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Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14
THE CIRCUIT ~JUDGESHIP.

Plain Facts Which Are Excellent Reasons
for Robihson's Election.
From the Post-Observer.
1t is not often that we feel called
upon to take any notice of commu-
! nications to which the writer's name
is not appended, but in a recent is
sue of the Mexico LEDGER there APP
peared a communication, afterwards
repubIished by the W~ellsville Vide
Aaeake, which. because of Its con-
tents and the position and Surround
iDgs of its supposed author, we think
fully justifes us in departing from
our general rule. The colnmunlca-
ton is ostensibly written from Trux-
ton, Mo-, and is signed "P. w" In
referring to the judicial contest the
writer announces his intention to vote
for Judge Porter and closes his
article by asking ''why all good men
who love justice, truth, honor and
fair play should not do likewise"
We will answer the gentleman's
question:
LIST. Because the cause of justice,
truth, honor and fair play will be as
we'll subserved by voting for MIR.
Robinson as by voting for Judge
Porter. We esteem Judge Porter an
honorable gentleman, but We know
that Mr.. Robinson is equally as hon
orable, and any: insinuation to the
contrary will result in making votes
for Robinson where he is best known.
I'd. Because Mr.. Robinson being
the democratic nominee and in every
respect the peer of Judge Porter, he
is entitled to and should receive the
hearty support of every democrat
who is disgusted with so-called indie
%pencence in politics Every demo-
crat knows that when one of the
''higher law" sort comes to the front
and himself an indepen-
dent he is simply bidding for the
votes of republicans. democratic sore
heads, and every element of opposi-
tion to democracy. How then can
any democrat, with honor to himself
or with justice and fair-play to his
party, vote against the nominee of
the PARTY?
Sd. Because Judge Porter has
held the office fourteen or fifteen
years already and is not now in a
position to ask it; as a favor from the
people Of the district, if indeed any
office is to be bestowed from consid-
orof;n,e of tho Lind
4th. Because Mr.. Robinson is in
the full vigor of his manhood, active
and energetic, with his future before
him, while Judge Porter is advanced
in years and has about reached that
period in life when most men lose
their aspirations as we'll as their en-
ergy and industry.
9Th. Because the election of Mr..
Robinson would, In our opinion, re-
suit in a great saving of money to
the people of the district, an item
which should not be lost sight of by
those who bear the burdens; and as
pertinent to this last reason we SUBJ
nit some plain facts: The expenses
of holding the courts, such as jury
fees, the attendance of the officers on
the courts, fuel and soforth, are paid
out of the county treasury and are
borne by all the people, while the
costs of witnesses. &C., for continu-
ances and delays are paid by the
who are fortunate enough to
get into court. Within the last five
and q half years, or since the last
judicial election, the jury fees in this
county have been enormously large,
as can be seen by any n who will
take the trouble to examine the
records. The figures are as follows:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14

NO II.
100 acres, all under good hedge and plank
fence, good two story frame house, new and IN
good order, number one cellar and smoke house,
coal house and barn, good land and In good
neighborlOod. Situated 10 miles north east OF
Mexico. Price $500.
No Il.
100 acre farm divided into six fields, all under
good fence, 20 acres timothy and clover, 20 acres
acres IN cultivation, 5 acres lots and orchard,
good one story frame house 3 rooms, porch and
pOrtico. good new barn, two wells, good stock
ponds, four miles west of Mexico, on the county
road. Price 5000.
AniceIy improved farm hf 23O acres in Galloway
county,. new frame house four rooms and porch,
barn I5xa5 feet, fine orchard of select fruit, 60
acres first class white oak. hickory and walnut,
raising. 70 acres good timothy meadow. 10 acres
prairie and in cultivation, convenient to school,
post Office enc churches. Price $500.
No9.
A number one farm Of $50 acres. all under raj,
Slat and plank fence, $50 acres in blue grass pas
ture. balance of farm divided into four fields, 40
ter on farm, good orchard OF 40 trees, good CON-
foatabie house of four ROOMS, beautiful lawn OF
ornamental and shade trees. good new frame
barn 30x43 feet. Situated Is miles northwest OF
Mexico. Price 81 500.
No. %.
30 acres improved land. two miles northeast of
ture. house with two rooms and kitchen. log
barn and number ode smoke house. one mile OF
hedge fence, good well and two ponds, orchard
six years old. Price $1,000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14
Notice Of Final Settlement,

