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Evening journal., 1891-05-21

The legislators Of Wisconsin at.
tempted to muzzle the press and failed
Aad now the solons Of Florida have tried
their hands, II public officer is doing
Evening journal., 1891-05-21
WANANIAKER,s.

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday May 2l, 1891
The aOSatAsT to-day IS Iikeky
TO be clear.
Evening journal., 1891-05-21

The three C's, the Cincinnati Crank
Congress, is in session now.
Evening journal., 1891-05-21

The solicitude which the Morning
News expresses editorially for ex Tax
Collector John ]. Dougherty is touehing
In the extreme. What has caused this
revulsion Of fesling2 The old quotation.
/ could tale unfold, would come in
just now II the News would Just unfold
III
Evening journal., 1891-05-21

win " illiam c. spruanee induce a
horde Of negroes to infest the Court
House during the sitting Of the board Of
canvass this afternoon? Win he send out
for Mr.. Bayard to come and nip in the
bud an incipient riot2 A constitutional
convention sitting Of the board Of canvass
Evening journal., 1891-05-21
TraiHs From Market street Station tc
Philadelphia.

fhiladelphfa.
The following trains leave the B & o.
Market street station, making fast time
to Philadelphia: Express trains. week
6ayr, 725. S15. 0 33, 11.85 a m. ; ac-
commodation trains. week days, 6 80, z. 25.
8. 10, 8 .3S a. m, 12 AZ, 2.45, 3 SO, o. .45 D.
M. accommodation trains, Sunday. 6 80
q. m. 10 AZ, 2. 45, 3 IS, 945 p m. Ex-
cursion tickets good for two days, 81. 90.
good for thirty days, S135.
Evening journal., 1891-05-21
POLITICAL NOTES.

Franklin B. Cotton should have been
prosecuted for political malpractice
Then the courts might have recognized
the enormity Of his crime.
Evening journal., 1891-05-21

The wall Of the Morning News over
msyoralty candidate Springer soliciting
Republican votes, shows that the Re-
puolicans have not vote to spare in the
coming contest. II DR.. Springer is a
Donahoe candidate, then Stansbury j.
Wiley will be DonAhoed.
Evening journal., 1891-05-21

A Rare Opportunity 20 Have Your Eyes
Examined Free.
We have engaged Professor House
worth, the well known specialist, of
Philadelphia, man Of large experience.
gained by daily and constant practice.
which enables us to correct the most de
tective sight. Those who have failed to
get suited elsewhere are specially in
vited. AYARs & Son,
300 Market Street
Evening journal., 1891-05-21
has not the charm for Mr. Spruanos that
general election sitting has.

general election sitting has.
There is one thing certain about the
police commissioners for this city, and
that is that the governor will act In as
straightforward way In appointing
them as he did about appointing Mr.
Dickey to be receiver of taxes. Even
the Every Evening cannot accuse
Governor Reynolds Of being an indif.
ferent listener. This fact that Speaker
Donahoe killed the bill ald afterwards
saved It under certain conditions means
that the StreeE and Sewer lobby, the
Jessup & Moore lobby, and the vii
mington Coal Gas lobby will have but
very little to say when Is comes to police
commissioners.
II what the Morning News SAYS OF
Frank d. Carpenter. Democratic inspec-
tor of the Sixth election district, Fifth
ward, Is true, the ward should 90 either
Democratic or Republican. With Frank
d. Carpenter aud Franklin B Cotton In the
same ward there should not be any
danger Of third party slipping In.
This is not an admission that Mr. Csrpen.
ter acted as he Is accused Of acting during
the registration Saturday. There Is a
Ah'0 aiHAN bnhb ntbWttn bif
last November election and the day of
registration, the Republicans have made
futile effort to sweep all of franklin B
Colton's political refuse before the poll
window of the Sixth district of which
young Mr., Carpenter" is inspector.
The over-sanguine Morning News
comes up TO the mark this morning in a
semi editorial article which SAYS that
prominent men In both the Republican
and the Democratic parties are concedlng
that the next City Council will be Repub
lican In about the same ratio as the
present one Is Democratic" Who are
these prominent Democrats who have
conceded anythingf Name your men
Or Is 1t possible that the Morning News
IS going to run this municipal campaign
on the same plan that the Every Evening
used against Mr. Dickey-an anonymous
one, SO to speak. No, you do not hear
prominent Democrats, or Democratic
woi kers making any such concessions.
Some would be "prominent" Democrat
who can only poll his own vote and is not
always sure Of II, has given the Morning
News man "tiP" and then let him 20 1t
blind
Evening journal., 1891-05-21

