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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
Treat Book Free.

When DIR. r. V. Pierce, of Buffalo,
N. Y, published the first edition of his
work, The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser, he announced that
after $50, 600 copies had been sold at
the regular price, s1.5o per copy, the
profit on which would repay him for
the great amount of labor and money
expended in producing it, he would
distribute the next half million free.
AS this number of copies has already
been sold, he is now distributing abso-
lutely free, $780, 900 copies of this most
complete, interesting and valuable
common sense medical work ever
published-the recipient only being
required to mail to him, at the above
address, twenty-one CD cents in one
cent postage stamps to pay for packing
and postage only, and the book viii
be sent by mail. 1t is a veritabie
medical library, complete in n vol
ume. 1t contains over 1000 pages
and more than 800 illustrations. The
free edition is precisely the same as
those sold at $3.50, except only that
the books are bound in strong manila
paper covers instead of cloth. Send
now before all are given away.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
TULIP ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
TULIP, Mo-, June 9.-This section of
the county was visited by another
heavy rain Sunday. Some of the
crops are getting in bad shape.
Born,to the of Joseph Herman
and P. Stalker, each a girl.
HI. Moore was severely kicked by q
horse yesterday and rendered uncon-
scious for several hours.
Quite a number of our citizens view
ed the ruins in st. Louis Sunday.
Work on Friendship church is pro-
crossing rapidly.
Marion Cottingham and wife visited
the latter's sister in Centralia, who is
very sick.
Ernest Porter was over from Paris
last week on his wheel.
j. W. Hanley had a mule to break
it's leg last week.
DIR. w. L. Johnson visited relatives
in Salisbury last week.
Fred Shryock and wife, of Concord,
visited s. s. Shryock last week.
DR.. Tom Turner, of La Belle, Mo-, is
visiting his parents near here.
Misses Leta Basket and Alta Steph-
ems, two of Middle Groves most
charming young ladies, visited Miss
Mabel Anderson Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
The Riverside Scripture Institute.

The midsummer session Seventh
meeting) of the Riverside Scripture
Institute will be held at BowlingGreen,
No., commencing Monday, July 9th,
at 3 p. m. and continue until Friday,
the 10th. This Institute is OF incalcu-
liable benefit to ministers and all other
Christian workers. At the close of
the last session a pastor said: 81 shall
be able to preach better for months to
come" 1t is not a convention, but a
school. A school for Bible study, a
theological school, in which strictly
class work is done from day to day.
Wednesday, the third day, will be
"sunday School Day" and will be of
double benefit to Sunday School teach
ers. A full programme has been pro-
vided for the coming session. A cor
dial invitation to attend Is given to all
in the district, and indeed to all who
may wish to come. Bowling Green
throws wide open her doors and will
welcome the session.
OF the spring meeting of the Insti-
tute a visitor afterwards said: EsThe
Institute is conducted on a plan of
great benefit to pastors and teachers.
1t is a complete theological seminary
so far as its limits of time and facility
will allow"
The coming meeting will be a great
one-an opportunities pastors,
teachers and learners. A large attend
ance is expected and all who come will
| be thrice welcome.
For extra programmes or other in
formation, address
R. s. DUNCAN,
Chairman Executive COMMITTEES,
Montgomery City, Mo-.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
Circuit Court Proceedings.

Helen l.. Welty VS.. Edward p. Wei
ty; divorce granted on account of de-
sertion.
V. Scalzo Fruit Co. VS.. T. j. Holt,
Octaye Holt and @. E. Storr; decision
in favor of plaintiff for s75.2 o and
costs.
q. II. Zallman Il 90. VS.. same; de-
cision for plaintiff for s7l.15 and coats.
Barnhardt Mercantile Co. VS.. same;
decision for plaintiff for s41.S0 and
costs.
w. ]. Templeman vs.. same; decis-
ion for plaintiff for s1os. 20 and costs.
Joseph and ISAIAH Pillman vs.. same;
decision for plaintiff for $685. and
costs,
Matilda b. Gibson (col.) VS.. James
Gibson (col. divorce granted.
Sarah West VS.. j. T. Williams, admir-.
estate of w. @. West, deceased, and
VIM. L. West; suit dismissed by plain
+sH
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
l.. A. RAUM KILLED.
Fell From a Ladder While Going to
the Roof of the Ringo Hotel on
Mondays and Received Injuries
From Which He Died.

