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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-25
Probate court-Judge CseaveIand.


 Leopold Besser, as trustee of the es- tate of Frederick F. Bailey, reported in the probate court yesterday that the es- tate is insolvent and that no dividends can be made.
 Julian F. Borchert, @ meat dealer at 134 Congress avenue made an assign ment yesterday morning and named N. H. Hoyt for trustee Liabilities amount to about $400 and the assets are very small.
 Hearing on the estate of Gustave Bolze. insolvent, was postponed in the probate court yesterday for one week. Bolze is trying to get his creditors to agree that they will wait one year for their pay, and he hopes in that time to be able to pay dollar for dollar. Most of the creditors have agreed to this proposition.
 Another attachment was yesterday placed on the property of Constantin Simon, Bolze's indorser, by Lindeman & Sons Piano company for $500.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-25

CIarence-'I am actually jealous of that puppy, you know" Ethel (his fiancee)-"Oh! Dear me!-you men are all alike-papa is jealous of you."- Puck
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
SENSATIONAL ISLANDER SUIT.
Robert Il. Rosson, of Pike, Sues Sam
uel Rhoadman, of Near Vandalia,
For $500 Damages.

Robert A. Rosson, of Pike county,
through his attorney, W. w. Bolts, OF
Vandalia, to-day entered suit against
Samuel Rhoadman, who lives near
Vandalia, for slander. Rosson claims
that his good name has been injured
to the extent of $500. There are five
different charges of SANDER against
the defendant and the plaintiff asks
for from $500 to $1,000 on each count.
In the petition it Is stated that
Robert FL. Rosson is married man
and that during the month of July he
had working for him one Miles Ferris
In the capacity of a farm hand. Fer
ris, who is married man, lived with
his wife in the same house with the
plaintiff for quite awhile in July.
The plaintiff alleges that Samuel
Rhoadman on different occasions told
different people that there was crimi-
nal relations between bothRosson and
Mrs. Ferris and Ferris and Mrs. Ros-
son, thereby inluring his and his wife's
character to great extent.
The plaintiff alleges that Rhoadman
told number of different people false
and slanderous stories about him and
his wife. The details are altogether
too sensational for publication in the
LEDGER. One statement Rhoadman
is alleged to have said Is that Rosson
and Ferris had traded wives. The
case will have hearing at the Sep
tember term of court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, Silas Wilson and Mary O.
Wilson, his wife, by their two de eds
OF trust, one dated September "a, 1881
and recorded in book o, at page 562
the other dated March %, 1893, and
recorded in book IL, at page 1928, con-
veyed to the said trustees In said
deeds of trust therein named the fol-
lowing described tract of land situated
in Andrain County, Missouri, to-wit:
Lot number one ~ in Quisenberry,s
Park Addlaon, in the City of Mexico,
Audrain County, which said convey
ance was made in trust to secure the
payment of the notes In said deeds OF
trust described; and, whereas, said
notes are due and unpaid; and,
whereas, said trustee named In said
deeds of trust is dead, and according
to the provisions of said deeds of trust
in case of the inability or refusal to
act of the trustee in said deeds of
trust, the then acting Sheriff of Au-
drain County may proceed to sell said
property. Now, therefore, at the re-
quest of the legal holder of said notes
and under the provisions of said d,,eds
OF trust, /, the undersigned Sheriff of
Audrain County will, on
Saturday, the 1lth Day Of September,
A. D., 1897,
between the hours of nine o'clock In
the forenoon and FIVE O'Clock in the
afternoon of said day, at the east f1.ont
door of the Court House, in the 3itv
of Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri.
sell said property at public vendue. to
the highest bidder, for cash, to satisfy
said notes and the cost of executing
said deeds of trust.
M. N. NELSON,
Sheriff and Acting Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

home club, the Brooklyn Country
club, in Brooklyn, Mass. Mr.. Curtis
is a member of the firm of Jackson &
Curtis, stock brokers, of Boston, Mass.
DIR. WIN. 8. M'DowELL.
DR.. VIM. 8. Mcdowell, of Chicago,
took part in the Henley regatta July
IA to 16. He hoped to win the diamond
sculls at Henley-on-T Thames, England,
for himself and America. He trained
for some weeks under the careful eye
of "Jake" Gauduar, and is said to be
sculling in better form than last year,
which is saying great deal, the Eng
lish critics praising him highly then.
He took part in the races at Hamburg,
Germany, July IS and 10, few days
after the great English classic. The
championship of Germany was at
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
Was il Suicide2


