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Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

find it very profitable to raise broom
corn. Mr.. Fl. G. Turner and ]. M.
Clement operate a broom factory.
They are enabled to manufacture the
best of brooms from broom-corn
raised in this county.
Mexico has two newspapers and
two editors known all over Missouri.
The man who does not know Sam
Cook and Bob White is a new conner.
Mr.. White, whose name is printed R.
M. White, is editor and proprietor of
the Mexico LEDGER, daily and week.
iy. He has run it for 16 years, and
has run it SO successfully that it has
made him a fortune and enabled him
to build probably the prettiest house
in the city. Mr.. White allows neither
the care of politics nor business to
interfere with his pleasure. His
snow-white hair is caused neither by
age nor worry. He is a big, hustiing,
whole souled fellow, is Bob White.
Sam B. Book, Chairman of the Exec
utive Committee of the Democratic
State Central Committee, is the editor
and proprietor of the Mexico ~fnteIts-
gencer. He, too, has madea fortune
and built q. handsome hone out of the
profits of his newspaper. Mr.. Cook,
aside from being a rattling good fell
low, is one of the shrewdest politi-
clans in the State.
The Mexico Tribune is a weekly
newspaper, Republican in politics and
edited by D. W. Majors. 1t is not
known that Congressman w. NJ. IRE
loar has financial interest in this
paper, but it was started during his
recent campaign, and took active part
in it.
Mexico claims to have the best
County Fair west of st. Louis. Be
that as it may, they furnish an excel
lent exhibition. There some of the
best stock in the State is exhibited.
In connection with the Fair is a one
mile kite shaped track, where the
speediest horses in the State may be
seen.
Mexico has a handsome Opera
House, which seats 1900 people; a
new City Hall, a substantial Court
House; three good hotels, the Ringo,
Windsor and Central, and many
1 handaona churches
Mexico has one High School, and
the people here + very proud of it
For It's excellent reputation much
credit is due to Mr.. John ]. Steele
/ President of the Board of Directors
The enrolment of the public schools
of Mexico District for 1892 was 1,s1i
including male and female, white an6
black. President Steele says thert
has been little change in the numbel
since that time. The assessed valu'
of the property of the district is 50,
90, IA.
Mexico streets r exceedingly vel
paved. She has a splendid electri
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31
FDOGs Not Boast Of Her Age,
Size or Wealth.
But She is Proud of Her
Agricultural Richness.
Her Horses Rank Above Those
Of Far-Famed Kentucky.
And She Takes Great Pride
in Her School System.
Mexico, Her Capital, One Of Mis-
souri's Progressive Cities.
Hardin College and Missouri Military
Academy Located There.
The HOme Of Many Noted Men.
And She Takes Great Pride
in Her School System.
Mexico, Her Capital, One Of Mis-
souri's Progressive Cities.
Hardin College and Missouri Military
Academy Located There.
Rome Of Many Noted Men.

Special stan Correspondence of the Republic.
MEXICO, Mo, October 21.--ln the
history OF Audrain County, written
many years ago, Judge S. NJ. Edwards
says: sit contains Al, 900 acres, not
200 acres of which is susceptible of
cultivation" Temporal mutantur.
There is now probably not Il single
r in Audram County that is not
susceptible of cultivation.
S. NJ. Edwards is Probate Judge of
Audrain County. He says that the
above quotation is a mistake; that the
word not should appear before sus-
ceptibfe.
Audrain County does not claim to
excel all others in agriculture and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

IT is good news from Utah that lots
of the Mormons are in revolt against
the dictation of the Mormon bosses
whose religious authority is used to
advance their PolitieaI schemes and
their personal interests. The Mormon
priesthood will not be able to rule
Utah much longer. There are more
Americans in Utah than there were
forty years ago, when all power was
vested in Brigham Young.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

the endowment and general furnish
ings, brings the total wealth of the in
stitutIon to $4,000. The college was
founded % years ago, and its patron
age has increased steadily during that
time. 1t now has about 200 pupils.
They come from all parts of the
country.
Mr.. A. X. Yancey is the president;
John w. Williams, A. M, is vice pres
ident. Other members of the faculty
are: Miss II. r. Hay, Charles w.
Downing, A. M; J. B. Tate, Miss
Christian Wissner, Gustave Michau,
Miss Ella Jones, Miss Sarah Greenleaf
Frost, Miss Lula Biers, Miss Carrie
Newman, Miss Olive Ewing, Miss
Jessie Russell.
The Conservatory of Music is a de-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

