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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
Advertised Letters.

List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Mexico, NO., for the week
ending January 25, 1896, which if not
called for in thirty days will be sent to
the Dead Letter Office at Washington.
Persons calling for letters in this list
will please say advertised"
Ella Armstrong, Myrtle Blockeman,
Sam benson, Mrs. Sallie Gex, Luke o,
Gex, Sadie Houck, Jim Hall, A. L,
johnson, L. H. Jones, Chas. Krigler,
C. R. Lewis, Isaac Lott, Carl Mundt,
E. Morei, Logan NOVEL;, NJ. c. Queen,
Aggie Robinson, May Richmond, N.
8. Sharp, Luil Shoman, Mollie Thorn
ton, Hy yasholl. Susan Washington,
J. nj. Wesbery, Adam Waterman,
Berdie Wright, Phebe Woodson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
Gov. Stone On the Situation.

The st. Louis Republic sent by wire
to the Governor of each State in the
Union this inquiry:
"Would you regard the purchase of
Cuba by England an occasion for the
assertion of the Monroe doctrine?
What is the militia force of your
State, armed and drilled, and how
quickly could it be mobilized?"
GOV. stones REPLY.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 20.-In
reply to your telegram, will say |
have heard only a rumor hat Eng
land has bought Cuba. l hope it is
not true. If it is true, and if the facts
will warrant the application of the
Monroe doctrine, then / would favor
enforcing it. Since we have not rec
ognized Cuba as an Independent or
belligerent power, l do not exactly
see at first view just how we can ap-
ply the Monroe doctrine SO as to deny
Spain the right to sell her claim to
Cuba or England the right to buy it.
However, upon so important a ques-
ton 1 am unwilling to form a hasty
opinion on insufficient data. But
whatever position the Government of
the United States may take, 1 stand
ready to support promptly and Loyalty
to the utmost. Missouri has four
regiments and two batteries of the
National Guard, and every man OF
them will respond to roll call if they
are needed to defend our flag.
WILLIAM j. STONE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
PUBLIC SALE
Wednesday, February $.

viii offer at public sale on the place
known as the J. @. Summer farm, 2L
miles northeast of Mexico. Mo-, on the
Santa Fe road, on Wednesday, Feb.
3, 1896, the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
IA head Of yearling steers, 6 head OF
yearling heifers, with calf; SIS head of
stock hogs, weigh So pounds; 8 No. l
brood sows, 1 SOW and 6 pigs.
/ Minneapolis binder, nearly new;
/ good top buggy, 1 set double buggy
harness, / set single buggy harness,
1 nearly new set wagon harness, /
farm wagon, 1 low wheel feed wagon,
l Disc harrow, / Disc eultivator, 1
Dane corn cutter, new; 1 say frame
and a number OF other things.
TERMS OF SA~LE.-Sums of $40 and
under, cash; over $40 a credit of ten
months at s per cent, purchaser re-
quired to give bankable note.
DOUGLAS DILLON.
j. T. JOHNSON, Auctioneer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
sHERIFtos SALE.

By virtue and authority of a special
execution issued from the office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court OF Audrain
County, Missouri, r%eturnable at the
January term, 1896, of said court, and
to me directed in favor of l.. 8. Mans-
field and against Richard Phillips, and
the real estate below named, ! have
levied upon and seized all the right,
title, interest and claim of the said
Richard Phillips and all other persons
bound by the Judgment, of, in and to
the following described real estate,
to-wit: Lots Nos. 81 and 95, block P.
of Beatty's Addition 10 the City Of
Mexico, Missouri, all lying and being
in the said County and State OF Mis-
souri,; and | will, on
Friday, the 9TH Day of February,
A. d., 1896,
between the hours of nine O'Clock In
the forenoon aud five O'Clock ia the
afternoon of that day, at the east
front Court House door, In the CITY
of Mexico, County of Audrain afore-
said, sell the same, or so much thereof
may be required, at public vendue,
to the highest bidder for cash in hand
(subject to all prior liens and iudg.
ments) to satisfy said execution and
costs.
j. N. STEPHENS,
ShertW of Audraiu County. Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
A Pheasant Tr1n to Centralia.

