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Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-25

NOR $50 WILL SELL TO A. PRIVATE
a party French wardrobe, with mirror
glass, a bed stead and night table; no second
hand dealer need to apply: could be seen at
7"1 Central ave-, from to IL and from to
pm. Sd I'm
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-25

T OsT-ONE BROWN HORSE AT sAN FER
~ nando, branded on left leg. Return to
L. FLEUR, 406 N. Los Angeles, and get re-
ward. 9-197t
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-25

MRS DR.. j. II. SMITH, SPECIALITY, MID.
Nl wifery. Ladies cared for during confine-
ment at 727 Bellevue ave. m % tt
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-25

r OST-NEAR THE CROSSING OF THE
IL Santa Monica and Redondo railroad, a
lady's gold watch with short gold chain and
nm der %s,cn ly he none
warded by leaving with C. G. REYNOLDS. of
Harper & Reynolds, l5z N. Main st. 0-24 3t
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-25

NOR RENT-MERCED HALL, 41s n. MAIN
i St., by the day, week or month. Apply
third floor. 9-16 m
NOR RENT-HoUsEs ALL OVER THE CITY.
Il G. A. SUMNER q CO., 107 8. Broadway.
m 0-ff
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03
THE RAKE FACTORY.
The Rgoprietors Want S35.0OO Stock
Taken i'm Mexico.

In answer to letter written by
the editor of this paper to Gilliland.
Jackson & Co., of Monroe City, Mo-.
who are talking of moving their hay
stacker and rake factory to Mexico
We are in receipt Of the following
letter which explains itself.
To the Editor of the Ledger.
MONROE CITY, Mo-, Nov. 27.---
DEAR SIR: In reply to yours of the
oath will say. All the inducements
| we would ask to move onr factory
would be, for the citizens to assist
us i'll the business by taking stocl
in the factory. We would like tt
organize a Stock Co., with an au
thorized capital of about $4,000
We will take $4,000 or $4,000 u
the stock; our machinery and bust
ness we would put in at reasonabl
figures. Our business is well estab
lished and will pay 20 or 25 pc
cent on the capital invested. Ifyo'
folks are sufficiently interested, tn
writer Is. B. G } will come dow
and see what can be done. What
done should be done soon, as W
ought to commence manufacturing
la January. Yours Truly,
| GILLILAND, JACKSON y 60.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03

from the rail way wreck and subsequent
adventures. to all Of which Olympia
listened with wild open eyes and dill
gent ears. He went on TO tell her how
he had made the journey to France, and
had there purchased the estate Of u. De
Lisle, an aged monarchlst- wh1p was the
last of his family. and who had died
within couple Of weeks Of the making
Of the bargain. Keppel had adopted the
name of his new possessions, and had
gone to Paris and found means 70 get
presented to Napoleon. Circumstances
enabled him to See a great tlei;! oI TIE
emperor; the latter conceived singular
confidence in him, and even, toward the
| end, an affection for him. At length.
when all was lost at Sedan, happel told
| the emperor the story OF the treasure
and offered 70 restore it to him. and aid
| him in his escape to America. Napoleon
| had hesitated for a moment. but then
shook his head. That treasure" h.
said, has been the curse Of France for
near thousand Years. Disaster fol
/ lowed every French ruler who had to do
with it-disaster personal. if not also
public. My uncle died IN St. Helena:
am broken man, dying Of an iacnrahle
disease. viii not transmit the curse to
my son, who as yet knows nothing Of
the secret. Keep the jewels yourself,
and | hope that in your ownership they
may begin TO do good instead Of harm,
| am glad that can die with that load
off my heart!'
"Poor old manr' said Olympia sympa-
thetically. And. after all, how unreal
such treasure is! IF it had been in houses
or lands or industries. or even in bonds
or gold, it would have been solnethins Z;
real and reasonable; but jewels are only
beautiful; their value is an imagination
Ii they wera to be thrown into the sea
no one would lose anything. 1t is wrong
that beauty should have q money value.
Diamonds and pearls should be given for
love, not bought and sold. Perhaps that
is the explanation of the curse!
II dare say it is-if curse there be, "
said keppeI.
After pause she said, "You love me
more than anything, don you:'
more than anything and everything,
'If we fiu,l that the money keeps Il;
VIC " III SCI IIti Va ~ 3SA A. WA 'i''t
be worth keeping on such condition; but
,tf Ah.n
She broke off with a shudder and Z
contraction of the nerves; she cauGh'
Keppel's arm in her hands and moYett
icloser to him.
What is the matter, love-" he ex-
claimed. what frightened yon:'
THAT man-Garcia: she whispered
"Garciai He is not here. Besides
what can he'---
HE is near-somewhere-in the street
perhaps l feel him. Ah.' She shud
dered again.
Keppel drew aside the window shad
and looked in the street. On the corner
about thirty yards distant, he recos
nized the figure of Garcia walking NJ
the street. He must have passed tn
house at the moment of Oly1npia's i'm
preston. She was now calm again.
Perhaps it was only a coincidence,
said Keppel TO himself. But the epi
sode had startled him, and he did ne
forget it.
ITO BE CONTINUED
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03
Lowestprices, best grades, largest
stock. La Crosse Lumber Co.
Our New Engine.


