There is sadness in the home of
A. Griggs and his wife, who live on
Whitley street, in the northwestern
part of this city. Their nineteen
year old son, J. T. Griggs, known
as Tuie Griggs, killed himself near
Hatton, Galloway county, Thursday
evening by shooting in the breast
with a double barreled shotgun.
The boy was employed by farmer
named J. B. Burrell. At the time
of the suicide, the house was de-
serted save by the unfortunate
youth who took his life, and when
other parties returned the body was
lying ifeless on the bed on which
he shot himself. Mr.. Burwell is
bachelor, and at the time of the
suicide was away from home. The
boy was alone in the house from 3
O'Clock until nearly sundown. At
about 5 O'Clock, an old colored
woman living quarter of a mile
distant heard the report of
gun in the direction of BurrelPs
house. She thought nothing
of it, however, until after
the suicide was discovered. When
found, young Griggs was lying
across bed, holding in his hand
the gun with which he took his
life. One OF the barrels was empty,
and the hammer of the loaded bar
rel was cooked. A small, clean
hole was cut In the boys left
breast, IN the region of the heart,
and death must have resulted in
simultaneously. The youths fea-
lures were in no way distorted and
contained no traces of suffering.
A chair lay on the floor in front of
him and it is thought he used that
article of furniture in discharging
the gun, holding the weapon in
his left hand and striking the trig
ger with the chair leg. The young
man was not moved until a jury
was gotten together by Esquire
Doc Harris, of McCredie town.
ship, Galloway County. A verdict
of suicide, in accordance with these
facts, was rendered. On the
stove was found an envelope ad-
dressed to "My Mother, Mexico,
Mo-" 1t contained a message, in
substance, as follows:
"DEAR MOTHER: I write you this
to bid you, father and brothers and
sisters all goodbye. Give my watch
to Blanton and my knife you keep
to remember me by. Bury me
near my little sister and Sc, that
I'm put away right. now bid you
all farewell. Mother, dear, don't
grieve for me-"
The note was unsigned. But
the writing was only too familiar te
the mother and she at once broke
down. The numerous brothers ano
sisters are wild with grief and the
scene presented at the boys home
was indeed pitiable one. The re-
mains were brought to Mexico at
O'Clock that afternoon and at once
taken to the residence, where they
now lie. The face presented the
calm appearance of a sleeper ane
gives no indication whatever thai
the deceased suffered.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

SATURDAY was stock sales day
and Mexico was packed with farmers
from this and adjoining counties,
and the crowd was so large tnat
strangers were led to ask: SIS
there a circus in town." Mexico
is a great trade center.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
Tile EAR cafalnoue Fl

The FAIR catalogue for 1889 has
Just been issued from this office.
Competent judges pronounce it the
best piece of work Of the kind ever
turned out in Mexico. Copies of
this handsome little book may be
obtained at this Office or by appli-
cation to Mr.. J. A. Glanden, secre-
tary of the Fair Association.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
To the Public.

Mexico, Mo-, May 81, 1851
hereby acknowledge that I have
been mistaken IN my allegations
against Mr.. E. E. Jones and that
he has been misrepresentsd to me
and I to him. I believe, after a
fair and close examination, that he
is perfectly honest.
9-2t WILLIAM GROVES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

"WIcK-wAcK," in an editorial in
our contemporary accuses the LED
GER of stealing the Champ Clark in
terview from the Bowling Green
Post. The interview referred to
was in type in the LEDGER office
before the Post was issued Come
again, Wickie-wackie Cookie.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

"Beb" and "Dick" Werrell
made Mrs. 2. b. Werrell an ele-
CANT present to-day of $500 lay
out in the way Of neat phaeton
and horse, which will be among the
best on the Boulevard this season.
A more merIted present, better ap-
precirted, was never made.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

