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Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
CHAMP ITEMS.


Correspondence OF the Ledger.
CHAMP, May 17.-Children's Day
will be observed at Bethel Sunday
nigh, May 21st. All are invited to at
tend.
Rev. Paschall filled his appointment
at Bethel Sunday morning and night.
Miss Nellie Booth spent a few days
the past week with her grandmother,
Mrs. Harrison, Of Mexico.
Miss Emma Dean is with Mrs. Jur-
gensen, milliner, Of Mexico.
Miss Leta Rudisill and Virginia
Browning, of Mexico, were the guests
of Miss Cleo Settle Sunday and Mon
day.
Tom Ford spent Sunday with Y. G.
Thomas and family.
Y. G. Thomas has not been quite sc
well the past week.
Miss Slpple is the guest Of her aunt
and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Mildred.
Mrs. John Harrison visited her
daughter Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vents little o and
daughter attended Bethel Sunday
school Sunday afternoon.
Soma are having to replant theil
corn in this community.
Born, to the wife Of H.. Mildred, ;
fine girl.
Fred A. Morris, of Mexico, sold W
f. Settle a gray horse recently.
Mrs. Cable and children returned
home Tuesday after an extended visit
with her parents In Indiana.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
storv of Horses Death a Canard

r. p. Moore called at the LEDGER
office Tuesday and stated that the re-
port that Ike, his blooded saddle horse,
was dead, is a canard. The fine ami
NAL is in the best Of shape and the re-
port concerning the horses death is
without the slightest atom of truth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
wilkins Property Sold.

j. G. Wilkins has sold his home in
South Mexico to Mr.. M. Crum, FORM
erly of Illinois. Mr.. Crum owns sew
eral farms in Audrain county and has,
by this purchase, acquired title to a
valuable piece Of city property. Mr..
wilkins will remain in this city, but
will not build at present. The price
Maid was sl200.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
Fishing Party Home.

A fishing party composed Of Pate
Morris, Geo Malone, Ed Carter, VIM
Wayne, Bud Campbell and a cook did
some tall fishing stunts near Santa Fe
last week. But 40 squirrels were killed
also and II you ask Mr.. Malone con-
corning the stuffed squirrel he spent
two hours trying to kill be sure you
stand some distance from him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

The Misses Tuttle, Of near Mexico,
went to Columbia Monday, where they
will visit Mrs. Maude Martin and at
tend the commencement exercises OF
the Christian and Baptist Colleges.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

COUNTY NEWS.
BENTON CITY ITEMS.

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
BENTON CRY, May 16.--Misses Leila
and Nellie Cohoon spent Sunday with
their brother Cecil in Mexico.
Roy Foley, Of Springfield ILL.,, came
Monday to work for his grandfather
j. W. Foley.
johnson & Dowell shipped a mixed
car Of cattle and hogs to the st. Louis
market Monday night.
Quite a good many improvements
ale being made In this community
this spring.
Mrs. Hilderbrand who has been
quite sick is reported better.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
ELECTION NOTICE.

The ~policy-holders Of the Farmers Town
Fire Insurance Company OF Mexico
Missouri. viii hold their annual election for
at ONCE OF the Secretary ~(opposite
the City HalD the first Monday In June, t5th
inst.) The polls will open at . a. m. and re
main open until IL q. m.
Attest. LEA. CARIKR Pres.
d-wtd W. L. FOwLES Sec'y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

When you plaster that new house or
patch the old one, you want a good
hard plaster, one that will stay on and
help keep out the cold, don't you?
Well, don't experiment just get
Acme" its what you need, it fills the
bill. For sale only by La Crosse Lum-
Der Co.
We make good mill work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
We make good mill work.

