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Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-09-08
Colombia Fair October Is.

Patronize people who patronize you.
Sturgeon Fair came out $500 be-
hind.
There will be no Fulton Fair this
season.
Lee Mcdonnell hes our thanks for
Pueblo papers.
A. M. Harrison is excruciatingly
happy. 1t is boy.
Vandalia, Audrain county, will
have fair next fall.
Arthur Winegard attends college
at Glasgow this winter.
W. H. Mcintyre took $50 worth of
premiums on sucking colt at our
Fair.
Ian Morris celebrated stallion,
"Royal Gold Dust" carried off five
first premiums at our fair last week.
We know some people in this city
who are too thin skinned to be going
where they will when they leave this
earth.
If we don't get water while the
town is full of Christian preachers,
you may look out for a long dry
spell.
The rights and privileges of city
bill posting has, by agreement, been
transferred by E. +. Gibbs to A. C.
Perrin.
The Fulton people claim to have
assurance that two trains per day will
be put on their branch from Cedar
City to Louisiana.
We need hook and ladder COM
pany in connection with our fire de-
partment. A hundred light buckets
would also often come in good place.
c, NJ. Roberts, proprietor of the
Roberts House, Ceptralia, Mo-, was
down to the Fair. He reports his
hotel and the rest of Centralia -four
ishing.
W. N. Crowson's team ran away
with him again yesterday, and badly
bruised him up. He had not as yet
recovered from the effects of previ-
Gus runaway.
When you see a man off by himself
figuring on dry goods box, looking
like last years bird nest, he is
counting up how much he will lose
on the last grain deal.
There is a man in Mexico who
Is in the habit of getting drunk and
beating his wife. We learn that he
wants to beat the editor of this paper.
He had better keep on beating a
woman.
Mayor Bassford, who always thinks
of the right thing at the right time,
went around just prior to the circus
parade and made it his business to
see that all teams were we'll hitched
or taken care of. In this way all
accidents were avoided.
During the circus street parade the
alarm of fire was given, but proved
only to be the awning in front of
Menefee's store, which had caught
from cigar, and was promptly ex-
tinguished by DR.. Flint.
There are not less than 800 visitors
attending the State Meeting of the
Christian Church in this city. We
trust they have all found pleasant
homes, and are being hospitality en-
tertained. Mexico on every occasion
gets credit for being hospitable.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-09-08

The largest agricultural interest in the
United States lies in the cultivation of
Indian corn. The largest crop ever
produced was in 1877, when it reached
l,S42, ,55S,OOO bushels valued at $780,
64o. 400.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-09-08

A naturalist has discovered that mon.
keys may be taught to dance. Taught 10
dance, indeedl We have seen them
dance q hundred times at pawties in the
fawaey da.neaA-[Nev York CONNER.
cial Advertiser.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-09-08
t'afsft'ssfsf4C TWADDLLI .HC
.2afRsiosjNItA p4tNfMeu to Gen.
Weaver on Thursday last, and fpom
0atBllnh Vanph0sRCRRW nnnRagHFre heter

