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Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-12-04

Take away the pen; bring in the sword"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-12-04

The trees In the cemetery will
tnmmed this winter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-12-04
TIE LEDGER.
THURSDAY, DEC. A. 1890
II. 49, =zzzz=z ' SSsi's:
NELSON & RICKETTS,,
Real Estate, LOAF.
Insurance and Abstract ONCE
mi HARPER Block, Mexico, Mo,
=. FACILITIES ARE COMPLETE
W. IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
ovusrs of the Audrain County
"s.s,,sts Abstract Books, and a
furnish Abstracts CT Examine
Land Titles on short notice
-, e.tste bought, sold or rented.
rg,e. Accident and Life Insurance
x,ittep in best companies.
n0NEY TO LOAN
uns ia suit at : per cent annual interest
= M privilege of paying anv part or all of
"a, aay time aud stop interest.
No Commission Charged.
We Defy Competition.

n c. Roby has a big sale Dec. i.
Ro-n. TO Mr.. and Mrs. Van Ness,
daughter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-12-04

Inc Miller is home from the
late Of Washington.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-12-04

M. c. C. Davis IL in Monroe
auu.y very Ill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-12-04
The HoIe-in-the Ground

35-4t d Ct.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
A Well Known Family,

Much is now said about the Aston
family, and we would rescue from OBJ
livion a great service rendered by it to
the western hemisphere, and when
this is fully understood, no one will
say that this family has lived in vain.
The original and elder John Jacob
Aston deserves to rank with the un-
known bard who wrote the immortal
lines, beginning:
Thirty days hath September.
This elder fur dealer is the man who
gave us the 0. X. with which we
initial approved papers. His spelling
was somewhat like that of Joe Medill.
Of the Chicago Tribune, and he wrote
the words All Correct con Korrect," -
and he initiated papers O. X. which
he believed to be the first letters of
the above words. Possibly he smoked
his pipe on his front doorstep, which
did not interfere with his driving a
good bargain for a bale of coon-skins.
He bought real estate when it had no
particular value in New York, and that
fact made him and his very rich. He
is credited with a wise remark toward
the end of his life, to the effect that "a
man who had four or five hundred
thousand dollars was as We'll off as
though he were rich.-Pulintdn (IU.)
Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
THE LUeKLEss GREAT EASTERN.


Last ycstiRe orsa Venture that Cost Her
Owners 9~5.OOO,OOO.
We hare so often been called upon In
past years, says the London Graphic, to
the last, and the very last, aud.
positively the very last of this magnificent
but generally useless ship, which has lin
gered on through an obscure and proftless
existence since her voyages to New York
proved a co nmercial failure, that the
stranded hull on the Mersey shore, to be
broken up for a few thsusand pounds
worth of old iron, may seem but q re.ainis-
cence of the fate repeatedly declared to be
imminent and commonly believed to be
past.
1t is thirty years since she first put to sea
from the Thames, and her passage down
the channel was marred by a shocking dis
,aster, the blow-up of her steam apparatus.
which cost ten lives; but the laborious eff
fects to launch this enormou leviathan, as
she was at first called, in 1857, from Scott
Russell's building yard at Milwaukee, had
been, ominous of i'll success. Mon were
killed by the breaking of q gear ~attachedto
hydraulic engines that slowly pushed her,
broadside on, into the com paratively mar
row river, and Mr.. Brunei, the eminent
engineer, dying q few days afterward, was
thought to be a victim of sore anxiety and
severe disappointment.
One serviceab.e and honorable perform
ance, the laying of an Atlantic telegraph
cable in 1856, is~set down to the credit of
the Great Eastern, but experience has
shown that vessels of moderate size canedo
such work just as we'll. 1t is a sad chap
ter In the history of marine architecture,
and some people must nave lost at one
time or another nearly $4,000, 900 alto
gethere in this immense mistake. The
Great Eastern might, perhaps, have been
converted into q very commodious floating
hotel, moored in some tranquil bay; she
could never have been q good sea gong
ship or competed in speed, comfort or
safety with the admirable liners of recent
construction: Her engines, indeed, were
manifestly of insufficient power, and she
rolled grievously for want of a keel.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
STRANGE DEATH.BED SCENE.