Mrs. Mont Patrick returned from
Nevada Iowa Tuesday .evening where
she has been during the last sickness
Of her uncle Mr.. M. E. Hix, who died
Saturday May Ii. Mr.. Xix is the pre-
sent owner Of the Maxwell property
east OF town.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

The third piano recital by the pu-
pills of Prof. Frederic Fichtel, assisted
by the pupils of Miss Thomas, will be
given Thursday, May is,at the Hardin
College Concert Hall.
Those appearing on the programme
are Misses Maize Dickerson and Pearl
Carpenter, piano, and Miss Louise
Lakeland, vocal, all Of whom are talen-
ted young women.
These recitals are all well attended
and highly appreciated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
]. H. Kilgon Dead.

J.. H. Kilgon,of Council Bluffs, Iowa,
died at his home in that city May sth
OF heart disease. Mr.. Kilgon was an
employee of the Union Pacific railroad
company, and was a resident Of this
county a number Of years ago, where
he had many friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
BznroE T
i<1 Prosperous Growing Little
%. Sf6rounded With Fine
Country.

da Cit{ has two tirst-lass de-
&|I<3e5!1 sl0fes, where you can get
16 }Esl pfice for poultry and eggs,
|x0fl 21<1 f14f1 1et more pounds OF gro
ZEN Iar IND Dollar than you can at
1115 II 5Q1t ntighboring towns. Two
6I6ci1uIEh dnops, n up-to-date shop
~1111 }ru can get all kinds OF repair
work This shop has a cold tire SET
III t71a1 @IIi 1et 4 tires In Is minutes,
o1s I<1<- oIas> drug store, one tin shop,
o16 ur-1c-11Le feed and livery stable.
h6l6 7r1I1 buyers and stock buy
er<- Chine and give us a trial and we
Mn cco<inca you that we II right.
No Wii] furnish you a place to hitch
r6tIr homes you can spit where you
{ua< NJ you don't spit In our
sou need not go hungry or
an. HaFFfQn City Is located on the
mi ua)h md darlington railroads, 0
nuI|t5 41St of Mexico.
W3.d1 HENToN Cry BUSINESS MEN
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
Funeral of Mrs, Earnest Jesse

Funeral services over the remains
of Mrs. Earnest Jesse we're conducted
from the Salt river church Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The deceased
was a daughter Of o. W. Smith and
lived with her mother, near Cant,
She is survived by two children.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

All we ask is that when in need Of
anything in the building line you call
and see us and inspect our stock and
get our prices.
La CROSSE LUMBER co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

La Crosse Lumber Co.'S Ready Mixed
Paints; guaranteed strictly pure. Over
100000 gallons sold to date, sales in
creasing, which is a self-evident fact
that our paint is all we claim.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
$500 REWARD.

Want to purchase MILITARY
BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS. VIII
pay IS 90 reward to any person tell
ing me who has one, whether l buy 1t
OF not. ]. r. CmLDERs,
1902 e. 18th Street,
104t Kansas City, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Count Nathoo, the Magic Prince Of
India, has opened palmistry parlors
at III East Promenade st. Count
Nathoo is an astrologer Of ability and
his parlors bedecked in Oriental splen-
dor will be most tasteful.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Miss Gussie Brakemeier formerly
of this city is dangerously Ill at her
home near Marthasyille Warren 90.
she is a niece Of Fred Boeger and Mrs.
]. r. Dahlem Of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Col. Nelson, a prominent citizen Of
Jacksonville, Florida, is in Mexico
the guest Of his brother, ex-Sheriff
Mat Nelson. Col. Nelson has been to
Kansas City to attend a meeting Of
the Southern Baptists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
Mill Feed

is now cheaper than corr or anything
else. We offer it in 500 pound lots or
over at the mill. Bran, 90c per cwt,
Mixed Ship, 95c per cwt, Shorts, 81 per
cwt.
WIN. POLLOCK MILLING g. ELEv. Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

BLooMINeToN, ILL, May l5.-The
appointment was announced to-day.
G. w. Quackenbush, division freight
agent at Marshall Mo-, is promoted to
assistant general freight agent, with
headquarters at Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
Given 80 DAYS in Jail.

