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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29

canned goods to last me until next
spring, when I 60 back again."
Mr.. Purcell says there is great dan
ger of famine in the Klondyke region
this winter. "When I first went
there," he said, "there were not over
800 people there. When / left last
June there were 5000, and each steam
or was bringing accessions."
Mr.. Purcell is of the opinion that
not even the hveliest imagination can
measure the future of the Klondyke
and Yukon fields. 81 never read of
anything equaling either the extent of
the country or the richness of its
deposits. AL the streams in the
northwest territory seem to bear gold,
the yellow stuff having been found
$50 miles below Dawson City in New
Greek. There are really no mines in
the Klondyke region" he continued.
''The general public seem to have
conceived the impression that we are
taking quartz out of the ground. A
painful of dirt is the standard of meas
ure in placer mining camps. This is
equivalent to about two shovelfuls the
size of the California shovel, and a
painful of Bonanza Creek dirt will gem
orally average about an ounce of gold,
worth &17, but / have seen it run as
high as $500. The gold is not in the
shape of nuggets. A nugget in mining
parlance is q pretty good-sized piece
OF gold, whereas most of the yellow
metal found on the Klondyke is about
the size OF q grain Of wheat"
Mr.. Purcell is a gentleman with
whom time has dealt kindly. He is 81
years old, and says he withstood the
hardships and privations of a fifteen
months stay in Alaska. better than
many men a score OF years his junior.
He had experience in the California
and Montana diggings, and is said to
have made a fortune In each state.
He has been a resident of High Hill
six years, being engaged in the mer-
camille business prior to the fire that
determined him to start out to make
a third fortune. Prior to his location
at High Hill he was engaged in the
grocery business at Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
Matthew Russell Dead.

Tuesday morning at 2 O'Clock Mat
thew Russell, aged 81 year,, died at his
home two miles west of Mexico after
a short illness of typhoid fever.
Deceased was born in Partick, q few
miles from Glasgow, Scotland. In 1881
he removed to this point and after
getting settled down, returned to
Scotland for his wife and family in
1882. He was a grain merchant in
that country.
Since his residence here he has, by
his thrift and strict business methods,
accumulated quite a neat sum in the
farming business. He leaves a wife
and three children-Phillip, Dorothy
and Elga.
Wednesday at 10 O'Clock Rev. A.
A. Wallace conducted funeral SER
vices over the remains of Matthew
Russell at the Presbyterian Church
on Promenade street. The services
were very impressive and the fora
offerings were beautiful. A large
attendance showed the sincere re-
gard felt for the deceased.
The pail bearers were j. w. Trim
BILE, Alfred Canterbury, John Rutter,
William Pollock, 8. ID. Locke and B
r, Cauthorn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
Stock NaWs

The shipments in stock for the past
week have been &c follows:
On the 21st: Brown & Hayes, of
Thompson, 90 hogs to East st. Louis.
8. O. Groves & Co., OF Thompson, 81
hogs to East st. Louis.
On the 22d: Lewis, johnson & Co.,
70 hogs to st. Louis. W. w. Mundy,
100 sheep to Chicago.
On the 23d: T. ]. Gibson & Co., So
barrels of iced poultry and 90 cases OF
eggs to Philadelphia.
On the 25th: Joseph Lockridge, 80
cattle to East st. Louis.
On the 28th: O. L. Bruce, of Thomp-
son, 80 hogs to East st. Louis. Brown
ing Bros, ~ hogs to st. Louis. Wal
lace & Northern, 30 hogs to st. Louis.
On the 9th: Browning Bros, "a
hogs to East st. Louis. Kidweu &
Co., of Bryan, 1876 sheep to Chicago.
8. @. Groves & Co., 80 cattle to Chica-
go. Lewis, Johnson & Co., 80 cattle
from Thompson to Chicago. w. W.
Mundy, 70 hogs to st. Louis. Lewis,
Johnson & Co., SO hogs and 10 cattle
to st. Louis. T. ]. Gibson & Co., 204
cases of eggs to st. Louis.
On the 2Sth: Browning Bros, 277
sheep to Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
II We could trace dyspepsia to its

