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Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24
soCIErIEs.

A, o. u W; meets every Tuesday evening a
W.; j. j. Winscott, G.F R. n. Armstrong, o.
D. 7, Sentry, r. ;P. W Harding. Receiver; s.
l.. Mckean, T. 81 sasE
Crusade ;Commnn dery-S. s. Craig, Eminent
Comrnander meets third Tuesday evening oi
each month, att :3oP. u. SEA-
Mexico Lodge No 26, A. +. and A. NJ. 1st Fri
day night in each month att P. NJ. j. NJ. Marm-
aduke. w. NJ; L. II. Hightshoe, s. w; j. +.
Llewellyn, j. W.; James Carroll, Secretary; Z
J. Gibbs. Treasurer; y. @ Bassford, y. M; j.
f. Gillian, j. D.; James Clacher, Tyler.
Mexico Chapter No. "a. Royal Arch, meets the
End Er,dAE i,Rs u ssSh %enss ssrssa 9 4 Edwards
Hebron Lode No. 354, A. r. and A. M. regular
communications 1st Tuesday in every month al
T: so P. NJ. j. NJ. Riley. w. NJ,
I. o. 0. F-Mexico Lodge No. 80 meets every
Thursday evening at their hall in p. NJ. Morris
building. J. II. Riley, N. G.
Andrain County Bfeiical Society meets every
FHday evening att o. clock. sDr.. T. A. Keeton,
President; DR.. W. W. Rodman, Secretary.
Salt River Lodge, No. 1885, Knights Of Honor,
meets lst and 81 Thursday evenings at Ken.
mans Hall. j. Med. Trimble, Dictator; p. "
Harding, Reporter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24
MQst Turned Loose.

Two OF uHee Gays ago an mdlVidual
with voice like the grating of file, and
a gift of CAB which took the cake, halted
a policeman, says the Free Press, on
Michigan avenue and wanted help to find
his wife, who had run away from him in
Ohio, taking the three children, and, sup
posed to be inDetroit. AS luck would
have it, the woman walked along on the
opposite side of the street as the men
stood talking, and the husband no, soon-
er caught sight of her than he dashed
through the slush and halted her with
the eexclamation: So - lss=~,z..e
Traitoress, have found you. at last!
Give me one sassy word, and I'll send
you to State Prison for ife!'' !''..z,.,.z-.s. q
She didn't seem greatly paralyzed by
the meeting. On the contrary, she wait
ed until the officer came up, and then
cody asked:s- ~ zszs~ -azSza -asa4s s-sssa
"Were you looking for me?"
"Well. your husband says you ran away
from home"
"Taking all my money and my dear
children" added the, husband.
"See here, Smiley iJohnson,,' said the
woman as she leaned up against bill
board, "who paid for our marriage Ii.
cense?'
"Wen, I-you-you happened TO pay
for it.''' As - A'''s'- 3 - - - - 1''' - r.
''Who bought your wedding clothes?"
''You did, but was to pay you back39'
"Have you earned dollar since we
were married?" she continued.
"Haven't 1 been working on patent
right every blessed day?" he asked in re-
ply. - -
"And those dear children you refer to
whose are theyas Didn't have them
when we were married2" : -.
sT-I believe you, did" ..-... ...
| "And wasn't the home which left
| mine?''
| probably it was" .,s
"Well, then where is your case?n
81 can't see it," added the officer.
"Hanner,p replied the man, as he
worked tremor into his voice, 81 hain't
got no legal hold on ye, but morally you
are bound to go back home with me, and
hold on till Spring. Hammer. let's make
up?" .-ST,5,3eIF-' ftEIJi3-
| :"I won't ~. ~a.s---I ...
1 "Hanner, the sight of you has aroused
all my love!'' -
."Keep right away or Pll upset your
"Hanner!" - - = '--
"She reached out and seized his collar
and gave him spin which landed hin
against telegraph pole, and with q goot
day bow to the. officer walked off.
s'Y6u'd better drop that and hunt FOL
a job with snow-shovel," suggested
the guardian as the man stood looking
after the retreating figure. 81 ar
'I'll have to, but it's tuff-tuff ,
was the reply, as the man sraightened up
81 tell ye, my friend, when husband ha.
been fed and clothed for ten months righ
straight along without kick, it's an aw'
full thing to turn him loose in the middl,
of hard winter without even a certif
cate of character to help him pull
through" #5A
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24

