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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-19
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGES.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
"AvING determined to sell nv 1esi- -,
u dence, on South street, will do 80 ~.
ct q very low price for cash, or exchange ,,,l
for smaller house IN the city. TheA4
house is TWO stories high, and has nine large
rooms; the lot is large and is as desirable as any
in the city. The place is well supplied with
various kinds of fruit and shrubbery, and has
all the necessary out-buidlngs. For particu-
lars apply to G. NJ. Mountjoy, A. J. Hall or the
TO LAND OWNERS WHO WANT
TO SELL!
WE have frequent inquiries and applications
w for Lands and Farms, by strangers hunt
ing homes.
IT You will place your lands In our hands for
sale, we can show them to buyers, or send them
to you, aud thus effect sales.
No charge by US unless q sale is made.
Call at our office In Lexington, and give US the
description of your lands, and place them on
our books tor sale. Z. WINSOR 4 SON,
janlEm2 Real Estate Agents.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-19
LEFT ON the Battle FIELD.


LEFT ON the BATTLE FIELD.
What; was it 4 dreamP Am all alone
In the dreary night and drizxling rain?
Hist-ah. 1t was only the rivers moan;
They have left me behind. with the mangied
slain.
Yes; now 1 remember it all too welli
Tssethsr our lS Weapons flashed and fell,
Aud mine was sheathed In his qulvsring heart.
In the cypress gloom, where the deed was done,
1t was all too dark to see his face;
But heard his death grosns one by one.
And he holds me still in q cold embrace.
He spoke but once, and could not hear
The words he said, Ter the cannon's roar,
But my heart grew cold with deadly fear,
o, Godi had heard that voice before.
Had heard it before at our mothers knee.
When we lisped the words OF our evening
Ny brother! Would had died for thee
This burden Is more than can bear.
pressed my lips to his death cold cheek.
And begged him to show me, by word or sign.
That he knew and forgave me;he could not speak
But he nestled his poor. cold face to mine.
The blood flowed last from my wounded side.
And then for while forgot my pain; PAIN
In our little boat. two boys again.
And then In my dream We stood alone
On = forest path, where the shadows fell
And heard again the tremulous tsne,
And the tender words Of his last farewell.
But that parting was years, long years ago,
He wandered away to foreign land;
And our dear old mother will never know
That he died tonight by his brothers. hand
The soldiers who buried the dead away
Disturbed not the clasp OF that last embrace.
but laid them to sleep till the Judgment day.
Heart to heart, and lace to face.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-19

q Rumors float with the current of
opinion,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-19
VIM. H. EWING & CO.,

T EXINGTON, MO-. have established at their
IL Stables, on Laurel street, a MULE MAR
KET, where they will buy sell Mules either
single or lot- of any number. Farmers or
others Wishing " sell or purchase will be acr
commodated On the hest possible terms. Fall
dealing and Honor Bright IN every particular
will be the motto ot the establishment.
HSdVE u A THIAIAR Rpr2O1f
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-19
~MONEY TOtLOAN.u

WE have for sale NUMBER of Farms and
w Town Lots In Lafayette County. wiz take
charge OF Property OF non.residents, Collect
Rents, Pay Taxes, and attend to Proper Assess-
ment Of Real Estate. Correspondence solicited.
ONCE IN Court House, Lexington, Mo.
aus7yI TAYLOR & LESUEUR.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-19

TTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public an
IA Justice of the Peace, Lexington. missouri
once over Davis & Aiistadt's boot and she
stnre nov15-ly
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-19

What; was it q dreamP Am all alone
In the dreary night and drizxling rain?
Hist-ah. 1t was only the rivers moan;
They have left me behind. with the manRled
slain.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-19

The soldiers who buried the dead away
Disturbed not the clasp OF that last embrace,
But laid them to sleep till the Judgment day.
Heart to heart, and lace to face.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-19

He spoke but once. and could not hear
The words he said, Ter the cannon's roar,
But my heart grew cold with Q deadly fear,
o, Godi I had heard that voice before.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-19

ATTOR
CHARLES e. STONE,

~ county Missouri. mayIltt
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-19
.,rx GRAVES. J. D. sHEwALrRR
GRAYEs e. sHEWALTER.

GRAVES y SEdEW ALIHNs
A TTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Lexington, MO-.
JldiciaI Circuit, and United States courts.
Prompt attention given to collections. once
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31
A Porky Story.