The printing offices at Mexico
were notified a month ago by the
Water Works Company that water
was so low it could not be furnished
after November 18th to run their
machinery. The proprietors took q
hasty survey of the latest motors or
the market, and decided on a gaso.
line engine, new tangled affair
about the size of a two gallon Jug
The gasoline is turned on, lighted
and the engine does the rest, at thu
rate of three cents an hour expense
Bob White will have to rig up /:
wood saw attachment. to save him
self from the ignominy of requiring
his better half to cut the fire wood
There are also a few hotels in tn,
country that might employ th'
engines as labor saving devices il
assisting the guests to masticate tn,
steak.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03
DehOrning Contest.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, Nov. 27.-
DEAR SIR--The State Board of Ag-
riculture have decided to hold a de-
horning contest at Marshall, Mo-,
Decent Der 10th and 11th, at which
time a number of different machines
will be tested. A large attendance
of stockmen is earnestly solicited,
and you are cordially invited to at
tend. Arrangements will be made
for ample ACCOMMODATIONS at reasona-
bic rates for those who attend.
A Farmers Institute will be held
in connection with the test.
Hoping to see you there, | am
very truly, FRANK B. HEARNE,
By Order of Board. Manager
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03
A JOKE ON A RUSTIC.
He Came to Washington Expecting to
Get a Loan From the Gov.
ernment.
From the st. Louis Republic.

From the st. Louis Republic.
''Is this the place where the
Government loans money2"queried
a country.fed looking chap yester-
day, who addressed the Deputy
Fourth Auditor of the Treasury
Department. The surprised Off
cial answered that he knew of no
such place and asked his visitor to
explain himself more fully. The
latter in a puzzled fashion, ex-
claimed: "Where am I to get 9
loan from the Government" The
Deputy Auditor replied that, while
the Government sometimes bor-
rowed money it was never q
lender, and he asked the farmer il
he was not thinking of the SUBJ
treasury plan of the Farmers AL.
lance. The granger said be was.
He informed the deputy Au iitol
that he had s18 in his pocke>; that
he wanted to borrow all the money
that this sum would represent al
2 per cent, and he added that he
had a good farm up in Maryland
which he could mortgage for Sc
curity. When he was told that he
had been wrongly informed he
bounced out of the off ce swearing
vengeance on the man who sen
him on his wild goose chase.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03

The Kansas City Times says:
The City Hail at Mexico, according
TO Bob Whites LEDGER, looks like
a barn. This City Hall costs SIS.
600 five years ago aud is an archi-
tectaral gem. The Council ought
10 see to it that a janitor is ap-
pointed to at least keep the floors
clean, not to mention an occasional
raid on the cobwebs that adorn the
ceihng.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03
Did Not Cure His Jags.

DWIGHT, H., Nov. 27.-Mr.
Henry NJ. Munroe, through his at
torneys, Messrs. Harding & Ament,
of Pontiac, has brought two damage
suits against DR.. Leslie E. Kelley
and his inebriate company, of
Dwight, in the Circuit Court of this
Livingstone) county. Munroe was
a patient of the institution, and the
first suit is to recover the $3.50,
which he paid to get cured of the
drink habit, they guaranteeing q
cure, but failed. The second suit
is for II, 900 damages for injury to
his health, sustained by reason Of
taking the gold cure treatment, and
Munroe also claims, be being a
carpenter, securing work in Dwight,
and that DR.. Keeley forced the
party employing him to discharge
him, also forced the party he
boarded with to expel him from
the house. The cases will come
up during the January term of the
Circuit Court, and are looked upon
with considerable interest. DR.
Kelley has the entire city OF
Dwight in tumult at present, as
the citizens did not carry out the
agreement with him to put in
sewerage, pave the streets and
build waterworks. He told them
that he would have to move the
institution to city where he could
have all these improvements. Sew.
eral meetings have been held since
his return from Europe. and
everyone is working hard to keep
the institution in Dwight.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03
BEAVER DAM VALLEY.