In speaking of the death of John
Hobart, who was recently killed in a
coal mine at Farber, the Farber Forum
ventures the following:
"He did not talk much about his
financial reverses and domestic trou-
bles, but the Forum presumes to say
that when John Hobart was buried q
world of trouble was buried with him. {"
The Forum further states that Ho-
bart was not of a boastful nature-was
sober and industrious. He had claim
ed distant relationship with Vice
President Hobart. His father, ]. F.
Hobart, lived at California, Mo. 1t
has been question whether Hobart
fell or jumped out of the hoisting
bucket. He had threatened to kill
himself before,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, ,as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease
Catarrh is q blood or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure Ii you
must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is
not quack medicine. 1t was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians
in this county for years, ,and is a regu-
lar prescription. 1t is composed of
the best tonics known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting di-
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two in
gradients is what produces such won
derful results in curing Catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

sational record breaking race won by
the little Welshman at Charles River
park, Boston, recently, was the most
remarkable middle cycling contest
ever run in this country. Michael is
quiet and undemonstrative. While
chewing a toothpick, with an impass-
able countenance, he will follow the
fastest pace that can be set. In Paris
some time ago he won q go mile race,
covering that distance in hours, So
minutes. 4 2-5 seconds.
LAWRENCE CURTIS.
Lawrence Curtis, the new president
of the United States Golf association,
may very properly be called q pioneer
Of the game in this country. His ele-
walton to the chief official position In
the sport lie only tardy recognition
OF what he has done for it. 1t was
due to his efforts that the as
sociation was formed. Mr.. Curtis was
born in Boston 4s years ago, and was
graduated from Harvard in 1870, He
has always been a lover of the e'gentler,
class of sports, cricket, rowing, lawn
tennis, racquets, shooting and driving.
When golf was practically an unknown
sport in this country he became inter-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

MAYOR B. @. JOHNSON, of the State
Treasurer's Office, leet for New
York Monday, where, with Governor
Stephens and Attorney General Grow,
he examines Missouri securities. May
or johnson very correctly considers
this a high honor as this is the first
time q State Treasurer has entrusted
this duty to any of his assistants. Mr..
johnson will probably be absent a
couple of weeks as he will visit his
daughter, Lena, who is spending the
summer In Maine, before he returns.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
Jorbett. Sullivan was born in Boston

Corbett. Sullivan was born in Boston
in 1858, and he fought his first real
fight in 1880. In the years that fol-
lowed Sullivan fought all corners and
has earned, in all probability,a quarter
of a million dollars with his burly
frame and hard fists. He was gener-
GUS to the extent of being prodigal,
and he lived pace that was fast and
furious and led to his downfall In the
ring. Since defeated by Corbett in 1892
he has devoted his'time to the stage.
JIMMY MICHAEL.
The accompanying portrait is of
Jimmy Michael, the sslittle wonder"
cyclist, the fastest long distance rider
in the world. He is also the smallest
of all professional cyclists. He is 4
feet, liz inches tall, and in Boston
recently he broke the record for 10
miles, covering that distance in 29m.
IL g., an average of I'm. 81 2-5s. to the
mile. Michael is a Welshman and is
only about 21 years of age. The SEN
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
Twenty Years Ago This Week.

DR.. Rothwell had been i'll.
Capt. Currie had race horses here.
The corn prospects were fiattering.
Sam Woltz bought the city bus line.
J. F. Llewellyn was in Chicago on a
visit.
Pomp Plunkett was salesman for
L. Phillip.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph CLAN
don, son.
J.B. Williams was editor of the Fui-
ton Telegraph.
Orpheus Harding returned from a
trip to Kansas.
Robert Herman was visiting in
Bowling Green.
G. w. Carson returned from trip
through the East.
j. Sam Brown, of Louisiana, was in
the city on business.
There were 21 applicants for the
West Point cadetship.
Elder John A. Brooks and family
were living at the Windsor.
Charley Rodgers had secured po-
sition to teach at Seed Tick.
Miss Ella Forrist was elected to a
position in the Public School.
Joe Stanhope was training prom
ising young horse for Ed. Rines.
L. d. Farmer accepted a position
with mercantile firm In Fulton.
Joe Lockridge, of Seed Tick, was
recovering from spell of illness.
Eugene Campbell had his arm dis
located by falling from freight car.
Prof. Hamill accepted the superin-
tendency of the Louisiana Public
Schools.
Miss Cluster, of Indianapolis, Ind,
visited her brother, Byron Cluster, in
this city.
Drs. w. Humphreys and T. A. Kee-
ton were partners in the practice of
medicine.
The ladies of the Northern Metho-
dist Church gave moonlight picnic
in the Court House yard.
Robert Powell died on August 18th
at his home near Mexico, aged "a
years. Rev. B. F. Lacy conducted
services.
Isetta Force, aged IS years, COM
mitted suicide at her home near Lit
tleby by hanging herself from a rafter
In the barn with a check rein.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
THREW AWAY HIS CRUTCHES.
DR.. Jeffers Cures q Man of Rheuma-
tism in Half an Hour.