WIN. GROVES made statements in
regard to E. E. Jones which he
found afterwards were false, and in
a manly card SO states. Both these
gentlemen are prominent and re-
spected citizens of Audrain coun-
ty and any misunderstanding is
greatly to be regretted, and We
trust will be Strengthened out in
manner not to leave any hard feel
ipr
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

THE girl who wears a yellow gar
ter in accordance with the direc-
tions we print elsewhere, is sure to
be engaged within SIX months. We
are willing to place unlimited back
ing on the efficacy of this charm.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

THE poem sent Us yesterday by a
young lady of this city, who,'' few
months since, married q tall man,
and has left him on account of
brutal treatment, and is going to
commit suicide because her name
is now being mentioned in connec-
ton with a scandal in high life,''
will be published with her obitu-
ary when she kills herself and will
receive favorable mention as he1
last effort, and we judge after read,
ing that it Is also her first.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

THERE are two things due every
school exhibition or concert from
any audience. The audience should
be prompt in arriving and should
pay close attention to the perform
ers. Whistling, eating peanuts and
throwing paper balls while young
ladies are playing the piano, is, to
say the least, in bad taste, and
would not be tolerated at Jake
Esher's unless the bouncer hap
pened to be laid up for repairs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

advertising themselves with loud
mouths, or dodging all questions
when a vote was likely to put them
on record Clark could be found at
his post; and the reputation he
brings home with him is one of
which the farmers of Audrain
county may well be proud.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
OF CATaRRH.-Dull,

heavy headache, obstruction of the nasal
Passages, discharges falling from the head
INTO the throat, sometimes profuse, watery,
sd acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous,
putiient, bloody and putrid; the eyes are
sF2ah, watery, and intaned; there is ringing
III the ears. deafness, hacking or coughing TO
clear the throat, expectoration of offensive
matter, together with scabs from ulcers: the
voice Is changed and has u nasal tware: th
breath is offensive; smell and taste arc i'm
paired; there is sensation of dizziness. with
mental depression, T. hacking cough and gen.
eral debility. Gniy few of the above-named
symptoms are likely to be present in any one
case. Thousands of cases annually. without
manifesting half of the above symptoms, re-
suit in consumption, and end i'll the grave
No disease is SO common, more deceptive and
dangerous, or less understood by physicians.
By its mild, soothing. and healing properties,
cases Of Catarria, sscold iR The hcad,o
Coryza, and Catarrhal Headache.
Sold by druggists everywhere; so eenta
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
Moberly's Railroad Gain.

MoBERLY, NO., May 29.-An
election was held here yesterday on
proposition to SO change the cor
porate limits of the city as to ex-
clude the shops and grounds Of the
Wabash Western Railway, thus re-
lieving them from payment of city
taxes. The proposition was car
ried by $50 to Al. In consideration
of this immunity, the railroad COM
panv bind themselves to forever
maintain their principal shops here,
and also to erect at once. a new
Unien Depot to cost not less than
S25, 600.
The following named parties, adj
ditional 20 those already published,
have subscribed to the Boulevard
Improvement fund: w. W. Har-
per, John NJ. Pollard, DR.. Fritts,
Frank Wheeler, E. S. Wilson, D.
p. Moore, Jno. W. Hill. Edgar
Dudgeon, Price Johnson, VIM. Ed
naonston, Hal Gibbs, j. P. Dob
yns, Wm. III. Coons, j.. G. Lake
nan and Clark Barnes. Work will
begin Monday morning, and con.
tinue until the first half mile is az
level as floor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

EVEN Sarah Bernhardt shows a
desire to lead better life. She
has quit smoking cigarettes and
taken to mild cigars.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Fred w. Panhorst, one of Au-
drains prominent young farmers
and stock raisers, was married
to Miss Emma Braun, a lovely
young lady of jacksonville, ILL.,,
Wednesday, June 9th.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

