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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
BOARD OF PARDoNs.
Governor Stephens Thinks There
Should Be One.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, February %
There are q lot of fellows in the
Jefferson City prison whom / would
Like to pardon, but am prevented nm
der the constitution"
Thus spoke Governor Stephens
when he announced to a correspond.
emit his first pardon, in the person Of
W. E. Van wye, the st. Joseph news
man, under sentence for selling the
Kansas City Sunday San.
Isl have already received $50 appli-
cations for pardons," continued the
Governor, "and I don't know where
it will end. I am getting four or five
every day, and it places me in rather
an uncomfortable position. I would
feel greatly relieved if this preroga-
tive of granting pardons was taken
off my hands,"
There is at present a bill pending in
the Assembly creating a State Board
of Pardons, to which all applications
are to be submitted for action. Gov
ernor Stephens expressed the hope
that the bill would pass.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
To the Public.

We will in the near future be on
hand with u spring line of goods,
and having reduced our present stock
very low u stock will be very large
ly of new goods, which we will be
pleased to offer to the public at very
low prices for cash or its equivalent.
Past and sad experience has taught
us that we cannot afford to sell goods
on time, and we are equally al well
convinced that you cannot afford to
buy on time, either. Please give US a
call and we will try hard to convince
you that it is to your interest as well
az ours.
We will be receiving new goods in
about one week and hope to receive a
liberal share of your patronage.
Respectfully,
d4t-w3t J. d. MORRIS & 90.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
Treloar to Be Turned Down

WASHINGTON, ID. c., February 90
The Office of Fourth Assistant Post
master General, for which Congress-
man Treloar, of the Ninth Missouri
District, is a candidate, is not to go to
Missouri.
The Fourth Assistant to the POST
master General is the official heads
man, the decapitator of fourth class
postmasters.
AS there is to be much work of this
sort for the new Administration, the
man slated for this position must, in
addition to being the possessor of a
backbone, have the confidence of the
Postmaster General.
1t is asserted that Maj. Mckinley
has selected an Ohio man for official
headsman. Maj. Dick is said to have
been picked out as possessing all the
necessary qualifications.
Congressman Treloar will not admit
that he isn't in it, but it appears that
he is not.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
Buried Here,

Mr.. F. Stockton, of Cairo, ILL.,, died
In that city Saturday night, February
20. Mr.. Stockton was n of Cairo'f
most promising young business men,
with a bright future. he had made
many friends in Mexico, it having
been his custom to spend part of every
Christmas the guest Of his sister, Mrs
Thos. Helm, Of this city.
The remains of F. Stockton, who
died in Cairo, ILL.,, Saturday night, ar
rived Monday night on the 2:o5 @
& A. and were conveyed to the resi-.
dence of his sister, Mrs. Thos. Helm
where the funeral services were CON.
Quoted Tuesday afternoon ct Q O'Clock
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
Real Estate Transfers,

