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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
CRIMINAL DOCKET.

seventeenth Day, Friday, June 10.
100 State VS.. A. F. Romans.
121 State VS.. Jamison 81 Crigler.
122 State VS.. Jamison & Crigler.
1913 State VS.. Jamison q Crigler.
1874 State VS.. Jamison 81 Crigler.
1875 State VS.. Jamison d Crigler.
126 State VS.. Jamison x Crigler.
Eighteenth Day, Saturday. june go.
1877 State VS.. VIM. Roberts.
1913 State VS.. b. F. Miller.
1879 State VS.. r. McNama.
1870 State VS.. Jas. f. Poor, No. /.
131 State VS.. Jas. F. Poor, No. 9.
1872 State VS.. Lee Wilson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

rivers, destroying railroad and other
property.
Illinois has suffered from wind
storms, though it does not appear that
in any one place did the storm as
sumo the proportions of those in the
West
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Good Pasture for Rent.

Stock wanted to pasture by the
month or season. | have sixty acres
of number one one blue grass pasture;
water in abundance; 214 miles south
of Mexico on what is known as the Il.
F. James farm. G. V. CROOKS,
7 At Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

EVERY self-respecting Republican
in Audrain County will vote against
Boss Filley and his methods. The
only way to crush Boss Filley is to
vote the Democratic ticket. In the
Democratic party the people rule and
bosses will not be tolerated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

THE Mexico School Board will 3d.
lect the new corps OF teachers on Tues
day, May 26th. superintendent Nc
MILAN has already been elected. APP
plications should be filed with the
Secretary Of the Board, Mr.. A. 8
Houston. Old teachers who desire to
be retained must make formal appii-
cation lust the same NJ others.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Guardians Notice,

Notice is hereby given that ]. T.
Williams, Public Administrator of Au-
drain County, Missouri, has been ap-
pointed guardian of the person and
estate of j. NJ. Mcintyre, adjudged in
sane. The appointment dates from
May Is, 1896. All persons having
claims against Mr.. Mcintyre must
present them to the undersigned.
j. T. WILLIAMS,
sat. Guardian.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

GOVERNOR STONE is making free
silver speeches in Kentucky. From
there he will go to Kansas, where he
will make several of the same kind of
speeches. The Governor is one of the
best takers in the country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Struck Dead by Lightning.

MARSHALL, Mo-, May 16.-Last
evening during the storm and while
at work in the kitchen, Mrs. Louisa
Foster, of this county, aged s5, was
instantly killed by a bolt Of lightning.
Considerable damage was done to the
building.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

A DEMOCRAT is a man who votes
the Democratic ticket no matter
whether his name or the name of his
brother or personal friend is on the
ticket or not. A Democrat as defined
above will be found at his post of
duty ut the general election in 1896.
This being a fact, Missouri will be re-
deemed by a handsome majority this
foil
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

J.d. Boon, representing ID. Apple
ton & Co, the publishers, will move
here with his family from Peoria
about June list and will occupy the
Tate residence In South Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

JUDGE JAMES GIBSON, of Kansas
City, has withdrawn from the race for
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor of Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
ABE LARIMORE

At 81 .Oo to insure a living colt. Money due as
above
Will ser We lennets at SO IA for a jack colt and
$iU.0 for a jennet colt.
For extended pedigrees Of horse and jack see
bills.
Will pasture mares from a distance at 81 per
month. Care taken to prevent accidents. hut
not responsible should any occur.
Will give a liberal premium to the hest colt of
horse or jack.
In all cases colt stands good for service fee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

The Missouri Prohibitionists at-Se-
dalia adopted the following platform:
"We believe that ours should be a
government OF the people, by the
people and for the people, and that
women r people," Women are
people without doubt, but we are
happy to say they are not yet sthe
people" when 1t comes to politics.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Insurance Comuanies Withdraw

VANDALIA, Mo-, May IA petit
ton signed by most all the business
men of Vandalia was tonight read
before the Town Board, asking a re-
peal of the ordinance exacting city
licenses from fire insurance COM
panies. On a tie vote the Mayor de-
cided against repeal. The companies
have withdrawn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

