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Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
The RObt. Johns Family Hotel.

Elegant brick and stone building,
furnishings new and attractive, hot
and cold baths free; situated only a
few blocks from the entrance to the
Worlds Fair. If you want a nice
quiet place and good room, this is
the place you are looking for.
Rates 75c. to 81 per day for each
person, or 81 to $3.50 per day for a
room all to yourself; single meals
35c., or 81 meals for $3.50; circu
lars and full information free. Or
will refer you to the following per-
sons who have stopped with US.
They can tell you all about our
hotel: Prof. w. 7. Darlington and
wife. Can meet you at the depot il
you advise me time of your arrival.
Address the Robt. Johns Hotel,
6349 81 Ellis Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
d st E. 0. D.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
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ROWENA ITEMS.
. Of the LEDGER.

Correspondence OF the LEDGER.
RowENA, Mo-, July 26.-The
p~rotracted meeting at Maple Grove,
which is conducted by Revs.
Smith and Packard, has been at
tended by large crowd, which seems
to be deeply interested. Their ear
nest preaching has been awarded
with five additions.
Little Nora Vanlandingham, the
daughter of G. W. Vanlandingham,
fell from a ladder and broke her arm.
Miss Katie Threlkeld and Mr..
Tom Vanlandingham who have been
quite ill, are convalescent.
MIR. Bryant Wilson has gone to
Vernon county to visit his old
home.
Omer Wilson and Ben Threlkeld
should be better posted as to the
whereabouts of their best girls before
theytake such a long trip again.
j. w. Wilson has delivered his
hogs which he engaged some time
ago
Ed. Mallory has returned home
from south of Mexico, where he has
been engaged in carpenter work:
The people of Central give three
cheers to the band of men who went
up and shouted hellol to the sup
posed corpse of c. M. Miller.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Galley
Moore, a fine boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Millet WEIGH, west
Of this place, lost their little babe
Sunday.
Misses Outright and Paris are Wis
iting in this neighborhood.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
8E4fOfr CITY HEAsyT
I'LL II
Correspondence esthe Ledger,

SofTpSPoifaCHSt ga ekS AStEcf
BENTON Guy, July, 25-nThresh-
ing is the order Of the day with the
farmers,
Oats and wheat are very poor in
this viehinitIyr1 ell 10 s,n,,no1 ,,ir
VIM. Britt shipped feurz loads of
oats from hesatyestefday.
Dowell & Woodson shipped a
load of hogs to ST. Loaistlast week.
Revs.2 Jesse andil Griffith, &. two
studentsfi al, William Jewell college,
were here Saturday and Sunday
and both delivered interesting
sermons at the new Baptist church.
DIR. Sam Haley, who has been
with us for some time, has moved
to Mexico.
Jake Douglass had a new surry
and buggy completely destroyed
Sunday evening. Mr.. Douglass
was driving the buggy when the
horse ran off and ran into the surry,
which was just in front, and caus-
ed the team in the surry to run off.
No one was seriously hurt.
Obie Wright had a runaway
scrape the same night. He had
been driving a young colt and it
broke loose from the hitch rack and
ran into a wire fence. The buggy
was torn to pieces and the colt
badly cut on the wire.
VIM. Vivion last week sold his
farm, just west of Benton, to
Chas. Raith.
Charlie Pierce, aged so years, fell
from a threshing machine backward
yesterday and hurt himself badly,
but is getting along nicely.
This vicinity is very much in need
of a rain right now.
Mrs. Chas. Cunningham is on the
sick list this week.
We understand that I. HI. Jones
has about closed the trade in the
sale OF his fine stock farm just north
OF Benton City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
Who s RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS,
A story That Partakes Largely OF
the Character Of the sArabian
Nights"

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 24.-William
and Edward Sites are brothers and
wealthy real estate men of Wichita.
They are twins, and in addition
are 50 much alike that people who
have know them for years con-
stantly mistake one for the other.
In the same town lived two school
teachers, who were sisters and
twins. The four met, fell in love
and were married by the same
preacher at the same time. The
gentlemen were dressed alike and
30 were the ladies. The preacher
got a little mixed and had to refer
to his notes, but the high contract.
ing parties r satisfied. The father
OF the young men presented them
with colts that were twins. Twins
have come into each of those two
households, and it is gravely assert
ed that each set of twins can not
be determined from the other.
They have all four been in one
house and the visiting mother has
been unable to tell her own little
ones.
These eight twins are coming
to see the Fair. At the hotel
are two negro boys, twins, who are
to be assigned especially to wait on
them. Complications are looked
for,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
AUxvAssE ITEMS.
!orrespondence Of the Ledger.

