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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-13

Samuel Wellman, aged sc years and fO,
many years a resident of Augusta. died
very suddenly, Sunday morning, at East
Winthrop at the home of his sister. His
birthplace was Belfast from whence he
moved to Augusta when young man.
The cause of his death was apoploxy and
when found he was lying on the kitchen
floor. Early Sunday morning he arose,
went to the barn, fed the horse, returned
to the house and was about to kindle the
fire in the kitchen stove when he suddenly
fell and died His wife died some eight
years ago and he is survived by two sons
and daughter P. W. Wellman of this
city, clerk at Hersey's shoe store. B. H.
Wellman of Boston who formerly resided
in Augusta and Mrs. L. p. Hersey of East
Winthrop The funeral will be held today
at p. NJ, and the intcrment will be il
the family lot at Mount Pleasant
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-13

Mrs. W H. Williams and daughter left
for Scarboro beach, Monday forenoon.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-13

f. f. Emery has gone to the Isle of
Springs to pass vacation.
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AUGUSTA LOCALS.

A. G. Ordway of Skowhegan, was In Il e
city, Monday.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
kennebec,

Following are the real estate transfers
in Kennebec county for the past week:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09
Yet the peonle Must Suffer.

Hon. Thos. 4. Mcintyre is home
from Jefferson City. The Legislature
has adjourned until 3 o'clock Monday.
''TO give you an idea of the amount
of work we are doing yer there, III
tell you how We did since yesterday
a week ago." said Mr.. Mcintyre to a
reporter to-day. ''Friday the Legis-
lature adjourned till the following
Monday. Monday we met and were
in session II hour. The Legislature
then adjourned till 10 O'Clock Tuesday
morning. We met and yer in sGa-
sion only ~ minutes by the clock, sir,
when we adjourned till 10 O'Clock
Wednesday and were that day III IS
sion 10 minutes. Ad%journing until 2
O'Clock Wednesday we met ut the
proper time and found invitations to
Fulton and Jefferson City. After be-
ing in session s minutes all went to
the ball grounds. Yesterday we met
at 10 O'Clock, were in session about M
hour and then adjourned till Monday.
That In the kind OF work tho Legisla-
ture is doing. About 2ls hours work
in n week. As far as anyone can see
nothing will be done during the extra
session, at least ii. the election bill is
passed, If IL ever manages to 20
through. Yes, sir, it's an outrage;
but that'a the way things stand. 1t
seems that the people have to suacr.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09
A BAD BREAK.
1t May Cost Monroe Gooch, Of This
County, a Neat Sum to Get
Out of the Scrape.

Quite a sensational damage suit will
come up in the June term of the Cir
cult Court in this city. The plaintiff
is the wife of a prominent farmer Of
Audrain county, Mr.. Lanning, who
lives in the neighborhood about
6 or 3 miles south OF Vandalia. The
defendant is Monroe Gooch, another
prominent farmer and q widower Of
the same neighborhood. The suit was
filed by John NJ. Barker, of this city,
March 10, 1895, who is attorney for the
plaintiff. Messrs. Cullen and Edmon-
ston are attorneys for the defendant.
The suit was returned to Circuit Clerk
p. NJ. Morris office this morning. The
following will explain itself:
Josephine Lanning, plaintiff, V
Monroe Gooch, defendant. Auhrain
County Circuit Court. Filed March
10, 1896, Z. NJ. Morris, Clerk.
The said plaintiff for her petition
against the defendant says that he,
said Monroe Gooch, on or about the
31st day of December, 1894, in said
county, assaulted the plaintiff by lay
ing his hands upon her and attempt
ing 10 kiss and caress her against
her will and consent and to her
humiliation and shame, she beng a
married woman and loyal to her hus-
band who was absent at the time,
from which she has suffered mentally
and physically, and to her damage in
the sum of $1,000, for which she prays
for judgement and costs.
JOHN NJ. BARKER,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09
The "Crime of 1874"