1fnVssfS1fC TWADDLL. ~
aafRsiobHItA Ap4t4fMteu to Gen.
Weaver On Thursday last, and fpom
Observation-Disclosures better
-sat;ss 4 .shass ever. this Presiden-
tial Eli e4iiccapReaAid5ataisf political jump
ing jack, aHahis speeches the baldest
1s'lga4n'l8 lsssYIARa}hfalib aba aa't 'twaddle. /
II is not true, as was assumed by
this demagogue as the basis of his
nonsensical gush, that the great par
ties Of this country are about to fall
to pieces, and that if we're the case
neither of them could be substituted
by an organization in support of
which nothing better can be said
than was advanced. TO govern such
country as ours, something more is
necessary than the disorganizing and
destructive suggestions of the CON-
mune. Have fiat and agrarianism.
thus far, done anything for labor (?
Have they supplied work or increased
wages? Have they prevented the
farms and property of impecunious
debtors from being sacrificed? And
what. even in the midst of present
prosperity, could come but disap-
pointment alike to the poor and rich
from antagonistic array of labor and
capital against each other? Away
then with the twaddle of the COM
mune! 1t lacks consistency, and is
not of universal application. In one
section it advocates what it denounces
in another. In one State it seeks
assistance from golden calf Republl-
cans, and in others from greenback
Democrats. nything for position is
its motto. Everywhere it is the party
of expediency. Wherever a commu-
mist wants Office, he is an illustration
of being in the market with willing
ness to dicker. To this, Gen. Weaver
is no exception. He was elected to
Congress through coalition, and still
seeks support without regard to the
sources from which it is obtained.
The Republican party has announc-
ed its determination to demonetize
silver and substitute national bank
paper, based upon interest bearing
bonds, extended and perpetuated
with that design, for the legal-tender
greenbacks. 1t has also declared that
government ought to be administered
in the interest Of syndicates and cor
porations, and there are no constitu-
tional checks that can be opposed to
such runious subordination of author
ity but the theories of Jefferson and
Jackson sustained and put into prac-
teal operation by democratic con-
gressmen; and yet, incredible as it
may appear, parties claiming to be
anti-monopolists and opposers of
Republican measures are traversing
our State endeavoring to detach hard
listed Democrats from the support of
their representatives.
No intelligent Democrat can, at
this late date, be deceived by the
fiimsy and false arguments that are
being advanced. No party was ever
sustained by such means. No faction
was ever gotten up through such in
strumentalities, except for the most
temporary periods. Comprehensive
principles embracing all interests
and providing for all classes are nec-
essary to good government and prog
ress. Nothing else can impart dura-
bility to political organization, and
these especially the commune lacks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-09-08

Alexander Richie, of Newton, Ill. .,
is in Mexico looking for Il location
for boot and shoe store.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-09-08

Go to John Schuhmacher's Res
taurant for your square meal, and he
also has plenty of well ventilated
rooms for dodgers by the dav or week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-09-08

Don't ask w. w. RLtledge what
time OF day it is, for he had his watch
stolen out of the store circus day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-09-08

The man who expressed an opinion
mac nao 70 pay charges clear through before
the company would take il.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-09-08

Barnes & Houton's delivery horse
ran away yesterday, breaking the
wagon "all up"
Miss Maggie Dryden, we'll known
n society circles here, died at War
renton Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-09-08
Cassidy & Bell,
CARRIAGE
manufacturers
AND JOBBERS

Having purchased the building for.
merly owned by Pollard, Diesel &
Co, we are prepared to do all kinds
of work in our line. such as blow
work, horseshoeipg, carriage max.
ing and trimming. All orders for
new work promptly attended 10.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Cain and
see US.
Shop and salcroom, corner of Jee.
ferson and Liberty streets, Mexico
Missouri. IL
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-09-08
It Don't Wear Out
JOHN SCHUHMACHER'S
RESTAU UR A MT!
WEST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE.

WEST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27
Artnur's opportunity.

President Arthur is known among his
friends, says the London World. to be q
man OF great courage and decision of char
acter. What blessing it would be Tor
him If he had courage enough to break
up the habit Of presidential hand-shak-
ing! He would do more for his county
if he made the habit Of hand shaking un-
popular in the United States than if he con-
quered a foreign foe In war. This intol-
erabie nuisance is spreading oil tho time.
If you meet an acquaintance twenty times
q day, you are liable to offend him if you
do not shake his hand. In heavens I ame
what use is it2 1t means nothing, and, If
you think about it minute or two. it is, as
a promiscuous practice, disagreeable in the
extreme. 6ut it is simply disgusting to q
president. Gen. Grant has frequently had
his arm lamed for days with hand shaking,
and sometimes bis hand was swollen twice
it's usual size. MI. Hayes fs the only prts-
ident who was never similarly afflicted. Mr..
Arthur will probably sometimes have at his
levees, 5000 persons, for his administration
will be socially brilliant, . We all hope it
will be politically strong. To think Of his
shaking 5000 hands big, fat, thin, palsied,
hard, sweaty, strong, weak, dirty. stiff,
6abby and q dozen other var1eties-in q
single evening is enough to send one to St.
Elizabeth. The personal friends Of Mr..
Arthur will surrey be glad if he reforms the
practice altogether.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27

