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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-02-10

The two girls with sleighbelIs
on their garters attracted consid.
cradle atteation yesterday ON the
street and were freely talked
about. Their parents should take
them in hand and impress on
them in forcfble manner that
that mods Of advertising their
charms may be novel but it is
not nice. Parkersburg Sentinel,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-02-10

The two most absent minded
men on record are the fellow who
thought he had left his watch at
home. and then took ii out TO see
If he had time to go back and get
it, and the man who put on his
office door card saying "0ut
will be back soon, and on his
return sat down on the step to
wait for himself.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-02-10

Several newspapers Of this
State published the above and
headed it This Beats Fairmont.
What can be the matter with
Fairmont?
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-02-10
VERY san.
A Boy Runs a Knife Blade In his
Thigh aud Dies In few Hours.

Special Dispatch to the TEnscnAM.l
What a little things sometimes
sever the slender cord of life!
What afrall partition separates
us from eternity. On Sunday
morning a son of Enoch Child.
ers. Of this county. who lives
near the the Harrison and bod.
bridge line, accidentally run the
small Glade of a pen.knife into
the ileshy part of his thigh. Il
was notthoughtat first that there
was any danger of serious results
but when the great flow OF blood
could nothe stopped the friends
of the boy became alarmed.
Every remedy at hand was used
in vain, He died from loss of
blood in a few hours. He was
about fifteen years old and was a
healthy robust youth. His father
is . farmer in good circum.
stances.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-02-10

George, afonr.year-old son of
George Bastable, of P arkersburg,
was listening to an ccountofthe
Kings and Queens in Sunday
School, when the little fellow
with a quizzical look inquired:
Where were the Jacks. p E1.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-02-10

The Weston Insane Asylum is
full and there are a number of
lunatics in county jails awaiting
room to getin There are also a
number running at large who
ought to be in. -Er.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-02-10

Howell Edmunds Jackson was
nominated by President Harrison
to be associate justice of the su.
preme court of the United States
to fill the vacancy caused by the
death Of Justice Lamar. Heis a
Democratic ex senator. and at
present Judge of the United
States court for the district en-
bracing Tennessee. He was re-
garded as a states rights Demo
crat.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-02-10

A gang of men have been at
work for several days scraping
up the mud and filth from the
streets.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
Dalton Returns to Washington.

~ oN- <obto / -Dlo1aNNh
Ii Col. Dick Dalton is not ap-
pointed Collector of the st. Louis
Port, it will not be because he and
his friends have been idle during the
past two weeks. Col. Dalton, after
being informed of the fight that was
being made against him, wired
ChampClark what course to pursue.
Last week Congressman Clark tele-
graphed Mr.. Dalton to proceed to
Washington at once, as papers Of all
sorts were being filed against him.
Mr.. Dalton went to Washington and
held a long caucus with Senators
Vest, Cockrell and Congressman
Clark and other friends, he having
decided not to see Mr.. Cleveland in
person. MI. Dalton arrived at Han
nibal last night and in St. Louis
this morning and here he was hand
ed a batch of kilograms, and without
even waiting for breakfast he left fo1
the Union Depot and caught an o,
& M. train for Washington. MIR.
Dalton did not say who the tele.
grams were from, nor did he make
known their contents. He merely
asked what time the o. & M. trair
left, and informed the clerk that he
had to return to Washington this
morning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13