A number of the members of Wash
ington Tent No. 8, Knights of the
Maccabees, went to C~entralia satur-
day afternoon to attend a lecture by
Rev. Grant A. Robbins, Grand State
Chaplain Of the order. The lecture
was held at the Fountain Opera House
and was largely attended. Rev. Mr..
Robbins is said to be a highly enter
tanning talker and an effort will be
made to have him lecture again in
this city at no distant day. Those
present from this city yer Robert
McDonough, Geo. Duncan, 8. w.
Sanford, D. W. Shipp, Henry Smith,
C. w. Sebastian, Will Crockett,
Charley Bybee, Jno. Marshall and w.
B. Marshall.
The boys speak in the highest terms
of the cordially of the people of Cen
tralia and say that as an entertainer
Mayor Bush has few equals.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

ST. LOUIS has been selected as the
city in which the Populist National
Convention viii be held this year. By
a resolution, every effort vas made to
have the convention of the Bimetallic
League held in the city in which the
Populist Convention takes place. This
means, practically to a certainty, that
the two conventions will be held in st.
Louis. Each, 1t is supposed, will haye
about 200 delegates. The date of Tie
conventions viii be sometime between
July Z and July q The st. Louis
papers say that the meeting was
marked by angry words and passion
ate scenes from start to finish.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
The Right Kind of Talk.

EIOIh bhC
The question of bonding the county
for fifty thousand dollars to repair the
court house at Columbia is being agi-
tated. In this emergency Centralia
has this proposition to make:
Move the county seat to Centralia
and this town will build and equip ar
elegant, commodious and modern
court house and give it to the county
free of a single cent of cost to the tax
payers of the county. I
There are many reasons why the
county seat should be moved to Gen.
tralia, the best and most progressive
city in the county. And when the
bonus of a splendid new court house
is thrown in, it strikes us that there
should be no objections from any
source TO the removal proposition.
What say you, tax payers2
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
GOV. STONE MISQU0TED.
Did Not Say While in Washington
That He Is for Morrison.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 20.-The
dispatch from Washington stating
that Gov. Stone was for VIM. r. Nor
rison of Illinois for President was mis-
leading. When asked this morning
about it, the Governor made the fol-
lowing statement:
81 did not say l would support or
favor Col. Morrison for President. ]
had no conferences with anyone on
the subject of Presidential candidates
The dispatch referred to is entirely
without foundation SO far as / am con-
cerned. / went to Washington to aid
the st. Louis delegation in getting the
convention. When that was decided
1 came home. I am for a straight-o out
bimetallic candidate
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
AlIeeed Co,nnulsorv Marr,aee.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Jan. 19.-Last
Thursday HI. r. Level, a farmer oil
Boone county, and Miss Anna Lewis,
also of this county, were married at
Fayette, Mo. To-day the groom ap-
peared in Columbia before Prosecut-
ing Attorney j. L. Stephens and Sc
cured warrants against Edward and
B.. Lewis. brothers of the bride, and
Andrew Adams, a relative, charging
that they compelled him (LeveD to
marry the girl at the point of a re-
volver. Level claims that Adams and
the Lewis brothers came upon him
while at the house of M. B. Cooper, a
farmer of this county, and threatened
him with instant death if he did not
obey their commands. He was then
covered with a revolver and taken to
tayette, a distance of about IL miles.
There the prospective bride put in an
appearance and the ceremony was
performed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
f.. sHERIFF's SALE.

BY virtue and authority of a special
execution issued from the Office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Audrain
County, Missouri, ~retnrnable at the
January term, 1896, of said court, and
to me directed in favor of E. 8. Mans
field and against Jacob Flora, and the
real estate below described, I have
levied upon and seized all the right,
title, interest and claim of the said
Jacob Flora and all other persons
bound by the Judgment, of, in and To-
the following described real estate, to-.
wit: Lot No. SO, block l.. of Beatty'a
Addition to the City of Mexico, Mis-
souri,, all lying and being in the said!
County and State OF Missouri; and !
will, on
Friday, the 9TH Day of FebruarT,
A. d., 1896,
between the hours of nine O'Clock IL
the forenoon and five O'Clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the east
front Court House door, in the City Of
Mexico, County of Audrain aforesaid,
sell the same, OF SO much thereof a.
may be required, at public vendue, To-
the highest bidder for cash in hand
Subject to all prior liens and judg-|
ments) to satisfy said execution and
costs.
J.. N. STEPHENS,
Sheriff of Audrain County, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
M%lssoURIANs CONFER.
National and State Politics Discuss
ed by Them at Washington.