The Extraordinary Last Moments of a
Fatally Afflicted Professor.
A most remarkable death. bed scene took
place in Vienna three weeks ago.. The
hero OF it was a young professor at the
university there. He was a man of great
brilliancy and learning. His lectures con
cerning the inner life Of the soul wers
famous among the students, who visited
them in crowds. He was regarded by his
fellow professors in the philosophical fac
uity as the coming man in the department
OF psychology. Socially, also, he was a
man OF considerable prominence. He. had
married into a wealthy family and took
every opportunity to get for his wife aud
three children all the pleasure which the
gay Australian capital affords. At the.
theater, on the promenade and at the
great court balls he was one of the most
familiar figures.
-Four years ago he fell ill of an inc7rable
disease, and his physician warned him that
only a radical change from his gay mode of
life could hinder for q short time the prog
ress of the malady. The young professor
answered quietly that he should die as a
philosopher should die, without an effort
to deter the last day. He ate, drank,
studied, lectured and danced exactly as he
did before the doctor warned him. A few
weeks ago he lay down ON his death bed.
He read the same books and talked of the
same frivolous amusements as usual up to
OF evening about three weeks ago. At s
o'clock the doctor told him that be would
die within o few hours. The young profess
sor discussed many topics, entirely foreign
to the subject of his fast approaching death
with his wife till Midnight.
Il feel well, very WE'LL" he said to her
finally, SO we'll TINT I would like to drink
a bottle of champagne with you before 1
go. Kiss me-for I may go while you are
away-and then have the wine put on ice."
His wife obeyed. A few minutes later he
poured out wine for his wife and himself,
emptied his glass to her health, flung it to
the floor, aad dropped back on his pillow
dead.
Tho Vienna dailies, which lave q consti-
tutional prejudice against printing the full
name of any man of high social standing,
mention the hero of this strange scene only
NeU York Sun.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
He cot insurance Money.

Catherine Reed, an old widow, who lived
With her son at Seacombe, near liverpool.
passed Christmas eve in a public house
drinking, and, leaving at a late hour to 60:
b me. did not reach there. The next day
her son identified as hers a body that was
washed up on the shore near the town.
The c%oroner's jury rendered a verdict that
the old woman had fallen into the water
while on her way home intoxicated, and
her son collected without trouble q policy
she had upon her life. A week or two ago
he received a letter flom a woman in the
Liverpool work house claiming to be his
mother and asking him to deny the 4rumor"
that she was dead. He thought it was
from an impostor and paid no attention to
it. Afews days later the old woman her.
self walked in and insisted that he should
account to her for that insurance money.
The identity of the woman's double who
was found drowned is as vet unknown.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
Prohibitions Effects in MARYLAND.

The first county of Maryland to adopt
prohibition was Caroline County. G. S.
Griffith, President of the Maryland Pris-
oners' Aid Association. has visited the
county once a year for the past three
years, and has found only one prisoner
in Jail. Of the 592 inmates of the State
Penitentiary there is only one from Caro-
line County. In Montgomery County the
results OF prohibition are equally striking.
Prohibition went into effect there in 1881,
and in Rockville, the county-seat, during
the last five years before that date there
were more than 100 arrests annually for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct; but
during the whole of the first five years
since 1881 there were only five arrests for
these o~tfenses, and the county Jail was
empty three times.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
The Blessing Of Strong Nerve.

