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Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
IN ONE LINE.
Canada has 80 banks.

Canada has 80 banks.
Chicago has 5000 police.
Illinois has 10000 Swedes.
Utah claims anthracite coal.
Utah exports -four to China.
Aluminium drums gain favor.
Germany has 60,O25 distilleries.
There are cast steel pool balls.
Jerusalem has 1876 liquor bars.
There is an electric hair curler.
Uncle Sam has $500, 900 mules.
London has $4,000 women clerks.
Uncle Sam has 6 s,403 post-ofices.
This country has 10000 Chinese.
Brazil railroads stretch $3.50 miles
Buffalo is to have water meters.
England reports fire-proof celluloid
Paper cigars are a German novelty
America contains -, 200. 900 houses
Our Scandinavians number LOO, 900
AnAtlantic liners screw costsS20. 0GO
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
Shea-Threlkeld.

1t is reliably reported that Mr.. Ed.
Shea, oldest son of Capt. d. E. Shea,
of this city, will be married to Miss
Lollie T~hrelkeld, the popular young
daughter of Mr. Clay Threlkeld, OF
C~entralia, in that city on the Goth OF
this month. The young lady is well
known and quite popular in this city.
frer rather Is one or the most popular
hotel proprietors in the State. Mr..
Shea is a thorough young business
man and has been in the employ OF
MI. Threlkeld for several years as
head clerk of the Globe Hotel in that
city. The LEDGER extends congratu-
lations in advance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

The experience of Geo. A. Apgar, of
German Valley, n. j., is well worth
remembering. He vas troubled with
chronic diarrhea and doetored for five
months and was treated by four differ
emit doctors without benefit. He then
began using Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhea Remedy, of which
n small bottle effected a complete
cure. It is for sale by c. A. Buckner,
Jrrurs.t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
Gov. Bob TAYLOR Coming.

The LEDGER is pleased to announce
this afternoon that the only bob
Taylor" Ex-Governor of Tennessee,
has been secured by Prof. A. X. Yam
cey to appear in Mexico on April 10
in his inimitable medley, 'The Fiddle
and the Bow" which win be given at
Hardin College Chapel. 1t will be
the event of many moons. About 1875
seats have already been spoken for.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
HICKS PREDICTS A BLIZZARD.
The Weather Prophet Sees Cold Com
ing That Will BE Fatal to
Man and Beast"

Many people feel disconnected over
Weather Prophet Hicks forecast,
which says that an exceedingly Sc
we're blizzard is pending. Mr.. Hicks
has a number of believers in his sys-
tenn of calculations. The storm per
iod, as he terms it, extends from Feb
ruary 20 to "a. The heaviest disturb
ances will be on the 22d, 23d or Gath,
and, to use his expression. there will
be ga cold wave from the northwest
fatal to mar and beast" AT the United
States Weather Bureau a reporter was
informed that '.long range" predie-
tions were not made there.
In these days of telephone, telegraph,
electricity and steam, people cannot
afford to wait days OF as many hours
for relief. This is our reason for offer
ing You One Minute Cough Cure.
Neither days, nor hours, O even
minutes elapse before relief is afford
ed. Woodbridge g. Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

o. w. o. Hartman, Sheriff of Tyler
county, w. Va, appreciates a good
thing and does not hesitate to say 50.
He was almost Frustrated with a cold
when he procured abottle of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. He says: SIT
gave ME prompt relief. / find it to be
an Invaluable remedy for coughs and
colda." For sale by C.. a. Buckner,
druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
II Is Pluck That Wins,

