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Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10
From Last Thursdays Daily.

OnOU are aware, per-
! ! !. ! ! J. . !: ! ! ! ! ! !
haps, that the Fair
"a Grounds are being
U put in shape for
n x Y the encampment Of
II M ~ the soldiers andthe
Il XIV provision to feed
M~6M II the boys is being
"a ~ contracted for and
IL will be delivered
~>E[o> In time for them
not to miss q meal. 1t is learned
from st. Louis that extensive
preparations are being made by the
soldiers for their visit to this city,
and besides the troops q large
number of their friends will spend
the week here with them. Next
Tuesday night six hundred of the
State militia and q. s. Regulars
fully equipped and uniformed, will
arrive by special train and will 60
into camp. The companies are all
under thorough military discipline
and each day during the enca,np-
ment drills, marching and other
military maneuverings will be gone
through with. Such an evensful
week as next will be is bound to
draw big crowds to the city. As
there is no immediate prospect for
a war in this country, it will prob
ably be the only opportunity many
of our people will have to see gen.
uine soldiers and this chance should
not be neglected. The sham battle
on Friday will be the crowning
event of the week. The camp will
be divided equally into opposing
forces, the armor will be buckled
on and the battle will begin.
Sabres will fash in the sunlight,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

Conductor Keyes, of the G. & A.
branch, informs US that he win
hold the Fulton train until after
the sham battle next Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

Mrs. ]. M. Barker has returned
from q western trip, much i'm.
proved In health.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

Eld. Bradley will hold regular
services at the Monroe Street Bap-
tist Church tomorrow ut IL q. m,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

The favorable location Of College
Addition convenient to the Military
College, Hardin College, the Pub
lilo School, Union Depot and Fire.
Brick works, as we'll as the natural
beauty of the land should make the
Auction Sale next Thursday after.
noon q glowing success.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

B. B. Tureman last Saturday
sold for r. w. Tureman, property
in Southeast Mexico for $500
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

Mrs. R. M. Heron and daughter,
Miss Belle, are in Mexico, the
latter having just returned from
school at Ann Arbor, Mich. Mrs.
Heron and daughter will leave the
the first of next week for Colorado
Springs, where they will spend the
summer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

RrT real estate in Mexico while
can be had at a reasonable price.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

On investigation we find Hits
not true that a young lady of this
city, who is visiting in Kentucky,
was married the other day to q
prominent gentleman of the blue
grass region. The report caused a
young friend of ours a Worrell'd
of trouble, but he is gay as lark
now. The young lady will be
home tonight.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

Mr.. Spangler, of East st. Louis,
who played with the ST Louis team,
won the silver bat and ball that G..
B. Morris offered to the best aver
age batter, gJ Es
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

Mrs. J. Nit Hendricks is spend
ing q few days at Elk Lick Springs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10
Miss Emma Disney, Of Fulton,
spent the Fourth in this city.

J. D. O'Bannon, OF Sturgeon,
spent the Fourth in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

Mrs. Linnie Sloan is visiting rsl-
atives and friends in Centralia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

I Drs. McWillIams and Reed left
last night for Psrtls Springs, to st-
tend The state Dsntal meeting.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

Nat Dryden says he did not
originate the story that Chas. F.
Vail was engaged to be married to
young lady at the time he is al
legged to have murdered his wife.
Wallis case came up in the st.
Louis Court of Criminal Correction
to-day. Nat says he believes Vail
guilty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10
.ey, divorce.

Gus Miller, Of st. Louis, spent
the Fourth viating the family Of
John Zimmerman, Of this county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

Mrs. L. s. Better, of Sedalia,
who formerly lived in this city,
tried to commit suicide few days
ago. She took laudanum but did
not die. Trouble and despondency
were the causes. Mrs. Betzer il
known to many people in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10
MILITARY MATTERS.

