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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13
COL. GREEN CLAY'S AND THE
LEDGER'S OPINIONS.

Governor w. j. Stone has appoint
ed John d. Orear prosecuting attor-
ney of Audrain County to fill out the
unexpired term of J. q. Trimble, re-
signed. Quite a number of Democrats
are now expressing their surprise that
Mr.. Orear was appointed over Mr.. r.
d. Rodgers, the Democratic nominee
for this office. The Democrats of Au-
drain should express no surprise at
the result. The methods of Governor
Stone and his machine are well known
to the rank and file of the party. Any
Democrat who thought at all about
the matter knew that il every man,
woman and child in Audrain County
endorsed r. ID. Rodgers, and that
"Governor" Cook, Of Audrain, en-
dorsed Mr.. Orear, that Mr.. Orear
would receive the appointment.
Knowing these things, the Democrats
of the county, whenever they meet in
convention for any purpose, always
either open or close with an endorse
ment of Governor Stone and "Gover-
nor" Cook. The people in this way
sanction bossism. They must enjoy
it. They should not kick. Mr.. Rod
gers, the Democratic nominee for
Prosecuting Attorney, was practically
the unanimous choice of the members
of his party for the appointment. Mr..
John d. Orear, who is a clever young
man, will enter upon the duties Of his
Office at once and will serve the peo-
pie of the county in an honest and
conscientious manner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13
IN THE GARB OF EVE.
A Woman Leaps From a Hotel Win
dow at Moberly and Startles
the Citizens.

MoBERLY, MO-, Aug. 11.-At5o o'clock
this morning a man and woman, both
young, registered at the Arlington
Hotel in this city as MIlt Morris and
wife and were assigned to a room.
About 10 O'Clock several spectators
we're Mortified to see a human form,
as stark naked as Eve ever was
tumbling from a window in the second
story of the hotel. 1t was that of the
woman who had registered as Mrs.
Morris. In falling she struck on a
wooden cornice, carrying some eight
feet of it to the granitoid pavement
below. On being taken to her room
1t was discovered that one of her legs
broken near the thigh. The man
calling himself Milt Morris, but who
now is known as a man we'll known
about town, and well connected, made
his escape. The woman at FIRST said
she had been thrown or pushed from
the window, but now says the man
drew a pistol on her and that she
jumped to ave her life. Her name is
Jennie Burkey. She lives some four
miles from Madison, Monroe county,
and is of a good family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13
SMALL TORNADO AT VANDALIA
The Southern Part of the Town Visit
ed by a Miniature Twister Sun
day Afternoon Several
Buildings Wrecked.

During a light rainstorm at Van
dalia about / O'Clock Sunday after
noon a small tornado swept through a
portion of the southern part of the
city, blowing down trees, barns and
outhouses, and also completely de-
molishing the new African Methodist
Church in the our of erection.
The storm came up like a flash and
was gone in an instant. The heat
during the morning had been very
excessive, and the atmosphere had a
hazy, peculiar appearance. Shortly
after noon a few clouds gathered in
the southwest and by 1 O'Clock quite
a bank of duIl-gray rainclouds hover
ed over the town and let fall a copious
shower.
1t was during this little shower that
the tornado came up. The first indi-
cation that any one had of the force
of the wind was the fact that the
trees were bent to the ground. The
storm only lasted a few seconds and
the damage done was not very great.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13
A Good Man at Rest.

Joseph w. Deering, better known
as Father Deering, fell asleep in Jesus
at 1905 Monday morning. Some weeks
since he went to Wellsyille to visit
his daughter, Mrs. Stemmons.
While there, on Thursday at 8 p. M,
he fell from his chair overpowered by
the intense heat and never rallied.
He seemed to be somewhat paraIyzed,
as he was unable to utter but few
words that could be understood.
He was born In Virginia April %,
1907. He came to Missouri at an
early age and has been always re-
garded as an humble man of God
industrious and thoroughly honora-
bic. "None know him but to love
him, none named him but to praise"
He leaves, of a family of 8 children,
four daughters--Mrs. Stemmons, Mrs.
Price and Mrs. squires, of this city,
and Mrs. Rosenbury, of Kansas City.
wife, who has been dead for a
number of years, is buried in our
cemetery. He was be laid by her
side.
The old soldier has "laid his armor
and his name is entered upon
the roster of the Lambs Book of Life.
A BROTHER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13
The Eclipse of the Sun.

