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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
TRUSTEES SALE.

WHEREAS, Henry A. Hurd and Roe.
l.. Hurd, his wife, by their certain deee
of trust, dated February 10, 1891, ano
recorded in the Recorders Office q
Audrain County, Missouri, in deed g
trust book ID, at page 40, conveyedw
Phil Quisenberry, trustee, the follctt
ing described real estate situated y
Audrain County, State of Missour:
The northeast fourth of the porthwef
quarter and tho north half of -
southeast quarter of the northwef
quarter of section thirty . six t3e5
township tifty-three {53), range nips
(9) west, containing go acres, more@
less, all in Audrain County, MisscIfit
which said conveyance was In trust =
secure the payment of the promises
note in said deed described; sraf
whereas, the said note described =
said deed OF trust remains due 80
unpaid; now, therefore, at the r tquee
OF the legal holder OF said note and a
the authority of the provisions OF ~
deed OF trust aforesaid, l will, ON
Monday, the 9th Day of Februaf5
A. D., 1896,
at the east front door of the Cor
House, in the City of Mexico, In -
Audrain County, Missouri, betxo1
the hours of nine o'clock in the fon.
noon and five O'Clock in the afternoos
of said day, sell the above descripss
real estate at public vendue, q
highest bidder, for cash, to satisfy n.
debt and the expenses of execusH3
said trust.
PHIL. QUIsENBERRY
43-tds. Trnstee
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
WHAT WILL WE v
Elder Briney Reads the Law to Dis
turbers of Public Worship.
From the Moberly Democrat.

From the Moberly Democrat.
During all of the revival meetings
which have been held in Moberly in
late years, and in fact, at the regular
church services, there has been a
crowd of giddy girls and boys who at
tend church solely for the purpose of
Catching on" to see and be seen, and
young people who make a practice of
disturbing those who wish to hear by
keeping the doors of the church on a
continual swing going in and out from
one church to another. This occurs
more especially on Sunday night than
at any other service. The minister RS
of Moberly have gotten tired of this
practice and in the future propose to
put a stop to it.
Before beginning his discourse at the
Christian church Sunday night Elder
Briney took occasion to call the at
tention of these d%isturbers to the law
relating to the same. He said it would
be but a few days 10 until a pro-
tracted meeting would begin at the
Christian church. He did not know
what kind of a meeting they would
have, but there was one thing that he
did know and knew it positively. That
was, that during the meeting he in
tended to have order, and just SO sure
as his name was J. B. Briney, SO sure
would some of this class of people,
who disturb public worship, have to
appear in police court, if they con
tinued to act as they had in the past.
He then read the city ordinance ,whieh
fixes the punishment of n found
guilty of disturbing public worship at
a fine not exceeding 5000 or six
months in the city jail, or by both
such fine and imprisonment. He gave
all fair warning and stated that the
names of all disturbers would be taken
and the guilty parties prosecuted.
This is a move in the right direction
and the law should be rigidly enforced.
If young people go to church for no
other purpose than to spark, flrt,
giggle and laugh the room which they
occupy is much preferable to their
presence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
Church News.

A protracted meeting held in the
Methodist church at Glasgow has re-
suited in eighty conversions
A revival has visited Mt. Zion Bap-
fist church, Scotland county.
Elder J.. /. Shreve of Ohio has been
called by the Christian church of
Braymer,
The Rev. S. F. Taylor, president of
Stephens College, Columbia, has ac-
cepted the Passionate of Walnut Grove
church, 80 long filled by DIR. Yeaman.
The Rev. John Taylor died at Null
berry January %.
The Presbyterian church at Liberty
is now illuminated with thirty incan-
descent lights
The Brookfeld M. E. church con-
tributed $3.50 for missions last year.
The NJ. E. church at Craig has been
dedicated.
The Rev. w. H. Mayfield, last pas
tor of the Brush Creek and De Soto
Baptist churches, has mysteriously
disappeared.
The Rev. ID. G. Hanna, of Westmin-
ster Presbyterian church, Carthage,
goes to the Second Presbyterian
church of Springfield, Ill.
Mr.. Baxter Waters, brother of Prof.
I'll. j. Waters of the State University,
has been ordained to the ministry of
the Christian church.
The Rev. Duncan Brown of the First
Presbyterian church at Tarkio has adj
mitted ninety eight new members in
the past year.
Nearly the entire body of students
OF George r. Smith College, sedaiia,
have embraced religion.
Additions have been made to tine
membership of the Baptist ,Presbyter-
ian and NJ. E. Church, South, OF Mar.
shall.
The Rev. J. w. DuvaIl will remain
with the Cumberland PRESBYTERIAN
church of Clinton.
The departure of the Rev. T. G.
Carlton from Slater to st. Louis il
greatly regretted.
A great revival is in progress a,
Malta Bend, under the preaching OF
the Misses Romack and Mccullough,
Of Cameron.
The Rev. Fiournoy Menifee, form
eriy OF the Baptist Female College,
Liberty, Is at the head of a new female
school at Washington, D. @.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
A Business Que stion.

