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Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

We learn that bids are to be re.
.eeived for the carrying of the mail
dsily from Laddonia to Perry and
from Worcester to Mexico, contract
to begin next june some Gms. THIS
will do away with the Mexico, Perry
and New London line.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

"What is economy?' asks the
Philadelphia North american. Well
tell you. 1t is paying 10 cents for a
cigar and compelling your wife to
turn her last seasons drsss to make
it do another winter. Tie ccSs;;a.:s-yr is
fairly bullying with such economy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
Order Of

Order tDf Puhlication.
State Of Missouri, county Of Audraia. Il
circuit court, Jan. term, 1855.
D. II. Collins, plaintiff ~
We.
Martin G. Herman, Wesley Humphrey
and A. johnson, defendants.
Now ct this day, 2sth Of Novenhee.
his attorney, Geo. Robertson, before =
the undersigned clerk of the circuit com
of Audrain county In vses6on and Oh
his petition ard affidavit stating anon
other things that the ADORE hamed Nartl
G. Herman is q nonresident of this stake.
It b therefore ordered by the clerk afoss-
said in vacation that publication be nade
notifying him that an action has IN
commenced against him In the cirrlik
court Of Audraan county, Missouri, q
object and general nature of which 4 =
cancel q trust deed and two notes n -
trust deed described, sxd<Eust given s.
said plaintiff +, de1endan< Humphrey =
trustee for the 81 and benefit Of al
defendant Herman 70 sedare two ca.
tain promiss0ry notes ID said true
deed described and GIVEN On the follow.
ing described real estate In Auduan
county, Missouri, to-wit:
The WeSthalf Of the southwest Quart
of section twenty-nine (29), and the norn
half of the northwest quarter and Il
southeast quarter Of the northwest qaas.
ter Of section thirty-two (32), toWnshil
ffty-one (5l), of range seven "a WM;
said trust deed being recorded in IL q.
fee Of recorder Of deeds In said counb
lin "Book B." page 100, and thst unles
he be and appear at the next term d -
court to be holden ut the court house i
the city of Mexico, Andr&in county, Nj
souri,, on the 4th Monday in Jannay,
1885, and on or before the sixth do
thereof answer or Otherwise plead i
said petition judgment win be fendzs1
according to the prayer Of said pettioe.
And 1t is further ordered that seoU
hereof be publilhsd f6gfhe Mexico In.
GER, . newspaper published In said co.,
ty of Audrain for four weeks before e
commencement of the next term Of ~
court.
A true copy as taken from Tie record
in my Office. Attest:
- Benz. JasHUoN, cierk.
Geo. Robertson, Any. So
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

J. g. On, OF Benton City, made
US a pleasant call last Saturday. He
informs US he has just completed a
eommodious grain elevator, and corn
is coming in at a lively rate. Mr.
Orr is also proprietor Of large store.
Benton City now has sidewalks, and
in the near future win have a new
depot. The little town is booming
In every sense of the word.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

Hon. c. E. Peers, of Warren coun-
ty, and one of the directors of the
insane asylum. at Fulton, Missouri,
was in Mexico yesterday en- route to
a meeting of the directors and made
us a pleasant call. Charley is look
ing first rate after the hard work he
did during the campaign. He says
the management of the Fulton asylum
is all right, as will be shown by the
investigation. II anything was wrong
you can just bet he would find it ont.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
Svecial Eteetiap.

The special election has been
changed from the 9Th to the 10th Of
December. The vote Is for 20 cents
on the 500 instead Of 5 cents. In
this way only $1,000 will be raised.
As the LEDGER stated last week, we
thought 5 cents a pitiful levy to make
Colored MinstFels Al opess House next
Monday eve Dec. 8.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

Capt. P. J. Carmody. Of Moberly.
is a candidate for g. s. Marshal OF
the Western District. We don't
know Of a more worthy or deserving
democrat. III
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

E. C. Thomas, of Plattsburg, Mo-,
is a candidate for reelection as door
keeper of the house. He made an
efficient officer last season and we
presume will be reelected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
Grand Opening n Yandslia.

Next Monday Daniel g. Blackburn
viii open their mammoth dry goods
store at Vandalia- Geo. Daniel has
been ia st. Louis this week buying a
large stock of goods. This Arm will
carry one of the largest stocks of
goods in the county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
The Fair Association Prosperous
New Directors and Officers.

