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Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26
STARTLING EVIDENCE
Of the Cure Of Skin Diseases when al
other Methods Fail.

Psoriasis 8 years, covering face, head, and
entire body with white scabs. Skin red,
itchy, and bleeding. Hair ALI gone.
Spent hundreds of dollars. Pronounced
incursble. Cured by Cuticurs Remedies.
Ny disease tpsoriasis) first broke out on my
left cheek, spreading across my nose, and almost
covering my face. It ran into my eyes, and the
physician was afraid I would lose my eyesight
altogether. 1t spread all over my head, and my
hair all fell out, until I was entirely bald headed !
It then broke out on my arms and shoulders, unit,
my arms were Just one sore. II covered my entire
body, my face, head, and shoulders being the
worst. The white scabs fell constantly from my
head, shoulders, and arms; the skin would thicken
and be red and very itchy, and would crack and
bleed II scratched. After spending many hundreds
of dollars, I was pronounced iucurable. / heard
Of the CUTIcUBA REMEDIES, and after using two
bottles CUrICuRA REsoLsENT, I could see q change;
and after I had taken four bottles, / was almost
cured; and when / had used six bottles ct Curl
cuRA RKsoLvESF and one box Of CUTIcURA, and
one cake Of CUTIcURA Soar. I was cured of the
dreadful disease from which I had suffered for i've
years. I thought the disease would leave o very
deep scar, but tho CUTIcURA REMEDIES cured II
without any Gears. / cannot express with . pen
what I suffered before using the CurIcURA RENE
pns. They saved my life, and I feel It my duty to
recommend them. Ny hair IL restored - good az
ever, and 50 10 my eyesight. I knew OF . number
Of different persons who have used the CuTIcuRA
REMEDrEs and all have received great benefit from
their use. Yrs. ROSA KELEY,
oekweli City, Calhoun Co., Iowa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26
BETTER GO 1T SLOW.

fplanted trees NJ twenty,
nj gave them time to grow;
And now good fruit in plenty
Ipluck from every row.
Enough for YOU, boys
Enough fer me, ooys,
ThereU always be, boys,
We let IT have time TO grow.
There's neighbor Hale, The rich mans son
He could not wait till fail;
He ate his apples green, poor chap,
And now has none at all.
Ha, la, my boys. no, ho'
Itell you what / know;
IT'S fortunes waste when fools make haste
You'd better go 1t slow.
Igot my wealth by saving;
always worked my way;
And 1 never cared a shaving
Fol 'luck,'' in trade or play.
Inever drank, boys,
Nor lived too hig1. boys,
And that's just why, boys,
I'm a hearty old MAN to-day.
There's Rapid Ned. who sowed Wild oatA
fAs most young fellows cam
Now t=amps, a begger on the street,
Where once he drove a span. a span.
Ha, Ia, my boys, no, 10!
Itell you b / know;
IT'S fortunes waste when fools make haste
You'd better go 1t slow
n when / thought to marry,
And all the girls locked gay,
Twas best I said, to taIry
Till the right one came my way.
Twas one KNEW, boys.
She blessed my life, boys,
And ueh a wife,, boys,
Isn't found IN an hour or day.
There's Jones, he loved a silly lass
And both were blind as bats:
They wooed and welded on the run,
And now they fight like cats, lke cats.
Ha, ha, my boys, no. no!
1 tell you what / know:
IT'S fortunes waste when fools make haste
You'd better go 1t SLOW.
--TKsr0H Brorn. IN Boston Transcript.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

STAIRS.
hasty cry rings m~omentarily through the
corridors and quickly dies away What
is it,
Lydia has passed out into the gardens
where she and Dana Fairfax walk leisurely
up and down between the autumn flowers,
golden bright, and she listens to the
wonderful tale of the search for Haydee's
hidden treasure and that last dreadful fight
on the sands of Morocco. And, while she
listens, more and more she secs the re-
semblance between the two brothers-only
that Dana is darker and more quiet, almost
shy in manner; for ne has not that eager,
nervous look of his brother, that look that
suggests a restless, Utmost unhappy spirit
and more and more she grows to like his
gentle, low-toned voice and mild, yet in
telligent eye. And deeper and deeper in love
with his beautiful companion falls the
hitherto unimpressionahle Dana.
just as they near the conservatory door,
1t opens and down the steps come Nat
allie and Arthur, and on the Princess finger
shines b signet-ring of Haydee n around
her neck CLEANS the necklace of pearls and
the soft light of love is in her eyes.
Thus they stroll up the long, broad walk,
those happy four, two by two, arm in arm,
and where yonder noble oak spreads its
gnarled and leafy branches, they slowly
turn and so pass out Of sight.
TTuF rSn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

