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Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

Judge Robinson returns from his
trip through Texas aud the South
feeling and looking we'll. lie has had
his hair cut very sIiort->horter In
fact than he cnuld get it trimmed
even in a congressional race.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

WANTED-To rent, one buffalo robe
and four bed, quilts to wrap vi,
with when we go to the opera house
Tomorrow night. We don't want tn
freeze and we can't afford to miss
Fun in "a Pawnsl,ip," for it is a
good show.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29
Our Young friend. Weinap,

Our young friend, Weinand, from
glasgow, Mo-, is the finest salesman
AMI the best talker in the West. He
held his audience four hours one day
last week and sold S23 900 worth of
his goods just on his talk. The goods
was preparation of mud and molas-
ses. Use unknown.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

Mexico has a Historical Society
which is calculated to do much good.
The officers are: President, Rev. J.
c. Armstrong; vice-president Dr..
w. R. Rodes; Secretary aud Treas
urer, A. c. Barnes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

W. Rufus Carter left Tuesday for
the Oklahoma country. He is think
ing OF opening up another Cafe out
there. During his absence his man
Friday ('Gene Tomlinson) has charge
If his business here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29
The Creamery.

We can have creamery with three
more men with $500 each. Captain
Hiner. DR.. Pipino and Ben Dohyns
will each put IN $500. Only $1,000
is lacking. Come to the front, some
of you rich men.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29
For Rent.

A good l00.acre farm 10 miles
southeast of Mexico and 5 miles
southwest of Benton City; 40 acres
in grass, good orchard, c mfortable
three-roo,n house. Money reit
wanted. Apply to Jack Rodgers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29
4. S. WIisner. of Farher.

A. S. Whisner, of Farber, says h.
takes four papers and last week he
toll his wife he would have to st \,
some of them. She said, abe, Won
stop all of 'em except Bob Whites
can't do without that. If you stop
that | will get divorce"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

Two valuable letters were found ia
Carter's Cge few days ago. II G.
Dobyns and E. E. Watson will call
at this Office and pay for this notice
they can get their property.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

San Antonio (Trx,) } Light, Oct. 1s:
The play. "A Mountain Pink is
pure and has the advantage Of being
presented by a strong company.
The play gave general satisfaction. .
Opera house Feb. 8
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29
L. n. d. r.

There will he special meeting OF
laii Odd Fellows 1t hall Tuesday
February 3rd. 1885. <. Nj Sloan.
Grand Secretary. will be present. B.
order of Lodge. NJ. j. Bass,
S cfptary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29
naIT rs A FACTgN
HAMILTON HALL HAMPERED
In Jail Tor Refusing 10 Answer Ques.
tions Of the Grand Jury.-How
it Happened.

| Last Tuesday II. Hall, a druggis
| of this city, was called before tIlt
grand jury and was asked who told
him who indicted him for selling
whiskey without license at the last
term of the grand jury. He refused
to answer and was ut once sent to
jail for coitempt. 1t appears that q
member of the last grand jury told
Hall that Martin Kunkel informed on
him and indicted him on SIX counts.
| Hall unwittin"ly told this to T. B.
buckner. The present grand jury
sent for Hall and wanted the name OF
this juror so he could be punished.
Hall refused to tell. We visited him
at the Jail and he. says he will stay
there until hell is colder than Ka-
hrich's opera house before he will
tell. The LEDGER las been told WIN
it is tn 'ught the juror IS. He is a
leatling citizen and If it is hin he told
Hall what he did without thinking
and did not intend to do any wrong.
We can n t blame Hail for refusing
to give his name, Hall generally
means what he says and The public is
aDXIous 10 know who will give In
first. Hall says it is the fist time he
was ever III Jail, hut will take things
easy rs he is satisfied that he would
be,ray a friend by answering the
question. What the result will he
we cannot even propl,esy.
THE LAW.
We have taken some pains to ex-
anime the laws touching on this mat
ter and find that Hall will have to
stay in Jail at the mercy of Judge
Robinson until he answers the Ques-
lion prnpoundcd to him. Hall says
iAN ioo 'h'N'O tb' ai'S SOhicHth W SldS
forever. Not being u lawyer we are
not sure of the penalty that would
he imposed on the grand juror if
Hail should give his name, but think
it is only a misd-rneanor and he
would be subject to fine. OF course
the way he told it and the reason of
telling it would cut some figure in
the punishment. A good many peo-
pie think the grand juror should come
forward and give his name as Hail is
acting the man IN withholding his
name, as any gentleman of honor
would do. Hall deserves, we think,
credit for the course he is taking in
this matter. He won't betrav the
confluence placed in him. 1t is the
grand joror's place to step to the
front. Good men have been to Hall
and t"ld him they would pay the fine
of the juror if Hall would tell his
name and Hall replied that nothing
would induce him to tell the name :;
that if the name was ever known. fot
a certainty the jGryman would have
to tell it himself.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

