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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-12
The Session Ought to Be Shortened.

Saturday Herald.
We presume the Journal announces on au-
the Legislature If Governor Porter has de-
cided not to call an extra session, he has
counselled wisely with himself, The Legis-
lature ought to be shortened, not extended.
1t is busy but to no purpose Its chief
object appears to be to create political CAPT
tai
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-12
We Are Awful Low, Then.

Saturday Review.
The comic valentine is the evidence of
low civilization
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-12
The Prison Investigating Committed.

bHIHTUHy T6upIb'
What sham and humbug are these So
called prison investigating committeesl The
investigators fall into the hands of the war
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-12

MAJOR R. s. HILL. Treasurer of State,
turned over his office on Saturday to his sue
cessor, John J. Cooper. Mr.. Hill accounted
for balance of 1912, 53465, every cent OF
which he turned over
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-12
The People Suffer from the Legislature.

There has been altogether too much talk
for the amount of labor performed and the
indications are that the people's interests
will suffer rather than receive benefit at the
hands of their State lawmakers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-12

THE Internal Revenue Department has or
dered collectors to report for assessment all
whisky upon which taxes became due on the
9th instant These taxes will amount to
about $500 000 and must be paid before the
present Congress adiourns.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-12

THE Ohio river is about sixty-two feet deep
at Cincinnati, and a depth of more than
sixty-three feet is expected, which will be as
great volume of water as ever before
known. The damage will go into the mil
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-12

E. B. PAYNE and others have secured at
Springfield charter for the Riley Elevated
Railway Company of Chicago, with capital
stock of 100000, to build lines to all the
auburhan towns
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-12

THE Hon. Marshall Jewell, ex-Postmaster-
general and chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee, died at his home in Hart
ford, Conn, on Saturday night. His disease
was pneumonia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-12

THE DAILY JOURNAL.
by JNo. C. NEW & son.
For Rates of Subscription, ETC.. see Sixth Page
MONDAY, FEBRUARY ~, 1883.
THE dry goods imported at New York the
past week were valued ct So, 41l,00O.
THE late William E. Dodge is supposed to
have left an estate valued al $6OOO,OOO.
THE liquor league of indianapolis is prose-
cutting druggists who sell liquor without
license.
THE lease of the Mutual Union Telegraph
Company's lines by the Western Union Com
pany for term of 800 years was completed
on Saturday last.
Rev. DIR. PIERsoN. pastor of the Second
Presbyterian Church, of this city, declares
himself Inundated by being the successor OF
Henry Ward Beecher.
THE Birmingham Gazette states that, on
account of i'll health Lord Randolph
Churchill contemplates retiring entirely for
time from public life.
LAST weeks business fallures-256-tho
twenty less than for the week ended Feb. 2,
exceeded the record for the corresponding
period in 1882 by ninety-seven.
GENERAL SHERMAN, in answer to question:
guesses that the Oklahoma Adventures will
be taken to Fort Smith and handed over to
the civil authorities, who will set them at
liberty.
MAJOR r. s. HILL. Treasurer of State,
turned over his office on Saturday to his sue
cessor John J. Cooper. Mr.. Hill accounted
for balance of $S12 534.65 every cent OF
which he turned over.
THE Hon. Marshall Jewell, ex-Postmaster-
general and chairman of the Republican ma
tonal committee, died at his home i'll Hart
ford, Conn, on Saturday night. His disease
was pneumonia.
EB PAYNE and others have secured at
Springfield charter for the Riley Elevated
Railway Company of Chicago, with capital
stock of $1,000, 900, to build lines to all the
suburban towns.
THE Ohio river is about sixty-two feet deep
at Cincinnati, and depth of more than
sixty-three feet is expected, which will be as
great a volume of water as ever before
known. The damage will go into the mil
lions.
THE Internal Revenue Department has or
dered collectors to report for assessment all
whisky upon which taxes became due on the
9th instant These taxes will amount to
about 100000 and must be paid before the
present Congress adjourns.
THE Longfellow Memorial Association
announces that on the 9th of February, the
anniversary of the poets birthday, a gen.
eral subscription will be made throughout
the United States for the monument which it
is proposed to erect in Cambridge, Mass.
THE story of the informer Kavanagh gives
the details of the murder of Cavendish and
Burke. The prisoners in the dock are not
so hilarious as they were when the trial be-
gam tits evident the government has broken
into the heart of the murderous conspiracy.
LOT WRIGHT, the nominee for United
States marshal for the Cincinnati district, is
a resident of Lebanon, Warren county and
now holds the office of clerk of that county
for the third term. The appointments of
Judge Wright ana Marshal Wright are both
well received
TRIAL BY JURY.
L 3 Al.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-14
Another From Ohio,

