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Amendment No. Q.

ARTICLE 146 "All fees and charges fixed by
law for the various Civil Courts of the parish
OF Orleans, and for the Register of Convey
ances and Recorder of Mortgages of said
parish, shall enure to the State, and all sums
realized therefrOm shall be set aside and held
as special fund, out of which shall be paid,
6y preference, the expenses of the Clerk of
the Civil District Court, the Clerks of the CITY
Courts, the Register of Conveyances and the
Recorder OF Mortgages of the parish of Or
leans, provided, that the State shall never
make any payment to any Sheriff, Clerk, Reg
lister of COnveyances or Recorder of Mortgages
OF the parish of Orleans, or any of their depu-
ties, for salary or other expenses of their
respective offices, except from the special fund
provided for by this article, and any appropri-
alton made contrary to this provision shall he
null and void"
ACT NO. 125
Of the Regular Session of l882-Amendment
81 IL RI
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Interesting Reading.
cRAY's ELEcY.
Artists Edition.

An Elegy Written in CountryEC hurchyard.
By Thomas Gray. With 70 elegant Illnstrs
tions, drawn by Gibson, Richards, Hovenden,
Frost, Murphy, FOote, etc, etc. Royal 8vo.
Bound in extra cloth, gilt $780, Polished
morocco. $3.50 Tree calf $50. AlEga-
tor. $3.50.
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Of the Regular Session of l8S2-Amendment
to Article 81 of the Constitution of the State,
Relative to the Jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court
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Amendment No. q.

OF the Constitution of the State Relative TO
the Jurisdiction of Courts of Appeal.
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: ruling, binding and blank
: aaklng in best manner at
= y pnceatL andrum & McCants',
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y made a sickly effort to sleet
/, ,'uay' This morning dawned
Sut and pleasant.
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IN, j, 'o'ers of Bossier! "prepare
o's Tor next Tuesday.
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:, Gee announcement for Justice
-, feaee of Mr.. J. II. Lotion. in
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February 26, 1884.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
CANT GOSSIP.
Correspondence to the Ledger.

Correspondence to the Ledger.
CANT. No., October as-Farusfi
IN this section arr! very busy nj lkine
preparations. for gathering corn.
Hands are very scarce in this section
and farmers are 1,tering4 q per day
for hands to gather corns-
E. q. Cant bought Of various par
ties during the past week $3.50 bar
rels of corn.
P. w. Considine boughtof T. Nc
Carly five sows snd pigs for $50.
Thos. Murray bought Of E. G.
Cant three heife.s for sos.
Michael Robinson bought Of Wood
son IFS barrels s,f corn at tl.25 pei
barrel John Campbell bought o.
Thos. Murray and brothers l,0Ot
barrels of corn at 81 so per barrel
Same party bought Of James and
Jeff. Miller 700 barrels Of corn a
$1.s7 1-2 per tArTeL.
John Northern and Lon Shock are
feeding a large bunch Of cattle.
C. w. Smith sold E.. G. Cant /!
hogs at 4 Ia cents per pound; they
weighed 255 per head.
W. Riggs sold e. G. Cant 8 cow
for S85.
j. E. Sims bought of John DAME
one span of mules for $3.50.
Clinton Chrisman is putting up |,
steam saw and grist mill in j. E
Sims pasture. II. g.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
vii, Withdraw it's Aid.

The Louisiana Republican hopes to
better the condition Of the travelling
public and points out a few things that
need attention on the c. & A. road.
That paper says: :
"We have been travelling considerably
of late On the Chicago & Alton railroad
and we have noticed some things which
to our feeble mind, needs attention.
One of these things is that this great
and growing road has too many pegs
for the holes. That is to say, its pas
senger traffic is so heavy that it hasn't
enough r to accommodate the people
We have made several trips lately and
have been compelled to roost on the
platform or hang up on a coat hook.
This is calculated to cars us great in
convenience. 1t is a well known fact
supplemented by documentary evidence
that we travel on a dead-head pass, and
we submit to a candid world to say
whether it is quite the proper thing for
us to be compelled to stand up while
the passenger who pays full fare occu-
pies a reclining chair. Is this fare?
Only the other day on the night train
there was a woman with q six-year-old
kid and a baby. The kid paid half fare
and the baby paid n fare at all, and
yet the kid had one chair and the baby
was stretched across two chairs asleep
This was perfectly fareful. There was
no fare at all where we could
get a seat, and We went out and strad-
died the brake and gazed at the stars
We trust MIR. Charlton will give this
matter his careful attention. 1.-The does
not, we shall be compelled to with.
draw the patronage of the Saturday
Republican in building up his road"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
Honesty In Public Life.
Parton's Jefferson.

