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Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
FarmingtOn's Fair Crusaders.

HARRINGTON, Mo-, April s.
The crusading excitement is still
at a fever heat here. This morn
ing the ladies went to De Lassus to
meet the south-bound local freight
but they found no beer billed to
this place. They visited DeLas-
sus again this afternoon when, it Is
understood, a consignment of beer
is to be unloaded from the south
bound express. Fifty-one kegs,
mostly quarter barrels, were de-
stroyed yesterday, also eleven
cases of bottled beer. No arrests
have been made so far, and it is
not expected that any will be made
until the brewers sue for damages.
Aug. Thomson, the local agent fol
the Klausmann Brewery Co., left
for ST. Louis this morning to con-
suit with the brewery men. Two
of the saloons-Weltner's and
Bushlinger's-have closed up ano
the proprietors say they will moi
attempt to reopen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
MEXICO, MISSOURI THURSDAY APRIL 10 1890
Great Works Require Great
Frona the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
The great monsters.oi mechanical
skill and genius call for the sacri-
fee o, a great deal OF life and limb
in their construction. The greater
the engineering feat the more ex-
tensive is the loss of life. In the
construction of the Eiffei tower, for
instance, twenty-six lives were lost,
according to the official returns of
the French government; but it is
said that this number would be
largely augmented if the names
were given of men who died from
injuries received during the con-
struction of the tower, and of 9TH
ers who were killed and whose
deaths were not reported owing to
the hue and cry which was raised
after the first two dozen lives had
been sacrificed on the great struct-
ure. The number of men who were
injured during the construction of
the Eiffel tower has been placed at
5000. This enormous showing is
accounted for by the fact that every
injury was reported and registered
which received treatment by the
| official surgeons. When a man
| bruised his finger he went to a gov
eminent surgeon to have it dressed,
and Il clumsey workman thus got
on the list dozen or two times a
year. Serious Injuries were a very
small proportion of the whole. On
the great Forth bridge in Scotland,
a list of forty lives lost has been
published; but there is no record o1
Injuries. @s4
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
ONLY rs DEAD.
Many Incorrect Reports Made
Under the Earlier Excite
ment.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 2.-The
State Legislature this afternoon ap-
propriated $50, 600 for the relief of
the sufferers by the cyclone.
The latest returns indicate that
the number of dead will not reach
over rs.
Many of the victims names were
reported to the coroner twice, and
several dead were reported under
two names. One man was given
three separate names in the list OF
killed while an entire family of
four persons was listed among the
dead under two names. Many
who were supposed to have perish
ed and were reckoned among the
dead have, since the excitement
has been abated, been discovered
to be safe.
Business is resuming, the wealth
er is bright and a feeling of energy
and cheerfulness prevails.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
BEER POURED OUT.
Five Determined Women E,,,ufy
Many Kegs and Bottles,

FARmlNGroN, Mo-, April q
Some time ago the ladies' of this
city warned the "blind tigers" to
close their lawless dens and made
Il raid on the worst place. Week
before last warrants were sworn
out Tor the women and the tigers"
imagined their bluff would frighten
the ladies out of their declared
intention to raid all joints and dur
ing the city election yesterday the
violation of law was more flagrant
than ever. Some of the dens sold
out their supplies entirely and ex-
pected to replenish them by the
orders that were to arrive to-day.
About 8 O'Clock the wagon OF
August Thomson, local agent of q
St. Louis brewery, coming into
town loaded with twenty-five kegs
Of beer, was met by Mrs. Jennie T.
Foster, Mrs. G.. w. Williams,
Mrs. Ed Jerrold, Mrs. William
Odgers and Mrs. Finley, who
ordered the driver to stop, and
then commenced to knock the
bungs out of the kegs and the foam.
ing beer was soon drenching the
street.
BEER AT THE STATION EMPTIED.
After finishing the whole loac
and piling the kegs up in the road
the ladies borrowed the wagon ane
Mrs. Foster taking the re1ns, drove
to the Delassus railroad station
where there were about seven cases
of bottle beer and twenty-six NOR,
kegs. This they treated in SINH
lar way, knocking the bungs out o
the kegs and uncorklng the bottles
After finishing the work the fv,
Icrusaders returned to Farmingtol
and drove through the town
Large crowds assembled on tn
street to see them pass. One @
the ladies had shotgun in he
hand and looked as if she did no
propose to be interfered with, bu
all were smiling and in the best o
hunor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
CRIMINAL sLANDER.
VIM. Bedell Charged with SLAM.
dering I'll. Schmidt.
Bad Blood Between the Parties.