Wednesday afternoon in Judge
Bass court Kate Hutchinson who cut
Nell Crockett Sunday night in a
brawl, was sentenced to 90 days in
the county Jail. This was a com
promise on a "pen" sentence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Nelson Miller was fined $3.50 We'd
nesday morning, as agent for the
Wabash for allowing stock to be
placed In the Jefferson st. pens.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
Harry Lane Injured.

Harry Lane, the adopted son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Lane, had q hand bad
ly mangled Tuesday in the machinery
of Buckner's ice cream factory. 1t
may be necessary to amputate one OF
two fingers. The lad is ID years old.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

It's pretty hard to get lumber now,
but we bought early and have good
stock, but we had to hunt from the
Lakes to the Gulf and even out on
the Coast. We can supply you with
most anything you want in that line.
La CROSSE LUMBER co.
We make GOOD mill work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
We make good mill work.

Mrs. 7. E. Romans Of Martinsburg,
will leave next week for Fort Morgan,
Colo, on a visit to friends. Mrs.
Romans health has not been good, but
1t is hoped that the change Of climate
will prove OF material benefit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Mesdames J.. A. Guthrie, w. J.
Rixey, f. P. Van Ness, E. Med
Bridgeford and Ian Jones left Tuesday
for st. Louis to attend the meeting Of
the State Executive Board of the
Kings Daughters.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
pissolve P~artnershsp.

Ferris s. Freeman, plumbers, will
dissolve partnership this week. Mr..
Ferris will remain in the stove re-
pairing business, but Mr.. Freeman
has not decided what he intends to do.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Mrs. W. d. Thomas and son, of Full
ton, are in the city to attend the fun
eral OF Mrs. Thomas father, A. S.
Stevens.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

G. o. Messenger, Of Detroit, Mich
and Miss Eva j. Day, OF Brenymeri
Mo-, we're married in this city Sunday
Miss Day was accompanied to this
CITY by a friend.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Mrs. Nj. e. Crawford, wife Of DR..
is In st. Louis attending
the Reoekah Assemblage in that
CITY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

DR.. Fred Pitcher has returned from
Kansaz City. where he attended an
optical convention.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Mr.. Jerry Fowles, formerly OF this
city, and Miss Lettie Morris, OF Ash
land, Mo-, were married at that place
last Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
SANTA FE ITEMS

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
SANTA FEE, May 15.-Mrs. Sarah
Clement, of neal Worcester, died Mon
day afternoon at s O'Clock and was
buried at the Santa Fe cemetery We'd
nesday at A o'clock. Rev.B. G.. Reavis,
of Canton, Mo-, conducted the funeral
services. Mrs. Clement vas a good,
Christian woman and loved by all who
knew her. Deceased leavesa husband
and four children who are joined by a
large circle of friends to mourn her
death.
DR.. G. NJ. Baker returned home
Wednesday from Chicago, where he
has been for the past 8 weeks.
d. L. and Joseph Fleming have
completed their new implement house
and say the members Of both churches
are welcome to have their suppers
there.
Mrs. John Clement, and son, Lewis,
and daughter, Miss Alma, Of Mexico,
attended the funeral OF Mrs. Sarah
| Clement Wednesday.
Miss Josie Bullock entertained q
number Of young people Saturday
night.
Clarence Force, Of near Centralia,
spent Sunday In Santa Fe.
Miss Mollie Williams and Mr.. John
Cauthorn, of Moline, attended preach
Ing here Sunday night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Miss Agnes Roger, Of Madison, Mo-,
is here for = months visit with her
sister, Mrs. Kelly Wilkerson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
NEW SUITS FILED.

In the matter of Will Lee Hooker;
application for license.
In the matter of P. l. Simmons; ap-
plication for license.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

90 10 the Windsor Hotel for your
lnoa;s The hest table and cooking
guaranteed. Sunday dinner a spec
Ia:te. d&wtf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Mrs. Roxy Precht, of st. Louis, is
the guest Of her parents, Mr.land Mrs.
b. A. Thornburg, OF this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Col J. r. Richard, of st. Louis, was
the guest Of his laughter, Mrs. Elon
bearing, this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. M. Haskell left
Monday night for Iowa, where they
will spend several weeks with friends
and relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
Good Nebraska Corn

For sale in any quantity.
WIN. POLLOCK MILLING & ELEv. Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
Field Fencing.

