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Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
ASsIGNEE's NoTICE.

To all the creditors of Linnie Sloan.
assigned:
Notice is hereby given that /, as as
signee of Linnie Sloan, will sit at the
office of Probate Judge. in the Court
House in Mexico, Missouri, on Monday
August rs, 1889, Tuesday, August q.
1883, and Wednesday, August 2s, 1889,
at 8 O'Clock a. IN. and continue the
same until 5 o'clock p. m. of each of
said three days, where 1 will adjust
and allow demands against the estate
Of Iinnie Sloan, assignor. All parties
not having their claims allowed at said
times Will be precluded from the bene-
fit of said estate.
SAMUEL s. CRAIG,
16-4t 4 sss;s-,,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
RATES WILL BE REDUCED.
Cattle and Gram Are Cut Down to
the Point of Saving Hundreds
of Thousands to the
Farmers.
From The Jefferson City Tribune.

The railroad commissioners,
after dihgent inquiry, having heard
all the traffic managers of the Mis-
souri, roads, have concluded to
make reduction of ten per cent. on |
all roads in the State on grain and
% per cent. on cattle. These
cuts, together with the reduction
on coal in the McGrew case in
Lafayette county, from 65 to So
cents per ton, it is estimated will
make freight reduction for the
year, or saving to the people of
$500, 900 to $4,000. The decision
in these matters will be given to the
public officially in day or two.
The commissioners report will
be ready for delivery in a week or
ten days. twill show IS, ,465 more
| miles of railroad in 1883 than in
1887; railroad earnings from all
sources in 1888, S29, ,2S3, ,977.22 as
against s33, 116, 6,313.1S for 1887, or
a decrease of So ,S32 1854 3334 So. Freight
earnings for 1888, SIT 1856, ,931; for
1887, S24, ,01S, ,349. Pa decrease OF
| Sc, ,5S1 ,,614.34 In 1887 the roads
received s1.92 per ton for freight
and in 1888 SLIP, which accounts
| in part for the decrease in freight
earnings.
! In 1888 the earnings were $780,
2S3, ,977.22; expenses, SIT ,37S, ,676.-
81; the net earnings amounting to
s11 ,905 ,3O0.61. In 1887 the net
earnings were s13, ,447 ,435.67, or &
decrease for 1889 of 1912, 1856. .O6
The commission at its meeting this
week did nothing in regard to the
appointment of state grain in
spector. The applicants are ;
host, and the commission pro
poses to be slow and careful il
, selecting the grain inspector, so a
to comply with the law requiring
that he shall be a grain expert an,
a man connected with no board 0
j trade or any warehouse or elevate
company, directly or indirectly
t The commission fixes his salar
, and it is thought it will be put a
), 900 per annum. The inspecte
e will have fifty employees at least
whom he will name when appoint
@ ed by the commission.
The commissioners will visi
Chicago August 5, to see how tn
e grain inspection law works there
!, the Missouri law being almost
verbatim copy of the Illinois statue
> The grain inspector will not b
e named by the commission unit
e after their return from Chicago
about August Is.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
w. A. MORRIS,
ExtcUroR,s NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary upon the estate of J. +,
Smith, deceased, have been granted
the undersigned, A. J. Smith, by the
Probate Court of Audrain county, Mis-
souri,, bearing date July 2, 1889.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them
for allowance to the executor within
one year after the date, or they may be
preciuded rom any benefit of such es-
tate, and if such claims be not exhihi-
ted Within two years from this date
tney WILL be forever barred. 1916
A. SMITH; Executor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

THIRTY YEARS hence, says the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat, the iron
horse will sweep across the deserts,
through the jungles and over the
mountains and morasses where
Park and Livingstone wandered.
Thirty years from to-day the
journey over which Stanley con-
sumed months of the most har-
RAISING, wearing and discouraging
toll will be accomplished at ease in
less than that many DAYS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
Heartless.

Heartless.
From the Merchant Traveller.
"John," was the monosyllable
which foated down from the second
story window, into the street, "is
that yeu?"
"Yesh, my dear"
"Ds you want to go to bed?''
"Yesh, my dear"
"WelI, sit there till a policeman
comes along and ask him to take
you to a hotel"
And the window went down with
bang.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

John L. Sullivan's next engage
ment will be with deIirium tremens,
and he will no doubt encounter
plenty of snakes, which he will not
be able to ''knock out" as easily as
he did Kilrain.-Jefferson City
Tribune.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
A Peculiar Death.