The stockholders of the fair asso-
citation met on the 18th of November
and elected the following directors
Green Clay, C. W. Baker, R. r.
Buckner, S. E. Kendall, J. A. Potts,
J. B. Botkin, Jos. Mcdonald, John
J. Steele and j. W. Daniel. The
board was organized by electing the
following officers for 1885:
President - Green Clay; Vice
President, Jos. B. Batkin; Secretary,
John j. Steele; Treasurer, Joseph
A. Glandon.
Receipts and expenditures for the
mast wear. az
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
Missouri at the Capital.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 30.-Gov.
Crittenden arrived on a late trair to-
night, having come by way of Frank
fort, Ky. Il ana here" he said, ""for
the purpose of trying to get the Han
nibal and st. Joseph case advanced
on the docket, and shall see the JUS
tees of the Supreme Court to-mor-
row. The state is paying 6 per cent.
interest on those bonds, and the
court only allows 8 per cent. That
makes a difference of about $4,000
a year. You see, therefore, that Mis-
souri, is interested in getting the
case advanced. I think there is a
fair prospect for getting this done, as
the ease is one of those peculiar ones
| where the revenue of the whole state
is concerned"
Governor" it was suggested,
'syou are talked of in connection with
Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet. The Cour-
ier-Journal thinks the president
would not go aniss if he called you
into his counsel"
Il saw that article" said Governor
Crittenden. 81 will say this in re-
gard to the matter: That I am max
ing no efforts whatever in that direc-
ton: that I have not taken any steps
whatever. From here I go to New
York, but I do not expect to see
Governor Cleveland My business
there is to look over the bonds de,
posted there by the Bank of Com.
merce, of st. Louis, Missouri Is and
government As, as security for the
states money. It is my duty to
count them and I am doing this TO,
the last time before going out of of
fee SO as to make my final report Oh
the states finances. I am anxious te
get back to Missouri as soon as the
business here and in New York is
transacted, and, as I said, shall prob
ably return without seeing Governor
Cleveland"
Speaking more generally about the
cabinet, Governor Crittenden said
eff the senator's and representatives
from Missouri united in earnest sup
port of the movement our state might
perhaps be given a place in the cabi
net. The electoral vote of Missouri
is one of the largest given the Dem
%ocratic party. Col. Broadhead and
Gov. Phelps have both been urged
by their friends. If the attorney
generalship goes to Senator Garland
of Arkansas. as seems to be quite
probable, it may be that claims which
Missouri might have will be consid
cred oyershadowed, Arkansas being
an adjoining state"
1t was quite evident that the gov
ernor had made up his mind not te
lie awake at night thinking of cabi
net appointments.
Lieut.-Gov. Campbell also came il
tonight, there being, however, nc
understanding between Gov. Crit.
tenden anu himself about the trip
Governor Campbell did not know
until he was en- route that Gov. Crit,
tenden was also ON the way. In the
present peaceful condition of affairs
he did not think Missouri would suf.
fer if deprived of an executive head
for a brief period, and so he came on.
Speaking of his purpose, he said
Il wanted to sec congress in session
to see legislation in actual progress,
and that is what I came on for. ]
shall be here several ,days-long
enough to satisfy my curiosity, and
then go home. That is all the sig
nifcanee my business has"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

The Saline County Democrat want
ed Judge Strother appointed on the
new court Of appeals at Kansas City.
Strother vas not appointed. Now
the Democrat makes a fuss about the
amendment being carried by fraud"
We would not suppose the Democrat
would want Strother appointed to an
Office created by fraud. The Demo
crot did not Of course find (a) this
out till its man was left.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

MI. Barnum's large giraffe has just
died ut Bridgeport Of lung affection.
It was valued at $4,000, but owing
to the election Of Cleveland Mr..
Rarnup will dispose of hat q reduc-
ton of 20 Der cent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
PAY Up.

II you owe the LEDeER anything
you will do us a great favor by call
ing and settling up. We need the
money to give you a gootl paper and
must have II. BOB white.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
A COWardlY Cur.