Lansing A. Raum, who for the past
twelve years has been night clerk at
the Ringo Hotel in this city, fell from
a ladder in the Hotel Monday morning
about 1880, and received injuries from
which he died at 1910 p. m.
He was ascending the ladder, which
was standing at the end of a narrow
hall, to go out on the roof and look at
the damage done by the hurricane of
Sunday, when the ladder slipped
and he fell to the floor, striking his
head against a window sill on his way
down.
A few minutes later he was found
where he had fallen, in a semi-con-
scious condition, and was taken to a
room, where in about Is minutes he
became unconscious and remained SO
until his death.
When found he was bleeding at the
nose and mouth, and a scalp wound
vas noticed on the right side of his
head over the ear, but it was not
thought his injuries were dangerous.
In a short time he vas seized with vio-
lent commissions and the physicians
who had been summoned saw that the
brain was injured.
An operation lasting over two hours
was performed, and it was found that
his skull had been fractured and a
piece of the broken bone had pierced
the main artery, causing the blood to
clot on the brain. 1t was not thought
that he could possibly live, but every
means known to surgery was employ
ed by the doctors. A large piece of
the skull was removed and the blood
clots lifted from the brain. He sank
rapidly, however, and at 1910, sur
rounded by his wife and friends, he
passed away.
Lansing A. Raum, son of j. H.
Raum, of Columbia, was 81 years old
the 9th day of last December and
was a genial, warm hearted man, we'll
and favorably known to the travel
ing public. He had been night clerk
at the Ringo for twelve years and
had always been a most efficient one.
On March 4, 1890, he married Miss
Susie Rodes, of near Martinsburg,
who is frantic with grief over the ter
rible accident.
He was an honored member of the
Knights of the Maccabees and was
insured in that organization for 49,
600. He also had his life insured for
about half this sum in the st. Louis
Benevolent Association and had an
accident policy on his life, the exact
amount of which is not known.
The funeral services over the body
of l.. A. Raum, were held at the Hotel
at four O'Clock Tuesday afternoon, and
were conducted by Rev. N. R. Pitt
man, of the Baptist Church.
The casket was covered with many
beautiful floral offerings and the SER
vices were very impressive. The re-
mains we're laid to rest in the Mexico
Cemetery,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
.brelias.
Mckinley Corn Train.

WICHITA, KAN, June a.-The Me-
Kinley decorated corn train left here
at g O'Clock last evening tor st. Louis,
carrying with it forty orators, one
each for every county represented in
the train. Battery A fred twenty
guns at the departure of the train. The
day was made a regular Republican
love feast and was the opening of the
campaign year IN Southern Kansas. In
the afternoon j. r. Burton, of Abilene,
and w. b. Sutton, of Russell County,
addressed immense audiences. In the
evening ex-senator Ingalls, and Judge
Samuel Vandevort addressed large
audiences. Overflow speeches were
made by Secretary of State Edwards,
Charles E. Elliott, of Wellington, aud
Senator Gordon, OF Wichita. -Four
bands OF music attended the meeting,
and the Wellington band accompanied
the corn train to st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
In Memory of Little Rosa Hodge,


For the first time the death angel
has entered the family of j. r. Hodge
and borne home the younger daugh-
ter, Rosa, aged six years, and what a
desolate vacancy is left in the home
circle, where only a short time ago
a merry little girl gathered around the
family board daily. The sympathy
and affection of the friends and neigh
bors go out to these sorely stricken
parents i'm fullest measure, though well
we know nothing but time a dispel
their grief and Divine love reconcile
them to their loss.
The beloved sleeps, and a wall go-
eth forth
Like the murmuring sound of the
sea,
For the message still cometh, Master
has come,
Is come, and He calleth for thee.
Sleep on, darling one, we would not
break,
Though we envy your dreamless
rest,
And we tenderly wait and softly tread
Where thine angel feet have pressed.
From a land of blight and mildew
flower,
To a land of no shadow or stain,
Where no sickness enters, and never
a moan
Shall echo the depths of our pain.
Then grid up for toll, for the race is
not long,
Though SO deeply His gain is
loss;
And Jesus has promised, whose word
shall abide,
His strength, though We faint meath
the cross.
FRIEND l..
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
Miss Ida MALLORY Dead.