There are twenty-four arbitrary
rules laid down in the books for
raising poultry, and yet the farmer
who disregards every one Of them
always has plenty of chickens and
eoos to sell
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Jefferson B. Greer, of Spokane
Falls, Washington, is here on q
visit to relatives. after an absence
of several years. He will be here
six weeks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

loved two of them and became en-
gagged to them both. But this isn't
all: she married both. She was
quietly married on the 22d of May
to Jasper Ulmer, a prominent
young tiller of the soil. John s.
Pritchett, the other lover, had been
out in Idaho and when he got back
he went straightway to the girl and
demanded immediate marriage.
Rather than break to Pritchett the
news Of her previous matrimonial
venture, she agreed, and the two
were accordingly made one. 1t
might be well to say, parentheti-
cally, that the three days. husband
of the girl was out of town at the
time of his wife's second marriage.
When he came back to his desert
ed home there was row that re.
minded the South Missourians of
old earthquake days. Officers were
sent after the recreant pair and
both were arrested with little diff
ficulty. The Lochinvar was locked
up on a charge of abduction and
the giddy double bride was placed
in the same Jail, charged with big
amy. Ulmer says he will see
Pritchett through the penitentiary,
if such thing is possible, though
he doesn't care very hard to have
his faithless little bride come up to
JEFF.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

G. D. Ferris has fixed up an ele-
CANT residence for VIM. Bedell just
east of the Ferris House at the de-
pot. where "Pete" will reside in
the future.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Gale Guthrie says when it comes
to buying horses Bill Coons is a je-
dandy, but he couldn't sell Bill the
montgomery county horse" The
bows have lone" on Coens.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Miss Susie Marshall, formerly
of this city, was married last week
to a prominent young man of Boze-
man, Montana.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

The report that Press Atkins was
married in Kentucky is false and
without any foundation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Among the cases decided by the
Kansas City Court of Appeals
Thursday were the following of
interest: Luke III. Emmerson,
respondent, vs. st. Louis and
Hannibal Railway Company,
appellants, ,Audrain County; motion
for rehearing denied.
j. R. Baker, appellant, VS..
Samuel NJ. Shaw, respondent;
Galloway County; motion for
rehearing denied.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

J. II. Davis made US a pleasant
call this week and says the late
rains proved a glorious thing for the
farmers of Audrain.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Mrs. John NJ. Clark, of Kalkaska,
Michigan, is in Mexico on visit
to the family of J. P. Clark and
other friends. She will be pleased
to have friends call.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Jack Emerson, the colored wife
murderer, was sentenced at Fulton
Thursday to fifty years in the
penitentiary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

The per cent. Of insanity among
farmers wives is greater than
any other class, and tits constantly
increasing. They work too hard
and are left alone too much.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Work has been temporarily
abandoned at the hols-in-the-
ground, awaiting the arrival of a
new drill rope. Contractor Sco-
field says he proposes to recover
the lost tools and complete the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Joe Ringo lost fine draft colt
this week. Cause Of death un-
known.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Mrs. James r. Marshall and Mrs.
w. G.. Wallace are the guests OF
friends in Vandalia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Bob Hisey yesterday sold to a
gentleman from Kentucky a fine 5
year old saddle gelding for $500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

The Ricketts, tt Emmons Dry
Goods Company bought 1900
pounds of wool Saturday. This
house is doing an immense busi-
naaS
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

R. R. Buckner shipped in from
Bryans 139 head of hogs this week.
They were consigned to ST. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Miss Josie Eldridge is the guest
of her aunt, Mrs. E. A. Petty, at
Rush Hill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

A through express car of fruit,
bound for Omaha and in charge of
J. II. Poague, well known here,
was laid out on the Wabash near
the Union Depot last night by a
broken truck.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
The Next Governor.


