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Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11
Just o Little Turkey VIII Do.

Just o Little Turkey VIII Do.
SCOT any turkeys?"
"fes, sir, some nice, big, fat ones"
"Ain't you got any little bits of
ones?"
SHOW little?"
"Oh, two or three days old. You
can't find one too SMALL"
"What do you want it for:"
"Oh, for thanksgiving dinner. You
see I'm cook up to Mr.. Blaine house
an they hain't so doggone thankful
up there this year as they might be"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11
W. Baker .
REAL a
Loan & Insuranc Agn t,
O~FFICE-Front Room, Upstairs. Over the
Mexico Savings Bank,
MEXICO, MISSOURI.

in the State OF Missouri, AT BEDROCK PRICES. Ao desf Edhl TPm s'idasc a aws
Business Properly In the city Of Mexico. ~"
Having correspondence all over the United States, ~ facilities for serinp or
exchanging property ARE unsurpassed by n o other agency n the ountrv
:. largest portion Of my farming lands are situate within agv dsto,..,s
exc the county seat of Audin county, and, fr hi purposs- are :onaI to nm.
nds in the United States. 1f"S az Fqws " ahy
The following list represents q portion OF my Land Register
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

Hogs have not been as cheap for years
IS now. We see no reason why the Mex
leo packing company could not make big
money.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11
An Only Daughter Cured Of Censump-
finn

mnen death was hourly expected from con-
SMaTpuon, al remedies having failed, and DR..
m.yaihes Was experimenting, he accidentally
,, uag "a. q Preparation Of Indian Hemp which
oaed ms Only child. and now gives this recipe
~ H .eeelpe OF two stanys to pay expenses.
sena hiso cures night sweats, nausea at the
foar hours; Address Craddock 8 CO.. iess Race
Stfeet. fnlladeiphia, Pa, aiming this paper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11
ROUGH ON ITCH"
THE HOPE OF

CROUCH on Itch" cures humors, erup-
tions, ringworms, letter, salt rheum,
frosted feet, chilblains.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11
HEART PAWS.

Clears out rats, mice, reaches, 1iess.
ants, bed-bugs, skunks, ~chipmunks,
gophers. l5c. Druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

The volumes OF the Magazine begin with the
numbers for June and December of each year.
When no time IS s aecified it will be understood
that the subscriber wishes to begin with the cur
rent number.
The last eleven semi volumes of Har-
Pers Magazine, in neat cloth binding, will be
sent by mail, postpaid. on receipt OF So GO per
volume. Cloth eases. for binding, 50 cents each
by mail, postpaid.
Index to Harper's Magazine. Alphabetical.
Analytical and Classified. for volumes 1 to 60,
inciueiye, from June 1850, to June, 1880. one
VOL. svo.. cloth. 81.
Renittances should be made by Postoffiee
Money Order or Draft to avoid chance OF loss.
Address HARPER & BROTHERS,
Nau, VnrH v
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11
ssRough ON (,ourhs..
isRouoH on RATs., !,

Ask for s.Rough on Coughs,n for
Coughs. Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseneas.
Troches, 15c. Liquid, CSC. 81
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

P~alpitation, Dropsical SwelIings, Dir
illness, Indigestion, Headache, 6Ieepless-
ness cured by .Wells' Health Renewer.'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

Ladies who would retain freshness and
vivacity. Don't fail to try ssWells' Health
Remover"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11
WIDE AWAKE

three or four hours every night coughing.
Get immediate relief and sound rest bv
using Wells "Rough on Coughs"
Troches, 15c.; Balsam, 25c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11
"RouaH ON ToorHAcHE.n
PRETTY WOMEN

Instant relief for Neuralgia, Toothache,
Faceache. Ask for CROUCH Oh Tooth
ache.o Is and Is cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

THE HOPE OF THE NATION.
Children, slow in development, puny,
scrawny, and delicate, use "Wells' Health
ReneWer."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

Go to John Schuhmacher's Res
taurant for your square meal, and he
also has plenty of well ventilated
rooms for dodgers by the day or week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