Is recoverable, not by the use of mineral seda-
tives, but by a recourse to e~ffectual tonic treat
ment. Opiates and the like should only be
used as auxiliaries, and then as sparingly as
possible. Vigorous nerves are quiet ones, and
the most direct way to render them 30 is.to re-
enforce the vital energies. That sterling invig-
GRANT, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, will be found
ai.sufficient for this purpose, since it entirely
removes impediments to thorough digestion and
assimilation OF the food, SO that the body is
insured its due amount of nourishment, and
consequently OF stamina. Rheumatic tenden-
cies and affections Of the kidneys and bladder
are also counteracted by the B~itters, which is
besides a pleasant medicinal stimulant, infu.
itely purer than tina raw excitants of com
merce, which react iniuriously upon the nerv
GUS system.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

New Orleans Picayune: The man
who gets up and talks like a book is too
easily read.
Reading Telegram: If you want to
live to a good old age be good while you
are young.
Washington Post: There are some
men to whom a loss of their reputation
would mean mighty good luck.
Denver Road: Never omit to perform
kind act when it can be done with any
reasonable amount of eSertion.
Milwaukee Journal: People who lay
themselves liable to gossip are always
the firstto complain about its attacks,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
Gen. Schenck's Birthplace.

the birthplace of the late Gen. Schenck. 1t
is true that while Robert was yet an infant
his father removed to Franklin, O., hence
the error. Gen. Schenck's father was pas
tor of the old Presbyterian church at
Ballston Center, Saratoga county, N. Y,
and in the old parsonage, yet standing, on
Oct. 4; 1903, Robert G.. Schenck was born.
The parsonage was also the birthplace Of
another celebrity, Rev. Dr.. Samuel Ireueus
Prime, whose parents we're on a visit to
Rev. Mr.. Schenck at the time DR.. Prime
was born.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
Irregularities Of a Sheep.

George sevipgle, Of, Stoverton, o., is the
owner of a rare specimen of the sheep
kind 1t has the nose and feet of a dog,
but is in all other respects a sheep. In
stead of having the ordinary teeth of the
sheep species, the animals month, both
upper and lower jaws, is filed with long
and sharp wolf like fangs, rendering it ex-
tr, mely difficult for it to pick grass like
other sheep. 1t gets its chief subsistence
from twigs and Young shrubs. the bark and
tender wood Of which it devours eagerly
Cincinnati Eu0uirpr.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
A Rum Governor in a New Role.

So much criticism has been made by
the temperance people of Massachusetts
because Of Governor Brackets notorious
record as a friend of the liquor interests
in State issues that The Governors sensi-
tiveness has been punctured. At last
falls election Bracket, the distinctive
liquor man on the Repub lean State
candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
whose record has been on the temperance
side. Governor Bracket has now come
to the front as a Local Option Prohibi-
zionist, having recently made a speech in
his home town in favor of No License.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
ne III AIl rs Sikht.s

See that man Who just Swtnt 0utssss
asked the clerk Of 4 Sixth street restaurant
Of . Pittsburg Diapaich reporter, who had
just called D a cigar.
Well what of himgn
You wouldn't think he WAS much Of an
eater, would you? Well, I'll tell Jon what
salmon; then he tackled s large tenderloin
steak; then downed a half dozen raw oys-
tiers. and finished with four fried eggs
$2.l5."
Did he leave anythinp2y
He pretty nearly Knocked out the
waiter with his order. The boy thought
he wanted Que of the four dishes and asked
him which one it was-for any one is an
average mans meal. But tho gentleman
from Bakerstown-I forgetbis name-said,
4 guess I know what / want-bripg me ali
Of EN-, as told you to- And he got
them"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
Was s.Stuck" on the Stove.

The latest recipient at the court of Con-
stant;pople Of the Turkish medal for arr"
who lately put up q Russian stove in the
sultan's palace. The sultan had fallen in
love with the stove at the Russian consul
ate at Constantinople, and had q similar
structure Of brick and tiles ordered from
Odessa. The Russian laborer who was
sent with it to put it up was o simple,
houjik, but the sultan was so delighted
with the mans skill, that besides a money
present of $3.50, he conferred this dds
fiootioy
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
al BREATH OF SONG.

