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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-13
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-13
Entered at the Post Office at Eagle River
Wis. as second class mail matter.
ADVERTISING RATES.
Thursday Feb, Is, 1896.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.

TO THE REPUBLICAN ELECTORS OF VI
LAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN:
A State Convention having been
called to meet at Milwaukee on the 18th
day OF March, 1896, at II O'Clock noon,
FOR the purpose OF electing four dele
ga tes and four alternates from the
state at large to the Republican Ma
tionai Convention to be held at St
Louis, Mo-, ON the 9Th day of June,
1896, and to nominate twelve Electors
for President and Vice President, and
a Congressional Convention for the
Ninth Congressional District having
been called to meet at the city OF
Marlnette, Wis, on Thursday. the
18th day of March. 1896, at 2:3O o'clock
in the afternoon for the purpose of Sc
Letting an ElectOr to represent the
said district on the Electoral ticket
and to elect two delegates and two al
ternates to the National Republican
Convention to be held at ST. Louis,
Mo, on the 9Th day of June. 1896, to
nominate a candidate for President
and Vice President of the United
Sta es. Y
Notice is therefore hereby given,
that /, Republican County Convention
for Villas county, Wis, will be held at
the court house in the Village of Eagle
River, on the 9Th day of March, 1896,
at $3.50 o'clock in the afternoon, for the
purrose of electing two delegates to
represent said Villas county in said
State Convention and two delegates to
represent Villas county in said 9th Con-
gressional District Convention, and for
the transaction of such other business
SIS may come before the Convention.
The attention of the Chairman Of
the several Republican Town Com
mittee's is called to the fact that all
Town Caucuses must be called OH a
notice of not less than ten days.
The several towns of the county will
be entitled to representation at this
Z Convention on the basis of one dele
gate for each fifty Republican votes, OIL
n major portion thereof, cast at the
last general election and one delegat e
at large for each town.
The following is the apportionment
Eagle River, s; Minocqua. 6; Arbor vi
tae, 4.
u. E. RIORDAN,
Chairman of Republican County Com
;1ittee.
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-13
School Board Proceedings.
Jan 81 500.

Jan 81 S96
Board met pursuant to call of Sec'y.
All members present.
Minutes OF previous meeting read
and adopted.
Motion made and carried that the
president and secretary be instructed
to enter into a contract with r. ID.
Mcleod as follows, viz:
Mr.. Mcleod to furnish $50 cords of
good body hardwood ~ inches long
delivered and piled in the proper form
in the school house shed is the village
OF Eagle River; at least three fourths
OF same to be of good hard maple
and one fourth yellow birch and to
have same delivered ON or before April
7st, 1896 for consideration of $3.50
per cord.
On motion the following bills were
allowed.
Neal Brown, ? days and expen-
SEES to Madison negotiating
loan. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81 Is
JAS White, repairing water
works at school house. .. SIS
c L Rossweiler & Co, flag. -. Is O6
Jas Langill. frt bills. . l As
6 l. Carter, services .. II so
w L Carter, Drawing ...... rs
Motion made and carried that the
president and vice president be au-
thorized to employ teacher to teach
at the Marco district for a limited
time as may be found expedient.
On motion the board adjourned.
THOS. B. WALSH.
Sec'y.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-12-24
GOOD JOKE ON l. ]. SIMS.
Was Taken for q Tramp but Turned
the Joke on the Brakeman.

!. ]. Sims, one Of Audrain county's
most prosperous and extensive stock
growers and shippers, says:
"Returning from the southeast with
200 head of cattle on a freight train I
got up on top of the caboose so as to
have good view of the country.
After awhile one of the brakemen
spied me with my old flop hat on, with
q corn cob pipe in my mouth, and re-
ported me to the conductor, saying
that there was the toughest looking
old bum he ever saw dead. heading 1t
on the top of the caboose. The con-
ductor accompanied the brakeman
back TO eject the dead head, but when
he saw who it was he gave the brake
man h-l and said: That man has 400
head of cattle on this train aud owns
1000 acres of land up in Audrain coun-
ty and has residence as big Ms the
capitol of the United States.'"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-12-24
Fine Lot of Beef Cattle.

