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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

The Bankers' Saving and Loan Al

The Bankers Saving and Loan AS
ISOLATION Of st. Louis organized last
night q local board in the parlors of
the Ringo by electmg the following
officers: c. r. Lupton, President; E.
s. CAN'T, Attorney; L. W. Morris,
Treasurer; J. s. Simpson, Directors J.
w. Woodbridge, Director, and j. NJ.
Davis, Director.
Halls greatest of all sales. $3.50
white silk parasols, white, native wood
handles, while they last, only IS cents.
Cali early and get choice.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

LOUISIANA (Mo.) is on May 18th to
vote on a proposition for a special
500 tax to erect and furnish q new
public school building. 1t should be
carried unanimously. The citizens OF
Missouri are all in favor Of good
schools. In order to have good schools
you must have good school buildings
and good teachers. In order to have
good teachers you must pay good sal
aries. Liberality should always main
tain in the management Of public
~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14
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Met at His Home nv BURGLARS.

LOUISIANA, Mo-, May 10. - Writ
Parks, while entering his home last
night, was confronted by two men ut
his door and, with the muzzle of two
revolvers pointed at his head, was
commanded to hold up his hands. The
order was obeyed, and, after securing
a valuable gold watch, with the ad-
monition not to "give them away" to
the police, the burglars departed, hop
ing that Mr.. Parks would not be late
at church in the morning owing to the
absence of his chronometer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

If it were possible for the Wabash
people to move their present depot
over and use it for freight and build a
new Union passenger depot the citi-
zens of Mexico would be delighted.
The freight depot building was a good
building and its loss by fire is to be
regretted, but the passenger station
is q miserable excuse for n Union
Depot. Mexico spends a great deal
Of money with the railroads and the
Union Station is way behind all OF N
public improvements.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

THE debate Mt the Opera House on
Monday night between the Westmin-
ster College and the State University
students on the financial question was
largely attended and most interesting.
The young debaters acquitted them
selves well and while the University,
which favored the free and unlimited
coinage of silver, was awarded the
victory, the Westminster boys had
nothing to be ashamed Of. They made
n splendid showing and in the opinion
of many who even favor the Univer-
sity side of the debate should have
been awarded the victory. Ii is i'm
possibie for everybody to be satisfied
by the decision OF judges on such &C.
casions; especially is this the case
when the question debated attracts as
mucb attention as the financial issue
daQa-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

The Hon. Hamilton Disston, of Phil
adelphia, who died last week in that
city, carried in the Equitable Life OF
New York the first 800, 900 policy
ever written in the United States. 1t
is generally understood that he had
mor than a million dollars of insur-
ance on his life at the time of his death.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14
Overton Reavls. of Westminster.

obSA YIN tO0tlo VI OobA1AIOOCi.
To the Editor of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, May Internationally
| get letters like the enclosed from
bright, noble, Christian young men
young men in whose hearts and
minds all the seed that the teacher is
permitted to SOW not only brings forth
thirty fold, but even q hundred fold.
The young man Reavis mentioned by
Rogers will be here tonight to rep
resent Westminster college. He was
sent to my school when a mere boy.
| think he cried for two weeks, keep
ing his trunk packed and ready to
leave for home, but he had an Uncle
Tom and an Uncle Bart, true and
tried men, who took the place of a
recently deceased father and who
seconded my efforts.
FRENCH STRoTHER.
SANTA FE, Mo-, May s, 1s9G.-Prof.
French Strother, Mexico, Mo-: My
Dear Friend Your school has been
out for some time and | suppose You
feel somewhat rested by now. How
r you by this time? | have been
thinking you would come to visit us
ere this.
| intended to go to school this sum-
mer, but could not get the kind of
work / wanted, SO I did not go. /
visited Overton Keavis at Fulton
and found him in the foremost rank
of Westminster. He certainly has n
promising future for a young man of
his age. He, and |, too, can only at
tribute whatever degree of success we
may attain to the influence brought
to bear upon our earlier days while at
Perry Institute. AS the years pass
swiftly, bearing me further and
further from those happy days of
yore, l more fully realize the meal
culable value of the environments of
Perry Institute. From the time /
first met you and Mrs. Strother, new
er ambition and higher aspirations
were mine. Your advice and ass ist-
ance gave new impetus to my whole
life. / can never forget your blessed
influence and kind favors in the past.
I shall always hold myself under in
finite obligations TO you. Your friend
and former pupil, j. B. ROGERS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