farf0nG JenefB0n.
Jefferson was clean in his great
Office, and he lived up to his great
principles. Being asked BY q
neighbor to write something that
should help him into Congress,
Jefferson said: "From a very
early moment in my life, I deter
mined never to intermeddle with
elections BY che people, and have
invariably adhered to this de-
termination Much as he loved
his old friend and secretary, VIII
liam Start, he would not assist him
to sell the little public stock which
he possessed, saying, II would
do anything my duty would per-
NIT, but were / to advise your
agent (who is himself a stock deal.
e-) to sell out yours at this or that
moment, it would be used as q sig.
nal to guide speculation" In
rited to share in a promising speeida-
ton, he declined on the ground that
a public man should preserve his
mind free from all possible bias q
interest.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
Democratic Rally.

The Democratic rally last Friday
was a glowing As most of
our readers and the rest of mankind
were present and the election is over
and we have to give large space to
election returns we shall not give a
full account Of the proceedings.
Over 1000 men were in line, 1900
horsemen from all parts of the coun-
ty taking part. Marmaduke, Switz-
Ter, Wallace, Mcintyre and Ball all
made speeches which were well re
ceived. Ex-Gov. c. H. Hardin, when
he introduced Gen. Marmaduke to
the audience, said that Marmaduke
was the nominee of the Democratic
party, through the people and in OPP
position to rings; that he was not
only the Democratic candidate but
the candidate of the people of Mis-
souri,; that the party had been
s~hamefully and basely misrepresent-
ed; that Missouri had been misrep-
resented and that the battle had
been made on Marmaduke, as the
head of the ticket, because he was a
confederate soldier. He then said
to the people that he appointed Mar
maduke railroad commissioner, and
that afterwards he was elected by the
people as railroad commissioner, and
had performed his duties with integ-
rity and capacity; that the charges
against him of various kinds were to
his knowledge false, and that Mar
maduke would be elected by a large
vote and would make the state a
wise and firm governor.
At night some Of the Examinations
were grand. At least 10, 900 people
were in town and the miles and
miles of torches made the grandest
| sight ever witnessed in Missouri.
Marmaduke said it was the grandest
| demonstration he erar sag-Iwa
gotten up in th1rty.si hours and was
a gala day never to be forgotten by
the Democrats of the county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
The Musical Prodigies.

Those phenomenal little twin prod
Figi.s, Maggie and Della Bridges, SO
gifted, so fawn-like, and SO startling
" resembling one another in their Ill
iputian loneliness, that it is impossi-
bic to tell them apart-gaye another
delightful entertainment at Magnolia
Hall last night to a large audience.
embracing the intelligence, the fash
ion and the beauty of the city. How
da,ntily they iooked-how gracefully
their little arms, their winning
chances and dimpling smiles moved
in harmonious unison to the music OF
their bird-iike voices, can only be
known by the actual hearing and see
ling to be fully understood. Their
yocaiizatinns, and their duet perform.
ances on the piano, r entirely the
gifts of nature-they never
taught o note in music-and theil
declamations are as spontaneous al
the springing up of violets or the CUR
gle Of brooklets Herald
At Opera House tonight Go ant
zee them ; they are the greatest hvini
wonders OF the rye.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
COLORsD VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
Chastise two Females Of Their Own
COlOr-Law and Order Party.

