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Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
A Fearful experience
/ POSTMASTER LOSES THE USE Of MIS-
LEGS AND ARMS:
Edwin R. Trip. Of Middlefeld Center. Meets with
a Hazardous Encounter Which Renders
Him HELPLESS.
Nom os.eoo Rspuottcan, cDopersso,On. N. :.

Mr.. Edwin r. Trip, the postmaster at
Niddlefeld Center, N. Y, recently had a
dangerous experience which left him in a
helpless state. His system was so much
shattered that it was feared he might never
recover.
In an interview with . reporter Of the
Republican,, regarding this experience which
had attracted considerable attention, Mr..
"in March, 1892, I was taken with what !
aferward learned was locomotor ataxia, and
was unable to walk, and / kept getting
worse until I lost the use of my arms. i
doctored with two skillful doctors but re-
ceiyed no benefit, and also used a galvanie
battery but kept getting worse and the doc
tors told me they could do no more. This
was in May and June, 1892. i gave up all
hope Of ever having the use Of my limbs
agaiA. and did not expect to live very long:
1 was unable to dress or undress myself, and
could not get around the house unless was
moved in q chair. -
81 think it was in June that / read Of the
case of q man in Saratoga Co., N. Y, who
was taken very much as myself. He had
taken DIR. Wifliams' Pink Pills for Pale
People which contained, in q condensed form,
all the elements necessary to give new life
and richness TO the blood and restore shat
tered nerves, and had been cured by theii
use.
"I learned that the pills were prepared by
the DR.. Williams Medicine Company, Sche'
nectady, N. Y, and only cost 90 cents q boz
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
SILAS D. DRAE

SILAS D. DRAKE.
Nothing demoralizes the health
sooner or more completely than even
the occasional loss of sleep. To start
q new day with the brain unrefreshed
is like trying to keep a WORKOUT
horse up to his work with the whip
instead of by feeding. The incessant
brain activity is as If the skull were
laid bare and the surface of the brain
were struck lightly every few seconds
and without q sign of a "iet up"
Thus sl~eeplessness impercept1bly,
but no less surely, destroys the brain
cells that are the sources of mental
power and the health of every organ
Of the body.
Paine's celery compound gets the
nervous system out of this dangerous
rut of sleeplessness. It supplies nour
ishment to the nervous tissues faster
than they are worn out, and does not
let the nutrition of these delicate parts
get low enough to bring on insomnia.
One of the earliest evidences of the
final success of Paine's celery COM
pound in curing debility, nervous
ness, ~sleeplessness and arrangements
of liver and kidneys is the increased
appetite, the clearer skin, and that
INDISPENSABLE precursor of health, q
feeling Of "well being' that takes the
place OF the tired, languished, melan-
choly condition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
THE MEXICO BRYAN CLUB.
Charles P. johnson viii Shortly Ad-
dress the Club.

P. Il. Cullen, president of the Bryan
Club, invited Charles P. johnson to
address it and the following letter in
dicates that that he will do 80 shortly:
P. H. Cullen, Esq.
JACKSONVILLE, ILL, Jan. 81, 1885,
MY DEAR SIR: / wish I could accept
your complimentary invitation to
speak before the Bryan Club of Next
co, but this Draper case has dragged
out to such length that it will throw
me considerably behind with my work
in st. Louis and other places. Some
other time I will be glad to be with
you. I Am anxious to do all I can to
further the cause of true Democracy
as embodied in the Chicago-B Bryan
platform. Sincerely,
CHARLES P. JOHNSON.
Mr.. johnson is one of the finest
speakers in Missouri and should be
greeted with an immense crowd when
he makes his speech here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
MR.. ESTATE.
Inventory Filed by Executors in the
Probate Court at Chicago.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, January 26.-An in
ventory of the estate of the late Geo.
M. Pullman was filed In the Probate
Court to-day by Norman B. Ream and
Robert T. Lincoln, executors. The
inventory lists the real estate and
personal property of the deceased,
though 1t places no valuation on the
former and gives only the par value
of the securities which form the major
part of the trust. According to the
estimates given at the time the will
was fled, the real estate was worth
but $500, 200, and the personal estate
3 8,S00,000. In the inventory to-day
the conservative policy OF the execu-
tors is further borne out, and on the
property valued the figures are such
as to leave little chance for deprecia-
ton.
The investments of Mr.. Pullman
were widespread. He held 23,919
shares of Pullman Palace Car Com
pany stock, and was Interested in the
Nicaragua canal Company to the ex-
tent of $29o in stock and $10,Oe0 in
bonds. The holdings of poor invest
ments are small. Out of his entire
bond holdings but $4,000 worth are
deemed desperate. Mr.. Pullman was
Interested In neveral publications to
q small extent, holding stock in Kate
Fields Washington, the Journal O
Commerce and the Weekly Magazine.
He held $4,000 stock in the Forum
Publishing Company. The furnish
ings of his household In Chicago are
estimated at $45, 1886.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
DRIVER OF A DRAY.
DR.. Herne Has Lost All His Fortune
HIS Wife Also Has Again Left
Hlm-The Hannibal Ply
stefan Has Struck
the Bottom.
From the Nevada Post.