ST. PETERSBURG, August 10.-The
observation of the SUMS total eclipse,
visible in Northern Europe, Northern
Asia and Japan, has proved a failure,
both at Vadso, on the west coast of
Nova Zembia, and at st. Petersburg,
owing to the clouds.
YOKOHAMA, August .10.-Tbe SUMS
eclipse was clearly visible here and
at Toxic. Northward, however, in
which direction the astronomers pro-
ceeded, the sky was cloudy and OBJ
servations were impossible.
BoDoE, Norway, August 10.-The
weather was clear and fine and the
eclipse of the u was well observed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13
TRUSTEES SALE,

WHEREAS, Maggie B. Garrett and
her husband, w. III. Garrett, by their
certain deed of trust, dated December
4, 1895, and recorded in the Recorders
office OF Audrain County, Missouri, in
deed of trust book No. 10, for trusts,
at page As, conveyed to B. G. johnson,
trustee, the following described real
estate situated in Audrain County,
Missouri, viz: Sixty-two and one-half
feet, the south half of lot twenty eve
cd of Mrs. sparks Southern Addi-
ton to the town of Mexico, Missouri,
which said conveyance was In trust to
secure the payment of the promis-
sorry note in said deed described; and,
whereas, the said note described In
said deed of trust remains due and
unpaid; now, therefore, at the request
OF the legal holder of said note and by
authority OF the provisions of the said
deed OF trust aforesaid, | will, on
Saturday, the 18th Day of August.
A. D., 1896,
at the east front door of the Court
House, in Mexico, Andrain County,
Missouri, between the hours of nine
O'Clock in the forenoon and 8 O'Clock
in the afternoon of said day, cell the
above described real estate at public
vendue, to the highest bidder, for
cash, to satisfy said debt and the
expenses Of executing said trust.
b. O. JOHNSON,
H-tds. Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13

Now comes s. 8. Craig, Administra-
tor of Jackson Jamison, deceased, and
presents to the Court his petition,
praying for an order for the sale of so
much of the real estate of said deceas-
ed as will pay and satisfy the remain
ing debts due by said estate and yet
unpaid for want of sufficient assets,
accompanied by the accounts, lists
and inventories required by law in
such case; o. examination whereof it
is ordered that all persons interested
in the estate of said deceased be noti-
fled that application as aforesaid has
been made, and unless the contrary be
shown on or before the first day of the
next term of this Court, to be held on
the second Monday in September,
1895, an order will be made for the
sale of the whole, or SO much of the
real estate of said deceased as will be
sufficient for the payment of said
debts; and it Ia further ordered that
this notice be published in some news
paper in this State for four weeks be-
fore the next term of this Court and
that the heirs residing In Audrain
County be notified hereof ten days
before the next term OF this court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13

No. 150-335 acres, well improved
prairie farm and well fenced; 115 acres
] n cultivation, $50 acres in pasture, 20
acres in meadow. Two-story frame
dwelling, IL rooms, 2 halls. Frame
barn, 40x36 feet. All necessary out
buildings, in good repair. Plenty of
living wells, also ponds. 100 apple
trees, also other fruit. Two miles from
Benton City, Mo-, 4 miles o Mexi-
CO. This is a valuable farm. Price,
$4,000.
No. 1870 acres, good prairie land,
well improved, in good, productive
condition; SO acres in cultivation, so
acres in grass. One-story, six room
house, new. Barn and other buildings.
Plank and wire fence. Good ponds
and cisterns. Good young orchard. 4
miles from Mexico, Mo. Price, $40
per acre.
No. 1870 acres, all prairie; $50
acres in cultivation, 120 acres in grass.
Two-story, eight room house. Fair
barn, good out buildings. Post and
wire fence. Good ponds and cisterns.
7 miles from railroad station, 2 miles
from Post office. This is n good grain
farm, land in good productive con-
dition. Price, $50 per acre.
No. 160-S0 acres, under fence. 8
room dwelling. Barn and other out
buildings. All in grass. All susceptible
of cultivation. Good ~cisterns and
ponds. Fair orchard. ~ miles from
railroad station, s miles from Mexico,
Mo. Price, $50 per acre.
No. 102-150 acres, all under fence,
consisting of rail and wire; 20 acres in
cultivation, 20 acres in meadow and
blue grass, 10 acres in timber. One
and half-story dwelling. Good cellar.
Barn, 30x30 feet; good shed; two corn
cribs Watered by creek, ponds and
cisterns. Good orchard, SO bearing
trees. Two miles from railroad sta
ton, convenient to church and school,
5 miles from Mexico. Price, $22.50.
No. 10000 acres, all fenced and
well improved; good 6 room dwelling,
good barn and all other buildings;
good orchard, good ponds and wells;
100 acres in cultivation, 60 acres in
meadow and blue grass and 40 acres
in woodland pasture. Located 9 miles
from Mexico, Mo. This is a good
stock and grain farm. Price, $50 per
acre.
No. 72-12o acres prairie land, all I'M
der fence; 100 acres in cultivation and
balance in grass; all fresh land; one
and one-haIf story Groom dwelling,
barn and other outbuildings, post and
wire fence, welis,. ponds and one
spring. Seven miles to railroad sta
ton. Price, $50 per acre.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13