From the Wan Street Daily News.
son this day seventeen years ago.
remarked a New Yorker the Other
day, 81 shipped 1000 barrels of porh
to Washington. / was an army con.
tractor then, and wherever / heard Of
a barrel Of pork l went for it, and
bought it at some price. I remem
Der this particular shipment because
a serious mistake was made"
"How 2"
SWELL, I counted the barrels at the
depot myself, and there were only
$50 when there should have been ar
wen 1000. Men were ready 70 roll
the barrels into freight cars, and te
make my number good l took ter
barrels of lard from a stock ready te
ship to Baltimore. They mixed in
all right, and, Of course, I expected
to pay for 'em. A~whole day went
by before I saw the owner These
were stirring times, you remember.
He had found himself short, and be
cribbed ten barrels Of beef to make
good his number OF barrels, and hus-
tied the shipments away"
Sand who did the beef man er1t
from?"
"Well, his beef was lDr the soldiers,
and he made himself good by buying
three barrels of vinegar. two of crack
ers, and stealing five barrels of APP
pies from a lot in the depot"
Sand did it 60 any further?"
"Yes. The most curious thing OF
all was that the man I took the lard
from sued the mar who stole the ap.
pies, and got judgment against him
for the worth of the lard, and none
of the rest of us were out a cent"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31
A Quaker Printers Proverbs.


Never sendest thou an article fol-
publication without giving the editor
thy name, for thy name Outlines Sc
cures a publication to worthless ar
ticles.
Thou should's st not rap on the door
of the printing Office, for he that an
swereth the rap sneereth in his sleeve
and loseth time.
Neither do you loaf about, ask
questions, Or knock down type, or
the boys will love thee like shade
trees when thou leaveth.
Thou should'st never read the
copy on the printers case, or the
sharp and hooked c~ontainer thereof
or he may knock thee down.
Never inquire thou of the editor
for the news. for behold, it is his
business at the appointed time to
give it to thee without asking.
1t is not right that thou should'st
ask him who is the author Of an arti-
Gle, for his duty requires him to keep
such things to himself.
When thou doest enter into his Of
fee, take heed unto thyself that thou
doest not look at what may be lying
open and coneerneth thee not, for
that is not meet in the sight of good
breeding.
Neither examine thou the proof
sheet, for it is not ready to meet thy
sight as thou mayest understand.
Prefer thine W town paper to
any other, and be sure to subscribe
for it immediately.
Pay for it ia advance, and it shall
be we'll with thee and thine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31

-


kr0m the UmaAa bee
A well-known engineer on the q. r.
nho hasa slioht impediment in Iii.
.--. tn-
.s....H
sl1ce N1tn ma otylsten
the nature Of which gradually leaked
out and became . source of consider
.h,a finn for the hfva The story ooes
that an !. recent run h;s engine had ,
scollison. uith 4 CIV. .reapltinc disas
t,nuslv Il ~ - ~ anesHea. Nv
q rule of the railroad company such
accidents mus,. be reported nv the
engineer and conductor in writing.
and for some reason the engineer for
not his dutv on this occasson.s until
he ras summoned before the railroad
m.cnate for private inyestiuation.
4Mr-.. said The suDerintend-
emf, show IL it that you sailed to re-
mort the killins of . COW ON voor RIM
OF such a date?n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31

MEAT MARKET!
SOUTH SIDE OF SQUARE.

Having bought the entire stock O
Ferguson d Co, will continue to
carry on the Butcher business at the
old stand. viii constantly keep on
hand all kinds Of Fresh Meats, and
win endeavor to accommodate the
public in the best possible manner.
/ respectfully ask share of the public
patronage.
13-6m JOHN II. RUNKEL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31