From The minister' j organ loft,
Floattng down the shadowed nave,
&#sC Conner q stream Of mnsic soft
Failing All weary wave
Falls Upon the beech OF sand,
Murmurous q sweet and bland,
Messages OF melody.
There. alone, She organist
Let's his Mstless fingers go
Lost in g melodiLus mist
Ger the keyboard to and fro:
There, half dreaming, in the gloom
SITS the weaver at his loom,
Weaving with the threads OF sound
Mustc-wooft the harp around.
All, unconsciously he hides
Stratos familiar to his theme,
When q master spirit plides
Through the doorway Of his dream
Mozart, Handel, Chopin, or
Harmony's great conjuror-
Rapt Beethoven!-each is part
Ofthe dreaming players heart.
So the poet dreams, nor heeds
Fo Wao may Z listen issen VII may hear;
She alone to him is dear;
Omar, Keats, Theocritus,
In his voice may speak to us
from the realm OF ages dim
These are in the heart OF mimi
Poets In the field Of time,
u Since 81. the world began, have sown
And t, US to-day are blown
Odors from the poem flowers
Seedlings Of the later hours
Blossoming in the fields along,
Breathing the sweet breath OF song.
Evans DemDstsr Sherman in Independent.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

AN Italian, arrested in New York for
shooting a trick cat belonging to a saloon
keeper. stated to the polio, magistrate that
his business is that Of serving dried cats
livers to Mott street Chinese at 40 cents
each. He also derives considerable money
from the sale of the pelts Of the murdered
cats, which are made into muffs and boas.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
National Committee Needs.

The National Committee of the Prohi-
bition party, whose latest plan for pro-
curing campaign funds for necessary
work was recently published. sends ont n
fresh appeal for more generous responses.
THE amount thus far pledged" it says,
does not justify III in undertaking GER
tain work which is absolutely needed, and
which should be commenced without de-
lay. Already We have incurred obliga-
tions for az important and beneficial
work. which would require all the funds
thus far pledged to make it successful"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

What a contrast to the mild and gentle action of DR.. Pierces
Pleasant Purgative Pellets, sugar-coated, easy to take, cleansing and
renoyating the system without wrenching it with agony. They ae
gently aperient or strongly cathartic according to size Of dose. In
equaed as a liver pill; Smallest, cheapest, easiest to take. AS a
laxative, only one Pellet necessary for a dose. Cures Sick Headache,
Bilious Headache, Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all
arrangements Of the Liver, stomach and Bowels. Put up in walls, her
metcaly sealed, therefore always fresh and reliable. Being purely
vegetable, they operate without disturbance to the system, diet or
occupation. Sold by druggists, at % cents a vial.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

\ CURIOUS sight met the eyes of those
who passed through the capitol grounds at
Washington the other morning. Thou
sands of worms of all sizes covered the
walks. Some people thought there had
been a shower of worms, but none were
visible except on the walks. By the after
noon they had all disappeared.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

The quantity of illuminating gas sold in
Glasgow in 1S69-7O was l .O26, 600, 900 feet,
and the price was $1.14 per 1000. In
1SS7-SS the amount sold was 2,427, 600, 900
an increase of 140 per cent, while the pop
ulation had only increased 20 per cent.
The increase is explained by the fact that
the price was reduced in the last named
year to 66 cents per 1000.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
HFair Play"

is all that is asked for DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. when taken for catarrh
in the head. or for bronchial or throat
affections. or lung scrofula Commonly
known as consumption of the lungs). and ii
taken in time. and given a fair trial, it will
cure or the money paid for it will be re-
funded. 1t is the only guaranteed cure.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
Ladies Have Tried il.