Mr.. W. X. PORTER, formerly of
Mexico, now of the State University,
was by far the strongest speaker on
the University side of the debate Mon
day night. Mr.. Porter is a young man
of bright promise. He has been con
uected with the st. LOUIS Republic for
some time as special writer and his
productions have been most salts
factory and are read with interest.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

IT is rumored that the G. & A. rail-
road division at Slater is to be moved to
Higbee, Mo. Centralia, Mo, is NOV
ing to secure the division if there is q
change. If the division is moved from
Slater, which is very doubtful, it
should be brought to Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

THE LEDGER is glad to know that
Rev. j. H.. Pritchett will not accept
the presidency of the college at st.
Charles but will remain in Mexico the
pastor of the NJ. L. Church, South.
Rev. Mr.. Pritchett is one Of the most
able preachers in any church in the
country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14
In the Circuit Court of Audrain Conn-
ty. Missouri.

In the Circuit Court of Audrain Coun-
ty, Missouri.
BY virtue and authority OF a decree
and order of sale made by The said
court, in the above entitled cause,
and of a certified copy thereof, dated
February rs, 1896, | will, on
Saturday, June 6, 1896,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in
the forenoon and five O'Clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the front
door of the Court House, in the City
of Mexico, in Audrain County, Mis-
souri,, sell, at public vendue, to the
highest bidder, the following describ-
ed real estate, viz:
The south half of the southwest
quarter of section twenty-five CRY,
township fifty-two {52), range eight
80 west, in Audrain County, Mis-
souri,; also all of lot two, block seven,
Lakenan and Barnes addition TO
Highland addition, Mexico, Missouri;
also one lot situated in the
north part of Mexico, Mo-, on the
west side of Water street, fronting n
hundred and twenty feet on said
street, and extending west sixty feet,
lying and being in the northeast cor
ner of block three 90 in John A.,
| Pearson addition to Mexico, Mo-; also
all of lot four of block ten in Ladd adj
dition to Mexico, Mo-; also the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit:
Begin at the southeast corner of block
three of Berner's addition to Mexico,
Missouri, and run south parallel with
and on the west line of Water street
one hundred and sixty-three feet for
place of beginning; thence run west
two hundred and fifty-nine feet tt the
east line of Olive street extended;
thence south forty-nine feet; thence
east two hundred and ffty-nine feet
to the west line of said Water street;
thence north forty-nine feet to tho
place of beginning. Terms cash.
I'd J.. N. STEPHENS,
Sheriff Audrain Co. Mo-.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

THE press and physicians of Missou-
ri endorse the resolution passed by
the Linton District Medical Society in
Mexico last week, in reference to the
school age of children. The Sedalia
Democrat, referring to this matter,
says:
1.-THE Linton District Medical Socie-
ty, at Mexico, has adopted strong res
olutions against the adoption of the
constitutional amendment changing
the school age from 6 to 8 years. The
doctors hold that it will be detrimen-
tai to the health OF the children to
start them to school at five years OF
age"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

REPUBLICANS have been accusing
the Democrats of lighting among
themselves. They are now enjoying
the same 'blessing."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

LET the fight in Missouri next No.
vember be between Filley and Vest
for the United States Senatorship. In
this event Missouri will go from thirty
to fifty thousand Democratic.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

DEMOCRATS will literally come mp
out of the ground to vote for Vest as
against Filley for the United States
Senate next fall.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

WITH FIlley boss of Missouri and
Mckinley boss of the country the
Democrats ought to carry the earth
next November.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

TIE Mexico base ball nine is doing
splendid work and its admirers in Mex
leo are delighted. The management
is sound and all right, and with n little
more practice the local nine viii! be
one OF the best amateur clubs in the
State
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14
May Calendar.

