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Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-11
From the Montgomery City Ray.


The progress which Mexico is max
ing is worthy of consideration by her
nelghboring towns, and some of her
examples are worthy to be followed.
A few years ago the progressive ele-
ment exercised their rights with wis
dom and economy in building large
spacious and attractive public school
building. AS Is always the case the
old fogy elements protested bitterly
against such extravaganza in the, to
them, terror of public schools. Some
of the apartments were unoccupied
for sometime, and that served the
protesting people an additional cause
for complaint. They thought the
rooms unoccupied dead expense
an absolute waste. Soen thereafter
Hardin college WAS built-a splendid
structure. These structures, erected
in the interest of education, had a
telling effect on the growth and
wealth of the city. They attracted
people Of liberal and progressive
ideas. The city improved socially,
in population, enterprise, culture and
intelligence, so that the public school
building is found to be entirely too
small fer the demand, and will have
to be enlarged to accommodate the
great number of bright-eyed children
who daily attend school. Hardin COL
lege is we'll pstronized. People set
tie in Mexico to enter business pur-
suits, and others for the education of
their children, and still others invest
in real estate for speculation.
The influence of Mexico is being
disseminated throughout Audrain
county. The railroad debt once SO
large is being rapidly reduced. Peo-
pie and capital invited to Mexico and
that county are helping to pay the
debt. Such is the result of little
enterprise well utilized by few peo-
pie in in the county and town. This
paragraph is prelude 10 something
hereafter of a more local nature.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-11

L engaged an attorney to investigate
my claim to the title. 't
'sTo my intense astonishment, he
informed me, after rysshort time,
that / was indeed the immediate sue
cessor. With many legal prelimina-
ries, but no great difficulty, 1 was
installed in the title and possessions.
s'Since then / have made annual
visits to this country looking for my
little lady love, the crown of my hap
piness. All eff.rts were vain. l
could find no trace, but now, when
on the very verge of despair, / have
caught the heiress!'
s'And oh, George" faltered Emil
lie, laying her trembling hand on his
shoulder, scan you really forgive my
pride and distrust2"
His lordship's answer was so very
demonstrative we need not try to re-
cord 1t, and Will only add tlsat the
brilliant marriage ST the Epglish no.
bleman with the baauti.ssh AaaerieaI
belle-so the papers said-caused q
great fiutter, few weeks later, among
the fashionables on both sides of the
Atlantic.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-11
Z. e. CUDWORTH
TRUSTEES SALE
REAT, E,STATE'!

DY virtue of deed of trust dated
ID March the 1st, 1875. recorded IL
the recorders Office for Audrain
county, Missouri, in mortgage book
'K." page 3i7, made by William c.
Robnett, Thomas A. Arnold and
May I. Arnold. convened to me as
trustee, tho northeast quarter of the
northwest quarter, and the north
west quarter of the northeast quarter
of section ~ four, township (50) fifty,
range (9) nine the southw est quarter
of the southeast quarter, and forty
four acres off of the sonth end Of the
east half of the southwest quarter of
section (35) thirty-three, township
(5D flfty-one, range (9) mine, contain
ing in all one hundred and sixty acres,
more or less in Audrain county, Mis-
souri,, to secure the payment of a
Dromissory note therein described,
which note is due and unpaid. Twill,
at the desire of the holder of said
note, ON ~ ss ..
Tuesday, December 18th, 1879, y.
between the hours of 9 o'clock, a. IN. /,
and o'clock, p. M, sell said proper
ty, for cash, at public vendue, to the
highest bidder, at the east door of
the court house in the town of MeXi-
co, Audrain county, Missouri, 10 pay
OH said note, interest and cost of ex-
ecutiEg said trust. d!2 y" s-'
f'n ROBERT l.. ToDD,
3l-tdS. Riag Vs. srtyAa Trustee, s
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-11
Mistaken identify.

