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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
Strip Of the Mask"

Apropos of Sam Cook stripping off
Masks" George q. Dyer, editor of
the st. Louis Neps- Letter, who used to
live in Cooks town-Warrenton--in
his paper this week says:
"There are such things as being
blown into prominence. The case of
Sam. Cook, the Chairman of the State
Democratic Committee, is an example.
MI. Cook has never sought anything
but notoriety. That a man of his cali
bre should succeed such a man as @.
@. Mafiitt, who has gwen of his time
and means, not only, but of his sub
stance, of his energy, of his brain re-
serves, is one of the mysteries of the
times. Mr.. Cook is not an example of
some men being born great, and some
being made great. He has neither
been born great, nor made great. He
simply thrust himself into the fore
ground, not into greatness. His chief
assistant was his unlimited gall. OF
this he has an abundance. He had his
start in publishing a newspaper in
Audrain County. He has lately called
On MIR. r. M. White, of the Mexico
LEDGER, to pull of the mask. If there
is any man in the State who needs to
pull off the mask it is Sam Cook. He
wears one of the waterproof kind.
The firm of Cook, Stone & Co. is a
good one for the Republicans. The
only time in recent years that the
Democrats have lost Missouri was I'M
der the administration of Cook, as
Chairman of the State Executive Com.
mittee. 1t was lost through his hy-
pocrisy and janus-facedness. Mr.Cook
began his career in Warren County.
There he was a most diligent searcher
for office. He affiliated with the Re-
publicans, or the Democrats, or a yell
low dog, anything that promised to
bring him into his greed for position.
He even ran on an independent ticket,
in his rabid search for pap. He now
talks about boilers, though there is
not any kind of a ticket that he has
not voted, and none that he would not
vote if he thought there was any in
dividual good to come from it,"
Elegant line of fans just in at
TURNER, JACKSON & Co.'S.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
GENERAL SHELBY DECIDES.
At Last the Lady Sponsor and Maids
of Honor are Selected.

BUTLER, Mo-, June 4.-General
Shelby, Missouri Commander United
Confederate Veterans, has issued the
following order in regard to arrange
ments for the Richmond reunion.
To the ex-Confederates of Missouri:
1t is with pleasureI announce that,
by the efforts of Henry Newman and
James Zimmerman, seventy camps
have been formed in the State of Mis-
souri,. The object of the formation
of these camps is to Great q perma-
nent fund to maintain the Higginsville
Home for the disabled ex-Confeder-
ates. 1t will require a few years only
for the people to be relieved of this
welcome duty, imposed by the fate of
revolution. These camps exercise a
pr~erogative to worship God as They'll
see proper; and the members of these
camps, from inclination and duty, will
be ever ready to respond to the flag of
our country.
By authority vested in me, as Com
mander of the Missouri Division,
United Confederate Veterans, l am
authorized to invite all Federal SOL
diers to join us at Richmond on the
Both of June. Your rate shall be our
rate. Often have you driven us from
our rations; nevertheless, what we
may have at Richmond you shall an
joy.
In conclusion permit me to say that
by the authority of the committee,
composed of Col. John F. Phillips,
Major B. L. Woodson and Major Jas.
e. Mister, the following young women
have been selected by said committee
to represent the State of Missouri at
Richmond and / hereby endorse and
approve the same: Miss Sa Lees
Kennard, sponsor; Miss Yula Platten-
burg, alternate; Misses Elizabeth
Hill, Mary A. Stewart, Nell Mann,
Katherine Young, Mister, Anne Shell
by, Ethlyne Jackson, Bette McCul-
Tough, Mary 8. Fleet, Susie Roberts,
Cora Bronaugh, Mabel Jenkins and
Birdie Catron, maids of honor. There
are three others to appoint from st.
Louis. They will be in charge of Mrs.
Belle Baird True of Baird College,
Clinton, Mo. 10 O. SHELBY,
Commander Missouri Division, United
Confederate Veterans.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
BET HIS LIFE.
And When He Lost Promptly Jumped
Into the River.

NEwYoRK,J June 4.-Samnel Thomp-
SON was among the crowd that attend
ed a game of base bali between the
Cuban Giants and Oritahi Field Club
at Hackensack yesterday and bet his
life against a glass of soda water tina,
the Cuban Giants would win. When
the Cuban Giants were defeated
Thompson, without saying a word to
any one, walked TO the Anderson
street bridge and leaped into the
river. He was rescued with difficulty
and is in q precarious condition. He
was taken TO the local hospital, where
il lie said he viii never recover.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
MISSOURI NOTES.