WASHINGTON, D. c., January 10
The Missourians gathered again to-
day at the Arlington and talked pol
itics behind closed doors. The Sena-
tors, Democratic Representatives and
nearly every Missouri Democrat of
prominence in Washington were there
to counsel with Francis and Maffitt.
There was considerable talk about
the State Convention, to be held on
April Is. Without a dissenting voice,
it was agreed that the Endorsement
of William r. Morrison was the prop.
err thing for the Convention. The
personality of the four delegates at
large was eonvassed. 1t was sug-
gested that probably Governor Stone
and Congressman Bland would be two
of the delegates at large. Francis and
the sound money men present at the
Arlington conference were especially
solicitous that the April Convention
should make no declaration on the
silver question, but leave thai to be
settled in the National Convention.
The silver men were disposed to con-
cede this.
But the subject uppermost in the
Missourians' mind seemed to be the
Governorship. 1t was urged that
some man must be put at the head of
the ticket who would add strength to
it. In the informal talk it came out
that Dalton had been assured of con-
siderable local support in st. Louis if
he ran, but it was stated that he WAS
in doubt as to whether this was the
right kind of a year for his kind of a
candidacy. Ex-Judge Black, it ap-
peared, had strong friends, but the
statement was made that the Demo-
Gratis of Kansas City propose to run
him for Mayor, in the hope of re-
deemng their city. The need of or
%ganization was dwelt upon by some
of the speakers, but it was admitted
that little effective work could be
done until the ticket was made.
"What we want" said n of the
Missourians, sis a man at the head of
the ticket whose name will add
strength and who has the natural
capacity for organization. The best
man we have got to organize the
| party in Missouri is Dockery, but ]
don't think he will be nominated.
The Democratic Congressman who
| were beaten in the tidal wave in 1894
are against Dockery."
Ex-Gov. Francis, Chairman Maffitt
and Mr.. Zeveley left this evening fol-
New York.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
Spain Wants to Sell Cuba.
SAID TO HAVE OFFERED 1T TO A
SYNDICATE OF BRITISH AND
GERMAN CAPITALISTS.
Interest in the Matter at Fever Heat
in New York-No Proclamation
Yet Issued.

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-Interest IN
the Cubau war is at fever heat in New
| York. The possibility that the Presi-
dent might issue a proclamation to-
day recognizing the b~elligerency OF
| insurgents attracted crowds to the
newspaper offices. The headquarters
of the Cuban Junta was also be&lged
by a friendly mob in quest OF infor-
| nation. But the day passed without
any word of encouragement from
Washington.
Fuel was added to the popular ex-
element in the afternoon by the re-
ceipt of a cablegram from London
stating s'upon absolutely trustworthy
authority" that the chief command
ing officers of the new flying squadron
| of British warships had been supplied
with special charts of North Ameri-
| can waters and the West Indian seas.
The charts, the dispatch added, g
examined in the Admiralty Office to-
day. Members of the Junta point to
this dispatch as cerroborative of the
statement made last night that Spain
had offered to sell Cuba to Great
| Britain, or that a deal of some kind
for the cession of the island is pend
ing.
Wall street sifted the various re-
ports down and reached the conclus-
ion that the Spanish Government
had offered to dispose of Cuba to a
syndicate, composed of British and
German capitalists, principally the
former, and that the British members
of the syndicate had laid the matter
before Lord Salisbury. The Premier,
| it is declared, is now considering the
| whole Cuban question with a view to
future action in regard to the syndi-
cate scheme.
| 1t has been reasserted to-day with
great p~ositiveness that the admins
tration in Washington took occasion
a few days since to make certain
representations to Spain with respect
to the early settlement of the Cuban
war. Members of the Junta in this
city, basing their statements on ad-
vices from Washington, declare that
Secretary Olney, through the Amer
lean Minister at Madrid, advised Spain
to withdraw the Spanish troops from
Cuba and recognize the independence
of the island, accepting in considera-
ton therefor an indemnity to be paid
by the new Republic, with the assur-
ance that the United States guarantee
the payment of the idemnity.
The Cubans are fighting for abso-
lutte independence. Spain, in volun-
tarily Withdrawing her troops from
the island, would probably demand
an indemnity of $1,000, 900 ,00o, and
possibly $4,000, ooO, OOo, 900. This sum
the people of Cuba would find it diff
cult for many years to pay. 1t is
their plan to force the val to a sue
cessful issue, without resort to such
a compromise. The star of the Cuban
Republic, they say, is now in the as
cendant, and all that is needed to es-
tablish the independence of the is
land is the moral and material sup.
port of the United States.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
A A R STORY.
How 1t Impressed the Youngster Who
Heard 1t in a Speech.
From the st. Louis Republic.