Everything Being Put I'm Read
fness For Next Weeks En-
campment-The Event
of tho Season.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

THE Federal Elections Bill will
give the party in power between
$50, 900 and ;No, 600 additional
places to fill with ito heelers. II
will cost the Government about
s12, ,0O, 900 annually and the sx-
psnditure will be in effect % much
added to the Republican campaign
fund.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10
Ignorance OF Circuit Judeea.
From the Boonyilie Dsnosak,

q ;
A great many Of the Circuit
Judges Of the State OF Missouri,
either through ignorancs q soms
other ance, send boys to The Re-
form School, at this place, Ike
they would sentence 8 man TO the
penitentisry. A Circuit Judge has
not the power TO sentence . boy to
the Reform School for any number
Of years. Under the metz law &
boy IL sentenced to the school uA.'
til he is twenty-ons years Of age.
If he observes the rules Of the
school he 10 released in eighteen
months. If his conduct Ia bad, he
remains an inmate until he attaans
his majority, when the authorities
have no further power 10 hold him.
They Always Como From van-
i'.i'8 dalis. tit% tAi'"
From the ysndalia Leaass. 9S4
The military en<ampmsnt and
sham battle st Mexico July II viii
be . big thing and will be - novel
a. II will b big. OF conrpe . big
crowd will 60 mp from Yandalia.
Every time Mexico has . fsia, .
rally or . blowout Of any kind Van
dalia turns out in full force and
helps swell the crowd, but Mexico
does mot trsst Vandalia 70 well.
The s'oldes& inhabitant" never ssv
100 Mexicans in Vandalia q ono
time, unless they were running for
ofioe. .f4z
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05

With the first long submarine cables great
difficulties were encountered IN sending
through them a current of electricity Of suf-
fcient power to record the message rapidly.
The methods for overcoming these difficult
sles and in use at present are described as fol-
ows:
Keys which, when depressed, transmit pos
tive and negative currents are employed at
.he sending station in connection with the
regulation battery. The current of the bat
terry does not pass directly into the cable, but
into condenser, which passes it into the sub
marine line This greatly increases the force
Of the current used and serves TO cut off in
terfering ground currents The instrument
first employed in receiving cablegrams was
rejecting galvanometer. Upon the magnet
of this instrument is carried a small curved
mirror. A lamp is placed before the mirror
and behind a screen in which there is n YER
ticsl slit. Flashes of light moving across this
slit as the needles moved from left TO right
indicated to the trained eyes of the operator
the letters in the message being transmitted
But this method OF recording messages was
found to tax the eyesight Of the operator Sc
verely, a few years work often rendering
them almost il not totally blind. Recognize
ing the fact that there must be something
wrong with such a system, inventors set
about repairing the defect, which resulted in
perfecting the syphon galvanometer, which
has all but superseded all other receiving de-
vices
In the syphon receiver the movements Of
the needle are recorded by means OF ink
spurted from fine tube. This tube is attach
ed TO coil suspended between two fixed mag
nets, which swings to the right or left as the
pulsations pass through it. The syphon gal |
vanometer Is a great improvement; is not
hard on the ewes and enables the operator to |
receive much more rapidly than with the old |
Fash rsceiver.-St. Louis Repuhlic
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05
He rorgot Ilghteen Thonsand pollnrs.


About 9;l5 O'Clock on Tuesday morning
A. d. Westiield, "A wealthy resident of New
York was fervently conglatulating him
self on the recovery Of $4,000, which cam,
very near startling and sorely tempting
some Palace hotel chambermaid On go
ing to bed late Monday night Westfielc
placed $4,000 in bills under the mattress
OF his bed ana when he arose Tuesday
morning shortly before the departure Of
the overland train by the southern routt
he forgot this money in the haste of his
preparations for leaving in company witt
party of acquaintance with whom he ex.
pected to make his overland trip
He had just crossed the gangplank of the
ferryboat with his friends when he sudden.
ly turned pale and exclaimed: my Godl ]
forgot something" He rushed back. jump
ed into carriage and ordered the driver
TO hurry him to thePalace. When he reach.
ed the hotel he dashed up to his room. Nc
servant had yet entered it, and all was as
when he left. He quickly turned up the
mattress and there was his money right
where he had put it, His satisfaction quite
overbalanoed his annoyance at missing his
train and friends and he did not object 8
bit at waiting for the evening train, which
he ook alone.-San FRANCISCO Chronicle.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05

A Kingston man left by will life inter
est to his widow in a little estate valued Al
5000, the property after her death to b,
divided among twelve heirs There beins
small mortgage on this property fore
closure proceedings followed, and the costs
of court, lawyers fees, etc, made the judg
ment foot up 81 800. During her life tn,
widow win be entitled to the interest of the
remaining dollar, and at her death two OF
the heirs will receive 20 cents each, five OF
them will be given cents each, four of them
will be given 3 cents each, and one of them
will receive the annual interest on Is cents
during his life.-New York Press
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05
Electrical Doors.

