Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1911-06-01
u GENERAL NEWS NOTES !.

The balloon ascension of Aeronaut
Lindsey, Saturday, was attended by
several narrow escapes. He failed TO
reach any height so again the expect
ant crowd failed to witness the para
chute jump.
Going up he was almost thrown
from his position in the parachute by
striking the rear Of the building oc-
cupied by the Smoke House. Then
coming down he struck the roof of
a negro church, finally alighting on
Delssels blacksmith shop.
LEDGER SPECIAL.
Bowling Green May 25th, 1911.--
Tom Sanderson, Berry Davis and
Jalma Car have been arrested upon
a warrant sworn out by Ed Durand
They are charged with criminally as
saulting his 16-year-old daughter, Mar
garet. The assault is said to have
been made at the fair grounds one
night about month ago. The father
did notlearn of the matter until last
week.
The boys were taken before Judge
e. B. Omohundro and the bond of
each fixed at $1250, which was read
lily furnished.
Cape Girardeau, Mo-, May 25.-One
man was killed and two were in1ur-
ed in a wreck Of a Frisco fast
freight train Tuesday, and II cars of
merchandise burned. The wreck oc-
cured near Mcbride and was caused
by trestle giving way as the train
was passing over it. A tramp, E.A.
Sieger OF Walnut Ridge, Ark, was
caught in the wreckage and burned te
death. Another man stealing ride,
George Fisher of Cape Girardeau, wa
caught under the burning wreckage,
and in order to save his life trainme
had to cut off his leg with an ak be-
fore they could extrieate him. The
shoulder of Brakeman M. M. Mister
of Chaffee was dislocated when he
was thrown from the train.
S. M. Jordon, the Missouri Corn
man, has the following to say con-
eerniDg the fly;
This is on the suDposition that
each female lays l20 eggs at time;
that there are seven generations in
season; that no flies or >egges are
destroyed; that all hatch; and that 1t
would take 100000 flies to fill half
bushel measure.
II It be true that from one female
ly there would be seven generations,
what would be gained by swatting
the early fly?'
1t is said that each female lays
apcut 120 eggs at time and that
the brood is ready for reproduction IN
about fourteen days, Counting that
all eggs hatch, and that half, or six
ty of the young are females, then in
the seven generations there is the
enormous sum Of 126,779, $50 femal
cs born during the season of seven
generations.
It would require about 100000 flies
to make a bushel. Then from 4O,'
i26, ,779, $50 female flies there would
b. more than 100000 bushels. Five
hundred bushels to car load would
require forty cars, or two trains oil
twenty cars each.
In the figuring there would be as
many males as females, so If all the
eggs hatched and the young matured
and both male and female were filleC
into half-bushel measures and meas
ures placed side by side in a line
starting at the katy" station and
placed along the track the line
would reach nine miles beyond Seda
liza. This is reckoning the half bush
els measures as twelve inches In dial
eter.
Maybe these figures are fearful!
wrong, but try it once and see.
Wouldn't il pay to swat" the ear
| ly fly?
Montgomery City, Mo-. May 80
The famous old settlers reunion o
Montgomery County will be held thi
year without the presence of CHAM
! Clark.
! pitman Smith OF this county, pres
ident OF the association, has been nc