PENNIES AND sHaALL CHANGE CAN
BE HAD at THE COUNTING Ho0E OF
4 aa --- 20 g GIEEAe
Evening journal., 1891-05-21

CITY SOLICITOR:
WILLIAM LYMAN.
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CITY BUSINESS DrREcroRv
Bakers.


Bakers.
!; BARKLEY & BROS. CO, 4th and Frencs
~ ", ~, ~ ) LANG; Fifth and French streets.
fAgL q. SNYDER, 113 West Eiphrb street
N; NJ y. " IL, No. East Second Street.
0HAhLES YETTER, IL East Fourth straat
Banks and Bankers.
ARTISANS SAYINGS BANK. soc Market 81
SsN M ITnrsAL NJ NATIONAL BANK 9TH a Market
COMPANY. No s37 Market street.
FARSlERS' BANK OF DELAWARE. North.
east corner Third and Market streets
FIRST MA lIONAL BANK. Northeast cor.
- ner Fifth and Market streets. 0S-
NATIONAL BANK OF DEL AWARE, N e.
corner sixth and Market streets
NATIONAL BANK OF WILMINGTON
AND BRANDYWINE. Accounts solicited:
private safe deposit boxes for rent; North
west corner Second and Market streets
SESG hlI1 TRUST AND SAFE DEPOSIT
,SIAlP ,SSoIAMlPANH. No. 80 Market street.
ntN1IION NAIIQNAL BANK, sos Market st
southeast corner Ninth and Market streets
Evening journal., 1891-05-21
Four "Beats,, in one pnr.

The EVENING JOURNAL correspondent
consulted one or two friends. pulled him.
self together made his arrangements and
the next day he promptly scored four bad
beats" on the "boycotters. In the
Evening the Morning News man came
into the Senate chamber and said he
would like TO come to an agreement. he
was told that the only agreement aecept-
Evening journal., 1891-05-21

CITY TREASURER;
RICHARD R. GRIFFITH.
Evening journal., 1891-05-21
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FoR MAYOR:
DIR. WILLARD SPRINGER.

PRESIDENT OF CITY Councils:
JOHN @. FARRA.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08
WHAT THE LEDGER WOULD LIKE
TO KNOW.

When our Board of Trade will
come out of its grave.
The outlook for a new Union
Depot is not promising.
Why it is that suicides appear to
follow so fast one. upon another.
If Mexico won't beat the record
in weddings during October, 1891.
Who it is that is trying to divide
the F. s L. U. of Audrain county.
If Missouri ever had such a hick-
ory nut crop as she has this season.
Why the campaign for county of
fees in 1892 has opened up so soon.
If a lady should not pay the costs
in her divorce suit before marrying
again.
Where church and school ad-
vantages are as good as they are in
Mexico, Mo.
Ii it isn't about time for some
thing definite to be done in regard
to the mile track.
lie J. A. Potts hasn't some of the
best saddle and combined horses in
the entire country.
Why some one does not give a
definite reason for Mexico not be-
ing lighted at night.
How many stations there are in
the United States who can lower
Robert Rysdyk's record.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