The High Hill school district.
thirteen miles west of Mexico, will
have Miss Matte Pool for a teacher
this winter. The directors, COM
posed of P. Daily, Jas. Cox and
Joe Shock have just built a new
and elegant school building. The
building committee is composed of
jeff. Miller, l.. J. Williams and
jeff. Turner. The district is one
of the very best in the county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

John Daniel, one OF Audrain's
most prosperous farmers, ls a world
beater to raise corn. The samples
he left at the LEDGER Office are the
largest we ever saw and is only an
average of his crop. Audrain coun.
ty, Mo-, can't be beaten as a corr
growing county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

Mrs. R. M. Herron's daughter,
Miss Belle, graduated in the liter
airy department at Ann Arbor, and
will go to St. Louis shortly to
study botany under Prof. Feleese.
Miss Belle did not graduate in the
law department at Ann Arbor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26
An Irish Gentleman.

The seats were all full and one
was occupied by a rough-looking
Irishman. At one Of the stations
a couple of well-bred and intelli-
gent looking young ladies came in
to procure seats, but seeing no
vacant ones were about to go into
another car when Patrick arose
hastily and offered them his seat
with evident pleasure. "But yeu
will have no seat for yourself
responded one of the ladies with a
smile, and with truest ~politeness
hesitating to accept it. "Never We
moind that" said the Hibernian,
''yer welcome to it. I'd ride upon
the cow-ketcher any tonne from
here till New York for a snoile
from such jintlemanly ladies'"
and retreated into the next car
amind the applause of those who
witnessed the incident. Perhaps
the foregoing hint to many ladies
will show that a triie OF p~olIteness
has often a happy effect.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

Real estate agents tell us houses
| were never so scarce to rent in
| Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26
extends congratulations.


DR.. T. P. Rothwell, through his
agent, j. W. Willis, yesterday
rented his storeroom on South
Jefferson Street to D. D. Wood
ward, who will open out a new
stock of groceries about the LIST OF
October,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

M. c. Calvert, who lives 5 miles
south of town, last fall sowed two
bushels of wheat on about one and
three-fourths acres of ground, and
a few days since threshed 45 IL
bushels of as clean nice grain as
ever grew. The seed cost S1.40 !;
the yield will bring, at 65 cents
per bushel, nearly $50.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

CHAfTEh
With that he made a flying leap over the
little SAND barricade which they had raised
and flung himself full and straight at
Matteors throat, which be seized like a vice
in the grip of his steely fingers. The giant
stumbled backward and raised his sharp
knife to drive it up to the handle in the
back of the American; but the latter, by a
sudden, strong, upward movement Of his
arm, eleverly turned the blow aside and il
fell harmlessly in air. Concentrating all his
nerve-bor strength in one superhuman
effort, Nebbitt actually dashed this Goliath
to the ground, where the two rolled over and
over and over again in their awful struggles
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

Maggie Lyons, of near Thomp-
son, aged about IL years, has been
adjudged insane and will be sent to
the asylum. 1t is something un-
usual for a girl OF this age to lose
her mind.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

There will be more wheat sown
in Audrain county this fall than
ever before known. A large acre.
age has already been put in.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

R. E. Hisey captured the prem-
ium for the best gentleman rider at
the Monroe City fair. Bob is a
graceful horseman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

VIM. Boyd, one of Monroe eoun-
tvs most prosperous farmers, was
in Mexico this week and called.
He says he could not do without
the LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

E. w. Burroughs and Miss Nellie
Burroughs, of Edwardsville, ILL.,,
are visiting their uncle, D. S. Bur-
roughs of this county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

Another big real estate deal is
on the string and will likely be
consummated shortly. One of Au-
drains wealthy farmers is think
ing of buying about $50, 900 worth
OF city business property.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

Cards are out for the marriage OF
Miss Ada billiard, of this county,
and J. S. Lail, to take place at
Liberty Church Wednesday even
ing, October 2, 1889. The LEDGER
extends CONGRATULATIONS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

John Shock and Jas. Sims are
home from Arkansas, the latter to
remain. They say there is some
good country in that State, but
none to equal the land of old Au.
drain.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