Now, young gentleman, let me a
moment address you touching your
ucces in life and I hope the very
brevity of my remarks will increase
the chance of making a lodgment in
your minds. Let me beg you in the
outset of your career to dismiss from
your minds all idea of succeeding by
luck. There is no more common
thought among young people than
that foolish one that by-and-by some
thing will turn up by which they will
suddenly achieve fame or fortune.
No, young gentleman, things don't
turn up in this world unless somebody
turns them up. Inertia is one of the
indispensable laws of matter and
things lie fiat where they are until by
some intelligent spirit (for nothing
but spirit makes motion in this world
they are endowed with activity and
life. Do not dream that some good
luck is going to happen to you and
give you fortune. Luck is al ignis
fatuus. You may follow it to your
ruin, but hot to c The great
Napoleon, who believed in his des-
tiny, followed it until he saw his star
go down in blacklist night when the
Old Guard persisted around him and
.asv~tcrtoo~ V~sr"ro-t.9s pound or pruck
is worth q ton of luck.
Young men talk of trusting to the
spur of the occasion. That trust is
vain. Occasions cannot make spurs,
young gentlemen. If you wish to
wear spurs you must win them. If
you expect to use them you must
buckle them to your own heels before
you go into the fight. Any success
-You-may achieve is not worth the
having unless you fight for it. What
ever you win in life you must conquer
by your own effort and thenit is yours
"a part of yourself.-James A. Gar
field.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jno.
ID. Orear, Of this city, attorney for
the Kelley estate, one of the largest
in the State of New Jersey, left last
night for Sussex County, that State,
where he win be absent about two
weeks OH legal business pertaining to
the final settlement OF this estate, in
which there Is litigation now pending
in the Court Of Chancery there.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Ex-Governor David r. Francis left
St Louis Monday to take part as
special commissioner in the counting
and weighing of gold at the United
States Mint at Philadelphia. He ex-
poets to be engaged at Philadelphia
about four or FIVE days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Mrs. Emily Thorne, who resides at
Toledo, Washington, says she has
er been able to procure any medicine
for rheumatism that relieves the pain
so quickly and effectually as Chamber
lain's Pain Balm and that she has also
used it for lame back with great sue
cess For sale by @. A. Buckner,
drappist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Mrs. Adam Rodemyre, wife of the
editor of the Centralia Guard, came
near being burned to death last week.
Her dress caught fire from some ashes
she was removing from a heating
stove. She was severely but not
dangerously burned.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
He Located at Mexico.

From the Salina Kan } journal Republican.
b. A. Litowich has concluded to re-
tire from the firm of Litowieh & VOL
%siefer, which has for many years been
n OF the most prosperous and prom
inent business houses in the city. Mr.,
Litowich has not yetdecided definitely
where he will locate: but will go east,
connection with the business here
will be severed April 1st- Mr.. Ito
witch viii be much missed in this CITY
and county, with whose interests he has
been actively identified for SO many
years. He has established a valued
for honorable dealing, and
his long residence here has
made many friendships which will be
1t will be the n wish
of his many friends that wherever he
locates his life may be long, prosperous
and happy.
Thn-n ara aaYro~o -. =
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Heinze and Kaiser, the ST. Louis
men condemned to die on the galiows
February p. will be forced 10 meet
their fate, as the Governor refuses to
interfere.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

st. GATHERINGS Guild, of st. Paul's
Church, elected the following officers
at last meeting: Mesdames A. NJ. Pat
terson, President; X. II. Allen, Vice
President; DR.. Crawford, Secretary;
Daisy Maths, Treasurer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

We wish to state to our patrons that
One Minute Coagh Cure is a safe and
reliable remedy for children troubled
with Group, colds, hoarseness and lung
troubles. 1t is pleasant to take and
quickly cures. Woodbridge & Me-
Arthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

a gentleman of this county who has
excellent judgment remarked to us
the other day that he knew of no pill,
so good for constipation, dyspepsia
and liver complaint as De Wits Lit
tie Early Risers. Woodbridge & Nc
Arthnn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Attributable TO the failure of W. B.
Storts, of Slater, Mo-, the racing firm
of Dyer Il Storts win be dissolved, a
one-half interest in Clear Grit, 2:194,
Halle Harris, 2:23i4, and Joe Mark,
2:2854, VIII be sold at a forced sale
within the next sixty days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Charlie j. Johnson, late of Shenan-
doah, Iowa, is here on a flying visit to
friends. Mr.. johnson viii locate per-
manently in this State and it is said viii
soon take unto himself q s'better half -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
FACTS R KNOWING.

