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Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
Assignee's Notice.

ASshSHeO NOtHCce
NOTICE is hereby given to all the cred
N itors of John Sontag, of Mexico, Mo-,
that ! will, on Thursday, the third day of
December, 1885, at the law office of For
rist & Fry in Mexico, Audrain county,
Mo-, proceed publicly to adjust and al
low claims against the estate and effects
assigned to me by said John Sontag for
the benefit of his creditors.
W. w. FRY,
29-4t Assignee Of John Sontag.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

'Mugwumps for revenue only Is
played out
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

Fitzhugh Lee is a son of his dad
and, like his father, n thoroughbred.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

Grand old New York saved the
country as usual.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

As goes New York so goes the next
president.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

We've carried Iowa and Massachu-
sets, anyhow.-Globe-D Democrat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
More News from the Hunters.

MOf6 news IfOm tn0 HuntefSs
To the Editor OF the Ledger, Mexico, Mo.
KoETzTowN, Nov. I've are in
town today and I thought I would
drop yeu a few lines. This leaves u
all we'll. Have killed twenty-one
deer and will hunt six days more and
l think will get nine more. Show
this to John Coons. John M. has
SIX out of the twenty one; Roe Par
ris also has six. We are now fight
ing to see who will wear the ribbon
home. l have killed every deer I've
shot at. l tell you I'm a darling on
a deer. JOHN Nj. DANIEL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

Die 0EEcP To introduce them we
Ot0 OTE En- will give away ,O0e SELF
~ operating Washing Machines. II you want
one send US your name, P. o. and express
onace at once TIKI NATIONAL CO..
q Dey ST. n. Y,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

Hill is an Andrew Jackson Demo-
crat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

Mrs. Walkup is too pretty to hang.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
SHE WAS RIGHT.

snow, my old man is a kind of a
democrat. He thought all the time
that New York would 60 republican
on account of the-the-what dive
call 'em?-yes, the Wugmumps. But
l told him they we're frauds !; and T
was right, as usual"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
Public Sale.!
On Wednesday, November Il,

l will sell, at public sale, at my farm, 10
miles west of Mexico and five miles east
of Centralia, Mo-, on WEDNESDAY,
NOV. IL, 1885, the following described
property, to-wit:
rs head of shorthorn cattle, 10 head of
milk cows, 2 and 8 years old, 81 head
of 2 and 8 year old heifers, 10 head Of
yearling heifers and steers, 81 head of
calves. Forty-6ve head of the above
heifers have been bred to a thorough
bred Hereford bull.
40 head of fine Poland China Hogs, weigh
ing from IS to 100 pounds each, 4
Poland China brood sows, l thorough
bred Poland China boar, 2 brood mares,
l two year old mare, 2 one year old
mares.
COO barrels or less of corn, 60 tons of
timothy hay in the stack, $50 bushels
of shelled oats, farming tools, &C.
Ea5e My farm of 342 acres is for rent.
TERMS OF SALE.-Eight months time
on all sums over $40, purchaser giving a
bankable note, bearing 8 per ent inter-
est from date. All sums under $40 cash.
d. C. BOND.
J. T. JOHNSON, Auctioneer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

Democratic gains everywhere.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

Straight goods is what we want.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

The bloody shirt is n. G.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 1885.

Mugwumps be id.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-11-05
Queer Mistakes of BridegrOOmS.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Most people the moment they enter
parsonage to get married become SO
embarrassed they are hardly conscious
of what they are doing. One fellow /
heard of was dreadfully afflicted in
this way, and without realizing his act
pulled cigar from his pocket and
twirled it around in his hands. When
that portion of the ceremony was
reached in which the lady and gentle
man join hands he happened to have
the cigar in his right hand. What to
do with the cigar he evidently didn't
know. The clergyman paused for a
moment and then repeated the in
struction that they join hands. By
this time the poor fellows embarrass-
ment had increased so that it was
painful to behold. He gave one
agonized look at the minister and
then stuck the cigar in his mouth.
Before the ceremony could be conclud-
ed the minister had to take the cigar
from between his lips. Another pros
pective groom was in the same dire
condition of mind. He was making a
great effort to regain his composure
by whirling around on his outstretch-
ed finger silk hat when the minister
announced his readiness to begin the
service. The fellow quickly jumped
up. For a second he did not know
what to do with his hat, but only for
a second, for he solved the problem
by sticking the castor between his
knees. The clergyman told me he
could hardly refrain from laughter as
he married that man standing in the
ridiculous position he was forced to
take.
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Some Frank Confessions!