Although the season is universally late
and cool, yet the prospects are good for
fair crops the coming harvest. 1t is true
i1i some sections the wheat has been dam
aged considerably by the winter, as is al
ways the case, but there is prospect for
q full average wheat CROP: The grass
crop is looking as well as could be ex-
pected. There has been a large sowing
of eats, which have come up we'll Corn
that has been planted has suffered most
by the cool weather, and some replant-
ing will have to be done. There will be
. Large planting of corn this spring.
Gardens are backward. Apple trees are
full Of bloom. About half Of. the peaches
have shown fair degree of bloom-but
peach trees generally are looking bad,
from some cause-perhapsy from the se-
we're cold of two years ago the past win
ter. Upon the whole thereis every rea-
son for rejoicing that the prospects are
as favorable to the agricultnrist, as they
now appear to be. III 3-tSs7
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24
: AZ rosE OFFICE
DAILY NAILS.

DAILY MAILS.
81. Louis mail arrives at q: 10 p. m and 2 rs
q. m. (night.l
st. Louis mail closes 10 m. and p. m.
Chicago mail arrives at 3 30 a. m,
Chieego mail closes IL and p. 10. -
Kansas CITY mRil (by C.& A. r.. r. arrives AZ
Il: s. p. M. c1Dses s. 10p. N.
st. Louis and Chicago mail (via G. & A. Z. r.
arrives at Soas-m., closes Il 20 p. N.
Jefferson City mail arrives at IL 30 p. m.
Jefferson City mail closes 3: !op. m.
Western mail arrives at /: "A p. Ill.,
Western mail closes at p. N.
Wess Hartford and Perry mails arrive at 1 80
a; m. Eaesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Close
at a. m. same days. = $50 -
santa re mail arrives at II m. Tuesdays and
fLIdays-departs1 !: 20 p. m. same days.
toung' 9 Greek and Long Branch mails arrive
Of II m. Tuesdsys. Thursdays and Saturdays.
Ciose at II 30 p. m. same days.
Moooe and 1ounger's mail arrives at II a m
ossofusEs. Closes at p m. same day : q
ross omce epeH at . nj closes at z ,. N.
ORea Sundays from to D n.
az Money Orders on ali. important points m
ne onatsc sAtsss England and Ireland.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24


From che &c Louis Republican.
The immigration society can find
no better capital to work upon than
to circulate this rticle, Is it win con-
vince all who read it that Missouri,
IS . productive State, can NOT be
beaten BY any State in the Union.
Il 1t can. We challenge the evidences.
Mr.. Solomon Licklider was born in
Virginia, and came to St. Louis in
the year 1928, and for . number of
year, worked at the saddlery business
with Col. Thornton Grimsley. A few
years later be married one OF the
daughters Of Elisha Edmunnsen of
st. Louis county, and in 1899 emil
grated to Jake's prairie, in Gasconade
county, where be purchased . farm
Of 40 acres, and where he is living on
the same tract Of land. to-day. On
this farm Mr.. Licklider raised . fam
lily Of twenty children, fourteen Of
whom are still living; ten are mar
ried. and their offspring, are rs fol-
lows: G. W. Licklider has five chill
rem; S. E. has nine; e. T. has ten;
j. L. has twelve; j. Z. L. has eight;
L. F. has four; Ed. L. has one; Oh
iva has nine; Virginia has nine and
Kittie has five. With these are eight
great-gandchiidren. II will thus be
seen that the production aggregated
twenty children, seventy-two grsnd-
children and eight great-grnndchild-
rem, making in all one hundred born
Of that-family, twenty Of whom were
born and raised On the same forty
acre tract Of land. The old gentle
man is now seventy-six years Of age,
and is IS hale and hearty as most men
at fifty. He is new preparing the
ground for his forty-fourth crop. His
children and his children's children
are all Democrats, all members ef
church, and not q dissipated one
among them. II any state can beat
these forty acres, trot it ont, for the
old man still expects to see . good
many "birthday anniversaries. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24