Miss Ida Mallory, of this city, pass
ed away at half past four O'Clock
Monday morning at the Baptist San
itarium at st. Louis, where she had
patiently bore her sufferings for the
past two months. She was a faithful
daughter, a loving sister and loved by
all who knew her. The community ex-
tends its most heartfelt sympathy to
the aged mother and grief-stricken
sister.
She has gone to rest in the home
above,
Where all ID joyous, bright and love.
Twas Jesus who called her home,
And she could not stay.
We wished that she might wait,
Till we, too, could go
But her mission was ended here be-
low.
She will be standing on the beauti-
full shore,
To welcome US in at the golden gate.
A FRIEND.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
SHAMROCK ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
SHAMROCK, June 9.-We are almost
drowned out. The damage, however,
is confined to the corcfields. We can
not get into them to pillow.
Miss Daisy Carver is visiting friends
in Montgomery City this week.
CharleyArnold attended commence
ment at Westminster in Fulton last
week.
Andy Tratchel and wife visited rel
tives near Benton City Sunday.
Mrs. s. A. Clemens returned home
Saturday from a three months visit
in Knox County. She was accom-
panied by her daughter, Mrs. Luker.
Doren Hall is visiting his father in
Fulton this week.
Quite a number attended the picnic
at Martinsburg.
Dollie Arnold has returned home
from Columbia, where she has been
attending school.
Guy Owens was over from Martins.
burg Sunday.
Sam Hamilton, of Auxvasse, visited
| friends here last week.
Pete Owen went to Montgomer,
| City Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

Correspondence of the Ledger.
LADDoNIA, No., June 10. Many
L.addonians went to their cellars last
Saturday and Sunday evenings, when
the black looking clouds appeared.
The heaviest rain of this year fell last
Sunday evening.
The Laddonia public well now has
the water pumped by the aid of a
windmill.
Hiram Morey is in Vandalia helping
to straighten up the houses.
Miss Maud Vandeventer is visiting
her uncle, Cecil Llewellyn, in Monroe
County.
Miss Hattie Wall, of Illinois, is visit.
ing her sister, Mrs. George Ferris.
Miss Leila Pearson is in Kirksville
with her mother, who is being treated
by DIR. Still.
MIR. John Bfvis, of Monroe County,
visited his daughter, Mrs. Jack vande-
venter, last week.
Mrs. Locke has just returned from a
two weeks visit in Knox County.
Curt Stevens and family have re-
turned from Colorado and will locate
here.
Frank Hendrick and wife attended
the dedication of the Uniyersalist
Church in Ashley, Mo-, last Sunday.
Miss Gibson, of Middleton, is visit
ing the family of her uncle, G. A. Stot-
Ter.
Several Laddonians attended the
picnic at Martinsburg last Saturday.
Mrs. Council and Miss Ida Spencer
visited near Vandalia the first of the
week.
Elders Coggins and Corwin exchang-
ed pulpits last Sunday-Elder Corwin
preached here and Elder Coggins at
Perry.
The Fourth of July is being talked
of and a big celebration is looked for.
Miss Ida Spencer is now selling mil
linery at the lowest rates. She has a
large supply and can suit you in hats,
flowers, etc. Trade with her and saw
money.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

