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Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
FIRE INSURANCE.
A Bill Before the Legislature in
Regard to it.

Representative DAWSON of Har-
rison County has a bill in charge
which is intended to amend the
revised statutes relative to fire in
surance companies. His bill pro-
poses some sweeping changes in
the present insurance laws, and
when it is introduced an emphatic
protest is expected from insurance
men. One of the sections provides
that thirty days after the notice OF
loss by fret is served on a company's
agent the entire amount named in
the policy shall be due and paya-
BILE without delay or discount. In
cases where insurance companies
want to contest the claims, the
amended act provides that the in
sured persons shall be notified in
writing by the companies, and
that such notices shall contain all
grounds or reasons of the refusal to
pay the claimants. The grounds
given in such notices served Ga the
insured must contain all the
grounds, and that such grounds
shall constitute the entire defense
of the Directing companies. Mr.
DAWSON, who has the bill il
charge, says that there is need o
legislation on this subject to pro
tect policy holders, and that hi
proposes to do all In his power tt
pass the act.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
ON THE SHELF AGAIN.
The Enemies of the Force Bill
in the United States Sem
ate Achieve a Signal
Victory.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The enc
mics OF the Force bill in the Senate
today succeeded In shelving that
measure.
The Senate met at noon in con.
tinuation of the legislative day OF
Thursday last, the pending CUES.
ton being the resolution to amend
the rules by providing a method OF
closing debate. Mr.. Morgan con.
tinued his argument, begun on
Saturday, in opposition to the pro-
posed rule and the elections bill, Of
which measures he claimed, Oh
the authority of the New York
Times, to be for the advancement
of Mr.. Harrison's project for re.
election. Mr.. Morgan yielded fol
a motion by Mr.. Wolcott to pro-
coed to the consideration of the ap
portionment bill. Mr.. Dolph NOV
Led to lay that motion on the table.
and the motion Was rejected annie
much applause-yeas "a, nays
35. Senators Cameron, Jones, o.
Nevada, Stewart, Teller, Wash.
burn and Wolcott voted no with
the Democrats, and MI .Ingalls wa:
paired with Mr.. Sanders. The
vote was then taken on Mr.. VOL
colts motion to take up the ap'
portionment bill, and it was car
risd. Yeas 35, nays "a.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
Bids for Depository
OF AUDRAIN COUNTY FUNDS.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
proposals will be received by the
County Court of Audrain county at
the February term, 1891, until noCi1 of
the first day of the said term of aaid
court, from banks or banking corpora
tions or associations or bankers in
said county for the deposit of the
funds of said county for the two years
next ensuing the date of said bid.
Such proposal must state the amount
that will be paid to the county for the
privilege of being made the deposit
tary of such funds and must be ac-
companied by a duly certified check
on some solvent bank for the amount
offered In said bid, payable to the
Treasurer of Audrain county, or, If
preferred, the amounti in currency may
be delivered to the undersigned clerk
of said County Court. No bid will be
considered unless such certified check
Or the amount in currency shall &C
company the same.
Witness my hand and seal of said
court, this 2nd day of January, 1881.
dtd ]. v. WILLIAMS,
Clerk Audrain County Court
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
UNION ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledge
UNION, January 2S.-Gus Renie sold
to Sims & Brown 81 fat hogs, at 1926
per hundred. Joe Bennett sold to
same parties foul hogs at same price.
]. s. Atkins sold to w. f. Newkirk,
one 2-year-old mare, for S135.
j. r. Hodge has traded his farm
here to John T. Crews for a farm
northeast of Mexico and took posses
sion Tuesday.
Parker Jesse sold to Jake Maddox,
one yearling steer, for $50.
e.. l.. Mcintyre bought of Downey
Bros, n mare, for $50.
Mr.. Henry, of Bloomington, Ill, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Gus Renie.
Ike MCGOWAN gave his friends
dance Tuesday night. Dancing was
| the order until a late hour.
A. B. Renie treated his friends tt
an old-fashioned dance last week,
"Gus" knows how to do such things
and was at the front, as usual.
There has been several land sales
made around here in the past week
and rumor says some parties from Ill
inois are about to make one of the
largest purchases hat has occurred il
Audrain for sometime, in order tx
start a stock farm.
Billy Mcintyre has erected a build
ing and made several other improve
ments on the farm lately purchased
OF Lakenan & Barnes. "WHO."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
Col. MoIiie Miller,

