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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

to stretch my limb down straight, as
there would be a drawing and trem-
bling of the cords. Beside such tor
ture, l began to bloat a great deal.
"After suffering sometime, a friend
advised me to try Paine's celery COM
pound. a truthfully say that after
using fedr bottles | was cured; not
helped, but cured.".
If you have any doubts at all these
spring days about your health-if
neuralgia twinges, kidney troubles,
dizzy spells, indigestion or heart pal
pitation show themselves, don't wait
for palmer warnings. Make a clean
sweep of all these ailments from the
system.
1t is easiest to do this now, as spring
is approaching. Take Paine's celery
compound when the system ia most
responsive to it's cleansing, strength
ening influence.
An improved appetite, sound diges-
ton, uninterrupted sleep, and an en-
ergetic condition are the result OF
taking Paine's celery compound.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
AUDRAIN BAPTIST INSTITUTE.
Will Meet in Vandalia on May 29th
and 30th and Will Be of Unusual
Interest-The Programme.

The Audrain County Baptist Insti-
tute will meet in Vandalia on Friday
and Saturday, May 2sth and 30th, and
will be largely attended from this city.
Following is the programme in full:
FRIDAY, MAY 20.
800 p. M. devotional Service
Rev. E. S. Gibbs.
$3.50 p. m. "The Preaching for the
Times,"-Dr. j. b. Hawkins and
Rev. n. r. Pittman.
FRIDAY NIGHT.
500 p. m. "The Mission of the
Church,''-Prof. j. w. Million and
Rev. IL. b. Rice.
s:45 p. m. "How Shall We Interest
Our Young People in Christian
Giving?"-Rev. N. r. Pittman.
SATURDAY, MAY 80.
$3.50 a. m. devotional Service,"-
Rev. L. M. Walton.
1000 a. m. "The Elements of New
Testament Deacon,"-Revs. N. s.
Johnston and j. j. Griffin.
1880 a. m. "The Reward of Chris
tian Endeavors,"-M. r. K. Biggs
and G. A. Witherspoon.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
1880 p. m. GLOW Shall We Make the
Sunday School a Success?"-J. w
Roy and Revs. L. M. Bibb and j.
E. Jesse.
2:30 p. m. "Church DEVOTION
Judge Guthrie and Judge Ken
dali.
800 p. m. Christian Character,"-
John Riney and VIM. Clark.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
500 p. m. "The Observance of the
Sabbath, "-Revs. Shouse, j. j.
Griffin and l.. M, Walton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

Why not be a well woman this
spring?
There are women who cannot toll
crate the smallest neglect about the
house who too often take no care OF
their health.
They should use these precious May
days for getting strong and Well by
taking Paine's celery compound-the
greatest" N ali spring remedies.
Hiss Elsie M. Brown, of 2 Leeds St.,
Dorchester, Mass, whose picture is
given above, wrote the 5th of this
month as follows:
"Four or five years ago, L suffered
with dreadful pains in my back (ow-
ing to my kidneys, SO much so that
night after night l could not close my
eyes, and what few hours sleep | did
get, / could be heard moaning and
tossing, showing that eve in my
sleep / suffered pain. At times |
would have more pain than usual
over my left hip, and when waking in
the morning it would be all | could do
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
An Ideal Steer.

The Southern Cultivator says: The
way to have such a beef animal is to
start with good blood. That must be
followed up with good management
from weaving to the block. This in
cludes proper proportions of nutrients,
first, plenty of protein for rapid growth
and development, followed by fat
forming foods in due proportion.
This is the kind of animal that pays
at two years old only, and the kind
that cattle men should aim to grow if
they expect the prices and most profit
on beef cattle. 1t requires are and
diligence from calfhood to the finish
to grow this kind, after starting with
good high grade blood.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Fine Fat Cattle
From the Laddonia Herald

u tuc Latu'lid I1tfhlu.
The Lewellen brothers, j. H. and w.
b., are feeding 100 head of cattle and
$50 head or more of hogs on their
farms east of town. The boys both
nave large farms adjoining each other,
over which the stock is permitted to
roam. Their land is of the best in the
county, and buildings, fences, etc. ARE
arranged with conve nience. They
raise q great deal of corn and much of
their live stock. j. ii. has a house on
his farm, but on w. BIS u loneliness
is perceptible. The young lady who
bats her trap with the right material
will be proud of her catch, and she
can also aid in the planning of a nice
home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
IN A TRANCE
The Young Girl Claims To Have Seen
Marvellous Sights.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May 14.-Miss
Nebbie Williams, a young lady of 1f
summers, while attending a revival q
few nights ago at a suburban church,
became e%ntranced, and remained SO
for three days and nights, much to the
alarm of her friends and relatives. On
recovering her senses to-day she tells
a most remarkable story, which has
somewhat alarmed the community.
She says that she first woke up stand
ing on the brink of hell, of which she
gives a complete description. She
was then taken to heaven, where she
met the Savior and conversed with
him at length. The girl is of sound
mind and respectable family, and is no
doubt honest in her statements, and
says it was no dream.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