Hannibal has gone through a brief
potato famine.
The rain has cut down the crops of
Mississippi County one-half.
The churches of st. Louis were dam
aged to the amount of 500, 600 by the
cyclone.
The city of Nevada recently realiz-
ed s142.5 so by one days work in the
police court.
Herbert ii. Kellogg, of Carthage,
won the first prize at Yale in the Yale
Kent Club debate.
Ed. Fam, of Independence, has
finished a term of FIVE years in the
United States Army and has re-en-
listed.
The statue of Benton in Lafayette
Park, st. Louis, stood while large
trees were Frustrated and broken off
around it.
Governor Stone has received in the
past week ten diplomas and medals
awarded Missouri by the worlds fair
judges.
The four Missourians who left
Brunswick for Venezuela last March
have returned. They did not find the
gold mines they sought; they brought
back, however, a monkey and two
parrots.
A feather bed or which they were
sleeping saved the lives of two wo-
men at Bonnie Terre last week.
Lightning struck the house, hit the
bed, set the shuck mattress in a blaze,
but the feathers diverted the electric
ity from the women.
independence Sentinel: The light
towers are a big Improvement over
the old discarded method of street
lighting. Their high lights show to a
great distance and cover a great deal
territory than the same num-
Der of old style lights could possibly
owe
The Richmond Register recalls the
cyclone which visited Richmond June
1, 1878, saying: "The cyclone here
was the second of the big storms which
have from time to time caused death
and destruction in the Mississippi val
ley. The first one was at Mt. Carmel,
ILL.,, on the first day of June, 1877. Ex-
actly n year later Richmond was
destroyed. The first telegram of con-
dolence and offers of assistance came
from the good people at Mt. Carmel"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
TORNADO CAUSED SUICIDE.
Was the Last Straw to a Chica-
goan.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, June "A. L. Hen
derson, at one time a director in the
Board of Trade and one of the heav-
lest spectators in the West in seeds
and grains, committed suicide in this
city last evening.
Mr.. Henderson failed in business In
1898 and 1t is said that he has been de-
spondent ever since. This, together
with the loss of his wife, whom hi
married in East st. Louis thirty years
ago, seemed to unbalance his mind.
Henderson went to st. Louis the
day after the late tornado and has
dolefully talked of the calamity since
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
The Champions of the World.

With such champion bareback riders
as the Orfords, Frank Melville, Linda
JeaI, the Hobsos, Polly Lee, William
German, Donna Adele and William
Wallett-ten in ALTO electrify and
fascinate the audience, it is not to be
wondered at that the great Adam
Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Amer
ica's Greatest Shows Consolidated,
continuously fill their circus tent, stu
pendous as it is. No such exhibition
of principal, double, carrying, Jug
Cling, jockey and hurdle bareback
equestrianism has ever before been
seen on either side the Atlantic.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
A BOOM GROWING.
1t is More Frequently Heard of in
Washington.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The Steven
son boom is not floating as easily and
gracefully as its friends would like it.
With the evidence of silver sentiment
throughout the South and West the
leaders of the free coinage movement
among the Democrats in Congress de-
clare that they will be satisfied with
no one as an advocate of free coinage
is not well understood and beyond
doubt or cavil. There is some reason
to believe that General Hardin of Ken
lucky, who spent a few days in Wash
ington, left here last night rather dis
couraged at the attitude of the infu-
entail party leaders regarding the
Vice-President. He even admitted
that the rank and file in Kentucky
seemed to prefer a silver advocate
like Bland or Boies. But while the
personality of the candidate is gradu-
ally being injected into the campaign
there is no doubt that with the masses
of the free coinage men here the
paramount question is the platform.
The extremists are becoming o ag-
gressive daily and deride only sugges-
ton of event the smallest compromise.
They declare that the ratio of 16 to 1
must be inserted in the platform, in
fact that the Missouri plank is the one
that will be selected for adoption at
Chicago.
1t is gossipamong the Missourians in
Washington that Senator Vest will put
Mr.. Bland IN nomination at the Chica-
go convention. 1t might be said, too,
at this time that during the past "a
hours there has been nor life and
substance in the Bland boom, as
viewed here, than at any time since
Mr.. Bland was formerly named at the
Sedalia convention.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
BLACK DIPHTHERIA IN INDIANA
Epidemic at Schererville Likely tt
Claim Many Victims.