If we could trace dyspepsia to it's
source, 1t would lead back to our
kitchens. In fact, the secret Of good
health is good cooking. If well cook
ed, foods are partially digestedi If
poorly cooked, they r less digesti-
BILE than in their raw state. Ii you are
a victim of faulty cooking; that is, If
you suffer from dyspepsia, the ration
al cure must be looked for in an arti-
ficially digested food,and afood which
will at the same time aid the diges-
ton of other foods. Such a prepa-
ration virtually rests the tired digest
i've organs, thereby, restoring them
to their natural strength.
The Digestive Cordial, as prepared
by the Shakers, of Mount Lebanon, Is
just such a preparation, and q single
10 cent bottle will convince yon OF its
value. If your druggist doesn't keep
it, he will be glad to get IT through his
wholesale house.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
~STRINGToRN ITEMS.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
STRINdTowN, Mo-, July 2s.-Farm-
ers are busy putting up hay in this
vicinity.
We had a severe rain storm last
Saturday night. II took the corr
down considerably.
Meredith Armistead, Harding Scott
and DIR. Scott constitute the police
force of this place.
There is a prospect of a singing
school at HopewelI this fall.
We understand Hal HALEY has q
nice pumpkin patch on,his place, near
Thompson. We will know where he
got them.
Miss frankie Watts, of Union, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Ed. Jesse,
near this place, this week.
MIR. Brown shipped a a OF hogs to
st. Louis last week.
Mr.. Ware and family are thinking
of moving to Kentucky. We shall be
sorry to lose them.
Dame Gossip says there is going to
be a wedding in this vicinity before
long.
There will be a basket dinner at
Hopewell on Saturday before the Sec
ond Sunday in August.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
MA chamhliss in Dead.

On last Monday,J July 10, while work
ing in the kitchen at her home in Gal
latin, Mo-, Mrs. ]. E. Chambiiss, VINO
formerly lived in Mexico stepped INTO
an open trap door at the side OF her
kitchen stove and fell. As she went
down she caught hold Of the clothes
boiler, which was on the stove full OF
boiling water, and received the on
tents upon her arms, head and shout
ders. Physicians we're summoned put
she gradually weakened and died at 8
O'Clock Tuesday evening, July ~.
Funeral services were held Thursday
at the Baptist church In Galiatin. She
left a husband and ten children.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
WORCESTER ITEMS.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
WORCESTER, Mo-, July 27.-Farmers
are complaining of too much rain.
Oats are spelling in the shock.
There will be a Sunday school picnic
at Littleby Baptist church Thursday.
Miss Tena Barnes, of Laddonia, Ia
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Will
Morris.
CAVERN Miller and sister, Miss Gas
sic, are in Galloway the guests OF roll
atives.
Lawn parties are the order Of the
day. There was one at Wash kerr's
and one at Tom Kunkel's. Both were
well attended.
Ben Coil, of near Rush Hill, was in
our vicinity recently engaging thresh-
ing.
a large number OF the farmers lost
stock by the recent lightning and
thunder storms.
VIII Atkinson, of Mexico, was the
guest of home folks last week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
YUKON GOLD STORIES TRUE.
So Says Rev. j. M. T. Johnston to a
Baptist Congregation in
st. Louis.