The Sturgeon Leader says: For sew
eral years Missouri has led in the pro-
duction of fine beef cattle but we
doubt if there has ever been produced
in the State a finer lot than has just
been sold by J. III. Canada, consisting
of pure bred and % grade Hereford
yearlings, 25 of which were bred and
raised on the farm where they were
fed; the other were bought at wean-
ing time. They were sold to Trues-
dale & Adams, of Clark, Mo-, at 81
cents per pound, delivered at the feed
lot. They were weighed up last Tues
day and as they crossed the scale they
made an average of 1 ,2s0 pounds, and
were about 10 months of age. They
were fine, low-down, broad, level
backed fellows-the very kind that a
man never regrets having bought feed
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-12-24
BALL PITCHING MACHINE TRIED.
Professor Hlnton's Automatic Tossel
Proves Success.

PRINCETON, N. j., Dec. 15.-Profes-
sor Hinton gave the first public exhi-
bition of his basebaH pitching machine
tonight in the gymnasium.
The gun, which is a short, breech-
loading cannon, twenty four inches in
length, and placed upon a two-wheel-
ed carriage, was placed at one end oi
the gymnasium. a the other was a
net at which thet professor pitched
several balls FROM sis cannon. All
were successful an Die curves could
be seen as distinctl as if sent from
the hand of one Of Fhe best varsity
In the lecture Professor Hinton told
of his early experiments with the
machine, how the ball was made to
curve, and how he expected that the
national game would receive a great
change through the agency of the
mechanical pitcher.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-12-24
Grand Mexican Tour.

Via the Chicago & Alton Railroad
and direct connections, in solid train
of Pullman vestibuled cars, and private
dining car all the way. Twentieth trip
of Mr.. ]. j. Grafton, who will person
ally conduct the party through Mex
leo, the land OF the Montezumas.
Stops at principal cities and at points
and districts of interest. Two side
trips into the heart of the Tropics.
Eight hundred miles added to the
itinerary of last winter. Surf bathing
in the Gulf Of Mexico; trip up the
Panuco river by steamer, and arrival
back in New Orleans in time for Madri
Gras. Leave Chicago & Alton stations
Tuesday, February End; home again
Thursday, March 4, 1897, Do not de-
lay writing for full particulars to J. ].
Grafton, Marquette Building, Chicago,
Illinois, or to e. s. Wilson, Ticket
Agent Chicago g. Alton Railroad.
James Charlton, General Passenger
and Ticket Agent, Chicago, Illinois.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-12-24
Violating Neutrality Laws.

VIOlhbluk A6WS.
WASHINGTON, December 16.-The
attention of officials has been attract
ed by the stories coming from all
portions of the country indicating that
enlistments are going on of parties OF
men to go to Cuba to join the insur-
gents in their struggle against the
Spaniards.
These enlistments are in direct
violation of the neutrality laws and
are prohibited under severe penalties.
For accepting commission to serve
against Spain, country with which
the United States is now at peace, the
penalty prescribed by section 52s1 OF
the Revised Statutes is $1,000 and
three years. imprisonment, while for
enlisting to serve against Spain OF
hiring anyone to enlist, the penalty is
almost as heavy, being a maximum
of s., 900 fine and three years. impris-
onment. The enforcement of these
laws naturally fall within the func-
tions of the United States, to whose
knowledge the attempt at infringe
ment is brought, but, if the move
ments continue on as large scale al
reported, it is probable that the De.
partment of Justice will send instruc.
tions of special character to all oi
its agents calling their attention to the
proclamation issued by the President
last spring, and enjoining upon them
a strict enforcement of the neutrality
laws
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-12-24
Expose Hanna's Methods