SOME people are born triiling, iazy,
worthless and under no cireum-
etances VIII they work; While others,
no matter how wealthy they may be,
are found to be industrious citizens,
When you find a man who will work,
in nearly all cases you find a good
citizen. The following statistics
are from a Philadelphia paper
worthy of note in this connection:
On Philadelphia's police force is
a man who is worth $3.50, 900, whose
income is about SIS 900 yearly out
side of his $40 a week pay. A car
driver receives $4,000 from real es-
tate investments in the Tenth ward.
A letter-carrier, appointed by Post
master Huidekoper, and still doing
duty, is worth $4,000, and a man
who serves newspapers from door to
door has money at interest to the
amount Of sec, 0 The head waiter
in a Market. street eating-house is
worth $4,000, and a cook in one of
the city's hotels owns sec, 900 in
bank stock and $25, 900 in real
estate. The sexton of one of the
poorest churches in the town has a
yearly income of $500, derived
from Government bonds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
THE ~MISSOURIANS.
They Did Not Make Much History at
the Capital Yesterday.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April IL,
1S93.-The Missouri colony here to-
day did not make much history.
Governor Stone left this evening for
Richmond to attend the conference
of the Governors of Southern States.
Colonel Jones left for New York, and
it is understood that Ex-Governor
Francis, Colonel Broadhead and
Colonel Dyer will leave for St. Louis
tonight on a late train. Governor
Stone had a long and very pleasant
conference with the President last
night. He very warmly urged the
expediency of appointing Colonel
Dalton Surveyor of the Port of st.
Louis. The charges anonymously
filed against Colonel Dalton were
discussed and it was evident that the
President attached considerable i'm
portance to them. In fact 1t is clear
that the President is not at the pres
ent time disposed to appoint Col
onel Dalton Surveyor, but may
yield under united pressure of the
Democratic leaders of Missouri and
the two Senators.
1t is understood that Colonel Dali
ton is to reach here on Thursday and
with a complete transcript of the
opinion of the Court in the Keokuk
and Northwestern Railroad matter
and will make a complete and salts
factory answer to all the accusations
and charges made against him. The
President evidently will take plenty
of time to consider the matter and
will be sure he is right before going
ahead. Governor Stone and the
two Senators were in complete ac-
cord in everything, Notwithstanding
the reports to the contrary. The
Governor was satisfied that the
Missouri Senators were doing every
thing they could for the Missouri
gentlemen seeking office, and all
that he did while here was to second
their motion in everything.
The Governor said to the cores
pendent to-day before departing for
Richmond that he felt quite sure
that Missouri would get her proper
portion,of the patronage, and was
quite certain that Senators Cockrell
and Vest were competent to attend
to the claims of Missomians, and
that all he did was to give them a
helping hand white here,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
Good Horses and Jacks.

Ed. Renie, 5 miles southwest OF
Mexico, has purchased of P.S. Nor
ris an elegant young saddle horse,
Rex, Jr., a fine individual and one
of the most promising young sad
oilers in the west. Mr.. Renie also
has the highly bred young jack,
Gray John. Call and see this fine
stock.
J. F. Barnaby, near Youngs Greek
post-office, has the fine combined
stallion, Rose Leaf, by Harry Mont
rose; dam by Billy Botkin. Rose
Leaf is a great young horse.
Missouri Artist by Potts Artist,
is owned by ]. N. Berry, IA miles
northwest of Mexico on Youngs
Creek. Missouri Artist is a fine
young saddle horse. See advertise
ment.
Mr.. G. G. Baker has at his stables,
2 miles north of Worcester, the
w%ell-known trotting bred stallion,
Rolla Boy, known as the c. D..
Rodgers horse. Mr.. Baker also has
Cuba, a fine draft horse, and Black
Samson, a No. jack. See adver-
tisement in the LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13

THE Kansas City Times is watch
ing the Democratic leaders closely
and speaking of the number from
the Ninth Missouri District says:
One of the new Missouri Con-
gressmen, who will speedily become
popular at Washington, is the hard
working Champ Clark of the Ninth
District. A dispatch from the cap
ital says that the Kentuckians like
him because he was reared in that
state; the West Virginians like him
because he got his education there;
the Ohio folks like him because be
studied law at Cincinnati; the Colo
RADIO folks like HIM because be
championed their interests at a
Commercial congress, once held in
Denver, and the Missourians like
him because he is a rock-ribbed
Democrat with a record for speech
making that is unsurpassed by any
orator of his age in the state. The
dispatch might have gone further
and stated that everybody likes him
for his qualities for hard work and
lhaa
member of whom the Missouri dele.
cation will feel proud.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
A PIECE OF H SUN.
A Fairy Story Told by a Kansas Cor.
respondent On q Duii Sunday.

OsAwAToMIE, KAN, April TO-
An aerolite fell here at 2 o'clock p.
m. yesterday striking the John
Brown monument, crashing through
the dome and nave and burying it
self in the earth. 1t was with diff
Guilty recovered, as it was heated al
most to melting. It is of a dark
slate color, irregular in shape and
weighs IA pounds 4 ounces. Prof.
Joplin, of the State Neurological
School and United States Assayer,
saw the meteor strike and made an
analysis OF some portions of it.
About one-fourth of the mass is a
metal unknown to the professor,
but which he has every reason for
believing to be helium, the I'M
known metal seen in the spectrum
of the sun, land which has never
been found on earth. This metal
has a specific gravity nearly four
times greater than that of gold, is
white in appearance and is both
maleable and ductile, though very
tough. Prof. Joplin's theory is
that the meteor was thrown off OF
the sun.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
Burned to Death,