If the trunk manufacturers do not
quit making so many thousands of
valises exactly alike, somebody is 60
ing to get into some awful trouble
about it some time, and some trunk.
maker will be sued for damages
enough to build court house. AT
Burlington, Iowa, the other day--so
relates the Burlington Hawk-Eye-
an omnibus full of passengers drove
up town from the Union Depot. Side
by side sat commercial traveller and
an eminent lady lecturer. When the
omnibus reached the hotel the COM
mercial missionary seized his valise
and started out. The lady made a
grab after him, and he halted.
Il beg your pardon,'' she said,
Shut you have my valise."
"You are certainly mistaken, mad
am,'' the traveller said, courteously,
but firmly; "this is NINE"
'No, sir" the lady replied, firmly {:
sit is mine. 1 would know it among
a thousand. You must not take it. -
But the traveller persisted and the
lady insisted, and they came very
near quarreling, Presently one of
the passengers pointed to a twin va
lise in the omnibus, and asked:
"Whose is that?''
''lt isn't mine," said the traveller /;
''it is just like it, but this Is mine. -
''And it isn't mine" said the lady
she has mine, and I'll have it, or I'll
have the law on him. It's a pity if a
lady can't travel alone in this country
without being robbed of her property
in broad daylight.
Finally the traveller said he would
open the valise to prove his property.
The lady objected at first, saying she
did not want her valise opened in the
presence of a crowd of strangers
But as there was no other means o
settling the dispute she at length con.
sented. The traveller sprung the lock,
opened the valise, and the curious
crowd bent forward to see. On the
very top of everything lay big fiat
flask, half full of whisky, deck o.
cards, and one or two things thai
nobody knows the name of.
Madam" he said, ''you are right
The valise is yours. / owe you s
thousand apollo"
But the lady had tainted, and The
traveller relocked his valise with &
quiet smile. Early in the afternoon
a sign painter down town received {
note in feminine hand, asking hin
to come to the Barret House to work
a red-leather vslise in black letters 8
foot and half long.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-11
STRAY NOTICE.

TAKEN UP asstra,s. by Garter H.
= Dudley, of Wilson township,
Audfain county, Mo-, ON November
n, 1879, and posted lDecembsr2, 1879,
before Milton Blythe, justice of tie
peace of said township, two Q year
oaa steers--oaer a pale roar, half of
tile left horn broken off, white face
the ether a deep red, DO marks or
brands perceivabie, and appraised at
tine sum OF thirty dollars for both
steers BY Nj. j. Dudley. Eugene Dua-
ley and John +. Chase. Subscribed
and sworn to before me this 2lst day
of November, 1879.
$-4t MILTON BLYTHE, J.P.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-11
TIME TABLE.

St. Louis, K. G. 3 Northern " Time Table
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-11
study Your ,Catechisn,.

/. What is the chlet end Of the Re-
publican party? I'm
Grant. Ves
Who was the father of the Repnb-
lican party? n
e Grant.
!. Who first discovered that the world
was round? sav q s6
Grant. g.
Who died on a thousand battle
fields during the civil war?
Grant.
Who found Moses in the bull
rushes? seg,f ..9
Grant.
who sailed around the whisky
ring?
Who wrote the Declaration Of In
dependence? e.. 4, sgs
Grant. s., 4
Who was the first tanner?
Grant.
Who the hi is Grants
| Grant.
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07

