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Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09

WHEREAS, In the dispensation of an all
rah p Hurd, has been called from our
number. Therefore, we, the members of
the G. T. Lodge of Laddonia, No. 92G, by
the following resolutions, express our
sympathy for the bereaved and respect
for worthy sister of our order:
ResOlred, That we extend to the family
and relatives our heartfelt sympathies.
Resolred, That in the death of Sister
Hurd our order has lost a faithful member
and the community christian friend.
JOSIE II. CORNELL,
LOULA DOSS,
SIDNEY ALEXANDER,
Committee
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09
Gone West.

The following parties left for Mon
tana Territory last Monday: j. Brush
hill, r.. Howard, Lee Wilson and j..
Cobb, of Galloway County; E. Hall,
C. Craig, VIM. Hall, A. McGee and
McWilliams, of Audrain. The above
are all young men, and will reside
in Montana.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09
FROM LADDONIA.


ol the LtugeE-
LApDoNIA, March Glow very
provoking it is to ask person the
news, thinking you are going to hear
something startling, and they'll look
up child-like and bland and say,
Nothing special; only it is very cold
to-day" Now, if there's anything
special about it's being cold in March,
in the State of Missouri, then we fail
to see it.
Quite an excitement was created
last Saturday evening as a runner
came into town with the news that ST.
Londrum's little boy had fallen in the
well. Mr. l.. was not at home. Sew
eral parties went out, and, to their
glad surprise, they found he had been
rescued by Sam Harris, who came
along just in time to save the little
fellows life.
The concert given by Prof. Parker
was a success. Geo. Turnbow is the
best performer on the harp we ever
heard. We had no idea that little
harp had such sweet music i'll it.
Mrs. Hutton, of Illinois, sister of
Mrs. Parker, assisted i'll the concert.
Mrs. Jackman, wife of our editor.
has arrived, and Mr.. Jackman is wear
ing bright smiles.
The Good Templars are increasing.
Every lodge might add some to theil
number. Rev. Farr delivered an eX
cellent temperance lecture at the hal
last night.
The sale of Mrs. Hurd's propert,
took place last Saturday.
Albert Myers has received hous,
full of new goods.
, Mrs. DR.. Lee, of Mexico, is visit
ing at f. r. Coatsworth' near town
One of our ministers harnessed u
a his horses preparatory to hauling ha
last Sunday morning, thinking it wa
saturday. He had an appointmen
to preach somewhere that day, but wa
thinking SO much about ''gathering
the golden sheaves, that he forgot il
Prof. l.. l.. R.is in town. He can
down from Mexico last Saturday, an
- saws he went to Nandalia to see h
% girl and came back very sick with II
heart disease.
Our town was ovcrrun with trac
- last Saturday. ANNIE LAURIE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09
POLLOCK'S PLAN.
Mexico to Have Water Works IL Tie
People Say SO.