Correspondence of the Ledger,
BEAN CREEK, June f0.-The LED
GER got up a correct report of the re-
cent storm on Bean Greek. The
bruised and mangled from the storm
are getting along very well. Can
anyone tell where the storm came
from? 1t was at Renick at 1 O'Clock,
Mexico at 5, Vandalia at 2 and ST.
Louis at 5.
Fred Klusman has secured William
Llewellyn's house and has moved
back to the neighborhood.
VIM. Kysar and Powell Stuart have
patched up their houses and are iv-
ing in them. Joe Botkin-whole-
souled Joe-brought aforce of carpen-
ters out from Mexico to assist in
building up the torn down houses.
The School Board met the 9TH and
ordered a special meeting for June
Goth to build a new school house. At
the same time an effort will be made
to change the school house site, the
present one being On the southwest
corner section of the district.
MI. John See, formerly of this
creek, now of Montgomery County,
is visiting here for the purpose of see
ing the "girl he left behind" him. He
is accompanied by his niece, a bright
and sprightly miss of IA summers, Miss
Caroley See.
K. Maupen, who owns and operates
the jeff Thorp saw mill here, will
move his mill to Galloway County
next week.
Miss Ella Dowell will teach our mex
school, commencing the first Monday
in September, at s35 per month. Misl
Ella taught our last school with per.
fect success, giving satisfaction to the
directors and patrons.
Prof. Lane, of Rails County, who
has made his home here for foul
months, has been awarded the Jack
son district school for six months a
$45 per month.
After our big blow out here we tool
a trip down in Pike and Rails coun
ties and, of course, we had big tales
to tell about the wind. One man lis
tened to us with patience, then said
"Look here, stranger, you don't know
nothing about cyclones. / had a tighr
crib with about 100 bushels of orr il
it. A small cyclone went in at a kno'
hole and stayed in there until it shell
ed all the corn and blew the cobs GU
at the knot hole" We don't believe
a word of this.
The Germans met at Prairie Lei
Sunday to devise plans and specifca
tions for another church to be bull
Immediately,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
~MARTTNSBURG ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
MARTIgsBURG, June l0.-Eider Cog
gin filed the pulpit at the Christian
Church Sunday morning.
Miss Birdie Hultz returned last Fri
day from Chiilicothe, where she has
been attending school for several
months.
Claud Norman left Tuesday morn
ing for his home in Kentucky after an
extended visit to his sister, Mrs. DIR.
Rumgartner.
Forest Tate visited his parents near
Williamsburg last week.
Miss Anna MeAfee, accompanied by
Mrs. West, of Auxvasse, came down
Saturday to attend the picnic and
visit friends.
Mrs. A. Zimmerman is on the sick
list.
r. d. Rodgers was here Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Chas. Peyton went to
wellsvilIe Sunday.
Pinckney French has returned from
an extended trip in the South.
Miss Hattie Smith Is visiting in
town this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
RUSH HILL ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
RUSH HILL, Mo-, June 9.-Harvey
Paisley and Miss Mary Coakley left
Monday for ChiIlicothe to attend an
eight weeks term of school.
Charley Casper shipped a mixed
load of stock to st. Louis this week.
Lee Green, of Centralia, No., was
the guest of J. n. Rosser and family
Sunday.
Mr.. w. B. Arnall, of Monroe City,
Mo-, visited his brother-in-law, R. H.
McClintic, and family last week. dr.
Arnall thinks this is a very unfortun-
ate locality, as it is often visited by
severe winds.
j. T. Green and j. b. Harper attend
ed the funeral of little George Bick, of
st. Louis, formerly of Rush Hill, who
was killed by a street a in st. Louis
last Thursday, and was buried at
SwiDkey, Mo-, Saturday. He was a
son of John Bick.
B. c. Torbert has a fine Holstein COW
that got down in the pasture last week
and has lever been able to stand up.
Many have passed their opinion as to
what allied the COW but none can do
her any good.
Jour little town was visited by a six
inch rain Sunday. Some of the side
walks were floating and nearly every
body went into d~ug-outs, but many
were run out On account of the cellars
filling with water. Lightning struck
the Odd Fellows building on the
northwest corner and tore off a few
bricks.
Some few from this place attended
the picnic at Martinsburg Saturday,
and report the crowd stampeded on
account of the big rain.
Mrs. HALEY, of Youngs Creek, was
the guest of G. r. Mccall and wife last
| week.
Miss Susie Ridgeway spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. j. D.. Lott,
north of town.
Did all the boys who went to see
their best girls on Sunday get home:
We know of some that did not, an6
one said he did not care if it rained
week.
Many bridges and culverts are wash
ed away, and it is a difficult matter tc
travel.
Nearly everybody have taken theil
teams off to pasture as they canno
pillow.
Glenn Doolin says that East Littleb.
was higher Monday than it ever wa
since he lived here, and he has beer
here a long time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
The Stove Lining Factory Loss.

To the Editor of the Ledger
MEXICO, Mo-, June 9.-Dear Sir: l
was a little surprised last evening in
reading report of storm, that no men
ton vas made of the biggest loss in
the whole affair.". e., the stove lin
ing factory. We sustained about $500
loss at the works. Three of us work.
ed like beavers for two hours saving
what we could, wading around in two
feet of water and drenched to the
skin. 1t has damaged our stock and
other property all the way from $500
to 81 900. We are covered with mud;
green goods washed completely away;
molds, boards, etc, carried off by the
flood. Our kiln was full of new goods
not burned-S30O worth at least-and
we are now starting to unload them,
as we cannot burn them in their pres
emit state. We had our part of the ca
lamity-for this truly is a calamity to
us. Yours truly,
n EYJ TnTNr Nor
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
BENTON CITY ITEMS.
ELECTROMAGNETIC of the Ledger