DEMOS, OHIO, March 18th, 1888.
EDITOR FREEMAN Find enclosed
one dollar for the FREEMAN. l
will write some after a while for
your paper. | tried to get some ar
ticles in the InteLligencer and RegiS-
ter of Wheeling on Prohibition, but
it was all in vain. The Register
published a lot of falsehoods on pro-
hibition purporting to be from Gov.
Click, of Kansas, then closed its
columns against reply The IN
telligenacer was put in possession OF an
article refuting the Register state
ments, but as yet has refused to
ms, r. it, We need expect no aid
from those papers. We want a
Prohibition paper in Wheeling.
People who ought to know that
Prohibition is a success everywhere
as far as tried, are as ignorant of
the facts as Hottentots. Wishing
your paper success, | close for the
present.
Yours Very Truly,
Rev. J. G. HENcH.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-14
Advertising the Eleven.
Hon. John B. Floyd gets q "boost.

Mr.. EDITOR: Again the voice Of
the people has been ignored, and
their intelligence insulted, and
their independence and right Of
Petition denied this time by elev-
en- men who were sent by the peo-
pie to represent them in our State
Senate. One of these "eleven''
was our honorable Senator, John B.
Floyd, Of Logan.
Now, Mr.. Editor, I voted for Mr.
Floyd, and thereby aided in send
ing him to represent US in the Sen
ate. Has he discharged the duty
for which he was elected? Has he
faithfully represented his constit-
uents, or has he mis-represented
them? So far as | am concerned,
and TO my personal knowledge, hun
dreds of others, he has shamefully
and knowingly mis-represented US.
Before he was nominated for this
important position, I made special
inquiry with reference to his po-
sition on the question Of Prohibi-
ton, and | was informed by a
friend of his Gone Of the highest Of
ficials of our county, that he had
expressed himself in favor of sub
mission. This information I i'm
parted to scores of others, all OF
which helped to elect him. | am
satisfied that this expression came
from the honored gentleman, be-
cause his friend, above referred to,
was and is, staunch prohibition
list | undertake to say that Mr.
Floyd could not have been elected
with the express understanding
that he would vote against the
Amendment as he has done.
We are indignant, Mr.. Editor,
and we have a right to be, and we
intend that this storm of indigna
ton shall roll on until demegogues
political tricksters and traitors are
buried beneath the wreck and rub
bish Of political parties, and the
voice Of the people, in behalf Of
their homes, their children, theil
country and their God, be heard anC
obeyed. RALEIGH COUNTY.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-14
From an Ohio Friend.

GALLIPoLIs OHIO, Mar 10, 1888.
WEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN Mr..
Editor, | enclose you one dollar to
pay for your paper. Please ac-
knowledge.
While [ do not now live in your
State, yet | feel interested in her
prosperity, and especially in the
Temperance movement. lam anx-
ious to see West Virginia coming
out victorious in this fight. am
sorry to say that our city is almost
taken by the liquor traffic and its
supporters. While we were bless
ed SO far as not being troubled with
high water, we are cursed with
the liquor traffic. Three-fourths
at least, Of the young men of our
city are supporters Of the saloons
and gambling dens Of our city,
while it is no uncommon thing tC
see a boy from s to 10 years old go
ing along our streets with cigar
in his mouth.
So much for this time.
l also send you a copy of one Of
our city papers, the Tribune. II
contains a Temperance discourse
delivered by the pastor Of the Bap-
fist Church. H. DAVIS.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-14

Fight and wave the prohibition
banner triumphantly over our lit
tie Mountain State. For this we
will work and wait, feeling assured
that it will come.
Yours with Respect,
EUGENEUs BARB.
NoTE.-We have mailed the
FREEMAN regularly to our faithful
Ally, as we do to every brave DAY.
id in the field. If it still fails to
come, notify us at once.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-14
The Eleven PhilistineS to be BE.
headed.
WADEsTowN, Mar. Sth, 1888.

