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Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
Trustees Sale of Land

On the 25th day of April, 1885 81
j. Whisner and A. s. Whisnef, byn5
deed of record in Book T., psge 3
conveyed to CIV. Baker the follow
land in Audrain County, Nilsson,
wit: West half, southwest qasse
section twenty-six [26l, township J
ty-two (52), range seven "a, 70 -
a note in said deed described: fnsI ;
Baker is absent from the Stats anap
Sheriff of Audrain County has fasS
to act that on the 21st day Of oetosj
1892, by an order of the Audrslnge :
ty Circuit Court the undersigned y
appointed as trustee to sell said ~
j, by authority of said order q 9
Circuit Court, will, at the esst =
door of the Court House, In Nezs
Audrain County, Missouri, on
Thursday, the 29th dayofDee !
sell said land at public vendue W.
highest bidder for cash TO pay :
note and costs of this sale.
III. A. RIcKETM
I'd. Truslte
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
The Republics Great Gift and En-
terprise.

SOApAAoCs
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umes could not be purchased for
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
E. c. BURKHART, P.
One of or EXCHANGES has the fo1

One of our exchanges has the fol,
lowing to say of the famous Kelley
cure:
The non-partisan wing of the W,
c. I. Z. does not endorse the Kee.
ley cure for drunkenness. Bah
What difference does that make?
The thousands of homes made
happy by the Kelley cure do en-,
dorse it, and that is far better than
the endorsement of any more holiel
than thou combination whose sole
object seems to be to get together,
resolute, and take up a collection.
A good man saved from drunken.
ness is of more value to a commun-
ity than all the resolutions ever
framed by the Non-partisan w. C.
T. L.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
Trustees Sale,

Whereas, Nancy Craig and Ina5
d. Craig, her husband, by thsir q
tain deed of trust, dated octobe !
1891, and recorded in the Recordd
Office of Audrain County, Mlssous J
Book No. s, page SOC, conyeyedbEz
ard p. Hopkins, as trustee, the H.
ing described real estate, sitaatkj
Audrain County, Missouri, to-xit !
part of the northwest quarter Of skz1
twenty-six (26), township ffftylmtz
north, range nine (9l, west Of tas 8
p. M, described as follows. Be1Rti
point where the east line of Absslk1
intersects the county road runniHfd
and west on south side of G. P.Wse]
property; thence east along south
of county road, 163 feet more or III
the northwest corner of the lotAs5
MosesE Kearns to WIS Carss:Asl
south along said Carriers westhxs
feet more or less to the soufhwute
ner of the said Carriers lot; thennvl
16S feet to the east line of AhatSh1
thence north on said east line 81 Al
street to the point of beginning, Be
same tract of land conveyed sy N
E. kearns and husband to kfibfI
Leake by warranty deed dated Aul|
1890, and recorded in deed reMdz
page 34l, of the deed record efAndn'
County. Missouri, which said cdnrt
ance was made in trust to secur {
payment of a promissory note In :
deed described. And wheresssxdrz
is now due and remains unpaid -
therefore, at the request of The n
holder of said note and under ne 2
visions of said deed of trust, TIE Z
dersigned will, on
Friday, the 10Th day of Dec. Us
at the east front door of the Ck'
House, in the city of Mexico, Ststtn e
County aforesaid, between the horss
nine O'Clock in the forenoon and Z
O'Clock In the afternoon on esd q
sci the above described real estsn1
public vendue, TO the highest baa5
for cash, to pay off said note, inir1
and costs. RICHARD P. HoPEIz
Tfuste
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
GRAND DISPLAY OF JEWELRY.
John N. Pollard to Have a Big
Opening on Dec. Sth-One of
the Most Attractive bis.
plays Ever Seen in
Mexico.