We never attended a more harmo-
NOUS mass meeting than the one held
at the court house Tuesday night TO
consider plan for water works. IL
was well attended and with one voice
the meeting composed Of the heaviest
tax payers in Mexico, were Tor water
works-good water works.
Ex-Goy, Hardin was chosen CHAIR
man and J. F. Llewellyn Secretary.
Hardin, Llewellyn, Phillip, Hutton'
Gordon, Buckley and others spoke IN
favor of water works and the necessl-
ty for the same. Mexico is grow
ing city and is bound to have water
works before or property IS SAFE
from fire and before any manufactur-
ing interests can be brought here.
Mr.. Pollock explained his plan,
which is simple and bound to sue
ceed. The total cost of a 15-acre
pond, engine, engine house, fire plugs
and mains will not exceed twenty or
twenty-five thousand dollars. Inc
meeting was in favor of the reservoir
being made large enough to insure
us having water for all time to come.
There is no doubt but what the prop
osition will be carried at the coming
election almost unanimously-lt Will
require a two-thirds vote.
The place to be selected will without
doubt be in Albert Whites pasture,
lust in the rear of Hardin College.
The land can be procured reasonably,
lies beautifully and is the only place
where sufficient drainage can be got
ten at all reasonably. We have not
at this time room to give the many
reasons for water works but will be
fore election day. The matter is nov
in a tangible form and will be pu
through with unanimous vote, ant
Mexico will take the one step she 81
long has neglected to take to insure
her manufactures.
The following is the resolution whicl
was unanimously passed by the meet
ing and committee was appointed t
submit it to the council:
Resolred, That the city, council b
: asked to submit to a vote Of the pee
: pie at the city election in April, fo
n water works, an issue of city bond
q not to to exceed $4,000 in amount
-. not to exceed 6 per cent interest
L payable in five years or due in twent
t years at the option of the city an
!, that the city levy a tax of 30 cent
+ on the 500 to pay these bonds an
II interest, and that all net revenue d'
rived from the works be applied
Il paving these bonds and interest an
II that these bonds be sold at not le
e than par.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09
st. LOnis Chronicle.

One of the brightest and newest
papers in the State is the st. Louis
Chronicle. 1t is brimful of well com
piled readable matter. In this paper
you can get the news in a nut shell,
and you can get candid, unbiased ed
itorial views worth reading.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09
INTERSTATE COMMERCE,

A. the adoption of the National
Constitution, domestic intercourse
uas mainly by ocean, lake and river
rax;eation, Of which the general gov
nmeut was given control. For
1s,rs this jurisdiction has been exer-
s;sea without collision of any sort.
vessels, licensed by Congress, have
o,tsred and cleared at established
custom houses, and thus complied
with laws regulating their receipt and
dol;very of merchandise. But a new
method of interstate communication,
unforeseen by our organic convention,
was inaugurated by the introduction
Of railroads. under state authority, to
which it is proposed to extend na-
tioua supervision, similar to that
pertaining to water craft.
What seems most extraordinary in
this movement is, that through or in
terstate railroad freights and fares
are confessedly as reasonable as can
he expected. 1t is their local rates
that are most objected to. These
concern only the traffic between citi-
zens of the same states, and yet it is
souobt to have them taken from state
control to be regulated by national
authority. How this can be done, if,
indeed, it can be accomplished at all,
without additional grant of power tc
the general government, is a perplex.
ing problem, of which it is difficult tc
forecast the outcome. OF this pro.
iect it can well be said that it ought
to he entered upon cautiously, ant
only after the most thorough investi
ration. The tendency of all sucl
Legislation is necessarily in the direc
ton of a centralization that cal
barely, if at ALL escape interference
with the legitimate jurisdiction of th'
states over their citizens.
Various plans to transfer Oversight
of railroads to Congress have bee,
submitted, some of which are obiec
tionable on account of their anticipat
ed radical and suppressive operation
on enterprises ta:.: are essential t
continued prosperous extension O
them. With every thing of that sol
the LEDGER has no sympathy; but
at the same time, there are indica
tons that steps of some kind viii
have to be taken by Congress, eithe
to prevent too great consolidation G
railroad corporations, or to avert til
injurious tendencies of such unlooke
for combinations of them as have bee
ard are liable to be made.
Among the measures introduced
regulate interstate transportation, tt
one known as the Adams bill seen
to be the least Objectionable. Itprt
yides for commission to investigat
5 complaints of unreasonable freigl
charges. of unjust discrimination
and of failures of railroads to me-
their duties as common carriers, al
Z provides that those engaged in Il
transportation of property from sta
to state shall neither charge unequ
freights or allow a rebate OH the san
that is not general and public in i
operation. No great objection c:
be made to the passage of such a bi
: and vet it is obvious that low railro:
4 freights can he far more certain
| and expeditiously obtained throus
improvement of our water cours
than by any other means within t
power Of government.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09
In MemOrianl.