Geo. Rlghtsdale and Laura Riley,
both we'll respected colored people,
were married this week. Their
many white friends did not forget
them, as their presents show.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

John Daniel and Jesse Carter
killed a crane 6 feet 2 inches from
tip to tip and 5 feet 2 inches from
bill to toes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

J. B. johnson, of Mexico, carried
off the prize of the Monroe City
fair for the fastest racking horse.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

The Monroe City Ne,es is issuing
a daisy little daily fair week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

G.. B. Woodruff sold his resi-
dence property on West Monroe
street to r. P. Woltz for $3.50.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

S. T. Hook has taken his daugh.
ter to Christian College al
Nevada. Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

1t is reported that Maj. Warner
will accept the pension commits
| sionership for a few months.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

Cure every species of agonizing, humiiiating. itch
ing, bleeding, burning, sealy, blotchy, and pimply
diseases of The skin, scalp, and blood, with loss Of
hair, from rimples TO ~scrofula, except possibly len
thyosia.
Bold everywhere. Price, currcuRA. SOC; Soar,
2sc.; RxsoLvxNT, u. Prepareo BY Che FofTKn
DHuo AND CORPORATION, Boston.
E-Eend for .How to Cure Skin Diseases" q
pages. 50 illustrations. and LOG testimonials.
NfGaPIES, biackheads. red, rough, chappsd and
ftW oily akin prevented by CUrIcuRA Soar.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

The attempt of the Administra-
ton organs to explain away the in
crease in the public debt is render
ed entirely futile by the following
items from an official statement
made on the authority of Secretary
Window himself:
Debt, less cash in Treasury
Sept. l, 1889. 81 1888, 740,025
Debt, less cash in Treasury
Aug. l, 1888. 81, 077 sos, 93a
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

G. G. Baker has one of the best
spans of draft colts in the country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

Miss Bessie Hunter accompanied
by Miss Mamie Morris and Luke
Morris, left for Lawrenceburg,
Ind, last night. They will stop in
St. Louis to take in the exposition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

Buckley & Moore are refitting the
inside of their grocery store.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

Uncle Abe Hit, wife and the
Kid leave for Kentucky on a visit
next week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

Increase ofdebt during the
month. 6,o7e,ess
Increase of debt since June
80, 1889. 1904, 00s
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

Mrs. Monroe and Misses Eta
and Della Hayes and Rose Arnold,
who have been the guests of the
family of J. B. Gregory, returned
to their home in Readsville to.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26
B. B. Tureman Is in Kansas
City on business.

See H. Franke's new advertise.
ment and give him a call.
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BAR HARBOR.
"A Wild, Weird Tale of Love
and Adventure.
BY AMOS LEE.
PUBLISHED pY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH
THE AUTHOR.
CHAPTER XXXIII.-CoNTINUEI

Copyrighted. 1887 By G.. ". Dillingham; - Al
Riqhs Rsssrrsdl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26
The Imported Percheron Stallion,
E LA R!
mo. COO Percheron Stud Book of France No.
4a69 Percheron Stud Book OF America.5

Gray, foaled 1882. Square and
blocky, plenty of bone, good style and
fine knee action. Sire, Valiant 404, he
by Prosper 1913, he by Decide 49,, he
by Vieux Pierre s74, he by Coco liz,
he by Mignon us, he by Jean Leblanc
739. Dam, Judith, she by Regulus
1918, he by Pierre, he by Luther 792,
Jean LaBlanc 739.
ECLAIR will make the fall season
of 1889 at Galloway's livery stables In
MexicS, Mo-, at $40 to insure a mare
in foal.
Carl will be taken to prevent acct
dentsA but viii not be responsible
should any occur. Persons disposing
of ma es or removing them from
neighborhood before foaling time will
be heldresponsible, whether with foatIa
or not. G.. w. GALLOWAY. !
till 1st IF Oct.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26