No. 81.
$50 acres. all under fence. subdiyiaaS
fields, young hedge fence, $50 acres me.doA
acres d pl0w. $50 acres timheraS ~, Y
two small frame houses, good water IN SSnaI
creek runs through farm, a no. I stock fe@aMadd
ate Z miles northwest OF Mexico. Pr.s Y
per acre. 1
go acres) all in cultivation, 200 Acres in -.
ton. balance in blue grass and timotls "
buggy houre and all necessary imnrnr.sN
three good orchards, running water fhrouS !
farm, good 0al bank 80 inch vein. ~ !
farm of number one land. Price low,
No. 80.
252 acres all under good fence exeept "A
timber detached ! 1-2 miles, 70 acres i;ma.1
good orchard. balance in cultivation. soas =
story frame house five rooms good sfahis \
cfstern. fine lot Of shade trees around fbe ~
good school house IN farm, school fnhd s,iisJ
to run school 8 months in the year, abunSsss]
stock water. Situate on the Mexico INA
from Laddonia and Benton City. A nns ~
well locatedgood range for stock. Price NJ
per acre.
640 acres river bottom land, all in gold =,
160 acres lae grass, 100 acres timothy. in =,
timbered pasture. balance under pillow. an +
fenced, good 1 1-2 story frame house isYe b
with ell 16X32 feet. good ice house, buggy ~
&c. Barn 4Ox60 feet with basement seya y
plenty water for all purposes. improves
nearly new and i'm good shape. good land +
uate five miles north of Mexico, on county N
Price $50 per acre.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31


The new dog law passed by the
Legislature makes it the duty Of the
Assessor to list all dogs over three
months old, owned or harbored by
any person, and he shall receive 10
cents per name of each owner. The
tax on dogs ID TO be one dollar for
males, two dollars for females, and
for each dog more than nj 81 90.
Tue fund SO collected shall be paid
into the county treasury and shall
be distributed on the first Monday of
March in each year, among the sheep
owners who have lost sheep by dogs.
in proportion to the number lost.
A justice of the peace and three dis
interested freeholders are to ascertain
and certify to the injury We copy
the two following sections:
Sec. 4. In every case where sheep
are killed or injured by dog or dogs,
the owner, keeper or harborer of such
dog or dogs. shall forthwith kill the
same, and for each day he shall re-
fuse or neglect to do SO, after receiv-
ing notice, in writing, he shall forfeit
to the county the sur of one (1) dol
lar, to be paid into the county treas
ury, to become a part of the perma-
nent school fund of the county, and
it shall be lawful for any person to
kill such dog or dogs.
SEC. 8. If any person assessed for
any dog Or dogs shall refuse or neg
lect to pay the tax SO assessed for
ten (10) days after the demand
thereof, it shall be the duty of the
collector, whose duty it is to collect
said tax, to kill, or caused to be kill
ed. such dog Or dogs, and he shall
receive one (1) dollar for each dog
as compensation thereof, and it shall
be lawful for any person to kill said
dog or dogs so taxed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31

The marriage license law as just
passed by both houses of the Legis-
iature provides that no license shall
issue authorizing the marriage of q
male under 81 or q female under Is
without the consent of their parents
or guardians. Any person solemniz-
ing . marriage where the parties have
not obtained q license is guilty of a
misdemeanor and may be fined a
sum not exceeding $500, and in adj
dition be subject to civil action by
the parents or guardian. All mar
riaqes are to be recorded in the re-
corder's office, and the recorder is
subject to q fine not exceeding 500
nor less than IS for refusing . H.
cense TO persons entitled thereto.
He 10 entitled 10 . fee Of q for is
suing the license. The person sol
emnizing q marriage IL requested to
make 3 return within ninety days of
the issue, . failure to do 80 or the
making Of . false return Is punlsha-
BILE a. q misdemean0r.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31
Order of Publication.
Order of Publication.
On vacation.)
State of Missouri, County of Audrain.
Audrain Circuit Court, March, 8, 1881.
Robert T. N Muir p'h: n;ro...
Mary 7. Muir, def't.

~
NOW, at this day, comes plaintiff,
by his attorney, and files his pc
tition, verified by affidavit, alleging,
among other things, that said defend
ant is a nonresident of the State of
Missouri.
You said nonresident defendant
are, therefore, hereby notified of the
filing of said petition, the object and
general nature Of (which is to obtain a
decree of divorce from the bonds of
matrimony heretofore contracted
and, unless you be and appear at the
next regular term Of this court, to
be begun and held at the court house
in the city of Mexico. on the LIST Mon
day in June, next, and plead to said
petition, the same will be taken as
confessed, and Judgment rendered
accordingly.
1t is further ordered that a copy
hereof be published, according to
law, in the Mexico Weekly LEDGER,
a newspaper printed and published
in Audrain county. A true copy.
Witness my hand as Clerk, and
.......* seal of said court, affixed
SEAL at office in Mexico this, 3rd
'* day of March, A. D., 1881.
JAMES CARROLL, CLERK.
W. II. KEENAN,, ESQ, atty for plff.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31

Not That Kind of q Hair Pin.