IT looks as though Illinois would 60
for free silver and Altgeld for Cover
nor
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

THE Democrats of Missouri are in
terested in nominating a good, strong,
conservative man for Governor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

THE Republicans of Missouri are
making the fur fly at st. Joseph to-
day. Keep it up.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

FED w. Hook, of Fulton is a candi-
date for Coroner of Galloway county.
MIR. Hook is a thoroughbred Democrat
and would make a splendid official. He
should be elected by reclamation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

THE Democrats should all rejoice
that Filley is bossing the Republican
party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

Miss Ida Spencer, Of Laddonia, has
,ba largest stock OF millinery ever
brought to the town, which 70 seihng
extremely low. Stylish goods ana
sov n-ices il her motto.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

samuel Turner sold to Lewis Larkin'
a. cedar Rapids, To-, q forty four acre
term. 4 mile south Of Mexico, % Less
chan $40 an acre. This 10 q nice p'ece
Of property and sold very cheap.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14
LARIMOREs

above
Will serve jennets at sn. Ia Tor u jack colt aud
5000 for a jenuet colt.
bills.
Will pasture mares from a distance At 81 her
month. Care taken to prevent acccidcntS, iuf
not responsible should any occur.
Will give a liberal premium TO the hest colt AZ
horse or jack.
In all cases colt stands good for service fee
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

THE LEDGER feels SUR that a on
ference between the business men of
Mexico and the managers of the c. &
A. and Wabash railroads will result in
n new passenger station in Mexico.
The old passenger station can be used
for a freight depot. The business men
of Mexico should act at once
In connection With the trouble to
secure a competent superintendent of
the Fulton Deaf Mute Institute it is
rumored that heads of such instItu-
tions in Missouri are continually I'M
easy for fear they will be removed.
The impression seems to have gone
out that politics, and not worth, con-
trolls such appointments throughout
the State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14
10, w. w. Johnson.
SHERIFF'S SALE IN PARTITION.

Fl. Logan, Sarah Il. Logan, Jamea
Logan, Annie l.. hurry, Plaintiffs,
Vs.
Edwin L. Gaibreath, Paul Galbreath.
a minor, Logan Galbreath, a minor
Henry Ernest Carr, Lewis Z.
Carr, Johnnie f. Carr and Bessie
Carr, his wife, Bette Eunice Wal
lace and James T. Wallace, her hns.
band, Lois Evelyn DUNCAN and
Louis +. DUNCAN, her husband, JOS
ophiue Elizabeth O'Connor and
William O'Connor, her husband,
Arthur Carr, a minor, Festin Ethan
Carr, a minor, Georgia Letcher Carr,
a minor, Lizzie ii. Smith and hurft-
son Smith, her husband, Defends
ants.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14
A new line of Pattern
Hats at Halls.
Advertised Letters.

List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Mexico, Mo-, for the week
ending May 10, 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"
G. F. Benner, Sallie Divans, Mrs.
Josie DonnelI, Mas Josie Harris, l.. III.
Jones, Ulysses Newman, A. E. Peter
son, Mary d. Sutton, Thos. Mckinney.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14
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A N CAMPAIGN U N
1t Now Amounts to SILL Some OF the
Contributors.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, May 1.-THE
Bland campaign fund, amounting to
$771, was deposited in the First Ma
tionai Bank of this city to-day by
State Treasurer Stephens, who an
nounces, as treasurer of the Bland
Campaign Committee, that he is now
ready to receive contributions rang.
ing from 25 cents to $1,000 The
heaviest contributors to date are as
follows:
Lon V. Stephens 500
j. T. Drummond, st. Louis ....... 200
M. G. Wetmore, st. Louis ....... 200
G. A. Gregory, st. Louis 49,. 49,. 100
T. r. Gibson, Steelville. ....,.... so
James Bannerman, st. Louis SO
MI. Bland represented this district
20 years in Congress, and Jefferson
City and the counties comprising this
district will send a big delegation to
Chicago to urge his nomination for
the presidency. His friends in Gem
trai Missouri are very much in earnest.
They don't expect to raise n large sum
of money-in fact, nothing more than,
will cover legitimate expenses, and
they firmly believe that if the silver
men control the Chicago convention,
Mr.. Bland will be the logical nominee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