tAO ~ Aobho SIN
Missouri will have something beside
politics to talk about this summer.
The decision of the Supreme Court
has made the removal of the State
Capital an issue. From now on two
Central Missouri cities and those
who are financially interested in them
will lose sight of the coinage ratio, the
tariff and political supremacy in this
State.
1t will be an easy, matter for candi-
dates and parties to complicate them
selves. At the last meeting of the
Democratic State Central Committee
the capital removal fight was a big
factor in determining the location of
the State Conventions.
Candidates will be asked to commit
themselves to and charged with bias
or having investments in the Compel
ing cities. If a start is once made it
will extend all along the line and the
capital location will be settled by the
of candidates or of parties.
The question of removing the cap
ital is not political. The resolution
was passed by a Republican House
and a Democratic Senate. The argu-
ments for and against removal should
be presented in a business-like way
and dispassionately considered by the
voters.
The question of removal will be set
tied this fall for all time. The voters
should understand exactly what they
are doing when their votes are cast.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
GRAPPLED WITH A BURGLAR.
A Brave Clerk Protected the Chilli
Gothic, Mo, Post Office at the Risk
of His Life.

CHILLIcoTHE, Mo-, Feb. S.-An at
tempt to rob the C~hillicothe Post
Office and to murder Thomas w.
Baugh, the money order clerk, who
sleeps in the office, was made at 81
O'Clock this morning. At that hour
Mr.. Baugh heard a noise. Surprising
it was the carrier of the 5 O'Clock
mail from the last train he arose and
started to the back door to admit the
mail. He had not gone three steps
when he was ordered to halt. He
lodged to one side just in time to
miss a bullet, which whistled by his
ear. He bravely rushed to the man
and closed with him before he could
shoot again. A desperate struggle
ensued, which only terminated when
the burglar, being the more powerful
man, forced Baugh backwards against
a table violently, which injured his
back SO severely as to disable him.
Roy Smith, a mere lad and brother
of Postmaster Smith, was awakened
by the shot. He seized a revolver
and attempted to shoot the burglar,
but could not see him in the darkness
and refrained for fear of shooting
Baugh. The burglar dashed out at
the back door and made his escape.
He had secured possession of a Win
chester rifle kept jim the office, and
used that in shooting at Baugh. The
rifle was found in an alley, where he
threw it. A posse has been hunting
for him all day, but without success
Baugh, the wounded clerk, was car
ried to his boarding house on a
stretcher and is suffering intensely.
1t has been a~scertained that the
burglar was in the office all night,
having concealed himself under a
stairway before the doors were closed
last night. He is described as about
six feet high, stands erect, wears a
black m~oustache, was neatly dressed,
with dark overcoat and high collar.
He had put all the lights in the office
out, but the electric light across the
street enabled Baugh to get a. look at
him. The shot he fred passed through
the glass in the front door. Mr. Baugh
is highly complimented for his brave
fight. The burglar got no booty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
WINTER Is HERE,
Bringing With it Catarrhal Diseases
of All Kinds.

Winter is half over People are con-
tinuing to catch colds, and not q house
but hears the winter cough. People
are trying to get something to cure
these troubles, which r almost inevi-
table at this time of the year. 1t can
safely be said that nine-tenths of the
people in the United States have a
cold some time during the winter.
There is one remedy which will pre-
vent colds and coughs and cure them
with certainty when they are con-
tracted. This remedy is Pe-ru-na.
Taken with regularity during the
winter months, it will entirely prevent
coughs, colds, la grippe, consumption,
bronchitis or pneumonia. 1t will also
cure without failure catarrah and re-
cent cases of consumption, and often
in advanced stages.
Everybody should have the 64-page
book on catarrh and winter diseases
which is being sent free by the Peru
ma drug manufacturing company OF
Columbus, Ohio.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

