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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03
MR.. CLEVELAND'S FORTUNE.
The Presidents Investments Have
Made Him Comfortably
Independent.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2s.-The Evening
World prints a story on the wealth of
Cleveland, in which it says:
"Men who handle money and possess
the facilities of estimating wealth long
ago agreed that the President is worth
one million dollars, and he has even
been rated at two millions. The bulk
of his fortune, all of which has been
acquired through wise investments
during the last twelve years, is be-
lieved to be in securities in railway
and other enterprises. His real es-
tate holdings are said to be valued at
at least $500, 0O0. This does not in
clude his interest in a great tract of
unimproved Long Island land which
was recently purchased by a syndicate
headed by William G. Whitney.
"The President is also credited with
holding a big block of Metropolitan
Traction company securities along
with Secretary Lamont, and Wall
street men have heard a great deal
recently of his interest in one or two
industrial stocks, out of which he is
said to have made a snug sum-. This
does not mean the President has any
interest in speculative stocks, be-
cause, according to report, he owns
the stock outright, just as the ordi-
nary investor would buy a desirable
security.
"When the President practiced law
in Buffalo prior to his election as Gov
ernor, he enjoyed, in connection with
Wilson 8. Bissell, recently a member
of MI. Cleveland's cabinet, a lucrative
practice. His private fortune when
he became Governor fourteen years
ago was estimated at $4,000. When
he was elected to the presidency two
years later he was worth about the
same amount. At the end of his first
term financial experts figured him as
being worth u million dollars. One
half of this sum represented his saw
ings from the 100000 that the gov
eminent paid him for his four years
of service. The other $125, 600 repre-
sented fortunate investments in real
estate and railway stocks.
"Mr. Cleveland's practice during
the four years that elapsed between
his first and second terms as President
Melted him $50, 900 a year, from which
he saved at least $4,000 a year. 1t
was during his caree as a private cit
izen that the President became inter-
ested in investments, and it is said
that since he became President he has
not become interested in a single new
enterprise. All his present holdings
represent investments made by him
while he was practicing law, except
ing, of course, his purchases of real
estate in Washington, Long Island and
New Jersey.
sThe President is credited with
having saved 100000 of the four
years. salary of $4,000 a year which
he is now drawing. That he will re-
tire to private life well equipped in a
financial sense is beyond question.
The World has the assurance of one of
his former associates that he will not
again become a member of the firm of
which he was a member four years
ago."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03
Call Not Accented.

From the wellsv.lle Wide-Awake.
The Christian church at Mexico at a
recent session elected Elder @. @. Hill
as pastor for the ensuing year. IL is q
fine position and would take all his
time and pay him a handsome salary.
He viii probably not accept the call,
but 1t is a handsome compliment to
him, nevertheless.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

AS WILL be seen from our Washing
ton dispatches Postmaster J.W. Mason
has been removed by President Cleve-
land and Luke W. Morris, OF the firm
of j. d. Morris & Co., has been ap-
pointed in his place. Mr.. Morris is a
sterling young Democrat of splendid
business ability and will make an eff
Gent Postmaster. The removal of Mr..
Mason was a surprise to a majority
of the people of Mexico, it not being
generally known that any charges had
been filed against him. The Repub-
licans we're circulating petitions and
preparing to endeavor to G the
office as soon as Mckinley was inaug-
urated, but it Is reported now that
MIR. Morris will be allowed to hold the
office for four years. just what
foundation for this report there may
be the LEDGER is not informed. The
LEDGER has no information in refer
ence to the nature of the charges ex-
cept what is published in the metro
politan papers, and Mr.. Mason at this
time refuses to discuss the matter at
oil
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03
Efevator Burnad.

The Daniel q Harris elevator, be-
longing to George Daniel and Mayo
Harris, burned at Vandalia this week.
The insurance was q, 600 and the loss
about $1,000. The iire 10 reported to
have been the work Of an in~cendiary.
Vandsiia 10 a splendid shipping point
and Daniel Il Harris have a fine bust
ness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

LUKE w. MORRIS will probably ap-
point R. II. Herman as Deputy Post
master. Mr.. Herman served in the
Postofice for years and is thoroughly
equipped for the position. The office
of Postmaster is one hard to film
fact, you cannot fill it to the ~satisfac-
ton of everybody. MI. Morris will
not discuss his appointees and will
probably not make them public until
he receives his commission. In ad-
dition to a Deputy Postmaster he will
probably employ n bright, active
young man to assist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

Miss Pearl Blanton, daughter Of B.
F. B~lanton, of the Paris (Mo.) appeal,
will, on December 16, 1895, be married
to Mi. e. NJ. Alexander, of Paris, Nc.
Miss Pearl Blanton is well known to
many of the readers of the LEDGER as
one of the most popular young ladies
who ever attended Hardin College,
and the LEDGER is glad to know that
Mr.. Alexander is q most worthy young
man and desires to congratulate him
on having won one of the most lovely
and accomplished young ladies the
writer knows,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03
Newspaper Men and Journalists.