drawn on account of ill-health. To
the healthful location of the academy
and the splendid sanitation of the
buildings is this fact due.
The foot ball team of this school en-
ioyed a series of unbroken successes
the season of 1s94-95, making a score
of 108 to Is, with five games played
against teams of equal rank, with no
bones broken or ever serious sprains.
The methods of instruction in the
Academy r new and good. French
and Spanish r taught and the classic
course is a special feature. The mill
.tary training is committed TOT United
States officer detailed by the Govern
ment for that purpose graduate of
West Point.
Some of Audrain County's farmers
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

Missouri Press Association

WARRENsBURG, Mo, Oct. ga
number of members of the press as
ISOLATION visited the Normal School
this morning, and r. NJ. White, of the
Mexico LEDGER, made an address to
the students.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are as follows: President, II. L..
Robinson, of the Maryville Republic;
first vice-President, P. c. Burkhart,
of the Windsor Reriew; second Vice
President, E. f. Bean, Brookield;
third Vice President, II. f. Childers,
Troy Free Press; Recording Secre-
tary, Lon Luther, Lamont Record;
Corresponding Secretary, r. M.
White, Mexico LEDGER, reelected;
Treasurer, W. l.. Thomas, School and
Home, st. Louis, reelected.
Tonight the citizens of Warrens-
burg rendered the association an in
formal reception at the Pertle Springs
Hotel Minnewawa.
The editors leave Saturday noon fol
an excursion to Atlanta, Ga.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

among the best in the State. Her
people are hospitable and progressive.
Audrain has given to the State many
OF her ablest citizens, and is noted for
pretty women. She has always cut a
big figure in politics. C. II. Hardin,
Governor in 1874, was a citizen of
Mexico. Judge George B. Macfarlane,
OF the Supreme bench, is a citizen of
Mexico. j.. E. Hutton, who repre-
sented this district in Congress for
four years, lived here, SO did Judge A.
IL. Buckner, who served u years in
Congress. General d. II. Mcintyre,
at n time Attorney General of the
State, is a citizen of Mexico. w.
L. Darlington, nominated by the
Democrats for School Commissioner
the last State election, calls Mexico
his home, and so does w. M. Treloar.
who defeated Champ Clark for Con,
gress during the late landslide.
The city of Mexico has a Formulation
yariously estimated at from $500 To
e'ooo. 1t is n of the solid business
towns OF the State; distant no miles
rom st. Louis; it has two trunks lines
OF railroad, the Wabash and Chicago
anu Alton, and is the geographical
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

The Sturgeon Leader says: s. G.
Palmer has returned from Chicago.
On the day he sold forty eight head
of cattle for $3.50 there were 22,50o
head sold that day. His cattle topped
the market. Then he sold 4s head at
$3.50, which was the highest price paid
on that day for cattle of same kind.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31
La Crosse Lumber Co.
Established 1873.

Many merchants r well aware
that their customers r their best
friends and take pleasure in supplying
them with the best goods o~btainable.
AS an instance we mention Perry &
Cameron, prominent druggists OF
Flushing, Michigan. They say: "We
have no hesitation in recommending
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to our
customers, as it is the best cough
medicine we have eve sold, and al
ways gives satisfaction" For sale at
% and so cents per bottle by G. A.
Buckner, druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

A good recommendation for Sim
mons Liver Regulator is, that it is
purely vegetable and strongly tonic.
Then, too. it is better than pills be-
cause easier to take in liquid or pow
der and with no gripping, while the
relief from Constipation, Biliousness,
Sick Headache and Dyspepsia is quick
and sure. az find Simmons Liver
Regulator a very safe and valuable
family medicine.-Rev. J. NJ. Rollins,
Fairfield. Va.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

PoLLARD's corn show developed the
fact that when rain is plentiful at the
the right season this country can beat
the world on corn. No better exhibit
was ever e anywhere and no coun-
try on earth can produce better. The
show was a grand sight and attracted
a large crowd.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