III" THOR working people. Send 10
cents postage and We will mail
you free a royal. valuable sam
--o pie box of goods that will put
you In the way OF making more money in a few
days than you ever thought possible at any bus
mess. Capital not required. You can live at
home and work In spare time only. or all the
time. All of both sexes, of all ages. grandly sue
cessfnl. so cents to SIS easily earned every even
log. That ali who want work may test the bus
mess we make this unparalleled offer To all
who are not well satisfied we will send 81 to pay
for the trouble OF writing us. Full particulars,
directions. etc, sent free. Immense pay absO-
luteiy sure for oil who start at once. Don't de-
lay. Address STINsoN s. Co., Portland, Maine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11
THE GREATEST AND THE BEST
The Large Double Weekly.
Religious and Secular.
New York Observer,

Undenominational,
Unsectarian,
Evangelical, and
National.
No paper in the country has a more
Experienced and able Corps Of Editors.
Besides the regular Editors, the OBJ
server has a host of paid contributors
and correspondents all oVer the world,
including home and foreign missionaries,
travellers, scholars, divines, poets, and
literary men and women.
The Departments of Agriculture, Bust
ness, Snnday-school Teaching and Reli-
glous are conducted by experts,
who write clearly and t the point. The
Observer does not fill its columns with
long essays and sermons,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
special Announcements.

largo portion OF the readers of The
g.EADER are farmers, many of whom desire
J. great deal more of farming literature
Than we are able to give in our limited
space. To accommodate all such we have
shade arrangements with the publishers of
sac American Farmer to give it as pre-
MUM for one year to every subscriber of
TIRE LEADER who pays his subscription in
advance. The American Farmer is a large
i6 page paper, published at Fort Wayne,
ind, the subscription price of which Is
81 90 per year. Every farmer in Lincoln
county should avail! himself of this mag
nificent offer. Sample copies may I've
seen on application 10 this effice. Now is
n good time to hand in your name aud be-
gin With the January number
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
'Eale YazOO H.ynching.

That the lynching was wrong, that
it was crime, the country will
agree. There may be palliation, but
there cannot be justification, since
the men who committed the muir
ders on the night of Christmas eve,
were in the hands of the officers OF
the law; there was no earthly chance
Of their eff citing their escape; the
courts which would have tried them
lad the law oeen permitted to take
its course, are presided over by men
selected by the white. people of Va
zoo themselves: there was every
prospect OF swift and full punish
ment, and no reason whltever for
the belief or fear that Justice would
be cheated of its due.
The affair could have been pre-
vented and should have been. That
it was not is proof that a bad state
of affairs prevails il Yazoo. The peo-
pie of that county have no regard
for law, for The law of their own
creation, will be the verdict OF peo-
pie Of other States as well as people
of this State, when all the particu
lars of this wholesale llnching OF
negro is read by shcm. We consider
it one of the nost deplorable affairs
that ever occurred in Mississippi,
and that it will be used against us
by our enemies with telling effect
may be counted with certainty.
There are crimes whose magnitude
oytrshadows events of course which
have led TO their commi' sion. This
lynching is one If them. 1t will
divert attention from the murders of
Christmas eve night, aud concentrate
il upon Inc bloody scenes which the
white people oil Yazoo have just
enacted in a spirit oil revenge
Columbus IHdef, an.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
Sauce for the Goose Is Sauce for
the GaDicr.

The last props has been knocked
from under Manning in his contest
for Chalmers seat in Congress. It
has been conceded all along that
Chalmers received a majority Of the
votes in the 2nd district and that
Manning would not claim seat on
the certificate issued him by Cover
nor Lowry, but that he would do so
on the ground that Chalmers had
been elected by the aid of Rcpuh
lican corruption fund. Now comes
along Conere ssman Springer If
illinois and states in an interview
with a reporter Of the Washington
Post that he "gore check for 500
during the contest to be sent to
Ndnntng's district to help elect
him" As an esteemed contemporary
remarks, "the Democratic m 'jority in
the House should not hesitate to do
full Justice in this matter. Give
the devil his due, is an aphorism it
will be we'll to heed IL the Honse
should give Chalmers seat to Man
ning-and nobody denies, except
upon technecalirias. that it is Chal-
mer''s seat-it will injure the Demo
ocratic party great deal more, than
IL will hurt Chalutars
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