FULTON, NO., Jan. N.-The first
in Galloway County, Miss Mollie
Miller of McCredie, announced
herself in the papers to-day as a
candidate for County School Com.
missioner. She is one of our mos,
successful teachers, having taught
both in this ard in Johnson County.
Prot. A. W. Paisley, the present
Commissioner, is her only oppo.
nent, having announced himself
some time ago. Miss Miller has
some very enthusiastic friends
among the young people, but it il
impossible TO predict how Galloway
County will vote.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

THE CLARK 81 Potts combination
sale, which comes off February "a,
1891, will be the largest and most
successful ever held. There are
several eonsignments of fine horses
from other States aad the attend
n will be unusually large. The
reputation of CLARK; & Potts, as
managers of combination sales, has
extended allover the country and is
sufficient guarantee that everything
connected with the sale will be to
the best interests Of all who par
ticipate. Such sales bring the
buyers and sellers together and all
stock T catalogued and must be
as represented and positively go TO,
the high dollar. These sales are
now permanent institutions of Mex.
leo and stand strictly on thei,
merits.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

without fine or restriction, and
would leave to each the full pro-
duct of his exertion.
S. It.would, on the other hand,
by taking fer public use that value
which attaches to land by reason of
the growth and Improvement of
the community, make the holding
of land improbable to the mere
owner, and profitable only to the
user. 1t would thus make it i'm
possible for spectators and mo-
nopolists to hold natural oppor-
tunities unused or only half used,
and would throw open to labor the
illimitable field of employment
which the earth offers to man. II
would thus solve the labor prob
lem, do away with involuntary
poverty, raise wages in all occupa'
tons to the full earnings of labor,
make overproduction impossible
until all human wants are satisfied,
render laboring-saving inventions
a blessing to all, and cause such ar
enormous production and such ar
equitable distribution of wealth al
would give to all comfort, leisure
and participation in the advantages
of an advancing civilization.
With respect to monopolies 9TH
er than the monopoly of land, VIZ
hold that where free competition
becomes impossible, as in tele'
graphs, railroads, water and gai
supplies, ETC., such business be
comes a proper social function
which should be controlled ant
managed by and for the whole PEG
pie concerned, through thei
proper government, local, state o
national, rs may be.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
"Cioture" Explained.


To the Editor of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, Jan. 24.-What is
the meaning of clotmre in relation
to the rule proposed in the Senate
by the Republicans? INQUIRER.
Cloture is a parliamentary term,
denoting closing of debate. 1t
is now one of the perman-
ent rules of the House OF
Commons, having been adopted
by that body il 1882. 1t gives the
right to a bare majority in that
House to close debate on any
measure before it, and immediate
ly have the question put by the
Speaker. The Republicans of the
United States Senate are now try
ing to adopt eloture in the Senate
in order to stop further debate on
the Federal election bill, or Force
bill, and bring it at once to a vote
in that body. In the House OF
Commons cloture was resisted by
the Home Rule party by all OBJ
structive methods under the rules
they could make use of. Finally
after a struggle of many msnths, 6
motion prevailed for the expulsion
of thirty-one members of that party
from the House for a day and clio
ture was then carried. The French
Chamber of Deputies also has {
rule requiring the President to TAKE
the sense of the Chamber before
pronounelng the closing of debate
The term probably had its origin
there, as cloture is a French word
1t has no place in a country where
free speech, freedom of debate ant
deliberation in public bodies or
public questions are guaranteed b.
their constitutions.
The Democratic members of tbs
United States Senate are now en-
gagged in every means known t.
constitutional government in resist
ing this badge of tyranny. Shoul'
it prevail by the efforts of the Re
publieans of that body, it will b.
the most stunning blow that ha
ever been given to freedom AM
liberty on the American continent
The defenders of freedom an,
honest government will then b
gagged from further utterance, an
resistance to their tyrannical law
will be overcome. Upon the heel
of its adoption the Force bill
with all its iniquities, will prob
ably become a law, when wei
may we despair of cur liberties an
our free institutions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
Trustees Sale.

