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Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
. NEW TO-DAY.
Trustees Sale.
<N1HEREAS, james f. Carter and

HfHEREAS, james T. Carter and
w Sarah A. Carter, his wife, by
their deed of trust, dated on the 10th
day of September, a. ID. 1874, and re-
corded in book ''k." at page 1874, ct
seq. of the trust record in the office
of the Recorder of deeds, IN and for
the county of Audrain and state of
Missouri, conveyed to the undersign-
ed, as trustee, the following describ-
ed tract and parcels of land situate
in the county Of Audrain and state
of Missouri, to-wit: The southwest
quarter of section (5) five, 160 acres;
and the southeast quarter of section
(6) six, 160 acres, in township tifty-one
(51), and range (8) eight west. Also
the north half of the northwest quar-
ter fthe southeast quarter, of sec
ton (2) two, 20 acres, and the south
east fourth of the northeast quarter
OF section (1D eleven, in township
(5D tifty-one, range (9) nine west
containing in all, $50 acres, as will
appear from the description thereof
in said deed oftrust, and from de-
cree of the Audrain county circuit
court, rendered at the January term
thereof, 1877, and recorded in book
"L." of the circuit court records, at
page Al, ct seq. i'll the Office of the
clerk of said court i'll and for said
county, ordering and decreeing that
the description of said land as Civ.
Ell in said deed of trust be changed
and corrected so as to conform to the
agreement of the parties thereto, in
trust to secure the payment of, and
to pay certain bonds and coupons in
said deed described. And, whereas
said bonds and coupons have long
since become due and remain unpaid
Now, therefore, at the request of tho
legal holder of said bonds and cou.
pons, and by virtue of the power in
me vested, by the terms of said deco
of trust, will, on
Thursday, January the 8th, 1880
at the east door of the court house il
SAID county of Audrain, between the
hours of 9 9O'clOck A. NJ, and O'Clock
p. NJ, of said day, sell ali the righ'
title and interest of the said Jane.
Il. Carter and Sarah A, his wife, il
and to the said lands, at public ven
due, to the highest bidder, for cash
to pay said bonds and coupons an(
the costs of executing this trust.
WILLIAM w. TUTTLE,
33 ids. Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
Sad heath.
we say.

One of the saddest deaths that we
ever chronicled took place in Saint
Louis county last week. Miss Sallie
Trimble, We'll known among society
people Of Mexico, died of hereditary
consumption. Miss Sallie was a
daughter of w. H. Trimble formerly
Of Galloway. She was only % years
old--one5of the most loveable and
amiable girls we ever met; admired
by all who knew her. Her remains
were inferred in the family cemetery
in Galloway county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
DIED.

At PIattsmOuth, Seb., Nov. IA, Richard Judy
departed this life after lingering illness of three
weeks Of typhoid fever. Deceased leaves wife
and two children offender years.
Mr.. judy was son OF On cOuntyman Mr..
John \. Judy, and was born in Clark county, Ky,
March I4th, 1850. He was buried from the Bap-
list Church at Mexico on sunday morning the
Both ult., where appropriate and impressive
service was delivered by Rev. Mr.. Maple. A
large concourse of friends and relatives followed
his remains to their last resting place at Mexico
Cemetery.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

1t is as hard for NJ. Y. Duncan to
tell the truth when he gets to writing
on politics, as it is for him to keep
from showing that all the matter with
him is that he can't get Office in the
Democratic party. Duncan stated,
not long ago, that the Grcenhackers
nearly carried Massachusetts. Ed
dings, the candidate on that ticket
for Governor, only got 1,645 votes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
A Lost Pocket Book,

Mr.. VIM. Towner, the popular
conductor on the G. & A. r. R., met
with quite misfortune last Thurs
day night while en- route west from
Roodhouse-said misfortune being
the loss of his pocket book contain
ing 1922. Mr.. Towner informed a
Press reporter that the money was
lost somewhere between the Illinois
river bridge and the Stock Yards in
this city. He thinks, perhaps, the
book worked out of his pocket as he
sat in one of the seats of the car.
The loss of this sum falls pretty
heavily on Mr.. T., who is an indus
trious young gentleman, and we
trust that ere long he may be lucky
enough to again recover his money.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
tsEfnleR."