CROWN POINT, IND, June 3.-An
epidemic of black diphtheria is raging
at Schererville. In the family of John
Boney one child is dead and the death
of four more is expected hourly. This
morning the children were apparently
we'll and in a few hours were deathly
sick. Children in several other fami-
lies are not expected to live. About
fifty more have been exposed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

The example of w. w. Brewer,
ESQ.,, Justice of the peace and a prom
inent citizen Of Mt. Jewett, Pa, is
worthy Of emulation. He says: 81
never leave home without a bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and always rec
ommend 1t to my friends. 1t Is the
best I ever used, and never fails to
give immediate relief" For sale by
g. A. Buckner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
Growth of Silver Sentiment Causing
a Boom in the Market.

NEW YORK, June 5.-There has been
a marked change in the views of silver
spectators here since the first of the
week.
When the Kentucky State Conven-
ton declared for free coinage some of
the spectators, realizing that an ad-
vance in the white metal was prob
able, bought heavily at 81 cents an
ounce.
The bullion brokers took the cue on
Wednesday, and marked up quota
tIons for silver nearly / point. Lon
don "saw'' this advance, in the same
quiet way, and went it one better.
Yesterday silver reached 69I cents,
and there were private sales, based on
the new from Virginia, at 20 and 7O1I4
cents.
The days dealings ranged IN the
neighborhood of $4,000 ounces, rep
resented by certificates of deposit on
the Mercantile Deposit Company.
When it is considered that a free
silver victory would send the white
metal up to the coinage price, or in
the neighborhood of $1.25 an ounce,
it is easy to see that the possi-
bility of such an outcome of the Pres
idential election is very tempting to
the plunger in the speculative world.
Since 1890, when the Sherman silver
purchase law carried silver to top
notch prices, the bullion had been ex-
ported from New York in the follow
ing amounts: For 1891, S21 900, 600;
1892, s2s, OOO, 900; 1898, s32, OOO, 900; 1894,
"a, 0oO, 900; 1895, s3s, SOC, 900, and for the
first FIVE months of 1896, S21 ,000, 900.
At the present rate of export, a to-
tai of about s45, OOO, 900 in silver will be
sent, abroad this wear.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

Just now everybody is beginning to
take a Spring Medicine. And it is a
good thing to do provided you take
Simmons Liver Reguiator-the best
Spring Medicine. It's a sluggish liver
that clogs the system and makeo bad
blood. A dose a day of Simmons Liv-
er Regulator will make a new man out
of you, and a new woman too. Look
for the red q on the package. 1t is
Simmons Liver Regulator you want.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

Young mothers dread the Summer
months on account of the great NOR
tality among children caused by bowel
troubles. Perfect safety may be as
sured those who keep or hand
DeWitt's Collie & Cholera cure, and
administer it promptly. For cramps,
bilious collie, dysentery and diarrhea,
| it affords instant relief. For sale by
Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
Topeka WAR ON NUDE IN ART.
Purity League and Ministerial Union
Asks the City Council to Act.

TOPEKA, KAN, June 3.-The Social
Purity League and the Ministerial
Union have joined in an appeal to the
city council to suppress the exhibition
of nude pictures in store windows.
They are particularly opposed to the
pictures which are exposed in art
stores, and they will not rest until the
council passes the ordinance they de-
sire.
The young peoples societies of
Christian Endeavor will hold their
Fifteenth International Convention in
the city of Washington, ID. c., July 8
to Is, 1896.
Delegates and others attending from
the West and Southwest will find the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Rail-
road the shortest and quickest route to
Washington, as well as the most de-
sirable. The passenger equipment
of this line is second to none, affording
every possible convenience for COM
fort; two splendid through trains daily,
designated as the "New York Ex-
press" and "Royai Blue Flyer" run
direct to Washington. Arrangements
have been perfected for cheap side
trips from Washington to the many
historic places in the near vicinity,
namely: Mount Vernon, Harper's
Ferry, the battlefields of Gettysburg,
Norfolk, Hampton Roads, Fortress
Monroe, and other points made prom
inent through their connection with
the stirring events in u nations his
tory.
G.: nj. Taylor, Travelling Passenger
Agent, with headquarters at st. Joe.
Mo-, and @. b. Warfel, Assistant Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Riaito Building,
st. Louis, Mo-, will gladly eommuni-
cate with or call upon You, with full
information covering rates, limits,
time of trains, etc. d&w July 8
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
KANSAS FOR BLAND.
He Will Probably Get the Solid Dele.
cation From That State.