ID. A. MCMILLAN has been unani-
mously reelected Superintendent OF
the Mexico Public Schools for the en-
suing year. Mexico has, without ques-
ton, the very best public schools in
Missouri. No small portion of the
credit in due Prof. Mcmillan, who is
one of the most faithful, conscientious
and thorough educators in the State,
He is not only thoroughly equipped as
a teacher but has that executive abil-
ity which is necessary to superintend
a school system such as we have in
Mexico. The Mexico School Board is
to be congratulated or securing Prof,
Mcmillan for another year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
THURSDAY, MAY 81.
County Democratic Ticket.


For Congress,
CHAMP CLARK.
For Representative,
JAMES BRADLEY.
For Treasurer,
+. V. GENTRY.
Fer Sheriff,
M. N. NELSON.
For Attorney,
X. ID. RODGERS.
For Collector,
JAS. w. DOWELL.
For Assessor,
TAYLOR BERRY.
For Surveyor,
Z. y. MCKINNEY.
For Coroner,
N. II. ROBES.
For County ~Judge-Western District
III. II. SPURLING.
For County Judge-Eastern District,
GUY McCUNE.
For Constable of Salt River Township,
A. =. JOHNSON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
SHERIFF'S SALE IN PARTIrlOx

w. III. Logan, Sarah T. Logan, James
Logan, Annie l.. hurry, PLANTING,
Vs.
Edwin L. Galbreath, Paul Galbreath.
a minor, Logan Galbreath, a minor ,
Henry Ernest CArr,~Ls~is<IIetsAu
Carr, Johnnie Il. Carr and Bessie
Carr, his wife, Bette Eunice Wal
lace and James I. Wallace, her hus-
band, Lois Evelyn DUNCAN and
Louis F. DUNCAN, her husband, Jos
ophine Elizabeth O'Connor and
William O'Connor, her husbaad,
Arthur Carr, a minor, Festin Ethan
Carr, a minor, Georgia Letcher Carr
a minor, Lizzie II. Smith and Harri.
son Smith, her husband, Defend
ants.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
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 %, 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 trout
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 descrih-
cd real estate, viz:
The south half of the southwest
quarter of section twenty-five cay,
township fifty-two (52), range eight
90 west, in Audrain County, Mis-.
souri,; also all of lot two, block seven,
Lakenan and Barnes addition 10
Highland addition, Mexico, Missouri;
also one lot situated in the
north part of Mexico, Mo-, on the
west side of Water street. fronting one
hundred and twenty feet on said
street, and extending west sixty feet,
lying and being in the northeast cor
Q 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 Bermer'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 II West
two hundred and fifty-nine feetf5ths
east line of Olive street extended;
thence south forty nine feet; thence
east two hundred and fifty nine feet
to the west line of said Water street;
| thence north forts-- siaS-G~~1pA~skh0
| place of beginning. Terms cash
I'd j. N. STEPHENS,
| Sheriff Audrain Co.. Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

Hon. s. b. Cook, Chairman OF the
State Democratic Central Committee,
has Just returned from st. Louis,
where he arranged for a formal call
of the State Convention to nominate
State officers. The State Convention
will meet at Jefferson City at II
O'Clock, Wednesday, August 5, 1896,
for the nomination of a Democratic
! candidate for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary of State, State
| Auditor, Attorney General, State
| Treasurer, Railroad and Warehouse
| Commissioner and Judge of the Su-
| preme Court; for the nomination of
| candidates for Presidential electors
| and for the selection of a State Cen
| subcommittee. The basis of representa-
| ton will be one delegate for every
| 500 or fraction of $50 or more votes cast
in each representative district of fine
| State outside of the city of st. Louis
and of each ward in st. Louis for the
| Democratic nominees of 1892. This
entitled Audrain County to six dele
gates. Audrain County, of course,
will hold a primary to select its dele
gates to this convention. The pri-
mary will probably take place on
some Saturday in the latter part oil
July and will be governed by the same
rules and regulations as has governed
primaries heretofore in Audrain
| rounty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