crop failure and no one sold corn at
any price only under forced eondi-
tions. But several of the audience
were buyers on the market at that
time and hence didn't care to applaud
very heartily just then. l have for
gotten what he said about the Argen-
tine Republic, but I know he did not
tell his audience that Argentine was
under the complete control of the
Barring Bros, of London, and that its
people undertook to do business on
the liabilities Of the Earrings, repre-
sented by a heavy floating debt of
corporation notes and under English
corporation control were prevented
from keeping a sufficient stock of sill
yer and gold to maintain a stable gov
ernment-just where we will land if
we remain Indifferent to the English
system of finance that is being surely
fastened upon US.
He didn't tell us that the Republi-
can platform does open violence to all
traditions and platforms of that party
in the past; that they have committed
sacrilege against the memory of their
fallen heroes-Lincoln, Blaine, Gar
field, Logan and hundreds of others
who maintained that silver and gold
should have equal privileges before
the law. He talked of working men
having to pay just twice as much for
the necessaries of life, but didn't take
notice of the fact that if wheat, corn,
cotton, oats, hay and other articles
doubled in price that the farmer would
begin to prosper and with his prosper
ity the wheels of commerce would be-
gin to roll, tramps disappear, conf
dence become restored and a business
revival bring prosperity to all.
l have written this to show what
kinds of men and measures are being
used to foster upon a doubly distress
ed people the doctrines and policies of
aggregated wealth, and to show to
what lengths partisanism will lead
some people. Many who heard this
man make his third political speech
did not seem to be aware of the fact
that he made a greater effort to cover
up the truth of one side than he did to
expound the other. Men and BROTH
ers, to the front! Meet the subtle foe
at every turn. This is only a begin
ming. Be ever ready to do a patriots
part. Mammop, with her mighty
cordons, is ascending the throne. Let
instantaneous action and a bloodless
revolution save us and our children
greater horrors. j. n. CROSS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13

No. 95.-160 acres, all under fence;
105 acres in cultivation, 55 acres in
meadow and blue grass; all prairie
land in good state of cultivation; one
and a half story frame dwelling, 8
rooms; new barn, 26x30 feet, cattle
shed 16x112 feet; other outbuildings;
2 good ponds with hydrant and els
terms; good orchard, SO bearing trees.
Nine miles from Mexico, 2 miles to
Postoffice. Price, $50 per acre.
No. 98.-132 acres, all under good
fence; 100 acres in meadow and blue
grass, 80 acres under pillow, IS acres
in timber PASTURE; n and a half
story dwelling, 8 rooms; barn new,
smoke house, granary and hen house;
watered by creek, ponds and wells;
nice orchard. Twelve miles from
Mexico, "A mile to Postoffice. Price,
$25 per acre.
No. 126.-515 acres; well improved
prairie farm; all under good rail, post
and wire fence; good two story dwell
ing, 10 rooms; large barn and all
buildings necessary, and all in good
condition; good orchard; plenty of
ponds and wells; 800 acres i'll cultiva-
ton, balance in meadow and blue.
grass pasture. This is an elegant
farm and very productive land. Lo-
Gated 6 miles from Benton City, Mo-,
| an tho NVahoch u u Thso earn, nnr
be divided into several small farms.
! Very cheap at $50 per acres.
No. 66.-420 acres, all under fence;
200 in cultivation, balance in meadow
and blue grass pasture; improvements
good; consisting of two story frameres-
idence, 8 rooms and hall; two barns
and all other necessary ou%tbuildings;
two wells and several ponds; good
orchard with good variety of fruit.
Located 4 miles south of Benton City,
Audrain County, Mo-, a town on the
Wabash r. r. Price, $26 per acre;
terms easy.
No. 1OO-2sO acres, all under fence;
4 room dwelling, barn and other out
buildings, rail, post and wire fence;
land all productive; 200 acres in
meadow and blue grass, 40 acres under
pillow, 40 acres timber pasture. This
is a nice farm, being located 4 miles
from Mexico, Mo. Can be divided
into two or more small farms. Price,
$35 per acre.
No. 77-1s0 acres, all under fence;
good 5 room dwelling, good barn and
all necessary outbuildings; 40 acres
in cultivation, so acres in meadow,
balance in blue grass pasture; good
orchard; located 3 miles from Mex
leo, Mo. Price, $50 per acre.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13
Fr Further Information a m or Address
HOPKINS Sc
Real Estate and Loan Brokers, AbstraCters and Insurance Agents,
MEXICO, AUDRAIN COUNTY, MISSOURI