On the day Of my opening, Dec.
s, l will make a display in the west
window of my store and will give SIS
in cash to the person who will guess
to the nearest actual cost valuation
Of the goods there displayed.
Guess to be made from II noon
until s p. m. Each guess to be
registered in the store and a person
is entitled to only n guess. Here
is a chance to infrom yourself on the
cost of goods that the general pub
lie knows so little about. The guess
will cost you nothing and will be Of
interest and a benefit to you in the
future no doubt. JIM. POLLARD
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

MIssOURIANs who claim that this
state will not be represented in
CleYeland's cabinet are those who
are not in line for this position or
have no friends in line. Missouri
will be represented in the cabinet
unless our statesmen fall out among
themselves. Every true Missourian
is anxious to see some one of our
prominent Democrats hold a cab
met office.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
Dr.StiI In Farber.

DR.. c. E. Still, Secretary of "The
American School of Osteopathy,"
Rirksvile, NO., and DR.. William
Smith, Professor of Anatomy and
Physiology in the same school, will,
by special request Of several citizens
OF Farber, be in that town from
Dec. 18th. until Dec. 31st., both
dates included, and viii be pleased
to SEA cases of all kinds. Persons
wishing treatment according to the
method OF DR.. A. T. Still, the dis
coverer Of the science of Osteopathy,
viii save money by being treated
during their visit. 35-td.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
WALKER DISTRICT ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
WALKER DISTRICT, Nov. %
Wheat is looking fine.
John Biek cleaned the neighbor.
hood of its fat hogs last week, pay.
ing 3 cents per pound.
Corn is selling for 80 cents al
Rush Hill.
Miss Efie Spencer has gone tc
Fulton to spend the winter.
Mrs. Clay, of Bloomington, Ind.
who has has been visiting at Mr.
A. B. Shocks, will return home
shortly.
The Walker school is making ar.
engagements for a grand entertain.
ment on Friday before Christmas.
Mr.. T. J. Roberts moved to his
new house on Thanksgiving day
Tom has the best house in the neigh.
borhood.
There has been considerable pillow.
ing done this fall and farmers are
taking every preparation to keep
up the Democratic wave.
The members of the Rush Hill F.
d l.. [. will meet at Walker school
house on the Sd of December at 7:3C
O'Clock and all the members are
earnestly requested to be present.
Mr.. James Green shipped a cal
load of hay to st. Louis this week,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

THE outlook now is good for
Mexico to secure free delivery short
ly. The income of the office is
nearly large enough to insure this
convenience. In the mean time ex-
postmaster Beatty is circulating a
petition among our business men,
which is being signed unanimous
ly, asking that we have free delivery
at once. We think there is no
question but that the request will
be era nted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

IT is greatly to be regretted that a
coal company is not organized in
Mexico and a shaft sunk. The
greatest need we have here now is
lack of coal. Martinsburg, this
county, has organized a new COM
pany which will sink a new shaft at
once. The coal interests there are
going to double and treble the pop
ulation of that little in two or three
years. The coal taken out at Mar
tinsburg is as good as any in use in
this city and we are glad to know
that the outlook now is that there is
an inexhaustable supply there.
The plan proposed to sink a shaft
at the water works we think should
be carried out this winter,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
Trustees Sale.

Whereas, B. +. Hs' lew and y
Harlow, his wife, by their ~
trust, dated December 9th. d.
recorded in the Recorders e1se
Audrain County, Missouri, ID y,
Record No s, at page 20. CONVEY ]
the undersigned trustee the fo,'es
described real estate, t0-wie ~
block 8 in Lakenan & Barnes
land Addition to Mexico, Mis-
secure the payment off note L.
ed in said deed of trust; and, Nn 49,
said note is now due and uBpalat,E -
therefore, at the request OF Ne y
holder of said note L will on
Wednesday, the 21st day Of Des
Der, 1892, .
between the hours of Q O'Clock
forenoon and 5o'cloek in the aiss
OF that day expose to sale, for
the highest bidder, the above e. s
ed real estate to pay off said oes
terest and costs.
ids J. II. WILLIAMS, Tfus
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
Death Of a Well Known christian,

KANSAS Cry, Mo-, Nov. 2S.-
Miss Nj. Lucilla Payne, who for II
years was Secretary of the Chris
tan Woman's Board of Missions Of
the Christian Church of Missouri
and who had a national reputation
for charitable work, died suddenly
at Plattsburg, Mo-, Saturday eve
ming.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