Kew. j. M. Il. johnston, OF 81. LOUIS,
a brother of Rev. N. 8. Johnston, of
this county, believes that the majority
of the stories about the gold fields of
Alaska which are printed in the news
papers are true, and the Globe Demo-
crat says he advises young men who
have stout hearts and constitutions
like iron to go there and seek their
fortunes. But he advises them not to
go until next spring.
Rev. Mr.. Johnston made a trip on
the steamer "Queenn to Juneau, and
he told the congregation of Delmar
Baptist church about the wonders of
Alaska Sunday night. The minister
called attention to the fact that when
Uncle Sam purchased Alaska from the
Russian Government for s7,200,0O0
some Congressman poked fun at Sec
rotary Seward and said that the coun-
try was only a skating rink, or might
be utilized as a refrigerator. But
Uncle Sam drove a mighty good bar
gain, as he bought Alaska for. IL
cents per acre. The gold found in
Alaska had more than paid for the
country, and besides s35, oo0, 900 worth
of seals had been cauga1t there.
Rev. Mr.. Johnston told of the whal-
ing industry, and said a whale was a
gold mine of itself, as one was worth
about $1,000 up in Alaska. He spoke
of the great quartz mines at Juneau,
the principal one being the great
TreadweIl mine on Douglas Island,
where a 650-stamp mill, the largest in
the world, was in operation, turning
out gold bricks worth $40, 600 apiece.
The speaker explained many customs
Of the natives, their mode of living,
and the superstition that ciings to
their totem poles. On the totem pole
were carved the pictures of the whale,
bear, crow, eagle and salmon, from
which the people believed that their
five tribes have sprung. A totem pole
was placed in front of a natives hut
as a spiritual protection. Some of
these poles were 100 feet high. In
Alaska, a natives dignity was meas
ured by the height of his totem pole.
In the United States, a mans dignity
was measured by a title like IL. D., or
D. D., or X. Y. a., OF p. q. d..
The speaker said that gold was dis
covered in the Klondyke country nine
years ago, but little was heard of it at
the time because the region was so far
removed from civilization. The Klon-
dyke mines were less than 1000 miles
from the North Pole, and one must
expect to meet the hardships of an
arctic explorer in reaching them. 1t
was warm only in July, August and a
part of September, and the Yukon
river began to freeze early in October,
| Nobody should start for that country
this late in the season, as he could on
ly sit in a hut during the long winter
and eat and sleep, and it would cost
about SIS a day to do that. The time
to go would be early next spring. But
there was no hurry in starting, as TIT
gold fields were, no doubt, practically
inexhaustible. Mr.. Johnston said ht
had talked with nearly all the govern
ment officials in Alaska, and they be-
lieved that rich finds in gold would bt
made still further north. 1t was 9
great country for hardy, heroic spirits
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
Advertised Letters.

List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Mexico, Mo-, for the week
ending July 20, 1897, 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:"
Miss E. D. Apato, Mrs. Betty L.Ber-
~, Oscar H. Cook, Marie Hilson, Jake
Howard, Mrs. Calnelur Janson, Miss
Mary Laughlin, Miss Pearl Nor.
ris, Renfro Miller, Missouri Michael,
Mrs. Louis Parker, Miss Estel Powell,
Lille Smith, Mrs. M. E. Tarlton, Ada
N. Wilson, MS. Whitley Mark Whitley.
l.. W. MORRIS,
Postmaster,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
ROWENA ITEMS.

Correspondence of the LRDSER.
RowENA, July q. We had a terri
BILE heavy rain and considerable wind
Saturday night. 1t did considerable
damage to the
James Starr has commenced to build
his big barn, having six or eight car
penters at work on it.
John Vance was seon Tying around
in his new buggy Sunday.
j. M. Robbins sold a span OF mules
to Wright Bros. for siiO.
Tho shriil whistle Of the thresher
will Eoon be heard.
Lon Vance and CIaud Day were the
guosta of viii Robbins Sunday.
Jim Walker bought 10 head Of hogs
from Mr.. Petty, OF Boone county.
]. NJ. Robbins Is going with Cottie's
thresher.
Will Robbins bought a nice pony OF
John Hoffman for 81.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
They Want a School House.