be tine strongest candidate they could
nominate. The belief is widespread
that he would draw rather heavily in
some quarters from the Confederate
element of the regular Democracy and
would unquestionabiy poll the full
strength of the new party.
]. Med. TrimbIe, of Kansas City, is
also prominently mentioned for the
head of the ticket, but the fact that he
is a corporation lawyer may be used
against him with good effect, when the
convention meets, and calmly con-
siders the situation from the stand
point of practical politics.
1t is definitely settled that all the
candidates that the new party will
put in the field in Missouri will be
nominated by the st. Louis conven-
ton. This includes congressional
nominees as well as Judges of the
Eastern and Western Judicial Dis
tricts. 1t is true that the proceedings
will be irregular, but not Illegal, as is
liable to be thought by some. The
general election law of Missouri ad-
mits the nomination for any office by
petition, the only restriction in this
regard being that the petition shall
contain the anne of 1000 qualified
voters of the State. 1t is thought en-
tirely probable that no trouble will be
experienced in getting this number Of
signatures to such a petition, and the
one list of names will serve for al
the nominations to be made by the
State Convention August &c.
Another interesting question over
which the leaders of the new move
ment, as well as i~nnumerable regular
Democrats, are considerably concern
ed, is as to how many of those who
attended the conference of sound
money Democrats held in st. Louis
last February, at the call of some of
those now actively pushing the third
party, will present themselves at the
forthcoming State Convention as del
egates. Something less than 300 sign
ed their names to a protest, formulated
by the February conference, against
the party being committed to the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at 16
to /. Colonel w. o. l.. Jewett, of
Shelbina, who was secretary of the
conference, was In st. Louis yester-
day, and openly deprecated the third
party movement.
81 fought against committing the
party to 16 to 1 free coinage as hard as
said Colonel Jewett to a
Republic representative, ''but when
the law was laid down to me at Chica-
go / surrendered. regret very much
that some of the men with whom /
was associated in the effort to keep
the party from Is to 1 should now be
wandering off after false gods. I told
one of them the other day that sound
money Democrats should do one of
three things this ~year-vote for Bryan
or Mckinley or go fishing on election
day. Idon't believe many of those in
my section of the State who partiei-
pated in the February conference will
attend the State convention August
26, or vote the ticket nominated by it"
A few light colored shirt waists at
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13
SOUND MONEY DEMOCRATS.
The Programme Will Embrace Full
State, Congressional and Electoral
Tickets for Missouri.
From the st. Louis Republic.

From the st. Louis Republic.
The programme of Missouri sound
money Democrats involves not only
the nomination of the candidates in
those congressional districts where it
is thought the most harm can be done
to the regular Democratic nominee,
the nomination of a full State ticket
and a complete list of presidential
electors, but also a bolt bodily to Nc
Kinley and Filley, if by Injunction or
otherwise they r prevented from
giving to their ticket the caption as
sumed by the national organization, of
which they r a part-the "National
Democratic party"
When they nominate their ticket in
st. Louis August 26, at which time
they will also elect delegates to the
Indianapolis convention, they will ask
the Secretary of State to give it the
caption, "National Democratic Tick
et." If Captain Lesueur is restrained
from doing this by injunction proceed
ings, as proposed by several infuen-
tial members of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, they will not con-
test the case in the court, but will SIM
ply issue a circular to their followers
earnestly advising them to vote for
Mckinley and Hobart, the State ticket
from top to bottom, which was nomi-
mated by Boss Filley at Springfield in
July and the Republican candidates
for Congress.
Their support of the Republican
State ticket will, of course, be in a
large measure retaliatory, though in
voting for Republican national nomi-
nees they will be acting consistently
with their purpose, the main feature
of which is to prevent the opening of
the mints to the free coinage of silver.
The matter of the personnel of their
State ticket is not bothering the lead
ers of the new party at present. What
they are most interested In is to get
the machinery of their organization
well ordered and equipped, and after
this important detail is accomplished,
they will turn their attention to the
makeup of the ticket.
AS previously stated by the Repub-
lie, General 10 Shelby, the grizzled old
x-Confederate cavalryman, who Is
now United States Marshal of the
Western District of Missouri, can have
the nomination for Governor If he
wants it, and in view of the fact that
the doughty old warrior has kicked
clean out OF the traces, it is suspected
that his Discrimination TO serve the
new cause which he has espoused with
all the ardor of his impetuous nature
Is not so very strong as to lead him to
n fat and irrevoeable d~eciination if
the nomination should be rendered
him with proper eelat. III he were to
accept it, the general opinion is that
ne would cut about the most pictures
que figure in the politics of the year.
IN manyrespectshe would it is thought,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13
You and Your Grandfather