49, s. -
The following was found under
Recorder Tomlinson's Office door last
Monday morning:
NOTICE.
MEXICO, Mo-, Nov. I'd, 1884.
To the Honorable Recorder of the City OF
Mexico.
SIR.-We, the colored vigilance
committee of the city Of Mexico,
did, on the 2 night of Nov. taking
from your city prison two colored
woman, one known as big six and
the other as ida Prindle and give
them thirty lashes apiece and started
them from town to never retarn if sc
death is there sentence. we also YOU
honor give the black Jim johnson his
orders, which is ten Hours after his
time expires, you will please read this
to him IN your court, ana your Honor
the good work will still continue, SO
all of that class will take warning.
you will please hand this to the re-
porters to your city papers,
and obiige
Committee of fifty of determined
men.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
s.poosed Z, be The Girl.

A letter was received to-day from
E. Abby Of Renick. Mo-, by Chief
Harrigan, giving a clew to the where
abouts of Francis Bernie, the young
girl who disappeared from Stanber-
ry, Mo-, and was supposed to be in
this city. A girl answering the des-
cription published in the st. Louis
daily papers has been seen IN the vi
cinity of Renick. She spends the day
in the fields, and at night sleeps in a
vacant house near the town. She has
been seen IN company with two
tramps, and it is supposed that she
is D;spateh.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
Not a Wife Deserter.

T.. L. Hatton, formerly of Mexico,
writes us from Marshall and says he
is not a wife deserter, that he and
his wife are living happily together
at Marshall, and that any n who
told the LEDGER to the contrary is a
liar with a great big L. He more
over says he never left his wife o,
thought of such a thing and that she
never went to st. Louis to look fol
him or thought he had left her
Judging from this we think the
newspapers have done Mr.. Hatton &
great wrong and we r sure will dc
all they can to repair it. The infor
nation was from reliable parties and
some one is evidently mistaken.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
A Grand Ratification!
IN MEXICO
Next Tuesday Night
pHr Every Democrat within fifty
miles of Mexico will attend. Eminent
speakers will be in attendance. The
entire city will be illuminated.

Who got that hat.
If Willie Hooton amt a hummer.
Why Sam Morris wears a Jersey"
What's become of the Coates boys.
Who it is that is stopping at the
- hotel.
If the LEDGER illumination did not
take the cake.
If the colored troops were not out
in full force Tuesday.
If the girl who has the floor is not
the one learning to skate.
If Dr. Stoddert really did wish to
vote for Belva Lockwood.
Any reason why work should not
begin at once on Hardin park.
If the Vandalia correspondent OF
the LEDGER is not the best in the
State.
What woman has been paradine
the streets of this city lately in male
attire.
Who stacks up as a theatrical man.
ager any better than Ed. Taylor, with
his shiny plug hat.
When Ed. Wade will take the posi-
ton as night baggageman on the
Jefferson City branch.
If Herman Stellhorn can't openlhis
mouth wider and yelp louder than any
other man in sixteen states.
If the Laddonia Democrats didn't
devour several dozen oysters On the
day of the Democratic rally.
If some people who think they
know it all have Ems enough tc
shake when they have a chill.
What married man it. is who car
invariably be seen occupying a front
seat at the opera house without his
wife.
If Ed. Taylor, in his brief career
of temporary theatrical manager VI
the road, got any "Nichols" out o.
the show.
What sixteen good ~ Democrats
Charley Morgner escorted to the
polls and if they really voted the Re
publican ticket. =
What our friend Judge FORTS
thinks of the gentleman q from
Kansas who wanted to argue will
him on the train.
Who imagines she is the bell
among the many graceful skaters a
the rink; and is there not a posi-
bility of her being mistaken?
Why the trains are allowed tt
blockade the railroad crossings il
this city, especially Jefferson stree
crossing, and if the city should no
remedy this evil.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
PEEE DISTRIBUTION,

What causes the great rush at
Dobyns a Gibbs Drug Store.r The
free distribution of sample bottles of
DIR. Bossmko.s Cough and Lung
Syrup, tlie most popular remedy for
Coughs. Colds, Consumption and
Bronchitis. nov ON the market. Reg
ular size 80 cents and 81. 29-e3w.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06

Mr.. J. N. johnson, Of Hopkins
county, KY, made US a call this
week. He is visiting Elder Higbee.
johnson is thinking of coming. te
Missouri to start paper. He thinks
the people should be educated up tc
prohibition. Last week he issued 8
campaign prohibition sheet from
Paris, Mo. Mr.. johnson seems tt
be a clever gentleman but we don't
think the people of this state need
any one to come from Kentucky tt
give them a prohibition paper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
DEATH &
This is our mark.