necessities. The rump Legislature that
pretended to elect Mr.. Corbin TO the Sen
ate never had any existence beyond the
sriod when il was prote ctei by Federal
bayonets, and the rightfully elected
members of the House excluded from
their seats by fraud and their exclusion
aintained by force. Even when the
very best case is pr, sented in favor OF
Corbin that par isan ingenuity can invent
it carries upon Its own face the utter law
lessness os the Cor bin claim. 1t is al
Initted that a quorum OF the Legislature
is necessary to elect Senator. The
South Carolina House consists of 124
members as required by the Constitution;
but in order to defeat the popular will
and deny honestly elected members their
seats, the corrupt Returning Board issued
certificates of election TO but ll6 mem
bers of the House, and Of that humber
only 50 recognized and took part in the
proceedings of the House that voted for
Corbip. Thus, by TIE undisputed facts
as to the number participating IN the or
gam Zation of the carpet-bag rump House
there were less than quorum Of Repre-
sentatives in atte ndauce at any time, and
yet grave Senators pretend to call such a
body an organi zed House and compe tent
to elect a Senator. If that is law, Gov
ernor Hartrauft, Secretary Quay and the
Republican Clerks of the Pennsylvania
Legislature could have made the Legis-
lature of 1875 Republican and sent a Re-
nh bli cau In the. Sr nate in place of al
lace. All they need have done was IL
have withheld the certi ticates of enough
Democratic members TO change the ma
jority, just as the South Carolina Return
ing Board did, and organize both
branches without them, " hether a quo
rum attended or not Such an attempt al
lawle>spess in feRnsy lvania would have
been accepted 10y decent men of all par
ties as revolutionary, and instead of send
ing a Republican Senator TO Washington
it would more likely have landed Hart
ranft and his rump Legislature in the
Susquehanna; and yet just such state
of facts makes Corbin's sule claim to 6
seat IN the Senate.
1t is not surprising that a characterles,
adventurer like Corbin would be glad tc
crawl into the Senate by any slimy u
sinuous path that opened for him; bu
what is to be thought of such men a
Hoar, of NJ Massachusetts,, and Cameron, o
Wisconsin, thus stultifying themselves
before he country by sustaining repor
that does violence to both law and Sena
torial decency."
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07
PUBLIC SALE

VIII be sold at public sale, % W
OF Andrew HaruHn, on The ptrr1'|
Squire Farrie's Corner and Js!'|
Pencader HID, ON
THURSDAY, February tie e 4
sale commencing at L Ot.a
One nay horse, Frank, coming
Old, a nne traveller and wlI wa;
kinds of harness one bay msh
coming eight years Old this spA
good tIaveier, and works quitt ~.
OF harness and is a splendid iaMA'
3 head OF first-class milch cowsr
will be in profit by day OF sat
ana others sprInging. two yeai 10
slS heller, good stock, now
springine, 5 yearling heiiers isVS
/ . shOat pigs. I'd
Farming Implements One ",
on, IN good order, I Germarlos.
/ dugout wagon, | Nanwickle
steel tooth horse rake, new, ~
sheller. roller, grinds'Oht'
box, wheelbarrow, one large
one mixing trough, moving "
| grain cradle, barn shovel. ~
rows. cultivators, forks, rakes' M
on, plow and carriage harness w.
brides, Z, ain bags, barley iorM.
half interest of IL acres oi WIG"
ground. ,,au
CUNDITIONs.-All. .ums olp.
der, cash; over that amount e'9s
months will be given, by tpe
giving q bs n kable note Win aprs
dorser, or three per cent. on io' nj
est from date. j. M' M
". j. LANK, Auctioneer
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07
nsnr

WASHINGTON, Feb. Che Piesi-
dent sent tie fol owing minations
to the Sena e to-day Martin l.. Towns
end, to be United States attorney for the
northern district OF New York ; \. +.
Banks, to be United States marshal Tor
Massachusetts, j. n. Patterson, United
States marshal for New Hampshire
John Parker, United States marshal for
the Yves ern district of Michigan; James
Iorian-, United Stat Mar hal for tt e
eastern district of Arkansas Sherman
Conant, United States malshal for the
| no. thern district OF Florida Dccius >
Wade, chief Justice Supreme court o
Montara Territory John B. Allen, I'm
ted States at orney for Washington Ter
| rltnrN.
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07