FfUm Tue %. LOUIS 6tar.
Bob White Of the Mexico LEDGER,
talks sense. He says that tone news
paper man is worth sixteen journalists
when it comes to results.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

THE LEDGER is glad to know that a
movement is on foot to pass a law in
Missouri prohibiting foot ball, as
played. If prize fighting is a INSIDE
meanorf foot ball is a crime.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03
To Honor Bland.

Why isn't Richard Parks Bland q
good man for the caucu nomination
of the Democrats for Speaker Of the
Fifty fifth Congress7 It's an empty
honor, but it's q great one all the same
and no Democrat more deserves 1t
than Nj. Bland.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

HON. LON v. STEPHENS will be Gov
of Missouri in fact as well as in
name, all rumors to the contrary not
withstanding. His appointments in
dictate very clearly that there are no
strings on him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03
MONROE O NOTES.


From the Paris Appeal.
Cliff Croft paid S1.15 for a lot of
Babe Featherstone's old corn.
At Grosbolps sale Wednesday old
corn sold at $1.13 in the pen and new
corn at $1.0515.
w. A. Eubanks has sold to w. l..
Smithey and DIR. Fulton 700 barrels of
corn at 81 in the pen.
At Chicago on Wednesday prime
beef steers went to $685.. Hogs con-
tinue low, the top only being $3.50 at
Chicago.
J. r. Jones and F. G. Graham, near
Holiday, bought 1856 head of yearlings
and 2-year- olds in Maries county last
week.
Prince Dimmitt last Monday sold
four 2-year-o old mules to Baker &
Schofield, of this city, at $3.50 per
head.
James A. Younger on Tuesday sold
two nice sorrel mares for $40, and 2
year old mule for $45. The mule was
Is hands high.
White & Co., of Shelbina, have con-
tracted for Sc head of 1 ,50O-pound cat
tie from Hedg Picket, to be delivered
January 1st at $4.75.
On Saturday Ben Singleton deliver
ed to Jess White, of Shelbina, a load
of steers that averaged 1,475 pounds,
drifted. They were contracted some
time back at s4.45.
The SO head of .2-year-old feeders
advertised in the appeal by W. J.
Boney & Son, of Cairo, were sold to
Mike Robertson, of Centralia, at 3.25.
They averaged s25 pounds.
George Akers, on the W. A. Eu-
banks farm near Strother, this week
| sold 1856 barrels of corn to James W.
Warren at 81. 05 in the pen. MI. Akers
still has between 1900 and 1000 bar
rels left.
Hog cholera has been raging in the
| McGee neighborhood, OIL Elk Fork,
for some time. Les MCGEE has lost
80 hogs, and Geo. MCGEE, John john
son and Gus Simon have also been
heavy losers.
James W. Warren last Thursday de-
livered to j. Fl. Starr the SO head of
steers recently contracted at $4.75.
They averaged 1880 pounds, drifted.
| They were shipped direct to Liver
| pool for the Christmas market. These
| steers were put on feed II months ago
when they averaged LIPS pounds.
sFemaIe Weakness causes nine
tenths of all the wretchedness which
| women endure. 1t can never be per-
manentIy relieved by "local treat
ments." That is generally an ex-
pensive, embarrassing, make-shift.
What is needed is DIR. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription to reach the inner
most sources of the trouble and re-
store health and strength directly to
the internal organs. This stops the
weakening drains which sap life's
foundation; heals all liberated con-
d~itions, gives the ligaments elastic
power of themselves to correct mis-
placement of internal organs and i'm
parts tone, vigor and vitality to the
entire feminine organism. In a word
the "Favorite Prescription" makes
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

JAMES DowELL broke the record in
the way of collecting taxes this week
at Martinsburg, Nc. He collected
several hundred dollars more than
was ever collected there before.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03
In First-C Glass Standing.