NOTICE is hereby given that
~ will, as executrix of the estate
OF Is. f. Creason. deceased, on the
second Monday in November, 1880,
lNov. 8, 1880) at the September. ad.
Journed term, 1880, of the Audrain
County Probate Court, make INV
final settlement of said estate.
TABITHA CREAsoN.
Executrix Estate b. f. Crcason.
23-4t deceased.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14
REPUnIlcAN SEDUCTION OF
4---a


Elsewhere in this paper are dis
closures and charges that are CON-
mended 70 every Straightforward
honestsman. Whatever else they may
he they ae not democratic inven-
tons. They originated in the com
m.ttee rooms from which they are
promulgated, and carry on their face
the appearance of truthfulness. If
Mr.. Weaver and the national green
lback labor party have not been placed
at the disposal of the stalwarts for =
consideration, the republican nation
al committee wasted a great deal of
money upon q lev individuals claim
ing ability to contract Tor such a sur
render, and what followed seems to
evidence that @ssy effort, such a
bargain conte1 plated, was put forth.
Mr.. Weaver visited Alabama osten-
sibly to arouse fiatists; but in reality
to promote sectionalism /; and In
Maine and Indiana and all those
forty 81 dfty northern congressional
d~istricts, whore combination OF DEM
ocratic and national numbers and
votes might disiodge republican in
eumbents. he discouraged and pre-
vented fusion,
Heretofore the public has been told
that the national greenback labor
party would develop strength, and
that 1t would be used in tits against
both parties as occasion might war
rant, and as the party of minority in
each State might be disposed to IN
ploy it against the party of majority
and in that way fatists would finally
come into possession of government;
but now on the eve of election that
policy is abandoned, because it would
deprive too many republicans Of
seats in Congress, for which more
money is offered than can be made
out Of them, and because the stall
warts know so well how to administer
intimidation and bribery.
Such politicians as Mr.. Filfey and
others like him, who run stalwartism
in Southern States, think 1t very fine
to send fat congressman to Washing
ton in place Of democrats; but repub.
licsns take q very different view of
such policy, where a stalvart must
give place to a ~fiatist, and resort to
the shortest and surest mode of pre-
venting it.
To some the corruptions and ex-
penditures of the present campaign
appear incredible. But besides the
hundreds of thousands of office-hold-
ers and -ofice-seekers subject to be
levied upon, there are thousands of
others who have interests depending
upon the future complexion of Con-
greas, that are willing to pay largely
for the retention of their monopolies,
and who constitute rings. whose
officers are furnished with money,
every dollar of which will be an addi-
tional tax on industry, If those that
thus cast their bread upon the waters
to debauch the ballot and buy in
fiuence and votes are permitted to
re-gather at the treasury.
Te others the public hobnobbing of
republicans and fiatists is the most
disgusting feature of the contest. 1t
reminds them of firtations in which
two %pretentious creatures fall below
the ordinary moral level of society,
and spend their time thereafter in
heaping up every foul epithet upon
one an other.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14
The Greenback Vote.

In 1875 Hayes got S36Hotss in this
county. In 1878 Fagg got 1855
votes in this county. The republi-
cans voted for Hayes; republicans
and greenbackers voted for Fagg,
and this would leave 259 difference
Or the grdsnbaek vote Of the county,
as we have always said there are not
more than 800 greenbackers in the
county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14

The Audrain county vigilance com
mittee, a society organized for the
protection of horse stealing, hold
their next regular meeting on Satur-
day next at Dyes school house in
Prairie township.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14

MARRIED.--At the residence of the
Rev. Mansfield, in Audrain county,
Mo-, Oct. 6, 1880, by Rev. T. J.
>Gooch, Mr.. j. S. Smith to Miss
Leila Mansfield all of Audrain
county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14

This is no time for greenbackers,
who are democrats otherwise than in
regard to fat, to throw their votes
away upon candidates that cannot be
elected. Even greenbackers of re-
publican antecedents should not allow
themselves to be sold by Weaver like
so eany cattle. In the present con-
dition of xfEairs greenbackers Of all
kinds owe it to themselves and society
to administer a rebuke to their lead
ers,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14