Whereas, Emily A. Meyen /
husband, E. Meyers, on the soa3
of March, 1856, by their deed a q
duly recorded in book No. z, papi
of the Recorder of Deeds ofao "a
dram county, Missouri, convsya
j. H. Hayden as trustee, the flb1
real estate to-wit:
The west half of lot No. Z, III =
4, excepting the second story 81
building thereon, in the townd 4
donia, Audrain county, Mtm1
which said conveyance Wa nj!
secure q certain note thereon dne1
ed, n.'w long since due and mp
and, whereas, said deed Of tfut 4
vides that in case the said tru1te
fuses to act and is unable to dosa I
then acting Sheriff of Audrnin ..
shall become his successor and =!
sell said lands, and, whefsas, :
Hayden Is a NONRESIDENT Of thu :
and refuses to act longer under !
trust deed; now, therefore, ], NJ
dersigned Sheriff of Audrain on.
in order to perform the coudinul.
said trust, will sell said rsa q
at one O'Clock p. M.
Saturday, January 3lst, lMl
at the east door of the Court Hsls3
Mexico, Missouri, to the highss :
der for cash in hand to ssnky .
note and interest.
G. w. ADAM
3S-td Sheriff Audrain Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

By virtue and authority Of n :
execution issued from the o1Icaa :
clerk of the Circuit Court Of Az
county, Missouri, r~eturnAbls
January term, 1891, OF said coqhz
to me directed in favor Of Jsuev
rett and against A. w. f..
have levied upon and seised
right, title, interest and clain +
said A. W. Pearson of, In ana y
following described real estases
Begin at the northeast ccfnef
eight (sl, block sixteen tle3t
original Town of Mexico. run
forty-eight (4s) feet for . BE-
thence south twenty-five
thence west sixty(6o)feet, thencss
twenty-five (22) feet, thence ee.ss
(66l feet, to "a point of beginni.s7
lying and being In the said
and State of Missouri; and ! WI
Friday, the Both day OF Jsas
A. D., 1891,
between the hours of nine &C.
the forenoon and five O'Clock
afternoon OF that day, At the
court house door, in the city,
county of Audrain aforesaid, -
same, or SO much thereof =
required, at public vendas.
highest bidder for cash In heper
jectto all prior liens and tual~
to satisfy said execution and -
I'd. G.. w. ADAba
Sheriff of Audrhln N-1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
Congratulations.
From the Jeifersel, City Tribune

From the Jeiers8ii City Tribune.
Something occurred yesterday
that has never beftre happened IN
the history OF Missouri. We refer
to a resolution adopted in the
House congratulatng the Kansas
Legislature on the defeat of Mr..
ingalls,. Missouri never before
complimented Kansas on any
achievement. They have lived at
the Jews and the siamaritans, each
having comparatively nothing to
do with the other. But now the
chasm is bridged With the political
corpse of a common enemy to the
prosperity of the Vest. Missouri
was not present al the demise Of
Mr.. Ingalls, in perton. so to speak,
but she will be heard from at the
wake.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

A TRADE Is just about to be con-
summated south of Mexico which
will give Audrain n of the largest
stock farms in the State. Four large
farms will be brought under the con-
troll of one party and will be splen-
didly improved. Our informant
says there is no question but what
the trade will be contaminated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

in the thirteenth century to the last
hydraulic, pneumatic, weighted and
lever-worked pretensions patented as
motions, no motion whatever has
resulted from the one or the other to
the present day. Not a solitary dis
covery is ON record, not one absolutely
ingenious scheme projected or one
simple self-motive model accom-
plishad
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
sherif's sals

Bv virtue and authority Of ~
execution issued from the ofIcssS
clerk of the Circuit Court OF Ar
county, Missouri, returnable q =
January term. 1891, of said Cour{ IS
to me directed in favor Of q 4
Early, ct al, and against ]
Edwards, I have levied r.
and seized all the right, title, Int
and claim of the said j. ]. Edwnt
of, in and to the following desniEl
real estate, to-wit: The south Il
(1-2) of the southeast quarter IA y
the southeast quarter "a d &
southwest quarter "a, all In ~
four az, township fifty-one f5I1, II
ten (10), west, and the north halfiiS
of the northeast quarter (l-41, nd
southeast quarter (l-4) of the mn
east quarter IA of section Z
~, township fifty-one f5l1. n
ten (10), west, all in Audrain ocuad
Missouri, all lying and being u I
said county and State Of Missourfa
I will, on
Friday, the Both day Of JausnE
A. D., 1891,
between the hours of nine odaa1
the forenoon and five O'Clock b &
afternoon of that day, at the O.
House east door, in the city Of Nuil
county of Audrain aforesaid ~ &
same, or 80 much thereof a. mgf
required at public vendue, b {
highest bidder for cash in hand, T.
ject to all prior liens and judgmat
to satisfy said execution and coshI
I'd G. W. ADAM
Sheriff of Audrain COUNT. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
SINGLE TAX PLATFORM.
Adopted by the National Con
ference of the Single Tax
League at New York,
Sept. 3, 1890.