Congressman Dockery made q
talk in the House just before ad-
journment Friday. Knowing ones
say that Dockery has his eye on
the executive mansion, and his
friends say that he would make a
most excellent successor TO sour
Dave" If Dockery runs the con-
test may drift into a fight between
the southwest and The northwest,
with Audrain county TO hear from.
Press Atkins sold pair of fine
hounds to Harry Stevens, of Kansas
City, for $50. They are two Of the
best dogs in the State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
Little Bits Of Philosophy.

Evil is talked of, but good is
taken as matter OF course.
Most things that are said to be
smart will not bear analysis.
No man was ever strong enough
to conquer his own prejudces.
The smaller the pocketbosk, the
more important a dollar will make
it look.
Evil takers should be arrested
for carrying concealed weapons In
their tongues.
The man who runs from a bum-
BILE bee may show great courage
when fighting with lion.
Slander is like conversation
over a telephone in that you can
never hear but one side of the
story.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

| S. V. Overbagh has succeeded
Mrs. Taylor in charge of the
Martinsburg post-office. Mrs.
Taylor, during her incumbency,
made a model official.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

H. N. Vail, of Independence,
Mo-, seld W. H. White, of Mexico,
two fine Shorthorns at a fancy
price.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

William Jones sold bunch of
yearling muleys to w. S. Hathaway
Saturday for S26.5 each.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

The very latest and funniest
whim, says the New York Sun, is
the wearing of the yellow garter.
The yellow garter's origin is
shreuded in murky uncertainty,
but its Specification is known to ev-
cry girl who possesses it, and this
is its charm. Any girl who wears
a yellow garter above her left knee
is sure to be engaged in less than
six months. The garter must be
given to her by a lady friend-she
must not make or buy it.
Just wherin lies its potency be-
longs to the ethics of the esoteries
ofgirlhood, but the girls all wear
them. The slim slips Of girls who
want to be engaged just for fun,
though they aren't half old enough
to be married; the bright, clever
girls, as sweet and spicy and whole
some as carnations, who have a Ca
reer before them. and say they
wouldn't marry the best man in
the world; the hopeless girls that
have tried everything else, you
know, and are accustomed to fail
ures; the sweet-hearted, womaply
girls, who are waiting like Mariana
in the moated grange and sighing
because che csmeth not" and the
naughty, witching girls, wLs could
marry every fellow in the market
if they were not so sort of bewilder-
ing that no one quite dares to ask
them, and the shy girls, whs hide
the yellow band from their best
friends and think of it when they
say their prayers, all waiting fol
some knight of the Garter to help
them solve the problem concerning
the success or failure of the time.
honored institution which is caus.
ing so much controversy at pres
entail wear the yellow garter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Col. Hutton, Issm Roberts, Co.
Clerk Williams and J. n. Cross at
tended the Sunday School conyen-
ton in Sailing township.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Charley Saunders, son of ex-
postmaster Saunders, has gone to
California to accept fine position.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Guy, the seven year old son of
Judge and Mrs. G.. B. Maefariane,
fell about ten feet from stable
loft at his heme Thursday. sus-
tanning severe injury on the FORE
head. Though the wound is very
painful, the little fellow Is thought
to be in no wise seriously injured.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

"The only thing 1 regret"
wrote a French chambermaid be-
fore suiciding, sis that l shall not
be present to hear the exclamation
of my mistress when she first dis
covers my dead body"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
AT DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
THE CHARLES a. voGELER CO.. Baltimore. M

DECORATION DAY was generally
observed throughout Missouri in
an appropriate manner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Wm. Eller sold to Jas. Stevens,
of Kansas City, two fine fox hounds
for 500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

A French fisherman who was re-
ported lost and whose property was
divided up, returned all right after
an absence of two years, but the
French courts hold that he is dead,
and he has got to take a new name
and be somebody else.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Mrs. J. D. Gregg is visiting rela-
tives at Bowling Green.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Leb Crigler, Of Worcester, was
in town this week, on his way to
st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Frank Kilgore states that in the
fall of 1914, rain fell continuously
for twenty-six days. Salt River
was then several feet higher than
In the recent rise, says he, cover
ing all of the bottoms to a height
above the present railroad bridges.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Miss Nellie and Carl Purnell are
visiting in Kirksville.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

The convention of County School
Commissioners meets at Sweet
Springs, June 10 and 20. Prof. B.
W. Torreyson, of Audrain, is on
the programme for the discussion of
a paper, "Plan of Grading Pub
lie Schools"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Mrs, Jas. F. McWilliams is
home from pleasant visit in Van
dalia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
Possibilities.

