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The San Francisco call., 1897-01-31
CHURCH NOTICES.

- FIRST CONGREG ATIONAL CHUR RI ID,
EEIS' southeast corner Post and Mason sts.-Rev.
6. c. Adams, d. D.. pastor, will preach morning
and evening. Morning service, II A. NJ theme,
The " hite Stone" Evening service, Z 30 p NJ;
theme, "Bearing the Yoke IN Ones Youth "A ser
mon for Christian Endeavorers. sunday school at
l2:45 p II. !. p. S. c. +. at 6 80 P. NJ. Samue!
D. Mayer organfst and musical director.
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ADY WOULD LIKE HoUsEKEEPER's Po-
IL sition; city country. Apply l51 Taylor st.,
room 2, morning or after P N.
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| CTEADY RELIABLE SCANDINAVIAN
= wants work OF any kind can drive and re
for horses. f., box 104, Call Office.
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Young, STRONG, ABLE BODIED MAN
i sober and steady, painter and paper-ha by
trade, desires situation in hotel institution;
city or country. Address Painter, 2633 Post St
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CtTRONG, INDUSTRIOUS BOY: ONE WHO
- understands wor king in bakery. Appy 100
y inth ST.: call after 10.
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EIRST-CLASS DREsSMARER WISHES EN-
L gagement by the day would go TO the coun-
try. 7S6 Van Ness ave-
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VOyNG WOMAN WISHES LIGHT WORK
l. of any kind. capable and trustworthy. C., box
7U Call Office.
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

@0AO WILL BUY A FINE SALOON;
tDOOO good Locations; doing o good business
Will bear investigation. 33 Sixth ST., THOMAS I
CO., room 1S.
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SITUATIONS wANrED-conttnuea.


EXPE RIENCED WAITRESS OR CHAMBER
Il maid would like situation in country hotel
or boarding house; 500. Address box ASP. Hay
wards +. q.
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n ERMAN, 8 YEARS LAST PLACE, UNDER
" stands care OF horses. garden and milking,
wishes situation. ANDRES 315 Stockton st.
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BRUNSWICK HOUSE, 14S SIXTH ST.: OPEN
J all night: rooms 25c to 81 per night: 81 25 TO
$b per week. j. g. DRAKE, Manager
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SUNDAY MEETINGS.

OAKLAND PSYCHICAL SOCIETY. FRA
" ternal Hall, Washington st--LaSt public seance
py Mrs Freitag. the wonderful ballot test medi-
um, a. 3 O'Clock. Professor Loveland will deliver
Il lecture of unusu uai interest at P. NJ Subject,
.Ile p ilosOphY Taught at Berkeley.N
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n ERMAN GIRL WISHES SITUATION TO
VI 90 general housework or housekeeping; good
cook for small family. $50 Washington street.
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MILL HAND. USED TO BANK, STORE,
vi and office fixtures veneered DOORS frames
and general millwork; have been for several years
in hardwood department in a mill on this coast
will work for So day. give me trial. M h.,
box 50, Call Office.
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ATDR RIN-ES' SPIRITUAL SOCIETY, 909
n Market ST., at IL A. NJ. and and p NJ,
Messrs. StItt Hargrave. Hanson. Mines Sealey
and Dunham. Dr.. u. Clair end others.
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M WELLFURNISHED HOUSE ON POLK ST
W near Eddy; 10 rooms; kitchens and bath
low rent; good paying house bargain. AZ
dress F.. box los, Call Office: no agents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
HAS SIXTEEN LIVING WIVES.
Matrimonial Career of Tom Lowe,
Aged 26, Now Under Arrest.