The reason why "Coin" so strenu-
ously insisted that silver was the only
unit from 1892 to 1873 was that it all
led up to an emphasis of the supposed
damage done by the "demonetiza-
ton" OF the silver dollar piece in 1878.
II silver was not the only unit selected
in 1892, as has been clearly shown in
these columns, then this demonetiza-
ton in 1873 has less Importance. And
if, also, before 1884 our coins actually
In use, and on which contracts were
based both in law and fact, were sill
yer, but after 1884 wereg gold, then any
legislation in 1873 about coins not in
use and which had never been seen
since 1910, has still less Importance. 1t
may possibly have seemed to our
readers that undue prominence was
given to the discussion of whether the
unit in 1892 was silver alone or both
gold and silver. But il we understand
that this argument about silver having
been the only unit from 1892 to 1873 is
the basis of all the discussion on the
act of 1873, the attention given to
this matter of the past will be justified.
This decentralization of the silver
dollar in 1873 was, it is asserted, pass
ed surreptitiously, and other interest
ing points about it have been raised,
all OF which will in due time be treat
ed. But first it will clear the field for
fair discussion If it be understood
what II monetary Legislation was
which preceded this demonstration
and led up to il. "Coin" has said
nothing in this connection about the
very interesting act of Feb. q, 1853;
and yet this act of 1853 is necessary to
the understanding of the act Of 1873,
which dropped the silver dollar piece
from our list of coins.
AS has been shown in these col
u,nns, after 1884 silver dollar pieces
md all small silver coins were drivaa
out of use by the.cheaper gold. In the
form OF coin an ounce of gold would
exchange for sixteen ounces of silver
coins; but, as bullion, IN ounce of gold
would exchange lin 1910, say for 1851
ounces Of silver that being the mar
ket ratio.) Gold vas worth more as
coin than as bullion, hence 1t rushed to
the mint. On the other hand, 1882
ounces of silver bullion would buy one
ounce of gold bullion, while it took
sixteen ounces of silver in coin to get
one ounce of gold coin. Silver WIS
worth more as bullion than as coin,
hence it rushed TO the melting pot 70
be changed to bullion. A difference
OF $500 of an ounce ~ more than
sufficient profit to drive one metal out
OF circulation. Now, as gold became
cheaper by reason of the increased
product from Russia and later from
California and Australia, the ratio in
the market was kept less than | to I6
for n long time And this explains
why silver disappeared wholly from
circulation.
So entirely had silver-even subsid-
larry silver-disappeared before 1850
that all possible shifts were resorted
to to make change. Shillings, bits,
levys, ETC., were taken up. This be-
came so intolerable that in 1853 the
question Of the coinage was again
taken up and thoroughly discussed. II
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09
Two Hundred Killed.
APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE RE-
PORTED IN SIOUX COUN-
TY, IOWA.
Nine Towns in the Path of the Cyclone
Torn and Dismantled The En-
tire Northwest Swept by
Violent Storms.
Two Hundred Killed.

SIOUX CITY, To-, May 3.-Two nun
dred people were killed by a cyclone
that swept through Sioux county from
northeast to southwest an hour before
sunset to-day. The territory devas-
tated is rs rich and populous rs any i'll
Iowa, but rs the storm mainly kept
clear of the railroad tracks and tele-
graph lines it will be many hours be-
fore the extent of the ruin is known or
n list of the victims can be compiled.
The towns of Sioux Center, lreton,
Orange City, Perkins, Doom, Hull,
Sheldon, Alton and Lemars were al
most directly in the path of the cy-
clone. Fatalities have already been
reported from Sioux Center, ~lreton,
Orange City and Perkins. How many
of the thrifty country folk on the busy
farms between these little towns met
death in the rushing wind n only be
conjectured. The cyclone was follow
ed by n furious wind and rain storm,
which had not abated in violence at
midnight. In the wind and rain and
darkness the rescuing parties are
making slow progress, while particu-
lars of the catastrophe are not 10 be
had Mt all.
Telegraph lines are down through
out the country and railroad tracks are
washed out in many places.
The path of the cyclone seems to
have been about twelve miles long,
and from three-quarters to three
miles wide. 1t probably first entered
at a point about three miles southwest
of Sioux Center, Sioux county, and
blew down farm houses, barns and
outbuildiDgs. Sioux Center reports
hat three school houses were blown
down about 3:15 p. M, and that two
teachers and three pupils were killed;
also, reports two other women were
killed and fifteen persons injured.
The first course of the storm cloud
was northeast, crossing the Sioux City
and Northern track n and Il half
miles north of Sioux City. Going a
mile east it turned, and its direction
was northeast until it again reached
the railway, when it went north two
miles along the track, crossing to the
west side again; then it seems to have
taken a ~northeasterly direction until
it struck the town of Perkins, where
it blew down three houses. Aid and
doctors were called for from Orange
City, the county seat.
Seven miles southwest of Sioux
Center Miss Anna T. Marsden, a
teacher in the Combs School, and two
of her pupils were found dead. Two
miles north OF there her brother, also
n school teacher. was killed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09
A Valuable Find.