During the last So years more than
100 varieties of postal cards have been
issued.
A Paris newspaper is organizing a
competition of self-moving wagons,
to take place on June /.
The name of a steamer hailing from
Honolulu is Likelike- pronounced
''leaky leaky."
Analysis proves that white corn has
about / per cent more muscle-forming
element than yellow.
A cornstalk 171s feet in height is the
boast of the Mahaska County, Iowa,
Agricultural Society.
Pilot balloons provided with self
registering apparatus has been sent to
a heighth of $4,000 feet.
A farmer of Newton, Me-, has sued
the School Board for the water used
from his well during the last is years.
The power of hereulite, a new ex-
p~losive, is almost beyond belief. A
half pound of it will move 30 tons of
stone.
To prevent wrinkles the ladies of
the Court of Catherine de Medici wore
a forehead cloth tightly bound on their
heads.
An insurance authority states that
prohibitionist policy holders average
from four to five years longer life than
any other class.
Ebenezer Long, of Maniona, Fla. WA
born perfectly black some "a years
ago. He is now as white as any white
man in the country.
China exports $3.50, 600 worth of hui
man hair every year. 1t comes mostly
from the heads of criminals, paupers
and dead people.
A lady in Columbus, Mo, has brought
suit against her husband rs county
treasurer to have the taxation on some
of her property reduced.
To prevent the evaporation of water
in fire pals it has been discovered that
fifteen or twenty drops of oil will form
a coating sufficient to obviate the diff
ficulty.
A curious fact in the history of pins
is that when they were first sold there
was such a demand for them that {
code was passed, permitting their sale
only on two days in the year.
A school teacher near Milton, Ore
gon, held up the big boys of his schoo
with a revolver while he punished al
unruly pupil the other day. The cul
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Miss Maude Brown, of Vandalia,
Mo-, who has been spending a part Of
the winter with the family of DR.. C,
C. Gentry, and taking music in this
city, returned home TODAY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
For Rent

/ will rent my farm, situated one
quarter OF a mile south OF Hardin Col
Iege. Farm contains 100 acres, one
good dwelling with all the needed out
buildings and one tenant house. VIII
rent TO one or tE-S tenants.
d&wtf W. s. HATHAWAY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Ben .. Litowich, late of Salina, Kan,
has rented the Col. Thomas building
on the south side of the square and
about march, will open a big stock of
dry goods, boots, shoes, etc. Mr..
Litowich, In company with W. H.
Coons, made the LEDGER a pleasant
call to-day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

1t is not a miracle. 1t won't cure
everything, but it will cure piles.
That's what De Wits Witch Hazel
Salve win do, because it has done it in
hundreds of cases. Woodbridge &Mc-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured
j. G.. GorreIl of the worst case of
eczema ever known in the State of
Indiana. 1t cures scalds, burns, in
dolent sores and never fails to cure
piles. Woodbridge & Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Mrs. $. L. Davis, Mrs. Arthur Paul
and little daughter, Bessie, after q
pleasant visit with Mr.. and Mrs. r. J,
Holt, have departed for their new
home in Jonesborough, Arkansas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Sheriff Stephens took Chas. Bose
Cunningham over to jefferson City
Thursday to place him in the Pen
itentiary. A multitude of colored ST.
rens saw the adnndY', off.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

e. &. Graham, of Maryville, Mo-,
who wrote such a complimentary COM
nunieation to his home paper con
corning Hardin College recently, and
which was copied in the LEDGER, is
here on n visit to his daughter at Har-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

The will of the late Mrs. E. A. Shoot
man will be found in to-day'sL LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

New telegraph boards and operating
tables have been put in the Office of
the depot and operator Catterton
wears a proud expression on his face.
A new depot would make us all smile.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Four hundred and thirteen different
species of trees grow in the various
States and Territories, and of this
number sixteen. when perfectly sea-
soned, will sink in water. These
woods of high specie gravity grow
mostly in the arid regions of New
Mexico, Arizona and Nevada.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

s. b. Cook and wife are home from
st. Louis. Mrs. Cook has been visit
ing there several weeks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Headache is the direct result of in
digestion and stomach disorders.
Remedy these by using De Wits Lit
tie Early Risers, and your headache
disappears. The Favorite little pills
everywhere. Woodbridge & Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Miss Sulie Griggs left to-day for st.
Louis, where she will trim for four
weeks preparatory for another eason
with Miss Rosamond. Mrs. Northern
will again have charge of this business,
filling orders promptly and sending
any special orders to Miss Griggs to be
filled per the fatest designs. wnen
Miss Rosamond and Miss Griggs re-
turn in March they propose to show
the prettiest, finest and most stylish
hats they have ever yet shown to the
ladies of Mexico. wit dit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Germany, with 211, 600 square miles,
is about the combined size of Nevada
and Colorado.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Mr.. VIM. Harper has received word
that his brother, John Harper, is much
better. Mr.. Harper was very danger
ouslY sick for several DAYS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