SALISBURY, Mo-, Dec. l.-Infor'
nation comes from . neigborhood
about ten miles northwest of this
city to the effect that at about
o'clock Saturday night 3 scoundrelly
assassin crept near the house of. Mr.
George Rice and fred a charge from
a shotgun through the window, strik'
ing Mrs. Rice in the side of the head
and neck, tearing away her cheel
and part of the tongue. Her little
child sitting a by was wounded il
the head, several shot striking 1t
breaking the skull, from which the
brain oozed. Another child was
slightly wounded. 1t is thought thal
Mrs. Rice and her child will die.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

W. j. Davis, of the Columbia Sen
tiael, has purchased the Moberly
Headlight. Wallace viii control
both papers and make them both
boom.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

The subject of Rev. Dr.. Burchard's
discourse last Sunday night was
s'Why am I not in Heaven" This
is a conundrum which will be hard
to answer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
Judge Robinson on the Ofaces.

Judge Elijah Robinson and family, Bow
ling Green, Mo-, are at the LindeIl en-
route to Texas. 1.-THE statesmen all want
places now" he remarked as Gov. Crit
tenden was mentioned, t'but some must
be disappointed. There is no inducement
in the world that could get mi 70 apply
for a government position, since / value
my peace .s-St. Louis Chronicle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

We hear that several parties"
want 7. B. Buckner to apply for the
office of Collector of Revenue for
this district.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
Crazy or Hely,

Mrs. Capt. Strobe, of Howard
county, passed through here last
week on the way to the asylum at
Fulton. She went crazy on the sub
ject of Holiness. There are several
people in this vicinity who think
themselves holy when, as a matter of
fact, they are crazy. Ii they are not
crazy they are ranting-canting hypo-
critics.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

August 25th, 1885, is the day our next
fair begins. Pres. G. W. Baker leaves
the fair association in good shape and we
think Col. Green CLAY win keep 1t to the
front. yat raj
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

Wool continues to grow on the
backs of sheep just the same as it
did before Cleveland was elected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

NOTICE OF FINAL sEIIbEMENi[
IN Notice III hereby given feet -
ministrator u the est4te QaJ.p. 49,
deceased, VIII, at the January tern, w.
| of the Audfsin Probate Court max ~
anal settlement as administrator o. ~.
estate. II. HTTTLk,
: 2S.4H
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
THE LEDGER WOULD LIKE 70 SEE

Business booming.
Mexico have gas and water
The rich remembsf the poer.
Hardin College kept to he font.
Hardin Park improved as It should
be.
Every person in the county read
the LEDGER.
Mexico have a brilliant and happy
Christmas.
Two or three manufactures estab-
Eshed in Mexico.
Those who owe us pay us so we
can pay what we owe.
Some of our young people who
want to marry successful.
Corn and pork higher and things
the farmer has .ee buy lower.
Better crossings to the court house
and sidewalks out TO the cemetery.
An editor who can run a newspa-
per to please everybody and give
every mans ad. the best place in the
paper. 9
The LEDGER would also like to see
you
Make few promises.
Always speak the truth.
Never speak evil of any one.
Keep good company or none.
Live NJ to your engagements.
Be just before you are generous
Never play at any game Of chance
Keep your own secrets if you have
any.
Drink no kind of intoxicating Ii.
quors.
Never marry until you can support
a wife.
Never borrow If you can possibly
help it.
Value good character above al
things else.
Make no haste to get rich if you
would prosper.
Keep yourself innocent if yo'
wish to be happy.
Save when you're young to spens
when your r old.
When you speak TO a person Loo
him full in the face.
) Ever live misfortune expected
within your income.
: Avoid temptation through feal
you may not Withstand it.
Never run into debt unless 20
can see a way to get out again.
E Feel that good company and goo
conversation are the sinews of virtue
t If any n speaks evil of you Il
your life be so that none will believ
him.
k Recognize that small and stead
gains give competency with a tral
quill mind.
Appreciate that your character ca
not be essentially injured except b
your own acts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

The next fair will begin August
25th, 1885. As will be seen by the
above, the fair association is in a
healthy condition and is proving a
big thing for Mexico. ss-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