GEN. BUTLER las set himself to work
has moved an amendment to the army
piopriation bill, which authorizes rail-
roads to build AID operate telegraph
li,es for government and commercial
purposes. The present telegraph mo-
nopoly is oppressive and will continue to
be so until every facility is given for the
use of the telegraph by all the railroads
which may have or see proper to extend
lines for the accommodation of the pub
lie. General Butler has said he would
urge the adoption of his amendment
and repeated on Wednesday that sit
could not be defeated without giving
very plain reasons for such voc. There
is rule IN the House which forbids
members voting upon measure in which
they are personally interested. How
many members Of the Forty fifth Con
gress can vote under that rule against ;
proposition which antagonizes monopo
ly will be point of order to be teste,
when the time comes. All | can sar
now Is that the point of order cannot b
overruled without an attempt on my pan
to make the fur fly" 1t is a scanda
upon the Senate and House that an
such monopoly should be kept up fo
the personal aggrandlzement of the
members and it is known that men
bers Of both Houses are interested in I'll
stock of this monopoly.
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07
PUBLIC So

The subscri ber intehuiinss ssing Os
stock his sisters farm, 10y iariIl .ell \
south of summit Bridge W." :.
lie sale, on a,v 18th, IN
his entire personal prop,eiIllSyeVm lSe NIUE
consisting of one. par rI,.1es, ? Al
workers, 5 good brood iis : rood Y
OF which are with ioal. tso N
work or driving horsesii eut\l
year old colts, exc LII lre,I Il
stock, Z milch COWS, p; IN nrodl \
ysung heifers, Will De e,nil III grsna
sale one 3 year old bull s II go@l Y
Brady Cow, 2 farm was aasuaijng. Mi .bols
one hay rigging. one ca.w as new, w
new, one sleigh, good ns h, plopgl
rows, 6 cultivators, Piouer rolas, n
wagon harness, brides ,hipgs %
fol ks, and many elmer a
toned. All supl';
ceedlng SO, cash op aht sd moplg,.
amount, q credit OF eigh ling
given the purchaser 4 and slH'
note with interest added, hscrlbeIo "A
to be approved by the ".
Sale to omm snce st 10 0''
jan3OrW
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07

AN AMERICAN SAILOR named Webb
has teen found guilty of murder in the
first decree for killing quartermaster
belonging to the Russian fleet at Negas-
XII, Japan. They had been drinking
freely Of some poisonous composition
made by the Japanese. An effort will be
made to have the sentence commuted by
the President to Imprisonment. If there
is no interference he will be hanged du'
ring this month or March, and will bt
the first to be hung among our seamei
in that country.
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07

York yesterday heard the testimony of
Col. w. T. Pelton in relation to the ci-
pher ,elegrams. He admitted that there
were negotiations for the purchase of
the Florida returning board, but when
Mr.. Tilden heard of them he denounced
them, was very angry with Pelton, and
declared he would sooner die than allow
himself to be put in the Presidential
chair under false pretenses. The COM
mittee at Washington examined Joseph
Ii. Maddox further as to the st. Martin
affidavit, denying generally its statements
as far as he was concerned.
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07
The Plague.

The Plague is crv eating great alarm
in Europe. Both Austria and Germany
are isolating themselves from inland ILL
tercourse with the Russian cities. The
cessat ion of the g ain trade would be a
calamity of no ordinary magnitude, for
ply for the west Of Europe, as it is the
region whence there is the larest exports
OF b,eves to the heart of the Continent.
The deficiency in these two important
articles If Substance will have to be
made up by this country. Our ability to
meet this extra demaud depends much
on our own exemption fIom the scouIge.
he health of the Nation, as well as our
commercial interests, are at stake. Thus
far nothing has been done, perhaps from
the belief that the ocean forms an insur-
mountable obstacle to the extension OF
the Epidemic to tuis side of the globe
| The great plague Of London of 1860 w4s
caused by woolen stuiis imported from
Ill Jlldnd, which had received them from
he Levant. A bale Of goods, singl,
woolen garment, is sufficient to carry tn,
plague thousands Of fmiles away. A srlec
committee Of the British House of Com
mons, in 1919, reported it was the mos
contagious of all kind of diseases. OF al
the maladies that have scourged th
human race, the plague is the most fatal
In one year it has destroyed S0,00O,0O
of people. Physicians are cenversaut wit
its symptoms, but they have been unabl
thus fan to combat it by any rem die
which they have adopted. There is Ii
protection against its ravages but til
project isolation of the country in whic
it exists. In London, in 1865, plague il
fected houses were shut up, and their in
mates prohibited from outside ntercours
There would not be so much danger
the universal spread of the plague wei
the facilities of intercommunication b,
: tween the different countries of IL
world less general then they now ar
Stringent sanitary precautions cannot
. too soon adopted to prevent this insido
u epiGemic from reaching our own shores
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07
PUBIICSAl