DIR. j. r. Fritts is home from Car
lyle, KY, where he attended the bed
side of his aged mother during her
last illness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Promptness is a commendable vir-
tue. That's why we offer you One
Minute Cough Cure. 1t is prompt in
relief and prompt in curing. That is
what II In made for. Woodbridge s.
Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

French Africa comprises a territory
of nearly 3,000,0 900 miles, about the
size of the United Statse.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Mrs. NJ. r. Wise is home from Kinks
vile, Mo-, where she has been visiting
several weeks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

The Galbreath sisters, of Worcester,
Audrain County, have made an as
signment to DR.. Cornett. The liabil-
tiles are small.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Miss Mae Coatsworth is visiting in
Thicaan-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Five Missouri murderers are con-
demued to hang on March 2Ist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Mrs. Martha johnson Is home from
Moberly, Mo-, where she visited her
daughter, Mrs. Roy Donaldson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Aiva Ringo has been elected to teach
the summer school in the Bolts School
District. He is well qualified for
! teaching.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

The Molucca Islands have a COM
bined r of $4,000 square miles, a
little more than Ohio.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Don't neglect that cough; it leads to
consumption. One Minute Cough
Cure possesses a double virtue. 1t
cures and cures quickly. Woodbridge
& Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Mrs. r. S. Steele now has spring
chickens a week old. The Montgom-
cry City Standards chicken hero is not
sin it."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Miss Julia Davault, of ~Jonesburg, /.
the guest of Miss Minnie Bast.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Miss Celia Norris is home from a
visit to her sister in Rush Hill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
Tramps Take The Town.
A MIDNIGHT RAID AT VANDALIA
BY A GANG OF "HOBos' WITH
FRUITFUL RESULTS.
N. T. Vandegrift and v. L, Beshears
Robbed and Bound Hand and Foot
Several Stores Broken Into
Reward Offered.

Seven or eight tramps took complete
charge of our neighboring city of Van
d~aliaFrids.y night about midnight. First
breaking into hardware store, they
each procured two revolyers apiece
and cartridges a plenty and started
out ON an excursion of terror. They
broke INFO several stores, procuring
cash and goods, andthen held up e V
eral people on the street. The stores
and names of all of the robbed parties
our informants did not know. Vernie
L. Beshears, a druggist, who was to
leave on An early morning train, start
ed down to his store about 1 O'Clock to
wait until train time. On the way
he vas suddenly overpowered by a
bunch of men and bound, it is said,
while the thieves ransacked his
clothes, obtaining about SIPS and a
valuable diamond pin. They then went
through his drug store. While the
rogues were binding him, he remon-
strated with them about tieing his
hands so tight when one of them,
whom Mrs. b. had given his supper,
struck Beshears in the mouth with his
fist. This morning none of the parties
implicated had been captured. Hur-
rah for Vandalia's night police.
AHIGH-HANDED PROCEEDING.
Special Dispatch to the Ledger.
VANDALIA, Mo-, Feb. 16.-During the
late bitter cold weather there has
been dumped at this place an unusu-
ally large number of tramps. The City
Marshal took the matter in hand and
housed some of them in the holdover.
Last night from about IL to / o'clock
the front door of Read & Coons' hard
ware store was pried open and ten
re%yoivers and cartridges, a dozen or
more pocket knives and some razors
were stolen. Later the front door of
Utterback & Sons clothing house was
forced in. Mr.. j.. E. Elzea, a lunch
stand keeper, passed along by the lat
ter store ON his way home, and was
held up and marched into it's dark
walls, tied, and feeced of his pocket
change, about 50. Then M 7. Vande-
grift, a painter of Mexico, and V. L.
Beshears, a druggist, passed that way
and were halted and marched into the
store, tied and relieved of their cash,
the former of $40 and the latter Of S120
in money and a handsome diamond
shirt stud. The three victims were
left standing, tied and bound, while
the doors were closed and the maraud-
ers disappeared in the nights dark
ness with their ILL gotten gains. Utter
back & Sons loss is light. Further
details are not now obtainable. No clew
to the thieves. A reward of S125 is
offered for their arrest.
IT, IL "a H. -. 81
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