and though little hope remained, she
begun it, and an improvement wa no.
ticed. The cancer commenced to heal and
when she had taken several bottles it
disappeared entirely, and although sew
eral years have elapsed, not a sign of
the disease has ever returned.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
FREE LUNCH IN THE CHURCH.
The Rev. Frank Crane Introduces a
Novel Scheme to Draw Crowds.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 15.-Lemonade
and ginger snaps will follow the dox-
ology at each and every prayer meet
ing in the Trinity Methodist church.
This unique inducement is offered by
Rev. Frank GRANGE, and the free
luncheon is open alike to the people
who have been going to this sanetu
airy for fifty years and the new man
who may be looking for bargains.
1t was tried for the first time last
night, and the pastor is convinced he
has hit upon an idea which will make
his Wednesday evening devotional the
real good thing in his church calendar.
Mr.. Crane has adopted this feature
frankly on the score that he wants to
get more people to the prayer meet
ng. He believes it will appeal to the
young men and women of his congre-
cation and fill the lecture room, now
occupied by vacant chairs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Henry Edmonds' Cousin.

Mr.. Henry Edmonds, of Mexico,
left Saturday for st. Louis to see his
cousin, Mr.. Edmonds, who is in a hos
pital at that place. Henry's cousin is
Mayor of Sherman, Texas, where the
cyclone killed nearly one hundred
people a few days since. During the
war he was shot by a Federal soldier
and although several operations were
performed on HIM the bullet was never
located until a few days ago. Although
more than thirty years have passed,
the bullet was easily located by the
Roentgen rays. A successful opera
ton was performed, and the LEDGER
is glad to know that the patient is do
ing well and will entirely recover.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
BANK ROBBERS ON WHEELS.
Two Up-to-Date Bandits Bound the
Cashier and Secured $1,000
at Buffalo. III.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, May 14.-At
noon to-day, two men, mounted on
bicycles rode into the village of Buff
falo, 10 miles east of here, wheeled up
to the bank, and, ~dismounting, enter
ed the building. Carl Kloppenburg,
the cashier, was the only man in the
building at the time. They bound and
gagged him at the point of a revolver,
took all the available cash, said to DO
about $1,000, and, remoupting their
bicycles without unnecessary delay,
rode rapidly away in the direction of
this city. Nothing was known of the
affair until sometime afterwards, when
other employees of the bank returned
from dinner and found Cashier Klop-
penburg still bound and gagged. There
is no clew to the robbers.
The robbers approached Mr.. Klop-
penhurg from behind, and the attack
was SO sudden that he did not get to
see them, though he felt the pressure
of a revolver against his head. After
ha had been securely bound he was
thrown onto the floor and under a
table. The men then secured what
booty they could, and one of them re-
marked:
"a id poor haul, my boy"
While the robbers we're binding Mr..
kloppenburg, his hand came in con-
tact with one of their faces, which he
noticed was smooth. 1t is also sup
posed that one of them was red-head-
ed, as two men were see shortly after
the robbery riding away on wheels,
and it was noticed that the hair of one
of them was red, and the officers of
the bank remember that a few days
ago a ~red-haired man came in to get a
dollar changed. Soon after the rob
berry became known a posse was or
ganized and started in pursuit, and the
men were tracked to the ~Sangamon
River bottoms, where all trace of
them was lost. Several arrests were
made i'll the city tonight, but all the
men taken were subsequently re-
leased. Five country banks have been
robbed II this county within a year,
and the theory of the police is that the
operators have headquarters in this
city, but this is merely surmise.
The Bank of Buffalo issewned by A.
A. Pickreil Il CO..
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

N. M. Friedman and Oscar Krieger,
leading business men of Martinsburg,
made q social call Mt the LEDGE
office Friday. Both r longtime
subscribers to the LEDGER. Colonel
Krieger was overjoyed to know that
the Wabash is about to move its coal
chute to Martinsburg from Wellsville,
which would add forty or fifty fami-
lies to the town. Mr.. Friedman is the
largest manufacturer in Audrain
County, doing a business of perhaps
more than $4,000 a year in the man
ufacture of picture frames, ETC., which
r shipped all over this country and
to Canada and Europe. "The boys"
said the Modern Woodmen would
have a big picnic at M~artinsburg on
June 6, and they expected Mexico to
BIO well represented,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
FOR SILVER.
Wallace Bassford Predicts the Finan
clal Result of the National Demo-
cratic Convention Thinks
the White Metal Will
Surely Win.