There is quite a little excitement in
the Ofutt school district, 3-5o-10, in
the Harrison neighborhood, about 9
miles southwest of town.
1t seems that for several years there
has been a joint school house situated
on the Callaway-Audrain line at this
point and used by people in both
counties. Last spring the Audrain
side drew out of the joint district and
on the 4th of June elected a board of
directors composed of Harry Patton,
Reed Blake and Ben Brown, who
appointed VIM. o. Ohutt as district
clerk. A special election was held
about Is days afterward to build a
school house in the Audrain part.
The proposition was defeated and
another special election has been
called for Friday, July 80. The agita-
tors pro and % are quite bitter In
the matter, but it is thought that it
will be finally settled next Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
County News.
BENTON CITY ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
BENTON CITY, Mo-, July give
have much sickness now.
Mr.. James Wyies has been quits sick
for some time. His building for the
postoffice Is completed, but owing to
illness Mr.. Douglass still presides as
postmaster.
Miss Efie Day is ill with typhoid
fever.
Among those who are sick are Mrs.
Jacob Stumpf, Mr.. Ed. Miller and
Miss Nellie Slavens.
Misses Myrtle and Lucy Painter are
in Warrenton attending the Teachers
Institute.
Messrs. Vancil and Wright, with
their families, and @. 81. Green, have
departed tor the Indian Nation.
Among our business visitors this
week we will mention Messrs. Free
man, Mcclure and Pollock of Mexico.
Several gentlemen representing the
Chicago Portrait Company are stop
ping in town. They exhibit some very
fine work and are taking numerous
orders In this vicinity.
Miss Clara Northcutt Is visiting out
In the country.
Jessie Silver is visiting home folks.
Miss Annie May Fry, of Carrollton,
and Miss liza Mccormick, of Chilli
Gothic, are the guests of Miss Lizzie
| Ecton.
Mrs. Sallie Cox and children, Of
Mexico, have been visiting Mrs. M. E,
Ecton and family.
Ashby Jones and wife, of Wellsville,
and Semmil Jones and family, OF
Shamrock, are guests at ]. G.. Jones'.
E. l.. Woodson was up from st.
Louis this week.
Miss Carrie Slavens, of Martinsburg,
is visiting her sister, Miss Nellie, who
is Ill.
B. F. Woods and family, of Mexico,
and Miss Rubie Woods, Of Liberty,
visited relatives here Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. VIM. Painter and son, Prof,
Herbert, were entertained by Martins
burg friends n day last week.
Mrs. M. E. Ecton and daughter, Miss
Lizzie, we're the guests of Mrs. Ecton'f
mother, Mrs. Emily Mccormick, Of
Rush Hill, Saturday and Sunday.
A little heir was born to Mi. ant
Mrs. Geetings, south of town, last
Wednesday.
The remains of Lutte Pickett, wbt
died at her home near Martinsburg
were inferred here Monday. He wa
II years old and died with lockjaw.
Many compliments to the serenader'
who aroused us from n slumbei
Monday evening with their swee
music. "They All Got a Wife Blu
Me" was grand. Come again.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
Have Your Horses Trained.

Having had is years experience and
being now permanently located, I I'M
prepared to handle any kind of a
horse and give satisfaction. Have
made saddle horse training a specially
for 10 years. Young horses broke and
gated. Can be found ut Clark's barn
or leave word at Central Hotel. Terms
very reasonable. @. NJ. GRAVES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
New Tariff Bill In Force.
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT 81
MINUTES AFTER IT PASSED
THE SENATE.
Vote Was 40 Yeas, 30 Nays-Both
Houses of Congress Adjourned
at Nine O'clock Last Sat-
urday Night.