ORLANDO HIT, formerly of
Mexico, now of Trinidad, Col, has
been unanimously nominated by
the Democrats of the Third Judi
cial District of that State for Dis
trict Attorney. That portion of
the State being Democratic, Mr..
Hit will have a walkover. Lan's
thousands of friends in Missouri
congratulate him on bis nomina.
ton and the people of Colorado on
their good judgment. Mr.. Hit
was City Attorney of Mexico,
which Office he filled with signal
ability. Mr.. Hit is a splendid
lawyer, honest to fault, and will
fill the Office with satisfaction to
everybody. The Office of district
attorney in Colorado is something
like Prosecuting Attorney in Mis-
souri,, except that the District At
torney gets larger salary and rep
resents several counties.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08
AN $1,000 REMEMBRANCE.
A Relative In New Jersey, in Her
VIII, Releases the Mortgage On
Mrs. Shattuck's Farm.

The largest will that has yet
been recorded in Audrain county
was put on the record books yester-
day by Deputy Jos. T. Williams.
It was the last will and testament
of Mrs. Elizabeth Bryan, who, be-
fore her death, lived in Camden
county, New Jersey, and in the
viii Mrs. W. L. Shattuck, of the
east end of Audrain, was bequesth-
ed an $1,000 mortgage on her prop
erty in this county. Mrs. Bryan
was the niece of Mrs. Shattuck and
died in New Jersey in the year of
1880, the will having been made In
1880. Mr.. Williams says it was
very lucky for Mrs. Shattuck to
unexpectedly fall heir to IS, 600,
but he is not looking for many such
long documents to record.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

A GOOD friend and patron of the
LEDGER at Farber says that he
would like it much better if we
would print our paper on stronger
paper. There is business point
in this matter, perhaps, he has
not thought of. We don't object
to having the paper read by all the
members of family, no matter
how large, nor by one half dozen Of
families in the neighborhood, but
We have endeavored to buy paper
that won't stand reading by the
members of more than forty or
fifty families. We want everybody
to continue reading the LEDGER,
but We want to get as many SUBJ
scribers as possible.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

The Columbia Statesman, speak
ing of Levi Chubbuck, Secretary of
the State Board of Agriculture, as
one of the most efficient officials,
1orking day and night in the in
terest of agriculture, says: At the
recent session Of the Missouri
Press Association in st. Louis, Mr..
Levi Chubbuck, the intelligent
and faithful Secretary of the State
Board OF Agriculture, read . short
paper on the above subject which
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

A COMMITTEE, appointed by the
editors and owners of quite num-
Der of Missouri's leading papers,
met at the Southern Hotel in st.
Louis yesterday morning. This
committee was composed of E. W.
Stephens, of the Columbia Herald,
H. G. Chinn, Canton News, G. H.
Streit, Sedalia Gazette, H. G. Chill
ders, Troy Free-Press and R. M.
White, of the Mexico LEDGER.
This committee was appointed at
the last meeting of the State Edi-
torial Association to employ an
agent to have his headquarters in
st. Louis and transact business
with foreign advertisers. This
committee made arrangements at
the meeting yesterday to employ a
gentleman at the expense of about
So, 600 year, to begin work the
first day of November. 1t is of the
utmost Importance that papers
throughout the State, who are in
favor of this movement, to employ
an agent to represent them, take
hold of this matter from the begin
ming. There is no question but what
the movement will prove a sue.
cess. The expenses at first will be
heavy, but when the returns begin
to come in, a good profit viii be
netted. Don't hang back to see il
the movement is going to be sue
cess, but take hold of the matter
at once. Mr.. E. w. Stephens, ot
the Columbia Herald, chairman oi
the committee, will at once issue
circulars explaining the nature O
this movement. It is of vital ne.
cessity that this circular be an.
swered promptly, and that the firs'
remittance be sent in at once. L
lis expected by the 18th day of Oc
tober to have the business in sucf
| a shape that all the preliminary ar
rangements can be fixed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08