These two female "coons,' known
as "Big Six and 'Little Five" are
two Of the worst in the Stste. They
were missing Monday. aBig Six is
back. Nothing but death will get
her away from Mexico. They were
taken out IN the edss@of town and
whipped and given orders to leave
the city. The mob was composed
entirely of colored people who want
to get rid of these parties who keep
bringing their race here into trouble.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
Missourf's Former Vote.

In the elections Of 1876. Missouri
cast 351,604 votes of which Tilden
received 203 OF and Hays las 1929.
In 1880 Missouri's total vote for
president was 1877 1921, Hancock re-
.eeiving 2Os, 6Os aud Garfield 1885,
567. The vote for governor was
1871, GA Crittenden's vote being 207,-
go and Dyer's i53, s36, CrIttenden's
plurality 54.034. The Legislature
for 1S83-'84 stands: Senators, %
democrats and 6 republicans demo.
cratic majority %. House, Ies dem.
ecrats, 2s republicans; democratic
majority 76. On q joint ballot the
democrats will have . majority Of SO
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
Results Of Free Trade.

Wormksy, the deceased WASH
ington ctr.erer, introduced . ter
rapin in England while steward TO
Reverdy Johnson when he was
minister TO England. As Minis
ter Seherssk afterwards introduced
poker over there, it il no wonder
that the English are poor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
vember 18th
Married, at Hannibal, yesterday,

Married, at Hannibal, yesterday,
by Rev. j. Wallace, of that city,
Mr.. 1. N. Hathaway, Of this county,
and Miss Sarah Mulholland, OF
Michigan, at the residence of the
brides sister, Mrs. Plowman. Mr..
and Mrs. Hathaway will reside on
the groom's fine farm in this comfy,
Mr.. Hathaway is one of our largest
and most prosperous farmers AND
stock ralsers and has married a mos1
worthy and estimable1 lady. The
LEDGER extends congratulations.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06

Hughes and Harris Of Vandalia, ap-
pear to be on the verge of a Fix
it up, boys. We know Harris to be
a clever gentleman, and Hughes is
very different from the rest Of the
people in the east end of the county
IL he is not the same.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06

Mrs. S. NJ. Murphy, of 2316
Chestnut Street, ST. Louis, and her
little daughters, Misses May Tyler
and Cleo, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. B.
B. Runkle. Mr.. Murphy also spent
last Sunday pleasantly id Mexico. /,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
The hunters returned last week

The hunters returned last week
from Usage county with fourteen
deer and lots of turkeys. John Dan
lei killed three deer, John SpOttswood
three and the other boys all did well,
Daniel and Spottswood have Qua
thanks for venison and turkey. John
Spottswood has two of the finest sci
of deer horns we ever saw.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06

Mrs. Mary A. Brandriff. Mrs.
Mamie Biggers and Mrs. Rilla Long,
of Mexico, Misses Alice and Ida Sig
Ter of Pike county, Illinois, and Miss
Will Mckee, of Rocheport, Mo-, call
ed on us the day of the big parade.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06

RHEUMATISM CuREp..-If you have
il. try q bottle of Lightning Lini-
ment; II II does not cure you the
money will be refunded. Price 25
cents. For sale at Halls Drug
Store. 5-iy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
An Explanation (O

To the Editor Of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, November 4.-Please
inform me what is a hummer" For
the past year or so l have noticed a
line in the LEDGER every week in
quiring if $50 and so" amt a hum
mer? Let me not burst in ignorance
but do explain. X. N.
My dear K. N, have you 10 die
tlonary? A GUNNER might be one
who paints the municipality a deep
red, frescoed with a light vermilion,
but he is not. He might be the
chronic skater who imagines he is
grace and ease on wheels and that all
the girls are stuck on them, but he is
not. He might be the politician who
knows just what should be done but
never does anything, and still he is
not. He might be the dude who
hangs around the front doors of
churches but never goes in, but he is
not. He might be the young man
| who works hard all week and gets
drunk and spends his salary Saturday
night, but he is not. He might be
the ma who got up the ''haunted
hill" racket and who resides in the
moon, but he is not. He might be
anything and everything you choose
to call him and still be not ''hum-
mer." A genuine LEDGER ''hum-
mer'' is a - "hummer." Can we
answer anything more?- [EDIroR
| LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
Left His Wife Behind.