VIM. Bedell, of this city, has
been arrested on a State warrant
charging him with crlminally Sian.
dering II. Schmidt, local agent for
Lemp's Beer Co. The trouble
grew, partially, out of an old
trouble. Bedell was arrested for
selling liquor without license some
time since, and claimed that
Schmidt was behind the proseou-
ton. Bedell and Schmidt had q
personal encounter. after which
Schmidt had Bedell bound over in
a $500 bond to keep the peace, with
w. K. Potts and Charley Wade a.
securities. This bond is still in
force.
The present action is brought, mot
against the bondsmen, but against
Bedell for slander, the penalty for
which, if found guilty, is a fine of
from 81 to $1,000 or imprisonment
in Jail for from 1 day to l year, or
both. ]. M. Barker is employed
by II. Schmidt to act as his attor.
ney in connection with Prosecuting
Attorney Jesse.
The affidavit alleges that Bedell
stated publicly that Schmidt had
been in the penitentiary at TT.
Smith for selling liquor to the In
dians in the Indian Territory. Be-
dell says he never said Schmidt
had been in the pen, but that he
had "heard he had been behind the
bars tor selling liquor to the In
dians." To what extent bad blood
will eventually develop the case,
it is hard to guess now.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
WAS IT FOR LOVE
That a Young Lady Left Her
Home in Boone County and
Came Here and Worked
In a Private Family I?

About five weeks ago a young
girl, seventeen years old, came to
this city and procured work in q
private family. It was quite ap-
parent that she had no ex-
.perience In the ways of the
working girl, but managed to
make a very useful hand about gen.
eral house work for the family who
had SO kindly given her a situation.
She said her father lived in Boone
county on farm and her mother
had very recently died, and as her
home since her mothers death
had not been the same, she pre-
ferred working out to living at it,
This is the story as she told it
The lady who employed her be-
came much attached to the girl
and treated her as one of the fam
lily, but thought strange of her 60
ing to the post-office every day, and
wanted to know if it was her
father who was writing to her SO
often, but received no satisfaction.
A few days ago very nice young
man drove up to the residence ol
the family here and called for Miss
Allie, and without making any ex-
PLANTATION the young man and girl
drove off, after thanking the folks
for their kindness and bidding
them good bye. 1t is evident
that the whole affair was a premedi
tated one between the young mar
and girl, and that they are now
man and wife against their parents
consent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
A Problem for Kansas.

FfUHI CfIE hdIIsdS OIty SGdf.
Ten bushels of corn make a
hundred pounds of pork. Corn is
selling in Kansas for fifteen cents
a bushel, and is being consumed
as fuel.
Berlin and other German cities
are suffering for meat, the cost Of
which is SO great as to render it an
expensive luxury.
Can't some plan be devised by
which Germany and Kansas can
"get together2"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
A Oueer Restraint.

Mrs. John McWilliams, q Ne
braska wife, prays the court to re-
strain her lawful husband "from
patting her on the head, poking
her in the ribs and talking baby
talk to her. Also, to prevent him
from pulling her down to a seat on
his knee" As John lives on 0
farm three miles from town and
keeps no hired girl, he can't cook
up any scheme to get even.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
Versatile and Energetic Editor


To go out among the st,,mps,
build house, put In three presses
and other machinery, lay type, get
a steam engine in working order,
answer 1900, 600 questions, cuss a
telegraph boy, find time to get a
nap In forty-eight hours, be on
time for one meal a day, catch the
mails. properly maledict the type
foundry that sent wrong fonts, hit
your thumb nail with a hammer
and be calm about it afterward,
refuse invitations to drink, light
a pipe filled with damp tobacco,
write editorial calculated to brace
up the Republic, edit telegraph,
cut out miscellany with chisel--
in short, TO start newspaper from
the ground up-is quite q job,
thank you, but time and printers
ink work wonders.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
No Doubt They Are.

There are at present two Boston
ex-preachers, each of whom used
to have considerable influence, now
running gambling houses in that
city. They claim that they are
better men than when wearing the
cloth, and there is probably no
doubt OF this They we're formerly
wolves in sleeps clothing; now
they are wolves without any dis
Ruise.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
SFilOSOphy.s

J. NJ. Marmaduke, cashier of the
Savings Bank, was entertaining
some friends to-day with curious
tales about depositors, and among
facts equally as strange, stated that
within his experience two men had
come to the bank to borrow money
when they had money there on de-
posit. One had $500 and the other
$500. They had forgotten the mon
ey was there. Such experiences
do not occur often as few men for.
get what money they have.-Mexico
LEDGER.
This is about as curious as oul
Filosopher's experience the othe'
day. He went to a bank to borrow
some money and had none on de-
post either, and they wouldn't
loan it to him-Louis1ana Press.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
Stood UD For Him.