This famous Kennedy for Con.
stipation, Dyspepsia, Indiges-
ton, Liver Complaint, and all
Liver Diseases, has been I'm
constant use by the public for
hfty years, and Is more popular
to-day than ever before. Buy
none but M. A. Thedford q Co.'s
original and genuine, manufac-
fured By the Chattanooga HTedi-
cine Co., at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Every package enclosed in Yell
low Wrapper.
Trial package by mail, fiftssn
cents,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
The Election at sack.oY,


The municipal election at Jackson yester-
day resulted In-the recollection Of Hon. John
McGhl AS Mayor by about Of majori v
-Four OF the Aldermen elected we're on the
McCsih ticket, and two on the opposition
ticket
Mr.. Mc5ills election is undoubtedly due
to the fact that nc calls himselfa Republican
in politics. TIE vote in Jackson is nearly
evenly divided bct~eeE the whites and blacks,
and the blacks are Republicans almost to a
man. Mr.. McGill has been fortunate and
shrewd IN running amongst fhe colored
voters as a Republican, and amongst the
white voters on personal issues. Even the
Clarion-the great Democratic organ of the
State whose stieranccs on the tariff, the sill
yer bill, Tfd other National questions, have
been echoed by the small-fry newspapers OF
the State, and have influenced the State leg
islstion--hss been silent AID neutral in the
exciting local contest that has been in
progress az jackson for several weeks past.
This course OF the Clarion may not have
been intended for Mr. McGil's benefit. but
it will be considered by many people to
have had that effect - Vicksburg Post.
Boil Il down, the issue was,
reform against cxtravagance; good
administration against mal-adminis- =
tration; virtue against vice; morality
against immortality, and every citi-
zen of Jackson was vitality interested
IN the result. AS stated, Clingan is
Il good D, mocrst and McGill an un-
compromising Republican, and this
alone. other things being equal, was
q sufficient reason why lie should
have received every Democrats sup
port; but in this case it was the
least one. This time the best PEG
pie, without :egard 10 party or 60 or
were arrayed against McGiil. be
cause the situation had grown des-
perate The leading citizens and
largest taxpayers, almost to a man,
were against him, and, following the
lead of the State Ledger, every other
paper in the city except the Clarion,
even inc!uliny the Peoples Adviser,
a colored mans paper, was doing
battle for C.ingan and the cause
which he represented. 1t was left for
the great Clarion alone, at such a
time, to come out and compliment
both candidates, and say that il
would not, enthusiastically, commit
itself to either side. AS in the case
of Copiah. it seemed to think that
the people of Jackson had "more
than once demon> tratcd their ability
TO take care of themselves" and could
do so again.
Now the tax payers of Jackson, as
la.t resort for relief, are trying tC
get bill through the Legislature to
amend the charter Of the city and
have the Governor 10 appoint ,
board Of seven Commissioners &c
administer its affairs. Meanwhile
our respected c. temp ,rary, the Dem
ocratic State Organ, to be consistent
all the way through. should remain
"placid;' but instead it now
comes out and wants the Republi-
can Mayor to retain the position
which firm stand and few stroD
blasts from it at the right time would
most probably have kept him from
ever getting into again.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

The Fayette Chronicle Of Jan. 18th
has this: We learn that ON last
Wednesday night the elder Sullivan,
who is implicated in tue Freeman
murder and is out on bond, was
shot and seriously wounded. Three
buckshot entered his person on the
right side, two about the shoulder
and one through the upper extrem
ity of the thigh. The act was that
of an assassin, the shot being fired
from an ambush near the house of
the wounded man. While it is not
positively known who did the shoot
ing, the natural impression is that it
was an act of revenge on tine part OF
the murdered Freeman's brothers.
DR.. Newman says that while the
wounds are serious they are lot ne
oessarily fatal"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

The Great Cons ieuti0us," alias
the Vicksburg Herald, and few pa
pers catching up its refrain, endorse
the Yazoo lynching on the alleged
ground that it is next to impossible
to convict negro for killing a white
man with negroes On the jury and on
negro testimony But that the
Herald and its satellites should make
such an assertion with the evidence
which they have on every side,
is simply despicable. A few weeks
ago in one of the rivers counties
above Yicksbu:g, lot Of negroes
(white-mer-like) pursued one of
their own color for killing white
man, captured and lynched him.
The guilt of at least one Of the negro
murierers who was lynched in the
Yazoo Jail, was funded on negro tes-
timony, and it is the expert, nee of the
courts of our State that color plays
vers unimportant part in the resultof
murder trias. Give the devil his
due and the nigger ioa. The truth
is, the great mass OF white people
and negroes also, eonli always he
depended on to do The right thing,
if IL were not for bad lea,lers and SO
much bad advice.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