J. A. Brooks & Son have the larg-
est and cheapest assortment of glass
ware and queensware in the city. 1t
will pay any n to give them a call
before buying elsewhere. 26-4t.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14

Blank book full of accounts, about
a foot long, twenty-four inches wide.
1t is the property of Andrew NJ. Har-
rison. Finder please return the same
and get the reward.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14

Squire Hit performed his first
marriage ceremony last Sunday in
due form. He sent T. j. Ford and
wife, nee Miss Page, on their way
rejoicing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14

If you want to rent your farm next
season let me hear from you at once,
as 1 have daily applications for Au-
drain county farms.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14

We learn as we go to press that the
whole ticket in Indiana has probably
gone Republican. We think this
doubtful.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14

J. w. Daniel sold to Maj. James
S. Rollins 160 acres of prairie land,
four miles northwest of Centralia,
Tuesday. for S1,28O cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14
Grape.
Grape.
"Tis religion that a give
Sweetest pleasure while we live
lis religion can supply
Snlil pn,pfnrf urha,t mo Iia -

SOLID comfort when we die"
At midnight last Sunday night,
Mrs. Mary A. Pitcher, of this city,
who had been very sick for several
weeks of typhoid fever died, as only
a christian can, with calm resigna-
ton. Her life had been despaired OF
for some time previous to her death,
and the family were prepared for the
sad event, which was proclaimed to
the world BY the tolling Of the Meth
odist church bell at l a. m. Monday
morning. Mrs. Pitcher was a chris
tian, in the true sense of the word !;
greatly loved by all who knew her.
She was IS years old and leaves five
children, three boys, Mark, Joe and
Ed; and two daughters, Mrs. E. d.
Graham and Mrs. Beck. She was
devoted to her children, who were
attached to her a only children who
have a christian mother ear be. The
funeral services were largely attended
by the many friends of the deceased
at the Methodist church, Monday
c'eHiue NJ y. III. hcS. l.. u.
Gooch delivered a most appropriate
discourse, p%ronouneing several most
deserving tributes to the memory Of
the departed, who was one of his.
most consistent church members. By
request of Mrs. Pitcher services were
opened with the hymn, ''Home Of the
SOUL" and closed with the hymn,
Il Would not Live Always l Ask
not TO Stay" The text was from the
127th Psalm. I'd verse: "For so He
Giveth His Beloved Sleep"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14
FARMS, AND REAL ESTATE!
FLOR SALE BY
ICHAS. w. EH
EAL ESTATE,
loan, and GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT,
OFFICE--Front Room, upstairs, over the Savings Baa|
MEXICO, MISSOURI. j
Residences and Business mMyn the city Mexico No. 81
Hag crhmeM uU United States my ABILITIES for selling r@mHgp property are surpassed ~ mo nw Mym ~
aysnd H@Uhas The gm pn~Gaa pn@ y Land ReMr ~ ~
$%a@m @%M n$ s@% %%%m%n %s%%a&n %SSs%n%.$a%T.% r%s%%%H@~%A
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No. 20.
100 acres in farm. 200 acres under hedge fence,
farm divided into 10 acre fields. good H. story
frame dwelling I rooms good barn and cribs.
good bearing orchard, 10 acres timber, oil good
land. Situated near Laddonia, Audrain county
Mo. Price 5000.
$50 acres improved prairie land, good frame
living water. Land all under fence. Price SIS
per acre.
One of the best stock farms In Missouri. con-
tanning 10 acres. 800 acres under fence, 100 acres
meadow, 500 acres pasture, a fine brick house OF
Is rooms built IN modern style, good barn, three
~cisternS. two large ponds never failing wster, no.
] orchard of 500 apple tress. situated 31-2 miIys
and school house in neighbarhood. Price S3500
fer ae.e.
Farm Of 20 ocres all well fenced. good one story
frame dwelling house OF four rooms. kitchen de-
tached. good frame barn fixA feet, and other
ont buildings. yound orchard and abundance of
small fruit. 10 acres in cultivation balance tim
bered pasture. situgte l-2 miles west OF Mexico.
Price $500. terms easy.
No. 10.
$50 acres number one stock farm, all under
good raIl fence, well wafered by creek, ponds
and wells. COO acres in tame grass, 100 of which is
timothy and clover, 80 acres timbered blue grass
pasture, good orchard of three acres in fun bear
ing and variety of small fruit. good frame house
8 rooms. porches add portic0, good smoke house
and other out buildings. yard nicely oriiamented
with eyergreens and shrubbery. Avery desira-
BILE farm, two miles from Centraiia Price s15y0Oo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14
- Our c-irc.,..ion.

