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Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22
Gave Her Babe too Much Laudanum.

WaSe HeT Dapc tOO Mueh Aauuaho"'
MACON, Mo-, March 15.-This
morning Mrs. Charles Kelly, Of
Kaseyville, through mistake, gave
her 7-day-old child an overdose OF
lsadanum, from which it died short.
Iy afterwards,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

! The Bland seigniorage bill passed
be Senate by Is majority Thurs
.sg afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

Now the seigniorage bill is out
5the way, let's have a vote on the
Biff bill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

Marriage licenses were issued
Thursday to John j. Smith and I've
Romans, all of Audrain county,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22
THE CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION
Is Called to Meet at Montgomery City
ON May 1o-Clark Will BE Nemf-
mated Without Opposition.
Special Dispatch to the Ledger.

special D1sisatch TO the Ledger.
New FLoRENcE, No., March II.
The Congressional Convention
was called for May 10 at Montgom.
cry City. Basis of representation,
ESQ votes and fraction over 125.
Counties voting yes-Audrain, Gas
conade, Montgomery, Warren, Rails
and Pike. Voting no-Lincoln, st.
Charles and Crawford.
THIS MEANS CLARK.
The operator at New Florence
wired that the basis of representa-
ton was the Democratic vote of
1892 for Congress. This being
fact Audrain, Pike and Rails will
nominate.
A later dispatch confirms that the
basis of representation is the Con-
gressional vote of 1892. This means
that Hon. Beauehamp Clark will
be nominated without opposition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22
THIS MEANS CLARK,

De Wits Witch Hazel Salve clean
ses, purifies and heals. 1t was made
for that purpose. Use it for burns,
cuts, bruises, ehapped hands, sores of
all descriptions, and ii you have piles
use it for them. French & Garrett.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

!. HoN. CHANT CLARK deserves to
u reelected unanimously without
yposition by rising vote.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

3 The Fayette (Mo.) Leader is a
ssE publication. 1t is bright, t,newsy
8 nd ably edited.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22
Mathematicians. Attention!

Col. Geo. Judy of Rails county, a
brother of Capt. Jno. A. Judy of
this city, gives the following prob
lem, which he solved mentally in
one night after retiring to bed. Very
few can work it in one day with the
use Of written arithmetic and algebra !:
A farmer wishes to buy some cat
tie, turkeys and chickens, making
the whole number of all equal to one
thousand. He pays $50 514 head
for cattle, so cents each for turkeys
and Is cents each for chickens, and
spends one thousand dollars for all
How many of each kind does he
buy?
Would like to know if the prob
lem can be solved by algebra. If sc
give the statement and solution.
The Weekly LEDGER will be fur
nished free for one year to the resi-
dent of Audraln county who gives
the shortest and best solution to this
problem. H. W.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

Gibson and Blattner shipped a
car load of poultry to st. Louis last
week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

Our Business Mems Association
! evidently afflicted with "that tired
Iseiing."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

j. D. Pratt is erecting a new
house in South Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

Gibson & Blattner shipped a car
of eggs to Chicago last week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

DIR. J. S. WILLIS, of st. Louis,
has figured out the great problem
to his own satisfaction and serves
notice on Gov. Lewelling that the
world will come to an end on March
6, 1896. We do not recall having
heard of the doctor as the seventh
son of seventh son born with a
veil; but the fact that he hastened
to give Gov. Lewellyn the first It'd
ings of this important event, inn
presses US with the idea that the
new prophet possessed worldly
wisdom and shrewdness. II the
world is to be called in at the date
specified, Kansas has a right to
know it first, for there is no state
in the sisterhood that has more
preparations to make in order to
present anything like decent show,
ing when Gabriel blows the horn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

Jas. Baker, of near Long Branch,
has sold $1,000 worth of colts, the
increase of one mare, and still has
1fs colts left,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22
Don't Delay

1t is your duty to yourself to get
rid of the foul accumulation in your
blood this spring. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is just the medicine you need
to purify, vitalize and enrich your
blood. That tired feeling which
affects nearly everyone in the spring
is driven off by Hoods Sarsaparilla,
the great spring medicine and blood
purifier.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

Johnson's Magnetic Oil cures
cramps and collie and internal neu-
ralgia; 25 and 80 cents. Sold at
French & CARROTS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

Hoods Pills become the favorite
cathartic with everyone who tries
them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

Nood'e pills are hand made. and Kerfecs
IN proportion and appearance. g. boz,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22
Bryan-RiDteY.

VIII clasp me and kiss me once
mora
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12
Persian HuInor.