We have Just received a car load Of
Field Fence. FERRIS s. CAUTHoRN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

German point de Paris French walls
an over laces and Swisses.
RrcfErrs i EMMoNs ID. G.. Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Daisy Flour Is made in Mexico and
40 better can be manufactured any
where. Ask for Daisy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Dip you sneep and hogs we have all
the best dips and lice killers known.
RlckErrs 8 EMMoNs ID. G. Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

julius Krieger, OF the Krieger Coal
Company, Of Martinsburg, was in
Mexico on business Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Portland Cement, Louisville Cement
Plaster Paris, Hair. We have them
La CROSSE LUMBER co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

@. d. Rodgers is home from a bust
ness trip 10 Texas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

]. n. Greer Is now the only
lisconed embalmer in business
In Mexico. w-dtf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18
Baled Hay and Straw Wanted.

Choice Timothy hay and nice bright
wheat or oats straw.
WIN. POLLOCK MILLING & ELEv. 90.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Mrs. II. S. Wilson is in Jefferson
City the guest OF Mrs. S. b. Cook.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Good grader. right treatment and
low prices are tho slogan Of La Crosse
Lumber %.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Allie X Adams, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
1<1f<e Adams Of this city, has
located In Anxsasse to practice den
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

See our ofgandies, Paris muslins,
French una Persian lawns.
HIoHHrrs & EMMoNs ID. G. Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Embroidered linen shirt waist pat
terms. w1-d3
R1cKEfrs s. EMMoNs d. G. Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Harvey Emmons is home from Wash
ington, ID. c., on a brief visit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

feffIa A Cauthorn have miles Of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

h. Crosby and wife are home
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Ile6is Miss Margaret Graham is
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Homc dressed meat, choice corr fed
becf. juicy and tender spring lamb,
veal and pork Carter's market, Har-
oar I.ocx w2-dtf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

We are oiIering muslin underwear
al reduced prices
RicKErrs Il EMMoNs ID. G. Go.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Harry Attefbury, OF Madison, Mo-,
Vas d Mexico visitor Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

T>irIs y Cauthorn are making close
pkIos1 on Vehicles.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

A s johnson and son, Kenneth,
me home from Colorado.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

nuberoid Roofing, time tried and
fire tesssd. For sale only by La Crosse
Lumber %.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

II. W. nv Il home from Montgom.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

E>7st IItcz4n had the first home
grown stfaNuerrIss on the market.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

I. P. H3}rIson. Of McCredie, was in
Mexico oa ouSIness this week
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

MIss Emsnz Buckner, of Paris, Mo,
Ii the euest b{ Nexico friends
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

kx38 SALE Young calves.
dz4Wtfs WARREN HEDGES,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Hrs, Duty. Of northwest Mexico,
feli Sunssy aud severely sprained her
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

The Mexico Athletics will play the
QentralIa ball Lean In that city Thurs
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Gel cur prices before buying a vehl-
Gle. They are the lowest.
ERRRIs & CAUTHoRN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Harry Edwards, Of Jefferson City,
has NOT purchased the Fulton Sun as
reported.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

mn Work, We have the best. We
operate our own factory, and know II
n NJ tho very best.
IA CROSSE LUMBER co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Mols6ir SHIRTS the newest thing.
H1cxkffs q EMMoNs D. G.. Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Ndop Truck s in Macon, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

M|s nesa Frazier is visiting in Gil
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

Doub|e clipped SIX gloves.
RicxxI r6 81 EMMoNs d. G. Co
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

d b, Graham IS in Kansas City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-18