MARSHALL, No, July 23.-Arthur
Flynn, aged II, ran a shingle nail
in his foot July 4 and died to-day
ia great agony from the effects of
the wound. He was the second
member of the family to die by ac-
cident.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
The Fortune. of Course

"That's q queer headline in the
paper" said Mrs. Schoeppenstedt.
"'Lost, Fortune and Wife.
I wonder which he missed the
most2"
''The fortune, probably" said
Mr.. sehseppenstedt heartlessly.
eff he had the wife it weuld be
hard for him to get another fortune,
but if he had q fortune he could
easily get another wife,"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

HARDIN COLLEGE should have a
new fence, and the lawn could be
made the prettiest in the State with
a very light expenditure. In addi-
ton it would do no harm to have it
announced when the next session
opens.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
Hope.
RUpkart

Hope on hope falls TO the ground.
Yet the heart shall hope again:
Wave doth over wave resound,
Yet the sea they cannot drain.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

THE entertainment at the Ferris
Grand Friday night by Miss Quisen-
berry, well known in this city,
should be greeted with packed
house.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

THE Commissioners appointed
to bring negroes into Mexico are
receiving every encouragement
from the Mexican Government.
The negroes will settle in the cotton
producing district.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

"ON SIX different occasions last
winter I was tempted to suicide"
says Charles Butler, of Defiance,
Ohio, "but ON each occasion the
feeling went away soon after had
eaten some chicken salad" Paste
this in your hat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

:, COLLECTOR LANES quarterly re-
port shows careful work. 1t was
highly complimented by the Coun-
ell at its last meeting.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

THE right man has taken hold of
Allison's Springs and we are sure
he will succeed IN convincing the
public that its waters are all that
is claimed,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
Marshall Flyers Start Out.

Marshall Flyers Start Out.
MARSHALL, Mo-, July pa car.
load of Saline's best flyers, trotters
and PAGERS, left this afternoon over
the Missouri Pacific in an Arms
palace horse-car for Hannibal,
They will make the circuit, Mexico,
Moberly, Sedalia, Higginsville and
Marshall, and some of the horses
will 90 to st. Leuis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
A Sensation for Fulton.


Birdie Ellis raised a disturbance
yesterday with her cslored sister,
Margery Nichols, and for this Sab
bath amusement Judge Collier sent
her to the rock pile for ten days.
Birdie informed the sheriff that
"nary id rock would she
smash.'
Last May, Cy. Faucet, one OF
the famous "Royal Nine" Of Mex
leo, slashed Birdie with a knife in
this city, and skipped the county,
Cyrus had drank once too often out
of the raging Stinson and was com.
ing this way, when he was arrested
at Auxvasse and brought to this
city. He was taken before Judge
Collier and pleaded guilty, where
upon the Squire sentenced the
"colored man and brother" to
ninety long, hot, sweltering days
to that dreaded place, the rock
pile. Both of these common, trlf.
ling negroes are from Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
Missouri Corn.

From the Plattsburg (Mo.l Register.
One of our citizens remarked to
a farmer living near this place a
few days ago that he understood
the farmers were frequently dis
turbed during the night by unusual
noises in their corn field, that upon
investigation proved to be nothing
more than the rapid growing of the
corn. The farmer said that this
was true and that his corn was so
tall and thick and had such dark,
rich-looking color that lightning
bugs could be plainly seen at any
time during the day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

THE death of DR.. Dunbar is great
ly to be regretted by all who
knew him. He was a young man
of exemplary habits and of unusu-
al nromise
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
A Close Shave.

Count Spaghetti-"o, eefze lady
could only knew how much I Ief
her!o
Miss De SmIdt-ssHow much 2''
Count Spaghetti (absent-minded-
ly)--aFifteen cents, please-next. u
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

Mrs. Fannie Gooch Unsell, form
erly of this city, is dangerously i'll
at her home in Frankford, Pike
County.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
Not the Reason in This Case

From the Kansas CITY star.
The Fulton Sun says that Mexico
is the dirtiest town of Missouri. It
always gives an editor mean opin-
ion of a town to leave it with a dry
throat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
EXCELSIOR Springs, No.