WASHINGTON, d. O., Dec. H.-The
silver Democrats and the Populiste
propose to secure action On Senator
Aliens resolution providing for an in
vestigation of the methods employed
in the recent presidential election. Nc
attempt will be made to press the
matter, however, until after the holi-
days. Then it will be brought uI
and action demanded.
1t is in the power of the silver mer
to take the resolution up and pass it.
in spite of any opposition the Repub-
licans may offer. Most of the Repub-
licans, however, feel that they cannot
consistently refuse to support the res
olution because of the bad light il
would put them in before the country
1t is the intention of the silverites to
uncover some of Mark Hanna's meth
DDS in the campaign, and to pay spec
cial attention to the pivotal States
where money flowed like water, and
the increase in the vote of the Repub.
Icans was phenomenally large. That
the investigation will develop sensa-
tional features is expected by Senator
Allen and those who support the reso'
lutions.
r. 8. Mcdowell and Ada Rowe were
married at Maple Grove Church or
Thursday night, December 8.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-12-24
SHE WAS BEATING HER WAY
Country Girl Arrested For Stealing a
Ride on the Blind Baggage.

SEDALIA, Mo-, Dec. 17.-Ida Mould
ers, 12 year old miss, was arrested
to-day by the police for beating her
way on the blind baggage of Missouri
Pacific train. She said she had been
visiting an uncle at Linn Greek, Cam
den county, and started for her home
in Richmond, where her father has a
hotel, with sufficient money to pay her
expenses, but lost it en- route and then
decided to ride for nothing. The girl is
small for her age, and has the appear
ance of an innocent country girl. II
her story is true she will be forwarded
to her destination.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-12-24

The old way of delivering messages
by post-boys compared with the
modern telephone, illustrates the old
tedious methods OF "breaking" colds
compared with their almost instantan
eous cure by One Minute Cough Cure.
For sale by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-12-24
Think About This Once.

We haven't got any fire goods and
no water damaged goods (in time of
the Ark, no old style, cheap John
or moth eaten goods; can't give you
$500 worth of goods for $1.00, but
will agree to sell you nice, clean,
fresh goods for as little money as you
can buy any of the above named fake
stuff ,and if they do not give entire sat
isfaction we are here to make them
right. will sell the following line at
cost to close out: Capes, jackets, over
coats, underwear and blankets. You
can find in this line goods at any price
you want to pay and all good value.
Call and see me and I will guarantee
you will never regret it.
Your Friend,
d&w2t w. J. MCLoNEY.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-12-24
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST

AQ 6plu6mlc OF Scarietlna, dtt6nu6o
with great mortality, is raging
throughout southern Russia.
Penny shares are the attraction Of
fered by a London stock company.
There are 66o, 900 of them, the full cap
ital being s2,500.
For the first time in over hundred
years the heading "Universite de
Paris" appears over the list of lectures
at the Sorbonne this winter.
Sir John Lubbock told some London
school children recently that one of
his nieces described air as consisting
of Oxygen and Cambridgeon.
George Frederick Watts, R. A, is
building church near Guildford, in
which he will paint frescoes himself,
while his wife will design the terra
Gotta decoration.
A stamp collection containing near
ly 1000 unused specimens was sold for
$3.50 recently in London, this being
the largest price ever paid for col
lection at auction.
While Paris policemen arrest 267
murderers or would-be murderers a
year on the average to 1s caught by
the London constables, they have on
ly 979 burglaries to deal with annually
to London's 2,625.
A full-rigged four -masted iron ship,
with two years. stores and $500 tons
of coal on board, was sold for 500 at
Yarmouth, England, recently. She
had just run ashore on the Scroby
Sands, three miles off the town.
st. Kilda, the lonely islet west OF
the Hebrides, has demonstrated that
it is not entirely out of the world by
sending a subscription of $12.5o raised
among its sixty families of fishermen,
to the fund for the relief of the Ar
menians.
Women are going ahead in France.
The Minister of Fine Arts has sub
mitted to the Chamber of Deputies q
proposal to admit women on terms OF
equality with men to the Beaux Arts,
as they are already admitted to the
Sorbonne and to the law and medical
schools.
At the official trial of the Virago
torpedo boat destroyer, built by the
Lairds, a mean speed OF 30.17 knots
was made on the measured mile, while
30.07 knots was the average for the
three hours continuous speeding, the
coal consumption being 242 pounds
per horse power per hour.
M. Boguloboff, the Russian court
painter, who painted the picture oi
the Russian feet at Toulon, presented
by Alexander III. to the Paris Circle
Militaire, has just died at the age of Y
years. He caught cold while making
sketches of the arrival of the Gear al
Cherbourg for picture which Nicho-
las II. had ordered.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-12-24
SOME PLAIN FACTS.
Efforts to Build Up Mutual Insurance
"A Letter Which Explains Itself.