The deals made in land since oul
last report-are AS follows. -
W. @. johnson to John 8. Washer
lot SO, block L, Beatty's addition te
Mexico, $500.
Mary N. Locke to August Ahlfeldt
354 7-1ox636 2-1O feet adjoining Laddo.
mia, $3.50.
j. w. Caldwell to Elijah Galloway
northwest southeast 1926, $1,000.
J. r. Bondurant to Farmers anG
Merchants Bank, house and part o.
lots 5 and s, block Is, Vandalia, So, 200
John Hageman to Fred l.. Covey
southwest southwest 1887, $1OO7.
John Hageman to Oliver Il. Weller
east half southwest and northwest
southwest 1857, 1888.
VIM. E. Crockett to A. d. Jackson
and A. G. Turner, 200 acres in 3 and 4.
500, $3.50.
Samuel G. Reynolds to Lawrence
Dryer, southwest northeast and
southeast northwest 1865, 1885.
Lawrence Dryer to Hugh Dwyer,
southwest northeast and southeast
northwest, 1865, $1,700.
A. F. Brown to ]. T. Jerman, north
east northeast 35, and northwest
northwest $685., $4,000.
Mary N. Locke to John s.. Quisen.
berry, 26Ox412 feet adjoining Laddo-
mia, $3.50.
G. G. Daniel to VIM. F. Stork, lot
2, block 81, Vandalia, $75.
Samuel G. Crawford to Louisa G.
Johnston, east half southeast and
southwest southeast 6-52-9, and strip
2Ox13O0 feet, $500.
Michael E. Branstetter to I4akenan
& Barnes, east half southwest quarter
5-50-S, $1,000.
]. s. Quisenberry to August Ahl-
feldt, 260x412 feet adjoining Laddonia,
$3.50. e.
Pattie Harris to Susie Anderson, lot
3, block 2, north Laddonia, s323.35.
j. e. Holman to John Is. and Irwin
w. Holman, 80 acres in SO. SOTO, $500
Susie Anderson to w. ]. Burch, loi
8, block 2, north Laddonia. $500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
WORCESTER ITEMS.

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
WORCESTER, Mo-, Feb. 23.-Our
town is still in need Of q good black
smith.
w. O. Wilkerson is reported some
better, also j. N. Atkinson.
]. R. Hodge and family visited the
family Of F. L. Laforce Sunday.
Rev. Shouse filed his regular ap-
pointment at the Littleby Baptist
church Sunday morning, but owing to
the weather did not preach at night.
F. L. Laforce sold two heifer calves
to Mr. Martin, of Hutchinson, for S110.
Several from here attended the sale
Of Louis Roberts, Monday.
Ed. Schearer Ia on the sick list.
Homer Azdell has returned home
from Southwest Missouri with 81 head
of cattle.
DR.. Cornett has bought the Hender-
son farm, now occupied by w. 7. Lott,
Mr.. Lott will have q sale the oath. W.
failed to learn where he was going.
J. M. Azdell, who has been quite SICK
with pleurisy, Ia able to be out.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
Rebo Tickled to Death

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Feb. 21.-
Representative Rebo received q teIe-
gram this morning from Dan Stuart
at Carson City, New. 1t says:
Participating favorable action on
your resolution to have a committee
of five legislators appointed to witness
the Corbett- Fitzsimmons contest in
order to report if it would be well for
Missouri to follow Nevada's example,
I will place a box at your disposal,
giving best view of the ring, being
desircus You Hhouireee how such
affairs are conducted"
Rebo is highly pleased and he said:
"The telegram is a great compliment
and / will get a front seat il I 60
there"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
Died SATURDAY..

Saturday afternoon d. W. Talley
died at his home, 10 miles north of
Mexico. Funeral services were con-
Quoted SATURDAY at the residence and
the remains laid away in a private
burying ground on the home place.
Deceased, who was a bachelor, lived
at the place on which he died for a
number of years with his brother,
Wiley, and was looked upon as one
of the pioneer settlers and substantial
citizens.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25

1t will be gratifying to the citizens
of Audrain county to learn that Mr..
R. P. Moore, of Holiday, Monroe
county, Mo-, has rented Miss Mollie
Stewards farm, IA miles south of
Mexico, and is going to keep his sad
die stallion, "Ike," at this place dur
ing the coming season. "Ike" is rec
ognized as the greatest show stallion
in Missouri and will be greatly ap-
preciated by our best farmers, who
are constantly on the lookout for a
sgood thing" We extend to Mr..
Moore a hearty welcome and hope his
stay with us may prove profitable,
pleasant and permanent,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
THOMPSON ITEMS.