'tOur remedies are unreliable. DIR.
Valentine Mott.
eve have multiplied diseases. DIR.
Rush, Philadelphia.
Thousands are annually slaughter.
ed in the sick DIR. Frank.
'"The science OF medicine is founded
on conjecture, improved by murder"
Sir Ashley Cooper, M. D..
1.-THE medical practice of the present
day is neither philosophical nor COM
mon sense."-Dr. Evans, Edinburgh,
Scotland
DR.. Dio Lewis, who abhors drugs as
q rule and practices hygiene, is frank
enough, however, to say over his sig
nature "if found myself the victim
OF serious kidney trouble, l should
use Warmers safe cure because l am
satisfied it is not injurious. The med
ical profession stands helpless in the
presence of more than one such NAL
ady."
An old proverb says: If a person
dies without the service of a doctor,
then coroner must becallel in and o
jury empanelled to inquire and deter
mine upon the cause of death; but if a
doctor attended the case, then no cor
oner and jury are needed as everybody
knows why the person is dead
Medical Herald.
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MARKET REPORTS.

DULUTH. Wheat.-No 1 Northern, SsAc
No. 2 Northern, S4Ac No. l hard 9O1a@ Ole
ST. PAUL. Wheat.-No- hard, 9Ohc; No
1 Northern, S3@S6c. Corn.-No. 2, 4Oc
Oats.-No. 2 mixed, &c; No. white, Csc
No. 3 white, &c. Barley.-.No.2 5Sc; No
3 extra, 4S@5Oc; No. 3 regular, Soc. Rye
ACC. Ground feed.-S16. Corn meal
Bottled, $50; coarse, SIG Bran.-Sacked
So; shorts, $1,000. Baled hay.-Uplant
prairie 81; timothy $40. Flax seed
$1.OS. Flour.-Patent, S4.25@5.35
straights, $4.75@5; bakers, $4.25@4.5O
rye, $3.25@3.75. Livehogs-$3. 25@3.45
Dressed hogs.-$4.
MINNEAPOLIs. Wheat.-No. hard, SaAc
No. Northern, Soc; No. Northern, Sic
Mour.-In sacks, 4.9O@5; for shipments
s4.a5@5; in barrels, S5@5.10. Corn.-411
@42c. Bran.-S7 .25@7.75. Shorts.-$9@
10. Oats.-No.2 white, 2S@29c. Rye.-49@
sic. Barley.-45@75c. Corn meal.-$16. sc
@17.5O. Mixed feed.-$16@16.5O Hay
$7.5@72.5O. Oatmeal.-$2. 1903. Seeds
Timothy, $1.52@1.G6; No. l flaxseed
S1.OS; clover $5@5.5O
MILWAUKEE. Wheat.-Cash, S6xc. Corn
No. 2, 41Ac. Oats.-No 2, 25Bc. Rye.-No
1, 61c Barley.-No. 2. 6Ohc. Mess pork
$S.28. Land cash, $685.. Butter.-Dairy
15@17c. Cheese.-Sh@9hc. Eggs.-17k@
1shc.
CHICAGO. Wheat.-No.2 spring. s6S@st
&c; No. spring, 7O@74c; No. 2 red, 9Oc
No. red, 7Sc. Corn.-Cash, 41h@41kc
Oats.-Cash 25k. Rye.-No. 2, &c. Bar
ley.-No. 2, &c. Flax seed.-No. /, $1.16
Mess pork.-Cash, $S.20@S.25. Lard
Cash, $3.50. Butter.-Creamery, 14@1Sc
dairy, l4@2Oo. Eggs.-18@1Shc.
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He Didn't Know Her Name.

Marriage License Clerk in the Alta, Cal.
"There was q crank 'longshoreman
in here the other day, who had actu-
ally forgotten his intended's Christian
name, and from the way he talked l
don't think he ever knew it, He
mashed her over the back fence OF his
new lodging house about three months
ago, and fixed it with her to get mar
1ied OH her afternoon off. He said
her name was Annie, and when.I asked
him for her Christian name he
scratched his head and said'-'fi
know just put it down Annie; that'll
do u.s. explained that it would not
do for the records, but / couldn't
make him understand why. He said
he lived in Greenwich--st., and it is
too far to go for a little thing like that.
Just put it down Annie, hesaid, am
I'll send you the balance of it on q
postal card "F'inally he went of
swearing, and came back in an hour
with the balance Then he didn't
know her age, and I sent him back
again. This time he brought the girl
with him, and when the license was
made out they skipped upstairs and
were hitched by one Of the Judges. !
acted as witness, and when the Judge
declined to accept fee, the fellow
gave me o S. piece, for my trouble,
he said. Another fellow didn't know
his girls first name. Healways called
her Baby he said, and he waited here
for an hour, while a messenger boy
went to ask her her proper front
name.n
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A PARROT that Can Spell.