In the Garfield Hancock campaign
there was q big Democratic meeting
at q certain place in st. Charles Coun-
ty in this State. A number of DIS
tinguished Democratic speakers were
Rthere and we had a day of it. The
Ewriter was then a small child, but one
of the speakers made a very pro-
found impression upon his mind. The
speaker was no other than Champ
Clark.
No one asks now, "Who is Champ
CLARKE" but then he was a new star
in the armament.
We had a number of speeches, and
the children were very tired. I can't
speak for the grown people, because
the good Democrats there would not
have owned to being tired, 1 know,
after such a display of %eioquence from
their great party leaders. At any
rate, I was tired, but my mother whls-
pered:
"There is only one more Speech"
and l was much relieved. A blond
young man was introduced as Champ
Clark, of Pike County. He came
forward with a pleasant face and
manner hat at once attracted my at
tention. He began in this way:
81 am reminded of the boy who
killed a 'possum and expected to
joy a 'possum dinner the next day.
The family was about to sit down to
the dinner table when a wagon drove
up and a neighbours family came in.
The head of the family announced
that the visitors had come to diuner.
There was no room at the table for
our young friend, the sportsman, and
he waited, with his eyes fixed on the
dish of 'possum. The guests had good
appetites. Finally there was only
one piece of the 'possum left and one
of his own farnily took that. Then
the 'possum lover bursted right out
a-crying; the disappointment was too
much for himl
"My friends" continued MI. Clark,
81 am in that same condition. When
l heard the first speech, / thought,
well-that is pretty bad, but still l
have something left to say; then
there came the next speech, and the
next. and when the last speaker fin
ished I just bursted right out a-crying,
but there was not another thing left
for me to say"
But there was, and he said it, too.
He awakened that audience till you
could hear its applause a mile away.
/ think that that was probably the
first time Champ Clark ever spoke in
st. Charles County. He carried back
home with him the thanks and ap-
probation of a good many of his
bearers that day,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
Sentiment.

Two gentlemen were standing on a
street corner when they we're APP
preached by a man offering for sale
two dressed geese. They decided to
purchase, but the dealer insisted on
selling the two fowls to enc man. Ac-
cordingly n of them bought the two
and sold again to his friend,
After the transaction was complet-
ed the goose vender was asked why
he wouldn't sell the fowls separately.
Said he:
ssThat old goose and gander have
been together thirty wears. and I
wouldn't separate them for any con-
sideration.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

SAM JONES isn't dead yet. Here's
what he said in st. Louis this week
Did it ever strike you, brother, that al
old horse with a lore back thinks cur.
ry combs are about the coarsest things
he ever saw? If the old horse is sound,
why, he just leans up against the cur
~ comb. And I expect the devil has
been riding some of you fellows until
your back is right sore, and you think
Sam Jones Is coarse But, LAM me!
neishbe., itisn,ttha cnrry comb that's
coarse; it's your back that's sore.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
An INCENTIVE to Replenishment.

ETOM kue UitUu SNIs =
Col. Bob White, the popular editor
of the Mexico LEDGER, a sterling
Democrat, q man who has the future
of Audrain county and Democracy at
heart, offers to give a handsomely en-
erayed silver a to every white baby
born in Audrain county during Christ
mas week, 1895.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
Senator Vests Bridge Bill Passes

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-During the
consideration Of calendar bills by the
Senate to-day, Senator Vest called up
and secured the passage of his bill for
the construction of another bridge
over the Mississippi from st. Louis to
the Illinois shore. Substantially the
same hill was passed by the House in
the last Congress, but 1t failed in the
Sonate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

DIVISION No. 2 of the Supreme Court
of Missouri has declared the anti Sun
day barber law void. Judge Burgess,
who wrote the opinion, held that the
law was special legislation and in con-
fiict with the constitution, because a
general law would the case,
This decision completely knocks out
the Lancaster law" Judge Burgess
opinion is %concurred in by all the
iudpes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

PROF. L. M. HATToN, president of
the Ocala (Fla.) Business College and
Institute of Stenography and Type
Writing, desires to locate in this city
If he meets with sufficient encourage
ment. Prof. Hatton is a Missourian
and would like to come back to this
country. The Business Mems Asso-
citation should take c~ognizance of the
matter. We want this institution es-
tahliahed here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