From the Nevada Post.
Readers of the Post will readily re-
call the famous Stillwell tragedy al
Hannibal, in which the names of DR.
]. O. Hearne and Mrs. Stillwell fgur-
ed SO sensationally. 1t will be remem.
bered that the doctor married the
widow soon after the cruel murder oil
her husband and that they went to
California to live, but were afterwards
arrested and brought back to Nilsson
ri and tried for murder. They were
acquitted and returned to the Pacific
state. 4
1t seems that all has not gone vel
with them since, If the following
from the Quincy Herald, is true:
1t is stated on seemingly good au-
thority that Dr. and Mrs. ]. @,
Hearne are not living together at Los
Angeles, Cal. She was formerly Mrs
A. ]. StillwelI, wife of the wealthy
pork packer, who was murdered nj
Hannibal several years ago.
Her daughter, Mollie, married
moved to Phoenix, Ariz. Herr
band, 80 it is stated, lost all of1B4hd
her money in speculation and is now
driving an express wagon in that city.
The report is that Mrs. Hearne
lives with them and they are all in
destitute circumstances.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
Township Organization.

~ n SouAsy Apct
Not long since we commented on
the fact that citizens of Audrain county
had petitioned the County Court for
leave to vote on the proposition to
put Audrain under the township
organization act. We expressed
doubt as to its being q good thing.
Now, we r strengthened in our
opinion by the following, clipped
from the Rress-Spectator, of Salisbury:
"Some people don't appreciate a
good thing when they have it. Down
In Audrain county the voters are petit
tioning the County Court to order
. vote on the township organization
question at next fall election. Chari-
ton county has been INDUCING in this
luxury for years, and would do well
to trade 1t for q last years birds nest.
The few commendable features of the
law are, in our Judgement, entirely
overborne by many Objectionable
features that III found In the practi-
cal workings of the law. The fact that
only sixteen counties in this state out
of q total of one hundred and fourteen
have adopted it, is enough to condemn
the law. Try ii, Audrain, try 1t, but
be careful lest you get into the condi-
tion of the man who tried to let 60 of
the bear.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
RETURNED TO DEMOCRACY.
j. D. Gordon, Who Ran Against j. W.
Bailey, is in the Fold Again.

DALLAS, TEX, January 26.-J. D..
Gordon, who ran as the Middle-o Of
the-Road candidate for Congress in
the Fifth Texas District against Con-
gresham ]. w. Bailey in 1886, pushed
a political sensation into Texas poll
tics to-day by d~enouncing Populism
and returning to the Democratic par
ty. Mr.. Gordon took no half way
step, but made the entire journey
over the prodigal's path. He joined
the Tammany Club and the orthodox
Democratic Association of Sherman.
In a statement to the public, Mr.. Cor
don says:
Gin the face OF political conditions
that confront us, I car conceive of
but one consistent course for those
patriotic men who quit the Democratic
party under the Cleveland leadership
and co-operated with the Populist
party, and that is to support the
Democratic party. In the South, 8
out of every 10 Populists are Demo-
Gratis, who rebelled when the DEM
ocracy repudiated it's historic tenets
and surrendered to its enemies; that
is, they refused to be surrendered.
They did not a to contend for the
faith, party or no party. They have
preached principle and protested to
eschew partyism. All fair : minded
men must give them credit for this.
But now shall it be said that these
men, who have battled for principle
under the most trying circumstances,
have become the b%itterest and most
inexcusable p~artisans?
GAS for me, l shall at least be con-
sistent, and, as I see it, I would reach
the climax of inconsistency to support
the Middle Road Populist or
g~anization, for the simple reason that
it is powerless to effect anything of
itself, and it's existence is the most
potent aid to its professed enemy.
From my point of view, 1 could with
better conscience support the Repub-
lican party outright than to support it
through the Middle Of the Road Pop
ulist party. 1 am not now, and have
never been, a believer or advocate of
any other than the principles of DEM
ocracy."
Milton Park and other Middle-of-
the-Road Populists are severe in their
comments On Mr.. Gordon for his
course.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
NOT FOR EVERYTHING