correspondence OF the Ledger.
THOMPSON, Mo-, February Oh
Reed has moved from Marshall to biz
farm near this place.
The valentine party at 1. Jesse'i
was well attended and all report
good time.
Elder Shouse preached at Hope.
well Church on last Sunday.
VIM. Boswell is back from an ex.
tended visit with friends in Illinois
Indiana and Iowa.
j. M. Daniel has returned from Van.
dalia, where he has been for severaI
days with his father, who IL quite Ill
The County Court has appointed
Geo. R.. Pool overseer of the Daniel
road district.
Samuel Crockett, formerly of THU
county, but now of Texas, is here
pushing the real estate business fol-
Texas.
Mrs. John Sims, of Hazen, Ark,
who formerly lived about six miles
west of this place, died last Saturday
and the remains yer brought back
here on Monday and inferred in the
cemetery at the Presbyterian Church,
near their old home.
Clifton Jesse sold 20 steers to
Browning Bros, averaging LAO, al
S4.25.
Lawrence McCarty, of CANT, bought
In Kansas City so steers, averaging
1880, at 4c.
Jeff Ellis bought So steers I'm Kansas
City at s4.10.
The suit OF Wesley Fletcher against
J. Q. MCGOWAN was taken from Jus
tice James court by change of venue
to Justice Sallee ct Benton City.
Brown & Hayes shipped one car OF
hogs to st. Louis Wednesday night;
also one q Friday night.
8. G. Groves & Co. shipped one car
Of hogs to st. Louis Wednesday night.
Elder Hill preached at New Hope
Church last Sunday.
Joseph Miscal came near having his
house burned down on Friday night.
Just before retiring he smoked the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
Mr.. Rosamond Dead.

w. N. Rosamond, who had been in
i'll health for several years, died last
Saturday morning at 7:15 In the Baptist
Sanitarium, st. Louis, where he was
undergoing treatment.
Deceased left a wife and two child
rem, Miss Ida, of this city, and Sydney
j., of Fl. Smith, Ark.
Sunday at 8 O'Clock the funeral
services over the remains Of w. N.
Rosamond we're conducted by Rev.
N. r. Pittman at the Baptist Church.
The services were most impressive.
The pail bearers were T. B. Hit,
Judge J. A. Guthrie, Capt. O. T. Allen,
w. FL. KEENAN,, ]. F. Griffee and G. A.
Witherspoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
Trustees Sale.

WHEREAS, Serena B. May, by her
certain deed of trust, dated December
"a, 1892, and duly recorded in book 10,
page 219, in the Recorders Office for
Audrain County, Missouri, conveyed
to the undersigned trustee the follow
ing real estate situated In Audrain
County, Missouri, to-wit: Lots 8, 4
and 5 in block 8, Ladd's Addition to
the City of Mexico, Missouri, to secure
the payment of q certain note In said
deed Of trust described. Default hay-
ing been made In the payment Of said
note, at the request of the legal holder
Of said note, notice is hereby given
that ! win, as such trustee, proceed TO
sell said real estate at the east front
Door Of the Court House, in Mexico,
Missouri, on
Friday, the 26th Day Of March, 1897,
between the hours OF o O'Clock q. m.
and 4 O'Clock p. m, to pay said note
and cost Of executing this trust.
j. 7. WILLIAMS,
4s-tds. Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
HUNT MUST HANG.
His Case Was Compared to That oil
Duestrow by the Prosecuting
Attorney.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Feb. 1s.-In the
Boone county Circuit Court this af-
ternoon Judge Hoekaday overruled
the motion for a new trial in the case
of John Hunt, who murdered his
daughter. The Judge sentenced Hunt
to be hanged March 26. One of the
grounds alleged in the motion for q
new trial was that the prosecuting at
torney compared the Hunt case to the
Duestrow case. There has been no
legal hanging in Boone county in the
last fifty years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
RUSH HILL ITEMS.

toIIcspouocutc VI ~ AcuScEs
RUSH HILL, Mo-, Feb. 24.-Mrs.
Foster died at her home in Rush Hill
Friday, Feb. 10, after a long Illness of
consumption. The deceased leaves q
husband and three little children to
mourn her loss. Rev. Sipple con-
Quoted the funeral services.
Mr.. James Garrard, who has been in
Old Mexico the past three months, re-
turned Saturday to Rush Hill, accom-
panied by his cousin, Mr. Campbell.
The little daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Stuart died Sunday with
whooping cough and pneumonia.
At the meeting of the Rush Hill
Camp Of NJ. w. A. last week the ques-
ton was asked IL there was any one
in distress. There was one neighbor
who was thought to be sick and there
were about twenty members present
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
County News.
LADDONIA ITEMS.

