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Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24
1. TT. Buckner ia the only

A. II. Buckner is the only candl-
date for congress in this district that
can carry any strength out side OF
his own county. If Audrain wants
the congressman it will go solid for
Buckner, who can do more for us in
a month than any other one of the
candidates can in two years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24

Go to r. G.. Paul's for fresh con
fectionery and the best ice cream, ice
lemonade and cider. lO-4t,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24

Domestic Bliss kissing the m:id'
Domestic Blister mans wife catching him at IL
More Domestic Bliss wife rubbing Eciectrit
on into the
Wounds caused by the aforesaid Coutreiemps.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24
Mexico, June %, 80.

The finest line of cigars and tobac-
COS and smokers articles generally at
Jake's, corner stand. 1O-2w.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR.

hal ART authorized Ia %anUauncC
INV IbhN II. fiAfHbN
1 4 candidate for County surveyor: subject IL
l. Axiom Of the Democratic parry.
aI- authorized Ia Announce
I'M CHAS. ID. EbiHiEi:S
/ candidate for County surveyor subject t.
h asiiel oi the Ien0rrltic party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24

If you want to buy, sell or rent
land, confer with ]. w. Daniel, who,
by personal observation, knows most
every turn, crook, and cross-road in
Audrain county. Law and Insurance
Office, north side public square, Mex
leo, Mo. Aft
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24
It's coming. Our new paper.
MITCHELL's SHOE STORE.

The boss ice cream at r. c.
Paul's confectionery store. lott.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24
COMFY

kCg arr authorized /" announce
III Holm ". bE-NiGf
W ..ndilatr lur rr-rirrtina to the office ot
nsry 4sstSs,.g, subject ia The decision ~ the
.%..rittr County Convention.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24
NEW FIRM.
MARRIED.
Convention

In San Francisco, Cal. June ., 1870, Mr.. X. II.
Livingston. of San Francisco, to Miss Matte A.
Ilngan, OF this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24
p S. MlTcHELL'S A


And SO do cur boots and shoes.
Everybody goes 10 the shoe store be-
they have q big stock of mems
shoes, mems boots, ladies' shoes,
ladies' fine sandals, ladies' cheap
slippers, Boys shoes, children's shoes
and everything in the shoe line.
Call and see us. Our new paper
will be out in a few days aud every
body ought TO e it.
MITCHELL's SHOE STORE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24

Doctors never agree, but the general public all
do''tiiat nothing clean5cS the blood quicker than
Spring Blossom.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24

A nephew of Mr.. j. A. GHthiie, of
this city, aged 16 years, committed
suicide at Guthrie Station, Galloway
county, last Sunday. The young
man had a most exemplary character
and no reason can be assigned for
this rash act. He shot himself with
a rifle. Just about the nose, pulling
the trigger with 4 string. He must
have been temporarily insane.
The fair ground track is now COM
plcted, except that it wants to he set
tied down. The grounds are open
tonight for a free drive. Everybody
with a vehicle of any kind is invited
to come out and take 4 drive. Par
ties having no conveyance may walk
out. Some Of them would as
sist wonderfully in settling the track.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24
TERRIBLE TRYSTi
A Woman's Strange Devotion
to Her Condemned
Husband.
Hade Browns Wife Commits
Suicide at Kansas CITY.

Last Monday Hade Browns wife
committed suicide at Kansas City.
hade Brown is to be hung at Moberly
Tomorrow (Friday) for the killing of
his mother-in-law. 1t appears that the
condemned and wife had agreed to
die at 1880 Monday evening. Ac-
cordingly as that time approached
the faithful and devoted woman, in
her boarding place, wrote a note of
explanation, pinned it to her child's
breast, and making q bed upon the
floor, placed a revolver to her right
temple and put a fatal bullet through
her brain. She expired instantly.
Two policemen went to the Jail to
notify Brown Of his wife's act, and
as they called him into the corridor
they saw him put something into his
mouth hastily. They instantly
grasped him by the throat, and after
a protracted struggle succeeded in
removing a half ounce of arsenic
from his mouth. The arsenic had
been given him by his wife. When
called to the corridor Brown emitted
oath after oath and curse after curse,
and after the poison was removed he
begged to be killed, and cursed his
tate.
Brown Is a thoroughly bad man,
and the strange devotion Of his wife
IS the subject Of much comment.
Before she committed the act. she
wrote the following note:
LAST LETTER. =
MONDAY EVENING. June 2l.-To
my darling husband and child and
my friend, Belle Fisher, the one who
has been SO very good and kind to me:
My darling husband and / both die
tonight. My life is a misery to me.
for l know that James is to hang,and
am very near crazy over my troubles.
They are ore than | can bear. Oh,
how | hate to leave my darling, prec-
lous babe. l hope my relatives will
take charge of him and raise him
right, and always be kind to him. and
for my sake never let him he imposed
upon. l do love my dear husband
hattnr than 4ln urhll, r,o,Ii ,,l l..
cant live and We will both die to-
gclher. | want to be buried in my
darllng's arms and in the same coffin
with him. Ms. Fisher, please see to
us, and don't let them seperate US in
death, is my dying wish. That my
God will forgive mt and take me safely
home Is my dying prayer. want my
sisters, Sarah and Judy, to have my
things between them. A farewell kiss
to my dear old father. Mrs. Fisher,
will you please, for my sake and my
darllngs, have this published. Iwant
you to take the news to IIade-it makes
no difference who says no.
Mrs. Browns married life had been
a peculiarly sad one She was only
twenty-one years of age when she
died, and for three years she had
been tortured by the doubts, fears
and excitement consequent upon the
trial Of her husband for the highest
crime known to human law. 1t is
sad she was a handsome, amiabIc
woman, and is spoken of as a person
Of superior natural gifts. Her witely
devotion and fidelity to the evil genius
Of her pure young life are alike re-
markable and touching.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24