But if you have weak kidneys,
bladder trouble or distressing kidney
complaint, then Swamp-Root will
prove to be just the remedy you need.
Too frequent desire to urinate, scanty
supply, pain or dull ache in the back
Is convincing evidence that your kid
neys and bladder deed doctoring.
There is comfort:in the knowledge
so often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Roo the great kidney rem
edy, fulhlls every wish in relieving
pain in the back, kidneys, liver, blad-
der and every part Of the urinary pas
sage. It corrects inability to hold
urine and scalding pain In passing it,
or bad effects following the use of
liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes
that unpleasant necessity Of being
compelled to get up many times dur
ing the night to urinate. The mild and
extraordinary effect Of DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root Is Dol realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful
cares OF the most distressing cases. II
yoYneed q medicine you should have
ebest. Sold by druggists, price fifty
hits and one dollar. You may have a
sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent
free by mail. Mention the Mexico
LEDGER and send your address to DIR.
Kilmer & Co., Binghampton, N. Y.
The proprietor okthis paper guaran-
tees the gennineness Of this offer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
Klondyke Stock Co.

klon0yke STOCK 20. "a
As told in last evenings LEDGER, a
company is being formed to send
James Marshall, of this city to Klon-
dyke.
The company will raise S5oo in ten
shares and Mr.. Marshall will take the
money, go to Klondyke and at the end
of two years divide the net proceeds
between he and the stockholders, he
to receive half and the stockholders to
receive the other half.
Wednesday morning half Of the ten
$50 shares were sold within ten min
utes. They went as follows:
r. L. McFadin, 1 share.
Caleb Berry, 2 shares.
Chas. Powell, 1 share.
T. A. Powell, 1 share.
There will be no trouble in selling
the other s shares. It is thought that
arrangements will be made to have
Mr.. Marshall 60 with the Wilson par
ty. He will be allowed to use his own
Judgment as to where to prospect
after reaching Alaska.
There is q very small risk for each
investor, and If Mr.. Marshall strikes 1t
rich, say for s200, 600, each holder of
one share will be $4,000 better off.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
NO WHITE SCHOOLS.
Negroes in the Majority in Wright
County Ignore the White
Children.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 27.-
State Superintendent John r. Kirk
has received a letter from q resident
of a school district in Wright county,
stating that in that district the ne
groes were in the majority and that
they had elected all three of the
school directors from among the col
ored taxpayers; that for two years
there had been no school in that dis
trict for white children; only one
teacher, colored, was employed.
The superintendent replied, asking
that the Prosecuting Attorney be re-
quested to institute proceedings to
force the colored directors to comply
with the law by establishing q school
for the white children.
Under the law in this safe, where
there are colored children in any dis
trict, a separate school must be tauRht
for both white and colored children.
This district seems to be the only one
in the state, which is managed by q
colored school board and which does
not have q school for the white chill
dreu,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03

or six boxes for $3.50 ct any druggigt6. ana
sent for two boxea. / used the pills faith
fully and they gave me an appetite. / then
sent for four more boxes, and before ! had
taken all of them my feet and legs which
had been cold began to get warm.
II was o member OF the Town Board that
summer and had " De carried n put into .
wagon to go to the meetings, and IN fact was
helpless, rs my neighbors know. In August
I could walk around the house by pushing 9
chair. ! kept getting better and managed
to move around more, until at election time
that year, l walked with o cane to the polls,
O short distance from my home. / continued
to take DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People until / hsd taken eighteen boxes. 1
could then get around, and to-day walk to
the post office and back, . distance of one
quarter of q mile, three times q day, and
attend to my duties as postmaster.
"In the spring of 1898 ! was elected town
clerk, which Office l held for three years, /
had previously been q justice of the peace
for thirty-two years. l I'm o 20 years OF
age, and nave lived in this town for about
forty-six years. For nearly fifty years !
worked at the blaeksmith's trade. l am
able to do work in my garden now, and saw
some of my wood. / consider that my res
~toration to health is due to the use of Dr..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
EDWIN r. TRIPP."
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
Esd day Of June, 1897.
HoMEa HANNAH. Notary Public.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
Irustee's Sale