Mrs. GruDD has mad a great deal
of family trouble, some of which
the public knows and some it does
not know. Ill health and this
trouble without doubt affected her
mind, and it is thought she has
been partially insane for weeks and
dreaded, Is she states, being put
in an asylum. Her husband says
he often told her that she should
never go to an asylum and that she
promised not TO harm herself. He
says the day she killed herself she
seemed in better spirits than usual.
Her sol Ernest, aged about twelve,
says she tried to get him to go al
ter cartridges the other day, but he
would not go as he feared she would
kill herself, as she had often told
him she would. The pistol is an
old one, which had been lying
around the house empty for some
time and it is not known where
she got the cartridges. Three OF
Mrs. Grubb's children were drown.
ed at one time. in the creek neal
Perry, and it is thought she had
never fully recovered this shock
Mrs. Grub was 81 years old and
was buried at Perry. The Lad.
donna Herald, speaking of this
lady, says:
Mrs. Grub was a lady aged
about 81 years old. She was an
exemplary woman; and no truer
or purer Christian character ever
lived than she. She has always
had a great deal of trouble in her
family, SO past events have shown,
and recently she became demented,
it is said, and this detection oil
mind caused her to wish to be rid
OF her life.
In reference to the report that
Mr.. Grub had been drinking OF
abusing his wife the day of her
death, we desire TO say the rumor
Is false. The people of Laddonia
say Mr.. Grubb has not been drink
ing and has had no trouble since
he was brought to Mexico some
time since.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-26
Your mother,
EMILY CRUDE.

P. S.-Bury me with as little
expense as possible and save all
you can for yourself and children.
Oh ! my God is it possible I must
bring on this terrible thing? But
it must occur. Obi l don't want
anyone to think you had anything
to do with it. ! alone must suffer
for this act of mine. Oh ! it Is
killing me to write you this much.
EMILY GRUBB.
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Prosperous Corporation.

Boston, March 29-At the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the American
Waltham Watch Company. yesterday, it
$1,000, 900, making it S3,000.0OO. A dividend
of so per cent. was declared. Royal f. Rob-
bins, treasurer of the company, said with
regard to the dividend, that it had been de-
clared on the advice of the late Sidney
Bartlett. shortly before his death. 1t was,
he said, cash dividend. The company
had a surplus of s., ,oOO. 600 above its capital.
for which the stockholders had nothing to
show, and this course had been taken that
they might have some evidence of their
property. The capital stock had been in
creased to the extent Of the cash dividend
and those of the stockholders who wished
could take the cash they received in divi-
dends and purchase new stock at par in
pro rata proportion to what they already
held. 1t was not stock dividend. The
other S1.O0O,O0O surplus would DE used in
carrying on the business of the company.
There would be no additions to the works
under the head of the increase in stock. In
1865, when the capital stock was $500, ,0o0 a
dividend of 80 per cent. was made, and the
stock increased to S750.000. In 1880 divi-
dend of 100 per cent was made and the cap
ital increased to 81, ,500.0 900, and in 1885 the
stock was increased $500, 900, for which the
stockholders paid. Mr.. Robbins wanted it
understood that the dividend was legal,
and that the stockholders understood the
matter
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RESISTING THE LAWS.
Deputy United States Marshal Shot and Killed
by Friends of Kentucky MOonshiners.

LOUISVILLE, March GA telegram was
received by Marshal Gross. this afternoon,
from United States Commissioner r. S.
Friend, at Prestonburg, KY, announcing
the murder of Deputy United States Mar
shall Russell Wierman. The murder Oc-
Cured at the Cross Forks of Kentucky river,
IN Knott county, thirteen miles southwest
of Hindman, KY. Wierman made a raid in
Perry and Lester counties and captured ten
prisoners. These he brought to Preston
burg on March 25, and lodged them in Jail
there, intending to take them to Hindman.
On the morning of March 26 Wierman de-
cided to let the prisoners remain in Jail at
Prestonbnrg and 60 on another raid. He
summoned Hollifeld, Creech, Fields and
Salty to assist him, and they started for
Cross Forks. They had number of
warrants, and succeeded in arrest
ing j. Draughn, Jesse Adams and Jesse
Crum. With these prisoners they started
back. The country is very wild and
mountainous filled with ravines and cliffs
They had only gotten short distance when
they were confronted by twelve men armed
with Winchester rifles. The party had been
hiding behind rocks, and when the deputy
marshal and his assistants approached with
the prisoners they stepped out from their
walt1ng places. without moments warn
ing they opened fire ON Wierman, their bull
lets being apparently directed at him alone.
The officer returned the fire with his rife,
as also did the special baliffs. and several
rounds were exchanged. One of the bullets
struck Wierman in the breast
and penetrated his heart, killing
him instantly. He was wounded in
several places. Two of the attacking par
ty were killed, and it is thought several of
them were badly wounded, since the rocks
along the road which they followed were
stained with blood. When the firing COM
slenced the four oailiffs had sheltered
themselves behind rocks, and when Wier-
man fell the moonshiners retreated. The
dead marshaPs body was carried to the
nearest friendly house. where it was left
until the. special officers could go to Pres
tonburg for assistance. During the firing
the three prisoners made their escape. The
four officers managed to reach PrestOnburg
yesterday, although one of them was badly
wounded. A detachment of men was at
Onse sent to get Wierman's body, but they
have not yet returned. The men who COM
mitted the murder are supposed to be those
who fired upon Deputy Marshal Greer. and
were indicted during the February term of
the federal court here.
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YESTERDAYS NOMINATIONS.
Four Foreign Missions and First Assistant
Secretary of the Interior.

