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Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-04-14

Audrain County Circuit Court, Feb.
ruary 4, 1881. NJ.
Ella McCune, ct al. PLAINTIFF.
va.
Catherine Brown, ct al. defendant1

NOW at this day come the plaips
~ tiffs, by their and sAe1
to the court by motion that def6n&
ant, Catherine Brown, has depaF1ef
this life, leaving as her sole heir y
law Frank B. Stafford, and pray -
an order that this cause may be -
viewed and continued against audh
the name of the said Frank B. Sta&
ford in the place and stead Of -
said Catherine Brown, deceased, ~
that said Stafford is a non-residse
of the State of Missouri. as
r 1t is. therefore, ordered BY ~
court that this cause be reviyse
against and continued IN the name
of the said Frank b. Stafford, M
cause to the contrary be shown =
the next term of this court; and T
is further ordered that the ~
Stafford be notified hereof by pst
LEGATION.
You, the said Frank b. 6tsGoe3y
are, therefore, hereby notified 70 y
and appear at the next regular On!
of this court. to be begun and ~
at the court house in the city :.
Mexico, county of Audrain, STATE q
Missouri, on the first Monday in jar
next, and show cause, if any ~
have, why said cause should mot =
revived and continued against yo9!
failing to do so said cause will st.
revived as pray ed. 1t is fdrt1a
ordered that . copy hereof be ~.
lished according to law in the Me31e[
Weekly LEDGER, q newspaper prn.s
ed and published in Audrain cosnsy
A true copy.
Witness my hand and seal Of ..
- court affixed at csfice J.
SEAL Mexico, this 9Th day :
- April, 1881.
52-4w JAMES CARROLL, Clerk.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-04-14

Would cordially invite a call from hcs 49,
and the public to an examination Of the -
With many thanks for past favors, she -
by an accommodating spirit and strict xad11
to business, to merit a share Of public psns
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-04-14
had Treatment.

We don't know what Bro. White,
OF the Mexico LEDGER, owes us s
grudge for, but he will persist in clip.
ping items from the Wide-Awake,
and crediting them to us. We object
to that kind OF treatment, for we
don't feel like being responsible fol
other peoples errors, and if Brother
White don't mend his ways and
promise to do better in the future we
might k~ick.-GWellsvllle Advertiser.
We stand corrected. We don't
want to give you credit for anything
Kirk rel wrote. MOI give Kirk credit
for anything that appears in your
paper. We will be more careful.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-04-14
THE Tree Shall be Known by Ia IN
Doctress ]. N. KooNr
DISEASES OF WOMEN ONLY.

~ t ..H ts+ -a. $50 p
LAS had over fifteen years expt
IL rienee, has been located. ~
practicing in Mexico over two year;
also, will say 1 have the "FREscf
CURE FOR WOMEN for sale, one h
the best prepared remedies on eMA
for any disease peculiar to the fennis
organization, and is so acknowledesi
by all who have given it a trial. il
is prepared chiefly OF medical fooh
and herbs that grow in France, II
is m of the most pleasant, mild aAd
palatable remedies to take ever a.
tered in America, prepared and for
sale only by D%octress J. NJ. Koonts
Office and residence corner of Prsn.
enade and Washington Streets, Ma.
leo, Mo.
Doctress j. NJ. Koontz viii a.
consult with patients in regard u
the "FRENCH CURE" and diseases
peculiar to woman free OF chafls,
and furnish medicine and treatmeat
essential to their case for less morn
than any physician in the stktsl
Call or Write.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-04-14

Special Correspondence Of the Ledger.
SLATER, Mo-, April 10.-At last
the dull monotony Of cloudy days and
gloomy skies, pattering rain and
muddy roads is broken, and the gen.
ial influence of sunshine is felt and
appreciated by all. No one depre-
Gates the bountiful influence of a
cloudy, murky, dark, drizzly day
than the man whose occupation shuts
him out from the sunshine of his home
and its hallowed associations, and no
more gladly drinks in the balmy at
mosphere of pleasant weather which
makes all men happy and wreaths
many q sad face with smiles and gives
q fresh impetus to trade.
left the Queen City of our State
On the morning of election, after en-
joying the full benefits of the elec-
ton franchise to the best advantage
for the veal Of our enterprising peo-
pie.
In course of travel I made Colum.
bia, the reputed "Athens'' Of Mis-
sour, and to her honor let me say
that she enjoys no undeserved enecn-
iums of pralse-neatness in architec-
ture, fashion in dress and energy in
business all seem to characterize her
citizens in their various spheres.
Though, by way of parenthesis, let
me say that if our proud young city
Of Mexico enjoyed one half the pat
ronage from the State treasury as q
donation to Hardin College that Col
umbia receives yearly for her schools
the reputed seat Of learning would,
IN q short time, be Mexico instead Of
Columbia.
From Columbia We took a pleasant
drive of sixteen miles on q fine gravel
road to Ashland, where we found a
live little town of pleasant people.
After a good trade we returned to
our elegant hotel, the Powers House,
at Columbia. From Columbia, our
next town Of importance in a com.
mercial way, was Glasgow. My first
Impressions were suggestive of the
beautiful. lines of Goldsmith dedi-
Gated to Auborn. But after q hearty
support from her merchants, and q
more considerate review of the bor-
ders I .nuld not saw that All her
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-04-14

