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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-17

WnArEvER our place allotted 10 Us
~ Providence. that for US Is the post Of
honor and duty. God estimates US nos
BY tho position we are in. but By the
way In which we fill it---Edwards.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-17

TIM gospel o. FREQ to all, % fres thss
men often dcspisc II and turn away from
y. They want something In the pro.
curing Of which their own merit shall
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-17

PORTLAND. Me-. Jan. 9.--The Fal-
mouth Club celebrated jackson Day by
dinner last night, AZ which w. l.. Put
nam and other prominent Democrats
spoke. Letters Of regret were read
from Grover Cleveland and other lead
ing members Of the party.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-17
4 BRILLIANT STREET PARADE.

MonnLE. Ala, Jan. 9.--Jackson Day
was Celebrated here last night by 4
brilliant street parade OF the Order Of
Druids. There we're seven floats repre-
scnting episodes in the history Of the
country. A ball At the Princess Thea
ire followed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
I. j. Sims Appointments.

I will meet the citizens of Au-
drain county and address them at
the following times and places the
time of speaking at 7:30 O'Clock, p.
m., at each place, and I would re-
spectfully invite Mr.. A. B. Medley
to meet me at each place at the
appointed time and divide time
with me. All candidates are invi.
ted to attend these meetings:
Macedonia school house, May Is.
Pisgah school house, May 16.
Thompson school house, May II.
Naylor school house, May II, at
2 p. m. .
Pleasant Green school house,
May 19.
Cant school house, May 20.
Union school house, May 81.
Cedar Grove school house, May
81, at 2. m.
Jackson school house, May %.
Mexico, May %.
j. SIMS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
ATTEMPT AT ESCAPE.
The CrOnin Murderers in Joliet
Prison Form q Conspiracy
to Escape-The Attempt
Frustrated.

Special Dispatch to the Ledger.
JOLIET, ILL.,, May S.-A con-
spiracy was discovered this morn
ing at the penitentiary in this city
whereby it was intended that the
Cronin murderers and others were
to effect their escape. However,
the conspiracy was discovered be-
fore anything was accomplished.
Burke and three other convicts
were searched and each was found
to have a large roll of money.
Burke also had a bottle of whiskey
and a number of other contraband
articles. A letter found on Myers,
one of the convicts, led to the dis
covery of the attempt at escape. 1t
also conveyed the information that
Barrett, foreman of the cooper
shop in the prison, had been act
ing intermediary between the
convicts and their friends outside,
carrying letters, money, whisky,
delicacies. ETC., to them. Barrett's
buggy, upon examination, was
found to contain several packages
for the convicts which the prison
rules strictly forbid. Barrett was
dismissed from the prison service
and the solitary cells were filled
with convicts who were parties to
the conspiracy. There has been
intense excitement at the penl-
tentiary all morning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
l.. & MI. r. r.. Meeting.


The annual meeting of the Louis
lana & Missouri Railroad Co., a
road running from Louisiana to
Cedar City, Mo-, and leased to the
Alton road, was held yesterday at
the Alton freight Offices in this city.
The following directors were elect
ed: John j. Mitchell, R. P. Tan
sey, Arthur Lee, Elenelous Smith,
John P. Ellis and Bradley D. Lee,
of st. Louis, and Henry P. Ellis,
of Boston. The following officers
were elected: Bradley D. Lee,
president; R. P. Tansey, vice.
president; C. H. Foster, secretary,
and F. A. Wann, assistant secre-
tary. Twenty-three thousand one
hundred and two votes out of
45 ,03S were cast.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
A Big Camp-meeting.

Rev. M. L. Gray writes that
"the people of Columbia and vi
cinity have secured 81 acres of land
one-half mile south of Columbia
on which they propose to hold q
large meeting every year for the
promotion of Christianity. This
ground is well adapted to such
purposes and is entirely surround
ed by the lands of the State farm,
thus giving the association COM
plete control of its own affairs.
The meeting will begin the first
day of August and continue ten
days. A number of leading men
are now engaged and will furnieh
their best thoughts
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
Butter Record Beaten,

The record of the largest amount
of butter ever produced by one
cow in one year has been broken
by Eurotisama, a Jersey COW own
ed by D. F. Appleton, of Ipswick,
Mass, who, with three days to
spare, produced 941 pounds II
ounces. The previous record was
936 pounds 1884 ounces, held by
Landseer's Fancy, another Jersey,
owned by DR.. William Morrow, of
Nashville, Tenn. These were
actual churn tests. The largest Z
day record of any breed was that
of Princess I'd, 4s lbs., 12 IL ozs.
Princess I'd is a half sister to
Khedive's Fancy, the dam OF
Uproar of st. Lambert, the proper
ty of Geo. A. Morris,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
The jewelers. Revenge.

