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Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

st. Louis fair last year there was
some talk of the organization. There
was a small meeting of the saddle
horse men at the winter meeting Of
the breeders convention held in
Mexico, which was postponed until
the Clark & Potts Combination sale
and to-day there was meeting at
the office of Clark & Potts to form a
permanent organization. There
were twenty saddle horse men pres
ent and they all joined the organiza-
ton. Inside of year there will be
from 200 to 800 members, and the
enterprise is now on firm footing.
The following are the official min
utes of the meeting held Friday
morning:
Saddle horse men of Missouri met
at Mexico, Mo-, Feb. 26. The
committee appointed last December
to prepare constitution and bylaws
made its report. The members
signed the constitution.
The convention proceeded to elect
permanent officers of the associa-
ton.
T. S. Harrison, of Auxvasse, was
lelected president; Henry r. Walk
Ter, Pleasant Green, viee-president
II. A. Potts, Mexico, secretary !;
R. T. Freeman, Mexico, treasurer.
The following were elected to act
with the president, vice-president
and secretary as executive commit
Itee: A. j. Blake, L. M. Monsees.
| A resolution was then offered by
H. J. Mccormick, recognizing the
Rural World as the associations
lofficial organ. Motion adopted.
| The executive committee was
Iauthorized to offer a sweepstake
premium during the present year to
be shown under the management o.
some county fair of the State.
The meeting adjourned to meet al
the call of the president.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

IF Rev. PORE YEAMAN concludes
to announce for Goevrnor, he will
open his canvass by inviting all the
candidates to meet him in this city,
where speeches will be made.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

GREAT Scott! When will this
thing end? Granny Blair has
become candidate for the Repub-
lican Presidential nomination. He
represents more "ism'' than any
other man in existence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

The political Convention held in
st. Louis this week represented al
most all of the factions out side Of
the two parties. There were isms
enough in the platform to suit even
the most fastidiOus.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

If the ownership of live stock is
any qualification, the editor of this
paper fought to be eligible to the
Alliance. He now has two horses,
one COW, two dogs, ,and an unlimited
number of cats. There are members
OF the Alliance who do most of the
wind work around Mexico, who
can't lay even that much claim to
being a farmer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

A GOOD many of the students OF
Columbia, as well as those attend
ing colleges elsewhere, would prefer
the institution which they attend
was located on Fifth Avenue, New
York, or Fifth Street, st. Louis, OF
across the street from the Palmer
House in Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

To ANXIOUS office-holders: No,
Teddy" Roosevelt is not out Of
the country, but Mr.. Harrison has
succeeded in pad-locking his tongue
he may find the key any day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

ARBoR day will be observed the
first Friday after the first Tuesday
in April. The object of the obser-
vance OF this day is to plant trees
on the school grounds throughout
the State and we trust more atten-
ton will be paid to this matter in
Audrain county. Trees in Missouri
have been planted on school grounds
since the observance of this day as
follows:
In 1SS7-SS, 9,739 trees were plant
ed; 1sSS-S9, 1884; 1Ss9-90, 9,9o3 !;
1S90-9l, 9,7S6, total SS, ,759. This
is an excellant showing.
1t is one thing to plant tree and
another thing to protect ito see
that it lives and is carefully trimmed
from year to year, so that it may
grow up beautiful, shapely thing.
Of the 3S,759 trees planted in Mis-
souri, during the four years observ-
ance of the day, how many of them
are alive-how many of them are
beautiful and shapely? Let US look
up this matter carefully, for in the
next report blanks sent out from
this department these questions will
be asked.
After planting, the trees should
be protected from stock. If the
grounds are not fenced, a circle of
stakes should be driven around each
tree. During dry, hot weather the
trees should be protected by throw
ing around them a good supply of
straw, leaves or trash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03
willing to Wait.