Our circulation is no secret. We
issue each week from 1900 10 400
copies. This week about 700 extra
copies of the LEDGER have been Or
dered by friends for free distri-
button, and this increased circulation
will be kept up until after the cleo
ton. Now is the time to advertise.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14
RESTRAINING
SWINE RUNNING AT LARGE.

NOTICE is hereby given that at
the general election to be held on
November 2, 1880, the proposition to
restrain swine running at large will
be submitted to the qualified voters
of Audrain County.
BY order of the County Court,
October LIST, 1880.
26-tf. B. l.. LOCKE, Clerk.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-14

No. 81.
$50 acres, all under fence, suhdivta..
fields, young hedge fence, $50 acrer 49,
acres under pillow, $50 acres timhs-SsS
two small frame houses, good Vaissl4
creek runs through farm. a no. 1
per acre.
No. 81.
900 acres all in cultivation, 300 acres in ,s
ton. balance in blue grass and tincssV
brick and frame house with Is rooms ~
buggy lloure and all necessary imr,nst
three good orchards. running water f,ssrsI
farm. good coal bank 80 inch vein. 49,
farm OF number n land. Price Low.
No. 80.
2s2 acres all under good fence excer&
timber detached 1-2 miles, 10 acsps r.
good orchard. balance In erifivati0s@
story frame house I'VE rooms gpod aSS
cisteru. fine lot OF shade trees around ~
good school house on farm, school ful6A
tn run school 8 months In the year. shs.z-s
stock water. Situate on the Nerjn ~.
Charles road, nine miles east OF Mexica 1 J
from Laddonia and Benton City. A nse +
well locatedgood range for stock. Pre- T.
per acre.
No. Il.
$40 acres river bottom land, all In eoAa !
100 acres blue grass. 100 acres timOthy. n =
timbered pasture. balance under NOV =.
fenced, good 1 I-2 story frame house ~
with ell l6x32 feet, good Ice heuse. buevS N
&c. Barn +0N60 e e with basement m +
plenty water for all purposes, impros,..
nearly new and i'm good shape, eood Ia
uate FIVE miles north OF Mexico, on coputs !
Price $40 per acre,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-01-10
Or. Clark Johnson's
INDIAN BLOOD PURIFIER.
Price Of Large Bottles UoV
Prizes .. small Bottle, SO
Wakametkla, the Medicine Nan.

Read the voluntary testimonials o. psrsns vho ave
been cured By the Of Dr. caEx Johfz,oss h11-4o
Blooi SJrup Ia Jour Own VICINITY
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-01-10
The Best Remedy Known to Man!

Dr. Clark johnson having ssscia,rd himself with Mr.
Edwin Eastman. an escaped captr- long slave n
Wakafnetks. the medicine Tin % the torisnchex h
p1rsri TO lend tis aid In the u s
wonde rfnl remedy Of that tri'ra.
The experience Of Mr. Eastman being similar 10 tina.
Of Mrs Ct1s. Jones and son. OF Washington tussnfy.
Iowa. au aceoJmt OF wiose suffcrtngs tirluxlg
narIatad In the Nsr FORK Hergd - i've. IN. 1873
the facts Of which widely knoxi ant neArfy
parallel. that but little mention Of Mr.. FsSfnan's
perrnces will be given here. They are hlweser. pub
iisfef In n lsaf volume Of 200 pages entitled seven
and Nine Years Among the Coinalclles and Apach-s,~
OF which mention viii be made hereafter Sufce 10 to
say that several years Mr. Eastman. while c1T i've
compelled to gather the roots gums hars., heroa
and berries OF which WakaDetkfas medicine
made aud Is stu prepared g. psuyile the
terias for the successful nrdurfiun Of the medicine
o. the werld; and the public that the remedy
the same nov when wak3mesklA compelled hin =
make II
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-01-10

UTl.x Dr. ESQ cfs.) sells very rapidly
w nlto h0DeS proving that il is appreciated
as the "sweetest Sunday School Sing bS0k eveE
made" Send yor Specimen Copy.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-01-10