''Etalec" was rendered by a troupe
from Columbia last Tuesday night at
our opera house to very small audi
ence. The troupe was re yistered as
.'the best one that ever used tooth
picks, =" "EtaIce is a darling" &c.
The advance agent, or whoever did
the registering, must have had very
poor taste, or was fooled in our
people.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

B. f. Dobyns, county collector,
has just collected $4,000 taxes at
Vandalia, and 81, 200 at Martlnsburg.
He is at Sailing to-day. The &. & A.
r. r. has paid it taxes, $500; and
the North Missouri has paid half OF
it's taxes, $4,000. Farmers should
not fail to pay their taxes before the
penalty i3 attached.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
Mexico Still Ahead.

We have now got the live hardware
mana man that will not be under
sold by anyone. Geo. Leslie Ferris
has bought out H. w. Gleason, and
filed the house full of stoves and
hardware. He has all OF the latest
style stoves, and says he will sell or
bust. Leslie is business. Give him a
call at H. w. Gleason's old stand,
west side of public square. 29-tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Eph Sells, of s lis Bros. circus,
tried his best while in Mexico last
week, to engage NJ. Y. Duncan for
next season. He thought there was
big money in Duncan. the great po-
litlcal contortiOnIsl. Duncan said I:
go away, Eph-don't tempt ne
money is something i can't resist.
AS the G.-B. party is dead l would
rather join circus than not, if you
will payienough.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

B. L. Locke, our well-known and
popular county clerk, has one pc
culIarity. He smokes once q year.
Every Thanksgiving day he pur-
chases box of fragrant Havanas and
with his friends, sends his thanks up
ward amid the smoke of franklin
cense. We started to write poem,
but failed, as usual.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
Attention, Chewcrs and SmOk-
RHsSs

John Jones having purchased the
tobacco stand one door south of Bragg
& Hiner's harness shop, formerly oc-
cupied by J. j. Parks, will keep a
large and full assortment of chewing
and smoking tobacco, cigars, pipes,
cigarettes, and in fact everything usu-
ally kept in first-class tobacco and
cigar store. SLIT.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

A grand literary. entertainment
will be given by the Mexico public
school on the 23d of December. En-
tertainments of this kind should be
encouraged by the public, for they
stimulate our young to more and bet
ter study,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Dick Judy, formerly of Mexico,
died in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, last
week. His remains were brought to
Mexico and Inferred last Sunday.
Dick was a whole souled fellow and
had host of friends. He died OF
typhoid fever, which has been very
fatal this fall.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Bob. White, OF the Mexico LED
GER, is a sumner Paris Mercury.
Bro. Mason, we can't find that
word in our dictionary, Bible or ge-
ography and shall not speak to you
until you explain yourself. If you
mean anything out Of the way and
want to fight, go out and fight the
Utes,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

DIR. BrooTne mas sold Ills residence
and the good will of his practice to
DR.. Humphrey, of Mexico. The
former goes to st. Louis. and will
occupy professional chair in a col
lege there, and also retain his con-
nection with the railroad company
Moberly Headlight.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

The thanks of Mr.. John A. Judy
and lady are rendered to the citizens
of Mexico for their kindness and at
tention extended to them during their
sad bereavement, and particularly to
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin, of the Martin
House.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
RenlOYaIs

J. N. Coons & Son, have removed
their stock Of dry goods, etc., three
doors north, to the room formerly oc-
cupied by G. D. Ferris. They will
remain here about a month, when
they will remove to their elegant new
building on north side of square.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

So buys a stove large enough for
your bed room, 81 buys stove large
enough for your sitting room, and SO
buys a stove large enough for your
parlor at Geo. Leslie Ferris w .
Gleason's old stand, west side of pub
lie square. 29-tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

| have no partner, and divide my
profits with no one. L have SAID |
would sell stoves cheaper than any
one, and l now repeat it. Call and
see for yourself. Respectfully,
Gao. LESLIE FERRIS,
Ii. w. Gleason's old stand.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Last week some of our exchanges
did not get any LEDGER, and this
week we will have to send them half
sheets. The demand fol extra copies
and the weekly increase in our sub
scription list, keeps us short of papers
each week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