The Journal OF agriculture, speak
ing in reference to the outlook of
the F. & L. U. of Missouri, says !:
''If the Farmers Alliance in this
State or any other state should de-
cline in numbers and strength be-
cause of internal dissensions, let
every one remember that those
who are creating the friction are
the advocates of the sub-treasury
and land loan schemes. Both the
editors Of sub-treasury papers and
the individuals who favor those
schemes, especially the Alliance
lecturers, resort to the vilest abuse
of those who do not agree with
them, just because they differ in
opinion. They never speak of a
member OF the Order who does not
believe in these schemes without
calling him a renegade or traitor.
They do not propose to permit to
any member of the Order liberty OF
opinion or speech, unless he agrees
with them. They are nice lot of
people to build up fraternal Or
der. We have never heard a sim
gle word of abuse from the oppo-
nents OF the sub-treasury towards
the advocates of it because they
believe in that doctrine aud if
there are any members of the Or.
der who do really exhibit by their
acts fraternal feeling, it is those
| who are so abused by the sub
| treasury crowd.'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08
Don't buy without first calling
ON La Crosse Lumber Co.
Beeeher's F0rgiving Spirit.

From Eli Perkins New BOOK.
Mr.. Beecher was forgiving. He
even forgave Mr.. Dana, who said
SO many bitter things about him.
Still, he forgave him as you would
your child after you have boxed
its ears.
About the last thing ! heard him
say about Mr.. Dana was this:
"Brother Dana said q smart
thing to-day, Eli"
"What was it?" asked.
"When they were discussing at
the editorial convention what was
proper to put in q newspaper,
Dana said: "Well, gentlemen, 1
don't know what you think, but
I'm willing to permit report Of
anything in my paper that the
Lord permits to happen" "Butin
my case," said Beecher, laughing,
"Dana goes away before Provi.
dence.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

A DISTINGUISHED protectionlst
once advanced the theory that a
high tariff would prevent chicken
stealing. But now we have a re-
port from Pennsylvania that an es-
timable postmaster up there has
been murdered by chicken thieves.
So here we have not only chicken
stealing, but murder, in the best
protected of all the States.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

SAMPLES of the first products
from the ex-Confederate Home at
Higginsville were sent to st. Louis
and ordered sold to the highest
bidder: the proceeds to be used
in buying votes for Miss Belle
Morris IN the contest for the most
popular young lady in Missouri.
Miss Belle is President of the
Daughters Of the Confederacy at
Mexico and one of the most sue
cesstul organizers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

abounds in practical suggestions
that will be found of special inter-
est to farmers, and which will be
found elsewhere in our columns.
1t is to the point, brief and full of
business sense, and we commend
it to the attention of every reader
into whose hands this paper may
E.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

MExIco's reputation as "city
of schools aad seat of culture,'' as
stated by Governor D. r. Francis,
is growing day by day. No schools
anywhere in the United States are
so prosperous as those located in
this CITY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

THE Democratic and Republican
candidates for Governor of Mary.
land are to have plowing match,
the farmer vote to go, probably, to
the best plowman of the two. The
farmers are getting plenty of con-
sideration this year, which is no
good sign for the high tariff.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

From the Marshall iAo.l Democrst-News.
DR.. j. b. Davis reports Q re-
markable case of childbirth By Q
child mother. On last Friday
night he was called to attend q
little negro girl, Mary Morrison by
name, who gave birth TO q healthy,
Nlly developed female baby. The
mother, SO the parents say, 10 but
l3 years, z months and 10 days Of
age. She Is a little pickaninny,
dresses in short clothes and plays
with other little negro children up.
! on the streets. Saline county has
the richest soil in the world, every
thing producing after it's kind
abuudantly and on short order.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

President Harrison is now en-
deavsring to get rid of Green B.
Raum without having reflections
cast on the administration for con-
tinuing the Pension Commissioner
in office after the scandalous meth
ods of the Pension Bureau had
been exposed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