Unequalled as a health and pleas
ure resort. Finest Watering Place
Hotel in the West.
The waters ,0iH positively cure all
Kidney and Liver Diseases, Dys-
pepsia. Diabetes, Female Com
plants, Skin and Blood Diseases,
etc.
For handsomely illustrated de-
scriptiye pamphlet, apply to F.
Chandler, G. P. & T. A. "Wabssh
Line" st. Louis, No. #
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

Mitt Hendrix is liable to be
sued for SANDER by Judge S. M.
Edwards, whom, Mitt says, went up
to Iowa last week to see about
swarming bees with lightning bugs
SO they could work all night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
Illusion.

Things are never what they seem,
I've heard philosophers say,
And the cold roast veal OF yesterday
Is chicken salad to-day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
LAST year a Pennsylvania woolen

LAST year a Pennsylvania wooden
manufacturer declared that if Cleve-
land were elected, he would sell his
mill at 25 per cent under its assess
ed value, and assigned as reason
that the Mills bill would destroy
his business. Cleveland was not
elected and the Mills bill was de-
feated, Harrison was elected and
the tariff was victorious, and a few
days ago the sheriff sold that fell
lows mill for less than half its
value. Another victory for the tar
Id tax on woel.-Chillieothe Con-
stitittIon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
The Ground Covered.
From the Bosfon Herald.

Senator Ingalls, Is credited with
another gem of thought. He says
that Kansas Prohibitionists have
the law and the boys have the
whisky.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

THERE is but little doubt that an
extra session of Congress will be
called early in October.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

Work on our streets should be
pushed as fast IS the financial con-
ditlon of the city will permit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

Rev. A. A. Wallace is home from
Independence. Mrs. Wallace is
q guest of Fulten relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
Second Tuesday of September,

and will continue until the first Thurs
day of June, 18th, IS90-except that of
the School of Mines and Metallurgy at
Rolla, which will begin and end one
week later, and the Law School which
opens on October 1st, 1889.
Ample provision has been made for
the education and care of young women
in all the classes of the University, and
a course of study specially adapted for
them has been adopted. See catalogue
1850, pages 55 to So and 164 to 1866.
1 beg to call your attention to the APP
pended extract from the law OH this
subject.
You will please, after giving two
weeks publication to this certificate,
transmit to me, ON or before Septem-
Der 1st, a list of the names of all the
youth1of your county who intend to
make application for entrance into the
University at the commencement of the
next session.
IF such list is not transmitted, stu
dents from other counties viii be al
| lowed to enter in lieu of those to which
your county is entitled.
Board can be had in clubs in the col.
lege buildings for male students al
S2.25 per week; in private families al
| 50. 90 to $3.50.
I am, very respectfully, your obedi
ent servant, ]. G. BABE,
Sec'y Board Curators University o
Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

''The Secretary of the Board of Curators shall
cause to be transmitted to the Clerk Of each
County Court In this State a certificate, stating
the number of pupils that such county is entitled
to send to the State University the next Scholas-
tic year. WHICH CERTIFICATE SHALL BE PUB
LIsHED BY EACH COUNTY CLERK FOR TWO
WEEKS in anewspaper published in such county.
The expense thereof to be allowed by the County
Court, and paid for out of the County Treasury"
Persons desiring to enter the State
University at Columbia or Rolla, are
required to make known their inten-
ton to me on or before September l,
1889.
Catalogues of the University can be
had on application to the University
Librarian, Columbia, No., or at my Of
fee, or at the office of the County
School Commissioner.
j. V. WILLIAMS.
Clerk County Court Audrain Co., Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
3, N. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1889.

DAYS till the street railroad
is completed to the Fair Grounds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

NOTHING short of an ovation will
satisfy the Haryesters Friday
night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

TWELVE days till the best inter-
fair in the world begins.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

EI aoaaat it distinctly un-
derstooG that I do not alIoac
Gny house in this toaoa to u1a-
derseU me.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

G. w. Riggs has moved from
Anxvasse to the Roe Mcintyre farm
eoukh Of Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25

Judge Raftery, of Laddonia, was
in town this week. He viii spend
a few weeks in California this fall.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
Sleep.
Sanche Panza in "Quixote."