STREET URcHIN TO KABRIcH.-.Say,
Unc.e George, it's awful cod in that
gallery. Abs red had don't do us
any good I'D there
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

WANTED-The young lady who
spoke to tall gent with overcoat on
his arm at postoffice yesterday to
meet him at Ringo corner at p. IN,
sharp, Friday. JAM 80. 1885. .
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29
The Lad .onla Lumber Yard.

Raftery, Brown & Peualeton, OF
Laddonia, are doing a fine lumI,er
business. They carry full and
complete line of the very best os
lumber. All who want to erect
fences, barns or mansions should
call ON them. They defy competi-
finn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

New buckwhest hour, nice new
cs,n"try hams, kraut. pig feet. minee
meat. white teaas. hoiuiny for sale
cheap by r. c. Paul. 40-4t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

Go to Yergrr's and get The hoss
musical organ-cheap and complete.
Cal and 60 Il 4S-1f.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

-fs9A-g1~~ss
| Who carries fire on a dust pan.
If fom Riley amt real hummer
Who is going to take care of thai
child.
If Harry's best friend is not Iii,
father.
If news is not more plentiful than
money.
If Mount Washington is really lin
Dakota.''
If Charley Brown is not the daisy
sleigh rider.
If Mr.. Dingle is going to start a
rabbit farm.
Who will give up first, the grand
jury.or Hall.
If Frank Turner has not got it i'm
for Patterson dog
If the horse association and cream
cry are not booming.
If the grand jury did not find The
doctor mot guilty"
If people don't, above all things,
want Il live local paper.
If ''much obliged huys meat and
bread and pays printers.
Ii our friend H. Hall his not plrn-
ty of time to play chess.
If anything happens that the LED
GER don't know all about
If there is not difference between
pr secution and persecution.
Who made such rapid time through
Collins saloon the other day.
What young man a certain lady
thinks is like an empty wagon.
If Mexico amateur printers ave
gong to compete for job work.
Where Ian got his overcoat and
what became of the 700 acres of land.
When Cas- Hagen will answer the
letter he got from Belva lockwood.
Who kicked over that stove at the
Home of the Stranger the other day.
If this is not the coolest winter
ever experienced-in the opera house.
How many people have burnt the
tails off their coats during the cold
spell.
How much room aclean sheets
should give to the overturning of Il
sleigh.
If some of our citizens did not
have business in foreign parts this
week.
If certain lawyer hailing from not
1000 miles from Laddonia knows he
is alive.
If Kabrich is really going to use
the opera house for an ice house this
summer.
Ii the people don't have to wait
for the LEDGER to get the news of
every kind.
Who it was that had such a good
time at the ''esquerade" ball the
other night.
Why, when reporters tell on the
street about knowing so much. they
don't publish it.
If it don't break you all up to see
a paper try to be sensational when it
don't know how.
Who the dude lawyer was firt-
ing with and if he really thinks he
made an impression.
If you have noticed that "crop"
of whiskers that is growing on Master
Willard Carrolps face.
IT Carter's Cafe amt the hos
place to get news? Hundreds congre-
gate at this resort daily.
If it is true that when couple OF
the actors kissed each other at the
opera house their lips froze together.
If Congress won't pass an appro-
priation bill to furnish money for al
arctic expedition through the Mexico
Opera House.
If it can't be fixed up some how So
a man can run a newspaper without
money? We get along very well
without brains hut find that money l.
essential. A hint, &c.
If any one of the H,tehigencer
wanted TO be cllief of the fire depart
ment is the reason of. their ignoring
the entire department? Anyhow We
don't think congressman would
make a good fireman and for this
reason did not make The editor of
our contemporary our assistant.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

Grand jury adjourns to-dav. Look
nut for tramp selling gold (s) rings
for 81.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