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
BENTON CITY, Mo-, June 9.-Many
of our corn fields begin to look IKE
pastures.
We were visited by a deluge Sunday
which washed out culverts and bridges.
Many of u young gentlemen we're
see repairing to their respective
homes Monday morning. The great
est damage yet reported was the
fright of a young couple who either
wished to show their bravery or pre-
ferred to die alone, and who refused to
go to the cellar with the family. Both
are suffering from nervous prostra-
ton.
Among those who visited the wreck
in st. Louis from here were Mrs. VIM.
Mullins, ST., and Mrs. George Jones
and daughters, Misses Mamie and Adj
die.
Messrs. Fred and Louis Knoebel are
in St. Louis looking after the interest
of their relatives who were injured in
the recent cyclone.
A few of us attended the Martins
burg picnic Saturday, but many were
disappointed by the rain.
Miss Nellie Woods, of Liberty, is
guest of her cousin, Miss Clara Woods.
Miss Maude Johnson, of Mexico, is
visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Melvin Brooks, of Farber, is
visiting relatives in Benton.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Painter and Mr..
Brent Erisman and wife we're the
guests of relatives in Martinsburg
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew TratcheI Wis
tied the latter's parents, MI. and Mrs.
]. Douglass, Sunday and were accom-
panied home by Miss Henrietta Doug
lass.
A number of Mexico people visited
here Sunday and attended church.
Among them we noticed Mrs. Garner
and daughter and Misses sallie Owens
and Kate Hollopeter.
Miss Griffin, of Mexico, came down
Friday to take charge of her music
class. One of our young men is wear
ing a broad smile.
Mrs. Robert Brown has been enter
tanning her sister from Centralia. Mrs.
Ballew is also visiting here from that
place.
Mrs. Ben Woods and babe have
been the guests of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. Cowan, the past week.
DIR. Thomas Diven visited IN Cen
tralia recently.
Miss Ida Powell, Of Rising Sun,
| will teach the Erisman school.
Mrs. Seal, of st. Louis, who has
been the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
| George Jones, has gone to Centralia.
Charlie Dufin fell from a barn last
week and injured his arm.
Messrs. Berry, Hendrix and Wood
son each shipped stock from here
during the week.
The Children's Day service, which
was to have been held here the fifth
Sunday, was postponed on account OF
! bad weather till Sunday night. The
rain again prevented the meeting.
Master Tom Muir, of Mexico, Is the
guest of Sammie Cowan.
Rev. Mr.. Hagan was greeted by a
large congregation at the Presbyter-
ian Church Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
Ladies, vests SC. TO 81 at HaI,s.
Advertised Letters.

List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Mexico, Mo-, for the week
ending June 10, 1896, which II 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:p
Miss NJ. Armstrong, w. g. Surleigh,
Eliza Collins 90, Maggie Dap, Miss
8. Early, J. II. Frasier, Miss Susie
Herndon, Mrs. b. s. Head, Chas. Mum,
w. Ii. Potter, J. NJ. Rodgers, Miss
Mary Sutton, II. s. Smith, NJ. q. Tur-
ner, Robt. Mcclure and July Ann
Rnrkitf-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11
Fees in sherinvs Hands.

Call on Sheriff Stephens and get
fees In the followint cases:
Miller Va. Miller, Baskin VS.. Crews,
Glenn VI. Adams, Warden Va. Morse,
Walker vs.. Rawlings, SlegIer va. Wal
ker, Galloway County Circuit Court,
State vs.. Barton, Mansfield Va. Phil
lips. Mansfield va. Flora.
These fees will be turned o,4er TO
the County Treasurer July 1, 1895.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

Buy your fans from Hall.
Sweeping Reductions IN Wall {

Sweeping Reductions IN Wall Paper.
For the next 30 days we will sell
our entire stock of wall paper at
prices that will astonish you. Don't
miss this great sale, for you will re-
greet ii. We can paper your rooms
for 75c and upward. The biggest
stock eve shown in Northeast Mis-
souri,. These goods must be sold and
we guarantee to save you money.
Come everyone. You are welcome.
Opposite Ringo Hotel.
WIT T.. II. CARTER x Co.
Gao Hell for D.raaot. ,ra ukuu..
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-11

The second team of Mexico went
down to Martinsburg Saturday ex-
pecting TO play a game of ball with
the young "cracks'' from that place.
They decided, however, about the
time for the game, that it was most
too watery for them to meet in
deadly combat on that afternoon and
so postponed the game. The boys
report n fine time at the picnic and
several mashes on sweet country
lassies.