1 only know that while 1 am in
the condition of sleep I have neither
fear nor hope, neither trouble nor
glory. Blessed be he that invented
sleep: 1t wraps us round like a
mantle. 1t is the food that ap-
peases hunger, the drink that
quenches thirst, the fire that tenn
pers cold, the cold that moderates
heat, and, lastly, the general coin
that can purchase all things. The
balance and weight that equals the
shepherd with the king, and the
simple with the wise. One only
evil has it, as I have heard, which
is that it resembles death; for be-
tween a man asleep and a man dead,
the difference is little.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
T. j. SMITH.
BREEDER AND SHIPPER
The Best Strains of Recorded
Poland China Swine,

My entire herd is dark In color and
faultless in style. Stock not akin; and
stock of all ages, descriptions and of
either sex for sale. RsS Fancy males
speciality. For prices and particulars
address T. J. SMITH,
12-tf PLEASANT HUI IIJ
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-25
STARVING

Iaoaaat to call your attention
to the fact that my prices on
GROCERIES are 0ery loac,
and I can sell to the WheeZers
or anybody else just as cheap
as any grocery house in North
Missouri. I mean it, and If
yotl eoiW look ooe7 my prices I
soiW conoince yoa.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-06
A Clever Writer.

Nine de Martell, who signs Gyp to some
witty feuilletoris, many clever skits, and more
deliriously funny society novels, is a pretty
young woman with her talent mirrored in
her brilliant face, and the smallest hands and
feet in Paris. She Is an immense favorite
socially, and 50 witty, entertaining and gen.
orally delightful IN a salon that she is petted
and feted In the Faubourg and forgiven by
society for drawing her sketches from life
with such fatally truthful and often I'M
hattering hand.
Her novel, "Autour du Marriage" and its
sequel, "Autour du Divorce, " are undoubtedly
the cleverest Of modern satires on French
society and its system Of education Of young
girls and its method Of giving in marriage,
md written with q delicate and essentially
French touch and sandwiched with such an
amount Of French society slang that they are
the despair of the translator, who shrieks
over them in the original and weeps over
them in English. Gyp prides herself on her
direct descent from Mrabeau, and her ability
to floor any conversational antagonist who
essays to break lance with one Of the pref
.iest and the wittiest women In the frivolous
capital Current Literature
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-06
Eucenie,s Presence Of Mind.

The first occasion ON which Nine Carette
saw the empress was at ball given to the
imperial couple in the town hall at Fontaine
bleau, in August, 1s5S-a fete which was yer!
nearly ending tragically. The bali room had
been installed on tke upper story Of the build
ing; the guests had assembled, and the eni
peror and empress had taken their places
when it was suddenly discovered that the
ceiling Of the room was In q dangerously
dilapidated condition, and the motion Of the
dancers had so shaken the rickety old build
ing that the chandeliers over the throne were
oscillating in the most alarming manner. The
empress had happy inspiration. She quiet
ly rose, and, taking the enperors arm, pro
ceeded at slow pace to the supper room, fol-
lowed by the greater part Of the guests II
was then possible to warn the comparatively
few that remained Of the danger, and request
them TO leave. Thus the risk Of panic waa
averted, and, although the ball came 10 9
somewhat abrupt termination, there was no
accident TO life or nInh-London Paper.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-06
FACTS ABOUT CATTLE.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 5.-Richard john
son, OF the bureau of animal industry,
who was in st. Louis yesterday, said: Il
have for the past three months been traV-
cling through the cattle districts with the
object of ascertaining what the condition
of range and farm cattle now is
and what improvements have been
made in the grade of stock on the ranges.
On the whole, the result of my examlna-
ton was decidedly satisfactory and the re-
ports of two other agents OF the bureau
Will be of the same character. In some
sections it is not to be denied that the
grade of cattle has deteriorated IN
marked degree. This is especially true OF
the extreme northwest and the farms east
of the Missouri river. Four or FIVE years
ago what are known as the Oregon cattle,
though be no means confined to the state
of Oregon, were by ali odds the best to
be found on the ranges. They were nearly
invariably three-quarters or hve-slxths
Durham, ran high in flesh, weighing 15O TO
$50 pounds more than the Montana aud
Dakota stock, and their beef was equal to
that of fine, stall fed stock. Today half
breeds are in the majority, the beef pro-
duced is not nearly SO fine, and the aver.
age weight of the cattle has fallen oil
nearly 100 pounds. One fact has been
proved beyond doubt and that is that
neither in cold nor dry section OF the
country should the Durham be in
troduce On the farms in the agri-
cultural belts of Minnesota, Dakota, Iowa
and western Missouri, farmers are still aim
ing to reduce rather than to increase their
holdings. The low price of cattle has
made the industry unremuneratlve and
the breeders are selling off their cows and
steers and replacing them with horses. An
encouraging change-and one which more
than compensates for the loss in other di-
rections-has taken place in the south
west. The Texas long horn, lean,
sinewy animal, is being rapidly replaced
by a cross between the Durham and Devon
and the average weight Of the cattle is
greater by more than 100 pounds than 1t
ever WAS heforeO
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-06

