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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
DEvOURED BY CANNIBALS.
Fate of a Party of Gold Prospectors
on the Solomon Islands.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, November 20.
Following close upon the details of
the massacre of Baron Won Norbeck
and the party of scientists from the
Austrian guardship Albatross by ma
tives of the famous Solomon group of
islands comes the history of treachery
and death at the hands Of these viol-
emit cannibals. News received by
steamer Alameda, from Sidney, states
that the steamship Titus, that was re-
Gently dispatched from Australia to
visit the coast of New Guinea and the
Solomons, is in at Port jackson, on
her return voyage from Marau Sound,
Solomon group. The vessels lay near
Bourgainville for several days and in
stituted a search for a party of gold
hunters, six whites and five natives,
who started in a whaleboat for the
new gold fields at Moubara and Sa-
mouria. The officers of the Titus,
who were at Port Jackson on the 18th
of October, report that it is their
opinion that the first party of whites
were massacred at B%ourgainville by
the head hunters, II on the coast d.
rectly across the straits.
The Titus fell in with the revenue
cutter Lilly Rock, which was also
cruising on q search for the party,
and learned from Capt. Oates, of that
craft, that the investigation instituted
by the Government officers proved
beyond a shadow of doubt that the
gold hunters had put ashore to pitch
camp on the beach, had been betray-
ed by their native guides, killed and
probably eaten. A Winchester rifle
and q revolver were found in a native
village, and the weapons were identi-
fed as the property of the gold hun
ters.
Later 1t was learned that the gold
seekers whaieboat was in the posses
sion of q chief on one of the Solomons,
and that various other property of the
prospectors were scattered among the
coast villages of the islands. The
white men were undoubtedly butch
cred, and it is surmised that the ma
tives' attack on them was a surprise
cleverly planned.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

Ia Crosse Lumber Co.
Make Low Prices.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
JEWISH COUNCIL OFFICERS.
Mrs. Solomon Reelected President
An Armenian Resolution Tabled.

NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-The fifth and
last session of the council of Jewish
women was held to-day and the cleo
ton of national officers for the next
three years aroused much interest,
because for the past year a great deal
of rivalry had cropped up between
the Chicago section, which now DOM
mates the council, and the New York
section, the members of which felt that
they were not sufficiently represented
on the national board.
The following were put in nomina-
ton and elected: President, Mrs.
Hanna G.. Solomon, of Chicago; first
Vice-president, Mrs. Sophia Beer, of
New York; second VIce-President,
Mrs. E. Mandel, of Chicago; Cores
ponding Secretary, Miss Sadie Amer
lean, of Chicago; Recording Secreta-
ry, Miss Gertrude Berg, of Philadelphia;
Treasurer, Miss Carrie Wolf, of Chi
cage.
A delegate offered a resolution SYM
pathizing with the Armenians who
suffer from religious persecution.
This provoked much discussion. Mrs.
Frederick Nathan said that there was
a great difference of opinion as to
whether the Armenians were perse-
cuted or not. GA great many people
are of the opinion" said she, shat
the Armenians have brought all the
trouble on themselves through polit-
ical intrigues and I don't think it is
the province to decide who is to
blame" The resolution was tabled.
Another resolution was introduced
expressing the gratitude of the Jewish
women in America at the improved
of their coreligionists in
Russia
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

La Crosse Lumber Co.
"a Years Under Same Management.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
TRUSTEES sHnE.