White parasols at Halls, only ss
cents, worth sI.5o.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14

Harness and harness-more than
you have seen, at R~obertson's.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-25
A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE

Last Saturday evening shortly after
seven o'clock team of horses at
tached to lumber wagon, belonging
to Lawrence Hermer, of Decoria,
started to run away from the cream
cry in Mankato township. Instead of
going toward home they ran due east
and the last seen of them was near the
Kennedy bridge about eight o'clock.
Search was made for them Saturday
night, Sunday, yesterday and today,
but their whereabouts have not been
revealed. The woods in the vicinity
along the road they ran have been
searched in vain. 1t is supposed they
either turned into the woods some
where and got hung up, or somebody
captured them and skipped out with
them. The team was an old one, one
being a bay and the other white.
Mr.. Hermer is anxious to obtain in
formation regarding them and will
pay liberal regard for the same.
There were number of grain sacks
in the Magon with his name on.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-25
A PRETTY SIGHT.
Special Agent Ewing Little Social
Function Last Night.

The grand opening which Special
Agent Fl. R. Ewing had arranged for
the Kimball pianos came off Monday
night, and large attendance was on
hand. The local headquarters for the
Kimball pianos in this city is at G. H.
Griebels rooms, just below the Cliff
ton House. These rooms were beauti-
fully decorated with potted plants,
ferns and palms. and the sight was a
most pleasing one.
Prof. Barnhart's orchestra had been
engaged for the occasion, and at in
tervals rendered some excellent selec-
tions. Mr.. Ewing took particular
pains to exhibit the splendid! line of
pianos on exhibition, and they were a
center of attraction. These pianos
are certainly marvels of workmanship
and are perfect in tone and volume.
But the Kimball has too wide a repu-
tation to need any eulogy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-25

Congressman G. A. Towne, of Du-
nth, who until this year has been
making speeches for the Republican
party with all the frey eloquence
which he displayed Monday night, ad-
dressed an audience that completely
allied the opera house. He is possess
ed of brilliant oratorical powers, has a
splendid voice, and magnetism that
holds the attention of his hearers. His
arguments were faulty to degree,
and many of his statements were so
Illogical that he was ashamed to
father them himself and placed them
in quotation marks.
Mr.. Towne spoke for two hours and
"a half. He devoted most Of his time
to plausible but weak argument for
free silver, and closed with an appeal
to passion such as the verieSt dema-
gogue uses. He out did Donnelly in his
efforts to cause class antagonism, and
in so doing paid the intelligence of his
audience a very poor compliment.
Outside of about a hundred who did
the hand clapping, there was feel
ing of disgust that the speaker
should pervert his talents to so dan
gerous and unpatriotic purpose.
Any good that he may have done for
the cause of silver in the first part of
his speech, he counteracted IN the
last half hour.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-25
LOCAL ITEMS.

Minneapolis Times: At the South
ern Minnesota state fair at Rochester
rain also interfered, but they man
aged to put on the greater part of
their track performances. Senator
Wilkinson, owned by HI. M. Himmel
man, won good race there on Friday,
starting in the PIG trot and defeating
a fast field in straight heats. Senator
Wilkinson is son of the great Min
nesota sire, Woodford Wilkes, and has
not been in form before this season.
He was entered at the state fair, but
rain caused his race to be declared off.
He is most handsome and grand
going trotter and should step good
track in PIP or better.
Mrs. Edward Jones. died at her
home in Cambria at three o'clock Fri
day afternoon, of cancer of the
throat. She had been operated upon
twice for the disease, but without
success. She swas about forty-two
years of age and leaves husband
and four children. She had resided
in the county for long time and was
highly respected. The funeral will
occur from the house at 1wo o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. w. L. Abbott, mother of Mr..
Will Abbott, of st. Paul, late of this
city, died Monday at her home at Red
wood Falls, and her remains were laid
beside those of her husband. She had
been i'll for some months. She was
lady of exalted character, cultivated,
and highly esteemed by all who knew
her, and leaves an excellent family of
grown up children, who will have the
sympathy of all in their great loss.
M. Brown, who was committed to
Jail Saturday morning for forty days,
for being drunk, was released Satur-
day evening upon payment of the
costs, 1896, owing to clerical error
in the commitment Where it should
have read that Brown was committed
in default of S23.65, fine and costs, the
figures read SO IS. Brown was able to
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-25
proof that it can do more than France