DENIsoN, TEXAS, January 15.-Dep-
uty United States Marshal B. 9. Birch
field, of Durant, !. T., arrived in the
city last night, having in charge Tom
Lowe, 26 years of age, who is wanted
in this county under indictment in
two cases for disposing of mortgaged
property. Lowe, in the presence OF
officer Birchfield andPoliceman James,
confessed to being the husband of six
teen wives, all of whom he has mar
ried within the last eight years. The
confession was made in writing. He
married wife No. at Purcell, 1. T., In
1886; No. 2 in Brownwood, Texas, the
same year; No. 3 in Bolton, No. A in
Hillsboro, No. 5 in Ennis, No. in
Marion county, No. z in Galveston,
No. in Houston, No. 8 In McLennan
county, No. 10 in Denison, No. II in
Paris, No. IL in Delta county, No. 1S
in Mills county, No. IA in Milan coun-
ty, No. Is at Weber Falls, No. 16. in
Young county.
Ali the wives are alive, and, SO far
as he knows, Lowe says they are un-
divorced. Lowe is from Arkansas,
and claims to have served as a Dep
uty United States Marshal in the In
dian Territory. He confesses to his
multiplicity of marriages with cool
ness of man making boast of ac-
compIishing some heroic deed, and
says that occasionally he has heard
from the first of his wives, and that &C
far as he knows nineteen children
have been born to them within the
last eight years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
Our Little Darling Coma.

MARTINsBURa, Mo-, Jan. 13.-Died,
January 4, 1897, Georgia Porter Hor-
ton, aged years, II months and 13
days, daughter of G.. B. and Lucy
Horton. She was the sunshine of the
home. How her sweet and cheerful
smile is missed by the lonely ones
that are left. But let us all bow in
humble submission to the will Of our
kind Heavenly Father, for He hath
given and He hath taken away.
Our darling has passed away,
Her bright spirit has taken its flight
To that happy home of eteral day,
Where there is no sorrow or night.
God has taken little Georgia above,
She is happy with the blessed;
In the bosom of our Savior we love
She has found a peaceful rest.
Her tender life on earth was brief,
No more will we see her sweet
smile;
She has left our hearts heavy with
grief
A beautiful bud loaned us for q
while.
Farewell, our dear and precious one;
Farewell, we will see thee no more
Until with this life we are done,
Wen meet on that beautiful shore
CLAUDINE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
COXEY's PARTY LAUNCHED.
A Name Adopted and Preparations
Made to Spread the Reform"

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 13.-Twenty-
three former Populists, principally
local characters, constituted the "na-
tional reform conference" called to
order by ]. 8. Coxey yesterday. Cox
ey was made chairman and Brown
secretary. Letters of regret were read
from George Francis Train and others.
Butler, Weaver, Jones and others
were denounced for having ''sold out''
the Populist party to the Democrats.
Resolutions were adopted character
izing the projected organization as the
"United States party" and authoriz-
ing provisional national committee
to organize clubs throughout the
country, these clubs to send delegates
to a national convention at Nashville,
Tenn, July 4, 1897, to outline cam
paign for 1898 and 1900. 1t was also
decided that a committee of three at
tend the Reform Press Association at
Memphis, Tenn, February %, 1897.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
BOTH WANTED ANDERSON.
But the Motto mo Coin, No Thief
Prevalled-Marion County
Got the Man.

The negro Joe Anderson was q vic
tim of circumstances. One morning
last week while Blake Cauthorn was
coming to town he met q colored
man, who inquired the way to Renick.
The man was riding fine mare and
was leading one, and Cauthorn
thought no more about the matter,
until that evening, when he noticed
an item in the evening LEDGER which
mentioned the loss of two fine mares
stolen from ]. T. Williams, of near
Vandalia, and gave a description OF
the animals.
Young Cauthorn at once telegraph
ed to the Vandalis authorities and
they notified the MoberIy officials,
who caught Anderson at Beonville
and placed him in the Moberly jail
to await trial on the charge of bring
ing stolen property into Randolph
County.
And now comes the story from
Sheriff Nelson that Thursday night
Deputy Sheriff Atchison went to Mo.
berly to bring Anderson back to
Audrain, and about the same time
Sheriff Pratt, of Marion County, made
application for the same man, claim
ing that he was under indictment In
his county for burglary and larceny
and that there was a reward Offered
for him.
There was a long consultation
which ended with the prisoner being
turned over to Sheriff Pratt. Atchi'
son says that the Moberly officiali
offered to sell him the negro for 500
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
AWARDED TO ST. LoUIsANs.
Given an Agency for Colorado Can
taloupes and an Assignment of
100000 Melons.