Hon. d. A. BALL, of Louisiana,
Mo-, will likely be a candidate fol
First Assistant Postmaster General.
He says that if the Missouri Con-
gressmen and United States Sena.
tors will endorse him he will enter
the raee. This is the position which
was filled by Adlai E. Stevenson:
now vice : President-elect, under
Cleveland's other administration.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

NEARLY 10000 ballots have been
thrown out in the count of Mas
sachGsetts' vote because the voters
marked their ballots wrong. And
an estimate of what most of the
voters meant to do but didn't shows
that one of the candidates ought to
have had a big plurality which he
did not get. This occurrence IN an
enlightened commonwealth shows
the perils of getting too highly cul-
tured to exercise common sense.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

REv. J. HI. JACKSON, of the NJ. E.
Church, South, is holding a very
interesting meeting and we are sur
prised to learn that only only one of
the other pastors in his city has ever
attended. We understand that Mr..
Jackson is very liberal in his views
in reference to creeds and denomina-
tons and is more interested in saw
ing souls than in making Methodists.
Every Christian, especially every
minister of the gospel, is interested
in the success of this meeting.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
Your Defective Vision Needs Proper
Correction.

Glasses when properly fitted to
the eyes are a pleasure and a benefit
to the wearer. If you have weak
eyes, if you are near-sighted, if you
are for-sighted, or if your eyes are
defective in any other way consult
Prof. Hirschberg, the eminent st.
Louis optician, who will be at the
store Of his agent, J. M. Pollard,
from Dec. | to Z. Eyes tested free
Of charge. tD7
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

The Farmers Institute, which
takes place in Mexico the 81, %
and % of December, should be at
tended by farmers from all parts of
Audrain county. This viii be the
most interesting meeting of the
year and a splendid programme will
be prepared. In addition to the
practical papers read there will be
music and literary features. The
Mexico people should fake an in
tesest and assist in the success of
this meeting.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

1t has been urged against the
Australian ballot that it would pre-
vent ignorant men from voting as
they wished, being complicated and
in a presidential yesr, long and be-
w~ildering. Satire could not GO
further than that the only state in
the union that declares the apparent
political result effected by it untrue
in fact is Massachusetts,, that has
been so accustomed to boast of its
intelligence. The Republicans there
are ready to abate their Dragging
long enough to confess that they
think their party was SO illiterate as
not to KAYE known how to vote for
Governor, electing Russell through
ignorance and misadventure. II
Democrats made such an admission
we should never hear the end of it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

THE committee appointed to con-
slider the report on the proposed gas
ordinance of this city is co correspond
ing with the officers of the various
cities throughout the state and VIII
be ready in a couple of weeks to
make a report in reference to the
adoption of the ordinance proposed
by Messrs. Rubey, McCully and
Wardell, of Macon City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
Children Cry for
Pitchers CastoPia.
A Short Time.

Prof. Hirschberg, the noted st
Louis and New York optician, vii
be in Mexico at the store of j. NJ
Pollard Dec. l to Z. Delay is dan
gerous. Call at once and have you
eyes, fitted with a pair of his cele'
brated Diamond and Mont Change.
able spectacles and eye glasses. Nc
charge for testing eyes. tD7
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
To Buy Your Goods Chem

Go to Geo. w. Daniel, Vandalia,
Mo-, who keeps a large assortment
of dry goods, notions, gents fur
nishing goods, groceries, boots,
shoes, etc. George will sell you
cheaper than anybody. Frank Dye
and Mat. Nelson will take pleasure
in waiting on you.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

MEXICO is getting ready for a gen.
uine, substantial sure enough
growth next spring. Quite a mum.
Der of enterprises and Improvements
are now being taken hold of which
will develop as Don as winter is
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

THE Farmers Institute to be held
at the Ferris Grand Opera House
in this city on Dec. 81, % and %
should be attended by every far
mer in Audrain county who de-
sires to enjoy the benefit of valuable
information.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
Administrator's Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration upon the estate O.
William r. Beck, deceased, have beer
granted the undersigned, by the Pro.
bate Court of Audrain County, Mis-.
souri,, bearing date November 2, 1892
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them for allowance t. the administra.
tor within one year after date OF
granting of letters, or they may be
precluded from any benefit of such
estate, and Ii such claims be not ex-
hibited within two years from the
date they will be forever barred.
j. r. WILLIAMS,
31-4-t. Administrator,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