Mr.. RAUM, internal revenue commits
sioner, who is endeavoring to collect law
ful taxes from bankers of New York, gave
them this pa|pable hit in e recent letter: Il
think the bankers of the United States, who
are understood to insist upon the obsery-
ance of contracts and the enforcement of
laws, should set the example to other tax
paying citizens by showing Willingness
to pay promptly such taxes as may be i'm
posed upon them by law" There has
been good deal Of difficulty and danger
in enforcing laws against the moonshinine
fraternity, but certain bankers and ca ,ital
lists have manifested much the same spirit
as that exhibited by the illicit distillers,
with this difference only, the moseyed men
rely on the respectability and power which
always attaches to capital, while the moon.
sinners stand by their shotguns.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27
THE LOST BALLOON.
Prof. Kings Atmospheric Car Lands in thu
swamps 65 Miles North OF Chippewa Falls,
Wis

Prof. Kings Atmospheric Car Lands In the
Swamps 65 Miles North OF Chippewa Falls,
Wis.
Prof King, who asco1ded At Chicago In his
big balloon on Thnrsday, the 18th, arrived 1t
Chippewa Falls. Wis on the 2 til. The bal
loon landed the previous Friday at o'clock,
on the Flambeau river, then made another as
censon and dfifted up stream trying to find
habtation. They landed in town 35, range 5,
section 8, of Chippswa county. They roamed
around from Friday until Tuesday, when they
reached Bruna Vlnnette's place on the Flam-
beau, about fifty miles from Chippewa Falls
At the time Of landing thy had no idea Of
where they were, not even the state. The bal
loon was sailing in westerly direction when
the final landing was made At tho time of the
landing, the professor thought that the Flan-
beau, which is uow swollen with the rains, was
( the Misa,s4ippi ---------.>--.------ -.
The weather was fair whom they left Chicago
and the wind was northwest, and they started
out in . sou'heasterly direction, and when
twenty i've to thirty miles from Chicago were
bectlned for eomo hours, when . southeast
current struck the balloon and from that timo
the direction was northwest.
When they started they took on board a
small lunch BASKET which was cleaned out Fri
day noon. From that time until Tuesday
night, when they took their first hot meal for
five days, they had bat little food, but there
was plenty of water and few late fall ber-
ries. > After finding habitation,
party was organized to go for the bal
loon, consisting of eleven men, who proceeded
mp theriver in q batteau to the nearest point to
the air ship. Hwas raining hard and the bal
loon was saturated with water, and must have
weighed two tols. From the nature OF the
ground and tho terrible weight Of the outfit, il
wasfound imnpssible to move It,. As last re-
tort was two in the mfld but sti1l found
tso cumbersome, and WAS dnslIy aLaudoned
untif The Rffflf,f al0t1ld fieeS, mn Ehon II viii
b shtpPed 70 The professor at Pliledelphis
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27
FOREIGN FLASHES.

Irish privy council has decided to proclaim
Dublin city. Loyal citizens are warned to- re-
main at home after dark. In Limerick the
liquor shops have been ordered closed fer
twenty four hours, rioting being feared.
Mr.. Gladstone, in an address at Guill hall
London, said the first step the government
nad taken toward vindicaling order and the
right of property III Ireland wss the arrt st OF
ParselL. "Mr. ParneIl." said Mr.. Gladstone,
"from motives which do not challenge, has
made himself prominent by attempting to de-.
stroy the authority Of law and to substitute for
it an anarchicai oppression o; the Irish people.
land act a fair trial. and the government is de-
ternined the people are not to be terrified out
of their constitutional rights"
Sarah Parneil, sister of the imprisoned lead
er, telegraphs from London:
Eayonet and bullet ", :rk is going on all over
Ireland. Terrorism and bloodshed are on every
hand. New outrages on our people are report
ell every moment. A young girl was deliber-
atoly shot in her own parlor by constables in
Limerick yesterday. The government has es
tablished \ reign of terror in the streets Of
Dublin. Secret information is received that the
governments is trying to create all opportunity
to let loose 6,ODO troops on the citizens
Special powers ar, given officers Of military
exceeded in b'oodthirs'iness in the
Thousands Of more arrests are expected,
though already the jails are Overlooking. Tue
land league has proclaimed In, ront' as the
order of tie day. We conGdentially appeal to
our brethren ia Am rica for the wi flows and
orphans, for the homeless, starving, and for
the wounded victims of British bullets, bayonet
and col ll-blooaed butchery.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27