Whereas, James w. wager and
Vida M. wager, his wife, by their
certain deed of trust, dated July ~,
1892, and recorded In the Recorders
Office in Audrain County, Missouri, In
Book 10, at page 392, conveyed to the
undersigned trustee the following
described real estate situated in Au-
drain County; Missouri, to-wit:
The southeast fourth Cd of the
northwest quarter 90 of Section
Three (3), Township Fifty-two (52)
north, Range Ten (10) west of the
9Th P. M, containing forty (40) acres
more or less.
Which said conveyance was made
in trust to secure the payment of the
promissory note In said deed describ-
ed; and, whereas, said note Rename
due and unpaid; and, therefore, az
the request OF the legal holder Of said
note, and by authority OF the provis-
ions OF said deed Of trust, / will, on
Friday, the 18th Day Of February,
1893,
proceed to sell the property hereinbe-
fore described, at public vendue to
the highest bidder, for cash, at the
east front door OF the Court House, In
Mexico, Missouri, between the hours
of 8 O'Clock In the forenoon and s
O'Clock in the afternoon of that day,
to satIsfy said debt and the expenses
of executing this trust.
r. p. HOPKINS, Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
Bow Husband Arrested,

ALTON, ILL, January 2s.-Roy Ne.
wins, 20 years old, was taken from his
class at the Upper Alton High School
this morning and arrested upon a
charge of wife desertlon. Last Octo-
Der young Nevins, whose father is a
well.to-do farmer of Calhoun County,
married Miss Kettle Carter, q daugh-
ter Of Abraham Carter, a wealthy
resident of the same county. A few
weeks after the wedding, the boy
husband came to Upper Alton and en-
tered the High School. He did not
bring his wife with him. Finally des-
pairing Of her efforts to persuade him
to return, she sent the officers after
him. Nevins was taken home by the
Sheriff tonight.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
an THE PRESIDENTS 0 n
Some Facts About Canton, Ohio, by
VIM. p. Bradley, Formerly
Of Mexico.

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
CANTON, O., Jan. 81 would not
be true to my conscience II ] did not
make m attempt to write the LEDGER
q brief letter about Canton, Ohio. We
have ell read about Canton and We
have all heard about Canton and
thousands and thousands Of people
have had the great pleasure of visit
ing the noted town. Why is Canton
so we'll known? Because it ID the
home and ia known as "President
McKinley's town." In my travels
from Denver to Pittsburg and from
Chicago to Nashville, I have visited
several towns and cities that I like
Just as well as Canton. 1t is, without
a doubt, a nice town, q modern town;
just such a town az any successful bust
ness man would like to live in. The
city il full of large and extensive
manufacturing concerns-the largest
being the Du eber Watch Co., which
employs one thousand people, who
receive good pay for skilled workman
ship. Another pleasant feature OF
Canton is the paved streets, fine
business houses on the modern plan,
fine schools, beautiful residences and
churches. I had the pleasure Of at
tending services this morning at the
FIRST Methodist Church, known as
president McKinley's Church." On
entering the grand edifce you are
facing the congregation and the seats
begin to fill from the first row to the
last and not from the last row to the
first-as you see In some churches.
The pastor, DR.. Matheson, is just such
q man that I would like to hear preach
the bacalaureate address to the young
ladies of Hardin College. The choir
of so voices, in harmony with a grand
pipe organ and expert, earnest player,
is a pleasure long to be Remembered.
The people of Canton r very hospi-
table and 1t seems that the thousands
of faces all have pleasant expressions
I am several hundred miles from
Mexico, and ! will travel several hun
| dred more miles before I will have
the pleasure of seeing "the dear old
town" again and I am GLAD to know
/ have a kind invitation to enjoy the
hospitality of the happy home of Mr..
and Mrs. R. M. White when I do ar
rive. VIM. P. BRADLEY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
A Cutting ARRAY.

On last Saturday at the Moline store
Jake Middleton cut Doan Weaver,
producing some painful wounds.
It seems that there was . crowd
mowballing In front Of the store, snd
when Middleton came along it 10 said
that he warned the boys not to throw
anowballs ct him. They began peltina
him and he started after the crowd.
He singled ont Weaver, and alter
running him inside Of the store, cut
him ~ above stated. The men were
parted before serious wounds were
produced. Awarrant for Middlstonsl
arrest was sworn ont.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
DRIFT OF q DAY.

