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Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
To MahOniZe Missouri.

\ secret meeting vas held inWash-
ington Jan. 18th at the rooms of the
Missourians in that city, at which
were Maj. Hunter, Judge Rice, Jim
Beach, j. S. Haseltine, j. H. Bur-
rows and N. Ford. Chauncey l. Fill
ley was expected, but failed to put
in appearance. Another meeting was
held the following night. 1t was I'M
derstood that the object of these
meetings was to form a new political
party in Missouri, with FilIey as lead
er and Beach as the ''me, too" The
new party will adopt the principles
advocated by Malone. These will
be scattered throughout the State. 1t
is proposed to organize a number of
clubs, which will be required to pay
for a charter, and it is limited that
each member will be assessed. 1t is
thought that the workingmen will be
first worked, then greenbackers, then
republicans, then disaffected demo-
Gratis, all to work for Filley's aggran-
dizement. Beach says that sine and
Filley will have a party in Missouri
that will run the State. -Globe-D DEM
ocrdt.
The above shows which way the
wind blows. Filley cares nothing
for his party or what his party calls
principles. His only aim is to con-
troll ~postotfice appointments. We do
not think he can do this, but are sure
he cannot Mahonize Missouri. He
is too well known both in and out of
his own party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
4 Species Of Greenhackism,

Herr Most, who wants to kill near
ly everybody but himself and his
friends and divide their property, is
CRAFTY disappointed at the want of en-
thusiasm in this country over his
bloody programme. The trouble is
that nearly everybody in this country
either owns property or hopes to own
property, and they are not disposed
to support a policy which proposes to
rob them actually or prospectively.
If anybody really wants to quiet
Most's inflammation of mind, let him
give the agitator a few thousand dol
lars. He would become as conserva-
tive as Vanderbilt himself. A so
cialist who once published a weekly
paper in Switzerland, with a declara-
ton of principles flying from the
masthead, so to speak was hequeathed
a small fortune, amounting to about
81. 900. The next week his declara-
ton Of principles appeared modified
thus: ssAll property shall be equally
divided when the valuation exceeds
81. OOO.'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
PRESBYTERIAN Pulpit.

Rev. DIR. Stoddert preached as usual at
the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morn
ing, and gave a dissertation upon the End
chapter Acts, that was worthy of being
disseminated beyond those that were PRIV
ileded to listen to him. The Doctor be-
gan by saying that in order to understand
Scripture persons must place themselves
in the position occupied by those to whom
it was originally addressed. This was a
rule of universal application. For in
stance, he might invite some that had
long been acceptable members of other
churches to unite with his upon the sole
condition of their continuing to be in the
future what they had been in the past;
but it would be very foolish t regard
such invitation as of general application,
or to suppose that a wicked man might
accept of it without change of sentiment
and practice. In order to understand
Peters teaching then upon the day of
Pentecost, it must be remembered that
those he addressed were devout Jews as
sembled at Jerusalem to worship God,
trusting in the promises and living in
faith of a coming Messiah. Part of them
had rejected and crucified Christ; but all
of them were professed and many actual
servants of God, about to be transferred
from an old and dissolying church into
a new and living faith through which their
salvation would be more assuredb by the out
pouring of the Holy Ghost. Those of them
that rejected Christ inquired what they
must do, not as did the jailer who sought
salvation and asked what he must do to
be saved, but how they might obtain for
giveness for the offence they had commit
ted. Peters reply to them was repent,
and then those devOut Jews, who
for the first time comprehended the
Scriptures, being pricked in their hearts,
and sorry for what had beer done, were
invited to accept of and participate in the
rite of baptism in the name of Jesus
Christ which according to the conceptions
of those receiving it would be to them 4
Il ceremonial publication. And there
fore what TRANSFERRED at Penticost is to be
regarded as illustrative of the transfer OF
professed and actual servants of Goo
from one organization to another and moi
of the bringing into the church of out
siders. The Rev. Doctor did not follow
this view of the account of Penticost tc
its logical sequences, nor have we time to
do so, if we were able, as all that are in
terested in the cardinal doctrines OF
Christianity should do, after careful read.
ing of the chapter explained.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Mrs. Vie Sanford has returned
home to Roodhouse. Ill.,, after sew
eral weeks visit to her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Gregg. Miss Addie
billiard, n of Audrain's most esti-
mable young ladies, accompanied her
home to spend a few weeks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Joe Burnett, of the Paris Mercury,
occuses the editor Of the LEDGER OF
stealing from Eugene Field. This Is
= mistake. We feel quite compii-
mente to think we can initiate MS
style so closely that even good Judges
think we are stealing from him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