Correspondents Of the Ledger.
AuxvAssE, Mo. July 26.-Messrs.
White and Guthrie and Ada and
Emma HALEY of Long Branch, spent
Sunday with Miss Fannie Pierce.
Mrs. Lula Brannock, of Kansas
City, visited Mrs. ]. A. Harrison
Monday.
There will be an ice cream supper
given by the ladies of the Presbyter.
ian church at the residence of Ed
win Boyd August the LIST.
Frank Davis who, for some time
has been visiting at this place, re.
turned to his home in Texas last
Thursday, accompanied by his
brother Monroe, who recently re-
turned from Chicago.
Edgar Huddleston left last Tues
day for Chicago and the Worlds
Fair.
Fry and Son shipped one car load
of hogs to Chicago Tuesday.
Mrs. DR.. Orr and daughter of Lib
erty. NO., who for some time have
been visiting relatives in Auxvasse,
returned home last Saturday.
Miss Maude Berry, of Mineola,
Montgomery County, visited at Miss
Annie McAfee's the latter part of last
week.
Mrs. Frank Harrison, of Chicago,
is visiting relatives around and in
Jim Eller, of Kirksville, is down
on a visit and was in Auxvasse last
Monday.
Miss Lucy Lemon is spending a
few days in Mexico.
Died, on the oath of this month,
the infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Overfelt.
The editor of the Revie,o, Mr.. Ed.
Buckner, Bob Buckner, Sterling
Martin, A. Card and A. Stahlman
of this place, r out on the Aux
vase swapping lies and catching
fish with a large number of fellows
Patton and McCredie. There
are about 60 in the gang.
A pleasant evening was spent by
a few friends of Miss Georgia
Swans last Tuesday evening.
Died, last Tuesday night, the 18th,
Mr.. Joe Mcdonald. He lived about
4 miles northwest of here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
RUSH HILL ITEMS.
Correspondence Of the Ledger.

ScifcopOAQSaSc vi In lScuReT.
RUSH HILL, Mo-, July 25.-Most
all the farmers are done blowing
corn and the past week has been
lovely weather for harvesting. Some
few have threshed and say the oats
are very light and the wheat hardly
half a crop. There is no doubt but
what the hail storm ruined the small
grain crop in this section of country.
Mr.. G. R. Mccall has moved his
goods into his new building.
Rush Hill is the shipping point on
the c. & A. road. Five car loads o.
stock shipped Monday. w. B.
Scott shipped one load of sheep te
Chicago; Mr.. w. M. Sims and c.
Lewis two a loads of cattle tt
Chicago; VIM. Hofsess two loads o
cattle to Chicago. Mr.. Sims ant
Mr.. Hofsess went with the stool
and will likely attend the World,
Fair before they return.
MI. George Bair and wife, O
Buffalo, New York, are paying /.
pleasant visit at the home of Jos
Bair, of Rush Hill.
Silas Martin is out on the street.
again. He has been quite sick TO
the past few days.
Mr.. James Shaw, near town, fel
from his reaper while cutting oat
last week. He says he got off to fl.
something and while getting bacl
on to the seat slipped and his LEI
caught just below the knee. He i
now better.
John and George Maxwell vii
start Monday for the Indian Terri
tory. They will take about six hea'
OF horses and intend to put in a Gro
of wheat there this fall.
Henry Cole has moved his ma
chine to Rush Hill and says he wi
thresh The town and then pull fo
the country.
James Beagles shipped one loa'
of,cattle to Chicago Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
Starved the Baby.
LLOYD HElNBAUGH HATED HIS
NiFE'S BABY BECAUSE HE
SAID IL WASN'T HIS.
Mrs. Heinbaugh Didn't Seem TO Love
the Child Either-The Pair to
be PrOsecuted-An Inquest
Places the Blame on
Husband and Wife.