The other day John F. Wallack.
superintendent of the Western Union
telegraph in this district, related a
bit of his experience. 1t occurred
during one of the night storms so
frequent last summer. The violence
of the wind had detached the trunk
quadruplex wire, used for New York
business, and the testing instrument
located the break at the first pole
west of Lewisville. MI. Wallack
called up the operator there, and or
dered that the break be fixed.
"Can't go out tonight; storm is
too bad,' was the reply.
'tStorm or no storm, the thing has
to be fixed"
ssWel1, I've got no ladder
600 out and climb the pole" This
somewhat testify.
Isl can't climb"
"What's the reason you can't?'
Managers temper going fast.
"I'm a woman"
Mr.. Wallaek had forgotten, in the
press Of business, that LeWisville had
q female operator, but when remind
ed of it he gave up the job and hired
two boys to attend to it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31
Mistakes should be Corrected

Particularly the practice of taking
medicines into the system by way of
the stomach for diseases of the kid
neys. 1t is an old treatment, we'll
tried, and proven inefficient. The
true method is absorption, as proven
by the great success of Days Kid
ney's Pad.
l had no faith in your mode of
treating diseases of the kindneys I'M
til 1 tried it, and cured myself of a
complaint that the doctors pronounc-
ed incurable. These are the words of
thousands who use the Day Kidney
Pad.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31

No 2.
1GO acres. All under good hedge and rail
fence. 10 acres new meadow, so acres pasture,
balance in cultivation. New frame house of six
rooms, good barn. cribs, etc. Good wells at
hoNse and barn. Stock ponds, young orchard.
good timber, Situated 6 miles northwest OF
Mexico. Price $500 per acre.
MOI.
3e5 acres in farm. 100 acres timbered land
watered by Young's creek, 100 acres grass land
(including 50 acres meadow balance in cultiva-
ton. Young orchard just beginning to bear.
plenty small fruit, two-story frame house of Z
rooms. tenant house of 2 rOOms, ice-hOuse,
smoke-house and other out buildings. Frame
barn 5SXi4 feet. good double corn crib, living
stream of water runs throuhh farm. two good
ponds, school house within / mile and 2 churches
within a mile.
24o acres, fronting half mile on public road
100 acres In meadow. orchard of 10 acres, balance
number one tillable land, large two-story house
handsomely finished, all necessary out build
Price $40 per acre.
100 acres all well fenced and nicely s.b-divid-
ed. % acres good timothy meadow, 20 acres good
pasture. balance in cultivation and timber, good
good stable and other out buildings, high rolling
land as hood as any in the county. Price $1,000
per acre.
No IL.
160 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 goo.I
neighborhood. Situated IL miles north east af
Mexico. Price $500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31

No. 1871.
1Is 90-10o acres-1os 90-l0O acres in farm 10
acres timber detached. Prairie pOrtien well
fenced with plank and post fence all broken
save 10 acres 10 acres timothy meadow 10
acres sown to wheat good frame house, 1 t-2
stories of 7 rooms good cellar, good ciStern {:
frame barn, 40x40 feet wagon shed and corn
cribs ; 100 fruit trees of all varieties. Situated 5
miles east of Mexico and 2 miles west of Benton
City. Price. $500. $500 cash. balance on time
to suit purchaser, at & per cent.
No II.
100 acre farm divided into six fields, all under
good fence, % acres timothy and clover, 20 acres
blue grass pasture, IS acres timbered pasture, 40
acres in cultivation, 5 acres lots and orchard.
good one story frame house 5 rooms, porch and
portico. good new barn, two wells, good stock
ponds. four miles west of Mexico, on the county
road. Price $1,000.
No. 81.
$50 acres in farm, all under fence, 40 acres TIM
bered pasture 10 acres good meadow 50 acres
pasture balance in cultivation plenty of timber
for home use creek runs through farm good
orchard. Coed one and q half story frame
dwelling in good repair: outbuildings fair. The
land is frst-ciaSs Situated four and a half
miles northeast of fMeXico. Missouri. Price, $50
per acre.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31