The old fogy town of Glasgow is
the only town in the United States
that passes an ordinance shutting out
produce exchanges and bucket shops.
A commission house vas opened there
last week. The city council was at
once called together, and laws made
to shut up the shop. Glasgow is very
vlrtuous and moral all of a sudden.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

An attempt Is being made to find
out who burned the colored Baptist
church; also who shot Bro. Smith
and rocked his residence. Let the
good work 60 on. This sentnce was
not intended to have a double mean.
inr
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
The Prohibition Amendment.

-
The following is the resolution as
introduced into the legislature:
Be it resolved by the House Of Rep
resentatives, the Senate concurring
therein:
Nc person shall manufacture for
sale, sell OR give away any ~intoxicat-
ing liquors whatever. including ale,
wine and beer, except for medicinal,
sacramental, mechanical and scien-
tific purposes.
The General Assembly shall, by
proper legislation, and with sufficient
penalties, provide for the enforce
ment of this amendment.
In this cas- the exceptions would
soon snow under the rule.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
Dan't fail to raad

Don't fail to read the advertise
ment of +. A. Shootman & Co. in
this issue, They mean just what
they say and are selling goods at cost
to make room for spring goods. Call
at once and secure bargains. This
is no advertising scheme but a fact as
all who call will know.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Murdoch & Booth have our thanks
for a sample of their .'cob kindlings,''
which they are manufacturing in this
city. We think this enterprise will
prove "a success. They are cheap,
and will do just what is advertised
and more.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

We again call attention to the adj
vertisement of W. F. Reed. As will
be seen he comes forward with a new
advertisement, and has added largely
to his list of bargains. Though the
weather has been severe his store
room has been crowded with custom
ers. He deals in first-class goods and
is offering rare bargains. We advise
all TO call and see him, and our word
for it you will not regret it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
Beauty and Beasts.

NdSHIlStUIK NIU.I VUStTFtT.
The financial success Of Mrs. Lang
try in passing around the country as
a beauty cannot fail to be r~eassurins
to Sam Cook of the Warrenton Ban
ner, Linn Ladd of the New London
Guide and Bob White of the Mexico
LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

j. Edward Bolts has purchased
W. II. Coons' stock Of dry goods,
and will add to the stock and make
things boom. Ed. has had consid-
cradle experience in the mercantile
business, and is an enterprising young
man.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
An Ice Plaything.

Montreal has a plaything. Fifty
men are at work on a palace of ice
which is to be built on Dominion
Square, and which, when completed,
will have a tower at each corner 80
feet high, with one in the center rum
ming up 129 feet. The blocks of ice
going into the walls and towers weigh
500 pounds each, and Montreal ex
poets, when the palace is finished, that
electric illumination will make it a
thing of magnificent beauty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

When DR.. Bliss, one of Garfield's
doctors, received the $1,000 offered
instead of the s25, 900 demanded, his
respiration was slow and weak, his
pulse rapid and rafting, and his pus
cavity distended with bile and gall"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Quail eating matches r now all
the go. 1t is said no man can eat
two quail per day for 80 days. If
some one will furnish the birds the
editor of the LEDGER will try it.
The only trouble we see is, that two
would not be enough.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Alf Burnett, the funniest man liv-
ing, will be in Mexico with his show
on next Wednesday night, Feb. 7th.
Don't fail to go; if you do, you will
always regret it. Nothing like it ever
in this city before.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Rines and Carter have purchased a
pacing mare from Chicago which they
call the Jersey Lily and a trotting
horse called "Freddie Gebhart." 1t
is thought that they will get there.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Don't fail to pay your taxes at
once. County collector Dohyns ad
vertises that after Feb. ~ he will lew
and sell you out.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

For children suffering with a dis
tressing cough nothing will relieve
them quicker than Cohosh and Tar.
Children are fond of it. For sale by
J. F. Llewellyn. AZ 3m
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Skeletons a . be bought for
s25. Every family can afford to
have one in the closet. We know q
family that would give 100 times $25
to get one out of the closet. ca
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