Tommy had been unusually
naughty that day and his mother
had reproved him dozen times, in
Guiding once or twice with a slipper,
but he was bad again and she took
him in hand once more.
''Oh, Tommy, Tommy" she
pleaded, with tears n her eyes,
''don't you want to be a good little
boy and go to heaven when you
die?"
eyes, mamma" he replied, stub
bornly, ssbut not this afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

The case of Miss Ida Freddy
against the City of Mexico is set for
trial, March s, at Bowling Green.
Our readers win remember that this
case is a suit for 81, 900 against the
city of Mexico, Mayor G.. L. Fer
ris, ex-City Physician c. R. HALEY
and ex-Connciiman r. NJ White.
She claims these damages on the
grounds of false Imprisonment, hold
ing that she should not have been
|quarantined-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

DiabOlical Crime.
BOLD ROBBERY AND CRIMINAL
ASSAULT IN SEDALIA.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Taylor the Vic
tims-The Atr0ci0us Deed Com.
mitted by Masked
Highwayman.

SEDALlA, MO-, rep. Z4.-Ihere
has seldom been time in the his
tory of Sedalia when excitement
runs as high as to-day. At a late
hour last night Chas. Taylor, a
prominent ieweler of this city, was
waylaid by a highwayman and his
wife criminally assaulted. The facts
are as follows:
Mr.. Taylor and his wife attended
the party given by Mrs. H. G.
Clark, wife of the superintendent of
the Missouri Pacific, fat No. 522
West Broadway, and departed for
home shortly after .11~o'clock. They
walked along Broadway when they
We're confronted by a highwayman
holding a revolver in one hand and
a dirk in the other, who commanded:
"HoLD UP YOUR HANDS,"
Mr.. Taylor was unarmed and
obeyed the injunction, and the fell
low quickly went through his pock-
cts. He found purse containing
about SIS in gold and silver coin.
After securing all the booty he
could find upon Mr.. Taylor's per-
son, overlooking a valuable dia-
mond pin which was hiden under a
large cravat, he turned his atten-
ton to Mrs. Taylor and took pair
of diamond earrings from the lobes
of her ears. While the highway
man was attending to Mrs. Taylor
her husband had the opportunity of
getting a good description of the
robber. He was spare built man,
about 5 feet, inches tall, and evi-
IDENTIFY negro, Judging from his ac-
cent. He wore a long overcoat and
his face was covered with a white
handkerchief which served as a
mask.
After committing the robbery
the footpad caught Mr.. and
Mrs. Taylor by their necks and
forced them to walk south on Usage
street. He then walked behind
them and with revolver and dirk
urged them to increase their gait
and keep quiet under penalty Of
death. Block after block was
traversed until the sight of the old
NJ, K. & T. Hospital was reached,
when course across the prairie east
of the hospital was taken. Upon
reaching a spot were a cry for help
could not be heard the highwayman
halted his prisoners. He took from
his overcoat pocket a half-inch rope
and tied Mr.. Taylor's hands behind
his back. He then passed the cord
down to the feet and wound it
around the ankles and made them
securely fast. Having made sure
of his prisoner he grabbed the
trembling young wife by the arm
and led her away from Mr.. Taylor
| and within his hearing, close enough
to see but for the darkness, the brute
after a desperate struggle with the
woman, who fought for her life,
succeeded in criminallly assaulting
her. This accomplished, he brought
Mrs. Taylor back to where her hus-
band was.
The fend then cut with his dirk
the cords that held the husband
captive and with oaths commanded
the couple to go to their homes.
AS soon as possible the entire
police force of the city was on the
search, put no clue has yet beer
found to the perpetrator. At moor
to-day monster mass-meeting was
| held at the court house aud meas
ures taken to assist the officials II
the search. About $4,000 wa'
quickly raised and reward OF tha
amount is offered for the villain
Excitement is very high.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

THE fellow who started the report
that the arrival of the Congressional
excursion at Chicago caused a rise in
the price of ''red paint was prob
ably mad because he had not re-
ceived an "inyite.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03
THE Columbia Herald @,

THE Columbia Herald estimates
the sum given to the State to secure
the State University and Agricul-
tural college by Boone County at
1921 Sc, compound interest
at ten per cent. being included. At
6 per cent the amount would be S2,-
764, All 10.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

THE stock men of Missouri SUBJ
scribe for and advertise in the Mex
leo LEDGER. No paper in Missouri
outside of Colman's Rural World
carries anything like the line of stock
advertisements which can be found
IN the Mexico LEDGER. Mexico is
the horse center of Missouri and the
Mexico LEDGER is the organ of the
horse men of this State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