When, after Salamis. Xerxes was il
full flight for Asia and the overcrowde4
vessel, so the story ran, was laboring ia
the storm, XerNes, getting frightened,
asked the captain whether there wal
any chance of safety. None" said thu
captain, unless the ship is lightencd Of
some OF its passengers" Whereupor
Xerxes, turning to the Persians, ex
claimed: "Now is the time to show
your loyalty to your king, for on yor
my safety Depends And, without &
word, the well-lrained courtiers mad.
obeisance and leaped into the sea.
T,.,us u%nburdened, the ship arrived u
the land, whereupon Xerxes presented
the captain with a golden row fo,
having saved the kings life and tter
ordered his head off for having caused
the death of so many nohle Persians.-
Westminster ReUieD.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12
Robbery Strangely Traced to Him.

Here" said n Lewiston detective, "is
a queer thing &c convict 4 man OF burg
larry with" and lie held up the head Of
n hammer which he had kept in d
drawer in his table. 1t was an ordinary
hammer head, only the striking end Ct
it was battered in a strange and pecu-
liar way. One side of it was broken off.
"a break was made in a Lewiston
home last winter, and besides n small
lot of jewelry n bundle of papers was
carried away. The papers were of u
private nature, and such that the owner
desired as much to recover them as he
did the jewelry. The robher had en-
tered the house through the kitchen.
and while picking the lock had set q
hammer down i'll a pan of molasses
candy that had been put into the bach
entry to cool during The night. When
he took TIP the hammer it had left tn,
imprinted its head in the candy.
saved that par mld,kept it on led nil las.
summer i'll an uptown ;"e-housc. Thi.
winter l was in Il local junk store ans
found this hammer i'll the pocket of
coat in the pile of old clothes. / knew
it by the head of it to be the one dropped
into the candy. pan.
WHO did you BUY this OFF" | asked
"The dealer happened to remember,
and took the haplme. head and went
to the mans house. There I found
that he had died during the summer, bu,
his widow recognized the hammer.
asked if her husband had left any OLE
letters or papers, and she brought on
the lost bundle. She knew nothing
about any jewelry, but her husband
had left $500. ! took the papers to tha
owner and told him the thief was dead.a
-LeDiston Journal.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12
rALMAaE's FAREWELL.
4 GFsat Celebration at the Anniversary
This Week.

- SVchG w sio y S"S
This Week.
NEW YORK, May s.-This will be a
memorable week in the history of the
Brooklyn tabernacle. The twenty-fifth
anniversary of DIR. Talmagc's pastorate
falls on Thursday and the event will be
celebrated for 1--we days by a festival
BETTING the occasion. Mayor Schieren
will preside and the Thirticth Regi.
ment band will furnish the music. En-
inent clergymen and citizens of a dozen
cities and Il large number of public
men-senators. representatives and or
ators-will be present. kilograms of
congratulation, which have been &C.
ceived from Gladstone, Balfour, Ro.c-
berry, Salisbury, bismarck. Caprivi,
Crispi and others. will be read.
The ceremonies will partake of tho
nature of n love fenst md ut their con
clusion DR.. Talmage will bid his
friends adieu and leave on Monday,
May IA, on the most extended and
comprehensive foreign tour he Inns over
made. lie will sail from San Francisco
on Mny 81, for Honolulu, thence to
to Samoa, New Zealand and Australia,
where he will deliver lectures.
From Melbourne DIR. Talmage will
go direct to Feylon, Journcying thence
to Madras, Calcutta, Lucknow, Delhi
and bombay. He will come home by
way of the Mediterranean and expects
to reach New York by November next.
He will be accompanied by his son,
the Rev. Frank Talinage of Pittsburg,'
who will leave his father at the
Red sea to visit the Holy
Land. The object of Mr.. Talmagc's
tour of India and Asia is the
study of the eastern religions. Tho
great pulpit orator declares that de-
spite all. his efforts to gain a compre
hensive and intelligent idea OF the
oriental religions he has never been
able to satisfy himself as to what these
religions really are and what they
renlly accomplish.
81 PROPOSE" he says, ito see the
forms OF idolatrv existing in India, to
study their different phases and to
make a thorough study of oriental
philosophy, of Brahmunism and the
kindred religions. My tour will be
the longest ono l have ever made, and
in many respects | consider it the most
important. If l can find u religion
which produces better results than my
religion l shall abandon my religion
and adopt the religion which find to
10 n haitian. npo
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12
1t was a Wandering Air.