We learn that some of our Jour
nalists have gone to buying work
that Is, they say: "You give me
that Job for so and so and L will pay
you SO much" Merit will win,
though, in spite of such work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Colonels Hutton and Switzler, in
their mutual admiration meeting this
week, both deplored the fact that the
"dear people don't appreciate honest
and able politicians" (That means
thauS
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

The citizens of Fulton have sent a
petition to Superintendent Vanhorn,
of the c. & A. railroad, with re-
quest to put on two trains day on
the branch road from Mexico to JEFF
ferson City. Our people should
join with their nelghbors and secure the
extra trains-it will he ''business"
for Mexico. Jefferson City is going
in with the "boom." We believe
the matter has been referred to Col.
Wood, superintendent of this divi-
sion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

The editor of the Knob Noster
Gem wrote couple of items with i.o
reference 10 each ether ct all and the
foreman run them in as follows:
DIED.-Thursday, Nov. 20, Mrs.
Hammond. Tuesday, Nov. 26, Mrs.
McFarlane, aged II
In Heaven above, where all is love.
There Ii he no more frizzed hair there.
Nor fruit tree agents. nor walking
matches, nor round dances, nor high
iOnesOmes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

The Knights of Honor will meet at
grand Jury room Friday nighs at 1-2
O'Clock sharp. All those desiring to
be initiated will be on hand promptly
JoUETT ToMLINsoN, Reporter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
Harner Il Turner.

Don't fail to read Harper & Tur-
ner's mammoth advertisement in this
issue of the LEDGER. This firm is now
doing an immense business. Their
stock is complete in every depart
ment. They are daily receiving goods
from the east. They pay cash, and
can sell cheap for the same. Call in
and see for yourself-no trouble to
show goods. Accommodating clerks
ever ready to wait on you.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Wanted, Immediately, 500 second
hand cooking and heating stoves, for
which ! will pay cash or exchange
for new ones.
GEO. LESLIE FERRIS,
III. w. Gieason's old stand.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Finest stock Of canned goods in
the city, bought before the raise in
canned goods and to be sold at bed
rock prices at, Opera House Grocery.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

When newspaper man prates
against personal journalism and begs
you to let up on him and then goes
off and rails at you with the lowest
kind of personalities, he might be
called fiddle string, only he is not
dried nor is he of the right species.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

AAAUEo FFf1nICIAN,
Midwifery and womb diseases made
a speciality. Consultation in regard
to chronic diseases of women and
children free of charge. Office and
residence first house north of the Old
Catholic Church, Mexico, Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Ny old friends will find me at the
cred Star Grocery" near Southwest
corner of the square. Fresh goods
always on hand. Give me a call.
81 II. R. III. HERMAN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
Mules Wanted +.

l am buying mules, and will do so
indefinitely. Can be found generally
at The office of my father, or at the
mule yards of A. W. Quisenherry &
Co., on Liberty Street,
3l-tf. A. W QuEsEERERgy=
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

One reason why Chicago is not a
healthy place is because the country
around is always Ill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

H. W. Gleason has sold his stock
of stoves and tinware to Geo. Leslie
Ferris, and Leslie has filed the store
full, and will not be undersold. Give
him q cali. 29-tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
Fresh oysters at Callaway's cheap.