r. D. Worrell informs the Mexico
LEDGER that Mr.. r. H. Maybury, of
1881 Locust street, Kansas City, who
Is Past Grand Chancellor Knights of
Pythias of Missouri, who was In Mex
leo on business with the local lodge of
Knights of Pythias this week, was
treated for rheumatism by DIR. Jeffers,
who is now at the Windsor Hotel. He
says that Mr.. Maybury had rheuma-
tism badly and was on crutches, and
that In half an hour DIR. Jeffers
brought him 30 much relief that he
threw away his crutches and even
danced q jig. DIR. Jeffers is with Dr.
Potter and will be at the Windsor Ho-
tel for two weeks. d&w 1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
DALToN's sToUTsvILLE SPEECH.
Champ Clark's Seat Supposed to be in
Col. Dicks Eye.

PARIS, Mo-, Aug. 20-Col. Dick Dali
ton has deserted his apple orchard
and made sudden dash into Missouri
politics.
He spoke Unexpectedly at the
Stoutsville picnic, near Paris, yester-
day for two hours, and said he voted
for W. J. Bryan last fall and that his
sympathies were with him all through
the campaign, and that he refused to
stump North Missouri for the National
Democracy when asked to, telling the
committee his plain views. 1t is
thought he is after Champ Clark's
seat in Congress.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

formerly lace manufacturer at Not
tingham and was never a poor man.
Farming and sheep breeding are his
hobbies. He is at present the greatest
land owner and sheep breeder in Eng
land. In personality his friends con-
slider him charming, genial and
suave man-smooth to the last degree
of diamnd polish and equally sharp.
He lie 3S years of age.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
CO11e0e
>MAND CONSERVATORY.~

~
Make room for 200
resident students.
Faculty of twenty
four Professors.
Alumni II Colleges
and Universities.
Specialists in all of
the Departments.
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
AUDRAIN COURTS.

CIRCUIT CoURT-3d Monday in jan
ary, 1st Monday in June, Sd Monday
in September.
COUNTY CoURT-1st Monday in Feb
ruary, 1st Monday in May, 1st Monday
in August, 1st Monday in November.
PROBATE CoURT-2d Monday in jan
uary, I'd Monday in March, I'd Monday
in May, I'd Monday in September.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
Corpses Must Paw Toll.

All Mexico people who contemplate
shuffiing off this mortal coil should
stay right at home to do it; at least
don't go to Columbia. The following
from the Columbia Statesman is the
reason:
"The toll gate west of town is the
only place in the county where toll is
collected from dead man on his way
to the cemetery" said citizen of Co.
lumbia this week. sits all right to
pay for keeping up good road while
We live, but think we might go over
it free the last time. But we can't
do H.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

characters in recent fiction.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
The Whizzer Bows.

From the vandalia Mail and Express.
We are in receipt of copy Of the
Mexico Whizzer, published by Mitchell
White, the talented young son of Bob
White, of the Mexico LEDGER. He has
associated with him three other young
men and they propose to make the
Whizser hum. Long life and prosper
ity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

We have cured thousands of patients by
our new, painless and infallible method.
Following are a few names of prominent
patients who have been cured and to whom
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

DR.. Mayer, rupture specialist and
medical director of the w. A. Levin
Rupture Cure Co., st. Louis, will be at
the Ringo Hotel on Saturday, August
%, arriving on noon train, and can be
consulted all afternoon. ALI those af-
ficted with rupture or kindred dis
eases should remember the date and
call on DIR. Mayer. d&w I'd
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

Mrs. w. l.. Rodman, of Galloway
county, who recently had tumor re-
moved from her arm at the BAPTIST
Sanitarium in st. Louis, is improving
rapidly. She is sister of Mrs. ]. O.
Berry, of this city. Her many friends
are glad to hear of the successful
nnaroffnn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
j. d. Tucker & Son.