The Steelville (Mo.) Mirror,
speaking of the Mexico LEDGER,
says: Bob White, formerly presl.
dent of the Missouri Editorial AS.
ISOLATION, edits and prints one oi
the neatest and beat papers in the
state, the Mexico LEDGER, and be-
sides is a genial, wide.awake and
pleasant gentleman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08


The Olden fruit farm near West
Plains, Mo. D., has 800 acres of various
fruits. This year the company
sold 25, 600 bushels of peaches at
fifty cents a bushel in the field,
besides putting up 24,000 cans.
They still have about 5000 BUSH
els to sell and several thousand
quarts to can. They have also
put up 25, 900 cans of blackberries
and raspberries, evaporated 5000
pounds of berries and shipped
500 crates and several hundred
bushels of pears. Ten thousand
bushels is the estimate of their ap-
pie crop. Clearing. breaking,
planting and cultivating an acre
of peaches for three years cost
them 500 an acre and the third
| year the acre yielded 500 worth
of fruit. One orchard of 5.yesr.
old trees, 100 to the acre, yielded
800 bushels of peaches worth $160
on the tree.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

CENTRALIA, Mo-, has a splendid
creamery, which is making lots of
money. 1t is not only making
money for the stockholders, but
also is proving of great benefit to
the surrounding farmers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08
Smart Alecks.

Last Saturday the Mexico LED.
GER announced that a child wal
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland. Or
the strength of these few words t
Mexico man shipped the ex-Presi
dent three bushels of hickory nuts
for the young Cleveland. For a
wonder there is one man at leas
in Mexico who did not know tina
the LEDGER was a misleading af
fair.-Fulton Sun.
On the day referred to, daughte
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Cleve
land, of Audrain county. There
are Clevelands and Clevelands ant
smart alecks and smart alecks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

W. d. Day, of Centralia, called
to-day and paid for the Mexico
LEDGER to January 1, 1898. We
are preparing to make out a new
book, and we would like to mark
every one of our 5000 subscribers
up to January l, 1898.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08
WHETHER Miss Belle Morris car

WHETHER Miss Belle Morris car.
ries off the prize for the most popu-
lar young lady In Missouri or not,
one thing is sure, the popular vote
is for Miss Belle. More people
throughout the State are voting for
her than any other one half dozen
contestants. This is what should
count in the contest for the most
Donular contestant
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

THE Laddonia Herald seems to
think that the members of the F.
& l.. U. in the western part of the
county are "splitting up" and sug-
gests that free discussion of all
questions on every occasion is in
orl,,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

Gov. d. r. FRANCIS is not a
candidate for United States Sena-
tor or for any other Office. He is
endeavoring to make Missouri a
good Governor and his only ambi-
ton is to have his administration
referred to as one of the very best
Missouri or any other State has
ever had. Any attempt to show
that he is not stronger with the peo-
pie of Missouri to-day than he was
yesterday, the day before, month
ago, year ago, or at any time is
without foundation. The more the
people know of Gov. D. r. Fran
els and his business methods and
his clean and prompt executive
ability, the more they like him.
Governor Francis is making one of
the very best Governors Missouri
ever had. Those who opposed him
the bitterest in his fight for Gov
ernor are now his strongest friends,
with a very few exceptions. The
exceptions are those who opposed
HIM not because they feared be
would not make a good Governor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

LApDoNIA wants a farmers in
stitute this winter and should by
all means have one. Laddonia is
surrounded by a fine farming
country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

EVERY day or so we notice that
"another drug store suspends
liquor selling" at Columbia. For
goodness sake how many drug
stores is there in Columbia?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

7 The wedding of Mr.. Samuel
Howard and Miss Ida Washer took
place at theBaptistC Church Wednes-
day before a large gathering OF
the young couples friends, Rev.
Rogers officiating. and the cere.
mony was beautiful. Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard have rented the
Buckley property on Love street
and gone to housekeeping. May
they prosper, is the wish of their
many friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