NO. ~.
800 acres in farm. 200 acres under hedge fence,
farm divided into 40 acre fields, good ] 1-2 story
frame dwelling Z rooms. good barn and cribs,
land. Situated near Laddonia, Audrs n county
Mo. Price 5000.
No. 26.
$50 acres improved prairie land. good frame
house, 4 rooms. good smoke house, abundance
living water. Land all under fence. Price SIS
per acre.
One of the best stock farms i'm Missouri, con-
tanning 200 acres, 900 acres under fence, 100 acres
IS r0Oms built in modern style, good barn. three
%cisterns. two large ponds never failing wster. no.
] orchard of 800 apple tress, situated s1-2 milyS
south of Mexico, on the C. & A. railroad, churches
and school house in neighbarho0d. Price $500
fer ace.
Farm of 30 ocres all well fenced, good one story
frame dwelling house OF four rooms. kitchen de-
tached. good frame barn iix44 feet, and other
small fruit. 40 acres in cultivation balance tim
bered pasture. Situgte 21-2 miles west of Mexico.
Price s. 500. terms easy.
$50 acres humble one stock farm, all under
good rail fence, well watered by creek, ponds
and wells. 600 acres in tame grass. iHU of which is
pasture, good orchard of three acres IN full! bear
ing and variety of small fruit. good fl me house
9 rooms, porcheS add pOrtico. good sn oke house
and other out buildings. yard nicely rnamented
with eyergreens and shrubbery. A v ry desIra-
BILE farm, two miles from Centralia. rice $4,000
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31

Ihweh ae or mhape 0Noa acres dm fMtGrzmg and Farming LmhmH State of Missouri, at bedrock pr
and business prparym he city dMGc,M Mo-
Having correspondence nO rheU United States my ABILITIES 6s selling or NhMghgp property are surpassed ym' Others
Til Largest portion dmy farming glands ares situate within eyd distance oNeco the county of mnm county and fM
hyh msm Unite States Thief MoMgf NrpesnHs portion dyL Land Register:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-03-31
No. %.

so acres improved land. two miles northeast of
Mexico. 10 acres in cultivation. 20 acres in pas
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.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-29
IDIOTIC SMASH.
men,.

The Minnesota Republican newspapers
can make bigger asses of themselves, and
produce great men ION paper with great
CT facility than any other pack of idiots
on earth. Just now the asinine inclina-
ton of few is running towards making
Bill Window a member of Garield's cab
met. Since they succeeded in making q
fool of Bill Window and disgracing the
State at the Chicago convention by running
him for President, their peculiar form
of idiocy clings to the gigantic statesman
from Winona. Of course, there is not q
shadow of chance that he will be secre-
tary of the treasury. He is simply q
third rate lawyer, who never was able to
make any treasury for himself from
his profession, and was picked up and
sent to Congress when Minnesota was
young and green, as an act of charity to
give him living. Gen Garfield undoubted-
ly has weak points, but he has too much
ability to disgrace the country by inviting
so weak and mediocre man as Bill Win
dom to be secretary of the treasury. The
blather may be refreshing taffy for Win
dom, but it is positively disgusting to the
public, and simply stamps those who
utter it as too verdant to be abroad with
out a cowboy as protector, to keep the
animals from browsing on their ears.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-29
THE Washington correspondents ant

The Washington correspondents and
the newspapers generally are having 9
good deal to say about Garfeld's inten-
tions in relation to Conkling's claims upon
his consideration and patronage. The
preponderance of opinion seems to in.
cline to the opinion that Conkling will
be given back seat by the incoming ad
ministration, and his wishes as to the dis.
position of patronage ignored entirely
If Mr.. Garfield intends to carry out this
policy, however, he will probably live to
rue his action. 1t is said that he has
already set his heart on second term Of
the Presidency. If this is so he cannot
afford to ignore Conkling because of the
influence that Senator Yields in New
York Without the electoral vote of the
Empire State Garfield could not have
been elected last fall, and without it he
cannot be elected four years hence. There
is no doubt whatever but Conkling can
turn the State over to the Democrats, and
thus dissipate the hopes of all who ex-
pect to reach the Presidency. Mr.. Gar
field will not and dare not show disre-
spect to the wishes of the famous turkey
cock of the Senate, however much in
clined he may be to do so.