MAIDSTONE, Mar. Sth, 1906.
Mr.. EDITOR: The two last mails
have not brought me any FREE
MAN, and | am lonesome without
it. [ have forgotten when my
subscription expires, but at all
events please send it on to me. Send
it also to Gideon Goodnight, six
months, and you shall have your
wages for visiting US. Send both
to Wadestown.
| am taking two other papers,
but they do not fill the place of
the FREEMAN, like the FREE
MAN because it holds principle
above politics, and is fearless in
opposing wrong wherever found !!
Continue to pour shot and shell
into the enemy's camp, and the
time will not be long till there
will be enough Davids in the field
to take the political heads off the
"Eleven Philistine Champions"
who regard not the laws of the God
Of Israel, nor the prayers of His
people,
We will have to wait another
season to hear the bugle call the
Prohibition army into line of bat
tie at the polls, to fight the Decisive
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-14
A Nicholas "Scratcher,"
Pool, NICHOLAS Co., w. VA,
March. 1883.

MdrCn, 1000.
ED. FREEMAN l think my sub
scription expires March 1st, En-
closed S1.00 on the same. | want
you to find the best candidate for
Congress in our District, and use
your influence for him. 1t is ar
gued that Prohibition is not a ma
tional affair. 1t never will be till
we quit .electing whisky men to
Congress. We want more indepen-
dent "scratchers." AS County Su-
perintendents can have much in
Huence either for or against Prohi-
bition, is it not necessary hat we
be careful whom we elect? You
may count me a "scratcher" all the
time. Although have my choice
of parties still l am not tied and
never have been, because there is
no question in politics so impor-
tant as the question Of Prohibition.
Yours truly,
J. G. RAMSEY.
P. S. Please send sample copies
to w. NJ Ramsey, Mt. Nebo, W.
Va, r. A. Ramsey, Pool, w. Va,
and Allen n. Boley, Jas. A. Huff
man, NJ. A. Hughes, Geo. R. Huff.
man, and L. Q. Halstead, Mt. Nebo
w. Va. J. G. r.
NorE.--We have many letters
like this with names for sending
specimen copies.
We give one occasionally that
our friends may know how the
work is progressing. ED.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-14

A LUCKY FIND.-A young St.
Louis housekeeper, who had read
in a Paris letter that four-post bed
steads were again in fashion, start
ed in search Of one Of them the 9TH
er day. She finally found what
she desired in the house and un-
der the person of sick Hungar;
an, whose wife was supporting him
by sewing, and who valued it as an
heirloom, but was willing to sup
ply his necessities by selling it.
She purchased it. 1t was mahog-
any four-poster of admirable work
manship, and the new owner was
examining the carvings with de-
light, when she accidentally press
ed upon carved rose, which yield
ed and disclosed a secret recepta-
Gle, in which was tightly wedged
aleather bag containing Italian
coins worth several thousand dollars
The money was promptly handed
to the poor Hungarians,-Er.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-14
WEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN.
CORRESPONDENCE.
A PrOhibItiOnist.
ST.. MARYs, March, 1883.

ED. FREEMAN Through some
kind friend or yourself, have
been receiving your paper for some
three or four months, am well
pleased with it, can't do without
it, Enclosed find S1.00. Don't
stop paper; will send balance Of
years subscription.
l have always been Republi-
can, but am now a "Prohibition-
ist," out-and-out. | can't vote for
any one who favors license for sell
ing whisky in any shape or form.
Yours, &C.,
A. H. COLE.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-14

How TO Stop Your PAPER.-Do
not as k to have your paper discon-
tinued while you are in arrears for
subscription. First pay up, and
then your request will be cheerful
ly complied wlth.-Exchange.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-14

Subscribe now, friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-12-20
Order Of Publication.
Audrain Circuis Court, Nov. %, 1888.
lin vacation.
Franklin Pierce, Plaintiff,
VS..
Jacob New, Defendant.

AND now at this day comes said
n plaintiff and files his petition
herein, verified by AFFIDAVIT, stating
among other things, that said efend.
ant is a nonresident of he Sslte OF
Missouri. You said defendant are,
therefore, hereby ro,iied of the
filing of this suit. The general object
and nature of which is 10 procure a
decree declaring a mortgage dated
Nov. 3rd, 1877, executed by one III,
w. Wetherell and Sarah B. Weiher-
ell. his wife, and delivered to you,
conveying the following lands to-wit:
The south halfof the sou Invest quar-.
ter of section (25) twenty-five, town
ship (51) fifty-one, range (S) eight,
west, to secure the payment of GER
tain promissory notes therein de-
scribed, to be fully satisfied and for
naught held, and to cancel the same
and to remove the apparent liens
thereof from the said lands, said
mortgage being recorded in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds in Audrain
county, Missouri, in "Book NJ" of
trust records, at pages $50 and 3s1,
and that unless you be and appear at
the next regula. Term OF this court,
to be begun and held at the court
house in the city of Mexico, Missouri,
OH the 4th Monday in January next,
1884, and then and there answer or
otherwise plead to said petition, the
same viii be taken as confessed and
Judgment rendered against you, and
your property sold to satisfy the
same
And il is further ordered that q
copy hereof be published according
to law in the Mexico LEDGER, q
newspaper printed and published in
Audrain county, Missouri.
A true copy from the Records.
Attest: JNO. j. STEELE,
saw Clerk.
MacfarIane g Trimbie, att'ys pl6.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-12-20
A First-Class Teacher and Instructor