Wallace Bassford, of Mexico, who
was private secretary to Congressman
Champ Clark, and who is not only in
touch with MI. Clark on the financial
situation, but is a close reader and a
careful student of the political situa-
ton, has prepared the following table
for the LEDGER, in which he predicts
that silver will have an overwhelming
majority at the Democratic Conven-
ton in Chicago. Alabama, California,
Maryland, Massachusetts,, Michigan,
Missouri, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode
Island, South Carolina and Tennessee
have already selected their delegates.
In Illinois and Iowa the indications
are strong in favor of a silver delega-
ton. Nebraska is contested. Dele
gates selected in Ohio up to this time
are silver men. Five delegates from
Washington are claimed to be solid
and sure for free silver. The dele
gates from the District of Columbia
have been elected and are not in
structed, but Mr.. Bassford says are
known to be for free silver.
MD n TapJE
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

The Centraiia Courier says that
"Mr. j. w. DowelI and wife are visit
ing friends in Centralia." Surely this
is not Collector j. w. Dowell, Mexico,
Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
~QUINTUPLETS DEAD.
All the Lyons Infants at Mayfeld,
KY, Died in Spasms.

MAYFIELD,k KY, May 14.-TheLyons'
q~uintuplets born in this city April %
to Mrs. Oscar Lyons are all dead.
The last one died this morning. The
exact cause of their death is not
known, but it is generally believed
that it was caused by the enormous
visiting crowds.
They all had similar attacks, re-
sembling spasms. Each one died in
stantly, and at the last moment would
give loud screams. They were fully
developed and appeared to be in per-
feet health. Their bodies have been
embalmed and are now on exhibition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

Young mothers dread the Summer
months on account of the great NOR
tally among children caused by bowel
troubles. Perfect safety may be as
sured those who keep on hand
DeWitt's Collie Il Cholera cure, and
administer it promptly. For cramps,
bilious collie, dysentery and diarrh9a,
it affords instant relief. For sale by
Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Army Worms on the War Path,

From the Slater RustIer.
Millions of army worms have re-
Gently shown up on the pastures and
meadows north and south of Slater.
The large blue grass pastures, owned
by Col. Pike Thomson, which were
rented by w. b. Storts a short time
ago, are alive with them. Willis Ar
nold's pastures are also being destroy
ed by them. Mr.. Martin, who lives
this side of Miami, was in town Tues
day and informed US that he had fully
fifteen bushels of worms to the acre
on his farm. They are very destruct-
i've to grass and corn, but it is not
thought they will inIure wheat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
IN A R N BUILDING.
Thirteen Persons Imprisoned at st.
Louis-An Finally Rescued.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 14.-For half an
hour between IL and 1 O'Clock to-day
thirteen frantic persons, mostly girls.
were imprisoned in two rooms on the
fourth floor of a building at 622 Locust
street. The two front rooms on this
floor are occupied as tailor shops by
M. N. Bannoff & Co. and Siege-Baum
Bros. A gasoline stove used for heat
ing irons exploded and filled the mar
row hallway with flames. The girls
became panic stricken and would
have dashed themselves out of the
windows had they not been restrained
by the men present. All were rescued
without bodily harm.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Heavv Rains Kill Chinchbups

MACON, Mo-, May 14.-Heavy rains
yesterday and last night in this sec
tion will wonderfully improve the
chances of growing crops. Reports
from all the agricultural districts OF
this county previously were to the
effect that the dreaded chings bug
was just beginning to make its APP
pearance apparent, but it is now
hoped the dry spell has beer broken
and continual rains will effectually de-
stroy the pest.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Probate Court Items.