A st. Louis jeweler outwitted
his landlord in . rather unique
fashion. He desired 70 move, but
was compelled TO pay q full months
rent of $500, because he had NOT
given the required thirty days
notice. He consulted a lawyer,
but was assured that the claim was
valid. 81 can use the store, can /
not?" he asked. Certainly"
said the lawyer. His stock had
nearly been moved to the new
store, but the remaining occupant
Of the store. who was the landlord,
was much surprised when the
jewsIer returned with Q select as-
sortment Of four dozen cheap alarm
clocks. These the owner sst 10
suit himself and then went out for
q walk. Then ths alarm clocks
began to 60 of one after the other.
The landlord was almost frantic
with the noise, and he hunted up
the jeweler and rendered him his
money in return, but the jeweler
did not want to be out the price Of
the clocks, 20 he drove . sharp
bargain, accepted $500 and moved
out
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
CENTRALIA MATTERS.

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
CENTRALIA, No., May 10.-R.
T. Willis is in st. Louis on busi-
ness.
R. L. Hope and wife are visiting
in Denver, Col.
James Reed is on the sick list.
Claude White and wife, of How
ard county, are visiting friends in
Centralia.
John Marquette is in Shelbina,
Mo.
w. c. Todd was elected city at.
torney at the last meeting Of the
Board of Aldermen.
There will be large gathering
of the disciples of Christ at Red
Top Church, near Hailsville, on
the first Sunday in June. Elder
Gill, of Columbia, will do the
preaching and the ladies of the
church will furnish dinner on the
ground to all corners at precisely
O'Clock, p. m.
J. G. Durham and wife, of Stur.
geon, spent the fore part of the
week in Oentralia.
Isom Roberts, of Liberty, is iI
Centralia.
]. F. Matchett, of Paris, is visit
ing the family of E. J. Sears.
DR.. w. A. McCallister Was iI
Kansas City attending the Stat
Medical Association during th.
present week.
Miss Bette Roberts has returned
home frsm q pleasant visit with
friends near Hallsville.
The Ladies Aid Society connect
ed with the Baptist Church adver
tises strawberry festival for th.
evening of May 10th.
The Centralia Farmer Unior
will hold a mass meeting in Cen
traiia on Saturday, May 18th
Everybody invited to attend.
Mrs. J. T. Mitchell is visiting
her parents at Omaha, Nebrasks.
The w. G. T. u, OF Centrslia
will elect new set of officers Sat
urday evening, May II.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
How beautiful 1t is to see a hus

How beautiful 1t is to see a hus-
band display love and tenderness
to his wifel The papers told last
week of a farmer down in Pennsyl-
vanIa whose love and devotion to
his better half fairly makes us or
dinary husbands sink into insight
icance. His wife was sick, but
this only strengthened his love for
her, SO he took her up carefully in
his arms and carrying her out into
the warm sunlight, he proceeded
with her to the barn yard, where
he held her tenderly while she
milked three cows.-Ex.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
Had a Good Time.

It was bedtime, and Willie was
leaving the nursery.
"Come and kiss me good night. -
eyes, dearest.
Have you all the beautiful
story books you want?"
eyes, dearest
"And what makes Willie hap
py."
swell, you see, I've torn the
seat out of my red velvet trous-
erets, and the goat has eaten my
sash, and Jakey Ogleheimer has
thrown mud all over my fancy
waist, and, altogether, dearest, I've
got pretty doggoned good right to
feel comfortable"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
Excursion to 81. LOals..
AT THE EXPENSE OF THE.
MEXICO LEDGER.
For the Two Most Popular
Young Ladies'!
Who Live Within Twenty-Fiye
Miles of Mexico.
70 b Chosen BY Ballot-vots and work
for Your Fayo.itss-A Delightful
Pleasure Trip-Dseidsd By
aConmittss Of Three.