The general land office report, which
will shortly be submitted to the secretary
OF the interior, will show that the cash
receipts of the Office for the last sscal year
were S., 408, 1904 16. The sale of Indian
land during the fiscal year was 76, ,522, 1870
acres. The number of acres sold for cash
was 9, $40, 937, which added to the Indian
land sales make 10. S93 1897 acres sold dur
ing the year. Under the head of surveys,
the report viii show there remains 1929,
S51. 942 acres of tho public domain yet to be
surveyed For the year ended July 80,
1881, 21,788.r41 acres we're surveyed.
sarveyed previously, 763,1ls969 acres.
making grand total Of l,S14, 7SS, ,922 acres
surveyed BY the general land Office. The
report will show that there was an increase
in surveys last year over the previous yea,
Of 6,O58, ,759 acres.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27

UNOFFICIAL statements of the popula-
ton of London, as shown by the census
taken on April 4tll, were published some
mo1ths ago, but the official figures have
only just been made known. The lnetrop.
oils proper has population of 1914, ,0o0
being an increase during the decade Of
about $50 900 persons. Outside tho dis
tric:s comprising metropolitan London is
an "outer ring, in which the growth Of
population has never b. en- more rapid, be-
ing increased no less than 50.4 per cent.
during the past decade. That part of the
great City of Towns" now contains 949, 200
inhabitants, giving total for the great me-
tropolis of 4,764 312. The increase of pop
ulation is peripheral-that is, toward the
outskirts. the ten districts forming the Gen.
trail area actually showing decrease of
from 2.2 to 1875 per cent. since the census
of 1871. This is accounted for by the sub
stitution Of business premises for dwelling
houses, and the consequent extension of
citizens toward the suburbs.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27

The late call for confederate bonds oc-
casioued good deal of talk but is easily
explained. Leaning that the confederate
government had million of pounds ster-
ling or so on deposit in the Bank of Eng
land when the Richmond government sud
3enly collapsed, certain clever spectators
bought up confederate bonds, erdeavored
to gain possession of tho deposit, and are
to day sadder and wiser men. Several at
tempts have been made by this United
States government to get hold of the con-
federate deposit, but the British go: ern-
ment thus far has shown no disposition to
give it mp. It is said that Secretary Blaine
has recently called the attention of Minis
ter Lowell to this matter.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

It is reported that Judge Freeman Of the
post Office department is to be suspended.
It is reported that James Gilfillsn: Q. 8.
portfolio. A better appointment could not be
made. +
Secretary Window can be credited with hav-
ing redeemed or stopped interest upon $1O5,-
$50, 700 in bonds reducing Iog t5o the annual bur-
Congressman Page, Of California, backed by
other representatives of that state, is to make
q fight against Director Of the Mint Burchard,
with = view to having him removed &$
Tho nominaton Of r. W. Johnson. u, ,of
Minnesota, to be assistant surgeon in the army,
With the rank Of first lieutenant; Was sent to
the eenate for confirmation on tho 10th inst
Friends Of Tyner says that he has . good
fighting chance, and assert that he intends to
stay in the department, whether or no now.
Rumor says that Tyner has received = letter
from General Grant telling him not to grow
psEyous over biz position until dsdnits charges
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27
The Bridegroom's ssBest Man,