WHEREAS, Jas. r. Pollard and Mat
tie F. Pollard, his wife, by their GER
tain deed of trust dated the second
day Of November, 1885, fled for record
in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds
for Audrain County, Missouri, and re-
corded in the Office Of said Recorder
of Deeds for Audrain County, Mis-
souri,, at Mexico, Missouri, in book
number 2, at page 379, conveyed to
one w. T. Bradley, Jr., az trustee, the
following described real estate situate,
lying and being in the County of Au-
drain and State Of Missouri, to-wIt:
The southeast d of the southeast "a of
section one ID, township fifty (50),
range nine (9); also SO acres off of the
south side of the southwest ID of the
southwest ID of section six (6), town
ship fifty (50), range eight 80, which
said conveyance was made in trust to
secure the payment of the certain
and, whereas, it was and Is
provided in said deed of trust that
in case of the absence, death or refusal
To act or disability in anywise of the
said trustee, the then acting Sheriff of
Audrain County, Missouri, at the re-
quest of the legal holder of said note,
may proceed to sell the property
hereinbefore described or any part
thereof according to the terms and
of said deed of trust and
for the purpose of paying the indebt-
edness secured thereby; and, whereas,
the said w. T. Bradley, Jr., is dead,
and l, the undersigned, JIM. Stephens,
am now Sheriff Of Audrain County,
Missouri; and, whereas, default has
been made in the payment of said
note secured by said deed
of trust; now, therefore, public notice
is hereby given that I, the said ]. N.
Sheriff of Audrain County,
Missouri, and in said trust
rs aforesaid, at the request of the
holder and owner of said prom |
issory note, and by virtue of the power
and authority in me vested by said
deed of trust, will, in accordance with
the terms and provisions of said deed
Of trust, proceed to sell, and sell the |
real estate in said deed Of trust and |
described, at public ven-
iue, to the highest bidder, for CASH, at
the front door of the Court House in
Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri, on
the 18th Day of December,
A. D., 1896,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in
the forenoon and five O'Clock In the
of that day, for the purpose
paying off said promissory note
and all interest due thereon, and the
costs and expenses of executing this
rust.
J. N. STEPHENS,
34-tds. Sheriff and Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

With the return of cool weather
hosts of men and women who relied
on their summer vacation to make
them strong and well came home still
tired, with poor appetites and de-
pressed by the thought of the months
of hard work ahead.
Their overweight nerves and
bodies to-day demand something more
than a mere rest. Their blood needs
to be swept of it's impurities and the
entire nervous organization reinforce
ed and built up by a genuine invigo-
rator before good appetite will wait
on digestion and health on both.
The bracing weather of November,
with facilitating summer past, and
the severity of winter not yet arrived,
is the very best time for recruiting
the strength and getting rid of dis
ease. Contrast the healthy, well
nourished appearance of persons who
have taken Paine's celery compound
with their former bIoodless, nervous,
drowsy condition.! Men and women
getting along in years find a remarka-
BILE increase in vigor and a brighter,
more cheerful state of mind from the
use of this great remedy.
Don't NOPE along and submit to in
digestion, liver disorder, continual
headaches or rheumatism. Paine's
celery compound will keep you strong
and keep you SO. Its nourishing,
health -making virtues have been SO
carefully considered, and 81 exactly
fitted to the needs Of the tired, ex-
hausted body, that its work does not
have to be done after it. 1t cures
heart palpitation and heart weakness, /
feeds the nervous organism SO sleep
becomes natural and refreshing, pro-
notes an increased appetite, and fur
nishes the nervous force to enable the
body to convert the food into solid
flesh and blood.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

OF all the means that medical skill
has ever discovered for recruiting the
exhausted energy of the WORKOUT
system, Paine's celery compound is
far in advance. The pallid face, tho
pinched features, the growing thin
ness and the nervous movements that
tell the story of badly impoverished
nerves and brain-all these forebod-
ings of approaching disease disappear
with the profound nourishing that
Paine's celery compound always pro-
vides throughout the body, even to
the minutest nerve flaments and
blood capillaries.
David Hirsch, the well-known
Broadway merchant, New York City,
writes as follows to Wells, Richardson
& Co.:
81 am advocating Paine's celery
compound among my many friends,
because it has done me SO much good
in a very short space of time. 1 have
been suffering for years from midi
gestion and all its consequent ills,
~sleeplessness included. 1 had lost
about 30 pounds in weight, and was
getting weaker and more nervous
every day. I was unable to stand ex-
ertions of any kind, and 1 used con-
veyances for every short distance.
"After taking two bottles of Paine's
celery compound 1 feel in every re-
spect better stronger, more cheerful
and willing to live. 1 will certainly |
never forget the effects of Paine's
celery compound upon my system, |
and I wish to state that I am now past
S. years of age. l have travelled
most all owe the world, and now /
feel I can keep on doing it and also
enjoy it."
Paine's celery compound has done
much for thousands of others.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
PRICE PUT ON wEYLER's HEAD.
The Man Who Kills Him Will Get So
000-Dynamite Agents Story.