If you want to insure your property
call on c. w. Baker, who is known
to have the leading Fire Companies
and who protects his policy holders
inthe event of loss, lift.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

"Jake." the proprietor of Jake's
saloon, is sole agent in Mexico for
Budweiser's Bohemian Beer. Drop
in and try it, the best in the market :.
a1-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Nobbiest eastors, cake baskets,
fruit dishes, butter dishes, berry
dishes, card receivers and vases ever
brought to this city at Lyman Fet-
ter's. 33-5t.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
% Fact ="

Bob White, of Mexico, gets out
the most readable paper north of the
Missouri river. Fact.-Knob Nos
ter Gem.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Pure buckwheat -four, fresh prunes,
currents, dates and figs, at Smiths
Opera House Grocery.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

If you don't believe that Taylor
manufactures the best bed spring in
town, go get one on trial. 90 If.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

|. Call at /. P. G. Taylor's manufac-
tory and examine the Centennial Bed
Spring before you buy. 20 If.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Nails, locks, hinges and stoves at
Geo. Leslie Ferris at Gleason's old
stand. 29--tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

The latest in the silverware line at
Lyman Fetter's. 33-5t.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

For everything in the jewelry line
that is exquisite 60 to Lyman Fet-
ter's. 93 st.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Hinze is the cheapest dealer in fur
niture in the West. PIT.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Jewelry Of every description for
the holidays at Lyman Fetter's. 33-5t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Null q Tominson have opened a
grocery store just east OF Harper's s
& Turner's. Call and see them. 31-tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
SessssOns<

Bob White, Of the Mexico LEDGER,
is occupying the most of his first
page each week with sermons. Just
wait until the matrimonial yoke gets
little old and Bob will lose all taste
for long sermons.-Clarksville Sen
tinel
The very next sermon we publish
will be one Of our wife's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

The stars did not fall, but Null &
Tomlinson are selling groceries low
just the same. Sl.tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Rings, plain Is karat, cameo, ame-
thyst, diamond, pearl, &C., at Lyman
Fetter's, 33-5t,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
What Does the wild wind Says

Buy your heating stoves of George
Leslie Ferris, without delay, at H.W,
Gleason's old stand. 29-tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Don't forget Callaway's for fresh
oysters.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Watches of all styles, sizes and
prices at Lyman Fetter's. asst.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Hinze's is the place to get good
and cheap furniture. 27-tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
Wanted :

Fresh oysters by the pint, quart or
gallon at Red Callaway's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
Order of Publication.
Audrain Circuit Court, Oct. %, 1879.

The state of Missouri, at the relation
and to the use Of b. +. Dobyns,
collector of the revenuc for Audi ain
county, plaintiff,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04
New Firm, and New Goods.

Messrs. Clark Sc Turner will open,
the 1st of December. in the Shootman
building, one door south of the milli-
cry store, a large stock of groceries,
which were bought for cash, before
the recent great advance. If you
want cheap fresh groceries, queens
ware, table cutlery, pocket knives,
tobacco, cigars, or anything else kept
in tirst-class grocery store, call aud
see them. The highest market price
paid for butter, eggs, feathers and all
kinds of produce. Also, a full supply
of the genuine Stewart Singer Sewing
Machines; oils. needles and other at
tachnents for all kinds of machines.
Secondhand machines 10 rent. S2-tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-04

Farms and unimproved land fo
sale. Some good farms for rent thu
ensuing year.
33-tf. JAMES w. DANIEL.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-05-16
VictOria's Fear Of Assassination.

Queen Victoria was strangely moved
when she heard the news of the at
tempted assassination of the Gear. She
has a morbid dread lest somebody shall
take it into his head to put an end to
her happy reign by shooting her. She
never travels even from Westminster to
London without an escort of from three
to twelve stalwart gentlemen. Four of
these attendants went to Italy with her
to enjoy the sceuery and to protect her
from assassins. A correspondent of the
Cardiff Times relates an incident of the
Queens passage through Edinburgh a
few years ago. She had gone thither
to unveil statue of the Prince Con-
sort. The city was full from gate to
gate with loyal and enthusiastic popu-
lation. All went well with the process
sion, till, just as it was about to turn
into the square in which the statue is
erected, sudden stoppage occurred.
The Queen. who was sitting in an open
carriage, seemed struck with sudden
terror. She started, clutched the side
of the carriage with her hand, and. with
every vestige of color fed from her
face, hurriedly asked what was the mat
ter. 1t was nothing but a cavalry horse
performing maneuvers not included in
the programme, but it seemed as If she
thought that another brainless boy had
been caught with his obsolete musket
loaded with red pocket-handkerchiefs
and his head filed with designs on the
life Of the Queen of England.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-05-16
Wood, Taber & Morse, Eaton, n. V
Portable Engines.