No. l hedge plants in large or
small quantities for spring planting,
at bottom prices, land don't you for
get it," at my office.
Aft l.. d. SHIPPEE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Mrs. Martha Show of Centralia,
began her last daily letter to US with
the line ''Some kay 1 shall be dead"
This is, indeed, q beautiful thought.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

A Springfield, Mo-. druggist says
she has a customer who says he
would rather do without a COW in his
family than be without Cohosh and
Tar in the house." For sale by J.
F. Llewellyn. 40 SIN
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY /, 1888
ANTI.STRMISSION,

From the way the anti-prohibition
petitions are rolling into the legisla-
ture it seems that the best clements
of the country are aroused to the fact
that something must be done to pre-
vent a class of Legislators, who are
at heart against prohibition but who
have not backbone enough to stand
up and vote against submission, from
making asses of themselves and pre-
cipitating the State into an expressive
and turbulent political canvass. The
question of prohibition has been so
long agitated and discussed that ey-
cry intelligent voter in the State has
his mind thoroughly made up on the
proposition. Indeed, the sentiments
for and against has become so decided
and that the question of
submission, if the members of the leg
islature will but hearken unto the
voice of their constituency, will soon
have resolved itself into the very
question of prohibition itself. The
failure of the prohibition does not
consist so much in the mistake they
have made in forcing too early upon
the attention of the legislature their
propositions and assuming in their ar
guments that every mar who is not
in favor Of prohibition is IN favor of
whisky guzzling and drunkenness.
The only difference between John A.
Brooks, one of the purest and best of
men, and all patriotic defenders of
civil liberty, is in the method. They
lock arm in arm in the result to be
attained. This false assumption
causes me who oppose and are
equally honest and pure with Mr..
Brooks to come forward and compare
methods, and who lends an ear to
these comparisons cannot but be
convinced of the fallacy of the pro-
hibition doctrines. The statements
that prohibition by law will prohibit
the manufacture and use of intOxi-
cants suffers badly when brought to
light by the side of the real condition
in Maine and Kansas. 1t is stated,
on the best of authority, that Maine,
although it is and has been a prohibit
ton State for twenty-five years, has
more drinking saloons in it than West
Virginia with a larger population, and
thus the number of saloons in Maine,
according to its population, will aver
age with any State in the Union. The
recent upheayal in Kansas proves that
the people there have been following
after false gods and they have just
found it out. If prohibition will not
prohibit, then why adopt it? Already
there are too many laws in u statute
books that are notin accord with pub
lie sentiment. Such laws will be vio-
lated, and violations of a bad law be-
get a general lawlessness and a die
respect for laws approved by wisdom.
Laws cannot reach every condition of
society out of which evil or even
crime comes. There will be crime so
long as human nature retains its pres
ent disposition. Pope never spoke a
truer sentence than when he said
'Whoever expects a ~faultless piece to see,
Thinks what ne'er was, nor is. nor e'er shall be.
Intoxicating liquors and their use
are here and they have come to stay,
and the only thing to do is to drive
them out of the low places as far as
practicable by high licenses, and ed
ucate our children to let it alone.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

An elegant little surprise party was
INDUCED in at Mr.. Stewards one
evening last week. No one knows
better how to entertain than Misses
Ella and Lizzie.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
Spring Suits.

Jack Cough, the merchant tailor,
is receiving the most complete line
of gents. fine spring suitings evel
brought to Mexico. Don't fail t.
call and see his spring styles. You
are bound to be pleased for he has the
best patterns out. Satisfaction guar
anteed. Aft
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

A young clerk who gets $50 per
month writes to know chow tc get
rich" If he viii save his salary for
900 years he will get rich.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Ex-Governor c. H. Hardin is going
to build a $4,000 building on the
corner of jefferson and Promenade
Streets, where the fish market used
to be. 1t will be one of the hand
soonest and best built edifices in the
city. Mexico is going to grow this
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
What The Ledger Would Like to See.
The kindling factory a success.