From The Minneapolis Tribune
every male child In the land"
says an exchange, Islands chance
of becoming President" I" Exactly.
And it is true that every male
child born stands chance of be-
coming q base bali pitcher or first
assistant postmaster-genefal. This
is a great country. -
Whittaker's suga--cured hams.
If WIZ, IAEwELLYx.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Mrs. F. V. Gentry is the guest of
Columbia friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
EYerYthIug All Right.

Proctor & Company, of Sturgeon,
write that the United States In
vestment Company has sent a
check in full payment for their
street railway ties now in the Wa
bash yards here. Under the fran
ehise, actual work must begin by
June 8.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
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 clung to Castoria,
when she hal Children, she gave them Castoria
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
From the St Louis Republic.

From the st Louis Republic.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo, May 29.-Chas.
H. Grasty, managing editor of the
Kansas City Times, and Mrs. Otie
Perrin were married at the resi-
dence of the BRIDES brother, II. NJ
1ootle, in this city, at 3 O'Clock
this afternoon. Kew. M. NJ. Goode
of the Christian Church performed
the ceremony in the presence of
only the Immediate relatives. Mr..
and Mrs. Grasty left immediately
for Kansas City. The bride is a
remarkably handsome and accom-
plished woman. She is niece oi
Thomas Tootle and the late Milton
Toetle, both millionaires, and has
been very popular in society here
and IN Kansas City. She obtained
a divorce about year ago from hel
former husband, who at that time
resided in Kansas City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
FOR CHICKEN CHOLERA.

Bakersfield, Cal, Oct 10, 1888.
I have used st. Jacobs Oil for sorehead Of
chickens with prompt, permanent cure One
bottle will cure 10 to Is chickens; . to drops
cures WheeZes. JAS. BETHAL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
aUntold Agony from Catarrh.,,

of Ithaca, N. Y, writes: "Some ten years ago
suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family physician gave me up as
neurable, and said must die. My case was
such bad one, that every day, towards SUM-
set. my voice would become so hoarse could
barely speak above a whisper. In the morning
my coughing and clearing of my throat would
almost strangle me. BY the use of DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, in three months, was a well
man, and the cure has been permanent"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

~ GENERAL DIRECTroNs-Hfra q pEy o,
bfsdd or dough saturated tSi.h s. Jacobs OIL y
The foul canno. st0ozo,0 force it dolen the throat.
Air some corn meal dough srih the Oh. Give
nottiiis else. They ,rtls finally ca. and be cured.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06
aConstantly Hawking and Spitting.0

THOMAS J. RUSHING, EsI.. s9os Pine Street,
81. Louis. Mo-, writes: Il was great sufferer
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
and splitting, and for the last eight months
could not breathe through the nostrils. l
thought nothing could be done for me. Luck
lily, was advised to try DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, and am now a well man. believe
it to be the only sure remedy for catarrh now
manufactured, and one has only to give it a
fair trial to experience astounding results and
q permanent cure"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-06

Marriage of Charles n. Grasty.
Mr.. Charles H. Grasty, manag-
ing editor of the Kansas City
Times, and formerly of this city,
was married yesterday afternoon to
Mrs, Ottie Perrin, very highly es-
teemed lady of St. Joseph. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
NJ. NJ. Goode, at the home of the
BRIDES brother, Mr.. II. Tootle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grasty will reside in
Kansas City.