ROCKY FORD, Colo, January A.
The Rocky Ford Melon Growers As
sociation of Rocky Ford, Colo, at it's
meeting to-day made one of the
largest melon contracts ever made in
the United States with any one firm.
The Western Poultry and Game Com
pany of st. Louis, Mo-, was given the
exclusive Eastern agency for the
Rocky Ford cantaloupes, which have
recently become famous for their
quality, for the entire season of 1897.
st. Louis is to be congratulated on
getting the largest assignment of
melons given any one city, the amount
being so cars, 400 crates per car, each
crate to contain 40 melons, making q
total of 900, 600. This is recognized
among the melon growers as one of
the largest melon deals ever made by
one company.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
In to-day's LEDGER will be found a

In to-day's LEDGER will be found a
communication signed "South Side,"
which suggests several changes in the
way of doing business In and around
Mexico. Mexico is the center of an
agricultural country and we must look
carefully after the best interests of
the farmer and stock grower, who
make Mexico what it Is. There may
be some Inconvenience connected
with a live town which has stock yards
in the center of the city and stock
sales on the public square, but we can
afford to be inconvenienced if it in
creases the business done in our city.
Mexico is rapidly becoming good
sized city and the reforms spoken of
will follow just as soon as they can be
arranged 80 as not to interfere with
the best interests of our stock grow
ers and shippers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
Silver Guns. 1897.

The Mexico LEDGER, before the
holidays, offered silver cup to every
baby born in Audrain county Christ
paper sixteen new comers had been
heard from, and the LEDGER says
offering (if any next Christmas week
will be tin cups.-Bowling Green Post.
The LEDGER offers silver cups for
Christmas week 1897 to children
born to parents who take the LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

One thing is certain: 1t will not do
to fool with a bad cold. No one can
tell what the end will be. Pneumonia,
catarrh, chronic bronchitis, if not
consumption, invariably result from a
neglected cold. 1t is surprising, too,
that bad colds are so often neglected
whom ons remembers how easily and
at what little expense they may be
cured. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
is always prompt and effectual, and
costs but trifie; 25 or so cents is a
trifie as compared with the disas-
trous effects of neglected cold. Mr..
Abner Mercer, of Dilworthtown,C ,Ches-
ter County, Pa, in speaking of this
remedy, said: "Some time ago had
bad cold and cough. tried almost
everything. Finally Mr.. Hunt, the
druggist, recommended Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, and one so cent bottle
of it cured me entirely" For sale by
@. A. Buckner, druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
SPECIAL MESSAGE.
Advocates Fec Abolition, Removal Of
Insurance Department and Debt
Payment.