In another column appears the third
annual statement of the Farmers Mu-
tual Fire and Lightning Insurance Co.
of Mexico, Mo. The statement shows
total business done since company be-
gan business Nov. %, 1898. Seven
hundred policies have been issued, of
which number ninety have been can
celled.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

Iris said that MI. Grover Cleveland
has decided to accept the deanship of
the Princeton law school.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

of cut nails. This meant a clear rob-
berry of s13,e 800 900 a year, every dol
lar of it taken from the earnings of
other and much poorer men.
There r several other conspiracies
of greed against need and if the laws
now in existence cannot reach them
new laws should be enacted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

Miss Mckinney, who has been the
guest OF her aunt, Mrs. H. A. Lawder,
for some time, returned to her home
in Pittsburg, Penn, to-day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

Mrs. Green Clay returned from st.
Louis to-day, accompanied by her
son, Rodes, who is recovering from a
slight indispositiou.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

Total amount of premiums
collected .s4,sss 81
Ten per cent assessment. .... 1888 81
Making a total of. ...... 1882 4s
Commissions amount to. ..... 1892 90
Advertising, rents and other
expenses 54S S.
Losses paid. 1910 IS
Cash on hand ............ 800 ss
Total. 1882 2s
The total cost has been not to ex-
coed so cents on the dollar of what
this same insurance would have cost
in stock companies, supposing that
the money paid by policy holders was
all expended. But this is not the case;
they have on hand $3,01o.ss. This al
SO belongs to the members of the COM
pany, which also reduces the cost.
No company has a better class of
business than this. They employ no
agents. ALI the risks are inspected by
the secretary and nothing written for
more than three-fourths Of its value.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03
Write TO the Ledger.

THE Republic must be ruled by its
men and not by its money.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

W. w. Mundy shipped q car OF hogs
to st. Louis Monday night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03
No Marble for Him.

From tnt DBtIUlI ITlUuHt-
Maid of Athens, ere we part,
Give, oh, give me back my heart.
Right here and now I say to you,
That this old marble thing won't do.
She-Oh, Jack! Do you know, Mr..
Gibon punctuated his tire yesterday?
He-You mean punctured, my dear.
she-Well, anyway, he came to a
full stop.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

George McLoney, son OF W. =.
McLoney, has the pneumonia. :
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

From now until January / We
promise to Guido all competition.
TURNER, JACKSON & Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03
Boies' New Position.

WATERLOO, To-, Nov. 30.-FaruG
Boies was announced as the presidi4g
officer Of a meeting of Democfstsa
his district, but q letter received iron
him at his Grundy county farm statea
that the weather was of such = eofi
he did not feel he could come e
Waterloo. However, he stated -
position in regard to the future In the
following words:
"The issue of the future IL alrsady
clearly presented. 1t is no longer 3
question of whether or NC ~ snsl
have free coinage at 16 to 1, butbp
the broader question of whethsr q
not the nation is to be tied TO . gcn
standard and receive its paper cur
rency through the fundamentally 2
at the will of private corporations, Or
have for its use a national currency
based upon gold and silver alike, g
controlled by the Government inftssa
of by syndicates and combinsfions'
We must prepare for the broader
issue. The time to begin il nov, ana
the way to begin is to organize"
What costive people need IL nss-
ural laxative like DIR. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets which are powerful with
out being violent. They move TIE
bowels gradually and comfortably boz
You can regulate the dos
one, two or three "PelletsD-exsctly
rs you need. They strengthen the
to do their own work, -
that after their movements have be-
come regular they keep on naturally
of themselves.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
I'm PARTITIoN.1

Lloyd Mcintosh, \
Plaintiff,
vs.
Sarah Mcintosh, GeorgeI
Throckmorton and SAL
lie Throckmorton, his
wife, Bruce Icenogle and
Many Icenogle, his wife,,
Rachel Calvert, Curtis
Calvert, Lewis Calvert
and r. Cluke Calvert,
Defendants.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-12-03

In the Circuit Court, January Term,
1897.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-08-08
WESTERN MINING NEwsLETs.
From the Scientific Press.)