Frank c. Tuttle, the proprietor of a
Church street, New Haven, Conn.,
rubber store, has become the owner of
a parrot Of many accomplishments.
Around the door of bird store was
gathered the other day a crowd SO
large that it was the work of several
minutes to gain entrance to the inter-
ior. From within there proceeded q
hoarse voice, dashed with suspicion
of whiskey, which beloved in Irish
brogue the enlivening strains OF "Peek
a-boo," the crowd shouting with de-
light, and one small boy, in the exu-
berance of joy, tied imself into a sort
OF knot and rolled to the pavement.
Suddenly the inebriated Irishman
came to a dead stop, and another
voice, pleasanter in quality, sang
yankee DOODLE followed by the
stentorian query and answer all in
one:
Glow are the Psi Epsilon boys2 Oh,
they're all right"
A passer-by, puzzled at the scene,
mystery. In a large cage in the cen,
ter was an enormous green and yellow
parrat, which was hanging by onefoot
to swinging perch and trooling forth
in different voices with the ease of an
accomplished ventriloquist. He re-
sumed normal position as he was
approached, and hurrahed for Blaine
and Logan. Then, cooking his head
on one side, he dropped into more
conversational air and remarked:
"It's never too late to mend bird
in the hand" and again, after a pause
Its a long lane that never won fair
lady"
His visitor said: &.
you're an accomplished bird, Pol.
ly," and quick as thought the creature
replied:
II can spell, 1 can. Cat, dog
fox with an affectation of juvenility
which was gruesome He resented an
ill-advised attempt at familiarity by
Swapping at the fingers which tried to
scratch his poll, and barked out;
"Take care; Pm a bad bird; you
betcher life!'
"Hes one OF the cleverest parrots I
have had for some time" said the
owner; in fact, he is almost as good as
Ben Butler, whom I sold to Patti.
His stock of proverbs seems inexhaus-
tible, and he makes them quite funny
by the ingenious way in which he makes
them up. l could not begin to tell you
the things he says, but the greatest
accomplishment is his singing. He is
q double yellow head, the only species
that does sing. The African grays are
better takers, but they do not sing;
they only whistle"
What do YOU ask for him?"
"Oh, | think 5000 cheap for such a
paragon
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When Jack is tall and twenty,
We know what Jack Wilde,
With girls 50 sweet and plenty,
He'll find him one to WOO.
And soon the lovers twilight
Will hear a story told,
And Jack will die or fly sky high
For sake OF hair OF gold.
Hearken, Jack. and heed me
Ponder what l say!
IT'S fools are sold for locks OF gold,
For gold will turn to gray.
But Jack, if truth be spoken,
Is simple Jack no more;
II gold his heart has broken,
lis scarce the gold OF yore.
He wots OF dover for daughters
Not all in the ringlets rolfd;
To beauty steefd his heart will yield
To stamped and minted gold.
Hearken, Jack, and heed me
Ponder what l say!
If gold hath wing as poets sing,
Then gold may fleet away.
When Jack goes forth a-wooing,
If Jack has heart or head,
And would not soon be rueing
The hour that saw him wed.
He will not pine for graces,
Nor cringe for wealth to hold,
But strive and dare by service fair
To win heart of gold.
Harken, Jack, and heed me
Ponder what l say!
The gear will fly, the bloom will die,
But love will last for aye.
Good Words. FREDERICK LANGBRIDGI
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before he had chance to use his
wealth, leaving to host of nieces and
nephews a fabulous fortune.
Harry Meig's wharf still stands as
relic of his great propensity to gain
wealth, although now it is used as a
dumping pier for the city refuse, and
swarms ofrag-pickers gather around it
every day to pick out such scraps as
they may before the tide carries the
refuse away. In the days of Meigs,
away back in the fifties, it was the
wharf at which the ships landed.
Meigs, with his millions of South
American money, longed to return and
die in California. He offered and par
italy paid back all he had obtained be.
fore he so suddenly decamped, but he
could not return. A bill was presented
to the Legislatureto give him chance
to return to his native heath, but
it failed to pass. His eldest daughter
came to San Francisco and for months
pleaded, worked and supplicated those
whom he had defrauded, or their heirs,
to permit him to return, but they
were immovable. They firmly refused.
His old friends, the old pioneers-for
that was before the days of the Mac.
kays, Floods, O'Briens or other late.
day capitalists were known-had scat
tered, but those who remained, while
they felt pity for him, could do moth
ing. They were not wealthy 1t was