CLARK d PORTS are the right men
in the right place when it comes to
managing the combination sales or
in fact any other enterprise which
needs brains and work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

THE Lower House at Jefferson
City agreed to make the Eleventh
judicial district as follows: Au-
drain, Montgomery, Lincoln, War
rem and St. Charles.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

INGALLS, has sought and obtained
admission to the G. A. R., not
withstanding he never had per-
formed one single days duty in the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

MIR. Dudley, formerly OF this
county, has just returned from Pal
myra after an absence of seven
years. He is a splendid business
man and good citizen. We are
glad he has come back to stay.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

SECRETARY FOSTER having seen
the country "all at sea- regarding
the condition of the treasury has
now gone to see himself.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

: King Rene 1878.
No. 1877. Unnamed, owned by
A. Larimore; sold to VIM. Blythe,
Mexico, $40.
No. 1893. Unnamed, owned by
A. Larimore; sold to D. D. Arm
strong, Mexico, sos.
No. 1879. Unnamed, owned by
A. Larimore; sold to w. w. john
son, Mexico, $3.50.
No. 222. Unknown; sold to SIS.
Scott, st. Louis, $175.
No. 226. (Jack, Substitue), sold
to J. L. McDermot, Kahoka, Mo, !,
1896.
No. 224. (Jennet, substitue),
Marion Barnes, Mexico, $50.
No. 225. (Gelding, Substitute),
B. NJ. White, Montgomery City $40.
No. PIG. McPike Jack, owned
by ]. B. Houf; sold to Luke EN-
erson, Bowling Green. s420.
No. 217. Capt. Grigsby, owned
by Hiram Mckinley; sold to VIM.
Taylor, st. Paul, Neb., $265.
No. PA. Lena, owned by Clark
& Surber; sold to VIM. Taylor, st.
Paul, Neb., $40.
No. 215. Unnamed Jack, owned
by Jos. and T. B. Henderson; sold
to VIM. Taylor, st. Paul, Neb.,
$3.50.
No. 203. Unnamed Jack, owned
by J. L. Sappington; sold to Col.
billiard, Shamrock, $1175.
No. 200. Unnamed Jack, owned
by A. Larimore; sold to NJ. L. Wat
| ers, Benton City, s615.
No. 2O1. Unnamed Jack, owned
by A. Larimore; sold to Peter
Stuck, Troy, Mo, $400.
Roy Stuart took in the sale.
jeff Cornett came up from Mar
tinsburg.
Ex-County Recorderl T. T. Tor
Ieyson came up to the sale.
Prof. A. K. Yancey is a lover OF
fine horses and made some pur-
fehases.
Judge Kendall spends the week
of the Combination sale in Mexico
every year.
R. E. Biggs, than whom there is
no better Judge of horses, attended
the big sale.
| D. M. Roberts sold some splendic
geldings at neat prices to Chicago
horse trainer.
Mr.. T. Barker, one of Monroe''
prominent stock raisers and farmers
attended the sale.
At the April Combination Sail
fancy stations, drivers, coach ant
harness teams will be offered.
D.S. Burroughs, one of Audrain'
most prominent farmers and stocl
raisers, is intefested in the sale.
We knew the sun would shine o.
,, jack day as Bob Freeman and Alb
Larrimore have been arranging th
= weather.
, The long cared horses are yer
popular in Missouri. They ar
worth more out of the Legislator
than in it.
l Mr.. Samuel Jesse was in to th
d. lsale to-day and subscribed for th
LEDGER. He remarked that b
wanted the news.
Tom Bass has sold his fine par
horse, Sam Jones, to Col. Fletcher
!, of st. Louis for 1926. Col. Fletct
er has been offered 800 profit on hi
;. bargain.
Il II. o. Craig sold H. r. Walkel
of Cooper county, the two-year-ol
q stallion Black Rose for $500. II
will be taken to Brownwood Stoc
Farm at Pleasant Green, No.
!, J. b. Weaver was in to the Con
bination sale and says that tw
y families which were going back frol
y Kansas to Hannibal, Mo-, took ol
their horses and put them in Il
; Combination sale and then loade
their goods and wagons into tw
boats they had and then "saile
+ down Salt River to Hannibal.
\ =
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