The two young ladies, living
within 25 miles of Mexico, who re-
ceive the greatest number of votes
as the most popular young ladies,
will be sent on a round trip pleas
ure excursion to st. Louis at the
expense of the Mexico LEDGER.
Any respectable young lady is
eligible to the trip, and any and
every person can and may vote for
whom they please. Each vote
must be cast upon one of the cou-
pons, which win be printed
in the LEDGER for that purpose,
with the full name and address of
the candidate and of the voter
plainly written thereon.
The race will be conducted on q
fair square basis, and committee
of three of Mexico's best citizens
will be selected to count the votes.
No manager or employe of this
Office will be allowed to vote In the
contest.
The ballot box will hang in frent
of the LEDGER Office each day until
z o'clock, p. M, at which time the
committee will remove the same
and proceed to count the votes. The
result of each days vote will be
announced in the paper, and the
name of every person whe is voted
for will be published as soon as
they have received ten votes. The
names will stand in the column az
the vote stands each day, viz: The
person having the highest number
OF votes first, the person having
the next highest number next, ETC.,
all the way through.
The coupons must be filed Out
in full as above stated, or they will
not be counted. The ballot. must
be enclosed in an envelope.and de.
posted in the ballot box. The
box will remain locked at all times,
except when unlocked by the com.
mittee, who will count the votes
and report the result to this paper
each evening.
Persons can vote as often as they
please, provided, always, the vote
is cast on the coupon form printed
| in the LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
A Lie on Carlisle.

We are assured on unquestion-
able authority that the Washington
dispatch in the Globe. Democrat to
the effect that ex-Speaker Carlisle
was intoxicated at the funeral OF
Senator Beck in Washington is "a
positive, unqualified ie." These
are the words used by our inform
ant, and it is probable that official
action will be taken in a few days
that will brand the defamers as
they deserve.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

5fsERAL sympathy will be felt
the small boy who looks
safd sadly to a probable scarei-
of hre crackers on the coming
R1 OF July A scarcity of ice or
Z other necessary commodity
Ph be endured, but patriotism
e up in revolt at the idea of a
nth Of fire crackers on the great
|aday of the year,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
Black Horse Co, Reunion.

Maj. f. A. Ricketts,, Mexico. Mo.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. May 5.-MY
DEAR FRIEND A meeting of the
Black Horse Co. is called at my
house in Warrenton, Va, on the
Goth of May, the purposes of which
are, first, to reorganize the old
company and endeavor TO keep
alive the friendships, and, as far
as possible, the associations of the
war. Secondly, to arrange to meet
our comrades in Richmond on the
29th, and unite in the ceremonies
attending the unveiling of the
statue of our great commander.
You are cordially invited. Oblige
me by extending this invitation to
those to whom / have not sent
postals because ignorant OF their
address. Your old comrade,
WILLIAM III. PAYNE.
Round trip tickets from St.
Louis s20.25.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

An Indiana paper tells of a girl
II years of age in Mitchell county,
that State, who took kicking
horse by the hind leg and held him
quiet while the blacksmith nailed
on the shoe. She has no photo
graphs tor sale, and her father
doesn't allow her to have any
young man hanging around.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
During the year 1880. 4S horse

During the year 1880, 4s horses
with records from 2:15 to 2:30 died, /,
six of which were faster than 2:20.
With over 800 additions, the turf
is not likely to be seriously Grip
pied by the losses of death. Bel
mont is decidedly the greatest
stallion that has died during the
year. Other prominent stations
which died were: Nutbourne,
brother to Nutwood; Daniel LAM
bert, Don Cossack, Gideon, Gen.
Stanton, Manchester and Mohican
all producing sons of Hamble-
touian. Among the great brood
mares were Jessie Pepper, Kate
Bradley, Lady Finch, Nell and
Reina Victoria, which had all
lived long and usefully.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
He Will 10.

The Scotch ship Highlander re-
ports seeing basking shark in the
Indian Ocean that was sixty.five
feet long, and with a mouth large
enough to take in a pork barrel,
and there is no need of any other
sailor trying to beat the story.
The shark is long enough, and has
got mouth enough, for any busi-
ness likely to be assigned to him,
and there is no call for a bigger
one
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
None For Him.