The kindling factory a success.
Men who advertise sell lots Of
goods.
The p~rotracted meetings we'll at
tended.
A good correspondent for the LED
at Martinsburg.
When some of our lady friends are
going to "switch Off"
Everybody pay their taxes at cnce
and save a heavy penalty.
If some of our ladies amt sorry
the sleighing season is over.
If Mr.. - might not as we'll marry
his sweetheart as to board her.
When the young married couple
that separated last week will get a di-
vOrce.
Some punishment for the lady
Washers as well as for the ''horrd
men,
What our friend A. c. Hit did
with his sickle grinder and why he
kept so still about it.
Whether any petitions, pro Or con.
are being sent to jefferson City from
Audrain in regard to prohibition.
Prof. d. r. McAnally lectured
Saturday night at Mexico, Mo-, OF
newspapers" The Professor is
undoubtedly an able teacher and al
eloquent lecturer, but his informa'
ton about newspapers is limited te
the editorial rooms of the Giobe-De m
ocrot, where he held down a chair il
gloomy silence for several MONTHS
Sedalia Democrat
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

VIM. Houston, a fine book-keeper
and a clever gentlemen, has gone to
Brazil, Ind, to keep books for a large
coal mining company.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

In 1881 there were Gall school
children in Audrain county. In 1882
there we're 6,476. The distribution
of school funds amount To about IS
cents to the child.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

The chances for the submission Of
the prohibition question are every day
waning. The LEDGER stated, some
time since, that j. A. Brooks, H.
Martin Williams & Co. were injuring
their own cause.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

If the prohibition question is sub
united to the people, it will not be at
a regular election. The matter will
be voted on some summer afternoon,
when it will cut no figure in politics.
On a warm July afternoon is a good
time to vote for the prohibition OF
mint julips and beer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

The Emma Leland Dramatic Com
bination, comprising Miss Emma
Leland, Charles De Groat and J. B.
Turner, as stars, supported by a pow
erful company, will appear at the
opera house February 8, 8 and 10.
This is one of best organizations on
the road.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

500 reward will be paid to any
one suffering with a cold that is not
relieved by one bottle of ,Cohosh and
Tar, for sale by j. F. Llewellyn. SIN
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

James N. Haislip, of WellsviIle,
and his two sons, James N, jr., and
j. R., were in Mexico attending
court this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

DR.. j. b. Schroll, of this county,
and Miss bearing, of Palmyra, were
married yesterday. They left fol-
the south on q bridal tour.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Jay Rails Uncle Toms Cabin, late
of San Francisco, CAL, absolutely
the finest company of the kind on
earth, will appear at opera house in
this city, Thursday, Feb. 25.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Hickison Wiggington was elected
president of the Union Literary Soci-
ETY. last week, Miss Eva White secre-
tary, Luke Morris treasurer, Johnny
Marmaduke librarian.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

The Mexico merchants begin to
see that it pays to advertise. r. M.
White will return from St. Louis to-
night with over 500 worth of new
advertising type.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
A Vexed Clergyman.

Even the patience of Job would
become exhausted were he a preacher
and endeavoring to interest his audi
ence while they were keeping up an
incessant coughing, making it lmpos.
sible for him to be heard. Yet how
very easy car all this be avoided by
simply using DR.. Kings New Dis.
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. Trial bottles given away al
J. F. Llewellyn's drug store. 42eow
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

c. w. Baker and George B. Mac
farlane are going to build two two
story brick stores just south Of the
RingO House.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

If you are indebted to E. A. Shoot
man & Co. you had better call and
settle your account and save trouble
and costs. 42-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

James Dudley and Miss Cordelia
Bolts were married last week at the
residence of the brides father, Judge
Thos. A. Bolts. The LEDGER wishes
them many joys.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

T. F. Roden has bought out the
grocery store of Maloney & Roden.
Tom is a live young business man
and will succeed,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Coal cook stoves at j. c. Huff
for $15.0 90. 3S-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

See the new cook stoves at j. c.
Huff's. 38-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Tinware at a sacrifice at j. c
Huff's. Aft
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

See the rare bargains in stoves and
tinware at J. C.. Huff's. Aft
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

j. C. Huff will close out his tin.
ware and stoves at cost. Aft
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

See the low prices marked on stoves
and tinware at Huff's. Aft
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
LETTER LIST.

