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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
CYCLE CLUB ROAD RACE.
Fifteen Entries to Date-An Exciting
Race Expected.

Much interest is being taken in the
Cycle Club road race to be ridden Fri
day evening, July 9th. There have
been fifteen entries up to date, and at
least five more may be expected to
start. All, however, who wish to en-
ter should see secretary @. M. Bas-
kett at once, as an entry limit may be
set by the officers, who meet at the
Tntelligencer Office tomorrow evening.
The prizes are well worth contesting
for and there is no reason why Mex
leo should not have thirty or more
ambitious cyclists anxious to strive for
them. Those who have thus far hand.
ed their names to the secretary are as
follows:
j. W. Plunkett, j. G. Galloway, John
2. Arnold, Ham Mckinley, Alf. Ell
lott, win Jackman, Chas. Graham.
Will @. williams, William Atkinson,
Simon Phillip, Ed. Hess, Richard Brad
ley, Babe Mckinley, Fred Steele, Fred
A, Morris.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
Mss Marguerite Rines Married.

GAINESVILLE, Tex, June 3o.-The
NEST brilliant society event of the
season was the high-noon nuptial
Of Miss Marguerite Rines, second
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Rines, formerly Of Mexico, NO., to
Mr.. Allyne Drake Hopkins, of st.
Louis. Right Rev. Bishop Dunno, of
Dallas, officiated.
After the ceremony at the church
q wedding breakfast was served at the
BRIDES home, with reception from s
to II In the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins left via the
Santa Fe for KansasCIty and Chicago.
They viii be at home after July 10, al
West End Hotel, st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
HON. q. L. CHAPMAN.
The Voice of Ohio's Democratic Nomi-
nee For Governor Will be Heard
in Every County.

COLUMBUS, OHIO, June 30.-A mag
nificent ovation was rendered Hon.
Horace L. Chapman, the Democratic
gubernatorial nominee, when, at Alb,
the Notification Committee returned
with him to the convention hall. The
great audience cheered for fully 10
minutes, during which the candidate
bowed his Acknowledgements from the
front of the stage. In presenting MIR.
Chapman Chairman Sloane said:
"GENTIEMEN OF THE CONVENTION:
now have the honor of introducing
to you your nominee, and to me 1t is
a great personal pleasure from the
knowledge individually that have no
truer friend of free silver exists in
this Buckeye State than the man
you have nominated for Governor,
Hon. H. L. Chapman" [Cheers.]
Although hoarse from the effects
of his tirsless campaign, Mr.. Chapman
made himself heard throughout the
hall, and his speech was OF a most
pleasing kind to the delegates. He
spoke as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION:
have no languauge to express my
thanks at this time for the honor you
have conferred upon me in choosing
me as your candidate for Governor
to be voted for at the November
election as the representative of the
475, 900 true citizens of the common
wealth who voted last fall for tina
champion of the rights of the people
William J. Bryan. [Cries of "Hur
rahI" and cheers. Many thousant
more will vote with us this fall at tht
November election. [Cries of "Yor
betl"l
| "This Is no time to make sci
speech upon the issues of the cam
paign. This convention has othel
duties to perform, and if Providence
in it's kindness, spares me will
strength and health, as 1 believe
will, between now and the November
election, / will be heard in ever.
county in Ohio [Cries of "Good TO
you'll" and great cheersl in advocac!
of the restoration of silver to its con
stitutional rights in the mints OF thi
country at the ratio of 16 to 1[cheers,
without awaiting the action or con
sent of any European powers
[Cheers.]
81 thank you, my fellow citizens o
Ohio, for the great honor you hav
bestowed upon me. Had you chose
any other gentleman who was nomi
mated in this convention, neither b
nor any of his friends would hav
given him a more earnest suppol
than would I. CCheers.l Again thank
/, ing you, l say good afternoon.
rGreat cheers,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
BRYAN's WESTERN TRIP.
He Will 90 to the Pacific Coast to At
tend the Mississippi Congress.

LINCOLN, NEB., June 30.-Hon. W.
J. Bryan left this morning for Has
tings, in company with several State
officers, to participate in the ex-Con-
gresham McKeighan memorial SER
vices. From that point Mr.. Bryan
will 60 to Salt Lake and thence to
California. He will be in the latter
State four days, beginning next Sat-
urday, and will speak at a monster
celebration in Los Angeles next Mon
day. He will also visit Oregon before
returning to Salt Lake to attend the
Transmississippi Congress, of which
he is president. After that meeting
he will be joined by Mrs. Bryan, and
will 60 to Yellowstone Park to visit
for n month";
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
W. Il. Winscott Acquitted.