The name Nebraska is an Indian
word, which means shallow water.
There are $500, 900 acres Of coal
land an 1,5OO, 900 of iron r lands in
Arkansas.
In Scotland the last day of the year,
or New Years eve, is called Hogma-
nay.
Observation is the most enduring OF
the pleasures of life, according to
Geo. Meredith.
Out of the numerous number of
women in Constantinople, not less
than 5000 can read or write.
There are nearly $4,000 hounds
maintained in the United Kingdom
exclusively for hunting purposes.
There are $50 miles of street rail-
ways in st. Louis now, and they carry
loo, ooo, 600 passengers a year.
It is stated that sharks have now
penetrated into the Mediterranean
through the Suez canal from the Red
sea.
The Adams homestead at Quincy,
Mass, has been restored under the
direction of the Quincy Historical So
ciety.
The German navy has only been in
existence half q century, the first ma
val officer having been appointed in
1647.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03

THE st. Louis Republic, in giving a
report o: the proceedings of the State
Democratic Committee in st. Louis,
referring to the fusion matter, says:
There is a difference of opinion as
to whether there should be a fusion
on the state ticket, and, judging from
those who attended yesterdays meet
ing, the sentiment is not favorable to
splitting up the state ticket with the
Popuiists, and it does not appear that
any considerable number Of Populists
are expecting a much. It seems that
the Republicans in the interior of the
state, who r not too busy quarreIing
over postofices and other Federal pie,
r putting in their spare time endeav-
oring to induce the Populists to fight
the Democrats, and to this source ia
traced what little discord is said to
exist,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
In Memory of Judge CLARK.

The death of Judge J. P. Clark,
aged so, in Mexico Friday removes 9
landmark. He had been identified
with the growth of Mexico since 1912
He was twenty years Clerk of the
Circuit Court. In all his official life
he was upright and honest. He wal
a model of p~oliteness at all times. II
is said Of him that under the most
trying circumstances, he never forgot
to be a gentleman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03

In q recent letter from Washing
ton, d. O., to an old friend, Major G.
A. Studer, for twenty years United
States Consul at Singapore, says:
"While at Des Moines / became
acquainted with q liniment known az
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which ]
found excellent against rheumatisms
as well as against soreness of the
throat and chest (giving me much
easier breathfng.) I had a touch of
pneumonia early this week, and two
applications freely applied to the
throat snd chest relieved me OF it at
once. I would not be without it for
anything" For sale by Woodbridge
& Purdy, Druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
oMAHA EXPOSITION.
A. 8. Houston Names Gentlemen to
Assist Him in Raising Money.

Mr.. A. 8. Houston, of Mexico, who
was appointed by Governor Stephens
a member of the Omaha Exposition
Commission from the Ninth District,
has appointed the following gentle
men to assist him in raising money:
Audrain-F. r. Jesse.
Neutrality-suspicious. w. Jacks.
Rails. A. Clark.
Pike-Ed. Glenn.
Lincoln-George 8. Townsend.
st. Charles-Earl r. Britt.
Warren-L. ]. Dryden.
The representatives from Gascon-
ade and Crawford counties will be
named by Mr.. Frank Farris.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Always
Proves Effectual.

There are no better medicines on
the market than Chamberlain's. W.
have used the Cough remedy when
all others failed, and In every instance
1t proved effectual. Almost daily we
hear the virtues Of Chamberlain's
remedies extolled by those who have
used them. This is not an empty
puff, paid for at SO much a line, but il
voluntarily gwen in good faith, in the
hope that suffering humanity may try
these remedies and, like the writer, be
benefited.-From the Chenille, (W.
Va.) Pathfinder. For sale by Wool.
bridge 4 Purdy, Druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
AUDRAIN COURTS.

CIRCUIT CoURT-3d Monday in Jam
uary, LIST Monday in June, Sd Monday
In September.
COUNTY CoURT-1st Monday In Feb
ruary, LIST Monday In May, LIST Monday
in August, LIST Monday in November.
PROBATE CoURT-2d Monday in jan
nary, I'd Monday in March, I'd Monday
in May, I'd Monday in September.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-03
Administrator's Notiea.

Notice is hereby given that letters
OF administration upon the estate oil
Simeon Brenton, deceased, have been
granted the undersigned by the Pro-
bate Court Of Audrain County, Mis-.
souri,, bearing date January II, 1885,
An persons having claims against
said estate are requested to exhibit
them for allowance to the administra-
tor within one year after date Of
granting letters, OF they may be pre-
ciuded from any benefit of such estate,
and ii such claims be not exhibited
within two years from the date they
will be forever barred.
F. q. BRENToN,
Hit. Administrators,