Four Foreign Missions and a First Assistant
Secretary of the Interior.
WASHINGTON, March 29-The President
sent the following nominations to the Sem
ate to-day:
Robert Adams jr., of Pennsylvania, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tentiary of the United States TO Brazil.
Lansing B. Miner, of California, TO be
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tentiary of the United States to the Central
American States.
William l.. Scruggs, of Georgia, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tentiary of the United States to Venezuela.
William o. Bradley, of Kentucky, to be
minister resident and consul-general OF the
United States to Corea.
George Il. Ferguson, of Maine. to be col
lector of customs for the district OF Belfast,
George Chandler of Kansas, to be First
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
George L. Shoup, of Idaho. to be Gov
ernOr of Idaho.
Edward j. Curtis, of Idaho, to be Secre-
tary of Idaho.
Jacob V. Admire, of Kansas, to be re-
ceiver of public moneys at kinghsher Stage
Jacob c. Roberts. of Nebraska. to be reg
lister of the land Office at Kingfisher Stage
Station, Ind. T.
Simon A. Darnell. of Georgia, to be United
States attorney for the Northern district of
VIM. S. Upton, of Tennessee. to be United
States marshal for the Eastern district OF
Tennessee.
Gerge Chandler, nominated to be First
Assistant Secretary of the Interior. is about
forty eight years ofage, and has been a resi-
dent of Kansas for twenty years. He is at
present Judge of the State court, compris-
ing the circuit about Independence, his
home, and this is the only public office he
ever held. He is gentleman of high char
acter. irreproachable life and great attain
ments in his profession. He was supported
| by the Kansas Senators and Representa-
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UNIoNTowN, Pa, March 29.-,John Harris,
a thirteen-year-oldb boy, was riding on the
larry" used to charge the coke ovens with
at the Percy coke-works, with companion,
yesterday evening. The 'larry" passes di-
rectly over to the coke-oven mouth, and
when it stopped running the lad Harris
supposed they were past all the ovens and
stepped off the rear end of the "larryn di-
rectly into a coke-oven which was blazing
up six feet above the mouth. The boy sank
in to his arm-pits, and was completely en-
veloped in flames, while his feet and legs
were in the mass of red-hot Goals in the
oven. The driver of the ''larry" saw what
had occurred and fastened to the boys
help, getting him out in ten seconds after
he fell in, but in this short time young
Harris was burned all over, great flakes of
skin and flesh falling off. while his clothing
was charred into a cinder all over him. and
scarcely a spot on him not scorched and
burned. Although suffering horribly. the
child was still living this afternoon, with
no hOpe of recovery. No blame is attached
TO ANYBODY.
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HON. C. r. BRECKENRIDGE.
He Requests that His District Be Not Changed
Pending the Dispute Over His Seat.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, March 29.-Hon. Cliff
ton X. Breckenridge, Congressman from the
Second district, was up from Pine Bluff for
a few hours to-day. The object of his visit
to the capital city, as learned from con-
versation with him, was to request
the members of the Legislature not
to pass the bill re-districting
the State in its present shape. The bill pro-
poses such changes as viii make the First
and Second districts more strongly Demo-
cratic. the bill to take effect at once. Mr.
Breckinridge's reasons were stated very
frankly in the interview. In the first place,
he does not doubt that the Sec
ond district is reliably Democratic,
but should the changes be made
he desires that they do not 60 into effect
until some very remote date, say about
August, 1890. He has no doubt in the world
of his election, but should Congress decide
that he was not elected, and new election
become necessary by reason of the death of
the contestant, John Nj. Clayton he would
prefer to make the race in the old district,
so that his reelection would be vindica-
tion against the charges of fraud, so that
the cry could not be raised for political
purposes that the district had been changed
for the occasion 1t is not likely that the
dill will be reached this session, on account
of the short time remaining, but should it
come mp, Mr.. Breckinridge's suggestions
and requests will have considerable weight
In the action on it,