10 the EdltOf OF the LEDGER.
We, the undersigned, directors Of
school No. 2, range so, township 10
wish you to insert in your paper
full and complete retraction of GER
tain reports, which came to our ears.
rejecting on the character of oul
teacher, J. NJ. Davis, in a private an6
public manner We have sifted these
reports out and have found them tc
be unsubstantial and untrue by facts
that came into our possession, an6
we have talked the matter ove witt
Mr.. Davis, and acknowledge to hav'
ing done him a very great piece Of
injustice in so abruptly closing bis
school and placing him under the
ban of public censure, when he was
innocent. We have restored the
school again to his charge and con-
troll and would here state that all the
patrons of the school are we'll satisfi.
ed with Mr.. j. NJ. Davis as a teacher
and gentleman, and believe ths
scholars to have made a more rapio
advancement under his care aud con
troll than under any former teacher
We therefore recommend him to AM
one as a firs.-class teacher and in.
structor.
MosEs BAKER, / p,rootors
Ed. You've, D
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-12-20
E R
of the Ledger.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
LADDoNIA, Mo-, December 18TH
The old year will soon be numbered
with the past. Christmas with all its
merry making, will be here next
week. Yes, a merry time to some
and sad to others. How true it is,
that the pleasures of memory are
sweet and mournful to the soul.'
The rich will receive costly presents,
and many a poor soul will stand by,
and lock on at their joy. The cities
will be full of costly Christmas trees.
loaded with presents, for well dress
ed and we'll fed children, and the
poor little ragged urchins will only
peep through the windows and adj
mire their beauty. Such is life, it
has always been so, and we presume
it always will be; but we often think
what a good time Christmas would
be for ''Our Missionaries to work :;
they could give bread. -four, mea
and potatoes. We believe He, whose
birthday we celebrate, would have
had it different !: He would have had
the poor visited, the naked clothed,
and the hungry fed. Many of our
statesmen from the President down.
will hsve a gentlemanly, glorious
drunk on costly WHISTLES a; while some
of our honest farmers will have to
saddle their horses and 60 to town,
through the cold, and taking their
only dollar, spending 25 cents for
candy for a large family Of children,
and Is cents for the meanest whisky
ever sold. The wife, will enjoy see.
ing the children eat their candy, and
her dear husband get over his ''ter-
rible sick SPELL" These are some OF
the things that will happen on Christ.
mas. 1t is said that I.addonia will
have the largest Christmas tree evel
had here, with presents on for big
and little, old and young, rich and
poor. 1t will be in the new Christian
Churchill it is not being plastered.
and if so, at the Hall.
The corn trade is very lively, thi:
week, selling at "a cents.
Jacob Lewellin of Florida, auG
Ellison Leweliin of Oregon, was Wis.
iting their brother J. L. Lewellin last
week.
1t is rumored here, that Mr.. Johr
Earhart entered the matrimonial
state, last week. We did not learn
who the lucky bride was; but that
it was a widow Of Farber.
Everybody is busy in town, work.
work, work. ANNIE LAURIE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-12-20
0hituarT.