Correspondence Of tue Ledger.
BEAVER Dam, Nov. 30.--C. H. and
Frank Crockett sold % hogs to
Nath. White for S335 per hundred.
Nath. White bought of Dillen
Bros. five pens Of corn at 30 cents
per bushel,
Bud Davis sold TO Nath. White
is hogs at 1896.
Crockett Bros. are having their
large stock barn remodeled.
Il. N. Price had the ell of his resi-
dence raised to a tall two story.
THIS is one among the best of resi-
fences in the country.
]. II. Calhoun is having large
cattle shed erected by L. X. Crockett,
carpenter.
VIM. McCracken, of Auxvasse,
came over last Tuesday and dehorn-
ed stock cattle for the following
persons; L. A. aud |. NJ. Calhoun,
Sanders Luudy. Bud Davis. Robert
| Potts. E. Il. Djcus. Dehorning cat
tie is still opposed by some persons
out here on the ground of cruelty.
They forget that cattle often infiict
serious injuries upon each other
with their horns. causing more suf-
fering often, than the removal OF
tue horns And from our little OBJ
servation we think the operation
should be performed when the ami
NAL is young and breeding off is
better than saving off.
| We thank the editor of the
LEDGER, very kindly, bountifully.
exuberantly for favors last week.
l. is not the man we'll bred and
born that always comes to the front
| More often it is the other fellow
who untiringly meets all obsticles
and without a grunt surmount:
them, that eventnlIy gets there.
| Our beaverites, as a rule, are mel
who have the welfare of the entire
com o,unity at heart, who give en-
| couragemeut to every laudable en-
terprise, and have a feeling of pride
| for the great Valley in which the,
| live, with welcome for every on,
| in search Of a home, with Chart,
in their hearts for the unfortunate
| who need assistance or kind word
with a kind feeling towards al
home enterprises and a manifesto,
desire to aid i'll their support ant
Beaver Dam Valley, with few yer,
few exceptions, can boast of havin:
| that class of citizens.
| The man who is so mean that h
stops his clock of nights to keel
| from wearing out the running gear
may get forgiveness for his sins
But, Bob, the man that stops hi
paper and then steals his next doc
neighbors paper, what will becom
Of him?
| r. A. Herring sold to Wallace
| 4 Northern 8 hogs average 240 a
$3.50.
John Crews sold to Wallace
| Northern 30 hogs average 325 a
$3.50,
| L. X. Crockett sold 6 hogs t.
| Wallace 4 N0rthers average 305 a
50 so.
| Z. II. Dicus sold to Green Gan
"a hogs average 245 at 50 30.
WE'WoULD LIKE TO KNOW
| If any scheme won't figure on
| all right on paper.
| If Frank Crockett said mo- Oh
| purpose.
| It Beaver DAMS young men don
capture fairest maidens of othe
| cIimes.
| If the Valleys fair maiden's be
come the captivated of yonng mer
of other localities. Thus it has beer
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03

There is no question but what
Mexico will have a mile track. The
Fair Directors met this afternoon
and at once began working up the
matter. As We go to press the
Directors inform us that the out.
look is splendid and that there is
no question but that Mexico will
have q mile track. The money il
in sight and the right kind of men
are behind the enterprise.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03
You are saving ore profit by buy
Ing Of La Crosse Lumber CO.

j. I. Draper, who has been with
Gibson & Co. for years, has gone
to Fulton to go into the produces
business. We take great pleasure
in reco mmending Mr.. Draper as a
man who thoroughly understands
his business and reliable in every
sense of the word.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03

The Kansas City Star says !:
"Smokeless gunpowder and odor-
less whisky are two discoveries
which will greatly modify warfare,
the first between nations, ard The
second between husband and wife,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03

Jasper Meyer .of Randolph coun.
ty, is very fond of Mexico's un.
excelled feminine luxuries. He
went to Marshall to-day, where he
will linger several weeks before hs
resumes his arduous duties IN
Randolph county, his home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03

Mrs. J. d. Tucker is home from
Kentucky, where she has been 60
iourning for several weeks. Miss
Myrtle remained in Louis siile and
will spend the winter there. Her
absence in sociesy here is regretful-
Iy conspicuous.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03
\ RECENT CITIZEN.