ATLANTA, GA, Nov. 20.-A price
has been put on Weyler's head, and
the man who kills him gets s $1,000.
That is the story that comes from
Cuba.
The agent of a Chicago powder and
dynamite firm passed through here
yesterday OF his way home from
Cuba. He went over on the last ex-
petition of the Dauntless, was trans
ferred with the tugs cargo to a fishing
smack in the Gulf and was landed at a
point go miles from Havana. He gave
his name as Phillip Carroll.
Carroll says the insurgents have set
o price on Weyler's head, and that he
will be taken or killed if he gets near
the insurgent lines.
A company Of go Texas Rangers,
armed with rifles, landed on the island
three weeks ago, and these men are on
the outlook all the time for Spanish
officers. The rifles, which are Sharp's
needle-guns with wind guaged and
telescope sights, weigh twenty eight
pounds. The natives cannot use them,
but an insurgent accompanies each
sharpshooter and carries a field glass.
With the glass the native scans the
country for officers. When one is
found the ranger gets in action with
his rifle, firing from a rest. These
Texans operate chiefly from tree tops.
For every officer whom they kill or
fatally wound they get $1,000, and the
IN who kills Gen. Weyler is to get
$4,000.
Carroll says the seat of flibustering
will be transferred from the South
Atlantic coast to the Louisiana and
Texas coast. The American revenue
cutters are keeping too sharp a watch
on the Georgia and Florida coasts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
La Crosse Lumber Co.
Floor Paint Dries Over Night.
Agricultural Notes.

From the Journal of Agriculture.
Plan a good reading course for the
long winter evenings.
Select the second corn very care
fully and protect it well through the
winter.
Many farmers do not seem to realize
the necessity or advantages of a well
planned rotation.
In localities where alfalfa thrives
well, 1t is estimated that one acre OF
alfalfa will furnish pasturage for ten
to twenty hogs.
Farmers can lend a helping hand to
their neighbors by inducing those who
do not to take the Journal of AgricuI-
ture. 1t will help them.
Prof. Morrow says the chief work of
experiment stations should be scien-
tific rather than what is often called
purely practical, but the scientific
work should have for its end the i'm
provement of practice.
The Tennessee experiment station
does not believe that salt is valuable
a fertilizer. Potatoes, tobacco ,beets
and melons are injured by it. Light
applications might help onions, cab
bages and celery. On stiff clay soils
200 to 600 pounds per acre may help
the soil mechanically.
The Iowa station has been selecting
and breeding up corn with a view to
securing a variety having large ears,
long, straight, ever rows of deep
grains well carried to the tip, of bright
color, on a stalk of medium
size, and maturing before frost. The
three best varieties thus far produced
are Early Yellow Rose, sixty-two
bushels per acre; Iowa Gold Mine,
sixty and one-haIf bushels per acre;
sixty bushels per acre.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

The abovei IL but a sample of the many
letters we receive daily in regard to
various deep-seated blood diseases
which other remedies do not touch.
Contagious Blood Poison, Scrofula, Ec-
zema, Rheumatism, and letter, are OBJ
stinate blood diseases, and only a real
blood remedy will have any effect what
ever upon them. s. s. S. guaranteed
purely regetdbte) is a real blood remedy
and never fails to cure any disease hav-
ing its origin in the blood, it matters
not what other treatment has failed.
Valuable books can be obtained by ad.
dressing The Swift Specific Co., Attain
"a, Ga.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

Fred Reynolds, Joe Reynolds and
his wife, Ida Reynolds, who were ar
rested in this city about three months
ago on a charge of having attempted
to steal Miss Julia Corners bicycle
and who were later taken to Mont
gomery County, charged with burglar
izing a house there, were tried at that
place last Friday and sentenced to two
years apiece in the penitentiary. Ida
pleaded guilty here to having made
the attempt to steal Miss Corners
wheel and was sentenced to 80 days
in Jail, which sentence she served out
before being taken to Montgomery
Titv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
Mexico Chickens are Winners.

Mexico Chickens r Winners.
At the Macon CITY Poultry Show,
which was held recently and which
was one of the largest and most suc-
cessful that has been held in the State,
Geo. Kunkel, of this city, took several
premiums on some extra fine Barred
Plymouth Rocks which he exhibited.
He was awarded first premium for the
best cockerel, second for the best hen
and second for the best breeding pen.
This last award is quite an honor as
there were competing pens entered
from various parts of Illinois and
Iowa as well as this State. George
knows how to raise fine chickens and
isn't afraid to put them up against
the finest.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
poultry Shows.