On June 20, 1895, the Sturgeon Ex-
change Bank was forced to close its
doors. W. n. Winscott, son OF
Squire ]. J. Winscott, OF this city,was
cashier, and owed the bank $500.
In November, 1896, he was indicted by
the Boone County Circuit Court for
embezzlement. The case came up
for trial at Columbia Tuesday morn
ing. W. W. Fry, of this city, was Mr..
Winscott's attorney. The jury went
out Thursday morning and mex
morning they returned a-verdict OF
not guilty. Mr.. Fry showed clearly
by the books Of the bank that Mr.
Winscott had not embezzled, bui
that every time he took cent Of
money he gave the bank his note fol
it, and thus only borrowed 1t. More
over, when the bank failed Mr.. Win
scott turned over the whole of hi
property to them, amounting to some
S2, 500. Mr.. Winscott's many friendi
in this city will be glad to know that
the Jury acted 30 justly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

known physicians in the country. DR..
Sternberg is about 63 years of age.
He was graduated rs an M. d. as long
ago as 1850, from that ancient and hon.
orable body, the College of Physicians
and Surgeons of New York, and at
once became a surgeon in the United
States army. His first experience was
with the army of the Potomac. Later
he was sent to Florida, where he made
his first and most intimate acquaint-
ance with yellow fever. Since that
time he has been an authority on that
disease. In 1895 he attended the inter-
national convention on sanitation,
held at Rome, as the representative of
the United States. DIR. Sternberg has,
by his microscopic investigations and
his literature of bacteriology. been of
vast aid to the medical profession. He
is now surgeon general of the United
States army.
PRINCE EUI-WHA.
After escaping the conspiracies
against his life planned by enemies of
his royal house, Grown Prince Eui-
Wha, of Corea, has come to the United
States to finish his education, and by
imbibing Occidental ways prepare
himself for the duties of government
| in the Orient. Fui-Wha needs to rub
up against the world as much as pos
sible, for the ruling of Corea and the
guarding Of Its ruling fs no easy task
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
Mexico Auran County Missouri Thursday July 1897

manded by the queen to paint jubi-
lee group picture of herself, the Prince
of Wales, the Duke of York and little
Prince Edward. Mr.. Orchardson,
though now an old man, has lost none
of the cunning that distinguishes his
early efforts at portrait and figure
painting. Twenty years ago he was
made a Royal Academician. Mr..
Orchardson Is a native of Scotland,
and his early training in art was re-
ceived at Edinburgh. In 1858 he went
to London for the superior advantages
to be had In the metropolis. In that
year his first English exhibits were
made in the Royal Academy. Dozens
OF his pictures have become familiar
to the civilized world through their
reproduction in cheap forms.
DIR. GEORGE NJ. sTERNBERG.
DIR. George NJ. Sternberg, the new
president of the American Medical
Association, is one of the most widely
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

SENATOR DANIEL closed a ringing
speech at meeting of Cuban sympa-
thizers in Washington with these
manly and patriotic words: "God
forbids 1t, humanity forbids il, and
o! President of the United States,
pray God that You may forbid IL, In
the name Of your countrymen, and
you viii find no name absent from the
roll call Of your countrymen II You
marshal them In this cause. God for
bid that we should be led to war, bui
the cause is Just, t,and II it leads to war,
say, let it come, and the Anglo-Sax.
on people viii meet the shock with
joy.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

THE President, in the appointment
of Mr.. John Russell Young to be
Librarian of Congress, confers a wor-
thy honor upon brilliant journalist,
whose services to the world of letters
have long been Of public recognition.
1t Is so seldom one 80 conspicuous is
honored by President that it be-
comes task of pleasure to record the
fact and duly appreciate it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
Must Be Wick-wsck.