Messrs. Ringo 4 EubAak's new
barouche can be found On the public
square from l until 8 O'Clock. p. n.
First hour, $3.50; each additional
hour, 81. Passengers anywhere in
the corporate limits, % cts. 5-tf.
When pain assa;ls Us stomach out Of order"
When spots and pimpaes show inside IN bad dis
order,
The only way TO make recovery sure,
Is to try the Spring Blossom, it win cure.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24
IOISTf COLL X.

Rvs ARE auiIrpfihett IL announce
I'M l.. +. BOB NJ
L. -, candidate for ~rr-flrrt1"i to the office Of
4t,nr Of AudrlE County. subject 10 The rules
I'd cages Of the Democratic party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24
FOR County TREASuREH.

n are authorized II
jos. ID. NORRIS
!. candidate fdf County Treasurer s.ibjrct ~
| : 4etion of the Democratic party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24

Our boom. Low prices and big
stock. MITCHELL's SHOE STORE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24

House SD Lst For Sale.
Near Public School building, good
outhouses, water, etc. For sale Low
down. Apply to J. H. Bishsp.
8u Mexico, No.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24

4IrE are authorized tai announce
NJ J N. MANN ADtkE
b candidate for County Treasurer subject To
4 nIjes and usfsssS ut The DrmocrtIIc party.
I'VE are authorized Ia ANNOUNCE
IN 4. q. IT kSkR
| candidate ior County Treasurer subject la
\ fles and tsigrS al the Democratic party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24

When 1t Fulton stop q ~ Cem-
mercial Hotel Jas. WaeDoa, peprie-
tor. NJ
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24
FOR PROBATE JUDGE.

t,,r a,. authorized tn announce
DAN. Wn1nN ARD
IN River township. ~ Il eandli:ii" Tor Sheriff
W. ma thp tIeri~inu 81 the Democracy al
iriu rtjuHIN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24
The BOSS" Coffee Pot.

The "boss" coffee pot will save
fifty per cent of coffee. No need of
egg or any other clarifier. 1t will
make better coffee than can be made
by any other process. We respect
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24

+. NJ. HUGHES
auor, ennpty, us a candidate for Circui,
! aaailSy ,h,s district subject to the rules ant
~ II tIe Democratic party
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-24

We announce this week, J. II.
Haydon, as a candidate for County
Surveyor. "Jack" is an "unwash-
ed" Democrat, a practical surveyor,
understands the business well and ID
now giving general satisfaction.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-09-23
The Wrong Leg.

The Portland AdrertiSef tells
the following story:
There was an eminent sergeant
at-law some years ago who had
a cork leg that was a triumph
of artistic deception. None but
his intimates knew for certain
which was the sham limb. A
wild young wag was the ''butter
bar" and knew the sergeant
pretty well, once thought to util-
ize this knowledge Of the SER
geant's secret to take in a green,
newly-fedged young barrister.
The sergeant was addressing a
special jury at Westminster in
his usual earnest and vehement
style, and the Wag whispered to
his neighbot, "You see how hot
old Buzfuz is over his case; now,
I'll bet youasovereignP Pllrunithis
pin into his leg up to the head,
and he'll never notice it, he is so
absorbed in his case. He's a
most extraordinary man in that
way" This was more than the
greenhorn coHld swallow, so he
took the bet. The wag took a
large pin from his waistcoat, and
leaning forward, drove it up to
the head into the sergeant's leg.
A yell that froze the blood of
all who heard it, that made the
hair of the jury stand on end, and
the judges wig almost fall off,
ran through the court. 'By
Jove! it's the wrong leg, and
I've lost my money! exclaimed
the dismayed and conscience
stricken wag, quite regardless
of the pain he had inflicted upon
the learned sergeant.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-09-23
"Hypocrite" Rings.