THE decent element of the Repub-
lican party of Missouri may not be
able to down Boss Filley, but the
Democratic party will attend to him
next fall. When such men as Chaun-
cey |. Filley come to the front in any
party the rank and file, the honest
people, the yeomanry, the bone and
sinew of the country will r.ssbbei. This
Klhd & Doss, no matter whether he
is a Democrat, Republican, Populist
or whatever name he may sail under,
will eventually meet his just deserts.
The people of Missouri, mor cspeci-
ally Audrain county, want non such.
The people of Mexico and Audrain
county will always be found bitterly
opposing such bosses as Filley.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

As the wires are restored and addi-
tional reports of the winds work are
received, the extent of the cyclone
d~isastersof the last four days becomes
more appalling. Texas, Kansas, Ne
braska, Missouri, Illinois and Ken
lucky have suffered, though in only
the first three States named and in
Kentucky were lives lost.
1t is reported that a storm swept
over the Pawnee Reservation yester-
day, bringing death to 40 persons.
Sundays storm left four dead at Re-
serve, Kan; nine at Sabetha; six al
Oneida and four at Falls City, Neb.
Two more victims OF Fridays storm
died ut Sherman yesterday, and Claut
Jones was found wandering near the
city In a crazed condition. He is the
second man to whose brain the horror
was overpowering.
Throughout Missouri rains ana
cloudbursts have swollen creeks and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

sat.
The record-union., 1896-10-12
Their Three Wishes.

Three street urchins sat on an
abandoned stake wagon which orna-
mented a vacant lot on South Third
stret. The conversation had been main
ly directed to a discussion of baseball.
There was a lull for a few moments.
then the smallest of the quartet spoke
up:
Say, fellers, what would youse rad
der be dan anything else?''
This sort of an inquiry was rather out
of the ordinary line of stake-wagon
talk, but the other two seemed in a
good humor to answer and Jimmie. the
Nope, spoke first.
'Td radder be a dorg." said he,
"'cause / wouldn't have to wear no
clothes, and l could spen' me whole
time chasin' CATS
Oats a fine kind of wish, I mus
say" Mickey Moran, the toughest
boy in the neighborhood was the one
who spoke now. Watts de matter wild
being woming, SOS you could STAY
home all day an bake cakes, an pies
an eat 'em yourself?'
This conception of Mickey's pleased
the crowd highly. Then the urchin who
proposed the wishing business began.
Il wish't 1 was a cop. Dey don't do
nuthfn' but ride on street cars free an
swipe peanuts" But just then the
policeman on the beat appeared and a
second later the stake wagon was unoc-
cupied.-St Louis Republic.
The record-union., 1896-10-12

women. It is a fine sight to see the
fleet of boats go out or come in when
the tide is UP, but when the tide is
down there are certain drawbacks to
COncarneau.
French harbors at low tide possess
peculiar powers in the way of smells.
Indeed, they are absolutely unrivalled
in this respect. A harbOr smell is large
and powerful; single-handed it could
put to flight all the smell army of Co
logne. 1t is something you can almost
see, and you can certainly feel it. When
you run up against it accidentally round
corner you feel sad, and go away and
kill it. It's sort of smell that you can
hear trying to climb under your bed :
room window at night, and you get out
of bed hastily and try to push it off
with a stick. But we must console our
selves with the reflection that sanitary
science and picturesqueness of old
walled towns and harbors do not go
much together.-Westmins Gazette.
The record-union., 1896-10-12
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