proof that it can do more than France
could possibly do from 1903 to 1878.
Civilization needs money. When
money is congested at the centers,
the extremities are cold and unpro-
ductive. When you open the mills,
you must have people ready to buy
and place orders. Nobody can buy
until he can raise products and sell
them at profitable prices. Prosperity
must begin at the bottom, and it
must work it's way up and be strong
and solid. We must have money that
is not worth more than things, or we
cannot get money.
Our friends say, how are you going
to get money under free silver? Well,
We'll have show to get some, and we
havn't that now. What a lucid ex-
PLANTATION!
We are going to have contraction
of the currency by the flight of gold,
and at the same time an imitation by
free silver. say our friends. The gold
men believe anything. Our friends
refer to the low interest on money.
The interest on money is not it's price.
The price of things falling, and not
paying as an Investment, money is
put in banks and bids against other
money for loaners. When the banks
are full of money and interest is low,
it indicates the hardest kind of times.
Money is coined not to be hived up in
the banks, but to be out in the chan
nels of trade doing something. The
gold will be brought out and invested
in business, when there is free silver.
And still it is now in banks bidding
against other money for loaners!l
The question, after all, is, shall the
the powers of oppression and the
enemies of labor be permitted to pre-
vail in this country? The corpora
tions say to labor, "You toll and labor
and produce bread and we'll eat it,"
Corporations in this state today
are cajoling, threatening and forcing
their employees to vote for the powers
of oppression. Men have been given
torch and told to march in the pro-
cessions. They are only given time
off to go to gold speeches, and told
that they had better go or it would be
noted. There is not a national Or
ganization of labor that has not pass
ed resolution for Bryan and free sill
yer. They don't want two men after
one job. The farmer knows it, also.
The Wall street magnates, Mark Han
mas particular friends, say that they
want free silver for the benefit of the
laboring men. They want to pay the
laboring men in 100 cent dollars, when
they could with so cent dollars under
free silver Is that reasonable?
The speaker read from a circular
printed by tine Democratic cam
paign committee and credited to
Wall street bankers, to show
that Wall street intended to
defeat free coinage in Congress if
that body had free silver majority.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-25
A SUNDAY DRINK.

Joseph Heutler, a Madison Lake
saloon keeper, was arrested Tuesday
on the charge of selling liquor on Sun
day. The warrant was issued under
the state law, and is sworn to by the
village marshal. 1t was alleged that
Hettler sold to certain party half
pint of whiskey on Sept. 18th. 1t is
claimed by the marshal that Hettler
also sold other liquor. A change of
venue was taken, and the case set
for Saturday. Attorney w. E. Young
appeared for the state.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-25
GRANTED A DIVORCE.

Judge Severance Tuesday granted a
divorce to Mildred Alice Stewart from
her husband, Harry W. Stewart. of
this city, on the ground of desertion.
The complaint alleges tnat the plain
tiff is twenty-five years of age, and
the defendant Twenty-Five. They
were married at Minneapolis Oct.
26th, 1891, and there is no issue to the
marriage. The complaint says that
the desertion occurred July 1st, 1895.
The defendant put in no answer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-25

Judge Mead made an order Tuesday
to examine accounts of the executrix
of the estate of E. J. Sontag; issued
letters testamentary 80 Magdalene
Wolff, liz the matter of the estate of
John Lunkenheimer, and an order for
hearing on claims in same estate; and
an order allowing final account of
executor OF the last will and tesla
ment of Jeremiah O'Connor and final
decree and distribution of the estate.