WHEREAS, BY the death of Bro. W. ii.
Wright, a worthy member of our order,
A. II. |. A., we realize the uncertainty of
life, and are reminded of the imperative
demand made on us all by the laws of
nature, which has decrced that we shall
return to dust from whence we came.
Therefore, be it
Resolrcd, That in the life of the depart
ed brother we saw cxemplitied the char
actcr of christian gentleman, and Il man
of generous impulses, honorable in his
dealings, a loving husband, a kind father,
and, as a citizen, an ornament to society;
and we offer to the grief-stricken family
our heartfelt symfathies.
Resolred, That Il copy of these resoln-
tions, as tribute to the memory of oul
departed brother, be given to the family
of the deceased; also that the county
papers be requested to publish the same
and copy be put on the records of thi>
order. {. III. liARRINGToS,
Z. S. UNDERWOOD,
Committee
W,r,,ptar Fob 81 ,SD
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09
From the New Florence Optic.

f. d. McAlister spent Sunday in
this place with his family. They will
soon take up their abode in Mexico.
Nc. will take charge of the day tele-
graph office at that place.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09
Good at Predicting.

AS we predicted when he was in
augurated, President Arthur is making
clean work as time goes on.-Me.rico
Htelligencer.
Guiteau killed Garfield as ace pre-
dicted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09
From the White Hall (Ill.l Times.

Jacob Erisman, last Saturday, trad
ed his mill at Macoupin bridge to w
H. Stanton, for his farm just above on
the creek of 130 acres. Mr.. Erisman
is going to Mexico, Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09
From the New Florence Optic

The Mexico LEDGER came to us
this week enlarged to nine column
paper and dressed up in an entire new
dress. The LEDGER is deserving of
n,,nnacc
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09
Macon Ranks.

The Macon City banks went up
,ever to come down. 1t is probable
hat they will not pay over ten per
.ent., if they do that. The officers
ives have been threatened. The
country round about is in a bad fix.
I,be school money, county money
.itv money, merchants money me-
.banics money all went up, and the
.o,,tv is in panicky condition. We
,ear that May corn did it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09
Ledger i'm the Penitentiary,


To the Editor of the LEDGER.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 3.-Please
allow me to thank you for the kind
ness you have shown us by sending
us the LEDGER for the past two years.
We shall endeavor to pay you some
time if circumstances will permit
and l pray they may before long.
The LEDGER is by far the hest paper
ever published in Mexico. The fol-
lowing convicts read your paper: J.
Kribbs, J. Mattox, VIM. Keller, J.
Marris, J. M. Pierson, J. A. How
ard, Jos. Bigbee, cow-thief Johnson,
VIM. Woodson and many others.
W. X. HARTLEY.
The LEDGER is read by the rich
the poor, the high and low and ap-
preciated by all as paper edited for
the people now on earth, in or out of
\prison, rs it should be.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09
w. X. HARTLE'
Good Citizens.

Jews make excellent American cit
liens. They have local pride, are en-
terprising, progressive and in every
way better fitted to enjoy right of
suffrage than some of the hordes of
other immigrants.-4tlaata Constitu-
ton.
We coincide with the views of the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09

STRAf NOTICE.-Taken up by Gusp Ed
- wards, of Linn township, Audrain County.
of the Peace, one Roam Steer. two years old,
and appraised at $40 by Thomas Edwards and
James scott. Given under my hand this 10th
day OF February, 1882.
47-2t A. W. TAPSCOTT, J. P.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09

Strawberries are on the market in
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09
Resolutions of the l. 0. G. T.

Worcester, Feb. %, 80.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09

The farmers around Nandalia have
had to buy but little feed and for
this reason are in better condition
than in most any part of the State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09

Vandaia is 4 growing town and
will in a short time, surrounded by
the finest country i'll the world, be
double its size.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-09

St. Louis.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-29
1000 MatagOrda Oysters
ErnSt'S restaurant Tomorrow.
Mr.. Charles HallOck.