"Say, mister" as he walked
up to the proprietor of a jeweIry
store, who stood behind the coun-
ter, shave you got any Of these
here finger rings-these here
these-Oh, | forgit what you
call 'em." ..I ~
"Gold rings?" asked the pro-
prietor.
"No; not quite gold rings-oh,
yes, hypocrite gold ring; that's
it" H
"Can't understand what You
mean by that" said the prOpri
etor with a stare.
Il mean," said the young man,
''this kind Of gold that looks like
gold and isn't gold; this here
kind that most every body is
wearin' nowadays. 1 want q ring
for my girl, and | want you to
scratch on the inside Jim Brown
to SaIlie Jones; don't care what
it costs; you can go as high as
half a dollar for it all ii you
want to. It's q engagement
ring"
The boss took itall in and soon
fixed him off with a ''hypocrite''
gold ring done up IN the soltest
kind of cotton. @'.tl 80
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-09-23
n1aiI D1reotory-


R.;lroad-Ieaves every day except Sun
A.r., o.lhA.M.: arrives at $40 Pm. Supplies
49, followlng Offices: Kelso, Lincoln, Flynt-
,;IIo OREGON, Georges Store, Flora Hunts
S,.t;on Salem, Winchester and Decherd.
Sbelhvville stage--arriyes Monday, We'd
ncsdav and Friday at IL A. NJ; leaves same
davs at 2P.M. Supplies Mulberry, Lynch-
hurc bonneville, County Line, Shelbyyille.
Huntsville stage-leaves Monday and
Thursday at 8 A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
Tridav at 5P.M. Supplies Goshen, Halle
Green. Meridianyille and huntsville
Shelbvyille hack-leaves Mondays and
THURSDAYS at s A. NJ; arrives Tuesday ana
Friday at p. NJ. Supplies Norrls ereek'
Chestnut Ridge, Hawthorne and Shelbyy1lile'
pniaski horse-arrives every Tuesday
and Friday at 1880 NJ; leaves same day
a.l2:3O. Supplies Cyruston, Millvlile, ms
rah. Bradshaw and Pulaski. ..,sr
Rlanche horse-leaves every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at ] NJ; arrives
same DAYS at IL A NJ. Supplies Oamargo,
Moliuo. Cold Water, Blanche, Cash I'oint
Rooms Hill horse-arrives every Satur-
dav at l2 NJ; leaves same cay at T NJ
Petersburg hOrse--ieayes Stature ay at 9
~. arrives at 5aM same day. Supphes
Reufrow Station and Petersburg.
Money Orders can be obtained at this Of
Gee upon post offices in all parts Ell the u
nited States A list of Money Order offices
may be seen on application. Rates OF COM
mission for Money Orders are as follows:
Not exceeding $l5..... ........-.. 10 cents
Over l5 and not exceeding $50. l5 do
do 80 do do 40. 30 do
do 40 do do so. :. 20 do
,cIJ w. B. DoUTHAT, P. M.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-09-23
Court Scene.

whats gone of your hus-
band, woman?'' ''What's gone
of him, yer honor? Faith, aud
he's gone dead.'' 'sAh! pray,
what did he die OFF" "Die Of,
yer honor! He died of Fri
day." 81 don't mean the day
of the week, but whatcomplaint?"
''Faith, and it's himself that did
not get time to complain" "Ob,
ayZhe died suddenly "Rath-
er that way, yer honor . '.Did
he fall in a fit?' No answer.
YIIe fell in a fit, perhapsg'
HWhy, no; not exactly a fit, yer
honor. He fell out ot'a window,
or through a cellar door.I don't
know what they call i" "Oh,
ay-broke his neck?" ''Notquite
that, yer worship" "What
then?" ''There was a bit of a
stirring, or cord, OF that like, and
land it throttled poor Mike" "
l"Quite likely. Call the next
case.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-09-23
Chinese Cigars from California.