Our young friends Neal VOORHEES,
and L. P. Smothers, of Randolph
county, have got into the drug bust
ness in Mexico, and Neal wants all
his Monroe friends to call and see
him when in that city.-Paris Appeal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-04-14

B. F. Dobyns, collector of revenue
for Audrain county. has collected 81
per cent. of the amount levied, which
speaks well for MI. Debyns and for
the tax-payers.-Celumbia Statesman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-04-14
ROAMING

Columbia, Glasgow, Slater, and other Cities
Visited by . Mexico Travelling Man-"No
Place ike Home.o
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

was reported. without recommendation, by
the Committee on Revised Statutes.
Mr.. Cahall moved that the bill bo In
definitely postponed.
Mr.. Bradford rose TO speak on the
merits of the bill, when Mr.. Tomlinson
made the point Of order that, the motion
being to indefinitely postpone, discus
sion OF the bill itself was out of order
The Speaker (Mr, Register in tho
chair) decided the point not well taken.
Mr.. Tomlinson appealed from the de-
cision OF the Chair.
The appeal was taken and the Chair
sustained by vote Of II to i.
Mr.. Bradford then spoke for little
over an hour and was briefly replied TO
by Mr.. Register.
The bill was then indefinitely post
ponrd by the following vote:
Aycs--Cahall, Graham, Jones, Matthews
McNeal, Moore, Register, Robinson, Stay
ton, Tomiinsou, VanBarkalow, T. N.Wil-
liHms --i2.
Nays Bradford, Eastburn, Eiason,
Pilliag, Swaync, Townsend, A.C. Williams
ooikeeper-s.
Adjourned.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
Some Queer Arguments Against Just
Representation

The Smyrna Times attempts to base an
argument against just representation in
our State Legislature on the equal repre-
sentation Of the states in The United
States Senate. If the Times will stop to
consider the matter it will see the absurd
ity OF such comparison. The states were
political entities before there was any
government or constitution OF the United
States. They had perfect right to
enter into the Union or remain out of it.
They finally entered in on agreed condi-
tons, one OF the most important of which
was that they were in many matters to
retain their autonomy and in large
measure their sovereignty, the chief mark
and guarantee Of which was to be their
equal representation in the United States
Senate, OF which it was eovenanted no
state should ever he deprived without
its own consent. Does the Smyrna
l.mss imagine the state OF Delaware was
formed by any such compact between
three counties which prior to its torma-
ton were separate and distinct sovereign
ties Ii it does it will be able to correct
its own error by a very little judicious
s.udy OF our country'a history. There Is
no parallel between the two cases aud no
similitude between county and u State.
But the Times makes its case far worse
BY another and different attempt 10 eA-
e1se the injustice Of the present system.
| 1t says
| The man in the lower counties who owns II
| thousand acres of land or has II large interest
in vessel Or other property may, i'll his legis
| lative demands, represent us much Us bust
ness establishment III the upper part Of the
| state containing hundred men, for tht
| REASON that the property i'll the one Is perlua
Lent and the basis Of taxable wealth, while Ii
the other it may be floating population
without fixed homes or iuterests-ln Della
ware to-day and i'll Pennsylvania OF New
York tomorrow.
We presume that the Times is no
ignorant OF the fact that by constitutional
provision, As we'll as by the legislatiyt
rnactmentS known as the assessinen
laws, that ample provision is mad
against a floating population voting il
this state, while if taxable wealth
Instead Of population is to be considerg,
IT, the basis OF representation in the stat
Legislature, then the people Of thi
county ought to have three or four time
the representation OF those Of the lowe
counties. II the Times will make fe,
nare such arguments, we shall conelud
that it is trying to help along the cause
processes to oppose by the rt,htoto a
td,SarttWm.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