Justice OF the Peace Hess, OF
Rowena, has in temporary charge
the persons of Lloyd Heinbaugh
and his wife, Kate Heinbaugh,
charged with the death of their baby
through criminal negligence on the
part of the parents.
The baby died Saturday and
Coroner Fritts held an autopsy and
inquest Sunday, after which the
emaciated little body was given a
decent burial. The opinion of the
coroner, and his jury was that the
child had been allowed to starve to
death. The verdict as brought in
finds the parents jointly response
BILE for the death through criminal
negligence in not nourishing the
child.
In the testimony adduced before
the jury, in which H. B. Bush was
foreman, it was developed that
Heinbaugh, who is mail carrier be-
tween Centralia and Rowena, has
only been married about five months.
He swore on the stand that he was
not the father of the child and for
that reason hated 1t. 1t was born
about six weeks ago, no physician
being present on the occasion, al
though DR.. Kirkland lives but half
a mile from the Heinbaugh house.
He was not called in. 1t would
appear from the evidence of a Cen
tralla undertaken that the child's
death was not wholly unexpected,
even as early as two weeks before
it did die. Heinbaugh called at
the undertaker's shop in Centralia
and priced a baby's coffin and
agreed to take it just two weeks be-
fore the death of the child.
Although it seems that the inten-
ton was to starve the child to death,
the resolution seems to have fail
ed them at times. Occasionally
the mother would nourish the child
and at other times the father would
give it cows milk from a bottle.
These meals did not come with suff-
Gent frequency to keep the spark of
life alive, and finally, when it was
faint and low, complaint was made by
some of the neighbors to Prosecuting
Attorney Trimble. Before anything
could be done the child was dead.
The name Of the father of the
child did not come out at the in
quest, but will at a later day.
Heinbaugh claimed that the
child had the St. Nitus' dance.
None of the other testimony bore
this out. In all respects the evil
dence given by Heinbau gh and his
wife was at total variance.
Coroner Fritts was assisted in the
autopsy and inquest by DIR. Hutton
and Lawyer Hiram N. Moore. The
husband and wife were turned over
to Squire Hess for prosecution and
will be held in the county Jail await,
ing trial.
The mother of the child is only
| Is wears old.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
HE WAS JAILED
Instead OF Hanged, as Reported In
Illinois.

A few weeks since a letter was
received by Postmaster Burkhart,
dated at Nation, ILL.,, inquiring If
a man named Morris WEIGH had
been hanged by a mob in Mexico
for beating his wife to death.
The communication was signed
by j. w. Harris.
MIR. Burkhart knew that no one
had been hanged in or near Mexico
since the two negroes, Faucet and
Muldrow, were legally executed just
east of Mexico, twelve or fifteen
years ago. He accordingly answer
ed the letter and said it was a mis-
take and that there was no founda-
ton whatever for the report.
MIR. Burkhart was not aware OF
the fact that Morris WEIGH was in
the county Jail here, serving a two
months sentence for abusing and
whipping his wife.
1t was this way: Morris WEIGH
lived with his family in the vicinity
of Cant, this county. One night last
June he went home drunk. While
in this condition he severely whip
ped his wife. He was subsequently
arrested by Constable Bunton, tried
before Squire Tomlinson, and as
above stated, sent to Jail for two
months. His time will be up the
middle of next month.
These facts were published in the
LEDGER and the st. Louis Chronicle
and it is hard to surmise how the re-
port got to Welch's old home in
Illinois that he was lynched.
WEIGH said before he was locked
up that he would never take anoth-
er drink of liquor. He also said it
was the first time he was ever in
iail
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Sandoval, ILL.,, was visited by q
cyclone yesterday afternoon.
Three men were killed in a wreck
on the Ohio Valley Railroad in
Kentucky.
Mrs. Leonard Fritzche of Bur-
lington, To-, was shot dead while
in her bed.
The High School loan PROPOSE
ton carried at the election at Co.
lumbia, Mo-, yesterday.
Two negroes assaulted a married
woman at CASTOR. S. c., and both
will probably be lynched.
o. H. Roche wired from his farm
near Chicago that it was so hot that
wheat was cooked in the field.
At Danbury, Conn.,, a farm hand
is slowly choking to death with an
imaginary snake around his neck.
State Auditor Seibert has com.
pleted the tabulation of railroad val
ues in Missouri. They show an ill.,
crease of over 81 SOC, OOO.
Bloodshed is expected to result
from the South Carolina fractional
war now on between Senator Irby
and James Tillman and others.
S. w. Lomax, cashier of the fail.
ed Vernon (Tex.) National Bank,
committed suicide. His financial
troubles had unsettled his mind.
The Alabama negroes have reach.
ed Weir City, and are safe inside
the stockades of the mines. They
are being drilled in the use of fire
arms by Captain Cleary of Burling
ton strike fame.
Twenty-one persons were injured
three fatally, in a wreck near Akron
O.; several were injured in a WRECK
near Pittsburg, Pa. one killed ane
several hurt in a wreck near Provi
dence, R. l., and three killed in {
| wreck in Kentucky.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
Musings After Going to the Worlds