Following is a record of the most
important business transacted in the
Probate Court this week:
Probated wills of the following per-
sons, deceased, were confirmed:
Hulda G. Grim.
Calburn Brown.
Mary Rankin.
j. W. Fletcher.
A. B. Tinsley.
Casper Koehler.
Final settlements were made and
approved in the estates of the follow
ing deceased persons:
A. Smith.
Sarah A. Turner.
j. w. Northcutt.
Lewis Farrar.
T. b. Branstetter.
Jno. Donnelly.
Mary A. Weber.
G. NJ. Mcmillan.
Mary Il. Logan.
Orders to sell the land in the es-
tates of the following deceased per-
sons were made:
Matilda Berry.
Abel Bradford.
Lury nj. Palmer.
Reports of sale of land in the fol-
lowing estates were filed and APPROX
ed:
j. M. Gordon.
Mary. A. Weber.
Isaiah Dye.
In the case of VIM. Appleman v
Levi Appleman for $4,000, the jury
rendered a verdict for the plaintiff,
allowing him 800.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Death in a Texas Cyclone.
A TERRIFIC STORM STRIKES THE
PRETTY TOWN OF SHERMAN,
KILLING MANY PEOPLE.
Homes Are Destroyed and Scores OF
Lives Are Blotted Out Without q
Moments Warning-Th The En-
tire City a Hospital.

SHERMAN, TEX, May 15.-The city
of Sherman is a hospital and the dead,
unidentified and all, will reach some-
thing like 60 persons.
About 4:15 this afternoon a funnel
shaped storm cloud came with a mighty
roar, and from the southwest could be
seen flying tinbers and houses.
The death-dealing storm struck the
west portion of the city, coming up a
ravine and Post Oak Creek, crossing
a portion of the cemetery.
For half a mile along the creek there
were negro homes mostly. No less
than 25 or 80 people were killed out
right along the creek, and scores are
now being cared for by improvised
hospitals in the business portion of the
city.
Some were crushed under falling
buildings, struck with flying timbers
and a few men found in the creek
drowned.
At n place in the country a child
was found in a tree; in another a
woman was blown half a mile from
home.
The city received a shower of debris,
mud and sand where the storm did not
| strike. Vehicles are still coming in
with the dead, and the good people
have come to the assistance of the
wounded and are preparing the dead
tor burial.
Hundreds of homes were destroyed,
and when the storm struck Fairview,
a suburb, Captain Ely's brick house
was leveied, also Captain Birge's and
many cottages.
The Mayor has called for a mass
meeting and everything is being done
for the homeless and the injured.
Physicians have come from Denison
to assist. The hair was blown from
horses, and there is no doubt that
there are yet dead people not found,
as the darkness of night has come.
Ropes are stretched to keep back the
crowds.
In the confusion there is no telling
how many are under the wrecked
houses and along the creek, which is
now running out. Several had been
taken from the water before dark.
News north and south brings in in
telligence of destruction and many
killed on farms.
The Mayor estimates the death list
now at the various buildings prepared
for their reception at 40, and there are
about 20 dead in private houses.
Stock was killed everywhere along
the path of the mighty elements.
The damage to property cannot be
| estimated. Two thousand dollars was
raised at the court house in a few
minutes.
Sherman is known as the Athens of
Texas. 1t has more high class educa-
tional institutions for young women,
probably, than any city near its size
west of the Mississippi River. 1t is
| also one of the weaIthiest cities, one
of the best cities socially and the
prettiest town in Texas. Its popula-
ton is about 10000. Sherman also
claims, and probably has, the largest
cottonseed oil mill in the world.
The Sherman court house was in
sufficient to hold the dead and wound
ed. The vacant Moore building, on
the south square, was utilized at 6
o'clock, Is colored people, dead or
dying, being placed there. Express
drays, baggage wagons and all kinds
| of vehicles continue to come in with
| dead bodies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

Reports of sale of land in the fol-
lowing estates were filed and approx
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Commencement at Hardin.

MAY FESTIVAL.
Instrumental contest, Prof. Guerne,
director, May 26.
Elocution contest, Miss Beard, di-
rector, May 26.
Instrumental contest, Prof. Won
Grabin, director, May 81.
Elocution contest, Miss Frost, direc-
tor, May 81.
Art levee, May %.
Vocal contest, awarding $1,000 prize
piano, May %.
Glass day exercises, May 30.
Final grand concert, June 1.
COMMENCEMENT.
Annual sermon, college chapel, by
Rev. W. R. L. Smith, j. D., of st.
Louis, Sunday, May 81, II a. m.
Graduating exercises, June 2.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
SNAKE FOUND IN A HENS EGG
Remarkable Story Verified by Citizens
Of Goshen, Ind.

GOSHEN, IND, May 13.-While pre-
pairing the morning meal a domestic
in the employ of Major Cobb Saturday
discovered in a large egg which she
had just broken n of the greatest
curiosities in the shape of a light
colored snake about four inches long,
which showed signs of life, and is to-
night alive and doing we'll. The truth
of the story is verified by some of the
best citizens of the town, who we're
called in as witnesses.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Mrs Perry Kidd Dead.