Out in the wilderness beyond Cheyenne
dwells hermit whose business it Is 10
take care of relays OF horses for the stage.
Nothing grows nor is water to be found
for miles and miles around his desoiate
cabin, and he eRdeafors 10 make life
cheerful. His humor expresses itself Ia
the following illuminated signs, post
ed cofispicuously on his shsnty:
"Hoeel de la Starvation "Fifteen miles
to WATER 'sTwenty miles TO wood"
"Seven inches 10 Heli," '.wantei--A
! neat and tidy girl to'do general house.
work." "God bless our home" This
man never sees any living being, except
once day when the coach dashes into
sight, and yet he is ioviai and happy.
He must be second Mark Tapley.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24
County and City Directory
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
Times of Holding Courts

Times OF Holding Courts.
AUDRAIN CIRCUIT COURT.
Regular Terms---Fourth Monday in January;
first Monday in June, and first Monday In
October.
49, Probate COURT.
Regular Terms--Seeond Monday in March May, ,
September, and January.
COUNTY COURT.
Regular Terms--First Monday in May, August,
November and February.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24

This notice was found posted up ia a
Jonesbura blacksmith shop: ..,sotIs. DC
copartnersfip heretofore resisting be-
twixt me and Nose Skinner Is hereby re-
solved Dem what owe de firm viii set
tie Wild me, and dem what de fsrIns owe
viii settle wild Nose ss-!s -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24

1t is said that the largest fleece. ever
recorded in the United States at 3 public
shearing was taken 4 fes days ago at
Lansing, at meeting of the Michigan
HeTino Sheep Breeders Association II
was from q two-year r-oid ram, Diamond,
owned by A. T. short, of coldwater. was
grown In 3e3 days and weighed iipounds
aud ounces.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24

The Lancaster Gingham Mills ai Gin
ton, Mass, are the largest niflis Of the
kind In this country. TIses employ 1900
hands and produce ze,eg1, ,o0o yards Of
cloth each year Their products are sold
mainly in Pennsslvania and tie South
west. r-.-.-..z==z--.--.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24

CsrroIlton, H., now licenses saloons,
and the drug stores win not do As big
Q business as before. The town viii
get . decent revenue and there viii
bs no more Hdu6r dnnk than before.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24

tenn OF slavery seemed impregna-
BILE. Cotton was king and the civil
lied world acknowledged his sway.
Twenty-Five years ago no man could
have forseen that in less than ten
years from that time no man would
WELD lash, and no slave would
clank chain in the United States.
With knowledge Of the events Of
last score Of years, with knowledge
of the sudden and startling changes
which have already come to pass, 1
am not prepared to say what the fu-
ture win be-.
But ! will say that I do not look
for colonization within or outside Of
the United States. Africa is too Far
of, even if we desired to go there,
which we do not. Removal to any
Of the territories, is out Of the aues-
ton. As to extinction, the prospect
in that direction has been greatly
olouded by the census just taken, in
which it seems that our increase is 10
per cent. greater than that Of the
white people of the South. There is
but one destiny, it seems to me, left
for us, and that is to make ourselves,
and to be made by others part OF
the American people, in every sense
Of the word.
Assimilation, not isolation, is our
true policy. Umfcation for us is
life; separation, is DEATH. All the
political, social and literary sources
around ustend to unlfcation. The
EAmerican people have. their preju-
dices, but they have other qualities
as well. .. .''''.'-. 81
| They easily adapt themselves to
inevitable conditions, and all theii
tendency is to progress, enlighten-
ment and to the universal. .# 80
REPUBLICAN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24

Mr.. John Saunders has received his
commission and will take charge Of the
Mexico postofice on Monday. The
Ledger declares he is s'a reliable square
man. kansas City Times. = zasEy4 5G
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24
A Tallahassee Girl.
From the Jacksonville tRIa., Herald.