After years of study and labor, there
has at last been discovered a sure and
never-faiiing remedy. 1t has been
tested on patients, who have despair
ed OF ever being cured; the results
have been, in every case, wonderful.
Groff's Rheumatic Cure is unequaled
as a positive remedy in all cases of
Chronic and Acute Inflammatory
rheumatism, Gout, Lumbago, Sciatica,
Neuralgia; especially Ovarian Neural
gia, Dysmenorrhma and all kindred
affections. Ii is also n valuable blood
purifier, being especially useful in
Eczema, Psoriasis, Scrofula, ALI Gland
ular engagements and diseases of the
Liver and Kidneys. 1t is absolutely
free from all narcotics. Severe at
lacks are relieved in from one to three
days and n positive cure effected in
from five to eighteen days. For sale
by E. S. Frost, Mexico, Mo.
d&w t July 20.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09
Will Be Torn Down.

y. q. Armstrong, II of Mexico's
most progressive citizens and a prom
inent capitalist, has purchased the old
Llewellyn electric light house, just in
the rear of the Armstrong block, and
in the near future will have it torn
down.
Mr.. Armstrong is contemplating
building on the lot before another
S II he does not build he win
convert the place into a neat little
park and set out trees and sod the
ground. A park like the one Alb.
thinks of forming will be a beautiful
addition to the city's looks.
Alb. is a hustler and has done lots
for Mexico. He should and will be
encouraged in this undertaking.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

was realized that the ratio of 10 to /
from 1892 to 1884 had resulted only in
a gold currency. Now the act of 1858,
which resulted, was the practical
abandonment of the attempt to keep
both gold and silver coins in circula-
ton by trying another change of the
ratio. They let the silver dollar alone;
it was then out of circulation. The
market ratio in 1858 being 15.4 to 1, a
gold dollar would buy 15.4 times 32.2
grains of silver in the market, or 357l4
grains, but this was IA grains less than
the legal silver dollar. That is, silver
dollars were worth about 104 cents of
n gold dollar in 1858. So they then
and there gave up trying to keep the
silver dollar in use; they had the gold
standard and gold in abundance and
were satisfied. This appears from the
speech in the House by Mr.. Durham,
who had charge of the bill Globe, I'd
session, 32d cong, p. 100, app:
"Another objection urged against
this proposed change is that it gives
us a standard of gold only.
Gentlemen talk about a double stand
ard of gold and silver as a thing that
exists and that we propose to change.
We have had but a single standard for
the last three or four years. That has
been and now is gold. We propose to
let it remain so and adapt silver TO it,
to regulate it by it."
This, then, was the thing usually
supposed to have been done in 1873.
The real decentralization of silver dol
lars took place in 1853, twenty years
before the nominal decentralization of
1873. AS was said elsewhere: 'FThe
act of 1858 tried and condemned the
criminal; and, after twenty years Of
waiting for a reprieve, the execution
only took PLACED in 1873" The use of
silver as an unlimited legal tender
equally with gold and practically
abandoned in 1858, and a subsidiary
currency of 1856 grains to the dollars
worth "a enacted. There would be
no reason for meltingt this, for it would
take 1914 grains (as shown above) to
buy n gold dollar. So this subsidiary
silver remained in existence down be-
low the perturbations of gold and Sill
yer dollar pieces.
j. LAWRENCE LAUGILIS.
Professor Political Economy,
University of CHICAGO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09
Plaintiffs Attorney.

}. A. Richardson, of jefferson City,
Mo-, Chief Enrolling force 3sth gen.
eral assembly of Missouri, written: |
wish to testify to the merits of One
Minute Cough Cure. When Other. So
called cures failed, | obtained almost
instant relief and a speedy cure BIZ the
use OF One Minute Cough Cure. Wool
bridge & Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09
Severe Hail Storm.