A young man who went up to
Marblehead from Boston to teach
school is mysteriously missing.
The trustees were all old sea cap
tains, and when he told his schol-
ars that bob-stay was short for
Robert-stay, the captains decided
that something must be done. It
is believed that they have anchor
ed him to the bottom about mile
off shore.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
The citizens of Mexico should

The citizens of Mexico should
display their usual hospitality in
looking after the delegates TO the
State meeting Of the Christian
Sunday School Convention in June.
There win be q thousand visitors
in attendance, all of whom should
be royalty entertained.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

of the church and their friends for
the entertainment of the vast crowd
of delegates and visitors who win
be present. From 800 to 1200
delegates are expected and arrange
ments are being made to entertain
that many, and more If necessary.
Doubtless there will be 500 visi-
tors to be entertained besides the
delegates; but Mexico will take
care of them.
Such eminent divines a. Elders
Thos. p. Haley, Alexander Proc
tor, John A. Brooks, e. B. Cake,
J. 81. Hardin, and others, are ex-
pected to be present. The oonven-
ton sermon will be delivered by
Elder Haley Monday night, June
8, and the address of welcome will
be made by J. v. Williams, in his
usual easy and happy style, on
Tuesday morning. Elders 81. B.
Davis and J. w. Higbee viii prob
ably be in attendance, they having
expressed q desire to mingle with
old and dear friends at that time.
The music will be in charge Of
Simpson Ely and will be a special
feature of the convention exercises.
This will be the grandest church af-
fair ever held in Audrain county
and every minister, delegate and
visitor should and will be made to
feel perfectly at home within our
gates. To undertake to entertain
1900 or 1900 visitors is no little
task, but those who have the mat
ter in hand are progressing quite
satisfactorily in procuring enter
tainment in private families and
the different hotels for all who win
attend. The ladies of the Aid
Society of the Christian Church
have undertaken to see that food
and shelter are provided for ill,
and we know it will be done.
Those who entertain delegates are
only expected to furnish them
lodging and breakfast each night
and day. The other meals win
be served by a committee of ladies
at the church, the provision to be
furnished by members Of the
church and friends throughout the
whole county. Theologically speak.
ing, the occasion is intended to be
"feast of reason and q flow of
soul"
Mrs. McMurray, president Of the
Ladies' Aid Society, has appointed
the following committees to solicit
entertainment for the delegates and
visitors:
First Ward-Mrs. Jos. spence
and Mrs. Capt. Bryan.
Second Ward-Mrs. J. e. Moore
and Mrs. B. B. Runkle.
Third Ward-Mrs. J. w. Ma
son and Mrs. Clark Barnes.
Fourth Ward-Mrs. J. M. Davis
and Mrs. Col. Hord.
Fifth Ward-Mrs. Mary Luckie.
Sixth Ward-Mrs. Joseph Of
| futt and Mrs. r. L. Wilburn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

On the west coast of Africa there
are now 200 churches, 81, 900 con-
verts, 100000 adherents, 2,750
schools and 80, 600 pupils. Relig-
ious books have been translated
into thirty-five dialects of the Sec
ti0n.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
MEXICO MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MAY Is, 1890
DAYS till it is time to take off
your fiannels.

There are thirty-seven div orce
cases on the court docket at
Nevada. There ought to be some
way by which men and women can
find out how mean each other are
without getting married.-Kansas
City Star.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage is said
to make more money than. the
President. His salary from his
congregation is $4,000 a year,
while his income from the plat
form is twice that at least. Be-
sides all this he gets $40, 900 from
a single firm for the advance pub
lications of his sermons, and $5,-
600 as editor of a religious journal,
and also receives a handsome sum
from his Friday evening lectures
and from the royalties on his
books. 1t pays a man like Tai
mage to be pious, and he makes
those who hear or read after him pay
high for all the religious comfort
or consolation he gives them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
Norton and Wanamaker.

Mr.. Wanamaker must find time
from his Sunday School and his
breeches establishment to answer
the Norton resolution of inquiry as
to his illegal use of post-office in
spectors for purposes of political
bossism. The "don't talk" rule
may work for Quay in the Senate,
but it will not work for Wana.
maker against resolution adopted
by the House.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

|iHs Fulton papers are loud in
pr praise Of the entertainment
yen In that city by the Mexico
nIyesters, under the management
frof. Treloar. The enterprise,
9 oil undertaken by these young
pies, was a grand success fnan-
Ny and otherwise.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

Frank Pope, of st. Louis, was
married Wednesday morning to
Miss Eula Martin, a wealthy young
lady of Boone county. Rev. J. T.
M. Johnston, of Jefferson City,
officiated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
Another Horror.