Of ours can make them comprehend the
contempt their conduct excites, but they
will come ia time 70 understand the
wrath with which the constituents they
have betrayed regard their bid for politi-
cal favor of foreign corporation 10
which they propose delivering the
farmers and manufacturers of the
lower part of the State bound
hand and foot, There ought to be q
unanimous expression of indignation by
our people against the neanness, illiber-
atty and ingratitude Of the members
who obtained the aid of majority OF the
members from the lower counties for the
first Delaware Western bill and then
turned anI opposed bill intended TO
confer like benefits oil the people OF the
lower counties. We are content that
the people of Kent and Sussex shall pun
-h in their own way their stupid repre-
sentatives who vote against free compete
ton in railroads, but we want the people
of this county to make our representa-
tives, who have taken this course from
.onle worse reason than even stupidity
comprehend that they are not down at
Dover TO represent the private interests
of Mr.. Higgins bat the public interests Of
the people Of this State.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

while others reeled off yarns from, ,bo.
personal experience that Were ente,tnin
ing, if not edifying. One of the stn ,ri,'
was about greenhorn who went drnm
fishing and got his legs SO badly AMI,
burned that his companions had to ca ,.r,
him home on streteher. Another :.
that DIMINISHING party caught siner,S VI
kind of creature called stsea-lizard e N'A'
cit was every bit us big as me s,i
the way 1t pulled, no thought haj
cotched a doubled breasted drum. !, ssi4
the narrator. Being called on TO Sow C",a
down." lie said that tho sea lizard y ,ra'
about four feet long and that il djd va, na.
take the hook but got its nec!, in,a
blight Of the line. '9 =
"fhey're hound to come to mo . s,,i
tho fisherman, after lie had fni,l"'
"cussin" the lizard for not being n drr,.
III they won't bite, lust snakp ,"@ a
around the neck and yank them asLms ,' 7"
AS far Ms victuals went Jared nr.,,
well nj this hotel, but il / yisi, Cjj,na'
league again, win try the Atlantic
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
IN GENERAL.

John Fink, arrested at Williamstowb
Ohio, few days ago, upon susplcio, \
having murdered his sister, Mis- NJ
Scott has been discharged after =,
examination.
A herder, suspected OF having assuilt.l
and murdered woman, was taken 6.gl
officers At Santa Barbara, Cal. on Mon1,'
and lynched by mob. Ills tta,,m,,.
and actions left little doubt Of liz "EG
The house carpenters Of uiueion.r
have struck for $3.50 per day, lA.4o",
makers Of that city have also elr,,L n,
$i.75. The employers say tAgy Mn
grant the increase utter the orders n
hand are filled.
The local election in Cincinnati va,
held Monday. 1t is believed rom fin,
returns that William Means, Demosts,
was elected Mayor. lie was supporlsj
Ly the Gazette (Repnblicau), which w.
pudiated the Republican nouliuta.
Dennis Murray, a wealthy salo9n
Keeper Of Newark, N. j., was convicted
Tuesday, of selling beer on sunday.aud
was sentenced, by Justice Carter. d opo
months Imprisonment i'll The peuitgu.
tiary and tho payment OF q line Of $500
Martin LeXter was Killed by BENJAMIN
Frego, IN a quarrel in Barry count,
Michigan, on sunday afternoon. Ingoi,
prominent citizen of tlle county, and n.
he had shown symptoms Of INSANITY. it i,
believed he was not Responsible when he
did the deed.
Adviccs from iankton report another
Hood, the river being one foot Aighygthau
on the 18th ult. II IS believed that ..y.
eral lives have been lost at BonLoapu.
Village and other points. No lives wer.
lost at Green Island, though the WHOA
village was swept away.
Among the papers flied i'll tie la.e d
Atlantic, Mississippi y OHIO Lall.0al, il
the Emitted States Circuit Court at Elc4
lnoud, VI, is Il petition Vi General William
Malone, praying that his salary u s-J
uou per ahnum, MS president d tire Allan
TIC, mississippi q ONO Railroad COMPANY,
from the HIN Of June, 1876, 10 Tic rcggA,
sale, be allowed. This would now auig4ut
to Sl25, 900.
The exhibition at Matanlas, Cuba,va
opened BY Captain General Blareo, Oh
sunday kverytLingls incomplete, iAer-
being lew exhibits yet i'll place, ailill 4,
runored that, on account Of lie lJtcnyss
| oil the Season, the eAlnbltIa4 Wil U1
1 closed iii two months and lcoprHcd neX.
winter. The United states are ially
represented IN hardW are, uatA.leTy and
agricultural products.
Tie weather Throughout Canada u.
4 t4nues uausually cold. Ia eG.5... 4.,
Z IL, ,,,att4
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