An arrangement looking to the safe and
quick emptying of the house has been
adopted in one Of the theatres of Boston.
According to Popular Science News, at
any time by simply touching button in
any one of the eight handy places in differ
ent parts Of the theatre, seventeen sets Of
folding doors. leading to as many exits,
open simultaneously, actuated by electri-
cal apparatus. The expense of the i'm
provements is said to have been consider
able, but it is safe to say that the public
will appreciate the advantage of being able
to take their pleasure without any dread
Of fire and panic.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05

Mrs. A. j. Parker, the mistress OF the
boarding house at the Green Mountain
stock Farm for q he past two years, mas OPP
ened boarding house on School street,
opposite Dr.. Stewart and would respect
fifty so,loi. patronage by the week anu al
so furnish dinners and horse keeping.
Prices as reasonable as any one.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05

|IUANTED;- Men 81 good character and
w ability 10 sell tor tile Fonthil Nurseries.
n 40 acres Of choice stock. New specialties.
ID pay. salary or commission. send Photo. with
Ficatiun. F1r terms address STONE & VEL
NOTION. 2i2 st. James ST., Montreal Canada.
~. Be'ill. Manager.
\ anne this MINER.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05
GlILF SPRING HOUSE.

The Gulf Spring House, Wiliiamstown
Vt, viii be open this season for the ac'
commodation Of the public from May 10th
All telephones and letters address TO
j. NJ. RYDER, VI. d., Proprietor,
North Randolph, VI.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05
Country Merchants, Butch.


ers, Peddlers, Produce Deal
ers, Tinmen, Marketmen and
traders generally will often FIND
the collecting Of Calf Skins a
profitable addition to THEN
other business.
| desire to arrange with
some good manor firm in every
village in the United States
and Canadas to take in and
ship to me the Calf Skins ia
ken off in their vicinity.
Cash furnished on satisfac-
tory guarantee. For particu-
lars address, mentioning this
paper,
CARROLL S. PAGE,
Hyde Park, VT.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-16
Too Thin.

A fat woman, with a very red face,
got on a crowded BrOadw ay car yester-
day. She was so exceedingly fat that
it was a great effort for her to stand at
all. and a young man, as thin as she
was stout, squeezed up out Of his seat,
and lifting his hat gracefully invited
her to sit down.
The fat lady looked him over with a
cOntemptOus CLINT in her eyes, and then,
in a loud and angry tone, said:
Young man, / suppose you thought
you was awful cunnin' to ask a woman
as fat as [ am to sit in the six-inc b
space that you have been Occupyin'.
I'm fat, but I'm not foolish, and if you
thought you would mortify me before
all these people, why yer barkin' up
the wrong saplin'. I'll let you know
who's to be mortified"
The thin man blushed crimson and
muttered that he meant no harm, 3"
didn't notice, etc.
ooh, you didn't notice, didn't you ?
Well, this1I teach you to notice next
time and not insult respectable ladies
in such a way I'm fat and Pm not
ashamed of it, but if was thin and
scrawny as you are I would go pad
myself from A to Lizard
The young man tried again to say his
intentions we're the best, but she cut
nina off
Shut up, you wasp-walsted cadayer,
or III pull you IN two. Come back
here and sit down again IN this crack,
you IOng-drawn-out link between a hard
winter and hereafter
She reached for him, but the young
man had wisely left the car at the last
crossing. Men York World.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-16