A. u. BARLEY, of Magic, Pa, writes:
/ feel 1t a duty of mine to inform you
and the public that DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve cured me of a very bad
case of eczema II also cured my boy
of q running sore on his leg. Wool
bridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

Audrain county depends almost en-
tirely upon her agriculture, but she
has rich coal beds, as yet practically
undeveloped. One and one-quarter
miles east of the city G. G. Davis is
now working, in a small way, on a
vein of coal which he considers as
good as there is in the State. 1t runs
about an average of five feet in
depth. He is now taking out 1000 to
1900 bushels a day, and furnishes the
local market only. When he gets
more capital he is going to push the
mine vigorously.
Audrain, contrary probably to gen.
eral belief, is n of the oldest coun-
ties in the State. In the memory of
many of its present citizens the terri
tory that forms it was but the pasture
of the deer and elk, a haunt of the
wolf and bear and a hunting ground
for the aboriginal savage. Very little
is known of this section prior to 1928.
The first settlers came along in 1922.
The most of them were killed and
scalped by the Indians. They were
massacred on the head waters of a
small stream, a point not far distant
from this city. As late as 1887 the
territory which forms Audrain county
was known as the Salt River region.
Up to 1928 there was not a human
habitation within its limits. The first
settlement attempted within the
borders of the county was in 1929 by
one Littleby, an old Englishman. He
built and located a cabin on a stream
which now bears his name, near here.
One day not long thereafter he was
found dead, torn and mutilated, and
the presumption was that the wolves
killed him. In 1880 Joseph Mcdonald
came into the county and settled. In
the same year William Levaugh, Jno.
Barnett and Caleb Williams, Black and
Fiddler Isom, John Kilgore and Rich
ard Willingham followed HIM. Others
followed, but in 1884 there vas not
exceeding 30 families in theantire
limits Of the county and settlements
! were 10 and Is miles apart.
In April, 1886, Richard G. Mans
field and James FL. Smith laid off the
town in the prongs of Davis Fork and
Beaver Dam creeks which they named
Mexico, and at the ensuing session Of
the Legislature that year the county
was organized. 1t was taken from
Boone, Galloway and Monroe ano
named after Audrain, whose family
was among the pioneers and he wal
himself a member of the General AS
sembly at that time.
On February 6, 1887, at the house o
Edward Jennings, of the town of Mex
leo, the County Court met, with james
| Harris, James E. Tendon and FL. /. NJ
Doan Judges.
This morning Judge w. H. Kennar
drove the Republic correspondent on
to the home of the late Ex-Governor
G. Fl. Hardin. 1t is located about TIVE
miles north of the city. 1t is an old
fashioned two-story white fram'
house in the center of a beautiful
lawn, with a great variety of fores
and evergreen trees all about it. Il
Ex-Governor Hardin's viii he re
auested that he be buried near the Oh
garden gate. His request was re
spected. One year ago the remain
were disinterred and carried to Co
lumbia. A little picket fence sur
rounds the spot where his body ono
rested, but the grass and flowers an
weeds have almost obliterated the az
pearance OF a grave.
A man is employed to look after th
old place now. Mrs. Hardin lives wit
Judge KEENAN,, who ID a relative.
J. NJ. n.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

James A. Snyder, of this city, has
accepted a position as travelling sales
man with Grommes & Ullrich, of Chi
cago, dealers in and importers of all
kinds of fine liquors and cigars. This
house was established in 1860 and is
one of the largest In the United States.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

THE Baltimore San says: 1t may
be observed that the unwritten law
against a third term FOR Presidents
if such a law exists-has been applied
hitherto only to the third of three
consecutive terms, and would not APP
ply to Mr.. Cleveland in 1896.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

PUT in concise form, the sole plea of
Senator Sherman is that Garfield went
to the convention to get the nomina-
ton for one mar and came away with
the nomination OF himself.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31
q BABY RECORD.
Fort Deposit. Ala. Breaks 1t Into
Little Bits.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Oct. N.-The
town of Fort Deposit, Lowndes coun-
ty, has broken the record on babies,
three mothers having given birth to
ten children within q week.
Just a week ago Mrs. Lattimer, wife
of a leading merchant, became the
mother of two boys and a girl.
The next day, her neighbor, Mrs.
Hunter, whose husband Is a promi-
nent farmer, followed suit with three
babies.
Mrs. Champion yesterday proved
herself the champion, in fact a. well
as in name, by Gaping the climax
with four children at a birth.
All the babies are wen formed, and
healthy, and the mothers are doing
| well.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