If all officers of the law would
make as vigorous and persistent at
tacks upon every species of gamb-
ling as Postmaster General Gresham
is making against lotteries, it would
not be long before this vice was in
measure eradcated. Not content
with forbidding The lotteries the use
of mails for distributing their letters
and circulars, he recommends in his
late report to Congress that news
papers containing advertisements of
lotteries be forbidden the use of the
mails, and that The proprietors of
said papers be held responsible for
publishing such matter.-E1.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

Now is good time tor some of
our editorial brethren to urge the
Legislature to do the pardoxical
thing of passing statute legalizing
election frauds, bull-dozing, lynch
law, etc. 1t wouldn't require a much
greater stretch of check, and efront-
cry for some of them to do so, and
since such things have got to- be
regarded as a matter Of course, there
is nothing like having this clearly
understood and duly provided for.
1t would be far more honest and
honorable, if not so progressive. We
would have more respect for a man
whu would frankly advocate such a
proposition than we have for the
fellow who. pretending to favor "a
free ballot anu fair count" winks
ut election frauds and condoTes bull
doing, and more for him than for
the hypociite who, with hands folded
across his dcceitful breast and eyes
piously rolled heavenward, pro-
claims himself as opposed to mob
Violence" and yet applauds or ex-
cuses the act of every mob which
lynches a helpless prisoner already
in the clutches of the law
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
The Governors Message~- An
Able Document.

Believing that our readers apprc-
ciste a good thing when they see it ,
we this week publish a supplement
cOnts lining in full the Governors
Message. 1t is comprehensive,
statesmanlike document and docs
honor to its able author. or some
of its suggestions We shall refer at
another time, but read it for yourself
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

COMPLIMENTARY as 1t is TO THE
LEADER, for reasons which would be
entirely satisfactory were they stated,
We must decline to publish the
caustic and spicy communication of
our Wesson correspondent Com
mon Sense" on the Especial Re-
porter" Besides the game is not
worth the candle. The people all
over the State are fast growing to
to look at things in the sensible
light our correspondent does, and
like hin, place the proper estimate
upon cheeky, shallow Drained fell
lows who are cutting such fantastic
tricks before high heaven for their
own Qualification.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR
MILLINERY
TO
Mime. Rosa Reynoir,

Her stock is the largest and most Fash.
ionabe in the city and having been select
ed by her personally and bought at Facto
ries for Cash she sells the most stylish
goods at unusually low prices.
Orders promptly filed and goods cheer
fully exchanged when not entirely salts
factory. Best quality of Berlin Zephyr 9
cents per ounce delivered free Of postage
Oct. 12-6m
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

Tue same old cry of hard times,
and the same old arguments are
being brought forward against the
repeal Of the Agricultural Lien Law
as those of ten years ago. This law
has been in force for over a dozen
years, and if the conditions which
made its passage necessary, have not
ceased to exist, they are not likely to
do so for the next quarter of cen
fury. II half that is claimed for
it by its advocates were true, every
farmer in the State would have been
out of debt and Lad mouey TO loan
years ago instead of growing poorer,
as most of them have, each succeed
ing season. Let the law be repeal
ed.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

ADArRsvILLE, Ga, May 2, 1879.
NJ. A. THEDFoRD q GenRemea:
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mons earliest agents for his Liver
Medicine, and also agent for 1t since
his death, j do cheerfully recon-
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and best Liver Medicine I'm the world.
] have used the medicine made bg
Dr.. A. @. Simmons himseT, and also
that made by the parents of NJ. A.
4 Thedf0rd There Is no difference in
them; SO I know the medicine made
by you Is the genuine and original,
as made by DR.. simmons.
Yours Truly.
\ DANIEL DURHAM.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

Postmaster-Genera Gresham
seems to be the right man in the
light place. Circulars calling upon
the recipient to state how much they
will be able to contribute toward
the Indiana Republican campaign
fund were lately distributed through
tho Post Office Department. The
matter was brought to the atten-
ton of the Postmaster General, who
pronounced it Il Violation q the
law and began an investigation. 1t
was found that the circulars were
distributed through Capt. Walsh,
who received them from a stranger
and was ignorant of their contents.
Having satisfied himself of the in
nocence Of the officer, the Post
master General dropped The matter.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17

Tue gin house of John Il. Nat
thews, Of Copiah county, was burned
last sunday night with its contents
Of 80 or 40 bales OF cotton. Sup
posed TO be incendiaryism.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-11-13
Starting a Boom.