COLUMBIA, NO., November 0.-The
premium list for the 9Th annual meet
ing of the Missouri State Poultry As
sociation has been issued. The meet
ing will be held December z, 8, 0, 10,
IL and 12, in Columbia, at Music Hall.
H. ]. Waters win deliver the address
of welcome, and M. L. Andrews,
President of the association, viii re-
spond. Among others on the pro-
eramme are: Judge g. A. Embry, of
Carthage-snbject, 'sThe Scrubs Are
Goings; ]. r. Lampson, of Mexico,
awhy / Like the Barred plymouth
Rocky; j. A. Maxwell, Of Fayette,
"Poultry in Connection With Other
Stock; Mrs. Emma Z. Foster, OF
Borland, tsThe Ladies' In the Poultry
Business." Allen Park will be super
intendent, and Sharp B~utterfield, OF
Windsor, Ontario, Judge.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
AT DAGGERS' POINTS.
Division No. 2 Files q Protest Against
Judge Barclay.

JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, Nov. 2O.-In
division No. 2 of the supreme court to-
day Judges T. A. Sherwood and G. d.
Burgess filed a written protest against
the action of Judge Shepard Barclay
of division No. 1 of the supreme court
in sending fruits and flowers to the
seven members of the st. Louis school
board, who were fined and imprisoned
in the Cole county Jail for contempt of
court by division No. 2 of the supreme
court last spring for failing to obey an
order of the court in regard to holding
a special school election in st. Louis
city.
Judge and Mrs. Barclay, whose home
is in st. Louis, sent the imprisoned di-
rectors some fruit and showed them
other courtesies, and it is to this action
that Judges Sherwood and Burgess
have objected. The filing of the pro-
test has created quite a sensation here
and shows the strained relations ex-
isting between the members of the SUI
preme court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
Notice Of Yinai Settlement,

Notice Ia hereby given that final
of the estate OF Sue A.
Bratton, deceased, win be made at
the January term OF the Probate Court
OF Audrain County, Missouri, to be
held at Mexico, No., on the second
Monday in January, 1897.
e. III. BRATTON,
til Executor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

III. A. Grier's sale of fine Poland
China hogs, which was to have taken
place last Saturday at Hisey's livery
stable, has been postponed until next
Saturday afternoon, when the sale will
take place as advertised. The rain
Friday night and nextmorning washed
the numbers off the hogs, hence the
postponement of the sale.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

Eight hundred pounds of the finest
mixed nuts just received by Owen &
Wolff. Two pounds tor % cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
A Legal Complication.

HANNIBAL, Mo-, Nov. 19.-Already
speculation is rife as to the legal as
pect of the situation produced by the
demise of Richard P. Giles. 1t is con-
tended by some that there is no pro-
vision in the Constitution for a case OF
this kind. The law provides in cases
of a vacancy that the Governor shall
issue a writ for a special election, but
it is held that in this instance the va
cancy does not exist. Among the can
didates mentioned are Senator Cottey,
of Knox County, John A. Whitesides,
of Clark; James T. Lloyd, of Shelby,
and George A. Mahan. of Marion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

"Excuse me-" observed the man in
spectacles, "but I am a surgeon, and
that is not where the liver ISL ssNever
you mind where the liver is" re-
torted the other. eff it was in his big
toe or his left ear DeWitt's Little Early
Risers would reach it and shake it for
him. On that you can bet your gig
lamps" For sale by Woodbridge &
Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
Gov. AItrald Going Abroad.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 2o.-The an
noupcement was made at county head
quarters to-day that Gov. AItgeld lie
going to Europe Immediately after he
~surrenders his Office, and that he pro-
poses to remain there for six or per-
haps nine months. This disposes Of
all gossip about the Governor becom-
ing . candidate for Mayor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
Executors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary upon the estate of J. w.
bearing, deceased, have been granted
to the undersigned by the Probate
Court of Audrain County, Missouri,
bearing date August %, 1896.
All persons having claims against
said estate r hereby notified to pre-
sent the same for allowance within
one year from the date of said letters;
and If not presented within two years
from said date they will be forever
barred. w. B. MCINTYRE,
30-4t. Executor,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

The old lady was right when she
said, the child might die if they waited
for the doctor. She saved the little
ones life with a few doses of One
Minute Cough Cure. She had used it
before. For sale by Woodbridge &
pHrdy-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
saw MILL FOR SALE.
Apply at the Ledger Office.