Correspondence of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, July 25.-I am glad
| went. 1t was the best money in
yestment | ever made. 1t didn't
cost near as much as | thought it
would and the interest return was
ten times ten per cent. 1t was a
big thing. 1t vas bigger than /
thought it would be. 1t grew bigger
every day. 1t is the biggest thing
| ever saw. | was at the Centennial,
but the Centennial was a mere side
show to this. | felt a little dazed
at first and it took a little time to
get my bearings. We wasted a good
deal of time hunting for one another,
but soon quit that foolishness and
went to seeing things each for him
self. We all had our programmes.
| thought the first thing l would do
would be to look at the thing from
the lake-take a boat ride. The
next thing. | would ride around on
the Intra-Mural Railroad-circum-
navigate the thing as it were. Then
| would perambulate through the
whole business and not look at any
thing in particular; and then taxa
it Systematically and scientifically
like a scholar; building by building
and section by section, and look at
things slyly ove my shoulder as l
passed in sight of the Plaisance (ac-
cent on the last syllable.) But
when we got inside the gate, fare
well vison; good by programmes
when the splendid realities of the
White City burst upon view. | have
yet to see the man, woman or child
who went by his programme or pre-
arranged plans for the first few days
at the Worlds Fair. Of course the
first thing to do vas to be dignifed
and not seem surprised at anything,
and by no means appear green. This
resolution formed, and having for
gotten all prearranged plans, the
next best thing to do was to buy a
guide, and having providentially
found your way to the Administra-
ton building as a center, and strained
your neck in looking up at the dec
orations and decipherlng the his
torical references and paid your re-
spects to Christopher as he stands
in all his magnitude in from of the
building; take out your map: face
the lake, determine that is east,
and remember if facing east your
right hand would be south, your left
north and your back to the west,
proceed to locate the lagoons and
different buildings. But alas! as
you stand for the first time in this
position, raise your eyes and take
in the panoramic veiw that sud
denly bursts upon your vision
the beautiful White City in all its
glory of waters and buildings, the
lagoon and beautiful gondolas and
electric boats, peristyl and glimpses
of lake and ships beyond, the Ma
chinery Hall and Agricultural build
ing on the one side, the magnificent
Manufacturers and Liberal Arts
building to your left front and the
Mining, Electric and Transportation
building to your left rear, and in
the far distance, across the west la
COON and see the towering Illinois
building, the Art and Government
buildings you loose all consciousness
of realities and seem to be in a
dream and fairy land amid enchant-
ed castles and scenes supernatural.
H.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
LightnIng's Lick.

A little before II O'Clock last night
the lightning and thunder woke up
the people of Mexico. 1t seemed as
if a furious storm was about to sweep
over the town. There were two deaf.
ening thunderbolts which were the
sharpest and loudest ever heard in
Mexico. The first fash ran into
the new electric light house and
burned the switchboard, damaging il
to the extent of about $50.
The lightning also tore the earth
up on a spot in front of j. B. Crop
per's residence, Water street.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT,

We have made arrangements with DIR. B.
J. Kendall Co., publishers of "A Treatise
on the Horse and his Diseases" which will
enable all our subscribers to obtain a copy
of that valuable work free by sending their
address enclosing a two-cent stamp for
mailing same) to DR.. B. J. KENDALL
Co., ENosBURGH FALLS, VT. This book
is now recognized as standard authority
upon all diseases of the horse, as its
phenomenal sale attests, over four million
copies having been sold in the past ten
years. a sale never before reached by any
publication in the same period of time.
We feel confident that our patrons will
appreciate the work, and be glad to avail
themselves of this opportunity Of obtaining
a valuable book.
1t is necessary that you mention this
paper in sending for the Treatise" This
offer will remain open for only a short time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
Rush Hill Picnic.

Notice is hereby given, that Rush
Hill will hold a grand picniet Aug.
26, in a shady grove not far from
town. An excellent programme is
being arranged and a fine time will
be had in general. Good speakers
will discuss the leading political
issues of the day. There will be a
good dancing floor and plenty Of
refreshments. More definite particu.
lars will be given later.
By ORDER OF COMMITTEE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
do YOU WISH

To regain your health if you are
all broken down and suffering from
nervous prostration? | will tell you
what cured me after suffering for
months. used two bottles OF Sui
phur Bitters, and now l am a well
man. G. STILES, Rookkeeper, Can
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
Narrow Escape From Fire.