WASHINGTON DO, July 25.-At 3:07
p. m. Saturday the United States Sem
ate passed what remained of the origi-
nal tariff bill designed by its trainers
to restore the long impaired prosper1-
ty of the country.
At $40 Vice-President Hobart at
tested it's passage with his signature.
Speaker Reed ut 1925 performed the
same service in behalf of the House.
A messenger in waiting took the
document representing visible assets
estimated at S27O, 00O, 900 a year and
conveyed it to the White House.
At 4:04 p. M, fifty-seven minutes
after the Senate passed the bill, Presi-
dent Mckinley signed it, making it a
law.
For five hours before the vote was
taken the Democrats and Populist
Senators talked against the bill. Sena-
tor Allen acclaimed about the inequity
of almost every existing institution,
Republican and Democratic, and Sena-
tor Caffrey made a haIf-hour speech
denouncing the protective features on
everything except sugar.
Then Senator Morgan took the floor
and made good his threat of a week ago
to discuss the bill in 'sits economic,
financial and historical features" At
one time during his speech there were
less than twenty Senators present.
When Senator Morgan had con-
cluded, Senator Stewart, of Nevada,
took the floor. Little attention was
paid to what he said: His speech was
a characteristic denunciation of the
Republican party for its attitude on
the silver question and he avoided the
tariff.
At just 8 o'clock Vice. PresidentHo-
bart raped on his desk sharply and
said:
s'The hour of 8 O'Clock having ar
rived the Senate will now proceed to
vote on the bill under discussion"
Stewart, who was standing in the
aisle, pleaded for more time, but a
look around the chamber convinced
him that further obstruction was use
less and he sat down.
From half a dozen places in the
| chamber came verbal demands fol
yeas and noes. The Vice-President
selected Senator Vest, of Missouri, al
the statesman to whom the credit o.
demanding them should be given
Without the loss of a second the Vice
President directed the clerk to cal
the roll. The calling of the roll pro
ceeded without interruption down tt
the name of Senator Hanna. He arose
as If to vote, but recollected tina
he was paired with Mr.. Rawlin, o
Utah, and could not vote. The actua
passage of the bill, which had beef
talked of for more than four months
consumed about three minutes. Jus
seven minutes passed from the tim
the clerk began to call the roll unit
he announced that the bill had beef
passed.
There was no demonstration, eithe
on the floor o. in the galleries, whel
the announcement was made--not
single clan.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
STORM SATURDAY NIGHT.
Wind Blew a Gale and Lightning Did
Considerable Damage in This Sec
tion-Big Rainfall. 3

Last Saturday night from about $3.50
to IL O'Clock a raging storm prevailed
in this section. The wind blew a fur
ious hurricane for perhaps an hour
and the thunder and lightning were
terrific. No serious damage was done
in Mexico, but everybody who had a
hole in the ground took refuge in it.
STORM NOTES.
Cyclone cellars were in demand
Saturday morning and night.
Lightning struck a hay stack on the
old Eph. Hughes place and burned it.
An even three inches of rain fell
Saturday night, making 5.12 inches
which has fallen since Friday night.
Lightning struck and slightly dam
aged n of the tall smoke stacks at
the Salamander Saturday night.
The wind did considerable damage
on the Maxwell place, east Of town,
Saturday night. 1t blew down a wind
mill and did considerable damage to
the root of n of the barns.
A few minutes after - O'Clock Sat-
urday night horse belonging to Chas.
Hayden, which was tied to the hitch
ing rack on the southwest corner of
the square, was struck down by q bolt
of lightning. The horse soon recov-
cred.
At $3.50 o'clock Saturday night a
twisting wind struck the immense
cooling tower at the Crystal Ice Com
pany plant and leveled it to the
ground; damage $500, fully covered by
insurance. The loss cannot be re-
paired In less than two weeks, but the
plant will keep running in the mean
time.
A severe and destructive electric
and wind storm passed over Centra-
liza Saturday night and Sunday. The
electric light plant was demoralized
BY lightning, one arc light being
burned out and the entire city left in
darkness. The new Globe Hotel was
struck by lightning and some damage
done.
1t was necessary 20 have a force Of
workmen on the waterworks dam all
of Saturday night to keep the water
from getting in the overflow, which
| was under course of construction, and
demolishing the dam. All danger is
past now.
Saturday night while the storm was
in progress, lightning struck the barn
of the Haley brothers, proprietors Of
the store at Long Branch p~ostoffice.
The barn burned together with a lot
of hay and grain, and a COW was killed.
The wind did considerable damage on
the old Robinson farm, in the same
n~eighborhood.
]. T. Kennett, who lives ~ miles
southeast of Rush Hill, was in town
Monday and says the wind Saturday
| night did a great deal of damage to
growing corn in his vicinity especially
to the large corn, which is too heavy
to raise itself again. 1t is thought in
that vicinity that the corn suffered 6
to 10 bushels to the r.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29