And wife, of New York, arrived in San An,
tonic last Saturday night, and have taken
quarters with Mrs. Cole, 10 Pecan street
Mr.. Hallock was the original founder and pro-
prietor of the popular sportsman, journal
known as the Forest and Stream He is
the author Of many text books, guide books,
and encyclopedias for sportsmen, and in the
course of his professional labors has travelled
over nearly the whole North American cont
nent. During the past summer he has been
engaged in writing up several towns and CONT
mental railroad routes. including the Canadian
Pacific, which is already approaching the ter,
minus Of the Rocky Mountain chain in the
"Northwest Territory" having been pushed
500 miles west of Winnipeg in Manitoba
The officers of the Texas railroads, like
those of the northern lines, have extended to
Mr.. Hallock most liberal facilities for pursu-
ing his Investigations in the State which are
likely to extend over period Of a couple Of
months at least.
We are glad that Mr.. Hallock has underta,
ken this work. for we believe no one is more
capable OF representing our resources and pro
gress in a form that will draw attention there,
to. Besides, Mr.. Hallock has been opera,
ting for three years past in town and farm en-
terprises in Minnesota and Dakota, and is
thereby able to make just comparisons and in
ferences, which we are sure will not be inyi.
diouS to Texas
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-29
As SLICK AS SLADE.
How Mrs. Scott and a Friend were Scared
by Dog.
A Chair Moving into Room Without
Apparent Motive Power.

Mrs. Scott and gentleman friend were sit
ting in the parlOr ut Mr.. Walter j. SCOTS resi-
dence, on Avenue ID, last Monday, talking
about the performance of the spiritualist Shade
at Turner hall the previous night.
-Four strong men endcavOred to keep the
table from moving, but some unseen agency
drew it up from the floor and about the stage.
Whether 1t was the work of spirits or not
DO not know nut The gentleman paused ::
his eyes dilated and his face became ashen in
hue. He hastily arose and grtsped the chair in
which he had been sitting. ''Gewhilikens:
what is that he exclaimed
Mrs. Scott, who had noted the change her
visitors demeanOr and been alarmed by it,
looked i'm the direction his eyes indicated and
| saw a chair covered with clothing moving
through door and into the roOm but no mo-
tive power was apparent. She too turned
pale. The chair continued to advance, and
Mrs. Scott and her visitor began to retreat
What would have Occurred-hystcrics and
piStOl-shooting. ayhap-if Mr.. Scott had not
placed heating-stOve in the middle of
his parlor early in the autumn the mar
ratOr is unable to say, but certain it is that the
| stove was there and that the chair bumped
against the stove. Anticipating some catas-
trOphc rs a result of this seeming accident to
the spirits which Mrs. Scott and her guest now
half-believed their conversation had COnjurcd,
| they were about to flee from the scene when Il
huckle-unearthly it seemed at trst-attrac-
ted their attention to Il corner in which stood
Mrs SCOTS boy, aged IA. who was grmning as
show MA" said he, tits the pup. | saw its
| nose when the chair hit the stove and the
clothes fell aside" The gentleman sprany for
ward and raised the clothes. \ little dog wag-
glng IT'S tail was apparent. Ii had cinwled un-
der the chair and been prevented by the
clothes which had fallen over it from getting
ont. Mrs. Scott now remembered that some
| minutes previously she heard it whining.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-29
A Great City's Growth

Last year 26,I7o new houses, covering a
length of eighty-six miles, were built in the
metropolitan police area of London, which
now contains 4,7SS,657 persons, the largest
number prabably ever packed within fifteen
miles of common centre. Out of this null
titude twenty-three children and I54 adults
were entirely lost. Their disappearance is
one of the mysteries Of London, upon which
but little light is thrown by the fact that forty
four bodies of persons found dead and un-
known were buried before Identification
There wete three times as many people killed
in the streets of London in 1881 as it cost to
storm Arahs position at Tel-el- kebir, and
ten times as many wounded the figures being
Killed, 2S2; wounded, }, 100. There were
5000 fires, us suicides. II murders, and only
; convictions; 47q burglaries, and only 81 con-
yictions. New York Sun.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-29
They Are Fast Disappearing.
[FroM the Atlanta Constitution.