"As I was going home from my train
the other night" said a man who li~.a
in the suburbs. 81 was ovcrtakcn and
passed by a man who was whistling
oh, Promise Me- just beyond hi
turned in to his own house still whist
ling, and took up the strain and Wen
on whistling it myself. Before reach
ing my own house l overlook IL MAJ
whom I seemed to influence as l hat
myself been influenced; asI ven W
the walk to my front door he passed or
whistling oh, Promise Me- as l hat
done. II this man didn't overtake any
body the song may have ended for thu
night with him; but if he did, and thai
man overlook another, and SO on, and
they were all moved to whistle the song
as the first two had been, why, the MAJ
Iwhistling it now ought to be about al
far west as Pittsburg, for this happened
about ten DAYS ago"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12
A NO-TO-BAC MIRACLE
PHYSICAL PERFECTION PRE-.
VENTED BY THE USE OF TO-
BACCO.


~ .. rum.,,..o y.au.. 30.
an "i"-i inner OF
bacco Ch'wi"s and Smoking ee'e'' ''n'
Gains Twenty Pounds in Thirty Days.
wis M., -cna
III ,iA> M I,5;as If n o,r heaai;fnl NH
elai, ine .aat.;o Wv ;nta.asn,. al 49,
toWh are nhaA'ns ,nhancen,snr 49,
eAcil.hs elnie 'Gr r'.in ,s tso.ts Of ~.
paLos, s.in "a ~ n,i+b r,hi.b NV
pacto an" Ihe a. ",tt aniiad Sal
~ Gured py d nlninIa J"n,ao
Lo.i,aG iiate ouon o - NJ - :, W.
RATED ~ lhe cure ;, W. ! y. ""i'ei
IN a |ritael ssas1Ateus ne $50
.nioheo tnu Nii3s,oT $1,000 49,
'hfeo years ahu ! gu sfne Iias auS
csse was one 'I ~, "oiay Inns p"to
Oh me country. LNoh ai'er ! wiz "a
pea at high., II %un1 up "oudo
"ah. 10 Spum VI ~ pAo maa
hoe ON. hliilns me nus ny wig mas
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12
SORGHUM AS A CROP.
Fast Coming Into Prominence In Kansas
and Western Missouri.


and Western Missouri.
TOPEKA, kas., May THE farmers
,f Kansas and Western Missouri have
discovered that the raising of sorghum
:ane is one of the most profitable crops
that can be grown in this latitude.
only those who are fortunate enough
20 live near a sugar mill know of the
Talue of this crop. Farmers living
within u radius of twenty miles of Fort
scott, where is located the best sugar
mill in the west, sold their crop last
rear for $50 to $40 per acre net for the
zane and seed. c. 4. Drake who
Iostered and protected the Fort
Scott Sugar works with his time
ind money, declares it his,
opinion that sorghum cane will be and
aow is the best crop that can be culti1
rated in Kansas. Speaking OF this new
Enterprise in the west, Mr.. Drake said!
Doubtless those who are not con,
%geniently located to the sugar mills
will not feel encouraged to raise this
crop. But it is well known that
through Nebraska, Iowa md parts Of
Missouri neighborhoods nre combining
md securing mills to work up the cane
is the molasses is becoming more and
more popular and being sought after
by dealers and jobbers in the large
tities. Almost a year ago it was al.
most impossible to sell a barrel of sol.
ghum ,nolasses, but today it is worth
S'om from 25 to 80 cents a gallon by
:he chr load. If the crop was raised
Tor sirup alone it would pay better than
any other crop, as no drought for the
past ten years has effected the WELD tn
my extent"
Aside from its value for molasses, the
seed is fast becoming an article Of
trade. Throughout Kansas it is fast
Taking the place of millct for feed
Many farmers are sowing it for forage
sor stock, and the results are very
satisfactory. 1t is the experience of
many farmers and stoclkinen that cattle
Fan be fed through the entire winter on
cane fodder and come out better in the
spring than on any other feed, except
torn. A seed firm at Fort Scott reports
that they paid S1.10 per bushel for tho
irst crop ever raised in that vicinity
md have paid us high as Sl.50 for cane
iced. This firm reports about IS, 900
bushels of seed raised near
Fort Scott last year, md this
'SSH Noa cousho Wy gram uculeEsl
1T from rs cents to 81 per bnshel, sew
iral farmers getting as much us 81, 600
Tor their crop. This cane seed is sold
10 parties in Texas and western Kan
ias, where it is sown in tracts of from
10 to 500 acres for fodder for cattle.
Many %stockmen in Texas purchased as,
much as 1000 bushels for their own
use.
More than Is, 900 bushels of seed have
teen shipped to western Kansas from
|ort Scott this year, many of the far
western counties where other crops fail
pm account Of drought taking as much
Us 5000 bushels.
The Fort Scott paper mill has been
nsing the stalk, or bagasse, after the
Juice is pressed out, as the only article
Tor making paper. Last year this com
pany sent leans out ovcr the country
md gathered up this waste at u noni-
aal cost, and have since been convert
ng it into the finest quality of manila
wrapping paper.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12
r ~LooPHoLEs.
A Provision Making Pieces of Silk Ere
SmuEpled Into tho HUt