Departed this life ON Sunday the
10th inst, Enoch H~ooton, of Pneu-
monia, in the 18th year of his age.
Squire Hooton, as he was famll-
iarly called, was n of the old men,
that constituted in Mexico, the link,
that bound the present to the past.
Born in Clarke county, Kentucky, on
the 22nd of FEBRUARY, 1907, the
Squire came to Missouri in 1881,
settling at first at Palmyra, where he
filled the position of sadler, magis-
trate and bank clerk. From thence
he moved to Audrain county in 1856,
purchasing a farm Z miles northwest
of Mexico, which he sold to Mr..
Wade. In about a year afterwards
he removed to town and went into
the tinware and stove business with
his s~on-in-law Mr.. James Garrett, of
the firm of Gill & Garrett. Soon af-
ter, he was appointed postmaster, and
upon leaving that position he became
a justice of the peace, and being re-
elected bi-annually continued to be a
magistrate to within a year or two of
his death. In early life Squire Hoo
ton was married to Miss Bula Scott,
by whom he had several sons and
daughters, only two of whom, Mrs.
James Garrett of this city, and Mrs.
Mary Martin of California, survive.
About l847, he was married to Miss
Engentine Breckenridge, and their
children are we'll known to our citi.
zens.
Possessed of a strong will, a clear
intellect and noble social instincts,
the old Squire was universally res.
pected, and the mitch occupied by
him in the hearts of our citizens will
not be quickly filled. He a al adj
mirable pensman, a correct and re.
liable book-keeper, as the old books
of Palmyra Branch of the bank OF
the state of Missouri attest, and his
law docket is ~unexcelled; he was also
a democrat and constant reader and
admirer of the St. Louis Republican
In early life the Squire was a promi'
nent and consistent church member
and on his death bed gave satisfac,
tory evidence that he had not lost hi:
faith in Christie leaves q brother
in Illinois somewhat older than him
self.
His funeral was preached Tuesda,
at the Christian church by Rev. I. j
Gooch, assisted by Elder Alexande
Proctor. The pall-bearers were
B. r. C%autilorn, NJ. Y. Duncan, j
McD. Trimble, John Gordon, b. F
Tomlinson and r. W. Tureman.
PALMYRA papers, please copy,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-12-20
Concert.

The concert at the Opera House
of this city by pupils of the Synod
zeal Female College, Fulton, NO.,
last Friday evening, was most excel
lent, opening with "Gloria," from
Mozart's 18th Mass, closing with
"Worthy is the Lamb and ''Halle-
lujah." chorus by Handel. The ex-
e~rcises throughout were of the very
first rank. The quartette, 80,
Mighty One," rendered by Messrs.
Gallaher, Charles, Wallace and Tate,
the trio, "Faith," by Misses Thomas,
Marques and Garvin, were truly
master pieces, added to the fact of
voices naturally good. The culture
to which each had attained, suggested
instruction and training of rare merit.
The piano duets Butterfly Gal
10" and "Gallo de Concert by
Messrs. Charles and Gallaher, the
vocal duets-''Swallow's FAREWELL
and 1.-The Magicians," by Mr.. Gal
laher and Prof. Treloar, ':There is a
Reaper" and "Cheerfulness," by
Misses Thomas and Garvin, were re-
ally admirable in execution. Vocal
solo 'Valse L'Ardita," by Miss
Halle Paxson, was n of the best
productions Of the evening. Miss
Paxson has a fine voice under excel
!, lent control. The piano solo-''The
Andes" by Miss Mamie Charles,
, was remarkable for its brilliancy and
= accuracy of execution. Miss Charles
is g. fine performer. The piano solos.
'Spring Song and 1.-THE Spinning
Wheel" by B. H. Charles, Jr., ant
e "Rhapsodie,' by John Gallaher, were
rendered with wonderful skill ant
brilliancy. The vocal solos-''Th'
Requital,' by Miss Marques, ''Tho,
Art the Bright Star of my Life" b.
Miss Thomas, THE Old Sexton,'
and s:Friar of Orders Grey" b,
Prof. Tate, were especially enjoye,
le by the audience. The fact that Mis-
Thomas and Prof. Tate was loudl,
e eacored was sufficient evidence of tn
s. sweetness of one and the power o
e the other. The trio-''No Man a
5, ALL" caught the audience in fin
st style. In this as in other pieces
Miss Garvin's alto was the subject o
Is much comment and praise.
to Prof. Treloar, as usual, did splen
ID didly. His class shows the result Q
Of his careful training. Prof. Treloa
f. has not his equal in Central Missoul
I'd as a thorough musical director an
he trainer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-12-20
Mrs. VIM. Hinze and John Hilder-

Mrs. VIM. Hinze and John Hilder-
brand, both Of this county, will be
married to-day at the residence Of
VIM. HiIderbrand, near Benton City.
A nice time will be enjoyed. There
will be lots to eat and plenty te
drink. John has our thanks for an
invitation to come and eat. On ac-
count of business, we are unable to
he present, but we are with you in
spirit and the LEDGER wishes the
happy couple a long and prosperous
life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-12-20

Our old friend Bob White, of the
Mexico LEDGER, don't care to have
anyone refer to his feet. He thinks
they are big enough to speak for
themselyes.-Pdrts Mercury.
People generally know when they
are around. We don't know why tie
so, but SO it's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-12-20

Thomas has bought Candles in
terest iH the carriage factory,