Mexico needs first class circulat-
ing library. We think Il the right
parties would take hold OF this mat
ter there would be no trouble in
having one OF the largest and best
public libraries in. the State: This
matter is worthy of prompt atten-
fion
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03

Mrs. j. H. Diggs and children,
who have been visiting relatives in
Mexico, went to Montgomery City
this afternoon to remain few days
previous to returning to her home
in ST. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03

Other people save money by
buying of La Crosse Lumber Co.,
besides getting better grades.
Why should you not do the same?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03

Wood and coal stoves cheap ano
OF the very best make at Daniel
Bros. dit wifi
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03

"Poor old Missouri" seems to be
getting to the front. She ranks
first in the product of zinc and sec-
ond in the product of -four. Her
largest city, st. Louis, ranks first
in the manufacture of tobacco.
There are 1.S49 manufacturing in
durtries of all kinks employing
65, 1893 operatives, in the State, and
their output last year was valued
at s161 ,537 ,O92,9l. No other state
possesses natural resources equal
to it, and the hand of industry,
which has been slow to take hold,
is now developing them.-Kansas
City Star.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03

Go to Daniel Bros. for stoves,
wagons and hardware of all kinds.
Competition defied. Satisfaction
guaranteed. dit rtf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03

The La Crosse Lumber Co. form
erly sold lumber dealers, now gives
the consumer, through its many
branch yards, the advantage of
good grades at low prices. One
profit saved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03
ABSOLUTE PERFECTION IT 3AgIaa


TO the Editor OF the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo, Nov. 2S.-DEAR SIR
Being somewhat OF reader and
not having many books, may / ask
as to the facilities in that line offer
ed to the general public of this city:
Very Respectfully,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03

Be sure and get La Crosse Lum-
Der Co. to figure your bill. They viii
save YOU n1oneV,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-03
Mile Track.

FOR SALE IN MEXICO, NO, BY
F. Liewei1yn. Druggist, West Side Square.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-17
SOME CONTRACTS LET.
The New Tin Plate Company at Kensing-
ton Means Business-Effort5 to Get
Local Dealers to Join the Consumers
AssocjstiOn-The New Constitution

The New Tin Plate Company at Kensing-
ton Means Business-Efort5 to Get
Local Dealers to Join the Consumers
Association-The New Constitution.
Strawbridge & Beaver, Limited, who pro-
pose erecting a tin plate plant at Kensing-
Ton. have Just let contract for the erection
OF a cold rolling mill, 1Sx24 feet in size, to
the Leechburg Foundry aud Machine Com
pany, of PittsbuTg. In fews davs
they will let a contract for the
erection oftwo 20-inch hot mills. timing pots
picking machines and all the necessary ma
chInery for operating the plant. For the
purpose oI getting their product on the mar
ker Il, soon as possible they let the contract
tor the cold rolling mill first, and work will
be commenced on it at Leecnburg immedi-
atelv.
The new iirm will make bright plates 1t
VIII purchase the black sheets, although it
is their intention, further on, to put in the
necessary machinery to roll down the tin
bar and bring it out finished plate The
contract fer the cold rolling mill calls for
its completion within 60 DAYS and the new
firm expects TO be turning out tin by the 1st
Of January. Their output at first will be
from 120 to 80 boxes a dav 1t will be
chartered later on as the Pittsburg Tin Plate
Company.
\ rumor has gained circulation that an
other company is being formed in the CITY
which proposes TO enter very largely into
the manufacture of tin and terne plates. 1t
viii make them from BesSemer billets
An effort is being made to draw the local
consumers into the newly organized Tin
Plate Consumers Association. Yesterday
several copies of the constitution adopted
at The recent New York meeting were re-
ceived by local dealers. 1t is printed below
for the first time:
THE Tin Plate Consumers Association of
tae United States.'
IL The object of the association shall he
to further the interests OF American users of
tin plates.
III. Thesoflicers OF the association shall be
a President two Vice Presidents, a Treas
Urcr and Secretary, who, with four others,
con ~titute the Board OF Directors and shall
hold office for one year or until the election
OF tmeir successors.
N. Any individual, firm or company in the
United States interested in the purchase of
tn plates may become n member of this as
sucistiOn on being approved by the directors
auu paying the annual dues.
Y. This constitution may be amended by a
lna jUrity OF persons present at any meeting
pi he association, provided notice of sucn
amendment be inserted in the call for the
meeting.
Another meeting will be held shortly at
which there will be full discussion of the
propriety of organizing permanent asso-
citation Of tin plate consumers for the ac-
quirement Of reliable information respect
lns The progress and development of the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-17
JOSIE MANSFIELD MARRIED.
The Woman Who Caused Jim Fisk
Death Welded to a New Yorker.