Among the nations Mexico Is at present
the largest silver producer. The '95 out
put Appropriated 81 .OOO. 900 fine ounces.
Charles d. Lane. the wealthy California
gold miner, paid all the indebtedness Of
the Bimetsllio National Committee ct So.
Louis.
jos. t. Goodman. we'll known TO many
old Nevsdsns, has bailt . house at Mari
poss, where be is finishing bis book on
Central American hieroglyphics.
New York men propose. IL the repor.
warrants. to put in an extensive hydraulic
plant at Gold Greek, Elko county. Nevada.
where they have an option on several
thousand acres Of placer grounds.
Of silver should go to one dollar az
ounce" is the hopeful sentence With which
innumersble items begin In the columns Of
papers published in places ono busy with
life, now ss cold and silent ss-the ore it no
longer pays to work.
A good word Is to be said for the leasing
system, which has proved SO mutually sat-
isfsctory In Colorado and elsewhere. Much
of the mining there in the last three years
has been done by ~iessers. The leaser has
to be a miner; he can't be simply an or
binary laborer who imagines he must have
q miners wages because he works around Q
mine. He is jointly interested with the
mine owner, and the relationship is OF
mutual benefit. 1t gives him an interest
in local and general welfare, intoxicating
thrift and industry, coupled with indie
pendence.
On the Comstock. Nevada, has recently
been milled ore from the 3,250-foot level,
now under water. AT present no work Is
being done at a greater depth than the
l, 700-foot level, where the Sutro tunnel
tapped the lode. II is not an unusual
route for travellers from Virginia City to
points more easily reached that way to go
down by vertical shaft to q distance Of
], ZOO feet, thence five miles through the
tunnel.
r. W. Woodbury., President of the Cali
fornia Eastern Railway, located to run
from Los Angeles through Southeastern
Nevada to Utah, which has thirty miles
built, thinks that the mineral resources
alone justify the rapid extension Of the
road eastward. The difficulty has been TO
prove the existence of the ore in paying
quantities, and to do this he has organized
g company which will build traction wag-
ons. to be operated by steam and run on
the surface Of the ground. These are now
being built. With what can be carried on
the wagons themselves and on t~railers. he
expects to haul fifty o n at q trip. This
is only an experiment which has not yet
been proved. His theory is that when it
is found that the ore can be transported
reasonably the mines will be worked, and
il the mines are once put in operation in
the country he can show that there is
enough ore in the country TO justify the
| erection OF the railroad,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-08-08
spat I'm Jim Barry's Face.

A San Francisco dispatch Of August 4
says: David Maggie, the ex-United States
Marshal who killed Judge Terry some
years ago while acting as Q body-guard to
Justice Stephen J. Field, got into an alter
cation with James II. Barry, editor Of the
Star. 9 weekly paper on Montgomery
street, to-day. In the last issue Of the
Star. Barry published a biography of
Maggie In which the lstter's record and
character we're severely criticized. To-day
Maggie asked If Barry we're the author Of
the article in the Star. Barry replied that
he was and was responsible for IL. "Then
take this" said Maggie, splitting four times
in Barry's face. Barry struck at Maggie.
The latter with his hand in his own hip
pocket, said: "Now fill your hand"
Barry said, "You are armed and l am
not" Bystanders inserfered and the men
we're separated before any blows could be
exchanged.
A later telegram under date OF August
5 from San Francisco says The afternoon
papers print q sensational report that the
friends of james II. Barry, who was as
saulted by Dave Maggie yesterday. are or
ganizing a Vigilance COMMITTEE and will
force Maggie to leave town.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-08-08
MODIFIED THE TEST.
All Voters who Believe In Free
Coinage Invited.

The Executive Committee Of the State
Central Committee Of the Silver party has
modified the test that will be required OF
voters st the primary election, so that il
now reads as follows:
II Am in favor Of the free and independ.
ent coinage Of silver at the ratio Of l6 to l
by the United States independent OF any
other nation, and will support the nom
inees Of the Silver party"
This opens the door to all who believe
in the free coinage Of silver by the United
States, whether foreign nations give their
consent or not. and il fusion is effected be.
tween all factions which claim to be for
free silver then. OF course. all voters.
silver Republicans, silver Democrats, Pop.
ulists or Of the Silver party, will support
the same electoral and State ticket. There
should be but one ticket for free coinage
men Of all parties.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-08-08
Could Not sake Arrangements.