Over ], 100000 cigars were re-
Gently shipped from San Fran
cisco to the Eastern markets.
They were made by the Chinese.
The leprosy is said to exist a
mOng the Chinese Of San Fran
cisco to an exteirt much greater
than we of the East dare even
imagine. The cigars may be-
come the medium for its spread
throughout the country. These
cigar manufacturers have a way
of sprinkling tobacco when man
ufacturing it, which ii they had
no taint of leprosy in their sys-
TENS, would render the idea of
smoking one of their cigars rath-
er abhoTent. They take the
water into the mouth and force
it in some peculiar manner, in the
form of fine spray, very evenly
over the tobacco. Some iastid-
ious people would rather have
the sprinkling done in another
way, and the possible thought
OF the saliva Of leper being
thus Incorporated into the cigar
is really most terrible.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-09-23
Church Directory.

sPfesbyterian, Fayetteviile-services Isl
and 3rd Sabbath at 1890 and night; Rev
WI Groves, pastor; Sunday school, ga. N,
Methodist-services every Sabbath at
lO:SO and at night; Rev A Sowell, pastor;
Sunday school at o'clock. aa3iF
Cumberland esbyterian-services ev7
ery Sabbath 1920 and at night; Rev W G
Templeton, pastor; Sunday school O'Clock.
Union Church, Pleasant Plains-services
Ist Sabbath each month at IL and night by
the Methodists, Rev w B LOwey and f L
CARPENTER End and 4tlI Sabbath each month
At ii bv the Associate Reformed Presbyteri-
ans, Rev j ID Muse, pastor. Methodist Sun
day school at # H
A r Preshyierian, New Hope services Isl
and 3rd Sa IJbatlis at III; Bethel, 2nd and
Ath Sahbaths at ll-Rev A 5 Sloan, pastor.
Methodist Mulberry--seryices Srd Sun
dav in each month at IL O'Clock and every
Sunday night RevT Ii Hinson, pastor; Sun
day School at 3.
baptist, Mulberry-services lst Sabbath
in each month at il 'Rev VIM Hun, Iastor'
Cumberland Presby terIan, mulberry
services 2nd sabbath in each month at Ii
and night; Rev w G Templeton, pastor.
United Presbyterian, LincoIn-services
every Sabbath at ll:l5 NJ; Rev DAVID
Stran pastor; Sunday school at ~
Liberty Grove-services End Sabbath at
lam: RevT L Darnell, preacher IN charge.
Methodist, Shady Grove (Shelton's
creskl-seryices End Sabbath in each month
at IL o'clock; Rev N Tucker preacher IN
charge. u.
JCumberlandrresbyt SulphurSPrngs
services Bird Sabbath IL O'Clock; Rev VIM
Estill pastor. a., CT
Methodist, Oak Hill-services 4th Sab
hath each month at 10 a. m; I l. Darneil
preacher in charge. lo
Cumberland Presbyterian, Oak Hill, Rev
b Tigert, pastor. ID ,
l'ros9ect. Wells hill, Saturday before I'd
sunday each month, Rev b Il King, pastor.
Hester's Greek, Saturday before 4 4 sun
dav each month, Rev I King pastor:
Methodist Flyntville--services 4th Sab
hath at 1890 A. 81; Mt. Hermon, tllntyllle
.,;rcuit. services lst Sabbath AT lo:5o NJ ';
Macedonia, Flintville circuit. services ord
Sabbath at 1890 M-Rev nj tucker
nreacher in charge. Lt+ vi
ITr;on Isl Sunday; Providence, 2nd; Lib.
esy Grove, 3rd; Oak Hill, 4thi hegsI /
Darnell. preacher in charge. j.! - -
Shiloh Methodist, near Millvilie-preach'
;ng on 2nd Sunday in each month at P
u and on Saturday at IL A. NJ, before the
ond and 4ih Sunday, Rev S M Cherry, pastor
Cane Creek Church, six miles north OF
Favetteyillt, services every 2nd and 4th
SUNDAY, Rev. }. 3. Tig"rt, pastor.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-09-23
Betting on Elections.