A YOUNG Indiana woman has won a
prize in Chicago by a spirited and
pleasing poem in celebration of the
glories of that town. Here are two
of her lines on the big fire:
"Chicago vanished in a cloud; the
towers were storms of sleet,
The wrath of death scared upward
in a crimson winding Sheet"
Beautiful, but the cdusa eausans of
the fire is not mentioned. In that re-
spect the distich of one of the unsuc-
cessful competitors for the prize, Mr..
Jehiel Budd, of Duluth, may be pre-
ferred:
ga drop kick, hot and heavy, comes
from Ma'am O'Leary's cow,
And Chicago's stately palaces their
heads IN ashes bow"
Not SO elegant, but instinct with
truth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

place in my Judgment on this question
that / may no longer honestly vote for
what I said I ! believed in and advocat-
ed; and, of course, / can not misrep-
resent you by taking the other side; /
return you the commission which you
intrusted to me'--if he did and went
back to that splendid constituency in
his new role as al instructor and adj
yocate of what all his life long until
the shadow of the Treasury fell over
him, he has condemned, if he did he
would hardly be his W successor.
applause
These people have not changed.
That would be a sublime act of cour-
g that would be courage which
parts with something, and not that
courage which seems to part with
something that is going anyhow.
Laughter and applause
DUTY OF HIS PARTY.
| think, though I am not the adviser
of the party, l am not assuming this
role of instructor-my colleague may
do til say that it seems TO me that
the party has a duty to discharge to
itself and to the country. / know that
in the West and in the South there
| are thousands of men within the ranks
of the Republican party who are II
favor of the free and unlimited coin
age of silver upon the ratio of Is to 1
What will you give them? Shall they
be "overslaughtered" again by TIT
Northeast? Shall they, when the tint
comes for sending delegates to thei
own Convention, send doubtful or un
certain men, or shall they send mel
who can be relied upon?
Will they test and try the men be
fore they commission them to speal
for them? Shall the voice of Missouri
and Arkansas, whose people r. over
whelmingly in favor of the free AM
unlimited coinage of silver at the oil,
ratio, be allowed to be represented b,
the minority, however respectabl
that minority may be, on this subject
or shall these whole communities b
allowed to be represented by tn
sense, the judgment and the wish G
the predominating element of tn
party? l am in favor, Mr.. Chairman
of having a spade called a spade
this next campaign. 1 am in favor c
the parties declaring what they ar
for and what they are against.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

OF all despicable creatures that dis
grace our common humanity none is
to be more despised than the ''peep-
ing TOM who frequently appears to
terrify the feminine community and
puzzle the guardians of the peace.
One OF these libels upon manhood has
recently been operating in a little
Kentucky town and a spirited young
lady OF the place determined to bring
him to book. To carry on the good
work she entered into an alliance
with a big brother and a six-foot
father with the blue grass prociivities.
The trap set was a partly open win
dow with a gas light and the properly
attired daughter on the inside. The
brother was concealed at a point OF
vantage for descent upon the expect
ed miscreant and the old gentleman
held himself ready for an emergency
call. The guard outside growing chill
", he slipped stealthily to the window
to notify the pretty sister tha NJ
would Just take a spin around the
block to warm up. He was received
with an aIlopathic dose Of red pepper
In the eyes and the yell he let out wa
notice for the athletic parent to APP
Ger on the scene. He was prompt
ness itself, and when the mistake was
recognised there was only remnants
OF the son left for the purpose OF his
identincation. He has been in the
dry dock ever since and n of the
main difficulties with the family has
been to establish the fact that the un-
fortunate youth is not the "peeping
Toni that they were all after.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
HELD BY A CATTLE GUARD.
Farmer Pennewell Lay a Helpless
Victim for a Train.

HANNIBAL, NO., Feb. S.-Wesley
Pennewell, a Rails County farmer,
started to walk to the city along the
K. Line track this afternoon. AS the
Bluff City Express from st. Louis
came in sight, three miles south of
here, he attempted to step off the
track. His foot caught in a cattle
guard and he was thrown down, but
his body fell outside of the track. He
was unable to extricate his foot and the
pilot of the engine crushed his leg in
horrible manner.
The engineer made a futile attempt
stop his train in time to prevent
the accident. Pennewell was brought
to Hannibal and given surgical atten-
ton. 1t is feared that the injuries
will prove fatal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
PUBLIC SALE
On Monday, February IA.