He was n man about twenty-five
years old. He had prominent nose,
red neck, fighting jaw and sheet light
ming in his eyes He had been hunt
ing for certain citizen for half q day
without success, and when finally ask
ed if it was very particular business
he replied
You'd better bet it is He wants
to engage me to start boom for him.
"a boom 2
'Exactly<He wants a county NOM
ination, and Pm going to work it up
for him
How do you boom q would-be can
didate p was asked
We'll, it's easy enough. There's
three brothers of us He divides $50
among Us as a starter. That makes US
solid for Smith. We begin to hurrah
for him. Somebody hurrahs for Brown.
We pulverize 'em. We talk Smith in
saloons, on the street, out in the coun-
try and all over. Smiths the chap
stands in with the boys-no aristocrat
good fellow-honest man-sure to
get thar-got to see him through
But suppose another faction wants
Collins p
Clean them out. Lick a Collins
man and he begins to whoop for
Smith. Keep treating and hurrahing
and knocking down till the day of the
county convention, and then watch
your delegates. Bribe some, lick some
get others too drunk to sell you out.
Just as easy as greese when you know
how. Hang it, Smith ought to be on
hand. / know of two places where
I've got to set up kegs Of beer to-
night, and | expect to lick three diff
erent men before midnight. 'Rah for
Smith !'--Detr0d Free Press
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-11-13
the young leader Of the party led on.

the young leader of the party led on.
Now and then he would lift his eyes
under his hat to the blazing sun over
his left shoulder, and that was all.
There comes time to us all, | be-
lieve, sooner or later, on the plains, in
the valley, or on the mountain in the
palace or cottage, when we too can on
ly lift our eyes, silent and helpless, to
something shining in heaven.
At last the silent little party heard a
faint sound beyond them, a feeble,
screeching cry that seemed to come out
from the brown grass beneath them as
they struggled on.
Then suddenly they came throuh
and out of the tall brown grass into an
open plain that looked like a plowed
field. Only, all about the outer edge
of the field we're little hills or forts a
bout as high as mans knee. On ev-
cry on OF these little forts stood a sold
ier-sentinel, high on his hind legs and
barking with all his might.
The lost hunters had found a dog
town, the first they had ever seen.
| Some owls flew lazily over the strange
little city, close to the ground +, aud as
they rode through the town, rattle
snake now and then glided into the
hole on the top Of one of the ten thous
and little forts. The prairie dogs, also
as the boys rode close upon them,
would twinkle their heels in the all
and dis appear, head first, only TO jump
up, like ck-in-a-box, in another fort,
almost instantly.
The party rode through the town and
looked beyond. Nothing Behind ?
Nothing ! To the right Nothing
To the left -? Nothing; nothing but
the great blue sky shut tight down a,
gainst the boundless level sea of brown
Water" gasped one of the boys
''I az. dying for water"
"Tatters" looked him in the face and
saw that what he said was true. He
reflected a moment, and then said
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-11-13

The New York Times asserts that
"every sign of the times indicates that
farmers are neglecting the most profit
able part of business, which is rearing
and feeding stock. While grain is low
er than it has been for ytars-a century
indeed-beef cattle are higher than for
a DOZEN years, and higher than ever
before, counting the value of the cur
ency, which made the highest prices
twenty years ago. Beef is scarce and
everything else is cheap. Cheap bread
and butter is public blessing no doubt
but the wheat grower who must sell
for seventy-tive ceuts bushel and the
dairym4n whose butter brings sixteen
cents are apt to think iJ blessing in
such disguise as to be unacceptable.
Just now, of all branches of agrfcul-
ture, stock keeping is the most prolita-
bic and doubly so, because while live
stock is very high, everything else is
very cheap.