Benton CITY is behind the times.
The citizens of that live little town
should meet in mass meeting and
offer a site for the University.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

Col. Keene, of New York, has
bought Fox Hall and will arrive in
America in the next two weeks.
Fox Hall is the only horse which
has ever left America and won the
English Derby.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

THE saddle horse men OF Missouri,
like the trotting horse men, make
Mexico their headquarters.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

The Centralia Courier says: Mr..
J. S. Snidow, prominent farmer
of North Wilson township, is favor
ably spoken of as candidate for
representative in Audrairl.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

Hon. W. J. STONE, OF Nevada,
/ Mo, candidate for Governor, Will
likely make speech in this city
some time soon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

THE Third Party will hold 4 con-
vention in July and a ticket will be
nominated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

We know that spring is coming
The millinery stores are arranging
for openings.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

Mr.. Abe Larrimore sold several
fine jacks at the Combination sale
at good prices.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03

w. G. Wilkins, brother of James
Wilkins, of the firm of NJ. Blum d
Co., left for Austin, Texas, Friday
where he will locate permanently.
He has accepted splendid position
in large wholesale house and we
take pleasure in Recommending
him to the people of Austin as a
young man of fine habits, industri-
Gus, ambitious and thorough bus
mess boy. We are sure he will
cIccao1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03
SADDLE HORSE MEN.
They Meet in Mexico and Organize
The Membership Should Be Over
200 Within q Year.

The sad d | e
horse men of Mis-
souri are coming
to the front and
in the future will
be found sin the
saddle" At the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-03
RUSH HILL ITEMS.
,e of the Ledger.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
RUSH HILL, Mo-, Feb. 24.-The
roads are in very bad condition.
Quite a number are attending the
st. Louis Conference from this vicin-
ty.
Born, to Patrick Deroney and wife,
a daughter.
Miss Frances Howe entertained q
large number of her innumerable
friends at her pleasant home in
Rush Hill the evening of the 22nd.
! J. S. Paulys' sale came off On the
22nd, and as a general thing stock
sold reasonably well.
Some people are at a loss to know
what makes our friend Rush Ball
wear such an uncommonly big
smile these days.
The majority of our citizens do
not favor an appropriation for the
University this year. They are
in for anything that will benefit the
State, as they well know the Uni
versity has, and will, but they seem
to be unprepared to such an ap-
preparation at present.
Silas Forbis', sale came off on
the 23rd, and was well attended and
things sold reasonably well.
! George Frank and w. J. McLo-
ney have dissolved partnership.
The business will be conducted in
the future at the old stand by Mr..
McLoney, who is going to st. Louis
this week for a large line of new
. spring goods. Mr.. Frank will likely
| go West. Both of these young men
, have host of friends in Mexico and
iAudrain County. They have been
doing a splendid business and we
think that Mr.. McLoney will hold
the trade and reach out for more.
We trust that Mr.. Frank will con-
: plude tn ramain in Mpyieo
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-03-14
HILL AND THE PRESIDENCY.

The indications of Hills strength
as candidate for the Presidency
are steadily increasing, and it looks
as though he would prevent the
nomination of the only candidate
who can possibly lead the Democra-
tic party to victory. The full con-
troll of the party machinery which
the years of his governorship have
given him will enable him to send
a solid delegation to the conven-
ton at Minneapolis. This unani-
nous delegation does not represent
the will of the party or the people.
1t does not even stand for the I'M
trammeled wishes of office holders
and party leaders. 1t is simply
created by the fiat of single man
and that man is David B. Hill.
1t hardly seems possible that
the Democratic party will be guilty
of the folly of abandoning Mr..
Cleveland and of nominating a
man of the character of Hill. II
they do SO, they will net only
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-03-14
SIX-PAGE EDITION
THE HONOLULU LIBRARY.