Jno. Field last week finished thresh-
ing the second crop of clover grown by
M. nj. Brown on the place opposite the
Galloway farm, just west of town. Mr..
Field paid s55 for the crop which
threshed out so bushels, which, at the
present price of clover, SO per bushel,
has q market value of s2l0.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31
Vol. XXXVII.
ARRESTED IN
The Engineer Who Had Charge OF
Train No. % at the Time of the
Collision at Martinsburg
Arrested and Brought
to Mexico.

J.E.Julian, the Wabash engineer who
had charge of train No. % at the time
of the terrible accident at Martins
burg Tuesday evening, was arrested
in Moberly next day and brought
to this city.
Constable A. p. johnson went to
Moberly Wednesday and placed Julian
under arrest on q warrant sworn out
by the county authorities, which
charges the engineer with criminal
negligence in failing to see the rear
lights on the train standing at the
Martinsburg depot and stopping his
train in time to prevent the collision.
When seen by a LEDGER reporter
Mr.. Julian refused to say anything
concerning the accident. In appear
ance he is heavy set and has a good
face. He did not cen the least
nervous while the law was read to
him regarding such crimes.
Later in the day a LEDGER reporter
overheard n conversation between
engineer Julian and another railroad
man in which the engineer stated that
he did not see the rear light on No. q
until he was about eight car lengths
from the cabocse. He also said that
the one light which was on the caboose
was not d~iscernable eyen a mile on
and that when he did see it it had the
appearance of a light shining through
smoked glass, looking like a small,
dark, red spot. Julian has been on
his present run for about fourteen
months. From his conversation he
appears to be 4 well educated man.
He is a Mystic Shriner and Knight
Templar.
Owe Harris, of Fulton, who came so
near losing his life in the railroad ae-
cident at Martinsburg on Tuesday
evening, passed through here Thursday
on his way to Fulton. He is pretty
badly cut up about the face, and has
the appearance of having been in a
Yale-Princeton foot ball game. He is
not seriously hurt and will be all right
in about two weeks.
The Moberly Monitor says: Mr..
Daniel Kehoe, who was one OF the
victims of the unfortunate railroad ac-
cident at Martinsburg Tuesday even
ing, was one of our Oldest and most
highly esteemed citizens. He was IS
years of age and had been working
for the Wabash railroad for 80 years,
and came to Moberly in the employ
ment of the company when the shops
were built. Mr.. Kehoe held a policy |
for $4,000 in the A. o. U. W. 1t is
thought that he will be taken to st.
Louis for burial.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

THE Boston Transcript pays an ex-
Confederate veteran the following
tribute: GAS a ~irst-class patriotic
speech-maker, Senator John B. Cor
don of Georgia-formerly a skillful
Confederate general of that state
can thrill the pulse and stir the blood
of the average American to-day
oftener than almost any other dis
tinguished citizen on either side of
Mason and Dixon's line.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

AT this stage of American political
life no man can fairly be considered a
presidential possibility until he has
firmly denied that he is a candidate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

Some OF the professional reformers,
now out of a job, might offer their
services to the Sultan Of Turkey, who
has promised to reform America.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

JOHN BULL is preparing to swallow
Ashanti, but he will not be allowed to
even build a shanty on this continent,
outside the limits of his " territory.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31
La Crosse Lumber Co.
Never Fail to Please.
You Can Believe

The testimonials published in behalf
of Hoods Sarsaparilla. They are
written by honest people, who have
actually found in their own exper-
fence that Hoods Sarsaparilla purifes
-thA hl0od-e~.AA>~~rr-s4sv uucfigsif~
ems the system and absolutely and
permanently cures all diseases caused
by impure blood or deficient blood.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

CUBA's worst enemies i'll the United
States are the political demagogues
who are selfshly trying to play upon
the pablic sympathy for the revoiu-
tionists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

THE top round of the ladder of i'm
pudence would seem to have been
reached when John Sherman u
others of corrupt political bargaining.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