With Marlnaduke for governor and
dry goods and notions SO wonder
fully cheap at 1 Franks who should
not feel happyf 33-a
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

4 qt. bottles of iRer for 50 esnis at
X dennis O'Callaghan's. IS II
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

Insure with r. S. Steele In the
suhtire OF Londs,s, aud the Traders.
OF Chicago. two Of tue best comps
nies iu the world. 3l-tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

she was looking so pale. She replied
that she had fallen against the corner
and hurt herself She then retired
to her room, feeling very sick. Got
along very well, except at times, un-
til next day. when physician was
called in. Later in the day the pa
tient became worse and the doctor
was called in for O second time,
and on arriving found the baby born.
That night "Wednesday about 2
O'Clock she called her mother and
said she had severe pains in her stom-
ach.' Pain went from her stomach to
her shoulder. Her mother felt of
her feet aud they being very warm
she told her she would he all right in
Il few minutes. She administered
what she deemed the proper medi-
cines. Daughter spoke to her about
pains and in a very few minutes,
when she looked at her daughter. she
was deal. Mrs. Moore says the child
vas stiI-born and that she gave it to
some man TO bury. Does not know
where the child is buried. Had she
thought the mother was going to die
she would have kept the child and
buiied them together. Mother was
buried in the new cemetery. Ar
rangementts had been made for Miss
Moore to leave town the next day
but her sudden illness prevented thi~.
Mrs. Moore says the cause of her
daughters illness had been kept Sc
cret from everybody but her daugh-
ter, the doctor and herself.
Mrs. Moore says her daughter had
been i'll with dyspepsia and hear,
disease for several years PRIOR to her
recent illness. She fell from wagon
near Concord Two or three years ago
and had never recovered from the eff
fects of the fail. The family moved
here from Kansas City about two
years ago. They always moved in
tile hest society, tine daughter having
always been member of the church
choirs.
DIR. MALLS STATEMENT.
On receiving the above we at once
called on DIR. McFall ard he informed
us that he left the baby well and
hearty and sucking piece of fat
meat. That when he went back tina,
night after the mother was dead he
asked where the baby was and the
same woman Mrs. Moore) who made
the above statement told him she had
sent the l'ahy to the country to be
nursed by a negro woman, because
she did not want her husband to
know about it. We learn that one
reason Mrs. Moore wanted to get the
baby out of sight is that her husband
sometimes had spells and is not ac-
countable for what he does. She did
not want him to know anything about
the baby for fear he would hurt some
one.
BY this we see she has told two very
different tales about the matter, and
the question now is whether the littl lie
waIf is dead or alive, and if alive
where is il, and if dead how did it die /!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

Woodward & Son have complete
set of abstract books. 42-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

woodward 4 Sen can furnisi an
abstract to any piete of land In Au-
drain county, No., or reasonable
terms. x1.u
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

Our ''Shep" makes the boss
granger.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

Go clear aroaDd the square 70 bug
your groceries from c. Z. Yerger.
You viii save money. He keeps the
best and sells the cheapest. He pays
cash for produce. 30 e
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

T. +. Roden buys and sells for
cash, and in tins way saves m.Dey
for his customers. 4-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

You viii get fined heavily If you
shoot quail after next Saturday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

Clover. Timothy. Red Top
and 1siae Grass sseed: al.o
Landreth'ss Garden Seeds at
Rsckley 4 M0or~'s. 4O-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

With Cleveland for president and
the Horse Sh..e boot and shop made
She SO cheap at L Franks, what
Iaore can peepie want I 33-d
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29
Handsome assortment you will find

Handsome assortment you will find
At NJ. L. Bolts in thi> line,
Buy Yourself and your old clothes mend,
L never have seen the like in your days,
Remember this i q chance that pays.
Give us call ut an early day
See for yourself our grand display.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

A fine line Of ladies, misses and
chiidren's shoes, very low at
26-tf. I. FRAxx's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

Extra fine stock of pantaloon pat
terms at Cough a. Ruger's. I9-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

4 OF. bottles of beer for SO cents at
x Deanis o'Callashan's. 36-tf s.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29
ALL KINDS OF GROCERIES.