A good public library is one of
the most imperative requirements
of every place which has risen high
enough in the scale of civilization
to have any intellectual wants at
all. The needs of this community
are perhaps not as great as they
should be, and it may be that the
Honolulu Library is quite as good
as we deserve. A library of 10000
volumes is not to be despised, so
far as size is concerned. The diff
Guilty about our library is that the
books were not selected but in
great measure were brought together
through the liberality of people in
clearing out their attics, and gen.
orally in donating what they did
not want themselves. Books OBJ
tanned by the method described
have their use, and the labors of
Chaplain Hoes show that dis
carded rubbish often contains mat
ter of great value. A good work.
ing library, however, cannot be
obtained in this way, and it has
not been in the present case.
1t should not be inferred that
the library has been made up solely
in the way described. On the con-
trary, many valuable books have
been acquired by gift or purchase.
But the net result still remains
a library with some good books
and some very glazing deficiencies.
If we are not in error, there is
only one way to build up fairly
good library under existing con-
ditions, and that is to make pur-
chases chiefly with a view to sup
plying existing deficiencies, rather
than to the acquisition of new pub
locations. The purchase of new
novels should be dropped, as it can
only result in filling the shelves
with ephemeral literature quickly
read and soon forgotten. The
library should fulfill the functions
of o public educator, not of a circu
lating library.
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prove faithless to everything which
has lifted them out of the political
mud, to the issues the adoption of
which alone has given the party
any worth and any title to
respect or confidence. The fact
that the Democratic Party during
the past eight years has stood for
anything whatever besides
chronic hunger for place and Of
fee is due solely to Mr.. Cleveland.
The fact that the nomination Of
Hill by the New York delegation
is the work of a single man who
may be enabled thereby to impose
himself upon the country in def
ance of the will of the people, is a
melancholy commentary on party
government in America. If Hill
ever becomes President of the Uni
ted States, he will virtually have
elected himself. Possession Of the
machinery of party enables him to
paralyze the will of the people as
efectually as though he had hyp.
Noticed the voters and so led them
to the polls.
The politician of the Hill type is
the specific disease of popular gov
eminent in the United States. A
republican form of government I'M
happily is not guarantee that the
will of the people shall be done.
At the same time it is the only
form which recognizes fully
the rights of the people.
In England, indeed, the
theory and practice of popular
government prevail but there, and
in every such case, the monarchy
is mere survival--an organ with
out a function--and therefore des-
tined, according to a well-known
physical law, finally to disappear.
Every monarchy is a historic
growth suited to a certain set of
conditions which it cannot long
survive. When a people is once
awake to the consciousness that it
is the true source of political
power, the day cannot long be de-
layed when it will assume the
active exercise of it's rights, and
cast the government in a mold
in accordance with it's will.
Indications are not lacking that
the Hawaiian people is entering
upon such a stage in its political
development.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-03-14
s9 NEW GOODS TO THE
PACIFIC HARDWARE Co., Id.

Carbolineum Avenarius.
Glassware, Agate and Japsnned
ware.
Platform, counter and even bal
ance Scales.
Paints, Oils and Varnishes.
Open link and topsail Chain, as
sorted sizes.
Plantation Tools and Implements.
Vacuum Oils.
Stoves and Ranges.
Garden Barrows.
Oil Stoves, new designs.
Slack & Brownlow's Water Filters,
superior to all others; the favorite
since 1847.
Hose Reels-something unique.
2SS9-laSss
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-03-14

Since June 20, last year we
have been using this column to
call the attention of residents
of this kingdom to sundry and
various articles which we offer
for sale. The writer of the
ads. has grown wrinkled and
gray and has lost a second
crop Of hair in his efforts to
originate some ideas and in
stealing others. We've en-.
deavored in all of our state
ments to steer clear of the
9th commandment but now
we're going to switch.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-03-14
FEBRUARY.

Notes.
An An,idote for Coffee Blight.
Letter from Il. A. Macfie, Jr.
Sugar Supplies for 1892.
What are the Profits of Sugar Refners.
Purity of Cane Sugar.
The Bounties on Sugar.
Coca-How the Plant is Cultivated
Growing Camphor Trees.
Facts abou Nutmegs.
Progress of the Caue Sugar Industry.
The Sugar Industry of antiago de uba.
The Bureau of American Republics.
The Sugar Business.
Valuable Bugs.
The Sugar Monopoly.
The Sugar Refining Industry.
The year 1891.