"Do you think your sister likes
me, Tommy"
tYes. She stood up for you at
dinner"
"Stood up for me? Was any.
body saying anything against..me?"
"No, nothing much. Father
said he Thought you were q good
deal of an ass, but sis right up and
said you wasn't, and told father he
ought to know better than judge q
man by his looks"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

g We understand the matter
Students of the State University
not expected TO run the institu-
Some of the boys evidently
g . mistaken idea about the
ponsibilty, which generally falls
sne curaters, resting on their
ulders. Every once in awhile
near OF them meeting and pass
resolutions, a Ia the profession
politicians of Saline county.
ood sound spanking or so and
Iuer togo to bed early, child, "
nink, would be the proper
say u any of the faculty in
snse 81 Or encourage these little
aah insarrections, they should
9eae to walk the plank as soon
p water is reached.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

The Laddonia Herald says the
Mexico hunters who visit that Sec
ton have turned the tables, and
this time it is Laddonia man who
is the victim of a good joke. w.
A. Morris brought down some decoy
ducks and left them on a pond,
south of town. Wallace Calhoun
saw them, and slipping upon them
shot away three dollars worth of
ammunition before he discovered
that they we're only painted things
of wood. The Mexico boys have
the laugh now and Wallace is still
kicking himself.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
MISSOURI STATE PRESS.
The Annual Meeting in Hanni-
bai-An Excursion to Yell
lowstone Park.

The Executive Committee of the
Missouri Press Association was in
session at the Laclede Hotel in st.
Louis yesterday arranging for the
annual meeting and excursion Of
the association. Those present
were Ed. stephens, of the Colum.
bia Herald, President; R. NJ. White,
Mexico LEDGER; J. w. Goodwin,
Sedalia Bazoo; A. c. Baldwin, Sc.
dalia Gazette; J. w. Jacks, Mont
gomery City Standard, and w. l..
Thomas, st. Louis School and
Home. It was decided that the an
nual meeting be held at Hannibal
on August 10. There will be a
number of addresses, and the at.
tendance will, it is expected, be
much larger than usual. Mark
Twain will be invited to deliver an
address, and it Is expected he will
do SO, as he was born near that city
and found many of the incidents
for his books in that section. The
meeting is to be followed by an ex.
cursion to st. Paul, Helena, Y fellow
stone Park, Salt Lake City and Den
yer. The cost Of this will be about
$50. The committee prepared its
full programme, and a circular to
send out asking members to send in
notices as to whether they will 60
on the excursion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
Worse Than q Mule,

Arabs who have had experience
with mules in this country say that
old obstinacy is no comparison to a
camel for general .meanness. A
camel will set his own gait, and a
prairie fire can't make him move
faster, and if he takes a notion to
lie down his driver can build a fire
and roast him and he won't move.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

Nathan Kouns, a well-kno wn
lawyer and writer, was sent to the
Fulton asylum the second time last
week. He is the author of several
works, among these one on the
ownership of property in common,
which he believed in and advocat-
ed. He was State librarian for a
few years and has lived in Jeffer-
son City for several years. The
first time his mental weakness be-
came known was when he voted
the Republican ticket in 1884.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

Reliable rumor says that J. Med.
Trimble, formerly Of Mexico and
now of Kansas City, will some-
time this month be married to Mrs.
Strawbridge, the widow of Col.
Strawbridge, who, before his death,
was one Of Linn county's most
prominent citizens, Mr.. and Mrs.
Trimble will likely spend few
months in Europe this summer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
Food For Reflection,

The number of men killed in
England last year while playing
foot ball was thirteen and four
were killed in the United States
during base ball games. Over
thirty men had broken legs and
arms between foot ball and base
ball, and yet Kilrain goes to Jail
for two months for not even peel
ing the skin off John L. Sullivan's
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

North Missourian The other
day two boys in st. Joseph stole
two oranges. Four policemen ar
rested them. One pleaded guilty,
was fined 81 and the costs, $3.50
The other one hired a lawyer for
s., pleaded not guilty, had q. jury
and was cleared.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
MexicO's Horse Men.

The horse men of Mexico have
SO far made the most pronounced
impression on the owners and
breeders of Missouri, and it will
take very lively work on the part
of somebody to take their credit
and standing away. The speed
programme by the Audrain County
Association will bear comparison
with that of any other county fair
association in the United States,
no matter where it is found. We
would like to see a better one.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

J. D. Tucker, as agent, sold let 3
in block 4, original town OF Mex
leo, belonging to L. Hord, to FL.
Schmidt, for 1880. Also, two
lots in Ladd's addition, from j. C.
Bassford to Aaron Woodbridge,
o0S0
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
Kansas Farmers are Awaking.
From the Springfield Republican.

Kansas Farmers are AWaklnS.
From the Springfield Republican.
After shaking the bloody shirt
for eighteen years in the Senate as
vigorously as his strength would
permit, Senator Ingalls,, of Kansas,
has been notified by the Farmers
Alliance OF that State that they
cannot point to a single measure in
all that time which he has ever
championed in the interests of ag-
rieulture and labor in Kansas, and
that they will oppose the election
to the Legislature of any man who
favors sending him back to the
Senate. 1t is perhaps as wise a
resolve as the Kansas Alliance has
made this year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
Rushing Things.