The Centralia Courier says: A sable
coiored son OF Ham was here from
Mexico Saturday trying to get the
print shops to get out an anonymous,
sensational dodger refiecting upon the
private character of Rev. Ben Doug
lass, colored. The offices here refused
to have anything to do with the mat
ter and the coon left town to find
other print ahops. The man with Q
grievance stated that "a page pamph-
let was in print at Chicago giving the
uusavory record OF Ben Douglass and
that 1t would be ready for delivery
July /.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

THE Judges of the Supreme Court
of Missouri have announced the cleo
ton of officers for term of six years
from July 14next. They are: John r.
Green, of Ray county, clerk, re-elect-
ed; r. E. See, of Montgomery county,
marshal, and Perry RAIDER, of Chari-
iton county, official reporter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

His education thus far has been of the
best. For year he has been an at
tendant at the celebrated Japanese
school of Fuko Zama, and now comes
to acquaint himself with western ways
and western speech. Eui-Wha may
have to pass through many strange,
perhaps tragic vicissitudes before the
royal ermine covers his shoulders.
Some of his friends fear that he is be-
ing sent to this country to get him out
of the way, so as to more easily pre-
pare the way to the throne for another
prince, who stands in high favor with
the queen and the kings father. In
that event Eui- Wha may have to fight
for the place that is rightfully his.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

THE Ohio Democrats last week
nominated Horace L. Chapman for
Governor, Melville d. Shaw for Lieu
tenant Governor, J.P. Spriggs for Su-
preme Judge, w. III. Dore for Attor-
ney General, James F. Wilson for
State Treasurer, Peter FL. Degnan fol
Board OF Public Works, and Byron FL
Hurd for School Commissioner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

THE best fish story of the season
comes from Boone county. Sam Pu-
lis and J. w. Elliott, two farmers, went
fishing in Perche Greek. They dis
covered a hollow log in the stream
filed with fish. Quietly they plugged
both ends, drew it ashore and remov- :
cd the catch. 1t contained fifteen fish
weighing from one to forty-nine lbs
The largest was three feet nine and
one-half inches long and twenty inches
in circumference.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

In considering the political outlook
in Ohio, the enthusiastic Democrats
must not forget that the Republican
national campaign fund of 1896 was
not all spent, that Senator Hanna is
Chairman of the Republican National
Committee, ,and that Senator Hanna lis
a candidate for re- election.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

THAT was good days work for the
silver cause when the Ohio conven-
ton nominated Hon. Horace L. Chap
man for Governor. This valiant lead
or will at once call the white metal
legions of his State to arms, and they
will see to 1t that he Is the next Gov
ernor Of Ohio. Mr.. Chapman Is an
honest, courageous, thorough-going,
practical Democrat and is well ground
cd in the tenets of the party, and ID
abreast Of the best thought and action
on the immediate and pressing cues
tions of the day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

itary vote for VIM. Mckinley for
President from the first ballot to the
last, refusing to change bis vote,
even at the personal protest of McKin-
ley himself, has become matter OF
history. He has been great admirer
of Mckinley from boyhood. Since the
opening of the Cherokee strip in 1888
Mr.. Jenkins has resided with his fam
lily on beautiful claim near the town
Of Newkirk.
ANDREW DICKSON BARLOW.
Andrew Dickson Barlow, the young
man nominated by the President to be
United States consul general to the
City of Mexico, lis resident ofSt. Louis
and is not unknown in public life.
Mr.. Barlow is "a years of age, and was
educated in the public schools OF st.
Louis. When still very young man
he acquired his first business exper-
ience during five years service in vari-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
A day laborer received two shillings

A day laborer received two shillings
. day.
imprisonment for debt was q COM
mon practice.
There was not public library In the
United States.
An old copper mine In Connecticut
was used as prison.
There was only one hat factory, and
that made cooked hats.
Dry goods were designated as"men's
stiffs" or sswomen's stuffs."
Books were very expensive. 'sThe
Lives of the Poetsn cost st5.
A horseman who galloped on city
street was fined four shillings.
Crockery plates were objected to
because they dulled the knives.
Virginia contained fifth OF the
whole population of the country.
Stoves were unknown. All cooking
was done before an open fireplace.
A man who jeered at the preacher
or criticised the sermon was fined.
Many of the streets were not named
and the houses were not numbered.
Two stage coaches bore all the
travel between New York and Boston.
Six days were required for jour-
ney between New York and Boston,
The Mississippi Valley was not az
well known as the heart of Africa now
Is.
Three-fourths of the books In every
library came from beyond the ATTAIN
tic.
The parquet of a theater was called
the pit, and was filed with the rab-
BILE.
The whipping post and piIlory were
still standing in New York and Bos-
ton.
| Twenty days were required for let.
ter to 60 from New York to Charles
ton by land.
Quinine was unknown. When Z
man had ague fits he took Peruvian
bark and whisky.
When q man had enough tea h'
placed his spoon across his emp to In
dicate that he wanted no more.
| A New England girl was not allowe'
to marry until she could bake q loaf o
bread and cut it In smooth, even slice
while 1t was still warm.
| When a virginian started on
journey to New York he made his wi
and bade farewell 20 his friends, q
, though he never expected to se
them again.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
Do You Use 1t?