Topeka, Kas., June 4--The Kansas
delegation to the National Democrat
ic Convention Is divided in it's pref
erence for President. There is moi
one of the 20 who will vote for an
Eastern candidate. Bland, of Mis-
souri,, is the choice of IL, Boies, of
Iowa, OF 4 and Governor Matthews, Of
Indiana, of 4. Ex-United States Sen
stor John Martin and Davie Over
myer, the leaders of the delegation,
are for Bland, and will make an effort
to give him the solid vote of the dele
CATION.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
AUDRAIN COURTS.

CIRCUIT CoURT-3d Monday in Jan
uary, 1st Monday in June, Sd Monday
in September.
COUNTY CoURT-1st Monday in Feb
ruary, LIST Monday in May, LIST Monday
in August, 1st Monday in November.
PROBATE COURT I'd Monday in jan
nary, I'd Monday in March, I'd Monday
in May, I'd Monday in September.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
Vest For RIand.

Senator Vest is for Bland for the
presidency and will present the name
of the noted free coinage advocate be-
fore the Chicago convention.
In a letter to MissourTSenator Vest
says: "If Bland is willing to place the
matter in my hands | will, with pleas
ure, put his name before the conven-
ton at Chicago. 1t ia with me a labor
of love as well as one of conviction.
believe that he is the proper nominee
and / will do everything an honorable
man can do to secure his nomination.
Bland is the man and Vest 10 the
orator to say 30.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy thu
Best and Most Popular,

V @hA " 4oPeAh
"We sell more of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy than all others COM
bined," writes Messrs. Kerr & Sons,
druggists, of Mars, Pa. They also
say: "The sale of 1t is something
phenomenal. We have sold two gross
this winter, selling as high as six bot
ties in one morning to as many diff
ferent customers. This remedy has
proved particularly successful in
Group affections. Our customers in
variably pronounce it the best they
can find, and we know of no case
where it has failed to give satisfac-
tion." For sale at 25 and so cents per
bottle by G. A. Buckner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, /
LUCAS COUNTY.

LutaS COtNI1s
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of
f. j. CHENEY & Co, doing business
in the City of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid, and that SAID firm will
pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of
CATARRH that cannot be cured by the
use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of De-
cember, A. ID. 1856.
49, A. W. GLEASON,
SEAL Notdrg Public.
l 49,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally and acts directly Oh the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
psySold by druggists, 75c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
the BEST
SPRING MEDICINE

IS SIMMONS LIVER REGuLATOR-don't
forget to take il. The Liver gets sluggish
during the Winter, Just like all nature,
and the system becomes ehoked up by
the accumulated waste, which brings on
Malaria, Fever and Ague and Rheuma-
tism. You want to wake up your Liver
now, but be sure you take SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR to do IL. II. also
regulates the Liyef-keeps II properly at
work, when your system will be free from
poison and the whole body invigorated.
You getTHE BEST BLOOD when
your system Is In Al condition, and that
will only be when the Liver Is kept active.
Try q Liver Remedy once and note the
difference. But take only SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR III Is SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR which makes the
difference Take It in powder or Ia liquid
already prepared, or make q ten OF thu
powder; but take SUMMON LIVER RE0u'
LArOR. You'll find tho RED z On ever
psckage. Look for II.
III. zsalin = o., Ehtladslph3ss 20.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

Tornado and fire insurance in Farm.
ers' Mutual companies.
w. T.. FowLEs,
Office opposite Post Office, Mexico,
Mo. Write or call. est
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
Get Your Fees.

All witnesses in the case of w. o.
Johnson VS.. Mrs. M. B. Beagles can
get their fees at any time by calling
on Circuit Clerk P. M. Morris.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

Geo. Morris, Jr., had the misfortune
to have his new Victor bicycle COM
pleteIy disabled Saturday. He was
riding to town with Nate White, hav-
ing his wheel in the buggy, whe the
horse became frightened and ran
away. The wheel bounced out of the
rig and the horse stepped all over it,
breaking it up badly. George was
thrown out of the buggy,but not hurt,
while Nate also escaped uninjured.
Lee Craddock is home from an ex-
tended business trip.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
Wondrons Foreign Flyers.