The Laddonia Herald is authori-
ty for the statement that Rush
Hill held a village election Tues
day, and ascertained after the cleo
ton was over that the time for
holding the election Is not until
next Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

The Laddonia Herald, speaking
of the horse show just held in that
town, says: "Geo. Adams, Jr.'s,
Red Star, a coach horse of Cana
dian and ely desdale blood, attract
ed much attention. Dark in color,
compactly built, over 16 hands
high, smooth bone, head erect and
action to suit, he is the horse for
lovers Of good goers. He will make
the season at Mexico
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

The champion April fool joker is
William Brewster, of Georgetown,
Mass. ue shipped three cases OF
shoes to Mr.. FL. G. Piester, a boot
and shoe dealer of Petoskey, Mich.
The consignment duly arrived on
the first of April and seven pairs
of the shoes were found to have
their soles packed with dynamite
cartridges. A person going for a
constitutional in one of these pairs
OF shoes would not be apt to finish
his stroll, and Mr.. Piester is
doubtless glad that no customer OF
his got into the shoes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

b. ]. WIGGINToN, OF the Lipneus
llssin, is prominently me-; toned
{ candidate for Representative
Linn county. Wigginton is a
ID working young Democrat,
4 We are sure would make a
u acceptable member.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

T. Ed. Smith, son of J. R. Smith,
well-known in Audrain and Mon
roe counties, is in Mexico on a
visit. Ed. lives in Texas, and
while he thinks it the grandest
State in the Union, he is delighted
with the vast improvements made
in Mexico lately.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

Joe Reynolds Thursday waived
examination in the lower courts
and will be tried in the Circuit
Court at the June term. He is
charged with shooting with intent
10 kill Johnny Rodgers and family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
Storms in April.

Prof. George Root, of Canton,
Mo-, successful weather prognos-
tlcator, predicts a tornado period
from the Doth to the 25th of April,
and says it will be the worst storm
period of the year. He says this
has not been predicted by any
other meteorologist, and asks that
phenomena occurring between the
dates named be specially noted by
weather observers and reported to
him. He thinks it will establish
the existence of the Nero planet
Urbanus. Rev. Irl Hicks makes
April 6, z, s and 8 danger days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

fHE louisville horror brings out
mual statement of ''the great
Disaster ever known" etc. Re-
Efing TO this an exchange says ::
me much published story that
greatest disaster the world
ef hew" was the breaking OF
B dykes in Holland In the six
nth century does exceeding
pienee to the orthodox story OF
shst Noah's experience, when
ysry living substance was de-
foyed which was upon the face OF
2 ground 1t is small to at
pipt to rob Noah of his laureis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

The C. & A. railroad justly
boasts of the fact that not q single
passenger has been injured on its
line in the past twelve months.
The road has transported $780,
900 passengers in that time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
Democrats Will Not PrOtec
Rascals.

From the Springfield, Ill., State Register.
The Democratic party, unlike
the Republican, does not shield its
rascals nor even apologize for them
much less reward them. Not
one of the delinquent Democratic
Treasurers will ever be made
Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee and United
States Senator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
Missourl's Financial Statement.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, April e.
The State Auditor to-day submit
ted to Governor Francis the sub
Joined statement, which is a sum-
mary of the money held by the
State Treasurer as indicated by the
Auditors books: Balance on hand
March 1, 1856, ,941.69; receipts
during March, s212, ,60.29; dis
bursements, s93 1872 %; balance
April 1, s1,6s5, ,729.75. The
penitentlary earnings for March ag-
gregated s14,S ,S03, all of which went
in the necessary expenditures for
the maintenance of the institution.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

The Fulton Telegraph says if
the early bird catches the worm, a
lot of early announced candidates
in Audrain and Boone counties will
be pretty wormy before the Novem-
ber election. They should have
waited until the sweet carol of the
blue bird is heard from their ten
rail fences and the croaks of the
froggies from the sloughs of the
flats.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10
Not His Fault.

"Bretheren and SISTERS and The
patient old pastor buttoned his
threadbare coal closer about his
spare form, 81 notice that ssme
members Of the congregation are
shivering from the cold. I should
have replaced the broken pane OF
glass in this window behind me
weeks ago with rags ii they could
have been spared from the family
wardrobe. The collection for
foreign missions will now be taken
uB 70
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-10

Mrs. Sarah E. Shartridge, secre-
tary of the C. w. B. M. and
ed;tress OF the Missionary Tidings,
died at her home in indianapolis
Tuesday last. Her loss will be felt
and mourned as far as the G. w. B.
M, is known,