Special dispatch 20 the Ledger.
New YeRK, May s.-News was
received in this city early this
morning that the Chenango County
poor house at Preston, this State,
had burned and that seven inmates
of the insane ward were cremated.
No further particulars than those
given have been received.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

Eiffel and Edison have proposed
to build for the Chicago worlds
fair tower 500 feet higher than
the one in Paris, to be lighted by
/, 600, 900 of Mr.. Edison's incan-
descent lamps. They will furnish
all the capital, and merely wait for
the world to go ahead.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

Mr.. Youngblood is an old gentle
man of Coffee county, Ca, who
has killed 993 deer in his time.
He still uses his old fint-and-steel
rifle and can cut turkeys head
off at seventy-five yards. He must
have had a hard battle with his
conscience to refrain from making
the number of deer he has killed
an even thousand.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15


The Chinese are in some respects
far in advance of our boasted civil
ization. When a house in the
Celestial Empire becomes uncom-
fortably dirty, instead of turning
everything upside down for week
or two, TO the destruction of health,
temper and happiness, they simply
burn the house and the old man
goes to his club, his wife to her
mothers, while the contractor is
building 3 new one. Thus the
season 50 much dreaded in this
country becomes q genuine holiday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

Some envious journal remarks
of Chicago's water supply: s'No
fish could live in such water, and
yet people are compelled to drink
it, Most ofstha fluids which peo-
pie drink would kill fish quicker
than Chicago water.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
The total population Of th

The total population of the earth
is about 1,2oO, 600, ,OOO,- of which
SO, PA, 600 die yearly, 9S, ,4S0 daily,
1920 every hour and 67 every
minute. The number of births is
36, 1872, 600 yearly, 1000, 800 daily,
4, 200 every hour, an average of 76
every minute.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
Wolves in Galloway.

Wolves are playing havoc with
the sheep on Nine Mile Prairie.
Mr.. Sam Grant says he can see
wolves almost any day on his farm.
Ope is a large black wolf and one
yellow one. They are smart and
hard to catch.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

John w. Barre, of Pennsylvania,
has been in Mexico and Audrain on
a visit this week. He is a brother
of the Barre Bros. of the southern
part of the county aud we trust he
will locate among US.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

|MoyTGeMERY CITY has dandy
IN court house which was erect
With private funds and was
(eded to the county this week.
be court house war is over and
ferything is serene over there.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
Mrs. Dives. of Lee county, Ga.

Mrs. Dives, of Lee county, Ca,
has an old negro woman who does
not know that che is free. When
freedom dawned upon the negroes,
and they all started to leave, this
one who is deaf and cannot talk
well, could not be made. to under
stand it, and she has not found it
out to this day, and is still living
on the old plantation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

DOWN about Worcester, they
y, none man owes another a dol
no goes up to his creditor and,
(ndlng him a silver dollar, says
fere are IS cents ; 1 will hand
p tie other 35 cents as soon as l
J the Board of Eaualization."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

Born, to George w. Daniel and
wife, of Vandalia, a ten pound
Cleveland and Francis Democrat.
George is as happy as a big sun
flower.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

Rev. e. K. Miller and J. N. Bas-
kett are in st. Louis as delegates
to the Quadrennial General Con-
ference of the M. T.. Church,
South.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

A section hand named Sellers, of
Thompson Station, was seriously
hurt Friday by being struck with
a lump of coal, which fell off an
engine as it passed him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
Judge J. 81, She'll ID home frol

Juoge ). n. oneA 10 nome from
q visit to all of his children who
are scattered over Missouri and
adjoining States. On the 5th Of
July there will be q grand reunion
of the children and grandchildren
of Judge Shell at the old home
stead, near Mexico. Judge Shell !,
wife and children are well.known
to and beloved by all subscribers
to the LEDaER in this part Of the
stGts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15

A little girl in the Sunday School
at Quincy, Mass, when asked what
a missionary was, replied: IA mis-
sionary is a man who comes around
to get our money!"