FAIRBuRG, Ill, November g.
Miles Wilson, an insurance agent,
representing the Northwestern
Life Insurance Company of Mil
waukee, eloped last night with
Clara Boyee, daughter of a well.to-
do and old citizen of this place.
She at one time was engaged to be
married to a young Baptist preach
er, but who was discarded for vii.
son, who has already a wife and
four children residing in Newark,
New Jersey.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
HOW THE OLD FOLKS KEPT TAv.
ERN.
lin 1iEllsls Cslple Mhs Get Their
Hsuse Fall Before the Sea.
sons Close.

From the Chicago Herald.
"No, / can't say that I've had a
prosperous season." observed one
passenger to another. last spring
me and my old woman thought we'd
keep summer boaders and make some
money. We have q big house, able
to accommodate eighteen people be-
sides our own folks. So we writ to
our sons and darters in the city, tel
tin 'em what we had decided on and
askin' 'em to say a good word for US
to their friends.
swell, We fixed the old house up
10 fine shape and waited for our
boarders. Purity soon my darter Ma
~ came down from town with her
friends about US. In about q week
darter EN- came with her four child
rem. She said the same thing an
though they wasn't profitable board
ers vi hoped for . new kind an felt
much encouraged from what they
told US. The next arrival was my
wife's sister Sal and her two nearly
grown-up children. I was a good
deal discouraged then, but my old
woman braced me up by sayin' some
payin' boarders was COMM and we
could 'commodate six more anyway.
The next arrival a my other dar-
ter, Eunice, with her husband and
two children. They all settled down
as if they lowed to stay all summer,
an I was purity badly broke up about
it. I told my old woman things was
getting down to a fine point an not
much left Of the garden truck. She
encouraged me by sayin' we still had
room for two boarders an we'd
charge them enough to run the whole
house. Two days afterward I saw q
strange man stop an 60 in an !
thought luck had turned at last and
killed two chickens before I got to
the house. When I did get there I
discovered he was my brother Jim,
who l hadn't seen for twelve years,
come to spend the summer with me.
That settled me ON the summer
boarding business, though the old
woman said we still had room for one
boarder, and by making the hired
man sleep in the barn We could take
two, an that would run the house.
"When / come in from work the
next night my darter Em met me on
the porch and said, smiingly:
Father says she, we've got two
new boarders. They came this fore
noon. Come up stairs and see them
Wait till I dress up q Bit saysI. So
/ washed, put on q clean collar, an
feeling a good deal encouraged, went
up stairs. There was all the girls
and my old woman. Pap says she,
with tears in her eyes 'the house is
full at last. Eunice has got twins
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
The Mississippi Prodigies.

Though unsolicited, it is Jul pleas
ure to contribute this testimonial of
the wonderful talent exhibited@by the
little twin sisters, Adelia and Maggie
Bridges. Such compass and sweet
ness of voice, such charm of manner
justly entitle them to the name OF
mississippi Prodigies."
Mrs. H. T. Baird,
Mrs. N. NJ. Allison,
Sudle Edmondston,
Laura A. Clark,
Mrs. R. H. True,
Mamie Rocker,
H. A. Ingram,
Anna Roes.
rrJ Al. ali 49,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06

The street railroad drivers Of
New Orleans are on a strike. They
want $50 and fifteen hours work,
instead of s45 aud eighteen hours.
as at present.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-11-06
Sad Death.

The wife of Tuck Morris, now Of
West Plains, Mo-, formerly Of this
city, on the 9th of October, fell into
an open fireplace, and her clothes
becoming enveloped in flames, she
was burned TO death. She leaves q
par Of twins six weeks old. She was
q step-daughter OF Fl. Canterbury.
of this county. e