ANY party wanting to buy n good
saw mill, two log wagons, loading
chain, shanty outfit, heating and cook
ing stoves and everything complete
and in good shape, with plenty OF
work on hand, should apply at the
LEDGER office. This is a splendid
opening for the right kind of a man.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

Absolutely pure, perfectly harmless
and invariably reliable are the qualities
of One Minute Cough Cure. 1t never
fails in colds, Group and lung troubles.
Children like it because it is pleasant
to take and it helps them. For sale
by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

Father-"Why don't you sit DOWN."
Son-tsThis morning I asked you
how many made a million, an you
said: 'Darned few I told teacher
that in arithmetic class to-day, am
that's why / can't sit down"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

Scaly eruptions on the head, chap
ped hands and lips, cuts bruises, scalds,
burns are quicklycured by DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. 1t is at present
the article most used for piles, and it
always r them. For sale by Wool
bridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
AUDRAIN COURTS.

CIRCUIT CoURT-3d Monday in Jan.
uary, list Monday in June, Sd Monday
in September.
COUNTY CoURT-1st Monday in Feb
ruary, list Monday in May, list Monday
in August, list Monday in November.
PROBATE CoURT-2d Monday in jan
uary, I'd Monday in March, I'd Monday
in May, I'd Monday in September.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
Notice Of Final settlement

Notice is hereby given that final
settlement of the estate of r. B. Wor-
relI, deceased, will be made at the
January term of the Probate Court of
Audrain County, Missouri, to be held
at Mexico, Mo-, on the second Monday
in January, 1897.
r. d. WORRELL,
:. I'd Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

R. p. Hopkins is able to be out
again.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
Notice Of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that final
settlement of the estate of Jane
Scott, deceased, will be made at the
January term of the Probate Court Of
Audrain County, Missouri, to be held
at Mexico, Mo-, on the second Monday
in January, 1897.
E. A. SCOTT,
I'd Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

Soothing and not 1rritatlng strength
ening, and not weakening, small but
effective-such are the qualities of
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the ia
nous little pills. For sale by Wool
bridge & furdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
IA crosse Lumber Co.
Have the Best Grades.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercurv,

Beware of 0intments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do
is ten fold to the good you can posi-
bly, derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. j. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, o., contains no mer-
curry, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying
Halfs Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. 1t is taken internally
and is made in Toledo, Ohio, by F.. J..
Cheney s. Co. Testimonials free.
sg-Sold by druggists, price 5 c per
bottle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

With every can of Forest City Bak-
ing Powder bought of Owen & Wolff
you receive a piece of china free and
a chance on a solid oak eight foot ex-
tension table and six oak dining room
chairs. d2t-W1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

The length of life may be increased
by iessening its dangers. The majority
of people die from lung troubles.
These may be averted by promptly
using One Minute Cough Cure. For
sale by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
Yellow Pine Finishing.
La Crosse Lumber Co
Antitoxin in London,

To the Editor of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, Nov. 1.-THE article,
"Antitoxin in London" was taken
from al old school journal giving the
results of their experimenting with
antitoxin and their death rate, not
ours, az many have thought.
THEo. I'll. WINANs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26

The old way of delivering messages
by post-boys compared with the
modern telephone, illustrates the old
tedious methods of ssbreaking'' colds
compared with their almost instantans
eous cure by One Minute Cough Cure.
For sale by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
Louisville Cement,
La Crosse Lumber CD.

The Fulton Sun says: R. D.. Rodg-
ers, of Mexico, one of the leading at
torneys of central Missouri, was in
Fulton Thursday on legal business.
MIR. Rodgers has recently been elected
prosecuting attorney of his county.
He filed with honor the position of
police judge in his city. He is an
earnest working Democrat and has a
splendid future.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-26
Celebrated Mixed Paints,
La Crosse Lumber Co.
MeIntira e. McInture

w. b. McIntire and ID. H. Mcintyre
have formed a copartnership to prac-
tice law. Their office will be in the
W. B. McIntire building, just east of
the Christian Church.