There are many things In hfe observes q
writer in The Wouan's Journal, writing Of
feminine modesty, that young women ought
to know Of, and which, if they did know,
they would regard as grea. solemn truths,
too sacred to be gggled over and srnpered
at; which are not proper subjects for con
versat ian, but which none the less exist, and
should be well comprehended For young
woman-or young man, either-thsre Is nc
safety In ignorance Ths mother assumes
unwarranted responsibility Who leaves hsz
innocent, growing girls and boys to b edn-
Gated in the mysteries Of life by unthinking
outsiders
Constant rubbing cannot wear OF the deli
cate hue Of tha sea she'll, nor can the real
purity Of mind, The real naodesty Of refined
woinanhood be more easily worn away. Mock
modesty Is twin sister 20 that cancer hearted
virtue which consists in not being found og.
People who afec. it ere social ''srsfeces-
Beware Of it, youns woman, because It de-
ceives no one, and because II yea do not
young men who are IN search Of lovely wives
viii beware OF you
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-06
aNoTuee cPONIN ciIopEcT

CHICAGO, July 5.-At late hour last
night several detectives from the Central
station took prisoner to the Harrison
street station and locked him up in wit
ness cell The greatest secrecy was OBJ
served by the officers and from their ac-
tions it was evident that they had made an
important arrest. They refused to say
who their prisoner was or why he was ar
rested, but it is known that the arrest
was made in connection with the Cronin
case. 1t was also said that the prisoner
was none other than the man who drove
Cronln from the Conklin's to the Carlson
cottage. Efforts TO see the prisoner We're
futile. Captain Bertram refused TO say a
word about the arrest and would not dis
close the prisoners identity, but there is
no doubt that he is under lock and key for
supposed connection with the Cronin case.
The mysterious Cronin suspect was re-
leased tonight after being in close confine-
ment twenty hours. He IL Frenchman
named Frank Tremble. Frank separated
from his wife not long ago and has been
resorting TO various outlandish eXpedeuts
TO conceal his whereabouts. In cups he
talked about Dr. Crouin in a way that,
coupled with other matters, led to a sus-
picion that the young Frenchman was in
some manner connected with the great
Clan-na-Gael conspiracy.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-06
Had TO Have Relief

The little girl in this story had been very
anxious to peep in upon the grown up world
and find out what kind of conversation took
place between her mother and her friends
She had begged to be permitted to stay in the
drawing room when her mother received WISH
tors, and at last she was granted permission
She was very quiet; she sat demurely for a
while and listened. Then she went out and
presently q curious noise of thuds and knocks
was heard outside. 1t was not very loud
Presently she came In again and took her
seat, sat patiently little longer, and got UP
and went out. Again the same peculiar noise
was heard After the visitors had gone her
mother called her and said:
'What were you doing out there. and why
did you leave the roomF'
''Well, I'll tell you, mamma Igs 50 very
tired of hearing those women talk that l went
out In the hall and turned somersaults TO re-
lieve myself. San Francisco Chronicle.