Provisions. Flour. Feed, Salt. Glass and Queens
ware-all sold low tor cash ur exthange faf
all kinds sf country pruduee. Come and see
us-NoRTnwEsr CORNER SQUARE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

2 Go to L. f. Rodcn's IL yea want
fresh groceries of all kinds. 4.tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

AB- TO MANAGER OF CoMPANY-sYou
will find the acoustic properties OF
the house most excellent, sir-mos.
excellent, I assure Won -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

MATTER OF FACT MANAGER.-"Oh,
well, I don't care anything about
that; it's fires we want"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

Hayden & Gregg have money to
loan in sums to suit you. 1tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29
LOCAL NOTICES.

For L0unsg
Apply 10 Lakenan & Barnes. At
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

You will miss it il sou don't buy
your groceries from c. +. Yerger.
26-tf,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-29

If any one of the Hateligeneer
wanted TO be Chief of the fire depart
ment is the reason of. their ignoring
the entire department? Anyhow we
don't think congressman would
make a good fireman and for this
reason did not make The editor of
our contemporary our assistant.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1885-03-27
ADVANTAGES OF LOCATING IN
NORTH CAROLINA.

CLIMATE-While the cold is not 50 severe
the temperature of midsummer is not ex-
cessive or trying as farther North. Our
seasons are longer. and therefore our crops
are not killed by late or early frosts.
The Soil is of variety of compost
tions-clayey, gravelly, lime stone, slate,
sandy loan, etc. This great variety Of
soils and the mildness and advantages Of
climate will account for the variety of
products.
SocIErY-No section in the Union has
better executed laws. The blessings Of
political, civil, and religious liberty are no
where more fully protected than in N. C.
In GENBRAL The great fertility Of our
lands, the mildness Of our climate, free
from the scorching and whitening heat of
the South and the extreme cold and
freezes of the North go to show that No.
Carolina is surely the most favored agri-
cultural section in America. Nature has
not only given US the advantages of pro-
ducing, but it has provided Us with the
water power to work up what the soil pro-
duces for US. as@, HL
solicit correspondence from tenement
farmers in the Northern and New En-
gland States.
| will furnish persons low rate round
trip transportation from Boston,, New
York or Baltimore to North Caroline, 90
As to give them an opportunity Of seeing
the farms that are offered for rent.
All farms advertised by rs for rent have
dwelling houses and out.buildings on
them. .ua
Being regular employe of the Agri.
cultural Department Of North Carolina,
make no charge for information given or
services rendered persons seeking homes in
the State. -... .
Twill be pleased to furnish descriptive
lists of lands offered for sale in North
Carolina to all persons who will write me.
JOHN 4. PATRICK.
Raleigh, n. G. State lmm,eration Agt.
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Why be Subject to late and
Early FrOsts?
Which kill Your Young Plants and
Injare Your Crops.
READ THE TERMS TO TENANT FARMrpa
GIVEN BY NORTH CAROLINA
LAND OWNERS.

The immigration Bureau of North
Carolina have in charge some improve
cd farms for rent to Northern tenant
farmers on the following condition,
which are the usual terms of rent
charged in This state.
LIST, GRAIN AND Grass FARM-The
landowners furnish land, houses and
pays all taxes and expenses Of i'm
proving houses, stables and buildings.
The tenant farmer furnishes horses,
tools and labor, and receives TWO
THIRDS or CROPS. The tenant farmer
is allowed tree Of rent garden and
vegetable patches. He is also allow.
ed to raise stock, hcgs and chickens
snd receive all proceeds from the sale
of them.
I'd, TOBACCO GRAIN AND GRASS
FARMs.-The landowner furnishes
land, houses and pays all taxes and ex-
penses Of improving houses. stables
amt buildings. The tenant farmer
furnishes horses, tools and labor, re-
CClVuS CuICC"iOuTluS Vi luc IOO0CCO
ard two.thirds OF the grain crops.
The tenant farmer is allowed free OF
rent as in the above first mentioned
farm No. /.
Sd, TOBACCO GRAIN AND GRASS
FARMs.-The land owner furnishes
land, houses, horses, feed for horses,
tools, repairing and keeping in order
Of tools and pays all taxes. The ten.
ant farmer furnishes all the manual la
Dor; receiving one.hall of all crops
raised. The tenant farmer receives
free of rent as in the first mentioned
farm No. l..
4th, Co1ToN GRAIN AND TOBACCO
FARMS. Rented exactly Or same
terms as the above tobacco, grain and
grass farm No. 3; or if tenant farmer
furnishes horses and tools, he receives
two-thirds Of the grain aid three
fourths of the cotton.
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How to Succeed.
IPhiladalphia Post. |