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
LADDoNIA, Mo-, February 2s.-The
entertainment given by the public
school On the 22d was excellent. The
programme vas fine and well execut-
ed. The pupils of each room had
been well trained and showed the
teachers had worked hard. Mrs.
Spaunhurst presided at the organ and
the music throughout was good. The
drill by Is girls in calisthenics was as
fine as we ever saw. Prof. Spaun-
hurst and his assistants, Mrs. Bow
man and Misses Margaret Torreyson
and Alice Moss, are teaching an ex-
cellent school. Other towns may ex-
eel Laddonia in taxes, but none can
beat 1t in schools.
Misses Mollie Fletcher and Stella
Lasher have formed a partnership in
the dressmaking business.
Miss Ida Spencer has had her mil
linery store newly papered and paint
ed, preparatory for spring goods.
James Brown a had his store
newly painted.
FRESHMAN Sc Burns have added q new
coat OF paint to their store.
VIM. Grub returned Monday from
a weeks visit to relatives in Illinois.
Elder Lusk breaches his last SER
mon for the conference year the first
Sunday in March. His sermons are
all logical and he is a smooth and
pleasant talker.
Elder Langtry preached his first
sermon of the year at the Presbyter-
ian Church last Sunday.
The proceeds from the school en-
tertainments will 60 toward buying
an organ for the school.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
A FALSE POLICY.

Many persons postpone taking med
icine until sickness actually strikes
them down. Thousands have sacri-
feed themselves to this foolish idea
and many thousands more have spent
months on the sick bed who could
have been spared much suffering had
they taken a few timely doses of
PRIcKLY ASH BrTTERs. Biliousness,
liver disorders, constipation, stomach
troubles are only f~orerunners of more
serious diseases and should receive
immediate attention. PRICKLY ASH
BTrTERs is a kidney and liver regula-
tor. Cleanses the bowels of consti-
pated conditions, tones up and
strengthens the stomach and diges-
ton and purifes the blood. A short
treatment with this remedy regulates
the entire system, restores and main
tains health. Sold by @. A. Buckner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
Mrs. Wisdom Dead.

Died, Sunday, February q, at o
O'Clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Katie
Wisdom at about "a years of age. De-
ceased wac an aunt of A. G. Turner
and A. d. jackson, of this city, she be-
ing a Miss Katie Turner. She died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Hardy Hurdle, 2 miles west of Mex
leo. The other children are T. 8. and
F. W. Wisdom, both of this county.
Funeral services were held at New
Hope Church Monday afternoon at
three o'clock,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25