Gov. Cleveland is heir to the 3D.
900 estate of Alexander McGill OF
Pittsburg, who died in 1878, after
willing the ~reversion of his property
to the first Democratic president OF
the United States" This is all the
money Cleveland has. He is a pool
and self made man. He had to Dor
row $4,000 of the $4,000 he paid az
his nolitical assessment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

If it is not i'll manners to go to
sleep in the opera house.
If Mexico don't need a few more
men like Lane & Gregory.
What would become Of Mexico X
the saloon taxes were to fall off.
If Herman Stellhorn did not loom
up in the wheelbarrow procession.
If the skating rink is the only per-
manent enterprise Mexico is to have.
What clothing merchant went to a
lawyer to have the sire store closed"
II it is not easyito bet, but oh how
bitter, to bet a hat-and then not
"gitter."
If some people don't say it's so
when it is not and they will when
they don't.
If Sc a week clerks are not won
dering how they can pay S. an hour
to sleigh ride.
If the spare ribs bought by DR..
Russell the other evening were really
"sand-pspered."
Why our friend Town did not do
Mr.. Jas. Gilliam's hollering during
the wheelbarrow race.
If John Y. Smyth should not pay
up before he endeayors to dictate the
policy of a newspaper.
If times would not be better if we
had fewer office seekers and more
workers in this country.
If the Philomathian Society is not
a most worthy enterprise for oul
young and literary people.
l.. If property around Hardin Pari
will not increase 90 per cent. valu,
when the Park is improved.
If there is any one in Mexico who
would like to be secretary of ''exter
, Tor" in Cleveland's cabinet.
| What better advertising a newspa
per wants THAI to have a certain clas'
of people always abusing it.
When the Inteligencer got to be
sensational newspaper. We refer o
course to the Oliver murder.
Who it is who wants the earth 8,
they a put a Johnston patent wir'
fence locked fence around it.
If Herman S~tellhorn, John Lane
jolly butcher, didn't do his part o
the ''propelling'' about right.
. How a man can be holy, pure an.
| without sin when be is a regular deat
beat, never paying his debts or filling
I his contracts.
: How much improvement can b.
put on Hardin Park with 50 900, ant
if adjoining property owners should
/ not subscribe fully as much as this
If the LEDGER is not one of tn,
s few papers to go to extra expense t,
furnish its patrons with such humor
GUS reading as presidents messages
t &c.
Why u merchants by advertiser,
, and pushing trade do not bring thous
= ands Of dollars to Mexico that nov
: 60 to smaller but more enterprisin,
2 towns.
If Mexico could not become a cit,
!. if it would only wake up and shak'
< its old dry bones once? Oh, if W,
=. could only have a cyclone or an earth
quake.
II our friend, Arthur Grail, O
5 1861 Linn street, St. Louis, is not
noble plumed knight? Arthur say
y. French Town went hell-bcnt for tina
= G. o. r. .s
If our friend, Ed. Taylor, coult
not draw a crowded house If b,
would advertise to give a public ex
hibition in which he would endeavo
to lower his record as a Laughter.
:, If any of our readers will TAX,
q warning from the sad end of Charlie,
Brandrif and so live that their frai
bark may not he dashed over tn,
same terrible falls into more than Oh
livion. @
II Ii our contemporary does no
know that ''Julius" and every on,
else knows it juggles election re
turns to suit its purposes ; the las
ballot at Montgomery City Congress
U os1ro1 rDnrn~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

Vandalis has a public wen about
ESQ feet deep which furnishes plenty
of water for every purpose.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

Hon. F. c. Farr, private secretary
to Gov. Crittenden. is favorably spo-
ken of as the clerk of the new Court
of Appeals. We do not presume
there is a Democrat in the State bet
ter qualified for this place, or one
who, for his age, has done as much
work for as little pay for the party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
Al m;ni.trator's Notice.

|HroTICE is hereby given that letters OF
~ ADMINISTRATION upon the estate of
Fm;Iv +. Spencer, deceased, have been
oranted the undersigned, Geo. Robert
son. by the probate court OF Audrain
county, Missouri.
All persons having claims against said
-estare are reouired : exhibit them 70 me
far slIovvance within one wear from the
date of said letters, or they may be pre-
cIuded from any benefit of such estate;
and If such claims be not exhibited within
two years from the publication of this noe
tice thew will be forever barred.
a1aa GEO. ROBERTSON,
sl-4t, Public administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
Great Blessing.

you were asleep last night,
weren't you, my dear, when I came
in?' he asked.
eyes, and it was a great blessing
to you that I was asleep"
II hardly think" be returned,
mildly, '.that it was a great blessing.
1t was owing to the fact that you
were asleep that l escaped 3 great
blessing
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
THURSDAY. DEC. 4. 1884.