IN i7-+ there we're 40 miles Of line az
Inis!s there were ;, 900 miles q line
ami 3, GOO miles Of wire.
Ii 1888 there were IA, 6Tj miles q linz
and - 0J3 miles Of wire.
IN 1850 there were 1852 miles o. NV
and 1870 miles Of wire.
il 1896 there were %, 4l2 miles q Inc
| and 80, - miles OF wire.
In $50 thclc were %, 4O3 miles q l.a'
and l07, 24J miles OF wire. .
III 1871 there We're Ill, G52 miles 2! 4iH-
and 251,O74 miles Of wire. .,,
In 1850 there were s42,364 miles q ~
and 3a0,0lS mikes Of Wire.
The first line Of telegraph in the ! ni'ya
States was established between Balhm%1iY
and Washington in lS3I. This WAS W
Morse plan, which has since become ~ "
almost universal system Of the wof." .
Fifty million messages were sent dnEl 5l
the year 1880. Tine companies empi0'
81, coo persons and have Il, 00u Offices
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

Nihilism is shoEing its head at new
points as we'll as old. Several professors
and students at Jassy haze been
arrested in this connection, and high
official at sophia has been charged with
declaring that the Car inerited death.
Russian refugees at Paris are closely
watched and extraordinary precautionary
measures have been taken at s.. Peters
burp
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

good many people will BIS disap-
pointed to learn that 1t is now denied
that the man recently killed by saloon
keeper at Las Vegas, New Mexico, was
Currie, who murdered the actor, Porter,
in Texas.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

only Il day or two since North Caro-
Ina convict escaped by means romantic
enough for the stage. His companion iii
the cell died, was sArouded, o0l.iued ana
lett in the cell with the living prisoner
v nile the keeper went 10 diuner. In tic
interval corpse and prisoner changed
places, and the supposed dead man
e4Haped just rs the collin was about to be-
lowered into the grave, tAe terror-slrieken
Attendants silently watching his flight,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

property from fire was passed This
bill makes parties liable in an action on
the case for damages by negligently
handling combustible matter on, or burn
ing brush
The bill in relation to the public build
ings at New Castle was passed. Thia
bill provides that the property shall be
vested In the hands of trustees, to be used
by the courts of the State of Delaware,
should another county be laid out, other
wise to be used for town purposesl.
The act to amend section II, chapter AZ,
entitled "of the Public Schools" Was
read by title and referred.
The bill in relation to the Delaware
City, Salem and Philadelphia Navigation
Company, was read by title and referred.
The act relating to crimes and INSIDE
meanors was read by title and referred.
The Canal bill was read twice and re-
ferred
The bill in relation to oysters was
passed (This bill provides that nc
stranger snail dredGe upon the natural
beds in Delaware Bay and that no citizen
shall dredge or tong ON the beds during
the months of July and August
Adjourned.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07

over counties. We are content that
The people of Kent and Sussex shall pun
4h in their own way their stupid repre-
;entatives who vote against free COMPETE
ton in railroads. but we want the people
Of this county TO make our representa-
tives. who have taken this course from
some worse reason than even stupidity
that they are not down at
Dover 10 represent the private interests
of Mr.. Higgins bat the public interests Of
the people Of this State.
Thc Grand Jury aud the Negroes.
Gratifying as it is to see that the
colored people of this community are
sensitive TO charges affecting their morals
as race, it is high time that their abuse
of thu grand jury of this county was re-
buked by those who have not got 1t into |
their heads that the negro is 4 sort of |
sacred animal who must be spoken Of
only with reverence. Il is part Of the
dutv Of the grand jury to direat the
attention Of tle court not merely to the
specific rausc reachtNl hy Indictment but
to such general evils as call for remedy
either through legislation or puhic
opinion, aud this duty tile first grand Jury
that met III the uew court house did in
report which touk notice, among other
things, OF the very general disregard by
our eoorad population OF the marriage
laws Of tile state. The report merely
directed attention to notorious facts and
contained no words OF denuuciaton. It
was unanimous report by a jury com
posed OF men OF both political parties,
and 50 far from being document worthy
of attack and reprobation, it was one
which called forth the special eommenda-
tion Of the Court and an order directing
| copies Of it To be- transmitted to the Levy
| Court Of this county and to the state
Legislature. Yet at very meeting Of
negroes held since, the report has
| been denounced, and at meet
ius on Wednesday night in Exon.
NJ. y. Church the pastor OF the church
made bitter and false speech on the
subject and was followed by another
negro preacher III an address i'll . like
vein after which resolutions were adopted
declaring that grand jurors seeking
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
THE TEAGUES OF ACooMACH.
Tho Islands and the Islanders
oysters, Fish, OH, Ponies, SAL
Marshes and Sand.