The custom Of bridegroom being At.
tended on his marriage by friend or rela.
tive, who Is styled the "best man" 80 prac.
tised at weddings in the present day.: is Of
great antiquity, descending from our Saxon
ancestors. In their time marriages. were
always celebrated in tho house of the bride.
groom. On the day before tho wedding all
his friends and relatives, having been in.
vited, arrived at his house, and spent the
time in feasting and preparing for tho up.
preaching ceremony. Next came the BRIDE
groom's company, mounted on horseback
end completely armed, who proceeded in
great state and order. under command OF
one who WAS called the forwistamsn or the
foremost man, to receive and conduct the
bride in safety to the house Of her future
husband. Tho bride, in her tura was at
tended by her guardian and other male rel
atives, led by matron who was called tho
brideswoman, and followed BY company
Of young maidens, who were called brides
maids. The Saxon forewistaman OF the
ninth century is the prototype Of the Eng.
l!sh best man pt The stpeleeath,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27
FIRES AND OTHER Gas ALTIEs.


The extensive stave and heading establish
ment of James Wellshie l. Co.. near the Terra
Haute depot, at Evansville, Ind, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss about $50, ,OOO; partly
insured.
Charles Brannan was killed Saturday after
noon by jumping from the north bound pas
senger train on the st Paul + Duluth railroad
near No. 3 bridge. He was buried at Duluth.
At Salt Lake, while E. P. Ferry and wife
were out horseback riding, Mrs Ferry''s horse
fell and rolled over, crushing her so that she
died while being brought in on litter. Mr..
Ferry is brother Of Senator Ferry Of n hi
gan.
The factory fire in Philadelphia, on last
Wednesday night, was the most frightful dis
aster of the kind lately recorded Escape from
the upper floors was cut off almost as soon as
the fire broke out, and thirty or forty people
were either burned to death or crushed by leap
ing from the top of five-story building t, the
ground. There were forty-ive persons in tho
building. Twenty bodies have been found, aid
it is thought at least ten more bodies are in the
ruins
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27
The United States senators and repre-.

THE United States senators and repre-
sentatives receive the same amount of sal
ary, viz: 5000 eacb per arnum, with
mileage of twenty cents per mile each ses-
sion to and from Washingt n, and an an
nual allowance Of 1925 for stationery and
newspapers. The speaker of the house, by
virtue of his Office. gets an increase OF
$4,000 per year. The president pro tenn
pore of the senate, when there is no vice
president. receives the salary allowed the
vice president-$S ono per annum. Cab
met officers receive S. 600 each per annum:
the chief justice Of the United States su-
preme court is paid 1O,50o, and the other
justices so 600 each per annum.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27
Illumination In Venioe.

Letter to the New York Tribune ~~..s~s~.--
have hardly left myself room to tell
You of the illuminations Of tho Piazza OF
st. Mark last night. It was an immense
success. and truly thing to be remembered
by all who saw it. A hundred thousand oil
lamps marked out in golden light every
line Of the lovely architecture OF these
matchless buildings. Th' 50 who have seen
only illumination by gas Or by electric light
will hardly believe how very superior fos all
the purposes of beauty is Illumination ty
oil. The perfectly golden color of tho light
is so much mole beautiful. The facade Of
st. Mark church was lighted by electric
light, reflected on it in such q manner as
not to interfere with tho lighting Of the Pi-
azzs. Tho effect was magical. Those
only who have seen st. Marks can Imagine
it. If they have churches in fairyland
they must look a. st. Marks looked last
night, =.. 3 -.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27

The delay in filing the vacancies in the
supreme court of the United States seems
to be unaccountable. With Il docket so
far behind that three years will scarcely
clear it. there is every reason in favor Of
increasing the judicial force. Surely no
personal or political reasons ought to stand
in the way for moment. What makes
the matter worse, is the absence in Europe
of Justice Field, one of the most active
members of the court. He was expected
home early in the fall bat learning there
would be bare quorum, he telegraphel
that he would remain abroad for while
longer. There is a screw loose somewhere
in the organization of that tribunal.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27

THE Washington Republican comm ends
the militia OF that city, especially thci,
marching, but recalls an unpleasant REM
inis,ence in stating that the boys have new
gallant graudsires sixty y-seven years ago,
when their hatred Of the British was SO
signally displayed in the great strategic
movement from B!endensburg to George
town. uncovering Washington and leaving
it to be burned by the advancing enemy.