WITH Teller tattying Sherman and
ssLittle Billie" Chandler taffying the
silver men, it is not surprising that
some people don't know "where they
are att
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

If BENZ. Harrison fails to capture
that nomination he may feel disposed
to let the public into afew of his polit-
ical r~ecollections.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

AFTER the Republican Congress has
been in session a few months Demo-
cratic prospects will look much
brighter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

It's a mighty good thing for John
Sherman that some Of the men he
criticises in his book are dead. John
knows who to jump on.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

IT seems that the Duke of MARI
borough was greatly pleased with
Niagara Falls. 1t is therefore as
sumed that they will go on falling just
the same.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

THE suberb o~ratorical powers OF Mt.
Corbett and Mr.. Fitzsimmons are Stiii
wholly unimpaired.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

If the women don't want to vote in
Massachusetts or in other communi-
ties they wont do it, and there's no
use in talking about the matter. 1t
vas the pensive comedian De Wolf
Hopper who aptly described a
woman's wont as ''somethiDg that
dynamite can't make dents in"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

WHAT does Senator Teller mean by
wishing John Sherman were ten years
younger? What would Teller's silver
constituents think of his becoming a
Sherman man?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

MCKINLEY and Harrison cannot
even console with each other over
their waning chances.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

PEOPLE r trading in Mexico
that have not been in the habit OF
coming here. The aso is that
merchants are using printers ink
literally. 1t pays to advertise. If
you don't believe 1t ask the Mexico
merchants, who r beginning to ap-
preciate more and more that the col
umns of the home paper is the best
medium possible to get the peoples
trade,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

THERE are parts of Senator sher-
mans book which should be sent out
as Democratic campaign documents
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

Now that Mr.. Reed has consulted
his friends on the Republican National
Committee, what does he think OF the
outlook?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

John Dahlam, ga miles northwest
of town, to-day brought to the LED
GER office two branches of an apple
tree bearing the second crop this year.
There are four good size apples on
each twig. They are on exhibition at
this office.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

light system, and a good water sup
ply-all the conveniences of a modern
city, in fact. She has one Touring
mill, the William Pollock Milling and
Elevator Company, which has a Ca
pacity of $50 barrels a day and storage
capacity of about $4,000 bushels. The
company pays 90 and 60 cents per
bushel for wheat, and about 20 cents a
bushel for corn. Much of its trade is
local, but it ships -four to Texas,
Louisiana, Georgia and Iowa.
Mexico has an apiary. It's location
is in the northwestern suburbs. Its
proprietor, J. W. Rouse, says that
this has been a good year for honey.
His colonies have yielded this season
about 200 pounds each. MIR. Rouse is
a practical bee nan Several articles
from his pen on bees have appeared
in the columns of the Republic. He
has followed Farmers Institutes
throughout Missouri and addresses
the people at various times on bee
culture.
The Mexico Fire Brick Company
has an important industry here. 1t
was established about eight years ago
by Chicago and New York capitalists,
attracted here by the superior quail
ity of fire clay, which they mine from
a depth Of no feet. The plant has a
daily capacity of %, 900 brick, or about
100 tons. When running to its full
extent, with the various special uses
required of fire clay, the plant en-
ployes from so to 100 men. The
market is throughout the West,
Northwest and eastward through
Illinois, and the product is considered
equal, if not superior, to any in the
West.
Owing to a disastrous fire, imme-
diately followed by a general bust
ness depression, the plant has not
been running to its full capacity dur
ing the past three years, but has i'm
proved the former high standard of
the product, and the company hopes
soon to be doing a larger business
than ever before.
Mexico's Brass Band turned out in
honor of the Republic tourists during
our stay here, and demonstrated that
this city is not lacking in a musical
organization. The band is one of the
largest and best in the State.
Audrain is an oddly shaped county.
1t runs from Is to IS miles in width
and from As to Al in length. 1t has
433, 40 acres. It's total assessed value
of S7,967, $40 is divided in this way:
1890 400 11o. 49, 40 oon
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

Corn buyers at Vandalia are paying
II cents per busheL. Oats at that
point bring 10 to IL cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31

Lime, Plaster, Hair, etc,
La Crosse Lumber Co.