JEFFERSON CITY, January 15.-To
the Senate and House of Representa-
tives: There is now to the credit of
the "Sinking Fund" in the State
Treasury the sum of $106, ,997 90, and
in the "Interest FUND.- the sum of
1881 100000, making a total Of $467, :
997.00, which amount will be aug
mented by at least $500, 10000 within
the next 60 days.
These funds can be used only for
the purpose Of paying off our bonded
indebtedness and the interest upon
our bonds and certificates of indebt-
edness. No interest will be due or
payable until July next.
Our depositors are paying rs an
average of 1k per cent interest ON
daily balances, while our outstanding
bonds, upon which the State has an
option, are drawing 31s per cent in
terest.
1 recommend, therefore, that the
Legislature pass bill without delay
making an appropriation chargeable
to the ''Sinking Fund.-" to be used in
the REDEMPTION and purchase of State
bonds, during the years Of 1897 and
1898, of at least 81, zoe, 900, and that
the emergency clause be attached, 90
that an immediate call can be made
by the Fund Commissioners for the
redemption and payment of such ar
amount of bonds as in their judgmen,
the balances in the Treasury will JUS
tify.
l further recommend that the In
surance Department be transferred
from the city of st. Louis to Jefferson
City. 1t seems but proper that al
the departments of the State be To-
Gated at the permanent seat of Gov
ernment. Room for the departments
could be found in the State buildings
here, and the item of rent alone thus
/ saved would be worthy of considera-
tion.
/ would also recommend that the
fee system as applied to the offices oi
Coal Oil Inspector, Probate Judge
Sheriff and Excise Commissioner ol
st. Louis, Coal Oil Inspector of Kan
sas City, and all other offices IN the
State the fees of which aggregate
5000 per year or more be abolished
and salaries provided for these offices
Every public officer should receivt
fair compensation for the labor which
he performs, but not more. Under
the fee system our people have wit
messed the spectacle of single Of
ficer in st. Louis whose duties are moi
more responsible or irksome thar
those of an ordinary county clerk re-
ceiving an annual income create
than the combined salaries of ou
seven Supreme Judges. Respectful
| ly, LON v. STEPHENS,
| Governor,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
CARD OF THANKS.

MARTINsBURG, Mo-, January 49,
We desire through the medium oi
your paper to tender our heartfelt
thanks to the friends and neighbors
who SO kindly offered their sympathy
and aid in the sickness and death oi
our darling little Georgia, and espec'
tally to the young ladies that took sc
much pains in preparing the little
body for burial.
Mr.. AND Mrs. G. B. HORTON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

One of the most remarkable cures
of rheumatism on record is related by
Mr.. ]. M. Thompson, postmaster at
Decker's Point, Pa, as follows: :"While
out driving one day last winter I was
caught in a cold rain. The next
morning was unable to move my
head or arms, owing to an attack Of
infiammatory rheumatism. My clerk
telephoned for physician, but sug-
gested that use Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, there being a bottle open on
the counter. He rubbed the affected
parts thoroughly with Pain Balm and
built up hot fire. 1 dozed off to sleep
and when awoke about half an hour
later the pam mad gone erk kirely, and
have not been troubled since. Peo-
pie come here from many miles around
to buy Chamberlain's medicines. 3"
For sale by @. A. Buckner, druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

A RICHMOND paper says that a
young woman of that place declares
that when she received her first mas
culine kiss she stfelt as II something
was running down her nerves on feet
of diamonds, escorted by several little
Cupids in chariots drawn by angels,
shaded by honeysuckles and canopied
by melted rainbows." He undoubtedly
was q Mexico man.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

From the yandalia Mail and Express.
Capt. ]. O. Buckner, of Mexico, was
promenading on our streets Friday
VIM. Oliver, Of Mexico, was in VAN
dalia Sunday and Monday visiting rel
atives.
Mrs. Terrill and Miss Della Liter re-
turned to Mexico Saturday, after
spending several days very pleasantly
with Vandslia friends and relatives.
Mrs. J. v. Williams, of Mexico, who
has been visiting the families OF r. ID.
Chinn and J. K. Smith, returned home
yesterday.
The league enjoyed the presence OF
two Mexico leaguers Sunday evening,
namely, Rosco Kimbal and Will Oliver.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
day or two with the family of his
son, E. r. Locke.
From the Perry Enterprise.