STANBERRY, Mo-, April 9.-Lee
Newhall and Lon Styles, farmers
near here, were burned to death in
the City Jail here this morning at
A O'Clock. They were arrested by
the MareAal-a 4 last
night for drunkenness. A Coroner's
jury found from the evidence that
the Jail was set on fire by the de-
ceased. 1t is supposed that they
expected the alarm to be given and
to secure their release in the excite
ment. But they were burned to
death before assistance came. Nc
blame is attached to anyone.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13

THE JUDGES OPINION OF THE LEDGER.
Following are the opinions of the
judges regarding the Mexico LED
GERS report:
Jonathan Periam, editor of the
Prairie Farmer, in his report to the
Missouri Board of Agriculture says:
"The Mexico Weekly LEDGER
shows the second best report in its
entirety"
Mr.. Alvin Sanders, editor of the
Breeders Gazette, says:
Everything considered, l do not
see how the claims of the Mexico
LEDGER for the first premium of
$75 can well be denied. The report
is not only in full, but is set in
large, loaded type, and exceedingly
well displayed. In fact, in its typo
graphical appearance it clearly sur
passes any other competitive report.
I regard the very extended and ex-
ceIlently displayed report of the clos
ing institute and banquet made by
this journal The best of the whole SER
les of reports, and entitled to your
first premium"
Geo. Nj. Whitaker, of the New
England Farmer, says:
Sin my opinion the best report is
that published in the Polk County
Farmer, the second in the Mexico
Weekly LEDGER, the third in the
Bolivar Herald, with the report in the
Atchison County Journal very good
and almost equal to the third"
Jas. S. Judd, editor of the Orange
Judd Farmer, says:
"The Mexico Weekly LEDGER has
the best report, the Lees Summit
Journal second best, the Bolivar
Herald the third best and the Deep
water World fourth best. / have
conscientiousiy read through all of
the newspapers, and have come to
the above conclusion after a good
deal of thought, and have also had
one of our Office editors read them
through independently. l may add
that we both agreed or the first and
fourth-D
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
Agricultural Nates.

Seed potatoes should be exposed
to the light so that streng sprouts
may be developed.
1t takes as much brains to run a
farm successfully as 1t does TO con-
duet any other business ef like pro-
peftluns,
1t is a mistake 10 become SO abb
serhed in routine work on the farm
that no time Is LETT for thought, plan
ming OF recreation.
A good PARTON OF the cultivation
of corn should be done before
planting, II ia a fatal mistake to
put corn in the ground not we'll
pulverlzed,
The Weste,W Staek,aaa and Ctttt-
Gator says; Twelve thousand Me-
braska farmers attended the insti'
tutes last winter and carried home
twelve thousand new ideas.
The superintendent OF the Kan.
sas experiment station says that the
experiments with sugar beets in
| that State indicate that the soil Is
not adapted to their growth.
A New York farmer thinks that
the cause Of small yields OF wheat
in the United States is due to thin
seeding. He thinks three bushels
none too much to SOW to the acre.
Nitrogen is the most expensive
ingredient of fertilizers. 1t is be-
lieved that the cheapest means OF
supplying it is by growing clover and
blowing it under green, or by
feeding to stock and returning the
manure.
An acre planted with seed selected
of the small cob, deep-grained type,
saws a writer from an exchange,
would yield a larger amount OF
shelled corn than planted with
the larger ear and large cob type, al
though the bulk in the ear was
greater. Get a good strain of seed
and from this always select an ear
of medium size, of good length,
straight, of symmetrical beauty,
grains deep and reaching quite to
the end of the cob, cob small and
the grains easy shelled, and you
will have, what l call, an ideal
corn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
| Man Who will Succeed.

fAoh3 Az SAISdSO
Snow, if you will show me where
the burglars got into your store,''
said the detective, 81 will see if !
can find some clue"
SIN a moment" said the proprie.
tor. 81 am working at something
a little more important than hunt
ing for a clue just now. Take a
seat"
And while the detective waited
the merchant wrote as follows at his
desk:
The man who broke into Katzen-
hefter's store or the night of the
18th and carried away a silk hat, a
pair of French calfskin boots, a fur
trimmed ~overeoat, a black broad
cloth suit and two suits of silk
underwear was a black-hearted vii
liam and a scroundrel, but a man
whose judgment cannot be called in
question. He knew where to go
when he wanted the finest clothing
the market affords.
"Jacobs," he said to the book
keeper, 'ssend a copy of this to all
the newspapers in town, and tell
'em | want it printed in big black
type tomorrow morning. Now,
Mr.. Hawkshaw, / am at your SER
vice.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13