Among the oldest cases re
printed in the sixteenth vol.
ume of "American Cases." re.
Gently published, is one of spec
ial interest in the present excit-
ing political canvass. Opinions
as to candidates and majorities
Twill be freely supported by bets
Idnring the next four months.
The case referred to considers
one aspect of the law Of wagers
and was decided by the supreme
court of Pennsylvania in June,
1897. The decision was that
'money bet on elections which
is paid over by the stakeholder
to the winner, contrary to the
orders of the loser, after the re-
suit of the election is known,
may be recovered back" Chief
Justice Gibson in his opinion
says: "The result of the author
tiles undoubtedly is that the
loser may withdraw his stake at
any time before actual payment
to the winner.
: y The act of assembly \
declares the contract to be void.
y y We are to determine
whether the practice of betting
ON elections would not be more
effectually cut up by suffering
the loser to regain what he has
lost at any time before it is de-
livered to the winner, than by
narrowing the locus penite'eti@
TO the interval between the peri
cd of betting and the happening
of the contingency, and it is inn
possible to doubt but that it
would be virtual repeal of the
clause 4 \ = Bets are sell
dom, if they are ever, made with
Il view to be revoked; and moth
ing would be more easy, if that
were sufficient, than for the par
ties to preclude themselves from
taking the advantage held out
by the law depositing in the
hands of a third person, and in
such a case, to expect either to
retract before the determination
of the belts known is just as rea-
as to expect the banker
at gambling tableto avail him
self Of the locus Pehitenttp while
the card is trembling in his hand.
In either case the hope to gain
+ : continues to operate,
but in the case Of the political
bet there are the additional in
of party spirit and the
sinister consequences to be ap-
pretended from an implied adj,
mission of numerical ihferiOrity |
of the party-in favor of whose,
the bet was made" !" I
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-09-23

+, A colored widow in Lexing-
ton, who is drawing a pension
of S9 per month from the Gov
ernment, recently rejected an
offer Of marriage, .remarking by
way of explanation: .H | does,
de gubment take my penshun
way, and nary nigger in Kahn
tuck is wuf So a month to me.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-09-23
His Birth Place.

"Pet," said the fond wife to
her bear of a husband, as they
drove along the broad road, $50
that old farmhouse is your birth
place and home. How you must
love every bit Of it! That queer
old window" 81 fell out of
1T once" "That dear old moss
covered WE'LL "Water'smean,
and / fell down it once" E'That
romantic old fence" SCOT
licked once for tearing my
Ibreeches on it." "That long
emerald sweep of meadow"
"Used to have to rake it all day"
HThat tall, purpling cherry tree
- covered with ivy that
poisoned my arms and legs and
laid me up for two weeks" "
ssThat broad, ,round-topped chest
nut, with old gold blossoms
IN Neighbors stole all the nuts ?
.'I spent my vacations over the
lake, pet, and remember yon
grotesque, vine-clad church"
s.Y cs, that's where | first saw
YOU"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-09-23


emulates his figure in the scsqui-
pedality Of her waist and stom-
ach. Some one who saw her
bathing in the surf says that the
first wave. rolled her over like Il
barrel, and finally lodged her up
on the sand. There is a touch of
poetry in the description, for,
like the goddess Aphrodite. she
was cast up by the foam of the
sea.
Alasl we are tempted to ex-
claim, what is human grandeur?
A few years ago Lavinia and
Thomas, then so great because
SO small, occupied the toprounds
of the ladder of fame. And now,
out Of sight and out of mind,
they are rarely mentioned in the
circles of the worlds activity.
and their histrionic trfumphs
have nearly faded out of the
memory of the present genera
ton. The glory which gave lus-
ter to the green-balze curtain of
the old Museum, and Illuminated
plethoric checks of the fat lady,
the bleached locks of the Albino,
the FUCKERS and wrinkles of
Washington's nurse, and the
striated nose of the baboon, has
like a sunbeam in the
west, and
"GOne glimmering through the dreams of
things that were'
Thomas and Lavinia have
grown fat in their domestic en-
joyments. If the husband has
not, like Goliath of Gath, at
tanned to six cubits and a span,
he has risen somewhat in height
with larger extension Of abdo-
men and stomach. And If the
wife has not reached the stature
of her husband, she shows, never
the influences of agri-
pursuits and contented
mind in regular beat of her
heart and an increased circum-
ference of her waist.
1t makes us feel melancholy
1T times to reflect on those things,
and to think how soon human
glory becomes only a feeting
shadow. 1t makes us feel mel
to think that, before we
know it, we may be getting pie
.horic and fat, fifty years old
md unable to occupy our former
places. But so goes the world.
1t is a story verified by many
generations. 4 Chinaman, a
student of Confucius, once took
t into his head to travel in Eu-
'ope. He arrived at Amsterdam,
and at booksellers shop he
lsked for the works of the i'm
mortal AliXiofou. The book
seller assured him that he had
never heard of the author.
"Whatl" said the Chinaman,
have you never heard of that
poet, that light of the
Eyes, that tayOrite of kings, that
'ose of perfection? l suppose
hat you know nothing of the
Elpsihihi, second cousin
o the moon!' Nothing at all,''
aid the bookseller. 1t is an
obvious moral. The world is the
bookseller. Alas the vanity of
luman fame! "How few" says
Jeremy Taylor, shave heard of
he name Venopatadino Reginm!
lie imagined that there was no
nen in the world that knew him
lot; how many men can now
ell me that he was the King of
Sarsinga?"