. A number OF my lady customers have tried
Mothers Friend" and would not be with
out it for many times its cost. They rec
ommend it to all who are to become moth
ers. R. A. Payne. druggist, Greenville. Ala.
Write Bradtield Reg. Co. Atlanta, ia, for
particulars. By all druggists.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
THE lumber camps of Wisconsi,

The lumber camps of Wisconsin have
been the scene of b remarkable work this
season. The State w. G. I. U. has kept
an itinerant missionary const tntly in the
field, and the camps have beer supplied
with the best of literature by the various
unions throughout the State. Croakers
are informed that men do read with eager
ness all that they receive, and are CRATE
full for the interest shown in their well
fare.-Erchunue.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
Hoods


I suffered a great while with dyspepsia. Afriend
urged me to Try Hoods sarsapariila. and two bottles
have entirely cured me of dyspepsia and a scrofu-
lous affection. can hardly find words to express
my high appreciation of 1t" ALLEN H. MELHoM,
City Hotel. Lancaster. Pa.
Hoods sarsaparilla cured me of blood poison,
gave me a noble appetite. overcame headache and
dizziness. SO that now 1 am atle to work again.
LUTHER Mason. So Church St. Lowell, Mass.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

The new hotel at Cordele, Ca, will oc-
cupy the site on which the old Joe Brown
mansion now stands. The historic old
structure will not be torn down, but will
be moved from the spot and preserved as a
historic relic of the past.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF ToLEDo,)
IJ-rAS IT

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the frIn of F. J. CHENEY 4
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, Coun-
ly and State aforesaid, and that said firm will
pay the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in nv
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.. 1856
~ A. W. GLEASON,
SEAL. Notary Public.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

A JEwE1ER Of Rockford, Wash, re-
Gently presented the public school with a
clock. This was followed by a more ex-
pensive one by a rival jeweler, and by the
time the enthusiasm had subsidized every
room in the school had a clock.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

A1Aw has been passed by the Ohio Leg
islature authorizing township trustees to
deduct So from the road tax of any prop
erty owner who erects on his own land and
supplies properly a public watering tank.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

REV. J. M. DEITZLER. of Annville, Pa,
pulled from his pocket a $40 bill recently
and threw it into the fire, under the impress
sion that it was a slip of paper containing
the numbers of the hymns he had that day
announced from the pulpit.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

A N-uMIsMATIsT suggests that a certain
coin--say the 6fty-cent pieces-issued dur
ing any administration be stamped with
the head of the president of that date.
They will thus serve as an aid to history,
as do the coins of ancient days.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

Co., Philada.. Pa, to any one in the U. S. or
Canada. postage paid, upon receipt of Is
Dobbins' Electric Soap wrappers. See list
of novels on circulars around each bar.
Soap for sale by all grocers.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
Irving to Bride Clergymen.

II has been stated on the best authority
by one having direct information, that.
Peter z. Tier, the liquor boss of Nebraska,
10 nov engaged in trying to cultivate the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

WE believe that high license is the
greatest fraud that the politicians have
ever attempted to put upon the people.
It has no other aim than to intrench the
saloon in every community as the head
quarters Of corrupt politics.-Centra
Christian ADVOCATE.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

The Latin Union, q French European
league, is constituted Of France. Belgium,
Greece, Italy and Switzerland, and their
coins are alike in weight aud ~fneness,
though different in name. Spain, Servia,
Russia, Bulgaria and Roumania have
adopted in part the same system, but they
have net joined the Union"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
When Baby was sick. we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss. she chung to Castoris,
When she had Children. she gave them Castoris.

A ~THoMAsToN, Ca, darkey tried to
take out e warrant for another sable
brother for "conjuring" his mule, and was
much disappointed when told that no such
'ofepse was recognized.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

A SLIGHT COLD. if neglected, often attacks
the lungs. Browns BRONCHIAL THocHEs
give sure and immediate relief. Sold only
in bofes. Price 25 cents.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

G.S. REvILLE, of Columbia county, Ga,,
has an infant daughter twenty-five months
old that knows every letter in the alphabet
and can count as high as 100.