There was a evere hail storm Just
southeast of Martinsburg Saturday
morning, May 4. George iiardisty
came to Mexico and brought with him
a bucket Of hail stones, which were as
large as hens eggs when they arrived
in Mexico ami had been hauled fifteen
miles. Hardisty says it was the most
severe storm that was ever expert
enced in that part ofthe country. The
damage to window glass was consider
rhBa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09
WONDERS OF RELATIONSHIP.
Man Committed Suicide After Find
ing He Was His Own Grand
father.

In IN old aCraphOok which has beer
in the family of the editor of "Noics
for the Curi0ua'' for twenty-f five OF
thirty years, and which contains i
number of clippings without date
find the following: civilian Herman,
who committed suicide mt Titusville,
Pa, n short time since, did 80 because
some M had convinced him that he
WHs his " grandfather. Here is a
copy of the singular letter he left: Il
married n widow who had n grown mp
daughter. My father visited us often,
fell in love with my atcpdaughtor and
married her. Thus he became my
a~on-in-law, and my stcpdaughter be-
came my mother, because she was my
fathor'H wife. Soon after this my wife
gave birth to n son, which, of course,
was my fathers hrother-in-law, and
my uncle, for he was the brother of
my stepmother. My fathers wife also
became the mother of q son. He was.
of course, my brother, and also my
grandChild, for he was the son of my
daughter. Accordingly my wife was
my grandmother, because she was my
mothers mother. | was my wife's
husband and grandchiId at one and
the same time. And as the husband
Of II persons grandmother is his
grandfather, / was my WI grandfath-
- - .L-a - I-t - .---.
man rid himself of such tangled rela-
tiOnahip?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09
Professor Political Economy,
University of Chicago.

II. II. Bowman, Pub. Enquirer, OF
Bremen, Ind, writes: Last week our
little girl baby, the only one we have,
was taken sick with Group. After two
doctors failed to give relief and life
was hanging on a mere thread we tried
One Minute Cough Cure and its life was
saved. Woodbridge & Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

During the writer's absence last
week Lee Craddock slipped up on the
blind side of one-eyed4l& pound bass
in the railroad lake. The Eastlake
Club Is going to have Lee up for jump
ing OH a cripple.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

Doctor III. r. Fish, of Gravois Mills,
Mo-, a practicing physician of many
years experience, writes: De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve has no equal for in
dolent sores, scalds and burns. 1t stops
pain instantly, heals a burn quickly
and leaves no scar. Woodbridge & Nc
Arthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

That ~scrofuIous faint which has been
in your blood for years, will be ex-
PEELED by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla,
the great blood purifier.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

w. J. Bolts, one of Audrain county's
successful stock growers, sold a car
load of cattle in Chicago the first of
this month. They averaged 1450
pounds and netted $3.50 per hundred.
Mr.. Bolts had owned them only four
months and cleared S37.25 apiece on
tbam
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

Levi Chubhuck, ex-Secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture, was mar
ried on the 24th ult. at Kidder, Mo-,
to Miss Josephine Mitchell, of that
place.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

+. T.. Hook is being treated by a st.
Louis physician. Tom has beer in
very bad health for some time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

school i'll Louisville, Ky, has returned
to his home in Moline. Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

1t is right hard to please everybody
in the world. About n month ago
some people complained that wheat
was worth nothing. They are now
kicking because it has gone up in
price. Some people don't know what
they want.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09
.: K. WAYNE,
Post-ofice Box 799. Mexico MI
Farms For Sale

some special bargains, in both large
ihi farms. Address the Harris
=" DANIEL Land Agency, vandalia. Mo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

George lrion, a prominent German
of this county, to-day showed us a let
ter just received from his sistcr-in-IawT
in Germany. The letter was mailed
January % and was not received until
May ,. The reason of the delay is
that the letter went down with the
Elbe. 1t was discovered, re~addressed
and arrived all right a little late and n
little the worse for the wear, but iegi-
bic Just the same.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

Mrs. Sudie Mosby, of Mexico, has
been elected II of the teachers of
the Nandalia Public Schools for anotll-
er year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09
w. w johnson
The Premium Saddle Stallion,
STAR ROSE I6I-