j. r. Dye, of Hutchison, shipped q
car load of chunk and draft horses to
the Chicago market yesterday. They
are pronounced by judges Of horse
flesh to be the finest lot of horses that
have been shipped from here in years.
Mr.. Dye went with them to the mark
ct. Among the load were pair of
dapple gray draft horses, weighing
$3.50 pounds, with which he expects to
top the market. He is the leading
horseman of the county.
Mrs. Mollie Crawford, of Mexico,
and Mrs. viii Smiley, of Santa Fe,
made our Office an appreciated call
Saturday. Mrs. Crawford is spending
q few days with friends In this and
the Santa Fe neighborhood.
The Laddonia Herald wants to see
Hon. W. M. Treloar made commits
sioner of pensions under the McKin-
ley administration. Now, isn't 1t a
fact that Prof. Treloar would do bet
ter work in Hardin College.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
Stock Shipments.

Wallace & Wood shipped two cars
Of hogs to st. Louis Thursday night.
Pierce & Huddleson received car
OF stock cattle from LAGRANGE, Ark,
Friday.
w. Fl. Mallory received q car Of
stock cattle from Kansas City Friday.
T. ]. Gibson & Co. shipped a car Of
poultry and eggs to Philadelphia FRI
day night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
A Pleasant Party.

One Of the most enjoyable enter
tainments OF the season was the re-
ception given by Mr.. and Mrs. James
Wilkins at their elegant residence in
South Mexico to Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Wilkins and the bridal party on We'd
nesday night. Dainty refreshments
were cleverly served and all present
pronounce it one of the happiest oc-
casions of the unusually pleasant hol-
iday season. Mrs. E. 8. Wilson and
Miss Ford were awarded prizes for
the best poetry written during the
ayeninO
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

IN the Daily and Weekly LEDGER
will be found the announcement of n.
B. Painter, of Benton City, Mo-, can
didate for County School Commits
sioner. Prof. Painter is we'll qualified
for this important position and if elect
ed will make a first-class Commits
oil
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
From the Monroe City Nsxs

Mrs. Saliie West, an aged and re-
spected lady of Mexico, Mo-, died in
that city Dec. 26 at the ripe old age OF
so years. Mrs. West was formerly
Mrs. DR.. 8. O. Mcconnell, of this
county, and was an aunt OF our fellow
townsman and jeweler, ]. III. Simpson.
She was well known by many of Mon
roe county's older citizens.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

SOME of the Republican organs pro-
test most Indignantly against attribut-
ing the collapse of banks and other
business failures to the Mckinley ad-
ministration, which has not yet been
inaugurated. They are right in this;
but they are the very same Republi-
can organs which four years ago, be-
tween November and March, inces-
sanity and gleefully attributed the
collapse of banks and other business
failures to the Cleveland administra-
ton which had not yet been inaugu-
rated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
Coxey's Workmen Strike.

MAssILoN, O., January 13.-While
"Gen." Coxey is organizing his new
party at st. Louis, his stone quarry
men are refusing to work unless they
are paid wages now some weeks past
due. Two leaders of the strike have
been discharged, and there is hope
that the trouble may be bridged over
until the return of Coxey.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
Five St. Louis Children Drowned.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 13.-While
skating in an old quarry yesterday the
following were drowned: Amanda
Arnold, aged Is; Arthur Arnold, eyed
10; George Matthews, aged Q, and
Sadie Matthews, aged IA. John Glea-
son, aged Is, made an attempt at res
cue, fell into the water and is in a
serious condition. In another part oi
the city AL volmer, aged IL, lost his
life while skating.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
CAPTAIN Edward Bernard Killed.

Captain Edward Bernard Killed.
SEDALIA, Mo-, Jan. 15.-Captain
Edward Bernard, in charge of the Sc
dalis corps Of the Salvation Army,
while hunting near Sweet Springs this
morning, was accidentally shot by
Edward Highley and mortally wound
ed, death ensuing in four hours. Cap
tain Bernard was 80 years old, single
and will be buried at his home in Kan
sas City.
Captain Bernard referred to above
is brother of Capt. Bernard who was
formerly located in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
McCullagh a Republican.