the wealthy few who kept him away.
Poor Ralston, who SWAIN out into
the bay and was drowned within sight
OF his old friends wharf had
he lived might have influnced public
opinion to permit Meigs to return; but
he, like Meigs, left record behind him
which to this day his widow has strug-
gled to clear up, and could the curtain
be lifted from the past in these two
mems lives there are many old Cali
fornians who believe, especially in
Ralston's case, that they would be
found to be more sinned against than
SHINING.
Speaking OF Ralston's death, there
was a story circulated for years that
bears repetition. After his body had
been found the papers announced that
he had been drowned. Next day
party of capitalists were talking over
the affair in the bar room of the Lick
House, then famous hotel, when Sam
Croker came in. Croker was warm
friend and adherent of Ralston's, and
had organized and originated the La
Dor Exchange at his (Ralston's) sug-
gestion. This Labor Exchange was
an institution to help employers and
employees and to prevent mendicancy.
Hastily approaching the wealthy
circle, to whom Sam was known,
he said: 81 hear Ralston is a de-
faulter to the tune of Million" It's
lie." answered Mark Hopkins. ~
do not believe it," answered another.
''The best way to settle it," said
another, is to give the Bank of Cali
fornia check for the amount; it will
save talk" Draw it up, Mark, said
Another. No paper was handy, so
Hopkins took out the fly leaf of
memorandum book, and drawing up
a check for lone million dollars, pay
able to cash. these four signedit, each
being responsible for two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars apiece, and to-
gether they went to the Bank of Cal
ifornia. The check was never used,
but is kept by the Murphy family,
framed, as a relic OF the most money
ever put on piece of paper outside
Of bank check by any four men.
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and, pushing away the cards, looked
at him in a singular manner.
"'Well, no, Roland said he; what
with your luck with women and your
uck with cards, you have too much
uck for one man.
Roland, though somewhat choleric,
demandedno explanation, and content
ed himself with laughing.
'Some days after, the Perfect ofPo-
lice announced himself to the general
at his chateau. What passed between
them l do not know. Allthat is known
OF the affair is that they returned to-
gether to Paris.
cat eleven O'Clock of the evening fol-
lowing that interview, the vicomte was
seated at table playing ecarte. He
had just won ten successivegames from
an Englishman, who, passing through
Paris on his way home, had been in
PRODUCED at the club by one of the
members Roland had a considerable
sum before him. The loser had Just
risen, and before leaving the table had
bowed thrice, when an elderly gentle
man approached the table.
"'Will the Vicomte Roland permit
ME to take the gentleman's revenge?"
''The young man paled. 1t was his
father.
"As you are bold player, l offer
you bold game. 1t will be useless for
you to say that it is too high. Read.
And the general handed him note
folded twice.
''The vicomte glanced over it, and
Shuddered yiSibly.
lido you accept?'
"He bowed. The general seated him.
self opposite his son. cut a king, and
dealt the cards. He won the first
hand. When it was the vicomete' s
deal, he trembled slightly and a strange
light shone in his eyes; nevertheless he
played on. The general won again.
''The vicomte rose, pale as a ghost,
and in smothered voice said:
IN an hour, sir, shall have acquit-
ted myself.
"He left the room without another
word.
"On the following morning the guar
dams of the Bots de Boulogne brought
in the body of the Vicomte Roland.
His head was blown to pieces, his
hand still grasping the pistol. In a
portfolio was found and unsigned
scrap OF paper, on which We're the
words:
''The loser will blow out his brains. 3"
"The pretended Englishman was an
accomplished cardsharper, sent by the
project of police. The three bows had
been the sign agreed upon between him
and the general to indicate that the
vicomte had cheated.
1.-The game was onefor life and death
between father and son. Both were
dishonored-the son by his own act,
the father by the sons. But this dis
honor was secret, which threatened
to become an open shame. Death
could stife 1.-THE sons death or the
fathers, for the stern old soldier would
have disgraced his son had that son
not kept their pact. The price of the
generals secrecy was his sons life. -
Translated for the Argonaut from the
French of Edouard Siebecker.
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Ex-Postmaster General Creswell is one o
the leading officials OF Washington bank