From the Jacksonville tFla,l Herald.
The following thrilling particulars
of a Tallahassee young lady's heroism
are from most reliable source:
The young lady in. question is Miss
Katie Gamble, and her home is at
her fathers house in the capital city.
A few nights since, while asleep in
her room, she suddenly awakened to
find two intruders in the apartment,
a white man and negro. She made
some startled exclamation which call
ed the white mans attention, and
thereupon he drew a pistol and de-
clared his intention to kill her If she
raised any alarm. In no wise daunt-
ed, the spirited young lady quickly
took a pistol from under her pillow
and fired at the villain, at which the
negro took fright and fed. The
white brute, however, returned The
fire. Pfueky as she is fair, Miss
Gamble not only fred atihim again,
but upon his turning to run, sprang
out of bed, fired still another shot,
and as the scoundreI was hastily get
ting out of the window, struck him a
good blow over the head with her
weapon. And after it was all over
she didn't faint, either, as heroines in
novels usually do, but was able in a
collected manner to tell her family all
about it when they came rushing into
the room. The would-be fobbcr was
evidently hurt, for The next morning
the imprint of fingers, marked in
blood, was found upon the window
sill : Esz-fs sHr=a.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24

|. The old practice of planting pump.
kins among corn is but slightly fol-
lowed in the West. And yet 1t is
good one for experience has shown
that nearly or quite as much corn can
be produced on the same area with
a pumpkin crop as without it, the
value of the latter, as feed to milch
cows in the winter, and also to swine,
is large and positive. No crop can
be raised with less expense than pump
kins, the benefits and uses of which
are anything like SO various and ex-
tausjye.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24
Death Of the Mother Of Gen. Grant, at
the Age Of Eighty.Five.

Death Of the Mother Of Gen. Grant, at
the Age Of Eighty.Five.
The honorable mother Of General
Grant died very suddenly Friday last
at her residence in Jersey City. Mrs.
Grant was born Nov. %, 1873, on
the farm Of her father, John Simpson,
in Montgomery county, Penn. She
was Of Scotch origin. Her father
and mother moved West when she
was young and settled at Point Pleas.
ant, Ohio, where she was married In
June, 1921, to Jesse R. Grant.
Gen. Grant was their first child, and
was born on April "a, 1922. Mrs
Grant Was . woman of much firmnes:
and strength Of character. She Wa
q member Of the Methodist church
from her girlhood. She lived fol
some time at Galena, ILL.,, and wa,
| for many wears in Coyiugton, KY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24
The Wrong Dog.

Dttfoit Eest anu Itipunt.
"If you please, SIR" said . boy
leading dog, to gentleman he ap-
preached shave you seen anything Of
q lost liver?'' s afs.rs
"a lost liver? What do you
means" inquired the gentleman in
astonishment. @ra
"Why, sir, a man advertises In the
paper that he will pay fifteen dollars
for the return of a lost liver and
white pointer dog. Here's the white
dog, but can't find the liver"
As this paper goes to press the gen
tleman is trying to explain to the iive'
boy that the pointer-and-white-dog
Obi pshaw. That the pointer bo,
and the lost liver and white dog wer'
errors Of punctuations; but who eve
sausage q mixture Of meat and rhet
oric before?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24
Something Better than Railroads.
sis Mr.. Gould's car with thia

sis Mr.. Gould's car with this
train2' 70. -.s .z.s. as: ...4
"Yes, sir." 80 n.7
SIS Mr.. Gould in that CARP 80
"He is.''
tCan I 60 in and see hiuif"
'.H you can get in"
swell, I'll try" said the man. as
he rose up, "Pve got . model here Of
the smstest, cutest and best washing
masheen ever invented, and II Mr..
Gould win drop bis railroads and take
hold Of this with me, IN warrant hun
a steady income, after the first year
of forty dollars = week"
He didn't succeed In entering th.
car, and that may be the reason VIII,
Mr.. Gould Is still in the rsilroat
| business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24