Pot.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
COLONEL nick DALTON.
hame to secure Evidence to
Unda the Work Of Ills EAeMies.
Washington city Telegram 10 the st, Leas ae-

Washington City Telegram to the St, Leas aer
pnbfie.
Colonel Dick Dalton left here this
afternoon for Missouri, He returns
home this early to obtain the trans
orlpt Of the decision Of the court IN
the ease that his enemies are now
trying to take advantage OF to pre-
vent his appointment as Surveyor OF
the Pert Of st, Louis. Readers OF
the Repahlte are, no doubt, familiar
with the merits Of this case, but a
brief statement of the facts al this
tirae may not be out OF place,
Fifteen or sixteen years ago the
people OF rural Missouri had more
or less of a craze for railroad build
ing, MIR, Dalton, then as now, u
! prominent citizen OF Rails county,
| WAS made the custodian Of a fund OF
$4,000 to be paid to the Rails
county branch of the keokuk and
Northwestern road on certain eondi-
items. The people who owned the
charter of the Rails county branch OF
the road disposed of it to other peo-
pie. while Colonel Dalton was the
custodian of the fund,
The main branch of the keokuk
and Northwestern road laid claim 10
it and SO did the Rails county branch.
Colonel Dalton in the exercise of his
own Judgment paid the money to
the keokuk and Northwestern. The
Rails county branch brought suit
and the Court decided that the
minor road was entitled to the money
and not the main road or the keo'
kuk and Northwestern, and thereup'
on Colonel Dalton was called upon
to pay the money to the Rails eoun'
ty branch, the matter subsequently
being arranged by a compromise.
This was Is years ago and no,
body in Rails county, there is nc
doubt, then believed that the matter
would ever be brought up in a man,
ner detrimental to Colonel Dalton's
personal integrity. 1t seems, how,
ever, that his enemies are after him
and not only were the facts in the
case distorted to suit his enemies
and laid before the President and
Secretary of the Treasury, but gar,
bled extracts from the opinions Of
the court were also anonymously
laid before the President. The
President and Secretary of the Treas.
ury, of course, supposed that the ex-
tracts from the court were complete.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
II PROPER wAY.
Under the City Law yagrant Williams
Will be Made TO Labor.
A vagrant should be punished.
He should be made to work.

= Gtiohlh ~ ktaAS ~ "Ds.
The State has two ways to pun
ish them-it can sell them as in
'ante-belium days u h-saa dea1
with them like the city did with
Sherm. Williams yesterday.
This latter disposition of them is
simply proper and just. There is
no side show made of them under
the city law. They are not put upon a
block and knocked off to the highest
bidder like an animal. A more
ridiculous sight never occurred in
Mexico than when George Hard
ing was auctioned off. This was all
avoided yesterday and a vagrant
was quietly and respectfully arraign-
ed before Recorder Bass and a jury
of six men and fined $40 and costs.
The jury was composed of the
follwing townsmen: Riley Green,
William Canterbury, Dave Camp,
bell, j. w. Willis, Emmett Nc
Donald and J. C. v. Baskin. The
jury could, under the city law, fine
a vagrant 500 instead of $40.
Williams is beating rock.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
MoaHoss AT IApgrRsDEsoR.
They Will HaiId q Temple GFaader
Than That at Salt Lake.

KANSAS Cry, Mo-, April e,-=Fai-
lowing the completion OF the great
Merman Temple at Salt Lake, the
Mofmons Of independence have be-
gun an agitation which their leaders
say will certainly result In q tample
being erected on "Tempie lot"
This lot Ia one of historic interest to
the Mormon Church, and its prophr
cts have promised that SONS iny a
magnificent temple should be erect.
cd on 1t. The Hendfiekita faction,
which closely sympathizes with the
Utah Mormens, believes ths time
has now arrived to begin the work.
Elder G. A. Hall, president OF the
Hendriekite branch, ieetured to his
congregation in independence on
this subject to-day. In his sermon
he said:
~ say the temple in jackson
county win be built in this genera
ton just as SURE as the fact now
stands out in bold relief that the
Mormons have built six temples.
God is directing the work and no
power can stay His hand. More tenn
pies will be built and the next win
be sha graft Temple of Zion at In
dependence, on the Sacred Temple
lot. This will be q combination OF
all the beauties of the six temples
built by the church so far and be
larger, grandcr and more magnifi-
cent than any work ever accomplish
ed before. 1t requires experience,
and the Utah people have now had
this experience, and this people will
build the Jackson County Temple.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
Order Of Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI. / GO
County of Audrain.