EIt- +4|@| nv fist 10 oiiai anu VIC
MIN ccu<Iuca you that we are right.
No U1i1 furnish you a place to hitch
r8xI< homes. yOu can spit where you
51&t *0 you don't spit In our
SH15 you med not go hungry or
(1r4. AefFf0n City Is located on the
H4u1{1 1ud darlington railroads, Q
saSt III Mexico.
W3sd6 HHNIoN Cry BUSINESS MEN
M n. & Truck is Ill.
Ellop Truck IS In Macon, Mo.
b b. Graham is in Kansas City.
MI6 Bless Frazier is visiting in Gil.
N N. Try n home from Montgom.
LI&1Is Hiss Margaret Graham is
f4If|1 n Cauthorn have miles Of
n Il Crosby and wife are home
fr0I1 - &Quia-
E1iz|s y Cauthorn are making close
pf|oes on Vehicles.
A s johnson and son, Kenneth,
me home from Colorado.
Harry Attcrbnry, OF Madison, Mo-,
vasa Mexico visitor Sunday.
non SALE Young calves.
dzpWtf WARREN HEDGES.
M0l36lr Sklrts the newest thing.
Hlcxzrfa q EMMoNs d. G.. Co.
MIe Emmz Buckner, of Paris, Mo-,
Ii The suest of Nexico friends
Z. p Harrison, Of McCredie, was in
Mexico oa business this week
E<7st H1cz=n had the first home
grown s~tfaNderrIes on the market.
Double tipped SIX gloves.
Ricxxrx6 n EMMoNs d. G. Co
Acme Flastef. King Of hard plasters.
EoF snIe enIy ~ "a Crosse Lumber Go.
The Mexico Athletics will play the
0en1raIIn ball Team In that city Thurs
Mrs.. DUTY. Of northwest Mexico,
fell Sunday aud severely spraIned her
Gel our prices before buying a yehl-
Gle. They are the lowest.
EnKRis & CAUTHoRN.
Harry Edwards, OF Jefferson City,
has NOT purchased the Fulton Sun as
reported.
Ruberoid Roofing, time tried and
fire. tesssd. For sale only by La Crosse
Lumber %.
We are oiIering muslin underwear
at reduced prices.
RickErrs = EMMoNs d. G. Go.
]. N. Greer Is now the only
lisconed embalmer in business
Ia Mexico. w-dtf
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-07
STOCK MARKET
.DULL AND TAGGING
PRICES SLIPPED BACK FROM Ex-
HAusTloN OF DEMAND-TEM-
PoRARY SHOW OF STRENGTH
QUICKLY FAILED.

New York. May G.-Today's duh and
sagging stock market was in accord
ance with the general expectation and
was corroboratiye of the view that
yesterdays buying largely represent
ed profit taking by shorts With this
demand from the short interest sat
lsfied prices slipped back today more
from exhaustion of demand than from
and renewal of active pressure to sell,
Union Pacific and ST. Paul continued
heir leadership of the market ON the
| reaction as on the recovery.
There was some temporary show
of strength In other quarters but il
was not sustained.
! Unofficial reports which We're de
MED that Lake SHIRE had acquired
some blocks of Erie gave a firm tone
70 those stocks. The advance II
Northern Pacific was detrimental Il
the market rather then helpful. Sterl
ing ,exchang advanced a few point
and there is discussion amongst for
eign bank.fs Of the Possibility 2
an outgo Of gold to France. But tn
price of gold in London was lowe
and sterling exchange advanced a
Paris. thus indicating relaxation O
the demand for gold by Paris upo
London.
The market closed weak and dull
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-07
BEARSIN CONTROL
OF WHEAT PIT
SENTIMENT WAS 6EARlsH FROM
THE START, AND TRADING
WAS SMALL OWING TO DE.
MAND.