lffoW the Atlanta Constitution.
"IIave you noticed" said Gen. Hoke. of
North Carolina, the other day, ''the rapid
disappearance of one-armed and one-lepsed
men? AT the close Of the war, in the South.
as almost every Southerner was in the armv
men without an arm OF leg were to be seen
everywhere and on all occasions. Within the
last few years they have been growing scarcer
rapidly. In few more years it will be rare
thing to see one"
at is impossible for me to realize" said IN
old soldier sitting near by, ''that it has been
more than seventeen years since Lee surr.n-
dered. When think of that day 1t seems tn
me that it was only yesterday. And vet near
ly generation has passed since the Coo5ede,.
ale flag was t'oaied for the last time"
You viii appreciate this still more" said
Gen. Hohe. 'if you notice the next Assem-
blage of soldiers at u reunion or in p,oceSs;, :,
on some occasion. II is pitiful to see how ~
and grssled they look. The younyrst ,s
them are middled-aged men, Why -. do.
| surrendered could place my hand ON INV
saddIe-hOrn and vault over NY horses b,cI
Now about all care To 90 is to climb Nm nns.
side If HIM" 'A~
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-29
Novelties for the Ball Room.

From an interview with Dancing Master.
Our association has introduced new round
dance called ola Russo" The name was
taken from the character of the steps. 1t is
danced in six-eight time and partakes Of the
character Of the eallop and mazourka COM
bined. That it is destined to be popular is
evidenced by the great demand from all parts
OF the country for the music and description of
the dance: The novelties in square dances
are the National Guard and Lawn Tennis
quadrilles. The former is composed of squares
and circles and is very much on the style of
military canoes in general. The FIVE figures
are dedicated to the National Guard--North,
South, East and West and the United States
Army. The figures in the Lawn Tennis
quadrille are named: l, Measuring the ground:
2, The varied chains; g. The rounds; 4, The
double pastourelle, and 5, Lawn Tennis THE
Net
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-29
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

At the Mengcr Dan lhrchard, DIR J b Tay
lor Ti!den county: W W Cox. Mrs f Cox,
st Louis; VI B Pulcn, Fl Concho; Frank En-
ginco, q TObn, Mexico; Loyal F Clifford, San
AntOniO; n c SchOcrner, Piper, Texas; }
AlbcrkO, New York.
At the Central J W Cuff, G a Wheat. Lu-
vcrnia w Lalne, Houston: } VI Miller and
family, mouth of Pecos rivcs: a X Harris, Or
angc; + kanick and wife. Dewitt county: W
\ Monroe, Houston; Z Wentworth. Windsor:
II G Arnold, Devils River; c A LyfOrd, Tilden;
: II Porter, Uvalde; + NJ Eliger, } : Smith,
Mrs Howard, Austin; Mrs Could Denison: : Z
Applewhitc, I.avernia; G G Lurd. q Lurd, +
Iirl. Laredo; W Garnord AtascoSa; j
MahOn, Victoria.
AT the HOrd-F Everett, Austin: F shook.
Graham, Texas X ID WellbOrne, LOngvicw: }
J smith, MARSHALL l. Watkins, DenisOn; Mrs
Laura Burke. st Louis: w : Owens, Sedalia:
w & Daugherty and son FriOtOwn; w II Gallo
way, GalvcstOn: : II Brown and daughter.
Mrs Harris, Mrs Rude, Marion; Fulton Lane,
Hamilton city, Tenn: j j Reed. II b Craig, La
Nernia: X L Wood Taylor G Mann, Uvalde:
Il q Hadden, New Orleans: s Shertzer, } a
MOuser, LaRese, O;G = Ware, Tenn; VI Wcel,
st Louis; E Rachal, Corpus Christi W :
Palmer, StOckdnlc: II VI DorInck, Uvalde; II
Pennall, Fairview; VI j . Suman, McMullen
county.
At the Vance-A. L. Baker, j. W. Franks,
Seq uin: Geo. Morgan, Houston: q. McMuller.
New York; X. GlaZebrOOk and q. Mitchell.
Balcom's Ranch; +. II Cartwright. +. wizard
ner and Z NJ. Gardner, Pacific Express Com
pany.
At the Maverick II. Harris and wife, Sc
gum II. H. EldiS Sandusky,O.; NJ. McDcrmott,
f.. +. Wilson, Kansas City; II +. Hayes, Lowell,
Mass, II. l.. Williams Matt. HenneSSy, Corpus
Christi.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-29
"BANGS."
The Substances the Ladies Use to Make
Them.
A Secret of the Toilet Giveu Away by Il
Knowing Drug Clerk