o. @. Ballard, of L~eavenworth. Kas.,
formerly a cadet at the M. M. A.
here, was married to Miss Lura Laura
Field, Of Platte City, Mo-, Sunday,
February ID, and will be at home in
Leavenworth after April 1, at Wood
lawn Place. Cadets Ballard, Ham,
meet and G. NJ. Basket were the
founders OF the late NJ. N. A.. Focus.
Mr.. Ballard was quite popular here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
BENTON CITY ITEMS.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
BENTON CITY, Mo-, Feb. 23.-There
is still much sickness. DR.. Gave, OF
Mexico, was called into the neighbor-
hood last week.
DR.. Divers, of Centralia, made a pro-
fessional visit here recently.
Mrs, Geo. Jones is i'll with the grip,
Mrs. George johnson, of Mexico,
returned home Monday from a visit to
her daughters, Mrs. Obie Wright and
Mrs. Shelf Douglass.
j. Hendricks made a business trip
to Mexico Monday. He shipped one
car load of hogs to St. Louis the 9th.
Tom Scott sold a bunch of hogs to
E. johnson at $500.
Mrs. B. F. Woods and babe have
been spending several days with her
parents near town.
Surveyor Mckinney, of Mexico, was
ON our streets last week.
A number of Mexico gentlemen were
here Wednesday attending the suit
between Armstrong and Jamee.
Otto Wright (Raith) has rented his
farm and will move to st. Louis.
Rev. Hawkins, of Mexico, delivered
an interesting bible lecture at the Bap-
fist church Sunday morning.
The Presbyterian Sunday School has
closed for the present. The minister
who was to have preached here will
not be with us before April LIST.
Rev. Neivens filed his appointment
at the Baptist church Saturday and
Sunday nights. Sunday morning he
conducted the funeral services Of Miss
| Lille Northcutt, of Martinsburg,
whose remains were brought here for
interment.
Mr.. Culbertson has been appointed
road overseer in the Erisman district.
Messrs. Cunningham, Pearce and
Gay have been attending court in
| Mexico.
Mrs. John Stauffer comes to the
front with the first spring chickens.
Ask her what she does with them
when che goes visiting.
There have been several sales in this
vicinity and a number more adver-
tised. Mr.. Shell Clark, four miles
southeast of town, has q sale the Oath
inst. He will move to Centraiia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
Advertised Letters.

List Of letters remaining In the Post
Office at Mexico, NO., for the week
ending February %, 1897, which II mot
called for in thirty days viii be sent to
the Dead Letter Office at Washington.
Persons calling for letters In this List
will please say "advertised:n
Henry Berring, Thos. +. Corder,
Annie B. Cole, Mrs. O. Crofford, Ida
Graham, Phillip Green, Facil Jones,
Mrs. Ada Jones, Doda Lewoe, Ann
Leigler, Mamie Logan, Geo. Woeller,
James Miller, 8. j. Mead, Mary Riley,
P. b. Thorton, Bill Williams, John A.
Wiley.
LUKE MORRIS,
Postmaster.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
Twenty drops of LALLEMANp,ss al

Twenty drops OF LALLEMAND's ePE-
cIFIc for RHEUMATIsM taken three
times q day for q seasonable time will
cure the most severe case OF chronic
rheumatism or neuralgia II kills the
disease by destroying the germ In the
blood, eases pain quickly and contri-
butes strength the joints and quiet
and ease to the affected parts. Sold
by @. A. Buckner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
Brok Jaw,

Roy Summers, who formerly work
ed for McLoney in this city, passed
through here Friday on his way to
st. Louis. Roy was taking his sister,
Miss Minnie, to st. Louis for treat
ment, she having suffered Q double
fracture Of the jaw bone last Tuesday
from the kick of q horse.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25