every hfty-seven animals, tigers and
Ieopards doing the greatest damage. e.
"In the case bOtl of human beings
and animals, the destruction appears
to be on the increase; in the former
case, the number is higher than any
one of the previous ten years, and in
the latter 1t is third in ten years in
point of numbers killed.
cat the same time, the numbers OF
wild beasts killed and the rewards paid
for that purpose are increasing. In 1885
twenty-five thousand wild beasts were
DESTROYED. and four hundred and seven,
teen thousand snakes. Among the wild
beasts were nearly seven thousand
wolves, four thousand leOpards, about
fifteen hundred each Of tigers, bears
and hyenas and seven elephants"
India contains a population Of two
hundred and seventy millions Of people.
and it seems surprising tina the wild
beasts can hold their own against such
a multitude but; In fact, a large pOr-
ton Of the territory is covered with
dense growths of forest of bamboo,
scarcely penetrable by man, In which
huge snakes and savage tigers and
other beasts, find themselves perfectly
at home.
Besides, it is not every man that
dares face a tiger, a wild elephant, or a
boa constructor; nor can the Indian vii
layers in remote places command the
weapons which make the conflict equal
between men and savage animals.
The people there are. eHeminated by
the warm climate. and are kept ex
tremely poor by the various tax-gather
ers who prey upon them. Two hun
dred and seventy million people Of oU1
/ hunting race would soon do for Indif
what Saint Patrick is said to have done
for Ireland.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-16
Wild Beasts in India.

Every country on the globe has its
own special curse. Wild beasts are the
curse Of India. They destroy on an
average about tw enty-five thousand per.
sons a year, most of whom are killed by
the bite or the hug of snakes. This
British governments in India, which pay
rewards for the staying of Wild beasts.
keep also exact accounts of their depre
datiOns, which are published from time
to time in the newspapers. The Lon
don Times summarizes the last repor
thus:
During the year. twenty-five tbous
and one hundred and thirty-four per
sons were killed by snakes. nine hun.
bred and twenty-eight by tigers, tive
hundred and twenty-five by wolves.
one hundred and ninety-four by IeOp
ards, one hundred and thirteen By
bears, hfty-seven by elephants, twenty,
four by hyenas, and eleven hundred
and sixty-nine by other animals, mclud,
ing scorpions, iackals, lizards, bears,
crOcodiles, bufalOes, mad dogs and
foxes.
in the same year nearly sixty thous
and domestic animals were DESTROYED
by wild animals, but in this case the
proportions are quite different, fol
while the snakes were responsible fol-
the death Of eleven-tweIfths of the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-16

book. In q few moments she returned
and announced:
Lydia Fenny, Cleopatra Villa, st.
Johns Wood.
In spite of his babitual pblegm Dowker
started, on perceiving which madame
dismissed Miss Brazil at once.
Why do you start?" she asked curious
iy, when the door had closed.
DoWker sighed in his usual manner,
and, taking out his handkerchief, twisted
it up into a hard ball, a sure sign that he
was impressed in some way.
Cleopatra Villa is Lord Calliston's
place.
tone, what a curious thing we should
have been speaking about him? I sup
pose this Lydia Fenny IS the lady's maid
there.
WAS the lady's maid, corrected Dow
ker.
What do you mean?"
IF this hat, touching it, was sold by
you to Lydia Fenny-she is dead.
Yes, the victim of the Jermyn street
murder"
WHAT" Madame Rene sprang to her
feet, greatly agitated.
Il wanted to find out the name of the
dead woman in order to get a cIew to the
perpetrator of the crime, explained D ow-
when the body was discovered. 1t had a
mark inside showing it was bought here,
so I came here to find out to whom it was
sold-you tell me Lydia Fenny, so the
logical conclusion is that Lydia Eenny is
the victim.
Its all very strange, said madame,
rapidly looking at him with keen eyes,
"but it may not be Lydia Fenny at all.
Other hats might have been made SINH
lar to this one or lydia Eennv Oiohf
have lent or given the hat to another per
son..
There is only one way of finding tn at
out, said DOWker, wrapping up the hat
and rising to his feet.
And that is?"
To make inquiries at Cleopatra Villa.
GOod-day." And the detective went out,
leaving madame transfxed with astonish-
ment.
@Humph," she said at length. Il Won
der if Lord CalIiston's got anything to do
with this murder"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-16