WHEREAS ANDREW BRAUN AND
LENA BRAUN, his wife, made certain
deed of trust TO William Beckman and j.
L. Huntoon, dated March u, 1892, and re-
corded March %, 1892, in Liber 40 of Trust
Deeds al page 525 and following, records OF
Sacramento County. State of California
Said deed of trust conveying the real
property hereinafter described for the pur-
pose of securing the payment of a certain
promissory note made by the said Andrew
Braun and Lena Braun. Whereas in ac-
cordance with the terms of said deed of
trust the said Trustees, William Beck
man and j. L. Huntoon, have conveyed to
Charles Heisen as successor and assign of
said Trustees all of the estate. interest
powers duties and trusts in premises
vested in said Trustees, William Beckman n
and J. l., Huntoon, by said deed of trust
And whereas, default has been made in the
payment of said note and the interest
thereon.
Now. therefore, in accordance with the
terms and under the authority of said deed
signed will, on the 18th DAY OF OCTO-
RER 1896 between the hours of 10 and IL
O'clock a. m in front of the Courthouse Of
the county of Sacramento, in the city Of
Sacramento State of California. sell at
public auction to the highest bidder, for
ash in United States gold coin all the
certain real property, situate in the city
of Sacramento, County of Sacramento
State of California. and described as fol-
lows, to wit: Lot Number One in the block
bounded by U and V and Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets of said city of Sacra-
mento, together with the improvements
thereon. G. HEISEN.
Martin Devine, Attorney
s21 -M-Th-Sa
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The Republican
Financial Plank
Adopted by the National Convention at St.
Louis June Is, 1896.

1.-The Republican party is unre-
servedly for sound money 1t caused
the enactment of the law providing
for the resumption of specie pay
ment in 1879; since then every dol
lar has been as good as gold.
I'VE are unalterably opposed to
every measure calculated to debase
our currency or impair the credit of
our country. We are, therefore, op-
posed to the free coinage of silver,
except by international agreement
with the leading commercial nations
of the world, WHICH WE PLEDGE
OURSELVES TO PROMOTE; and
until such agreement can be OBJ
tanned, the existing gold standard
must be preserved. All our silver
and paper currency must be main
tanned at parity with gold, and we
favor all measures designed to
maintain inviola bic the obligations Of
the United States and all our money.
whether coin or paper at the pres
ent standard, the standard of the
most enlightened nations of the
world"
The record-union., 1896-10-12
HELD HIS BRIDE TOO CHEAP.
Objected to Paying More Than so
Cents for His Marriage.

A tall shiny negro, with a giggllng
mulatto girl clinging to his arm, slowly
walked past the Recorders office in the
Courthouse Tuesday about noon. There
was a wistful, embarrassed look in the
negro'S face that bespoke the object of
his quest says the Kansas City star
Several attaches of the Recorders S
office passed the couple and one said
to the negro:
Il suppose you are looking for a mar
riage license?"
"Ya, ya," answered the negro;
"you'se struck it de fust time
The couple were piloted to the mar
riage bureau and soon thereafter a
neatly folded paper in the mans pocket
proclaimed that Thomas S. Kinney and
Matte Mae Harris were licensed to
wed.
Look a hyar," said Kinney, as he
left the Recorders office, Il doan want
no publication oh dis business. We
wants to 'sprise de odder niggars"
All right" answered the clerk, "it
won't be published until after the cere-
mOny."
After some inquiries the two ap-
peared before Judge Scarritt of the Cir
cult Court to be married. When the
SIMPLE words of the civil ceremony
We're over and Thomas stood silently
contemplating his yellow bride Judge
Scarritt said:
''Well, Thomas, why don't you kiss
the bride?"
'Lawd, Jedge, I dun kissed her
more'n million times already, an de
novelty am wore off -
The two negroes giggled and looked
at each other sheepishly. When all the
papers had been made out and safely
slowed away in the mans pocket the
two started to leave the room, when
the clerk said:
Hold on a minute; there is a fee at
tached to this ceremony"
"A which?" said the negro. looking
mystified.
1T will cost you 50 to be married I"
said the clerk.
Amt we dun married? ?" asked Kin
ney.
mo, not until the 50 is paid. The
marriage will not be binding until the
fee is settled
Good Lawd, 1 amt got only half
dollar. Here's de half" and the negro
started to walk away
That won't do. Judge Scarritt
doesn't marry people for nothing.
You'll have to pay 81"
Il amt got It,"
"All right; you are not married.
that's ALL" and the clerk walked back
to his desk
During this conversation the bride
clung close to her sable lover, and
when she saw the marriage ties dis
solving for want of the proper financial
stimulation she seemed much dis
tressed.
Wat does dis mean, Tom" she
asked, apprehensively.
1T means that we amt married.
that's ALL
"Oh, Tom.' sighed the bride, her
eyes suffused with tears. "Ain't I
worth another dollar and a half? It's
dun worth dat much to be married by
such handsome Jedge."
At this Judge Scarritt beamed, but
made no sign.
It's all burned foolishness to paw
any more, but reckon dat we doan git
married cherry day. Here's yo' money"
and Thomas produced an additional
81 80. Come on, honey, let's git
outen here fore some other feller
comes long and holds us up for de
other dollar / saved for this heah mar
riage."
The record-union., 1896-10-12
CURSE OF THE POOR.
The Experience of Men Who Ought to
Know.