washed on the east by the Atlantic anu
on the west by the green waves Of
Assateague sound. To the southwark
and eastward are salt marshes and more
sand, miles and miles OF il. A mile ur
So 10 the southwark il tho life saving
station, where Captain Tracy and
his men, eight i'll all, keep constant
watch. Every night and all night,
n sardless OF the weather, these hardy
ue3n patrol the beach five miles TO the
nDrlhward and nearly three miles to the
soashward, wi.lle at midnight mounted
patroilnan rides seven miles to meet the
patrolman from the next
station.
Three times during tho past winter
have Captain Tracy crew manned their
surf boat and rescued sliipwrecked crows.
Two large square riggers and Il smaller
q. aft that went entirely to pieces, We're
entirely wrecked they struck On Chin
eateague Shoals, about five miles out III
the Atlantic.
rhe station is one of the best equipped
ainng the coast and furnished with two
telegraph operators, 50 that, although this
mails from thinCoteague are uncertain
and irregular, communication by wire is
Kept up with the rest OF the world and
tit1 condition Of the weather reported half
a dozen times a day TO the Chief signal
Office at Washington.
'lhe beach OF Assateague for a mile or
tyo above and below the life saving sta
ton is marvellously well adapted TO sea
bathing and ii looks like a pity TO lot ii
-p to waste. 1t is in some RESPECTS even
superior 10 the beach at Ocean City.
10 The westward, spread ont Il, on a
tautiu map, take in at one view the
role eXpanse OF Chincoteague Island,
which IS eight miles long by one TO one
ali-a-hali miles wide and separated
it9m Assateague by the Eastern OF ASA
league Sound body OF water one fourth
ul 4 mile wide at this point and OF almost
unlimited length. Looking over Chinco-
league Island and the six miles eXpanse
Ut The Western or ChincoteaSue sound,
! sc tie Accomack mainland with Frank
lin City and IFS white oyster shipping
houses nesting close to the waters edge.
SOMETHING ABOUT tHiNcoTEAGrE.
low many people in Wilmington realize
.Aat they can take the $50 Il. m train
ana reach Chincoteague by supper time
Il is as simple as rolling oil a log, and thu
| lart through is 34.9u. Philadelphians
on, also come down on the same train,
ItrviuG thtir city at s a. III.
! reached Franklin City about 6.3C
= Clock last night and, stepping aboard
! titr little steamer Il6ijt9a was in Cuinco.
league BY iittlu after I. The sound is
q SHALLOW body Ut water, six miles wild,
NJ tAls point, and III II the famous Chin
| Il M. llrst Il
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
the Puritan Persecution oil the
4uatsers.

We print to-day an interesting reply
IL the poet, Whittier, 10 one Of the many
critics Of his recent poem, who have tried
10 excuse on justify tile barbarous treat
nlent Of the early Quakera BY the New
England Puritans, by representing The
prosecuted sect As composed OF disordrrly
and indecent fanatics. Alr. Whittier de-
stribes tile shameful way III winch
women, stripped TO the waist, We're
" hipped through the streets OF Boston
and other New England towns, for mere
adherence to their opinions, and does not
attempt to deny that there may have
been one or two Instances in which these
and relatives may have rendered women
| partially insane and caused the va5Iries
which sfe now multiplied and magnicd
| u maligA ! nhole sect and excuse the in
tolerance and SburbarisIu Of the pfogenl-
tons OF those who attempt adeieIse which
adds insult 10 the inlut! indicted a,
| taeir fathers,
| Mr.. Whittier is So thoroughly llupres-
hated by Tie peaceful spirit u his auces-
defending their memory and probably
iri that very rv@aeu strengthens H..
theory Of the basis tor this iutter.,tay
defense, which has actually ii recent