RS"n 10 lonnd the present season at the ssS.a,
80 SUCK fdrtn, eight miles E0ufh,v..t -
hheHlCo ana three miles Northeast III t."naa.ll
M WIZ serve mares at 81 80 the season - e.,
10 insure a live colt. ''9on OF eiV
HIar Rose lbi was sired by Moutrose Ice.
ny DlaIaphd Denmark g; he by GainesS y ~
tlatk Sl, ne by four mile race horse Danr'or
n 10y imported Hedgef0Td. First dam Hi
IIishsne second dam by Post Boy. thiyi -
p1ssna1Lls CIT " lillian fourth dam by TrnI,rtdL
~ HItH dam Imported 81. Hsoryaf s;stI
lam ny imported Fearrangbt gtas D
~ uhhl Atald OF the West 3f5. a ,,yaYnirn
~ mSI.urhy pred mare; sired by Bo1ins, W.T.
~ y " Y Mason S Whip, of Kentucky. Natl y;
~ meSt : Dam was sired by Jack Suort@Tnani
~. a., ~, ny Carter 3 Jack Sportsman: he ~
o aan ne by Bell Air. Tor further go
Star Rose ISL we predict win
~ ~ sire niuntrose IDJ. He rs no danbt a.,
morse IA tne likeness Of his sire ias y,a,i
Isdt Z poIntst that hontrDse i0j ever sfrar,
- nose ~ Won the 500 saddle st.ftt1n
LIES III H. hotn at Marshall and Higginsviiins =
\ ~ ptst staillonB in the State, AZ a br.o1eL
a : ~. hafe proven the best living M Iii
.tnfs, Won first money al Nes,.n nv
az ~ ~ . gear-oid saddle ring ard ,,rLEhst
hsrra.s am Won ifst honOrs IN the z vss-n ~
~ - r,ag over t~rotting bred h1rsas ''ILohi
ona 4 : year-old Of his year hafora tn"k
~ = missed q first string in class NSi ana
IEhhs-Money due yhey 81.
hood PSGtu.d Vim OF removed from neiabio,'
III o@ita viii stand good for HelshI"f-
al eases; Care taken to uyavent aanlHrlrs Zee IN
t1Te M a. ~ eSpohslbie should any occur pa
tanre. 'h ZOE mares from a dis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

De Wits Witch Hazel Salve cures
scalds, burns, indolent sores and never
fails to cure piles. Woodbridge 81 Nc
Arthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

Lee McFadin is going to erect an
elegant new residence on the Bruce
property, which he purchased in south
Mexico recently.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

l.. Hughes, who owns u fine farm
just east of Mexico, found plenty Of
water and only went down 100 feet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

Mr.. Jas. Pierce and Miss Hattie In
gram, of l.addOnia, were married by
Judge $. NJ. Edwards May ,.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

Isaac MCGOWAN says he sheared Il
yearling lamb for his son, James Me
Cowan, The fleece Weighing 10 pounds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

S w. Buckley is home from Texas,
where he went Oh legal business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

Mrs. w. T. Little has moved from
East st. Louis to her fine farm in this
county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09
Notice to Farmers and Stock Men.

AFWVENV 70 7 y IAENI0 WIu DVVNN IVff
have control of the w. II. White
lot just south of the Lanc-NIcKinIey
building and will use il for the yarding
Of teams and stock. Stockmen and
farmers who want their teams and
stock looked after can use the in
closure on the following terms:
Single horse 3 cents, wagon and
team 10 cents. Reasonable rates for
stock in droves. WIT j. II. LANE.
DIR. shrimp, the Philadelphia spec
ialist, will make his third regular
visit to Mexico Friday. May q. If
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-23
An Easy Welsh Name.

Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures is
the first station in Anglesea past the
Menai bridge. Like all old place
names, it is Of descriptive character.
The first part, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, is
probably the correct name of the place
and means est. Mary's white hazel
pool" the church being dedicated to
st. Mary and doubtless stood by q pool
shaded with white hazel. The latter
portion seems to have been the addition
of some Cambrian humorist. The
Times commissioner in 1S43 was max
ing inquiries during the "Rebecca' s
daughters" riots, and ON asking the
name of this place received the entire
length for answer, which, however. is
good Welsh and equally descriptive,
meaning Every near the raging whirl-
pool by Llandisilio and the red, rocky
islet of GCgo. ''-Bouchier' Annual.