I believe the experience of everyone
who lives and has lived among the poor,
whether it be Catholic priest or Protes-
tant clergyman, Sister Of Charity or dis
trict visitor, charity organization agent
or Brother of ST. Vincent de Paul, will
bear me out in my conviction that nine
tenths, if not ninety-nine-h hundredths,
Of the actual destitution among the poor
is to be traced, directly or indirectly, to
ha bits of drink. 1t is not, as a general
rule, the drunkard himself who has to
pay the heaviest penalty, at least in this
world for his intemperance. 1t is too
often the helpless wife and the neglected
children who have to bear the burden
of their fathers sin. There is scarcely
a city or a town In the whole world from
which all abject poverty would not prac-
tically disappear if the vice of drunken
ness could be baniShed. OF course there
are besides, number of instances OF
destitution in no way connected with
drink. The sudden death or long illness
of the bread winner of the family will,
from time to time, cause a very acute
phase of misery and want. The poor
helpless mother, with her hungry
brood. is as sad a sight as we'll can be-
But such cases are exceptional, and men
do not legislate for exceptions Such
needs can easily be met and met in every
well organized community, by Christian
charity. They are also of their very
nature only temporary. Even the poor
widow left destitute with half a dozen
little ones, if she is at all deserving is
sure to find friends and obtain employ
ment The pinch of poverty may be Sc
we're for a time, but in our complex civ
willing hands and an honest heart. Add
to this that the advance of habits Of
thrift, the increased facilities for insur-
ance, and the growing sense of the duty
of providing for such contingencies
make the occurrence of acute cases of
unforeseen distress tend continually to
diminish.
There is another point worth consid-
ering. Does a large family tend in the
long run to greater poverty? 1t may
for the first few years after marriage.
But this is not, as a rule. the time when
the pinch is felt. Both father and mother
are in the prime of their health and
strength, and the difficulty of finding
sufficient means Of support is, in the
case of the industrious and sober, eX-
ceedingly rare. 1t is usually in later
life that the pinch comes, if it comes at
all. 1t is when middle age, or life of
hard labor, or some unforeseen sickness
or accident, brings with it a lessened
energy, and the need of more generous
living. 1t is when the hair begins to
grow gray and the once upright form is
bowed by advancing years, that hunger
and poverty are most to be dreaded
r. F. Clarke, S. j., in North American
Review.
The record-union., 1896-10-12
Concarneau.N

The sardine-opolis of Brittany is Con-
carneau, which lies ten miles aouth of
Rosporden Junction, on the Orleans line
from Landerneau to Quimper.
1t is one of the most interesting places
In the country. The old walled town is
completely surrounded by water at
high tide, and communicates with a
bridge with the newer town built
round the harbor. This harbor, when
the boats are in, is a very beautiful
sight. The sardine nets are all hanging
from the masts to dry in the sun: they
are so fine in texture that they look like
silken gauze. Some Of them are brown,
others delicate blue-gray, and as they
wave In the wind they give exquisite
masses and blendings of color.
Sardine fishing and all the processes
of preparing and packing the dainty
little fish form a big industry which
employs many thousands of men and