A Provision Making Pieces of silk Free
Struggled Into the Bill.
WASHINGTON, May s.-Great care
will have to be exercised in making up
the tariff bill to prevent clerical errors
and omissions from creeping n.Only the
other day a member OF the finance COM
mittee was enabled to correct Il matter
which might have involved endless dis
putes and a loss of revenue to the gov
eminent. A provision had been in;
serted in the bill practically bringing
in free pieces OF silk twelve inches wide
and sixteen inches long, under the head
of that trimmings" 1t was pointed
out that while silk ribbons
might be intended. yet the law would
not read SO. Immense quantities of silk
could be brought into this country
when would be utilized in making
waists and other garments most affected
by the gentle sex. Upon examination
of the records of the finance committee
1t was discovered that the articles in
question have been smuVgled into the
bill, and they were promptly eliminated
and hat trimmings made more specific.
This error recalls a simple but costly
blunder in the tariff net Of 1873. 1t
was intended to place fruit plants,
tropical and s~cmitropical, on the FREQ
list. but a smart clerk but n comma
after fruit which placed 1t on the
free list. The mistake was discovered
by a New Yorker. who went TO the
importers and pointed out hat under
the law they were wrongfully paying
duties on fruit, and despite the fact
that the consumer had already paid
these duties the government had to re-
fund upwards of 81, 800, 900.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12
TRIAL OF C0MMONWEALERS
Hyman Contends That the Arrest
Of Coxey ct al Was Brutal.
Asserts That the Police Used Their Clubs
Like savages on tho Defendants
and Spectators A Con-
spiracy Charged.

WARRINGTON, May THE trial OF
morning. Proceedings were opened by
Mr.. Hyman in an argument for the de,
Tense, who said that he would prove by
prominent citizens that the arrest OF
the defendants was ono of the most
brutal affairs ever heard of, Witnesses
who will testify to the action of the pc
lice in the use of their clubs, not only
upon the defendants, but upon others
not connected with the common
wealcrs. He expected to show by
unquestioned proof that n conspiracy
existed for the conviction Of the defend.
ants.
Frank Harper of Alexandria, Va,
an advertising agent, was the first wit
ness for the defense. lie says he saw
u number of citizens OF the grounds at
the capitol and witnessed tAe police
run two people down. The people were
driven into the grounds to keep the
concrete roads clear. Coxey was not
on the grounds and was perfectly or
derby.
After several more witnesses had
been examined to show that Coxey did
not trespass on the grass, Coxey was
>osiSN 80 Ho :" uSASAiSC. Al Nv
course of his testimony he stated that
according to the program the
march was to be on the
north side Of the capitol, but they
were under the lead of the police, and
il the urmy had not been escorted to
the south of the grounds the misde-
meanor might never have been commit
ted. Coxey spoke of his efforts to se-
cure permission from Speaker Crisp and
Vice President Stevenson to speak on
the ground. He told of his reaching
the capitol steps. AT the steps he saw
the police assembled there to prevent
his making the speech.
did you o know, Mr.. Coxey,"
THAT you were violating the law in
trying to speak??"
81 am an American citizen. and l
thought had that right. Besides. the
constitution gives mo tho right and L
don't think the law that was passed
intended to repeal the constitution"
Representative Bland of Missouri
then took the stand for the defense. He
said while he vas standing IN the cap
itol steps lie saw twenty-five police
coming toward the capitol from the
southern part of the grounds, and
around them was an immense number
of people.
ibid you see any of the police use
their clubs?" asked Mr.. Pence.
Objection was made to the witness
answering. Mr.. Pence stated that he
wanted to show that it was because Of
the action of the police in rushing
upon the crowd that the three
defendants We're forced upon the grass
and he had %subp9nacd Il dozen con
gressnlen to prove it. Judge Miller
sustained the objection. After arguing
some moro questions as to the action Of
the police and citizens, Mr.. Bland was
dismissed, and at l2:45 the court took a
recess till l:15.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12
SENATOR WoLcorr REJEcTgp
The Colorado Statesman Cannot Got Into
the nj etropolftan Climb.