Having sold my farm, / will offer for
sale at said farm, located 21a miles
north of Benton City, @ miles east Of
Mexico and 4 miles southwest of Rush
Hill, on the above date, the following
described property, viz:
6 Jersey cows and heifers, half fresh
in spring and half in fall. Also, one
Holstein COW. These cows are of good
disposition and broke to lead. Two
have heifsr calves at their side. 25
head of hogs, consisting of 5 brood
sows and 20 head shoats. The shoats
will weigh from 100 to 1876 pounds. /
good work horse. Farming imple-
ments, consisting of / buggy, nearly
new, and single harness; l light spring
wagon, . farm wagons,1 Flying Dutch-
man riding pillow, nearly new; 1 james.
vile Disc cultivator, / steel lever har-
row, 2 sets work harness complies,
1 saddle, l farmers wise and anvil, /
new hay frame, handiest made; 1 good
sleigh. These articles are ready for
immediate use.
TERMS OF SALE.-Sums of $40 and
under, cash; over $40 a credit of ten
months at eight per cent, purchaser
required to give bankable note.
Sale will commence at 10 O'Clock.
GEO. G. ERISMAN.
J. n. Stephens, Auctioneer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
Tillman Will Walk Out.

As to what the silver Democrats
will do should they be defeated at
Chicago, the Washington correspond
ent of the New York Times writes as
follows:
While ex-Speaker Crisp is a silver
man, and will be the candidate of his
faction in Georgia for Senator at the
next election, he is not such an ardent
supporter of the white metal as to put
it above his party.
"What shall 1 do? Why, expectto
support the nominee of the Chicago
convention" Judge Crisp said in
answer to a reporter. 81 9 no use
of all this talk about what we will or
will not do"
Representative Money! the Senator
elect from Mississippi, says that a bold
platform or a gold standard candidate
will wreck the Democratic party, but
for the people of his State, he says:
"We may, and I think we will, be able
to keep them in the party, although
there r many who say they will
never vote for q single standard man
for President. I am a Democrat, and
expect to stay in the party. There
are too many other great issues for
the party to solve, and it is competent
to do So"
Representative Bailey, of Texas,
says: "IfI am forced to choose among
the Republican party, with its well
known policies, the Populist party,
with it's vagaries and paternalism, and
the Democratic party, even with a
gold standard platform, l shall certain
ly support the Democratic candidates,
but / am perfectly free to say that, if
the Democratic party should commit
itself to the gold standard, and there
was any other party with which /
agreed, and which agreed with me on
all other questions, / would join it
without a moments hesitation"
GAS important as I consider the sill
yer question, I expect to stay in the
Democratic party" said Representa-
tive Dinsmore of Arkansas. 81 be-
lieve the only hope for bimetallIsm is
in that party. We cannot afford to
split, as disintegration will weaken the
cause of silver"
Representative Owens, of Kentucky,
is not a 16 to 1 silver man, but he be-
lieves that the silver Democrats of his
State will support the nominee of the
Chicago convention.
"KentucKy Is already disguised with
Republieanism," he said, "and will
return to the faith of its fathers"
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
said: "Oh, everybody knows my po-
sition. We are still sticking to the
party in South Carolina, and are going
to do so as long as there is hope in il
for a change in the condition of affairs,
We are goingt to Chicago with a silver
delegation. If the convention decides
that it will give the people of the
country no relief and sits down on sill
yer, we are going to walk out"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
PUBLIC SALE!
On Tuesday, February IS.

1 will sell at the Aquilla Roberh
farm, 4 miles north of Thompson and
z miles northwest of Mexico, on thu
above date, the following personal
property, viz
so head of cattle, consisting OF %
steers, coming threes; 2 steers, COM
ing twos; IL steers, coming ones; 4
yearling heifers, 6 cows and 1 year.
ling bull.
q ahead of horses, consisting of brood
mares, work horses and young horses
5 young mules, 1 jack, Is brood sows
40 stock hogs, J. extra good boar, n
extra fine sheep.
500 barrels of corn, under good roof
800 bushels oats, IL tons hay, a lot Of
farm machinery, wagons, &c.
Terms made known ON day OF saiE
Also, my farm for rent.
j. A. SURBER.
J. w. Atchison, A~uctioneer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
STOLE STAMPS AND BONDS.
Robbers Ralded the State National
Bank at Savannah. Mo.