The residence of A. l.. Cleveland,
three miles northwest of Thompson
Station, was burned this week with
the contents, also the smokehouse.
There was only 1926 insurance in
the Farmers Insurance Co. The loss
was considerably mor than this.
The smokehouse had been burned
in the afternoon and when Mr..
Cleveland went to bed he thought
the fire had been extinguished.
About midnight he was awakened
by burning timbers falling upon his
bed and narrowly escaped with his
life. A spark from the smokehouse
had evidently blown onto his resi-
dence causing the second fire.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

For the Louisiana fair, July 25 to
20, the Chicago & Alton railroad
will sell tickets to Louisiana and re-
turn for 50. 10. Tickets on sale July
Is to 30. Good for return passage
until July 81. d 18th.
E. s. WILSON, Tiki. Ag't.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

The Ladies' Industrial Society of
the Liberty Street M. E. Church are
to give a free lawn social at the par
sonage on Thursday of this week
from 8 to 10 p. m. Refreshments
served free. They extend a cordial
invitation to the congregation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
Gard Of Thanks.

MEXICO, Mo-, July 24.-We de-
sire to thank the people of Mexico
for their untiring attention and
kindness during the late illness OF
our mother, who died yesterday at
9:55, at the age of Sc years. Her
funeral took place this afternoon at
3o'clock, after which her remains
were removed to Edna, Mo-, to
await final interment in Kentucky.
MRS. NJ. c. WILSON,
RoBT. BoTKIN,
HARRY BoTKIN,
ZACH, BoTKIN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
Unealled for Letters.

Julia Ray Brown, Daisy Crawford,
j. M. Fisher, NJ. E. Fitzpatrick,
Bud Hayden, Gilmore Hare, Annie
Harrison, Ora Jamsom, Ellis Johns,
Jane Johnson, Malinda johnson,
VIM. Regley, Thomas Leteher, w.
H. Morris, VIM. Montgomery, Ed
ward O'Benshain, Thos. Poage, S.
M. Ross, L. Rodgers, II. B. Shade,
Emma Sultan, Mary Taylor and
Jennie Williams.
+. C.. BuRKBART. p. NJ.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

The candidates for mail carriers
must wait till latter Congress con-
venes'' before they commence to
climb over each other. Before there
is a free delivery system established
in any other towns Congress must
appropriate money to be used for
such purpose.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

C. F. Yeager, living on Water
street, became dangerously sick last
evening. He was up town late in
the afternoon. Shortly after he got
home his right arm became pain
fully affected with neuralgia. His
breath left him for a moment and
he came near dying. He is better
fo-dav
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

In the weekly LEDGER will be
found the card of D.. A. Murphy, at
torney at law, Office in the Kabrich
block. MIR. Murphy will practice
law in all the courts and will give
special attention to collections. Any
business entrusted to him will be
carefully looked after.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

Mrs. Lloyd Heinbaugh, who is
under arrest with her husband,
charged with starving their infant
child to death, is only fifteen years
old. She has been married since
last March.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

Reports from Camp Fleming are
to the effect that the Mexico people
are enjoying themselves hugely, al
though Ben Dobyns is kicking be-
cause he is not allowed to sleep all
night as well as all day, and DR..
Ramsay came near drowning while
rescuing a lady friend from a watery
grave, their boat turning over.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
AN ENT

Temperance lecturer in New Eng.
land, Mrs. John Barton, says: |
was subject to those deathly sick
headaches and also dyspepsia. Sui
phur Bitters cured me when all
other remedies failed. Mrs. Barton
is the wife of John Barton, Superin-
tendent of Repairs, Pacific Mills,
Lawrence. Mass.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

There appears to be no reason
WHY Mexico should not have the
st, Louis dailies at 1890 O'Clock
every morning, now that the Jeffer-
son City Branch gets here at that
hour. Why, the little town OF Full
ton gets the st. Louis papers before
Moxieo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

DIR. Fritts, Coroner of Audrain
county, to-day went up to Boone
county TO meet Coroner Bicknell, OF
that county, where the remains of
the Wheeler child will be disinterred
and an investigation as to the cause
of its dea tn will be made.