The Woman Who Caused Jim Fisk's
Death Welded TO a New Yorker.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-[Special Josie
Mansfield, the woman on whose account
Jim Fisk was killed by Edward S. Stokes,
was married in London at St. Georges
Church on Friday of last week to Robert L.
Reade, of this city. Mr.. Reade's friends
were greatly surprised to-day when they
heard about it. Josie Mansfield was first
notorious in New York in 1873 Fisk in
troduced Stokes to her and Stokes fell in
love with her. Fisk and he quarreled.
Then Fisk tnd Stokes had each other ar
rested.
Josie Mansfield said Fisk owed her S40,-
600 and backed up her claim with letters
which she was going to publish. Fisk got
an injunction and then declared that Stokes
and the woman were trying to blackmail
him. She was arrested and it was reported
that the grand jury had indicted both.
Stokes went in search of Fisk and shot him
dead on staircase in the Grand Central
Hotel Josie Mansfield went to Paris,
where she has been since.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-17
IT DEPENDS ON THE GAS.
The Local Glass Factories Are Not Re-
Stunning Very Rapidly.

The Local Glass Factories Are Not Re-
Stunning Very Rapidly.
1t was confidently expected that the ma
jority of window glass houses would have
started up this week, but there is no hurry
on the part of employers. Six of the local
firms have started up and four are yet idle.
At Jeanette two of three tanks are in oper-
alton, and the lighting of the third depends
upon the future supply of gas
Taking the Western district as whole,
it is said that out of 1000 pots, with total
capacity of 100000 boxes, only some zoo
pots, with CAPACITY of 3, 500, 600 boxes, will
certainly begin operations this fall. Of the
remainder it is reported that $50 pots will
not start, while the others are in doubt. By
January the supply will be 90 per cent
short. Already it is difficult to fill orders.
There is big deal on hand between a
leading window glass firm and several job
bers looking toward combination en-
bracing both classes. If the deal is sue
cessful, it is said one of the largest plants
in the world will be erected on the Monon-
gahela river in the vicinity of Blair station
at the mouth Of Peters creek. This place
is being built up rapidly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-17
Industrial Notes.

WAGES have been advanced among the
Mahoning Valley furnacemen 10 per cent
The Youngstown Car Company has nearly
all the material on the ground for their new
tracks.
THE Eagle Carriage Company, of Warren,
O., has just received an order from Bolton,
England for a road cart.
THE Mingo Plate Mill is about to go on
three Shifts giving employment to new
force of men.
DRAKE STRATToN. & Co., of this city, are
among the bidders for the contract for the
construction of the new Salem Railroad.
EDWARD DUNCAN and William Dithridge,
of New Brighton, will soon engage in the
glass business at Marion, where several
acres of land, bonus of s. 900 and free gas
will be given them.
THE CarroIl-Porter Boiler and Tank Com
pany is building, besides other contracts,
the wrought iron work for six gas producers
for the La Belle Steel Works, Allegheny, and
the same number for the Pittsburg Plate
Glass Company at Creighton.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-17
EIGHT HOURS AT HUNTINGDON.
Pattison Will Declare That Days Work
for Reformatory Fmploves

HARRIsRURG, Oct. 16.-[SpeciaL ]-Ex-
Senator Petrikin, of Huntingdon, to-day
filed with Governor Pattison the reply
of the employees of the Huntingdon Iadus-
trial Reformatory TO the answer of the
Board of Managers that the act of Assembly
approved May, 1891, does not make eight
hours days labor in penal institutions
under control of the State
Recently the employees of the reformatory
requested the Governor to compel the
Board Of Managers to comply with this
law. They declare they cannot be COM
PEELED to work more than eight hours day,
and are making a determined fight TO ac-
complish this end. The board holds that
the law does not apply to the reformatory,
and has declined to comply with the de-
mands of the employees. Governor Pattison
is said to have expressed an opinion that
the board is in error and will shortly notify
its President that eight hours shall consti-
tute days work at the reformatory.