DR.. Kelley has made over fifty
perfect cures in this part of Mis-
souri,, which have come under oul
personal knowledge, and We take
great pleasure in recommending
his treatment. r. M. WHITE,
Editor Mexico, Mo. LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08
s. NJ. BROOKS SHOT.
Express Messenger Brooks of the
Chicago and Alton Dangerous
ly W0unded-Recovery
Doubtful.

ly W0unded-Rec0very
Doubtful.
From the Jefferson City Tribune.
Selden M. Brooks. express mes
senger on the Chicago and Alton
branch railroad, accidently sho,
himself at $50 O'Clock last Wednes.
day when the train was neaI
Bloomfield, Galloway county, some
fourteen miles north of this city.
He was in the express car by him
self at the time and was examining
a 44-caliber pistol when the weap.
on exploded. The ball struck
him above theleftnipple and passed
through his lung and out and bed
ded itself in the side of The car.
Conductor Keyes stopped the train
Immediately and summoned DR..
Christian, local physician. The
wounded man was removed to his
home in this city last night and
Drs. Thompson and Enloe sum-
moned. The chances are rather
against his recovery. Mr.. Brooks
is a brother of the noted temperance
worker, John A. Brooks, and an
official whose standing with the
express company ranks very high.
He has relatives in Mexico and
Kansas City, who have been tele-
graphed the sad news.
Mr.. Brooks has been a resident
Of this city for several years and
won the esteem OF all who know
him. The most sincere sympathy
is expressed for bis wife and ..fami.
ly. There is a possibility, of
course, that he will recover, and
it is earnestly hoped that such
may prove to be the case.
HOPES OF RECOVERY.
Charles Day, mail agent on the
Branch, was seen to-day by LED.
GER reporter and says that hopes
are entertained of Mr.. Brooks re.
covery. He says that he was in
the mail car when he heard pis'
tol shot in the express car and
running in where Mr.. Brooks was,
found him on the floor and shot
clear through the body. Brooks
said, "Oh Charley, Charley, I am
shot. 1 don't know how it occur.
red, but it was accidental" He
says that Mr.. Brooks appears to be
e little better to-day and his
friends and physicians think that
there Is chance for his recovery,
Mrs. B. e. johnson, Mrs. Tom
Gill and II. T. Brooks, of Mexico,
are sisters and brother of Selden,
| who is son of the late Ed Jno. T
Brooks, formerly editor and pro-
prietor of the Mexico LEDGER
| Mrs. B. G. johnson and Mrs. Tom
Gill, sisters, and Mrs. Charles
Leeper and Miss Effie LaForce
sisters-in-law, went over to Jeffer'
son City to-day. The editor of the
LEDGER has known Selden Brook:
as man and boy and never knew {
more clever, honest, upright ant
elegant gentleman. To know hin
is to be bis friend. His host of &C
quaintances and his friends in thi'
city trust that he will recover. Hi
pistol was kept in little pigeor
hole in front of his seat and owe,
his safe in the car. As we under
stand the matter, in taking SOM
papers out of the pigeon hole, th'
pistol dropped out and fell on tn
floor with the above results. Mr.
Brooks has the best of medical at
tention, is man OF strong physl
cal strength and with equal chance
in his favor, we think that he will
recover. He has a wife and tw'
or three small children to whom h
is devoted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

PETE MCCULLOUGH is asking for
a pension, and claims to have been
"Big Pete" of Andersonville pris-
on. Some men would claim any
thing in order to get pension.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

George Bradley is in st. Louis.
He has accepted fine position in
a large manufacturing establish.
ment. He is an industrious young
/ man and will succeed,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08

The Kansas City Star says the
recent earthquake in Missouri
shook up everything in the eastern
part of the State excepting the
Mexico Board of Trade.