Hon. Champ Clark, Congressman,
elect in the Ninth Missouri District,
in reply to an inquiry as to what he
thought of Missouri's chances for
getting a Cabinet officer in the
Cleveland administration said:
awe have some good material and
We ought to have no difficulty in
getting a Cabinet officer. l am
afraid, however, that there will be a
clash between the friends of the
gentlemen who are Cabinet posi-
bilitles in this state, and that, Of
course, would ruin our chances to
get anybody Of the election in
the bloody Ninth, Mr.. Clark said:
"The result is gratifying to me.
The sharp contest for the congress
iOnal nomination made it extremely
hard for me in the campaign for the
election, but l got 1900 to 1900
more votes than l thought l would.
The Australian ballot law helped
the Democrats
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
POst.Oficp Letter List.

Parties calling for letters under
this head will please say, "Adver,
tised."
Jim Adams, Rev. r. Adkins,
Harry Barron, w. R. Bradley, May
Bamolen, Emma Baker, Cy Barnes,
Jas. Bell, Hester Fink Bine, Mrs.
E. E. Brown, Rosie Carter, DIR. Z.
J. Combs, E. R. Carpenter, Hattie
Coleman, Jessie B. Dyarnett, ]. A.
Denham, Willis Dophe, Melina
Duncan, J. W. Eubanks, C. H.
Franklin, Merdil Fox, CharleyHall,
Rebecca johnson, Elvy Moon, Alice
Aultan, Willis Pecky, Robt. Robson,
Harris Robinson, S. NJ. Sharp, Mrs.
C. c. Simmons, Minnie Spurgeon,
Edwin R. Sheetz, c. G. Uaze, E. A.
Vickery, Pirley Watts, Maggie Wal
ker, S. S. Watts, Francis Williams,
Althea Williams.
r. e. RTREu.pT p Nj
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

THE gentlemen from Macon City
who are asking for a gas franchise
wrote to Mr.. B. c. Johnson, chair
man of the council committee to-
day hat they would put in an
electric light plant also, if granted
a franchise for gas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

A KENTUCKY editor is cunning
through the underbrush for the fell
low who said that the editor had no
more brains than a hog. Does the
irate pencil glider want to out-class
Solomon? A hogs head full of
brains is enough for any one mortal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

STILL is the wind tempered to the
shorn lamb. Old Boreas Withheld
his hand until late in the season and
has not yet struck US hard. He is
simply bucking that coal combine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

THE citizens of Mexico will likely
banquet the Governor, State Board
of Agriculture and other guests dur
ing the session of the Farmers In
stitute in Mexico Dec. u, % and
%
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

THE annual banquets given by
the underwriters of Mexico are al
ways most enjoyable affairs and the
one Tuesday night was an unusual
" pleasant me-.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

MExIco is going to be a sure
enough city when we get free de-
livery and paved streets.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

The inside of the CityHall should
be fixed up. 1t is now a dis
grace to any wood shed In the
city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
ISIT POSSIBLE.
The Missouri River Said to beGOingDry

BISMARCK, n. D., Nov. 25.-The
volume of water in the Missouri
river is gradually decreasing, and
the river men are of the opinion that
the large number of artesian wells
in South Dakota is the cause of this.
They claim that the artesian basin
of North and South Dakota receives
its supply from the Missouri river
and that the immense amount Of
water used for irrigation in South
Dakota and that taken from the
small streams tributary to the Mis-
souri, in Montana for similar pur.
poses are what is causing the de,
crease. Old river men think that it
will be but a few years until steam
boat traffic on the Missouri will be
a thing of the past.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

WHEN Mrs. Lease is in the SEN
ate some excited statesman is cock
sure to refer to her as 1.-The gentle
man from Kansas
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

The citizens of Mexico are all di-
rectly interested in the success OF
the Farmers Institute to be held
here
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
Netiee Of Final ssttlemsnt,