STATE OF MISSOURI, I GO
County of Audrain.
In the Probate Court fer the Coun1
Audrain, March Term, 1Se6
Cecilia Chandler, Executrix d
hew Chandler, Deceaseds
Now comes Cecilia Chandla
ecutrix of Mathew Chandler, de-
ed, and presents to the Court ~
fition, praying for an order for IT,
Of 80 much of the real estateofm1
ceased as will pay and satisfy -
manning debts due by said eststAs
yet unpaid for want of suficfenttv
accompanied by the accounts. liz;
inventories required by law n :
case; on examination whereof, Is
dered, that all persons intereskz
the estate Of said deceased; be ~
that application as aforesaid hi
made, and unless the contr7z4
shown on or before the first dag
next term of this Court, to be b.
the second Monday of May, IS
order will be made for the sale e
whole, or SO much of the real estk
said deceased as will be suffietenf
the payment of said debts; and !
further ordered, that notice hefN
published I'm some newspaper tn5
State, for four weeks before the Z
term of this Court.
STATE OF Missouri,
County of Audrain.
/, 8. NJ. Edwards, Judge Of Oh
bate Court, held in and for saidee
ty, hereby certify that the foregoz
q true copy of the original od9
publication therein referred to. e
same appears Of record In my
[SEAL.1 Witness my hand go
of said Court. Done at Office u j
leo, this 22d day of March. A. DE-
b. NJ. EDWAk1H4
5l-4-t. Judge Of Pro-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
A Franchise Granted Last Night,

The City Council held a special
session last night for the purpose oil
giving Browns Telephone ordinance
the third and last reading. The
Mayor and the following Council
men were present: A. G. Turner,
L. G.. Cove, r. N. Armstrong, Ben.
c. Johnson and w. o. johnson.
After the reading it was unanimous
ly accepted. Now that the company
has the franchise work will COM
mence as soon as arrangements can
be effected to put in a magnetic
phone and likely before long Mexico
will not only have a telephone
system throughout the city, but will
be communicating with st. Louis,
Kansas City and intermediate points
q phone.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
w. w. johnson
PUBLIC SALE !
On Wednesday, April 19.

The undersigned will offer for sale
on the ]. T. Gilbert farm, twelve miles
northwest of Mexico on the Paris road.
and one mile south of Youugs Creek
post-office, on Wednesday, April 10,
1893, the following described property
of the late Jacob r. Gilbert:
One good work horse, n good brood
mare, one yearling mare colt, two milk
cows and n calf, fourteen stock hogs,
one No l brood SOW.
ALL THE FARM IMPLEMENTS,
One farm wagon, one spring wagon,
n cart, household and kitchen furni-
ture, two stands bees, lot of canned
fruit, preserves and other articles, rs
barrels of corn, $50 bushels ~ofoats, one
stack of hay.
Terms made known on day of sale.
MRS. NORA A. GILBERT,
James T. johnson, Auctioneer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
AUCTION SALE
OF FURNITURE.

I will, as receiver oftheWade-Ringo
stock of furniture, OF the 22nd day Of
April, 1898, at the store room now DC
cupied by me as said receiver, at Mex
leo, Missouri, at the hour of 1Oo'clock,
a. M, begin the sale at public auction
of the aforesaid furniture and continue
the same from time to time until the
entire stock Is disposed of, if not con-
cluded on said day. This stock con-
sists of some very fine. new furniture,
such as side boards, book cases, one
parlor suit, bed room suits, extension
tables, center tables, rockers, dining
Don chairs, children's chairs, beds,
carriages and cradles, safes, picture
and room mouldiDgs, glass pictures
and picture frames, mattresses, pillows,
bed springs, etc. Also, the tools and
fixtures and two hearses, one a very
fine funeral car, the cost of which was
$1,650. Terms of sale, cash.
GEO. W. ADAMS,
2-S-t. Receiver.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-13
A Famous Horse Oeao.

BEATRICE, NEB., April 10.-Lo-
baseo, the famous trotting stallion,
owned by J. G.. Ladd, died last
night of laryngitis. His owner re-
fused an offer of 500, 900 for him
after he broke the worlds race rec
ord last fall.
Lobaseo had a race record of
2:lo4 made at st. Joseph, NO.,
In the third heat of a hot race, and
was expected to participate in all the
prominent stallion stake races this
year.