OLIVER DlTS0n Z CO., Boston.
c. H. Die.on Z Co., J. =. Ditsea q Co..
S4S Brosdway, n. Y. les Chestsut St.. Phila.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09

Ia better TO hold themsalvds beyond and
above the filth and the quicksands Of
life, no matter how constant be the ei-
fort and how hard the struggle.
When we note the life Of Q serene and
trustful Christian man on woman, tho
poorest Of all the occupations In which
we may engage 10 10 hunt for some
merely external excuse for that life, In
the line Of natural disposition, or Of
favoring circumstance, or Of accidental
characteristic. The proper thing for
us 10 do is to search, with All diligence,
for the true and inner source Of the eX-
cellence Of such a life--fOr the hidden
spring Of its purity and truth, and the
ways and means by which Il Is made
strong and beautiful. OF one thing we
may be sure, that every life that really
deserves the names Of manly and Chris
tian has not earned them by any acei-
dent or series Of accidents, but only by
| the exercise Of all that is best in Il, and
/ by unending contests with foes without
and within. Whatever safeguards may
be thrown around innocence and purity
Of soul, whatever may be the varying
circumstances Of different lives, we
ought never to forget that sin can steal
into the heart immured and guarded as
by convent walls; and that, on the 9TH
er hand, the strength Of resolute pur-
pose can defend the spirit which is COM
| PEELED TO pass through blood and fire.
| Just es we cannot make ourselves
great poets by initiating Shakespeare's
collar or Dante's hood, 50 we cannot
Increase our strength Of soul by noting,
however carefully, the outward de-
meanor Of this true man, or the forms
Of speech used by that noble woman
Their example will be worse than use
less TO us so long as we search for out
ward and accidental marks Of the no
bility which makes their lives notable.
We can only profit by their excellence
when, having discovered that theT are
| Just such men and women as we are,
we begin to put into our own lives the
unquenchGble spirit and the undying
effort by which theirs have been up
built.-S. s. Times.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
FORRIGN GOSSIP.

THE clerical party in Italy have do
sided 30 participate IN municipal cleo
ions b test their strength In view Of
luture political elections.
TIE Gar is the only crowned Wild
over and Victoria the only crowned
widow among the potentates. Alfonso
and Christine Of Spain are the youngest
welded couple; William and Augusta
Of Germany the eldest.
KING HUMBERT reproaches his cour-
tiers who are profound adopts In all the
arts Of Italian cunning, for never letting
him know the truth, which he only finds
our through some poor petitioner
bold enough 10 approach him through
the circle Of hatterers.
A DUEL with swords has been fought
on the Belgian frontier between NJ. lie
Pelletier Of the Mot d'Ordrc newspaper
Of Paris, and NJ. Vilar, formerly Of the
GauLois. The latter was wounded twice
in the forearm and in the shoulder.
THE change Of Government obliges
the Duchess Of Wellington 10 resign her
keys as Mistress Of the Robes. Her
Grace has held the position for twenty
years, with but short interval, and
viii now be succeeded by the Duchess
Of Westminster.
THE remains Of two celebrated Portu-
guese-Vasco De Cana, who discovered
the Cape Of Good Hope route 10 India,
and Camoens, the poet who celebrated
many Of the discoverer's achievements
were recently removed from the vault
in which they have rested 80 long 10 a
monastery, and the occasion was made
one Of great public ceremonial through
out Portugal.
A NATIONAL memorial, the result Of
sixpenny contributions, has Just been
erected in WoOlwich Cemetery 10 the
memory of those who perished in the
| wreck Of the Princess Alice in Septem.
Der, 1873. 1t will be remembered that
there were about 700 men, women and
children on board, and it is supposed
that $50 were lost. OF these, 100 we're
buried near where the monument is
erected. More than %, 900 persons con-
tributed TO this memorial.
THE Marchioness Tseng, wife of the
| Chinese Ambassador to England, is a
petite, plump, rather pretty person,
whose almond eyes have a dreamy eK-
preston, and whose dark hair is almost
concealed by jeweled cap. She is a
graceful hostess, and a picturesque one,
too, as she always wears her national
robes, made of exquisitely embroidered
silks. The Marquis is man forty-two
years old, and an accomplished scholar,
taking a lively interest in art, science
and industry.