MEXICO, Mo-, Dec. 1S.-MR. O. NJ.
UPTON, DEAR SIR: Yours of recent
date received and contents noted. /
am in hearty accord with all legitimate
efforts to build up the cause of Mutual
Insurance. The Mutuals have already
accomplished much good, but as yet
are only In their crude state. But Il,
in order to advance your ideas Of or
ganization, it is necessary to increase
the circulation Of the Fdrnsers' Union
among our members, your plans will
certainly fail. No paper with the name
Of Milton George at its head will ever
be tolerated by our members. A man
who stood by us through so many
years of struggle to get to desert and
betray us in our time of greatest need
can hardly expect patronage from his
victims. Touphold and urge the claims
of the candidate OF the trusts and COM
bines, which threaten to overturn
every principle of organic law that
stands in the way of their malicious
greed, is a mortal offense to our west
ern farmers and producers.
Milton George, at the head of the
Formers Union, OF Chicago, very sud-
denly changed base about two months
before the election and became avery
Judas to defeat the efforts of his
friends to save the name of liberty.
The Far7ners' Union always lnveighed
heavily against trusts, except during
a short period just before the election.
During that time it never had word
against any form of oppression or CO.
ercion but denounced all who opposed
the election of Mckinley, although its
editor knew that every trust in the
| country contributed to McKInIey's
support, and that he was the candi-
date of the millionaires, tramps and
spoilesmen against the taxpayers, and
that, although he was publicly i'm
portuned, he dared not open his mouth
wide enough to say that he would en-
deavor to have the present imperfect
antitrust laws enforced; and that
gigantic trusts, in the process of form
alton, were held in allegiance until
they were sure of Bryan's defeat SO
that they might be sure of future priv
ileges; and that since the election
trusts are increasing more rapidly
than ever before; and that every trust
in the country has increased, or con-
templates increasing the prices of its
goods, and that, too, without increas-
ing the wages of its employees; and
that the trusts anticipate no trouble
whatever from the man whom they
will dictate as Attorney-Ge General for
McKinley's cabinet, a la Cleveland.
No, thank you! Make agents out of
that army of tramps which you voted
for Mckinley and have since turned
loose upon the laboring people of the
country. Yours Respectfully,
| j. N. Cross.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-12-24
A CONSERVATIVE STANDPOINT.
Senator Hale, of Name, Opposes Ac-
tion Favorable to Cuba.