To the Editor OF the Ledger.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 26 --
In reply to your kind favor of the
22nd inst, asking the question,
"What do you mean by the Single
Taxi" | cannot give the readers
of the LEDGER any clearer or more
concise explanation of that subject
than the platform of the National
Single Tax League, adopted by the
National Conference held in New
YORK last September, which you
will find in full below.
III. MARTIN WILLIAMS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
Comm;ssiouer's Ssle

BY virtue of an order Of ~
from the office OF the CLERK gs
cult Court of Audrain Coansa
sour, to me directed, ] Wills
January 30. 1881.
at the east front door OF ~
House in Mexico, in said coes
at public auction, to the hisast1
der for one-half cash and 49,
in IL months, between the
o'clock a. IN. and 3 O'Clock
that day, all the following
Audrain county, Missouri. We
west quarter section ID, tosI.S
range o, and southwest
quarter section 35, townsnips
o, for partition and disiriDuA
III W. v. Wild
Comm
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

U. S. HALL, president of the
State Wheel, was in Mexico Satur-
day and consulted with the Wheels
of this county. He also made a
speech at the Court House Satur-
urday night, which was listened to
with attention by all present.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

We have received several inqui-
ries in regard to Whist is meant by
single tax. The platform of the
single tax party is published in full
IN to-day's LEDGER. On Wednes-
day, February 4th, there will be a
conference at Jefferson City of
those who believe in the above
platform. H. Martin Williams
will likely lecture in Mexico this
winter on this subject.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

Our worthy contemporary at
first held that an extension of
limits was Illegal on account of the
Kansas City decision. 1t now
acknowledges it vas wrong on that
point, but still claims it was un-
constitutional on just what grounds
We could not comprehend from
reading the article in regard to the
"ottar
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

A SPECIAL dispatch from Spring
field, Ill, to the LEDGER received
at 4:30 p. M, yesterday says at the
end of the forty-thIrd ballot the
joint session adjourned with no
change in the vote.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

JUDGE HUGHES is one of the best
executive circuit judges on the
bench in the State, and by his
promptness saves many a dollar te
the tax payers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
Serious Illness of DIR. Fisher

AJSA sSscS oA Dk
COLUMBIA, Mo-, Jan. 25.-This
town is saddened tonight at the
dangerous and probably fatal i'll.
ness of Rev. DR.. NJ. NJ. Fisher,
chairman of the faculty of the Mis-.
soar. State Uni gsrsity and acting
president of that institution. DR..
Fisher was taken i'll Friday even.
ing with lung trouble and has had
several severe hemorrhages. DR..
Fisher is one of the most distin.
guished latin scholars in the
United States and is a prominen,
and widely known educator. At.
tending physicians pronounce his
condition slightly improved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
An Analysis.

From the st. Louis Chronicle.
The kiss of a yum-yum beauty,
of Mexico, Mo-, has been submit
ted to a chemical analysis and is
found to contain 81 per cent. of sac
charine. The other three per cent
glue or stickum.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

TIE Water-works Company and
Mining Compay are "getting to-
gether''and there will be no trouble
about the water supply.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

THE sale of every seat for the
opening of the new Hardin College
Chapel would be a fit tribute to
ex-Gov. C. II. Hardin, its founder.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
A Good Man Gone.

Ed. M. j. Sears, president Of
the Regular Baptist Association,
aud well.known in Mexico, died
last night at his home in Hunts
vile, at the age of SO, of pneu.
monia. Ed. Sears was truly a
good man, faithful in the cause
of Christ and beloved by all who
knew him. He leaves a wife and
several children. His funeral
takes place on Thursday and Ed.
Bradley, Hon. G. f. Clark and DR..
Rothwell will likely attend from
Msxico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

EVERY share of stock IN the
Mexico Fair Association should be
voted for the increase of capital
stock, which insures US a mile
track.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

THE''perpetual notion machine
must run without any friction.
Such a machine should be very
popular with politicians.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

HOPKINS & TURNER are putting
up one thousand tons of 16 inch
ice. 1t has to be shipped in before
it is put up.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

Col. MoLLIE MILLER, Of Gala
way, is a candidate for County
School Commissioner, with one
opponent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
Perpetual Motion.
From the Louisiana Press.