Miss Bauer, of st. Louis, is the guest
of Mrs. s. /. Rucknar. --s.n----.-a.-rs-a~--r
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

We understand that Mrs. E. i
Shoofr1au,s viii will be contested.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
The Mardi Gras Excursions.

Inc InarQl GfaS EXCURSIONS.
For the Mardi Gras celebrations at
New Orleans and Mobile on February
26, 1895, the Chicago & Alton and Wa
bash railroads win sell tickets to New
Orleans and return at $25, and to
Mobile and return at S22.15. Tickets
will be sold February 18th TO oath, and
will be good for return passage until
March goth. E. S. WILSON,
d&W "a Tk't. Agt.
A Des Moines woman who has been
troubled with frequent colds, conclud-
ed to try an old remedy in a new way,
and accordingly took Il tablespoonful
-four times the usual dose) of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy just before
going to bed. The next morning she
found that her cold had almost entire
ly disappeared. During the day she
took a few doses of the remedy Zone
teaspoonful at a time) and at night
again took a tablespoonfulbefore going
to bed, ard on the following morning
awoke free from all symptoms of the
cold. Since then she has, on several
occasions, used this remedy in like
manner, with the same good results,
and is much elated over her discovery
Of so quick a way of curing a cold.
For a by G.. A. Buckner, druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
FIRsT ANNUAL sTATEAIENT
'armers' Mutual Fire and lightning
- a. e. HEnx.an No

Cash in bank 724 30
While our policy holders paid us 81
774.73 they would have paid a stock
company 81, 957 II for the same amount
of insurance. This represents a saw
ing of 81, 1s2. 9s, besides they have their
interest in the $724.S5 cash on hand.
The two amounts added will represent
a total saving of s1,906.s SO for the four
teen months ending January 8, 1895.
w. H. KEENAN,, President.
w. L. FowLEs, Secretary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21
Mexican
Mustang


ECf
Burns,
Caked s. Inflamed Udders.
Piles,
Rheumatic Pains,
Bruises and Strains,
Running Sores,
I~nflammations,
Stiff joints,
Harness s Saddle Sores,
Sciatica,
Lumbago,
Scalds,
Blisters,
Insect Bites,
All Cattle Ailments,
ALI Horse Ailments,
ALI Sheep Ailments,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

There are several counties in the
great Western States considerably
larger than Massachusetts,.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-21

A school teacher near Milton, Ore
gon, held up the big boys of his school
with a revolver while he punished an
unruly pupil the other day. The cul-
prit's chums were attempting a rescue.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-26
WHO WAS SCH0MBURGK7
Tho Man Who Drew the Line Between
Venezuela and Guiana.

An interesting fact In connection with
the famous Schomburgk line, which has
escaped observation, Is that the man who
provided the British government with that
boundary came to this country from Ger
many whom he was 22 years old, and after
working for some time as a clerk In Bos-
ton and Philadelphia became partner in
a Richmond tobacco mandatory In 1928.
The factory was burned, and Schom-
burgk drifted to the West indies where,
after unsuccessful ventures, his botanical
work attracted the attention of tho Lon.
don Geographical society, and he secured
means TO explore the unknown region Of
tho Orinoco. He remained there from
1888 TO 1889 and discovered the Victoria
Regia lily and many other plants, This
work led tho British government to COM
mission him to suggest boundary be-
tween Venezuela and Guiana, and To mo ke
further explorations.
The line was drawn, and he was knight
ed by the queen for his services. Sohom-
burgk, until his death, In 1865, continued
In tho British consular service but devoted
himself chiefly 60 geographical studies,
being member Of tho principal American
and European learned societies. New
York sun,