The St.LouisG Globe Democratic sWash-
ington correspondence contains the
following in reference to the Cameron
resolutions, which have been passed
by the Committee on Foreign Affairs:
Senator Hale, of Maine, the leader
of the conservatives in the Senate on
the Cuban question, was seen might
at his palatial residence on Sixteenth
street. The Senator was asked what
he thought would be the effect of the
adoption of the resolution.
SIT means war; nothing else," he
replied with show of anger. "The
Committee on Foreign Affairs was
stampeded," he continued. "They
have acted without information of the
true state of affairs. All the knowl-
edge they have had has been furnish
ed them from the Cuban side. Their
information has been largely misrep-
resentation. / look ON this action ae
having been iustigated by desire on
the part of some Of the members oi
the committee to embarrass the in
coming administration. / do not say
this was the purpose of all of them,
but it certainly was of some. Senator
Sherman, for instance, was not actu-
ated by any such wish, but he and the
other Republicans appear to have
been blind to the design of those who
undoubtedly had this end in view."
Gas the leader of the conservatives,
will You say how the resolution will be
met when it sreported to the Senator
"It will be met with a most determ-
ined opposition, and hope an effect
i've one.'
els there any possibility of the SEN
ate voting on the resolution on Tues
day2"
"No.n
"How long do you expect action to
be delayed?"
"No one can say as to that. That, ]
take it, will depend largely on the
sentiment which the prospect of this
CouAeky uOiuS PAuASOu u1ubo W AA "a ouroc
among the American people. do not
think that on second thought they will
relish the idea. Personally, regard
the situation as deplorable. The Amer
ican people have enough to consider
at present in their internal affairs.
Here we have just emerged from q
struggle which has greatly disturbed
our business, and now, just IS pros
perity is about to dawn on us, it ID
proposed to substitute war and all oi
its attendant evils for peace and good
times"
elm case the resolution passes the
House and Senate, is it your opinion
the President will veto it?''
81 believe he will; I should certain.
ly hope 3d."
"Do you think enough support car
be mustered to pass it over the Presi'
dents veto2"
aThey will never ne able to do that, u
responded the Senator with emphasis
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-12-24
OF Interest to Teachers.


missioner of Audrain, is IN receipt of
the following letter, which will be of
interest to many of our readers:
Prof. French strother, Mexico. Mo.
STURGEON, Mo-, December S.-Dear
Sir and Feliow-Teacher: 1 am glad
indeed to know that you are pushing
the work of township Institutes to q
success over Audrain County.
1t seems to me that this is the or
ganization that our district schools
have been in need of these many
years. know Of no other difficulty
in the way of our country schools
which SO hinders the Iabors OF their
teachers as the lack of some uniting
MISUNDERSTANDING to keep them
in touch with one another, that each
day be fred with the spirit of emula-
tion, while, at the same time, we feel
we are laboring in a common cause
and our works are not in vain.
Too many of our teachers look on
the annual county convention as the
one opportunity of the year for re-
ceiving new life and new methods.
Let the sentiment in favor OF town
ship institutes spread the length and
breadth of Audrain County, and when
your teachers fully appreciate the
benefits derived from monthly meet
ings during the school year there will
be no need for MS to wait until statutes
establish country supervision to see
our schools revive, our teachers
brought in sympathy with each other
and the pulse of education quickened.
After the last session of our insti-
tute the president of my school board,
who, being a live school man, had
taken an active part in the meeting
and seemed greatly interested in the
movement, said to me: "There is
just one serious objection / have to
your township institute, and that is
that your meetings are too far apart;
you should meet every two weeks"
And / said "Good;" that with such
objections as that the advance guard
of education would soon plant their
banner high over the battered walls
of our common foe-ignorsnce-or
more specifically stated, through the
means of local teachers meetings the
Indifference and lethargy that unfor-
tunately characterize so many Of the
country teachers would be dIspelled,
and their hearts warmed to the work
and the immediate result would be
renewed activity on the part Of the
county's pupils. So let rs be en-
couraged to continue the good work !;
let our primary aim in these institutes
be to make them helpful to the teacher
in daily work, in management and
methods. At our last meeting Miss
Allison's exercise-ttAmong the Little
Folks'' Gin which the little folks were
present seemed to me just what
David P. Page meant when he refer
red to "wakirg mp child mind"
wish you could have been present;
'twould have done your heart good
to see such practical lesson in meth
DDS given to our teachers. Let M
try to get such programmes as these
and such results as these; we can then
look to our greater ends, county su-
pervision, ETC., afterward.
| Wishing you pleasant and profit
able meeting this week, remain, very
truly yours, II. l.. GREEN.
N. B. Unfortunately our North Au-
drain Institute met the same day n
| the Sailing and Bourbon. With such
presidents as these associations have
| success IL certain.