Messrs. Rsybold and Gregory, the Salt
Lake parties who have been testing the
gold ores Of Eureka District for several
weeks past, left On Monday last for home.
They were convinced by numerous assays
and teaching tests. and q thorough exam
nation Of our mines. that there 10 an
abundance Of gold ore in the district that
can be worked at a profit. and with q view
TO commencing the reduction Of ores they
endeavored to rent the Richmond Smelling
Works. but have not as yet been able TO
agree upon terms with Mr.. Probert. the
General Manager OF the Richmond Com
pany.
They expect to commence operations
here as soon as they can make satisfactory
arrangements for such works. It is greatly
10 be regretted that they were unable to
secure reduction works. That our mines
containing gold should have remained idle
30 long with so many investors hunting
for gold mines 10 surprising.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-08-08
John Navoni Burned "a Death.

A dispatch to Tuesdays Examiner from
Astoria, Oregon, states that John Morrisey
Navoni was burned to death in q saloon
at that place on Monday night. He was
leader Of the orchestra in a saloon known
as the "Bowery," and when the place
caught on fire he ran up stairs TO his
room in an attempt to save his clothes.
This was the last seen of him alive. When
the fire was under control searchers for
him found the body Of Navoni lying in his
room. He was an elderly man and had
but one leg, and il is thought he stumbled
and fell in the darkness.
John Navoni was q musician of more
than ordinary ability, and was the son Of
a noted New York musician. he was well
known and well thought Of in Eureka,
having been the leader of the old Truckee
orchestra in the good times OF the early
sos. and gave music lessons 70 q number
OF families here.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-08-08

Horsethief Wilson Jaiis Hts Jailer
and Makes sis Escape.


The SENTINEL reported some weeks ago
the srres. Of Charley Williams and Charley
Wilson" charged with horse-siealing.
Al the preliminary hearing Williams was
released on bond. and Wilson remsnded
to the Lincoln county Jail. Wilson es-
capped from the Jail at Phoebe and the
Record Of July 80 gives the following
report:
Last night at half. past nine o'clock, as
Deputy Sheriff John Ewing was preparing
to lock up Charles Wilson for the night.
that worthy picked up the slop bucket and
walking toward the door, ostensibly TO
empty the vessel. suddenly slammed shut
the inner door. Immediately fastened the
outer one, and made of through the back
yard. Ewing, locked in the jail himself,
set up 9 shout for help, which did not
reach him for nearly ten minutes. by which
time Wilson had made good his escape,
and in the intense darkness all idea Of
tracking him was given up until daylight
should appear. At daylight this morning
two Indians were put on Wilson's trail,
and at nine O'Clock had succeeded In track
ing him beyond the fiat north Of own to-
ward Spring valley.
1t Was q well-planned Escape. The in
nooent.looking slop bucket appears now to
have contained necessary articles Of cloth
ing and food, and though unwieldly was
held on to, Is was shown in the vicinity
Of the smelter north Of town, where the
prisoner rested for q moment, possibly lis
tening to the commotion existing at about
that time in the vicinity Of the jail. at
Ewing's release where q crowd had quickly
gathered. Wilson. who knows the country
well, made directly for the eastern boundry
line of the State. and II he has fallen across
any kind OF q horse, 10 ere this we'll on the
Utah line. Ewing says be was following
Wilson a. he started out Of the jail and was
not over two feet from him when he reach
cd the inner door. The door binds when
closed, and Wilson knew this and used his
knowledge to good advantage.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-08-08

A staff correspondent Of the New York
Mail and Express writing from Chicago
either does an honored and esteemed resi-
dent Of this State a gross injustice or he
has been the victim of a GOSH" He re-
ports E. d. VANDERBILT of Carson as say
ing that the Republicans will carry Nevada
at the coming election. 1t is customary
for Western visitors to that section to
"stuff" the gentle fasteners with whop-
ping stories Of big fish, ferocions grizzlies,
lost diamond mines and Republican major.
titles, and we fear Mr.. VANDERBILT has been
again imposing upon their credulity. We
cannot believe him serious.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-08-08
Coming 10 Eureka 60 Vote.

A call was made in Carson for . meeting
last Friday to organize . Bryan and Sew
all Club. but for a time a difficulty was OK.
perienced in finding some one capable Of
filling the position Of Chairman who did
not live in Eureka. The Appeal says;
I" General Beatty was the first man called
upon and stated that he was q Bryan man,
but could not join this club rs be was
resident OF Eureka county. where be would
vote for Bryan. Governor sadler followed
in a lively talk. and he also stated that ht
was from Eureka and could not be . mem
Der, but was in favor OF Bryan" Tit
meeting acknowledged the superiority o.
the executive ability Of Eureka people b,
finally e~lecting All. Chartz Permanen
Chairman.