The Colorado Statesman Cannot Get Into
the metropolitan Club.
New YORK, May 7.--Members of the
Metropolitan club have been discussing
Tor some days the admissions and rejec-
lions ordered at recent meetings of the
board of governors. There are accu-
cations about the formation Of cliques,
and this has been especially remarked,
as the Metropolitan club was the out
growth of the rejection of candidates
Tor admission to the Union club, where
It was charged the management of the
club had fallen into the hands of n
mig, whose members sacrificed all but
heir personal friends. The latest
notable candidate blackballed at
The Metropolitan club is United States
Senator Edward o. Wolcott of Colo
ado. Senator Wolcott is a millionaire
ind on this account, according to pop
alar belief, would be eligible to mem
pership, but he has fallen by the way
vide, along with the Rev. Dir. Rainsford
ind several other prominent citizens,
who did not fulfill all the requirements
VI the board of governors.
Senator Wolcott's name came uIi
April II with the names of some forty
,ther candidates. He had been pro.
posed by d. T. Worden. a banker, and
Ais name was duly seconded. Accord.
ng to the rules one blackball out Of
Ill is sufficient for rejection. AT thd
Meeting in question it is said there
we're not more than twenty OF the govt
srnors present. A large humble of
aew members We're elected, but when
she governors came to the name Of Sen:
ttor Wolcott there was some discussion,
md the due proportion of blackballs
ell iuto the box. Why Senator VOL
:ott should have been rejected, espec,
ally when it is known that many in!
auential members of the club had
worked in mis- behalf, puzzles his
friends. One club member said today
II think the reason Senator Wolcott
vas blackballed probably was that hs
vas not sufficiently well known to the
members generally and not sufficiently
Identified with New York. The Metro
,olitan club does not seek many non
'esident members and the intention is
10 keep it essentially IL local club, as its
aame implies. Several out of town
persons who We're entirely eligible
aave, as / understand, been rejected on
his ground alone. 1t is tho only rcal
ION | car ascribe for the rejection Of
senator Wolcott. Political considera-
ions could have nothing to do with
t."
Upon the other hand, it has been
'tated that Senator Wolcott spends a
arge part of his time in this city and
s a resident of New York for as many
months in the year as the average
member of the Metropolitan club.
Borrower, he has business and social
,%elations with many influential mem.
pers of the club, among whom he ID
popular and well liked.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12
DIED OF STARVATION.
Terrible Fate of an American Prospecting
Party In Mexico. >

Terrible Fate of an American Prospecting
Party In Mexico. :
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May s.-Francis
Murphy, IN American engineer and
mining man who has just returned from
Mexico, brings news of the terrible
fate of the party which left Salto in
the state OF Durango on a prospecting
and hunting expedition into the Sierra
Madre mountains. The party, which
originally started from Denver, con.
sisted of II. l.. Denton, c. p. Hall,
Frank Turnstal], two Mexican guides,
Mr.. Freeman Of st. Louis and two New
York men. The party became sepa.
rated in the mountains and the three
latter gentlemen returned to Salto in a
half starved and ragged condition. A re.
lief party was made up and at one point
found part OF n camping outfit OF the
missing men and u piece OF paper read.
Ing. "Out of provisions, no water"
Later the bodies of Hall and Denton
wore discovered partly devoured by
coyotes. The remains were buried and
3 mound of stone raised over them.
The search for Turnstall and the Mex-
loans continued for ten days with.
out success, when tho party were
forced to abandon it US their own pro.
visions were giving outand their water
supply was too far removed for safety.
1t Is supposed that all Of the missing
men died of starvation.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12
Alleged Election Frauds.

SIOUX FALLS, S. d., May THE
grand jury is now examining witnesses
IN cases of alleged election frauds
claimed to have been perpetrated IN
the little village of Dell Rapids this
county during the recent municipal
election. The mayoralty contest was a
very hot one between NJ. r. Kenetck,
a local banker, and o. Ii. Smith, Il we'll
known politician in the county. Smith
WIS elected by IL majority and the de-
feated candidate alleges that frauds OF
the boldest kind were perpetrated. The
grand jury has already examined
twenty witnesses and the examination
is being continued today. The news
that the matter is being looked into
has created intense excitement through
the county where all the parties are
we'll known and stand high.