It's the best thing for the
hair under all circumstances.
Just as no man by taking
thought can add an inch to
his stature, so no preparation
can make hair. The utmost
that can be done Is to pro-
mote conditions favorable to
growth. This Is done by
Ayers Hair vigor. 1t re-
moves dandruff, cleanses the
scalp, nourishes the soil In
which the hair grows, and,
Just as a desert will blossom
under rain, so bald heads grow
hair, when the roots are nour-
ished. But the roots must be
there. If you wish your hair
to retain its normal color, or
If you wish to restore the lost
tint of gray or faded hair use
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

Three of the gang probably con-
cluded that they would kill the other
three and secure all their share OF the
booty. They we're probably slugged
and placed on the railroad track that
the cars might grind them up and con-
ceal the crime.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
cLUNa TO THE cowCATCHER.
Perilous Ride Of Young Girl Runaweys
Their Only Baggage Was q Pair
4sza Of Curling Irons.

OMAHA, NEB., June 30.-Clinging to
the cowcatcher of the engine drawing
the Kansas and Nebraska limited ex-
press to-day, Grace Wilson and Jessie
Belts horrifed people for 20 miles
along the Missouri Pacific tracks. The
girls, pretty II year old misses, had
sprung to their periIous positions at
Nebraska City In the flight to elude
angry parents. Their wild ride came
to q sudden end after 20 miles had
been swept by when the engineer dis
covered the girls, stopped his train
and put them in coach. They were
brought into Omaha, and are now at
the police station.
When rescued from their dangerous
positions the girls seemed none the
worse for their frightful ride. They
carried az their only baggage a pair OF
curling irons. They we're indignant
when taken to the station. They said
they had run away and would do 90
again If they were not treated right
They left their homes at Nebrasks
this morning, and hid near the depot
When the limited pulled In they wait
ed until the big wheels Of the locomo'
tive began to revolve, and then sprane
from the weeds to the cowcatcher, ,ane
climbed up between the stanchions
where they clung for their lives, will
the locomotive rocking and swayinf
dreadfulIy after 1t began to attain it
highest speed. The parents of th'
girls, respectable residents of Nebras
ka City, were watching the depot q
the time, but did not think their chill
dren would adopt this desperate mean
of escape. They were not frightene'
by their adventure, and referred to
as a great Joke, though big blisters Of
i their white hands testified to the ter
rible ordeal through which they ha'
passed and the tight grip which the.
were forced to take on the iron OF tn
locomotive pilot to avoid being dashe
, to death.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
Ayers Hair Vigor:

called aThe Fisherman's Paradise"
We cannot imagine more exhiiarat-
ing pleasure than to sit in a st. Law
renee skiff which is marvel of beauty
and comfort, and handled by its own
or, is as safe in the heaviest sea as a
rocking chair in a drawing room,
drifting and threading our way around
picturesque points, through intricate
channels to beautiful bays, in which
the clearness and purity of the water
would shame crystal.
AS we pass dreaming through such
perfect creation of scenery, forgetful
of everything in rapt admiration OF
our surroundings, we are awakened
now and again by the lively jingle OF
little bell at the end of one OF the
fish poles. A pickerel is telephoning
that our attention is required else
where for time.
Scenes of ever changing loveliness
Natures most pleasing panorama
which no pen can adequately describe,
are constantly opening out as the fish
erman glides over the bosom of the
blue waters.
But promised not to write you
| any fish stories.
The weather is unusually cold for
this time of the year and while you
cannot skate from one island to the
other, it is too cold for comfort un-
less you have your winter clothing,
and, unfortunately, my winter coat
is where my umbrella always is when
| it rains, /. O., somewhere else.
Tourists are here from all parts OF
the world, as Thousand Islands is one
of the points of interest on this con-
tinen and is becoming more popular
every year.
Our party will day be the guests
of Col. Charles r. Skinner, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, who
owns an island here. You don't
speak of q mans home, or house OF
farm here, but his island, just as you
would of Robinson Crusoe's Island
Crusoe ought to see one of these is-
lands, especially after night. He
would be sure it was anything but ar
, island as he knew islands. Indians
formerly occupied these islands but
the price of land is too high for them
now. A small island unimproved
, sells for as much now as an Indiar
uould have taken for this continent
. when he owned it. How times d.
change and the people, too, but tn
, slauds and the river remain, O.
, rather the islands remain while th'
|, river goes on forever. Man, what o
I him7 Il. M. WHITE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
In The Worlds Bye.
SOME OF THE NoTABLES OF TIE
COUNTRY OF WHOM THE pE0-
PILE ARE TALKING.
Biographical Sketches of the New
Secretary of Oklahoma, Also the
Nominee for Consul General to
Mexico, and Others.
W, NJ. JENKINS.