VIII be sold a public sale, or !.
adjoining Christiana Fiilase,
Clay Creek Hundred, now o'''''
George Lewis, en- .,
THURSDAY, FEBRUAhi ~
al 10 O'Clock, q. m. three heau i, i.
good work or driving horses
head of good cattle, fresh COW, ]
Q coming in profit. 8 two yeAIs sIsr
old, with calves, 2 yeaTliDgs,,,,s
old, enc Q year old bull, eA"
ch hlckens, one SOW and pits. cbop
FARM IMPLEMENTs.-o,h,oo, osl
pans and Q o.ns, one lawn roiie,' ,
al um roller, one farm wasos a.,
dearborn 8, one \ FORK carrlse as
cart, . twin harrows, ono ,nrs, 4
ploughs, 4 cultivators one his Ie sui
grindstones, . sets OF douv' nn, !
trees, 2 corn shelters, tra,n 40
box, mixing box, feed ches, cbals
ness, one wheei- rake. u COW COVE ., 0
trough, 2 crsd es and sey'ne one sti
machines, one wheat drlii .s m no, Id
row and many other articie'
toned, .g sni
cash: all over that amouh,.h me vi
months will be given Dy IN appr :
Sar.ass '"A X. Nj. GhiaIr::
d"rSer' GEO. ~ SSiI "
| Merrick 4 Drake. Aucts.
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07

THE NEXT SENATE.-The Democrats
in Congress should enforce the repeal of
the enforcement laws, under which
thousands of U. 5. Marshals, Deputy
Marshals and Supervisors are appointed
to control the elections in the several
States for partisan purposes. T his should
be done If thereby the risk of an extra
session were incurred. There wou ID
then be an extra session of the Senate
which would enable the Democrats to
reduce expenses in various ways, or force
Hayes to veto their measures. The next
Senate, assuming that Senator Butler, OF
South Carolina, will retain his seat against
the claim of Corbin will contain forty-two
Democrats, thirty-three Republicans and
one independent (Judge Davis) will
Democratic inclinations. Even shoult
Corbin be admitted under the severity o
party pressure, the next Senate woult
certainly take very early occasion t.
turn him out, so that the political com
plexion of the body may be regarded a
settled at ten Democratic majority
counting Judge Davis.
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07

A REVOLUTIONARY REPoRT.-The
Philadelphia Times, which claims to be
non-partisan, but whose editors vote with
the opponents of the Democratic party,
characterize the report of the majority OF
the committee of the Senate in the But
ler-Corbin case, as Revolutionary Re.
port" and furnish sound argument fol
so stigmatizng it. 1t says this report sis
one Of the many painful evidences sc
common these days, of the utter subor
bination of both law and justice to party
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07
PUBLIC SALE

VIII be sold at public sale, on the Farm
o. 05d Robert HUI. u.band's, deceased. nan,
Thompson's Bridge, Christiana Id e"t
miles from Wilmington, on "''
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1879
AT II O'Clock, m.
head of good work or driving bors,, :.
mich cows, some with calves bv t,,,.i,
siots, DINERS sprin. ing one year old bnll
shoals, &c. Farming Imnl, nnr,u p"'i
farm wagons, York waeon pe iiienis.-.
+, ninmr marke. dearborn, horse cart, 2 sIeishws w
PiowS, nafrows, cuitivator. fork, rakes
noes, &C IRON harvester, mower and raa .
er com bined. good horse rake. Vapp Ieap
@'nSRae carris ian, grain bags. wagon, blow ann M
| Loo iidse narheAs, 2 sets heavy bin chairs
log chains, alss dairy fxt1rrs' snch vn1,ns -,
pans pans nucs ets, churns, cream cans Mil II,
bav b'I he %ut ,h ~ acres wheat In the gIound
,ess SoN NDiTIONs,-Al! sums of sao an,
mon,hs Iusn, = %, oyer that amount, a credit Of
oaas nivina VIII be given, by the purchase ~,
dorser. THE mi Wita approved en-
janl6-w3t4 N' nuc'ioheers
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07
The Worst About Talnla &c