Among the many foreign arenic
stars who make their fret appearance
in the four rings, upon the olympian
stages, and in the aerial carnival OF
the great Adam Foregaugh and Sells
Brothers. Consolidated Shows, the
celebrated Arrigosi Sisters probably
create the biggest furore. They are
the only flying trapeze performers APP
pearing in full dress and long skirts,
and their high and hazardous dives,
leaps, somersaults, catches and evo-
lutions thus costumed are startiing,
graceful and e%nthusing triumphs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
The Wabash Railroad-"Great Hurry
Up Line"

Up Line"
From Kansas City to st. Louis, Chi
cago, Toledo, Detroit, New York and
Boston. Leave Kansas City daily $3.50
p. m; St. Louis 2:45 q. m.
Three hours and ten minutes ahead
Of any other line from Kansas City
and all points West to New York and
Boston. Only M change of sleepsrs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
Ladies' slippers half price.
TURNER, JACKSON & Co.
Public Land Sales.

Sheriff Stephens sold the following
land ut public sale at the east front
door of the Court House on Friday,
June 9th:
Eighty m of land on the Miller
estate, near Rowena, sold in partition
to the heirs for 1915.
Ninety-five acres of land on the
Geo. Hensler, Jr., estate, ear Benton
City, sold to j. w. Dowell for 81, 500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

Ladies' slippers in black and tan
any style toe.
TURNER, JACKSON & 20.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

Read the advertisement in another
column of the Eczema Specific o., of
Hot Springs, Ark. They fail to
cure eczema. 4S / VI.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

Suits made to order, 400 styles to
select from. Price s12 up.
TURNER, JACKSON & Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

Nice things in summer coats and
vests, s1.6o to o..
TURNER, JACKSON IL 90.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

Ladies' shirt waists, beautiful pat
TURNER, JACKSON & Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

M Ed IA L E
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
WHITE METAL GOING UP.

Elegant line of fans just in at
TURNER, JACKSON & Co.'S
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-02

Lions Lutheran church near Free
burg. Rev. Conrad Walter served
Schnee's congregation three years
from 1910 TO 1918 during the. war OF
1912, but his large field OF labor,
compelled him to resign and the
members all returned to Grubs and
Lions church where they retained
their membership for three years,
before they completed their perman-
ent organization.
This was pioneer congregation
in a true sense. In Union town
ship we find Keiser's Lutheran and
Reformed church. At winners
two churches, United Evangelical
aud Esherite. Near Gauglers the
u. B. brick church, at Port Treverr-
ton the y. b., the United Evangel.
ical and Esherites, nine churches
with their organizations. In Chap
man township near Independence
the old Herrold cemetery is located
and a U. b. church has recently been
erected there. Near McKees Half
Falls is Trinity U. Is. church. These
four congregations are also in part
offsprings OF Grub's church, as
many Of the members OF these con.
gregations are the children and
grandchildren OF those who were
originally members of this congre-
CATION. The increase OF population,
changes in location and places OF
living, location of towns along the
Susquehanna river and Pennsyl-
vania canal, location of school. The
construction of the canal in 1923,
fifty.two years after the organiza-
tion of Grubs congregations, erect
the location of the N. 9. X. X. are
some of the causes of the increase in
the number of churches. The rivalry
of denomination must also he con-
sidered in accounting for the in
crease of churches in these two
townships.
Port Treverton, Chapm an, Inde.
pendence, McKees ! Fall. Mahan-
tongo, Hoffer, Pallas, Meserville
and Aline are the principal business
places that have been established
since the organization Of this con-
gregation. The cemetery near the
church has been recently enlarged
and newly fenced. The members of
the congregation meet every year to
clean the cemetery, remove the sod,
briars and weeds, and the graves of
those who have no relatives are
properly cared for. Since the estab-
Ilishment Of this congregation we
have passed through the war OF 1872,
the Mexican war, and the war of the
rebellion. The graves of soldiers III.
tered here are kindly remembered
on Memorial Day and appropriate
exercises are held here on every re
currence of this event. In beauti-
full grove near the church the an
nual picnic is held. 1t is generally
"a feat of reason and flow of soul
and from far and near can be seen
on these grounds tie generations OF
those who established this congre-
CATION. Prof. Boyer delivered his
, torical address at the annual picnic
last year.
| We will notice in our next the
schools in connection with this con.
gregation. Some of the teachers and
: though suggested by retrospect oi
one hundred and twenty years.