FTUI1 IIiE LUuISidfTd IItSS.
A Mexico man has just discover
ed perpetual motion. He is be-
hind the times. The Louisiana
female whist club is in perpetual
motion and has been for two years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

Mr.. Crouch, of Sullivan, has in.
troduced a bill in the House which
will, if enacted into a law, make
the name missouri" q tabooed
one in tramp circles. His bill
provides that all persons who can
not show good reasons for idling,
and who are found lettering within
the confines Of the State, may be
sentenced to the county prison for
not less than three months and not
more than II, at hard labor. Dur
ing their confinement they are not
to be allowed any papers, books OF
games or forms of amusement.
70 Rsr~ov0 10 hcyna Epcxn n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

Who is Jones, the inventor OF
perpetual motion? That is the
question now agitating the uni.
verse.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
INGALLS, DOWNED.
Pfeffer Gives the Noted Kan
sas Fire Eater a Black
Optic.
Special Dispatch to the Ledger.

Special Dispatch to the Ledger.
Topeka, KAN, Jan. 27.-In the
House Pfeffer, Alliance, received
So votes; Ingalls, %; C. w. Blair 5.
In the Senate-Ingalls 35; Pfeffer 2
Villas SUCCESSFUL.
Special Dispatch to the Ledger.
MADISON, WIS, Jan. 27.-Ir
the Wisconsin Senate, Villas is
Spooner IA. In the House-Vilal
&C; Speoner 81.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
burlington Must Stretch Hemp

burlington Must Stretch Hemp.
JEFFERSON Cry, Jan. 27.-The
Supreme Court has just rendered
a decision sustaining the action OF
the lower court in convicting and
sentencing burlington, the murder
er of Sheriff Cranmer, to be hang
ed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

THE building boom this spring
promises TO be unprecedented.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

FARM property in Audrain coun-
ty is in great demand and at ad-
vanced prices.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

SENATOR CLAY has introduced a
bill TO permit county assessors to
collect farm statistics.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

MISSOURI is in favor OF the
Worlds Fair but more opposed to
the force bill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

The Force bill has more lives
than a cat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
w. G. r. q. Statistics.

Following are the statistics of the
National Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, for the year ending No
vember l, 1899. Headquarters, Evans
ton, Ill:
Membership biased on Treas
urer's report)............... 144 1855
Loss during the year........ 1921
Total gain. $3.50
Receipts (for dues, Nebraska
fund, Temple, ETC., and by
donations).. $4,000
Membership of Young Wo-
mans Christian Temper
ance Union, over......... Is, 900
Amount raised by w. C. T. u. S34,s99
ance Legion 1892
Membership. 100000
Affiliated interests of the Woman's
Temperance Publishing Association,
161 La Sale street, Chicago, Ill.
Capital stock paid up..........S $4,000
Estimated value OF plant. ....$ 10000
Dividend paid 1889. 7per ct.
Pages of its own publications,
printed in 1888. ........ lbs ,000, 900
Number of employees. $50
NumDer of editors. 4
Papers published, The Union Sig
nal, The Oak and Icy Leaf, The
Young Crusader.
The new Temperance Temple is on
the corner of Monroe and La Sale
streets, Chicago; cornerstone was
laid Nov. l., 1890.
Dimensions-190x96. Thirteen sto-
ries high.
Material-Granite, pressed brick,
terra Gotta and iron.
Estimated cost-$1,1 loo, 900.
Purpore--For National Headquart-
ers and as a source of income TOR rent
als) for the w. G. T. U.
Proposed time of completion-May,
1892.
National Temperance Hospital, nom
alcoholic treatment.
Total number patients, about. 162
States represented .......... II
| Nationalities 10
Diseases-surgical and general 81
| ACdttlS. . y
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
He Has,
From the Sturgeon Leader.

from the sturgeon Leader.
"R. ]. Jones. of this city" says
the Mexico LEDGER, "has discover.
ed perpetual motion. He must
surely get q move on him."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29

Mrs. Frank Hart Is down from
Kansas City on a visit.