Notice 10 hereby given that final
settlement of the estate of r. e. Law
der, deceased, will be made at the Jam
nary term Of the Probate Court OF Au-
drain County, Missouri, to be held at
Mexico OF the second Monday Ia JAM
uary, 1893. H. A. & r. W .LAwDER.
Administrators.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
AieXander.Fox.
From the Pomona tCal.) Times

0"1 VUUHH YAH IIfHes.
AT the Congressional parsonage
Pomona, Cal, Wednesday evening
Nov. is, 1892, by Rev. LII. Frary
Mr.. A. C. Alexander, of Pomona
and Miss Lizzie Fox, AN accomplish
ed young lady of Mexico, Mo-, were
married. Although a stranger here
the bride will soon find lots of friend:
in this city where strangers soon are
made to feel at home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
Notice Of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that I will
make final settlement a curator of the
estate of Rose Thurman, formerly Rose
Rutter, at 1.-THE January term of the Pro-
bate Court to be held in Mexico, Au-
drain County, Missouri, on the second
Monday In January, 1893.
PHILIP DALEY,
:. Curator,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
Verdict Against McKinlerism.

The official vote for President will
not be announced for some time yet,
but the Philadelphia Times has fig
ured on the popular result and esti-
mates it as follows:
harrlson. -...-..., .-...-.......--... &, 800. coo
Weaver. $50, 600
Bldweil %. $50, 600
The total vote of 1888 was II, $780,
$50; the total vote of 1892 will not
be less than IA, $50, 900 and may ex-
coed IA, 500, 900. The Prohibition
vote is not yet reported from a num-
Der of the States, and it is chiefly
estimated in the foregoing table.
If, as now appears reasonably GER
tain, Cleveland has recovered 25O,-
600 plurality over Harrison, his
actual vote must be two or three
hundred thousand more than it will
appear on the official returns. In
Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska,
Nevada, North Dakota and South
Dakota, the friends of Cleveland
voted the Weaver electoral ticket to
defeat Harrison, and hat will give
Weaver several hundred thousand
votes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
THURSDAY, DECEMBER /.

IT looks as though Mexico is 60
ing to have more light.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

MAN WANTED. Salary and expenses. Per.
NtftIy manent place Apply now. Only grow
ers Of nursery stock ON both American and Cana
dian soils. Hardy varieties our speciality.
Brown nros. Co.s Nurserymen, Chicago
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01
Judge Hughes Vote.

Judge Hughes had no opposition
and was elected by the following
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

J. ID. Tucker & Son carried $500
insurance on George ~Saunderson's
house, east of town, which burned
a few days since.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-12-01

city.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-24
Prinoes VINO Cannot Borrow.

In regard to the Prussian royal family
there is an excellent law, which, had it
existed here, would have saved us much
money. No royal prince is allowed to bor-
row, and no one is allowed to lend money
to him. If any one does lend he cannot
recover. Acting on this law, Frederick
the Great never repaid any Prussian
who had lent him money when he was
heir to the throne, for he deemed that
such person had not only violated the
law, but ought to lose his money for
having done an improper action. Were
one of our princes to borrow money, and
an application to be made to parliament
to repay it, the strong probability is that
the house of commons would follow the
example of Frederick the Great. |
would, indeed, go further. | would in
fict heavy fine on any one asking to
be- repaid by parliament and on any
minister asking for vote for any such
purpose. London Truth.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-24
Queer Theory About insanity.

"There is something in the atmos-
pheric conditions that develops insanity
and murderous impulses" said student
of human nature. "That is my theory.
1t is like the grip and other diseases that
prevail at certain times and under GER
tain conditions. There are all sorts of
diseases and impulses in people, and it
only needs the conditions to develop
them. Insanity is a peculiar disease,
and to a greater or less degree exists in
pretty large proportion of mankind.
''In most cases it is shown in a harm
less idiosyncracy and excites no more
comment than mild ridicule, but in
many cases it has a homicidal tendency
that is suddenly and unexpectedly de-
veloped. Can this be through natural
and general causes or is it imitation that
produces these mind waves? believe it is
the former-that general causes similar
to the conditions that produce the grip
wave, the cholera wave, the horse dis
temper wave or any other disease of a
season also tend to unbalance the badly
balanced mind. New York Herald.