]. ID. Tucker & Son will write insur-
ance against fire and lightning on good
dwelling houses in old reliable Eng
lish and American companies for IS to
90 cents on each 800. Will give You
a paid up policy for three years. All
other preferred insurance written at
greatly reduced rates. d&w I'm
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

value is an hours labor. 1t pays the
wife as much as 1t does the husband,
the hostler as much as the president
hour for hour. j. H. Dodson, the head
of the community, declares that Rus
kin proves that socialism Is practical.
The people of the settlement are
greatly contented, though they have
seen severe hardships.
JOHN l.. SULLIVAN.
John L. Sullivan Is again in the
hands OF trainer, preparing for a
fight with Fitzsimmons, which Is to
take place in the near future. There
is scarcely a man, woman or child who
has not heard of John L. Sullivan and
can recount from memory the deeds
of prowess of this fistic hero of the
arena. The sporting element of the
country really mourned when, at New
Orleans, in 1892, he was beaten by
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
Booms Champ Clark.

NEW FLORENCE, Mo-, August 90
The Montgomery county Leader ap-
peared to-day containing strong
editorial fayoring Hon. Champ Clark
for the United States Senate, to sue
ceed Hon. Francis M. Cockrell in
March, 1899. Mr.. Clark has many
friends here that want his promotion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
Youngest Editor in Missouri.

A few years ago the editor of the
Leader was the youngest member of
the profession In the state; then came
Omar Gray, of the Sturgeon Leader,
then O. b. Ellis, of the Vandalia Mail
and Express, then came young Mon
roe, of the Upton Times, now Mitchell
White, with his Whizzer, at Mexico,
bears the title. Mitchell is a son of
the LEDGER (that is, Bob White and
has got the stuff In him to some day
get up as good paper as his fathers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
The A. O. q. W. Paws Quickly

- ~~S - v - W = WyH VVfVhIys
Since June LIST the A. o. U. W. lodge
of this city, through their recorder,
has turned over to the families of de-
ceased brothers of Audrain Lodge, No.
25, the sum of $4,000 and claims for
$4,000 more now pending, which will
be paid within the next thirty days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
Want Corn SheIIed,

We have a hundred
thousand bushels of corn
we want shelled. Write
us for particulars. Carter
& Bowman, Ia N. 4th
street, st. Louis, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

Col. Felts, late of the Mexico Aud-
ianche, will probably remove from
Mexico to California to reside per-
manently. Col. Felts during his stay
In Mexico has made many friends
among our people.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Biggest cotton mills i'm New England
are reopening.
The Kansas City pool rooms were
raided yesterday.
The century plant at the White
House is in bloom. 1t has Is branches.
Big dealers have practically no
wheat in their elevators at Louisville,
Ky.
Thirty thousand Modern Woodmen
attended the picnic near Newman, ILL.,,
yesterday.
The long drought in the Central
Illinois corn belt was broken yester-
day by soaking rain.
George g. Cotton has been arrested
for the burial alive of an infant near
Terre Haute, Ind.
The Government of Peru has Or
dered its postage stamps to be made
in the United States.
Francis Schlatter, the divine healer,
has taken wife, Mrs. Ferris, widow
of the Ferris wheel constructor.
Secretary Sherman has announced
to France that he is ready to proceed
with negotiations looking to reciproc-
ity.
Costa Rica has asked the United
States Mint Bureau to coin 6OO, 900
colons. A colon is equivalent to 46
cents.
A "spot cash club" has been organ
lied at Valparaiso, Ind, for crusade
against the credit system of doing
business.
A British official report shows that
American exports to Japan increased
greatly under the low tariff of the
Wilson law.
The statement of the condition of
the Treasury shows: Available cash
balance, s221, ,O64, 1926; gold reserve,
s142,075 ,69s.
Secretary Sherman maintains the
United States right to annex Hawaii,
but assures Japan that her interests
will be safely guarded.
An infant has been found alive in a
grave near Terre Haute, Ind. Its
mother is reported to have committed
the unnatural crime.
Three men, under arrest at Kinks
vile, Mo-, charged with abductipg
Maude Wood, were taken to Lancas-
ter to avoid possible lynching.
James Jeffreys, of Tennessee, and
Ross Griffin, of Missouri, have been
appointed Commissioners to allot
lands to Indians of the Uncompaghre
Reservation.
j. III. Carpenter, the we'll known
steel expert, has offered the Govern
ment an option on patent which he
says will reduce the cost of armor
plate one-half.
Commissioner Evans says that many
women marry aged veterans to get
pensions, and he is in favor of a repeal
of the law allowing pensions TO SOL
.diers' widows.
Attorney Titus is gaining a college
education by proxy. His wife is at
tending college and going over the
work with him at night. He has passed
all examinations thus far.
The Texas Farmers Alliance has
decided to begin an aggressive move
ment, and has largely increased the
number of its lecturers. 1t will also
organize military companies.
A red flag hanging on street in
Troy, N. Y, while the presidential pa
rade was passing caused commotion.
Someone shouted that it was an an
archistic signal. 1t was torn down.
Kansas farmers have probably lost a
considerable amount of their 200 ,OOO,-
600 bushels Of boarded corn. Cribs
have been found to contain 1000 rats
each, and many stores of grain have
been discovered completely destroyed
by the rodents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