To the Editor Of the Ledger.
MEXICO, sMo., Jan. IA, 1s97.-Dear
Sir: Was Mr.. Joseph McCullagh, late
editor of the Globe Democrat, Re-
publican or Democrat? Please answer
through the daily.
Yours truly, A SUBSCRIBER.
McCnIlagh was Republican. While
he did not take any active part per-
sonally in politics he was Republican
and always voted the Republican
ticket. This statement is made on the
authority OF one of the associate ed
itors of the Globe Democrat, who
ought to know.-GEDIToR LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

REPUBLICANS in the Missouri Leg
islature have given Kerens the empty
honor of the nomination for United
States Senator against George G..
Vest. Boss Filley was defeated by a
narrow majority. This is probably
the end of Filley.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

Tom REED smiles every time he
hears of one of his friends having de-
clined to accept the conditions which
accompany every Mckinley cabinet
portfolio. The chief condition liz a
pledge of blind and unqualified sup
port of Mckinley for another term.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
Shot Himself.

Austin Butler, is years Of age, at
tempted suicide at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Mamie Butler, miles
north Of Vandalia Tuesday morning.
The boy placed % rife against his
breast and discharged it, the ball
barely missing his heart. There is q
small chance of recovery. No cause
was assigned for the foolhardy act.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

8. p. Sutton, west Of Vandalia, Is
feeding . load of cattle for the March
market. They now weigh 1160.
]. w. Daniel spent Sunday In Mexi-
co.
w. w. Watkins was in Mexico yes
terdsy on business.
Col. and Mrs. w. B. Beshears were
In Mexico Tuesday on business.
The Spencer Greek correspondent
OF the Leader says: Ed. T. 8. Wal
don, Of Mexico, was In the neighbor-
hood this week selling books. He has
an excellent assortment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

CHAMP CLARK has made as much
reputation in the few years he was in
Congress as the ordinary member
does in a lifetime. He is an orator,
statesman, politician and lecturer,
and his wit is equal to his eloquence.
Altogether he is such a man as you
will delight to listen to.-Fayetteville
(Ark. Sentinel.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

CONGRESSMAN OTEY, of Virginia, is
out with a proposition for the holding
OF a national Democratic convention,
one delegate from each congressional
district, for the purpose of securing
unity of action and uniformity of Or
ganizafion in the party, which would
sTv~ ~seAsry sin the congregational
elections of next year and the iresi-
Dental election in 1900. This idet. is
new, but it strikes us as being also
Oood
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

MUCH newspaper space has been
wasted in discussing the cause of
lynching. The cause of lynching in
most cases can be stated in one
word-rape. When some way to pre-
vent that awful crime shall have been
discovered lynching will be almost
unheard of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

AMONG the many new things asking
for "protection" in the new tariff bill
is sauer kraut, the makers claiming
that the foreign made article is about
to drive them out of business. If every
thing else is to be protected, why not
sauer kraut, too.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

GOVERNOR STEPHENS has sent to
the Legislature special message
which has the right ring to it. He
favors dong away with the fee sys-
tenn and thinks it best that officers of
the government should be paid a
reasonable salary just the same as
men employed in any business Ca
pacity
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
Notice to County Correspondents.

County correspondents of the Mex
leo LEDGER should try and get their
communications in not later than
Tuesday. The newsy letters from our
country correspondents are among
the most interesting features of the
LEDGER. We like to give them a good
location. They can receive much bet
ter attention if received at this Office
Monday or Tuesday CT each week.
There are two or three points in the
country where the LEDGER has no
correspondent. Will not some bright
young lady or young gentleman send
us news from these neighborhoods?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

SAM JONES a year ago said that hell
was in Oklahoma. Then he was con-
Quoting a series of meetings in Okla
homa. Now he is in Boston and says
that hell is within half mile of that
place. He seems to possess peculiar
aptitude for raising hell wherever he