Rainie Myers, living south of town,
and Miss Nora Myrtle Kanatzar, the
accomplished daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James w. Kanatzar, living just
west of Mexico, will be married March
3. Cottonwood Springs Four Hun
dred are making great preparations
for the event.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT BILL,
An Educational Measure of Universal
Benefit to the State of Missouri
Some Sound Views.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
LADDoNIA, Mo-, Feb. 24.-Amone
the many bills that have come before
the Missouri legislators none are
worthy of higher or more deliberate
attention than the University Endow.
ment measure.
Economy is truly a Democratic
doctrine and is no doubt as applicable
to the great commonwealth of Mis-
souri, as it is to individuals. Demo
Gratis may we'll feel proud of the record
of our State. Its debt has been grad
ually reduced until we are happy to
learn of its almost complete extin.
guishment. Now, a great question
confronts us. Will our Legislators
prove themselves equal to the &C.
casion by demonstrating to the people
that they can still be economical
without being parsimonious? The bill
should become q law. The spirit OF
the times demands it. Enlarged
facilities for a higher and more gem
eral education will place us In the
front rank of states.
1t will make residence within oui
bounds more desirable and will there
fore return to us rich dividends in q
pecuniary way, besides its elevating
influence, both moral and intellectual
If we can procure q panacea for oul
ills, far better it would be than suffer
the burden the neglect entails.
1t may be claimed that only q small
per cent of u people procure 9. uni.
versity education. Granting that THU
is true, it does not detract from the
necessity of a higher education. Il
is to those who come forth from the
University with minds strengthened
by the training it imparts that are te
take the places where incompetency
now exists, and thus it is made
both possible and practicable tc
attain a higher educstiona.
standard. A humiliating panorama
it would indeed be If present
ed to view-our students passing
out of our University walls and going
to other States to find an institution
of learning in which to complete their
course, when the State of Missouri is
amply able to march in the vanguard
of all progression. I do not believe
that this measure will impose any
hardship upon the people. With a
constant influx of immigration and
increase in population and wealth we
shall be able to meet all demands with
a lower rate of taxation than now re-
quired. I am sure that time will vim
dictate the wisdom of the adoption OF
the measure. Practice economy where
it IS needed, but not at such sacrifice
of the public good as the failure of this
measure would bring. Equip the Uni
versity with a permanent endowment
then work can be planned and con-
summated with certainty and precis-
ion. Statistics show that in population
and material wealth we are rapidly
moving onward and unless apathy
shall create an undue desire to be
ecoomical we shall ere long reach a
front rank in the sisterhood OF states.
If we fall behind in moral and intel
lectual advancement it will certainly
react upon every factor that contrib
tues to u happiness and prosperity,
Money spent in this way always yields
an abundant return. z. 7. BURCH.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
Mr.. AND MRS. G. B. WnLINsHAn
To the Ex-Confederate Soldiers o,
Audrain County.

For the purpose OF giving express
ion to our feelings with reference te
the life and career Of General Shelby
in war and peace, each and every ex.
Confederate soldier In Audrain coun.
ty, Mo-, and % many Of the citizens
thereof as may 9 ft to attend, are
requested to meet in the Court House
ut Mexico on Saturday, February q,
1897, at 2 O'Clock p. m.
O. T. ALLEN,
Commander Mexico Camp of United
Confederate Veterans.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
Card of Thanks.

W N HultUf VI tuc ltuStF.
BEAN CREEK, Mo-, February 49,
We wish, through the columns OF
your valuable paper, to thank our many
friends for the untiring devotion to
US during the sickness and death OF
our two little children. May the
blessings of God rest with You is our
prayer, and If you are ever afflicted
In the same way may it be our priv.
ilege to do unto you as you have done
unto us.
Mr.. AND MRS. G. B. WuLINauAn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
VAGRANT BILL REPEALED.
The Senate Votes Against Selling Men
IN Missouri.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Feb. 20.--The
Senate had a brief session this morn
ing, with a very scant attendance.
Only one bill was considered. 1t was
the House bill presented by Wright,
of Atchison, repeating al old act per-
hitting the sale of Migrants, or rather
their services, to the highest bidder.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
st. Louis Live Stock Market,

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 24.-Desirable steers
were steady and strong. Prices ruled
as follows: Steers % 10 to 81 so,
feeders So rs to "a o5, stockers 50 80
to So IS.
HoGs-Heavy culls So % to So and
fair to best heavy hogs So 80 to
50 57k. The medium weights 50 35
to So 574. Pigs and lights from 90 80
to % 40. Light hogs % 80 to 50 55.
Inferior to fair mixed hogs 90 to So 30.
The bulk of all the hogs above $50 lbs.
average sold at % 30 to So 80.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-25
For Rent.

Good 100 acre farm, two miles east
of Benton City, Audrain county, Mo-,
section B, township so, range 7; in
good state of cultivation; good house,
stable, etc. Call on Hopkins & Pick
etts, Mexico, Nc. w3t