"Do you see that youpg man going
along there?" sYesi, what Of iti" ''He's
got girl on the abrain." t'Ahs Judging
from his appearance the girl must have q
soft s;x sss t5G - ~ ~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24
A Georgia Mans WSys.
From the Detroit Free Press,

b II was bleak, raw April day as
We ran down into South Carolina.
There was no FIRE in the coach, nor
would there have been need fer any
il the windows could have been kept
down. A chap from Quitman, Ga. =,
who had lately peeled of his flannel
and who felt as cold as a sheared
lamb, succeeded after while in get
ting all the windows down but one.
That Was on the right hand side, third
door from the front, and the seat
was occupied by fat man with red
face. ss-7
"Sir, won't you please lower that
Window" asked the Georgian.
"What for.' sss
"To keep out the cold" - g..
"I'm none too cold. ~ '-..i s.t-s~.
"But it lets dust in.'' f'-5 .eis
81 have no objections to dust"
Nothing further was said, but the
Georgian presently opened the, stove
door and took out absut q pint of
ashes and wrapped them up, and at
the next station he dropped OF the
car and took the one ahead. Ten
minutes after starting up, the train
entered deep cut, and the fat man
was observed to bob Off his seat and
dig his eyes and jump up and down
as il he had hornets in his boot-legs.
Indeed, he swore-swore black and
blue and green. He swore he'd sue
the company, and he swore he'd kll
the engineer, and it was good two
hours before he could open one eys
wide enough to swear that in his frs
moment Of surprise his gold specta-
cles had fallen OF and he had tram
pied them under foot. ~ ss.,e
| II wonder what got into his eyesF
I asked Of the Georgian. fos a=ss
"Lime, l reckon, as we we're run
ming through = limestone cut jus
then," he calmly replied as he look
ed up from his paper. 81.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24

Mrs. Anna Ross, in q suit against Kan
sas City, was awarded $500 damages re-
Gently for injuries received b. stepping
into coal hole on one of the principal
streets. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24

When a man arrives home at, 2 O'Clock
in the morning, and his wife slams heI.
foot downwithout saying word, it may
be regarded as storm signal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24

THE CABINET.
(Salary of each, Ss,0OO.)
Secretary of State--F. T. Frelinghuyscn, of n. j.
Secretary of Wars-Robert Lincoln, of Illinois.
Secretary Of offreasury--Chas. L. Folger, of N. I.
Secretary of Savy--Wm. E. Chandler. of New
Hampshire. 49, - -.
Secretary of Interior--H. Z. Teller, of Ohio.
Attorney General--Ben. III. Brewster, of Penn.
Postmaster General Timothy o. Howe. of Wis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
STATE OFFICIALS.

Governor--T. L. Crittenden. Salary, 81. 900
Lieut.. Goy.--Robert A. Campbell.... S. per day.
Secretary of State--M. h McCirath. .SS 600
Attorney General--Daniel III. Mcintyre. 50 600
AuditOr-J ohm Walker. ker....................S3,O s., 900
Treasurer--Phl. Z. Chappell. s, 600
Register OF Lands Robert McCulloch. -. S3 600
Supt. Public Instruction--W, E. Coleman. 81, coo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24