Messrs. Wood, Taber g. Morse, of
Eaton, Madison county, N. Y, are the
oldest manufacturers of portable steam
engines in the country, and, for the past
twenty-five years. have stood where they
stand to-day-at the head of this great
industry. They have made the con-
struction of their engines study from
a scientific as well as a practical point
of view, and, as a consequence, have
produced the most complete and effec-
tive engines ever put on the market for
portable purposes. Their agricultural
engines are especially adapted to the
work for which they are designed, and
have found steadily-increasing favor in
the eyes of the agriculturists through
out the country. The necessity for the
use of steam upon farms of any magni-
tude is daily becoming more manifest,
and its use for different purposes grows
more general with each succeeding
ses,o1. aerc, q everywhere else, steam
is Q Ersat economizer, and it's savings
can be Selt directly and counted up to
the penny. The experience, reputation
and known responsibility of Messrs.
Wood, Taber & Morse guarantee to all
purchasers of their engines full value
for price given, which is covering the
entire bill. They have every facility
for producing the finest engines, and
they do it. Every engine is carefully
tested in parts, and then as q whole, and
the guarantee of the firm is never put
to inferior work. Their work is all of
the one grade, and that the best. For
the present season, they have added
new and desirable features to their en-
gines, and have placed them more than
ever in the advance of their competitors.
These engines are at work in every Sec
ton of the country, and are giving. in
all instances, the highest satisfaction.
Descriptive pricelsts may be obtained
by addressing as above.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-05-16
The Zulu Weapon.

There. are two principal kinds of as
sagais, the throwing and the stabbing,
the latter with a long and straight
blade. To Kaffir this weapon is liter
ally the staff of life. With it he kills
his enemy and his game, slaughters and
cuts up his cattle, trains their horns,
shaves his own or his neighbours head,
does his carpentry and furriery, and
countless other jobs of various sorts.
In its original form, the assagai was es-
sentially missile, but the renowned
Clarke, among other military reforms.
converted it into shorter and heavier
stabbing spear, unfit for throwing, and
only to be used at close quarters. The
shaft, with an average length of nearly
five feet, and a diameter equal to a
mans little finger, is cut from the as
sagai tree (Calrtisia jaginea), which is
not unlike mahogany. The wood is
brittle, yet elastic, the latter quality
giving the spear that peculiar vibratory
motion on which its accuracy of fight
so much depends. On account of the
brittleness, a novice will break many
shafts before he learns to threw his as
sagai secundum artem. Inaptly cast,
the shaft as soon as it reaches the
ground is liable to whip forward and
break off short above the blade. The
assagai heads are generally blade
shaped; some consist of mere spike,
and few are barbed. When the first
shape is adopted, whether with or with
out the barb, there is invariably a
raised ridge along the center of the
blade, which is concave on one side and
convex on the other. The reasons as
signed for the popularity of form are
that this blade acts like the feathers of
an arrow. and that. as the heads are al
ways made of soft iron, they can be more
easily sharpened when blunted by use.
Public Opinion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-05-16
How to Wear Your Shawl.

Cashmere shawls, after being so long
out of fashion, are once more TO be
worn; but, of course, they are to be
put on in new manner. The square
shawl is to be arranged as high
scarf on the shoulders, and is to be
fastened with double agrafe of either
precious stones or old silver, and this is
sewn on so that it will always be in the
same place, exactly as though the
shawl was a mantle. The cashmere,
when draped on the figure, shows a
straight line where it terminates, the
point falling at the back like q cape.
The Queen will shortly publish an illus
tration of this manner of wearing an
Indian cashmere, as it is difficult to de-
scribe clearly in words. 1t Can only be
worn with a trained skirt; therefore,
we shall only see it en- grand toilette
London Queen.