Chicago, May c.-FLOUR-steady.
Winter patents, s4lO@A.2o: straights.
SO sea 400; spring patents. $1,000
500 Straight. $Ss0@430; bakers
s2.40634O.
WHEAT Sentiment was bearsh
from the outset. Trading was small
owing 10 the lack OF demand. scatter
ed buying by commission houses being
the May source OF support The mo-
tive for selling was fonnl in the Ken
] lucky crop report which made the
| condition of winter wheat 90 on May
| /. against 80 the month ago. Another
Influence was wet weather northwest
and southwest. The market was
heavy the entire day. There were no
advices of a bullish tenor From the
start pit traders had quite liberal Of.
ferings The demand was not sufn
GENTLY active TO absorb the offerings
and prices gradually settled to a lower
! level The close was weak, July of
u Gpss. may Il higher
CORN Small receipts were the
dominating influence, the market
showing considerable firmnes5 not
wthstanding the weakness of wheat
Trading was extremely dull, shorts
principal buyers. Delay in planting
owing TO wet westher was hullisl
factor. July closed u higher. May VI
".
OATS-In sympathy with corn thi
market had firm undertone, Busi
ness was very quiet Trading wa
mainly in the way of covering b
shorts and taking off of hedges. Price
closed A1A higher.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-07
PEORIA GIRL rs ENGAGED
TO MILLIONAIRE NEW YORKER
Miss lola Powell Becomes Church So
oist in Metropolis and Meets
Robert Manner, Banker.

Peoria, Ill.,, May 6.--The engage.
ment was announced today of Miss
lola Powell of this city to Robert II.
Manner Of New York. whose wealth
Is estimated at $s,0oO.000 The young
man II to take the young woman and
her mother to Europe and the wedding
is to be In Paris in June.
Two years ago Miss Powell, daugh
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.. Powell, res
idents Of this city, left for New York
City to study music. It was with great
effort that her parents were enabled
to supply the necessary money to send
their daughter away TO complete her
musical education,
Miss Powell secured a position in
a prominent church choir and met
Robert II. Manner who was attendant
there and became interested In the
charming singer. They met ant
their friendship became love- Mis-.
Powell has been warmly received b,
the New York family.
The groom Is the junior member o
the firm OF Holgotten 4 Manner, bank
ers. aud inherited $S,000.000 at tn,
death OF his father. His grand,uoth
err Is said to be worth $i0,0oo,000.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-07
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago, May G.--CATTLE-Rc.
ceipts this week have been the small
est OF any week this year and In spite
of light demand prices closed 15m25
higher for good lots than week ago
The bul kof cattle crossed the scales
at $515G6.15, there being lack Of
choice heavy steers. Butcher stock
shows an average advance for the
week Of 10615.
Market active at yester
days advance, prices being called
steady.
SHEEp--Today's receipts were
largely consigned direct from Other
markets to packers Such offerings
as came on the open market sold a
unchanged prices. Both sheep ant
lambs have flrmed upon smaller re
ceipts and are higher than week ago
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-07
NEW YORK GRAIN MARKET.

New York, May 6.--WHEAT Re.
ceipts, 1000. Spot, irregular; No. 2
red, 81, elevator and 92A nominal f..
O. b, afioat Options closed DUR at u
"a net loss, May, go; July, S77s.
CORN-R Receipts, 5000. Exports,
10000 Spot. firm, No. 2, Sc elevator
and SO t. o. b. afoat; No. yellow, 54
No. white, 531a. Options closed 40
n net advance. May, SO: July, 52is.
OATS Receipts, $4,000; exports
5000. Spot, firm. Mixed, SAN gas;
white 35h @3Gh; clipped white, 351s
m39.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-07
ILLINOIS GOOD ROADS
CONVENTION OFFICERS

Pero.a, H., May G.--Permanent Or
ganization was effected by the good
roads convention by the election of
J. p. Bartholomew, president; Ralp N.
Bailey, secretary; Ferdinand Luthy,
treasurer; and number of vice presi-
dents, ,
Addresses were. made by Martin
Dodge, chief public road inquiry OF
the United Stares; Col. r. p. Rixey
of Missouri, ana VIM. Bradburn OF
Texas.