The Children's Health must not be neg
lected Colds in the Head and snuffles bring
on Catarrh and throat and lung affections
Ely's Cream Balm cures at once. 1t il per-
fectly sale and easily applied with the fin
ger. 1t also cures Catarrh and Hay Fever
the worst cases yielding to it in a short
time. Sold by druggists. so cents. Ely
Bros, Owego, N. Y.
Chronic Catarrh. The result OF % years
Catarrh;-the bridge or division OF my nose
was about half gone. ! obtained bottle
OF Ely Cream Balm have used four bottles
applying it to the affected parts with a
swab, which has about cured up the nos
trils. had previously tried all OF her rem
edies on the market without permanent re-
lief.-J. A. Wood, SO N. High Street. Co.
lumbus, Ohio.
find Ely's Cream Balm good for Catarrh
OF long standins.-M. n Lasley 1884 West
Chestnut Street, Louisville, KY
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-11-05

even if you have tried many remedies for
your Kidney disease or Liver complaint
without success it is no reason why you
should think your disorder incurable. The
most intractable cases readily yield to the
potent virtues OF Kidney Wort. 1t is a
purely vegetable compound which acts on
the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels at the same
time and thus cleanses the whole system.
Don't wait, but get a package to-day and
cure yourself
Ns~It is a Well Known Fact! In the
Diamond Dyes more coloring is given than
in any known Dyes, and they give faster
and more brilliant colors. 1Oc. at all
druggists. They are great success. Wells,
Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-11-05

Me nsman's Peptonized Beet Tonic, the only
preparation of beef containing it's ENTIRE NurRI
TIoUs PROPERTIES. 1T contains blood-making
force-generating and life sustaining properties in
valuable for Indigestion, Dyspepsia. nervou:
prostration and all forms of general debility al
SO. in all enfeebled conditions, whether the re
suit of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
from pulmonary complaints CAswELL, HAz
ARD & Co., Proprietors New York. Sold by
Druggists.
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Attempt to Assassinate q French Minister,

Considerable excitement was created in
Paris, by an attempt to assassinate NJ. De
Freycinet, the minister OF foreign affairs.
After attending q cabinet meeting, NJ. De
Freycinet took drive, and while returning
to the building occupied by the ministry OF
foreign affairs, a man stepped out into the
roadway and fired a pistol directly at the
carriage in which was seated NJ. De Frey
cinet. Fortunately the shot was harm
less, and before the culprit could fire again
he was arrested by a police officer.
Thore is very little doubt that the assail-
ant is an Italian, as he speaks with strong
Italian accent. He glories in the attempt
on the life OF the foreign minister, and re-
grets that he failed to kill him. After be-
ing prevented from firing the second shot,
he threw the weapon into the Seine. He is
apparently OF sound mind
The culprit stated that NJ. De Freycinet
had injured him in reputation, honor and
fortune. He said he knew NJ. De Freycinet
only by his photograph.
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Gen. Grants Body Will Remain at River


side.
The following letter from Mrs. Grant
seems to settle the matter conclusively:
New York, Oct. 20, 1ss5.-Dear Sir: Your
letter OF the 18th came during my absence
and was received on my return from Long
Branch. Riverside was selected by myself
and my family as the burial place of my
husband, Gen. Grant. First, because be-
lieve New York was his preference. Second,
it was near the residence hope to oe-
cupy as long as live, and where / will be
able to visit his resting place often. Third,
have believed, and am now convinced,
that the tomb will be visited by as many
OF his countrymen here as it would be at
any other place; and, fourth, the offer OF a
park in New York was the first which OBJ
served, and unreservedly assented to, the
only condition imposed by Gen. Grant him.
self, namely, that should have u place by
his side. I am, sir, very respectfully,
JULIA D. GRANT.
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well established that consumption il at
tended to in it's first stages can be cureds
There is, however, no true and rational
way to cure this disease, which is really
scrofulous liberation Of the lungs, except
through purifying the blood. Keep the
liver in perfect order and pure blood will
be the result. DR.. Piercss Golden Medi-
81 Sound Soes I'll this and more e: while itpur
fees the blood it also builds up the system,
strengthening IL against future attacks OF
disease. Ask for DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery" Take no other. or
druggists.
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Some En1ks

old-fashioned pill, but any one can take DR..
Pierce's pleasant Purgative Pellets. "
which are composed OF highly concentrated
vegetable extracts. For diseases OF the
liver and stomach, sick and bilious head
ache, ETC., they have 40 equel. Their op
GRAFTON is attended with no discomfort
whatever. They are sugar coated and put
up In glass yials.
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A severe cold or cough can be soonest
cured by taking, according to directions,
Aliens Lung Balsam. 1t can be procured at
any drug store. 1t is harmless to the most
delicate person, and can be given to children
without fear OF injury. Try it ifyou have a
cold or cough.