SAVANNAH, Mo-, Feb. S.-Burglars
knocked down the night Waterman
in front of the State Bank here this
morning about 1:2O O'Clock, bound
and gagged him, and then broke open
the front door of the bank. After
they had gained an entrance they
took the Waterman in with them and
tied him to a chair. They then blew
open the doors of the vault and rified
the private boxes. They secured
$685. in money and s246. 26 in stamps
from Postmaster Young's box, about
500 from a box belonging to John
Beaghlsr and IA $1,000 United States
uonregistered bonds of 1877 and num-
boring from 100, 1872 to 120,744 inclus-
I'VE and 114,191 and 114,192. The
burglars made no attempt to open
the time-lock safe containing the
banks money. When they left the
bank, about 5 O'Clock this morning,
they placed Waterman Garsting in
the vault, tied and fastened the door.
He was found there about $3.50 O'Clock
this morning. There were three in
the gang, and they are still at large.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
Live Stock Market.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. I'm the native
cattle division yesterday there was a
liberal run. Steers sold from $3.50 to
Sab, feeders 1896 TO 1855, stockers
s3.15 to So. 40, cows and heifers s2.s5
to 90, mixed cattle %.
HoGsThe bulk sold at 81 to s4.10
yesterday against "a to s4.15 the day
before. Tuesday pigs and lights and
inferior hogs sold at 50 to $3.50. The
heaviest at 81 to $40 we're medium
to strictly good quality. and anything
above were strictly choice light hogs
or butcher weights. The bulk of the
mixed hogs sold at 81 to s4.05.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
ELECTION NOTICE.
Southern Bank of Mexico Stockhold-
ers, Attention.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Southern Bank of Mexico, Mis-
souri,, will be holden at 10 O'Clock in
the morning of the fourth Tuesday in
the present month of February, (25th)
1896, and continue open for the space
of three hours, at the banking house
of said bank, for the election of Eve
directors for said bank.
The stockholders are especially
urged to be present in person and
vote; but If not present they may
vote by legally qualified proxies.
j. A. GUTHRIE, Vice Pres.
T. H. MARSHALL, Sec'y and Assist
ant Cashier. I'd
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
HoRsELEss VEHICLES ArAILuRE
Benton Harbor Maker Finds the t,as
Engine Impractieable.

BENTON HARBoR, Mich, Feb. TO-
horseless carriage invented and
Duiit In this city is now declared a fat
failure. Baushke & Bro, after put
ing $1,000 into it, now say the gas
engine idea is utterly impracticabIe,
and VIII cast about to see IL some
other kind Of motor can be found that
can be adapted to the carriage.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
A TANGLED RELATIONSHIP.
How Judge Scott Will Be Affected by
General Harrison's Marriage.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

FROM the lHlCaSD SufOuicle-
Ex-President Harrison's brother-i in
law, Judge j.. N. Scott of Port Town
send, Wash, is very much bemuddled
over his relationship to General Har-
rison and Mrs. Dimmock. The subject
of General Harrison's approaching
wedding was being discussed with a
party of friends when someone asked
Judge Scott if that would not some
what complicate and tangle up the
limbs of the family tree. For a mo-
ment the question somewhat stunned
the gentleman, and then the party
commenced to try and solve the prob
lem, and the deeper they went into the
subject the more mystified they be-
came. 1t vas in trying to locate the
limb of his own family tree after the
wedding shall have taken place that
Judge Scott became confused. After
several hours of deep mental exercise
he arrived at these conclusions: 81
am now Gen. Harrison's brother-in-
law, and Mrs. Dimmock, his prospect
i've bride, is my niece. After they are
married my brother-in-law will be-
come my nephew, and my niece, con-
sequently will become my %sister-in-
law. Then, of course, l will become
my own brother in-law and also my
niece's brother in-law."
The logical result of the union was
quite astonishing. The Judge and the
guests sat down 10 figure it out again,
arriving at the same conclusion. Then
someone ascertained that General Har-
rison would become his own nephew
and a cousin of his own son, should
one be born, and who will also be q
second cousin of his W brother and
his fathers nephew. At this point
the mental exercise subsidized, Judge
Scott agreeing to furnish a palatabie
beverage if his guests would Keep In
violate the secret. But it leaked out
and has been given to the press.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

In the Daily and Weekly LEDGER
win be found the announcement of NJ.
n. Nelson, candidate for Sheriff of
Audrain County; subject to the rules
and usages of the Democratic party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
Notice of Final settlement

NUIICS OF FIHaI c~tttIelHonE
Notice ia hereby given that finaIs.
Element OF the estate of j. II. n.eoes
deceased, will be made at The 80 49,
term, 1895, Of the Probate ~.
OF Audrain county, Missouri
held at Mexico on the second Mo-
In March, 1895.
VICTOR r. Stow
43-td Administzss&
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

Geo. G. Erisman has sold his farm
of So acres, ga miles north of Benton
City, to Alex. Parrish for s 5000. Mr..
Erismar viii probably locate In Mexi-
co. He will help make Mexico a city.