rhna, Jsundiee,
&S Impurity OF the
= W. - Hood, Fever and
i35yI!gl1Ii and IN Diseases
caused by De-
rangement Of Liver, Bowels and KidRsys.
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER
Bad Breath. Pain in the Side, sometimes the
pain Is felt under the Shouder.hlade, mistaken for
Rheumatism: general loss Of appetite: Bowels
generally cosuve. sometmes akernsting with lax:
the head b trouhsed with pain. s dull and heavy.
with considerable loss Of memory. accompanied
with painful sensation Of leaving undone something
which ought 10 have been done; slight, dry cough
a. .,es H. Al n,;eas
81 wesriness and debility: nervous. essiy startled:
Tea cold or burning, sometimes pzsekiy sensation
of die skn exists: spirits are low and dependent,
.na although satisfied that exercise souldbe bene-.
3ciai, yee one can hardly summon UP fortitude 70
y i-in fact. dissrusts every rsmeiy.. Several
af the above symptoms attend the disease hus cases
examinafon afer death has shown the Liver 70
have beea extensively dersnsed-
n should be used by an persons. old and
u symPtoms appear. isih' s*s
Rsrsons Travelling or Eixing In Un-
hselfhy Localities, BY taking dose occasion:
al Malaria, Bilious attacks, Dirxiness, Nsu-
sea, Drows;ness, Depression Of Spirits, efc. Il
viii invigorate like glass Of wine, bat Is NO In
todcating beverage. E
II You have eaten anything hard OF
Digestion. or feed heavy after meals, or sleep
less u night take dose and yen Nall be relieved.
Time and Doctors' Bills WIN be .axed
by always keeping the Regulator
In the Housef
d Enr h. .;iv ,,.x, La tk,xx..At..
safe purgative, Alternative and tonic can
2 never be out Of place. The remedy is harmless
and does not interfere with business or
pleasure. sz.-ss 49,. "a
3 IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE,
And has all the power and efficacy Of Calome or
Quinine, without any Of the injurious after effects
A Governors Testimony.
Simmons Liver Regulator has hcen IN use in my
hmily for some time, and am satisfied il is
valuable addition to the medical science.
]. GILL SHORTER, Governor Of Ala
Hon; AIe1.nder II. ssephsas. Of Ca:
Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish % give it .
further trial. F.r-as,.
"Thc only Thing that never fails to
Relieve."-I have used many rsmedies sH Dys-
have found anything % benefit me % the er:snf
Simmons Liver Regulator has sent from Min
nesota to Georgia for il and would send further for
such medicine, and would advise all who are sim
iiariy affected to give it trial il seems the only
thing that never fails to relieve.
y p. NJ, JXsNrY, Minneapolis, MINI
DR.. 7. W. Mason says; From actual
persence IN the use Of Simmons Liver Regulator in
my practice have been and an satisfied to use
and prescribe il as purgsfise medicine.
HR~Take only the Genuine. whicA AWAY.
has on the Wrapper the red z Trade-Mark
and Signature Of j. H. ZEILIN q co,
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24
DIRECTORY.
National and State Directory.
THE EXECUTIVE.

President 4. Arthur. Salary, $50, 600
ce-President-- David Davis.... Salary, 81, 900
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24

Fishing tackle at Frost's, next door
10 post-ofiice. --'a
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-24


|juries, shall be the universal law and
practice of the .land,s this discussion
Twin go on; until the courts of the
country shall grant the colored man q
fair trial and just verdict, this dis
cussion will go on; until the American
people shall make character and not
color the criterion of respectability,
this discussion will 60 on; until truth
and humanity shall cease to be living
ideas. and mankind shall sink back
into moral darkness, and the world
shall put evil for good, bitter fol
sweet, darkness for light, this discus
sion will go-enR gg ga q
AsBan old vatchmana on the walls
of liberty, scanning the social and
political horizon, in a nutshell hs
gives the answer to the question,
ssWhat Of the night!" He says:
"The moral government of the IN;
verse is on-our side, and -co-operate'
with all honest efforts to lift up th'
tdown-t -trodden and oppressed in al
lands, whether the oppressed be whit
or black" ..s
| AS to the future Of his race in thi
country, three different solutions t.
this difficult problem have been give
land adopted by different classes o
the American people: First, colon
cation in Africa; second, extinction
through poverty, disease and death
third, assimilation and unifeatio
with the great body of the America
people. .1'a
] Plainly, it is matter about whic
4 no man can be positirs. I =,
Il s In every great movement men al Al
prepared <py apreceding ,syeHts =
!, those which are to come.
| Twenty-Five years : ago the wi