The. is no time in life for loungina
about Md taking things easily; if we
intend 10 succeed, there is always some
thing TO DO done, and when that is fin.
shed something else crops up, or grows
OFT of the previous piece of WORK.
One essential element of success is
briskness-a very different thing from
tho hurry which has given rise to the
expression, 1.-THE more haste, the less
speed" Thing, that are done briskly
have crisp freshness about them that
is worth a good deal, and the worker i,
left unfatigued, and ready TO go on
again. s... ..-.-s. III.
Thoroughness need never be impeied
by prompt and swift action, and al
though SLOW and sure has passed into
proverb, tits not ono of universal APP
p!ication. Punctuaiity also goes long
way towards insuring success, and the
tine saved by it is marve.ous.
Life contains twice as many possibili-
ties for those who finish their task at
the appointed moment, and begin again
without the waste of ten minutes or a
uarter of an hour, as it does for per-
sons who yawn and look around them,
and occupy many precious minutes in
getting up the resolution necessary for
the next.
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The United States Supreme Court.
TWashinvfnn Tor Post Disnatch

lVdSuiHkVOu SOI 1ODt'DISEHtCui
The law is supposed to be pretty hard
work, but it does not seem to make men
look or feel old. To look at the su.
premeEcourt judges as they walk up and
down the avenue to and from the court.
room on these pleasant winter days,
chatting cheerily as they 60, one would
not think that the aggregate ages of the
nine men is $40 years, or an average of
63 years. Nor. would he think that
there is one among them considerably
over 70 years of age and three more
now in their 10th year.
Jet such is the fact. Field, Miller
and Waite were born in 1916. Justice
Bradley might have retired on full pay
sit, 100 per year-at any time in the
past two years, and Messrs. Waite,
Field and Miller have but few months
longer to wait when they have the same
privilege, having reached within short
period each the age of 70, at which age
they may retire if they have served ten
years, as each of them has done. 1t
seems pretty likely that should any OF
them retire before tho 4th of March Mr..
tre.inghuysen would be appointed to a
place on tn. bench. The youngest man
of the lot is the largest, Harlan, who
stands more than six and half feet in
height. He is but 50, and may grow
some yet. Gray is So, an old bachelor.
wood is 50, Matthews ii, and Batch
lOrul u,2S;A - -
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BoY's,z'GlRLs
An Eagle That CAUGHT . Man.

Two men who live on Long Island went
hunting one afternoon early this month.
They drove in a wagon. Like good many
other cruel greenhorns who were not taught
better when they were boys these men were
In the habit Of firing at everything in the
shape Of bird that they saw. They spied
one high up in tree It was nothing less
than an eagle, the bird Of their country, yet
one Of tho men had no more respect for him
than to bang away with his gun at tho royal
creature. A person who would do such a
thing would not be expected to be q good
marksman, and he did not hit 1t. The eagle
stretched its wings to fly away. Just as it
did 50 the man fired the other barrel OF his
shotgun at it. The eagle had treated him
with grand disdain before, but that second
shot walked up the bird It struck and
wounded him slightly. He showed the
rash hunters that the American eagle
Is not bird to he fooled with. It Is to b.
hoped foreign nations will learn chat lesson,
too. When the shot struck him the eagle
arose in the air, circled grandly two or three
times, and shot like an arrow directly down
upon the man who had fired at him. That
bird meant fight. The hunter saw him COM
ing, and aimed blow at him with the butt
Of his gun. .@ eU#
Then there was an exciting scene. The
eagle lodged the blow just as an intelligent
person would have done, and shot past tho
man. Then it wheeled suddenly and came
at him again beak and claw. The hunter
struck at it again with his gun, but at the
moment he did so his foot slipped and he fell.
The fall knocked the gun from his hands and
out Of his reach. The eagle had lodged his
blow again, and risen in the air somewhat.
As he lay fiat and helpless upon the ground
the bird swooped down upon him with a
scream that wakod the echoes. The man
called to his friend to come and help him.
The enemy scratched his legs and pecked his
back and sides. He caught It by the neck,
and then it put up its claws and scratched
his hands terribly. That bird was game to
its toe nails. He was scratched so that he
was forced to let go his hold. Then it rose in
tho air to get forceful start, and swooped
down upon him again. This time it pounced
upon his back, and oesan tearing his clothes
and flesh,