Are removed from each other by a
span Of many years. He Travelled In
a slow gong stage coach while you
take the lightning express or the cleo
trio car. When he was sick he was
treated by old fashioned methods and
given old fashioned medicines, but
you demand modern ideas in medi-
cine as well as in everything else.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the medicine of
to-day. 1t is prepared by modern
methods and to its preparation are
brought the skill and knowledge of
modern science. Hoods Sarsaparilla
acts promptly upon the blood and by
making pure, rich blood it cures dis
ease and establishes good health.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13
Joseph w. bearings Funeral.

The funeral of Joseph Wesley Dear
ing, who died in Wellsville at the
home of his daughter at 1905 Monday
morning, was held at the Christian
church in Mexico at $3.50 Tuesday
morning.
The church was well filed with
friends of the deceased and the SER
vices were very impressive, being
carried out according to the wishes of
the deceased by Rev. John s. Shouse.
The pail bearers were ]. D.. Morris,
P. w. Harding, w. w. Settle, W. B.
McIntire, s. w. Buckley and b. L.
locke.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-08-13

No. 1880 acres well improved
prairie land, all fenced with hedge
and plank; one and half story frame
dwelling with 5 rooms, barn 4ox15
feet with other outbuildings; 216 miles
from Benton City, Mo. Price, $25 per
acre.
No. 110-160 acres, all under fence;
10 acres IN cultivation, 80 acres in
grass, 20 acres timber pasture, two
residences-one on each 80-consist-
ing of one and half story frame with
5 rooms, and one and half story 3
rooms, with barn and outbuildings on
each piece; 6 miles from C~entralia,
Mo-, on Wabash and Chicago & Alton
railroads. Price, 1921 80. Cheap farm.
No. 1922 acres, all under fence;
nearly all in blue grass and meadow;
so acres under pillow, go of tim
Der. Two-story 10 room dwelling two
porches and cellar. Large barns, ice
house and several other buildings.
Watered by creek, ponds and wells.
Two good orchards. Seven miles from
Benton City, Audrain County, Mo.
Post Office on corner of farm. This is
a very valuable stock and grain farm.
Price, $4,000.
No. 120-128 acres prairie land well
fenced. Nice 4 room house, barn and
other outbuildings. 8acres in timber.
All prairie land in grass and under
cultivation. 3 miles from post office
and country store and IA miles from
Mexico, Mo. This is a nice small farm.
Price, $25.
No. 1870 acres well improved
prairie land, all under fence. One and
half story frame dwelling, 6 rooms;
barn, Two graneries and all other nee
essary outbuildings. 100 acres in blue
grass and timothy, 60 acres under
pillow; 2 ponds, 3 wells, good orchard
with variety of fruit. q mile from
railroad station and 4 miles west of
Mexico, Mo. Price, $3.50 per acre.
No. 13s-246 acres, all under fence.
l2O acres 1 cultivation, 46 acres in
meadow, 80 acres in timber pasture.
Two-story frame dwelling, Z rooms,
hall and closets; good barn, smoke
house and other outbuildings. Water
ed by ponds and creek. 1 mile to
post Office and IL miles from Mexico.
Convenient to school and church.
Price, 1915 per acre.
No. 1870 acres, well improved
prairie farm; two-story frame dwell
ing, 8 rooms, barn and other outbuild-
ings, good orchard; 100 acres in Guilt
walton, 60 acres in meadow and blue
grass; good ponds and wells; located
81 miles from Mexico, Mo. Price,
$1,000.