The pretty eyes OF several ladies in the sub
urbs were sadly cOlOrcd 10y prOfuse weeping II
few days ago because they could not get an,
quincc-secdS from their ncighbOring druggist
When one of them was asked what she wanted
the seeds for she made Il charming mOuc and
hastily quilted the presence of her tOrmentOr.
"HOw are they uscd:" repeated Il druggist
this morning.
''Thry are made into paste for banging the
ladies halr. KS his Is secret of the toilet you
should not tell the name of the one who DR.
Vul%ed It. Gum arabic and gum tragacanth are
also used, the latter by Mexican ladies most
ly."
The demand for ounce seeds was so great
lately that the supply was almost exhausted.
Indred,it is limited that several ladies refr;,ined
from attending Germans because they could
their hair; OF course the pretty darlinyS
wouldn't think of appearing i'm society unless
their hair was properly "hangcd.
The ladies buy IL handful or 50 of the seeds for
twenty or twenty five cents, and make Il past,
by pouring water on them. The same process
is used in making paste with gum arabic an,i
gum tragacanth. Everybody knows what gun
arabic is but few perhaps, have ever heard OF
gum tragacanth. 1t Is obtained from nearly al!
varieties of the aStralaguS with thOrny petiOlc,
but principally from the astralagus verlls, II
small shrub not more than two or three feet
high, with a stem about an inch thick, and mn
nerOus very closely crowded branches covered
with imbrlcatcd scales which are the re-
mains of former petiOls. During tn,
summer juice cXudeS spontaneous
ly from the stem and the branches
and hardens as it eXhudeS. The gum sold is OF
Il yellOwish white color and very like shellac
1t absorbs liquid rapidly and forms a soft ad-
heSiVe paste,
Ounce seeds are Ovate, angled, reddish
brown externally, white within, inOdOrOus and
nearly insipid. Their GORGEOUS envelope
seeds will rendera pint of water thick and roSy.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-29
Nj rs. Carlisle.
Commercial Special.

CINCINNATI commercial Special
Whenever the possibility OF John G. Car
isles succession to the Speakership is dis
cussed, his wife's fitness for her share of the
duties of the position is as warmly commend
ed as his. and ladies especially exclaim.
What magnificent Mrs. Speaker Mrs. Car.
isle would be-" Tall, finely formed and
with most winning expression, Mrs. Car
Isle, who always dresses in faultless taste.
has been considered one of the handsome Ia
dies of Washington ever since she accompan-
led her husband here on his first entering
Congress five years ago. Her father, Mayor
Goodson, was type of the old style of coun-
try gentlemen of Kentucky, with whom hospi-
tality was religion. He regularity attended
the Methodist church in the county, when he
lived near Covington, and usually brought
most of the congregation home with him to
dinner. The servants were busy for two or
three days at the close of the week preparipe
bountilul repast for Sunday.