stake In the Hamburg regatta, The
"crack" American fully intended to
return in time for the American cham
pionships at Philadelphia, August 1s
and IA.
MR.. ERNEST TERAH HOoLEY.
Mr.. Ernest Terah Hooley Is the
most remarkable financial genius who
has yet arisen in Europe or America.
One of his characteristic transactions
was the making Of 10, 0,OOO,0 900 in three
days without risking penny of his
own money. He Is quite young man
and carries to success the most colos-
sal operations in very matter of fact
manner. He has made $50, ,000, 900 In
less than one year and by letting
friends into his deals has enriched
them by more than double that sum
in that course of time. He has become
world famous man. Hooley was
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
In The Worlds Eye.
SOME OF THE NOTABLES OF THE
COUNTRY OF WHOM THE PEo-
PIE ARE TALKING.
Jimmy Michael, the Midget Champion
Long Distance Cyclist, John L.
Sullivan, Whose Pugilistic Ca
reer is Not Yet Ended,
and Others.
J, Ii. DODSON,

A colony of 213 persons, located in
Tennessee, are trying to solve by pure
cooperation, the social problem. Rus
kin is the name of their town, and at
Ruskin the people live as one great
family. 1t has government of its own
by the people. 1t has it's own system
of money in which the standing of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
Nntica.

Under the order of sale will, from
this date to / O'Clock p. m. on August
2s, 1897, receive sealed bids for the
entire stock and fixtures now in my
hands as assignee of M. Blum & Co.,
reserving the right to reject any and
all bids. J.C. WILKINS,
d&w I'd Assignee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
Notice Of Final Settlement

Notice is hereby given that final
settlement Of the estate of Jno, o.
Canterbury, deceased, viii be made at
the September term of the Probate
Court OF Audrain County, Missouri, to
be held at Mexico, Mo-, on the second
Monday In September, 1887.
WIN. B. CANTERBURY,
I'd Adminiatratnp
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
Sues for Divorce

This afternoon Mrs. Emma McCul-
Tough applied for divorce from Rich
ard Mccullough on the charge of de-
sertion. She also asks for the custody
OF the one child, girl. They were
married May IL, 1895. R. D. Rodgers
is attorney for the plaintiff.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
Heavy Frost Falls.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 2o.-Reports
from Michigan say that a heavy frost
fell last night at various points
throughout the State. Corn in the
vicinity Of Valparaiso, Ind, was badly
damaged by frost.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

M. B. Guthrie, who bought the DIR.
Walker residence property just east
of the Fowles building, has had it
neatly repaired and put in splendid
condition. 1t will probably be occu-
pied by Prof. and Mrs. ID. A. Mcmillan.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
Dollar Wheat.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, August co.
Cash wheat has passed the dollar
mark.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Wheat lust
touched one dollar. There were shouts
all around the floor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

j. T. johnson is home from Illinois,
where he cried big sale. He says
everything brought high prices and
the buyers all paid cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

]. B. Jackson, south of Benton City,
has some of the largest and incest
apples ever grown in this part of Mis-
souri,.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26

Born,to Capt. and Mrs. J. w. Bryan,
of East Monroe street, granddaugh-
ter. Fenley Bryan and wife, of Ia
coma, Washington, are happy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-26
Ranairinr Neatly nnne

IL you want your watch cleaned or
repairing OF any kind done neatly,
cheaply and promptly call on T. s.
Riley. Satisfaction guaranteed.
WITT II. s. RILEY.