W. M. Jenkins, the new secretary OF
Oklahoma Territory, is a leading and
successful attorney of Newkirk. MIR.
Jenkins was born on farm In Stark
county, Ohio, in 1856, and was educat-
ed at the district school and Mount
Union College. In 1879 he was mar
ried to Miss Della White and In 1881
moved to Iowa, where he was admit
ted to the bar in 1882. In 1884 he
moved to Kansas, and was delegate
to the Republican nationa. convention
In 1888. How he sat and cast one SOL
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
Jsme. o,ariep's VIII.

James o,Brien, by his last win, be-
queaths ali Of his property, real and
personal, to his wife, Ann o'Brien,
absolutely during life; same to be d.
vided after her death equally among
the six children; said wife and oldest
son, Lewis, are made executors Of this
will,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

FULTON Ia n state Of ecstacy over
the town soon being full of soldier
boys, whom our neighbor will enter
tain for a week. Their Fourth of July
celebration will be heldJuly 7,at which
it is expected 10000 people will be
present. Fulton will afford handsome
entertainment for the crowd.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

Little Anna Ethel Matthews, aged
years, was in Mexico July / on her
way to Hibernia Station to make her
home with Mrs. F. III. Richmond, OF
that place. She is q remarkably bright
and intelligent little thing, and had
come all the way from the Orphans
Home in st. Louis by herself. A num-
ber of good people gave her nickels
and dimes, for which che seemed very
grateful.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

GOOD Queen Vic. seems to have
overlooked Mr.. Astor when she was
scattering Jubilee titles around. II he
continues to "give up" freely, Wales
will probably square things by giving
him a title one of these days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

SEE j. w. Plunkett if you want to
join the Military Company. Mr.. Punk
ett will give you all the information
desired. Now is the time to enlist in
the service of your country. Walk up
to the captains Office and enroll your
uama
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

Ex-PREsIDENT HARRIsoN's argu-
ment IN favor of a bipartisan ju-
dietary would have carried more
weight had he been able to point
out single instance in which he failed
to put partisan on theFederal bench
when he had the opportunity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

The Animal Protective Association
is moving its headquarters from the
Armstrong building to the room own
ed by G. d. Ferris, just north Of the
depot.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
Another Wreck Victim.

MoBERLY, Mo-, June 3o.-Edward
Baker, aged SO years, of Perryville,
ILL.,, who was injured in the Wabash
wreck at Missouri City last Saturday
night, died at the Wabash Hospital
this afternoon about o'clock.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

JOHN SHERMAN's friends are trying
to shield him from the popular wrath
by saying that he hasn't been consult
ed about the Mckinley Cuban policy,
or even informed what its exact ma
ture ia tn he,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

IT is quite safe to guage the loyalty
| and harmony among the Ohio Repuo-
lican leaders by the time they con-
sume in watching each other.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
vate secretary and confidential advis'

vate secretary and confidential advis-
or. His influence over the President
made many and powerful enemies for
the general, who was accused of hav-
ing feathered his own nest while at
the head Of the finance department.
President Cresso evidently did not
believe the stories for he retained him
as his secretary and councillor. He
became so unpopular, however, that
he was finally compelled to resign,
and left the country for time.
WILLIAM oUILLER oRcHARDsoN.
William Quiller Orchardson, the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

The Louisiana Press says: Sam
Morris, of Mexico, was in town yes
terday and bought two car loads OF
wool from his brother, Marcus Nor
ris, president of the Louisiana Octopus
Real Estate agency.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

"MEN are chains that hold women
back from progress" says Emma
Goldman. And yet there are some
women who hug their chains, Emma.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

THE coal miners are picking time
| to strike when the world can get along
without their product with reason
able degree of comfort.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

THIS Is the season when the mem
bers of q family begin the day with a
quarrel at the breakfast table as
to which sleeps in the hottest room.