Rev. J. q. Armstrong and daughter,
Miss Mary, are the guests of Rev. N.
r. Pittman. DIR. Armstrong was form
erly pastor Of the Promenade Street
Baptist church in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
J. MCLOneV.
The Mon Who Sells Goods Cheap.
A NOBLE M DEAD.
Mrs. Emily Smell Died at 80 Years of
Age Saturday Night-Buried
in Monroe County.

AT 9 O'Clock Saturday night, Mrs.
Emiley Smell died at the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. Susan Hook, on the
corner of Calhoun and Liberty streets.
She had been afflicted with cancer of
the stomach for about six weeks and
her death was not unlocked for.
The character of the deceased was
OF the noblest. She was kind and
true, and had been a hard worker in
the Christian Church of which she was
a devoted member.
She was a Miss Emily Poague, OF
Partisan in her maiden days was con-
sidered the belle of Monroe County.
In 1885 she married Judge Granville
Smell, who with his parents had
removed to Columbia, Mo-, from
Scott County, KY, in 1924. They
resided about six miles south of Paris
until the death of the husband a few
years ago, when Mrs. Smell came to
Audrain County and lived with hsl
daughter, Mrs. Susan Hook, five miles
east of Mexico. They moved to town
this spring. There were ten children
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Smell, five o.
whom survive the mother. They are;
Mrs. Susan Hook, of Mexico; Thos
Smell, of Centralia; E. P. Smell, Of
Florida; Clifford Smell, of Monroe
County, and Watt Smell, of Arkansas
She also left two older brothers
Richard Poage, of Centralia, anG
Ephraim Poage, of Paris.
At an early hour Monday the
remains left the residence here ant
were conveyed to Mt. Zion Church
Monroe County, about six milei
southwest of Paris, where they were
laid at rest at 2 o'clock that afternoon
by the side of those of her husband
Funeral services were conducted BY
Rev. j. b.. Hughley, of Paris, anG
much was the feeling shown by the
many who had known her good deed
during her life time.
Among those who accompanied tht
remains from here were Mrs. Susal
Hook, Mrs. Lemley, of Quincy, ILL.,,
niece of Mrs. Smell; Mr.. and Mrs. j
W. Boatman, William and James Boat
man.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29

Wallace ID. Bassford, secretary Of
Congressman Champ Clark, arrived
home from Washington, ID. O., last
night. Mr.. Bassford is looking fairly
well. He says he is glad to get back
to Gods country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29

Sweet and feeting summer day!
Revel in it while you may,
For these moonlit summer nights
Bring the sad mosquito bites.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29
Christian Missionary Cooperation.


The 18th annual meeting of the
Audrain County Christian Missionary
10 cooperation will convene at Midway
church, Ii miles north of Mexico, on
Wednesday evening, August IS. A
programme Is being arranged, which
will appear later. The board Is
striving to make this one Of the best
meetings In the history OF the CO.
Operation. 1t is hoped that every
church In the county will be repre-
scented by large delegations. Visitors
from other counties viii be welcome.
There will be conveyances for every
body arriving In Mexico not later
than four o'clock on Wednesday after
noon. The brethren at Midway are
preparing to take care Of all that come
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29

Miss Susie Ridgeway spent last week
with her brother, Jass, in the country.
Everybody is talking Mexico Fair
and picnics, as the busy season is about
over.
Denver Moore thinks he will likely
begin school Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29

Ferris & Cauthorn will give one Of
their Cracker-Jack road wagons away
at the Fair for the best half bushel Of
corn, old or new. Corn Ia to be from
farms in Audr.in or counties adjoin-
inc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-29

Evan 8. Brooks, formerly tobacco
Inspector of st. Louis, is in Mexico on
business. Nh. Brooks is now connect
ed with the Christian Publishing Com
pnny