MEXICO, Mo-, February 1, 1883.
T IST OF LETTERS remaining In the Post.
Il Office at Mexico, Audrain County. Missouri
and which. if not called Tor within four weeks
from date, will be sent to the Dead Letter Office
at Washington City.
Andrews Jones Green Sallie miss
Brown Lizzie miss Gay Catherine mrs
Burns WIN mrs Marsden Charles
Childers Margaret mrs Martin Elizabeth mrs
Cable Philip mr. Morgan Lem
Davis Frank IO'COnner John
Dantin Patrick Petty George
Dodge j c lShandorf Frank
Ellis Mary mrs ISillapaugh Jno s
Walker Belle mrs
~ Persons calling for letters in this list vii
please say" Advertised"
~ ONCE open on Sunday from 4 to 5 O'Clock
in the afternoon.
GEO. A. POTEET. r. M.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

DR.. w. w. Macfarlane advises all
who are doing well in MISSOURI to re-
main
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Celebrated Hapgood Sulky Plow at
j. G. Huff's. 4O-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

THOMSON STATION, Mo- October "A 1852. This to certify that have used Our n
all is recommended for, if used according TO directions. RI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

MARTINsBURG, No., August Ii, 1852 Dr. J. N. Koontz. Mexico. Mo, Dear sh:4
your FAMILY medicines for general use in my family for he past three years. with pa
l can he"rly recommend them a being valuable medicines. Our Electric wo1du
fnhammafory aches and pains, fr external or internal use.6 r man or b
ITO De gnoo LOT ALL IL 1 recommended for. Toured several Of my horses with 0nf n
o. psoud ains esha nd badly lnhamsd sors, aer being ut with barbed wire. and also b
same length Of time and without leaving blemHh as il did. JLH
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DIR. PIN n IL Y,
No. IL keaTny Street.
treats All Chrsaic and Special Diseases.
MK@~

4 o&AAS A0
who May be suffering from in"
w effects Of youthful foiies or indiscreti"n
niil do woll to avail themselves Of this, the
.restest boon ever laid on the altar of suf-
ierir,s humanity. D,. Spinney viii guarantee
20 forfeit $500 tor every case OF Seminal Weak
ness or private disease OF any kind or character
TLich he undertakes and fails to cure
MIDDLE-AGED MEN.
There arc many ct the nse Of thirty t" sixty
silo arc troubled with too frequent evac uations
>. the bladder, often accompanied by slight
ri rsit; er burning sensation and . weakening
$: :..d $, s;er.l III a manner the patient cannot
accouu. Ter. On examining the urinary de-
rosits 4 rnpy sediment will sfsen be found. and
sometimes small particles Of albumen viii ap-
pear, or the color will re Of thin Diilkish hue,
a.sin changing, TO dark and torpid appear
ance. There are mang men VII die Of this tif-
j,s,,tr ;rasrant cf the cause, which IS the sec
md stage of serfaiilal weakness. Dr. s. VIII
guarantee perfect cure in al such cases, ana
healthy restoration If tie geu.to urinary
s;rlyanS.
Otisce Hours-la TO 4 AMI to s Sundays.
from 10 to IL u. IN. Consultation ire,
thorough examination and advtce, -.
Gail or address DIR. SptSSEi q CO,
NO. II Kearny ST. San Francisco.
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years. such as Loss OF Memory, Lasslsude,
Nocturnal Emissions. Aversions to Society
niraness OF Vision, Noises in the Head; the vital
sud Passing unohserved in the urine, and many
.shsr diseases that lead to Insanity and Death
DR.. MINTI., who Is a regular physician
graduate OF the University If Pennsyivania)
SiIl agree to forfeit FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LABS for a case Of this kind the VITAL RES
TOkATIyE (under his special advice and treat
lnsnt) will not cure, or for anything impure or
luxurious found in it. DR. NlNTIE treats all
rrivate diseases successfully without mercury
Consultation free. Thorough examination and
advice, including analysis Of urine. $. Price Of
VITAL RESTORATIVE, So bottle, or four
times the quantity. $40; sent to any address
apon receipt of price, " c. o. D, secure irt nj
observation and in private name u desired, by
Z. A. MINTIE, II D.,
IL Kearney St., San rancsce, GAL
SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE will be sent to any
soc applying by letter. ating symptoms. sex
and age. Strict secrecy in regard to all dust
asss transactions.
DR.. MlNTIES KIDNEY REMEDf-NEP-
HRETICUN- cures all kinds Of kidney and
bladder complaints, gonorrhoea. glee', ieucor-
rlsoea. For ssle by all druggists; 81 bottle;
xix bottles for IS.
DR. uNTIE.S DANDELION PILLS are the
Beet and cheapest Dyspepsia and Bilious cure
"a the market. For sale by all druggists.
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