F ON The Springfield Kepublleah.
Taimaee is good advertiser. Few
c.ergymen with so mall modicuih OF
brains could get the Brooklyn Presby cry
to sit on him in this solemn way. Now
if lie had any intellectual or other wares
worthy the attention of the p, ople the
advertisement might tie of some advan'
tage to The public. Talmase may be
dishonest and he may not ; his worst
of, nse, in any case, is that he is dol key
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07
FEBRUARY = 1870

The DAILY GAZETTE is sent to all parts
of the country, postage paid, for THREE
DOLLARS year, IN ADVANCE. II contains
all the local news and most important
news of the day. IT gives in brief just the
news the farmer or the business man need,
at half the cost of the two cent papers
and as much as man onght TO read of an
evening or morning. Subscribe for 1t at
tnce by remitting money order for a
year or six months
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07

CALIFoRNIA eXcels in many things.
lis grape w,ne is better than that of
France, and grapes there dry up to excel
ent raisins. Beer made from hops and
malt las a finer flavor than beer of any
other State. The land grows more wheat
10 the are the fruit is larger so are
Tie flowers. In San Francisco ladies' are
seen wearing seal skin cloaks in August
as well as in February-there is said to
be so little variation in the climate
Boot-blacks have small booths in the
streets, where gentleman is invited to
take seat in a splendid arm chair and
furnished with the daily papers which lie
may look over while lie receives ga
shine" for only ten cents. Everything
i'll the Golden City, it seems, is done Oh
grand scale, of which the people of the
old States can scarcely fonn conception
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07
SHOULDER sPRAlNED.

VIM. X. Brieh', Esq, President OF the
Levy Courr, while going into the Judges
room at the Court, House, on Wednts s
day evening, slip, ed on the steps and sc
veiely sprained his shoulder. His inIu
ries, however, ale Lot very serious.
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07

INDEFINITELY PosTPoNED.-The ac-
tion of the City Council last night in
postponing indefinitely the bill asking
auth rty of the Legislature to borrow
$4,000 for removing the pumping APP
a atus from its present position at tide
water to Rockford, and lay thirty-inch
pipe from that place to the Cool Spring
Reservoir" Will meet the wishes of oul
people generally. The GAZETTE ha,
openly and fairly opposed this project
and We said in previous issue of this
paper that the Council had no wisl
to make this change if it was not desire,
10y the people, and their opposition to i
was we'll manifested at the pubic meet
ngof property-holders on Tuesday night
The daily gazette., 1879-02-07
ian24-lund
n OTICE-TO WATER KENTEhs.

NJ OTICE-TO WATER KENTEnS-
IN OFFICE WATER DEPARTMENT
WILMINGToN. DEL, Dec. 10th, 1878.
The bills for leI9 are now ready and paw.
able at the registrars Office, No. 1000 Mar
ket street. The law requires that all bills
paid on or before January 3lsf. isIe the
face OF the bill those paid during Inc
month OF February, FIVE per cent. addi-
tionsl those paid during the month of
March. ten per cent additional, and any
amount remaining unpaid alter A pril lsi
1879 the registrar is required to have the
ferrules Withdrawn and suit Instituted 10,
the recovery OF the amount due and The
water Will not be let into such premises
until such arrears, with assessm ents ano
81 for drawing ferrules are paid. Offic,
hours, . a m 10 pm.
WI MORROW,
uecll-eod Jan ,1eb,eod Registrar.