Mrs. Perry Kidd, OF Laddonia, died oil
consumption May 10, 1896. She wal
born in Woodford County, KY, Nov
4, 1926. She united with West Cuivre
Baptist church in 1872, where she re.
NAMED a devoted, Cody woman tc
the end. Her funeral was preached
by her pastor mt Laddonia, after which
her remains were inferred in Farbel
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Sale of Hogs at Centralia.

There will be a public sale of thor
oughbred Poland China hogs Satur-
day, May 80, in Centralia. We will
sell at auction n lot of thoroughbred
Poland China hogs on the Public
Square in C%entralia, Mo-, Saturday,
May 30, at 1 p. m. Pedigrees furnish
ed with every hog. Bankable notes
taken on four months time at eight
per cent interest.
7 W3t HIGHTOWER BROS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten are caused by catarrh, which
is nothing but an infiamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured byHalPs
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars
free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o
gseT Sold by druggists, 75c.
SNAKE FOUND IN A HENS EGG
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
A Cure for Mnscular Rheumatism.

A Cure for Muscular Rheumatism.
Mrs. r. l.. Lamson, of Paramount,
Illinois, says: "My sister used Cham
berlain's Pain Balm for muscular rheu-
matism and i~teffected a complete cure.
I keep it in the house at all times and
have always found it beneficial for
aches and pains. 1t is the quickest
cure for rheumatism, muscular pains
and lameness | have ever SEEM" For
sale by G. A. Buckner, Druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

Wake up your liver but be sure you
take Simmons Liver Regulator to dc
it whit will do it every time, and
do it so well that you'll feel wonder
fully refreshed and strengthened. II
is Simmons Liver Regulator that does
1t. There is only one Simmons Liver
Regulator, and you'll know it by the
red u on the package. Take nothing
else, and you'll be sure to get all the
good health promised.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Cancer
OF the Breast,

Mr.. A. H. Crausby, of IsS Kerr ST.,
Memphis, Tenn, says that his wife
paid no attention to a small lump which
appeared in her breast, but it soon de-
veloped into a of the worst type,
and Notwithstanding the treatment of
the best physicians, it continued to
spread and grow rapidly, eating two
holes in her breast. The doctors
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
Mexico School District.

A list of the children of school age
in the Mexico school district has just
been taken and filed with A. s. Hous-
ton, secretary of the Mexico school
board. The result of this census shows
material growth in the population Of
Mexico. There is a large increase in
the white children but a falling off in
the number of colored children of
school age. The report is as follows:
Number from 6 to 20 years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21
A. Il. DEGREE.

Miss Ruth Lakenan, Mexico.
Miss Maggie Bradley, Mexico.
Miss Mayme Duncan, Mexico.
Miss Daisy Baker, Mexico.
Miss Mabelle Hathaway, Mexico.
Miss Ethel Bordeaux, Arkansas.
b. L.. DEGREE.
Miss Myn Bast, Mexico.
Miss Sue Robertson, Mexico.
Miss Lucy Jesse, Mexico.
Miss Hattie KEENAN,, Mexico.
Miss Gertrude Barker, Mexico.
Miss Myn Kimball, Missouri.
Miss Nellie Rinehart, Missouri.
Miss Sallie HARRISON, Missouri.
Miss Grace Shumate, Missouri.
Miss Edna Ely, Missouri.
Miss Jean Wallace, Arkansas.
Those who will graduate in music
are Misses Olive Ewing, Edith Ever
ingham, Nellie Montgomery and Annie
King, all of Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

Mrs. r. DeYoung, Middleburg, Ia,
writes: "I have used One Minute
Cough Cure for six years, both for
myself and children, and consider it
the quickest acting and most ~satisfac-
tory Cough Cure / have ever used"
For sale by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

"Max O'Rell'' relates that, while he
was teaching in an English school, a
lady wrote TO the head master: "Dear
Sir-It is our intention to place our
boy under your care, but before we dc
so we should like to know what the
social standard of your school is" To
which the head master replied: "Dear
Madam-So long as your boy behaves
well, and his fees r paid regularly,
no inquiry will be made about his an
tecedente.''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-21

The entertainment at Mrs. Rixey's
Tuesday evening was given by the
entertainment committee, composed
of Mrs. Grilfee, Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs.
Guthrie and Mrs. Rixey, to those who
so kindly assisted in 1.-THE Chimes of
Normandy