TAMPA BAY, FLA, Jan. 20.-The
hotel man is in his glory in the State OF
Florida. He is lord of all, whether he
owns it or not. If he don't own you
he will in a day or 30. The hotels are
all grand in structure. Their grandeur
Is only surpassed by the price itcosts
you to stay long enough to appreciate
the same.
The cold weather last winter killed
the orange orchards and ruined thous-
ands of people. The climate Is hne'
but the soil, from a Missoilrian's stand
point, is n. G. 1t will raise negroes
and the devil, and you have to fertilize
1t a little with pine-knot whiskey &c
make a success of the latter.
sit would take too long" and-there
are other reasons why we will moi
visit Cuba, although it would be
glorious trip and Tampa is the poin'
where you embark.
THE VOYAGE ACROSS THE GULF.
Tampa Bay, that splendid land
locked harbor, possesses that rars
feature in Southern harbors-deeI
water. 1t is. about 80 miles from thu
lines docks at Port Tampa to the bal
at Egmont Key, upon which the light
house stands. From Egmont Key TIT
course is direct to Key West, distance
240 miles. A stop of several hours !
made at Key West, ssThe Island City,
and passengers find much to inferes
them during their short stay. 10
commercial interests r important
its inhabitants are largely foreign, am
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
Gold S~pectaeles Lost.

Between Mexico and Santa Fe,
about a week ago, one pair of gold
spectacles in red case with
81. NJ. Pollard'' stamped on it. Finder
return to o. L. Crigler, Santa Fe, or
VIII Wilkins, Mexico, and get liberal
reward. wit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

Notice is hereby given that final set
uemen OF the estate of J. II. Stowe,
deceased, viii be made at the March
term, 1885, of the Probate Court
OF Audrain county, Missouri, to be
neid at Mexico on the second MONDAY
In March, 1895.
VICTOR r. STOWE,
45-td Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

THE "fiying squadron" headed for
American waters will fly s~ky-high if
Rear Admiral Drake, of her Majesty's
service, don't keep an eye open. Gun
Gle Sam" will stand no British bluffing
in this matter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
strietan at Her Post.

CENrRALIA, NO., Jan. 2l.-Mrs.
William Davenport Of This city, aged
As years, while busily engaged in get
ting dinner for her husband and fam
lily, fell to the floor and died instantly.
She had enjoyed excellent health prior
to her death. Her physician reports
heart failure as the canse of her death.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
HANGED in His Cell.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 90
The State of Missouri is saved the ex-
pense of a trial of George Arnold, the
Io-year-eld convict who killed Geo.
Murray, a fellow convict, with a shoe
knife, in the penitentiary December
81. Yesterday morning Arnold's body
was found hanging in his cell. He
had made a rope out of his bedding,
with which he ended his existence.
He was sentenced from st. Louis for
burglary,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
Notice to Tax PAYERS,

All the tax lists covering personal
property only will be given to the
Constables of the different townships
of the county as required by law If
not paid before February 1, 1895.
dit wit j. w. DowELL, Collector.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

THERE is no breakdown regarding
Germany's attitude toward Great
Britain. 1t will enforce its Monroe
doctrine in Africa even if itdoes come
IN hIoua
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

IT is reported that Jameson will be
set free Internationally. His punish
ment at the hands of Laureate Austin
about fitted the crime.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

THE secret which every young man
and woman who means to win great
success should master at the present
time is how to become a fad. 1t is
more remunerative to be a fad than
tn Wnrk
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

-FnrnE may be no war this time, but
if these European powers continue to
go round looking for trouble the
chances are that some time some one
of them will get all it wants.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

BY calling for Gen. Campos' resig-
nation the Spanish government gives
MIN an opportunity to leave the island
with dignity and without the precipi-
tation which later developments might
have necessitated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

THE first sign in Cuba of barbarous
warfare-which is to say Spanish war
fare-should be met by the interfer-
ence of the Christian powers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

For a "hyiug squadron" that Brit
ish fleet seems to be even less speedy
than Lord Dunraven's yacht.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

THE Morrison boom is on the in
crease. He is the Western man that
we all have been looking for.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

IT seems that Republican Senators
and members of the lower house are
even worse affected than their Demo-
cratic predecessors with the free sill
yer craze.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23

THE candidates for city offices are
bestirring themselves in a manner
that is astounding to the meek and
lowry voter. Shoe leather is of no
consequence whatever to the city
patronage-seeker. Day and night il
is tramp! tramp! tramp! and shake!
ahakat ahakei