Congress reassembled Monday.
Nothing much will be done until after
the holidays
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04

In the excitement over Ceyeland's
election Democrats appear to have
forgotten Tiiden. Tilden is the man
who suggested Cleveland. His cleo
ton to a great extent is due to the
hearty endorsement given him by
the man who knew he would carry out
his ideas of reform, and being young
or was to that extent better equal to
the struggle to be encountered both
before and after election.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-04
While in st. Louis this week we

While Ill st. Louis this week we
saw Adam Rodemyre, of the Cen
tralia Guard, and T. ". Carter, OF
the Sturgeon Leader, arm in arm
coming out of-BessehIs. They are
friends. We presume they had been
burying their quarreis in beer. We
buried ours with our contemporary
under the depot at New London
Somehow neither of us can forget
the place where the grave is.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-26
COvMTTTEE ON STREETs.

Various City Improvements Consid. ered-Some of Them Recommended. A meeting of the Committee on Streets was held last evening, Alderman Bradley presid, ing.
 The first petition considered was that o1 James Fitzgerald for the widening of Liberty street, between Washington street and Con gress avenue Voted to recommend that the street be widened.
 The next petition heard was for concrete walk on the north side of Carlisle street and Union avenue, from Water street to Union depot Several parties living on Car lisle street appeared and urged that the side walk be laid It was voted to recommend. Daniel McGahey asked for permission tc lay concrete instead of brick walk in front ot his premises on Liberty street. Voted to recommend that permission be granted.
 Petition of s. I. Gilbert for curb and walk on the northerly side of Blake street was next considered. J. B. Bowditch op- posed the petition on the ground that it would cause him to lay eleven hundred feet of walk in front of unimproved land. The petitioners were given leave to withdraw, and a layout was recommended from Whalley avenue to the city line.
 Petition for grade, curb and walk on the AOAG GA S4oO O4 oGoAA0J 5GIO0G duu RTdO6 anu curb on the south side Voted to recom- mend
 Petition for a sidewalk on both sides of View street Voted to recommend that the walk be laid on the east side from Warren Place to State street, and on the west side from Mrs. Williams place to State street.
 Petition for a sidewalk on Liberty street, between Columbus avenue and Carlisle street. Voted to recommend a curb between Columbus avenue and Portsea street and a brick walk between Carlisle and Portsea streets
 Petition for sidewalk on Burtonia Place. The petitioners were given leave to withe draw ~
 Petition for concrete walk on the south side of Thorn street. Voted to recommend.
 Petition for sidewalk on the south side of Goffe street, from Orchard to Sperry street. Voted to recommend.
 The pavement on Court street was farther considered, and it was voted to recommend that Telford pavement be laid.
 Petition for the acceptance of Ivy, Thomp- son and Brewster streets. Voted to refer to the corporation counsel for his opinion.
 Petition for pump and watering trough on Custom House Square or in it's immediate vicinity. Voted to recommend.
 The petition for 8 crosswalk across Oak street at Dwight street was recommended, the same to be laid at once.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-26
RartboIat,s statue of Ltberty.

There is some talk of an excursion being run from this city to furnish an opportunity for witnessing the laying of the corner stone of the pedestal for Bartholdi's statue of liberty. The event takes place with appropriate cere- monies on Tuesday, August 9th, at o'clock p. m. The New York Post says: ''The in vited guests will be transported to Bedloe's Island from the government pier at the foot of Whitehall street and others who desire to do so can by paying the regular fare secure passage on special boats of the Staten Island ferry, which will make landings at the island. The Grand lodge of Free Masons of New York State will have charge of the exercises. A copper box, in which will be placed copies of the daily newspapers, current coins of France and the United States, copy of the Constitution of the United States, medals, etc. will be deposited in the corner stone. A committee of three has been appointed to ar, rance programme which will be approved at the meeting of the executive committee on Thursday of next week"