would flee in terror from soap and
water. Not many of the present gen
Grafton in Doylestown are familiar
with the SOLDERING machine, but men
who lived there in the SOS and early in
the SOS readily remember the unique
apparatus.
The famous mechanicism was moth
ing more nor less than the shafts and
front wheels of a light wagon gear,
with a big wooden box fastened firmly
upon the axle, making a rough kind Of
a cart. The machine was kept in a
convenient dark alley, and whenever
one of DoylestOwn's good citizens came
home so filed with ardent spirits that
he could not handle himself the ma
chine was run out from its hiding place,
the tipsy man was seized and dumped
upon his back in the box, and with
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-16

pose of the troublesome Migrants. On
account of the extremely mild winter
the tramps who usually seek a warmer
cline in the cold months are lowering
about the comfortable barns and hay
stacks in Bucks and Montgomery COun-
ties, and are lodging also in the rail
road stations and conveniently open
freight cars. The sober Migrants are
troublesome enough, but the hundreds
of intoxicated tramps are even worse
to deal with, and they not only defy
the orders to "move on" but also threat
en- violence to country folk whose farms
they invade.
An old-time Bucks County farmer
has suggested that a revival of the
SOLDERING machine that did effective
work in Doylestown thirty or forty
years ago might have a wholesome
influence on the hordes of tramps and
make them shun Bucks County as they
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-16
The Turtle Grows Better as He
Grows Old.

Like wine and whisky, the turtle i'm
proves with age. One Of the delicacies
at a recent dinner at Windsor Castle
was a turtle which had reached the
advanced age of 100 years. Notwith-
standing its antiquity its flesh was
sweet and tender. It was captured by
a British cruiser near Ascension Island,
and so thoroughly did her Majesty en-
JOY the soup and steaks provided by
the venerable crustacean that she has
sent the cruiser off again for a fresh
supply. It must travel several thou
sand miles in order to obey her COM
mands. The turtle is probably the
only edible that grows better with
years. Age does not really improve
fowls, game and meats, although the
restaurants sometimes appear be-
ieve that it does. A spring chicken,
instead Of being tender and palatable,
like the turtle, at 100, is often tough
and unwhOlesOme at ten or twenty.
The same IS true of other birds and
animals, and 1t is better to serve them
up for the table before they have
reached the age Of the Queens favor
tie turtle
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-16
A Recalled Tragedy.

The calamity which has deprived
Secretary Tracy of his wife and daugh-
ter recalls another which appalled, the
people Of the whole country Just forty
six years ago. On Wednesday, Feb
rUarv ., 1874, a large wrought-iron
gun called the Peacemaker, burst,
when fired for the third time, on the
United States ship Princeton. on the
Potomac. Mr.. Upshur. Secretary of
State; Mr.. Gilmer, recently placed at
the head Of the navy; Commodore
Kennon, one of its gallant officers;
Virgil Marcy. lately returned from a
diplomatic residence at The Hague;
Mr.. Gardner, Of New York formerly
member of the Senate Of the State},
we're killed. Besides these seventeen
seamen were injured.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-16

In showing the commercial advan-
tages of opening up a sea route.
through Yougor Strait to the great 81
berian rivers, Captain A. Hovgaard di-
reefs attention TO the fact that the Kara
Sea is the only route to the north pole
still left untried. He gives good reas-
ons for expecting success by this route.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-16

RAILRoAD corporations are reticent
they keep their own counsel.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-16

three or four sturdy burghers at the
shafts he was given ride over the
rough streets that was enough to shake
every drop of liquor out OF. him and
make him a soberer and wiser man.
This heroic treatment was Oftenest
applied to intoxicated strangers, but
the moral influence of the machine was
all-powerfuI IN preserving the sobriety
Of the townspeopIe. The circumstances
humaa beings, they only killed two in
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-16

1. a
Nc. The 'front.'
be with is
4
be conveniently
Daily
l.
ands
pate a
become almost indispensable
auxiL aries to ar-dres
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-16

now are such that many Bucks and
Montgomery County men believe II
would be vel to revive the oId-time
moral institution.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-16
VNIQUE sOBERTNG DEYICE.
A Terror to Tramps, Buznmers and In-
tOxicated Strangers

he crop Of tramps
in Bucks and Mont
gomery Counties, in
Pennsylvania, says
a Philadelphia pa
per, Is so abundant
that ordinary meas
ures for driYin g
them out have prov
ed futile, ard the
county authorities
are studying how
best they may dis