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Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
WONT GO.
Postmaster Defles Col. Hutton-Wnl
See What we Will See-An I'm.
phatic Protest.

MONTGOMERY CITr, No., October
2s.-Postmaster s. D. Ham yester.
day sent the following letter to
President Cleveland:
To Zion. Grover Cleveland. Washington, ID. c.:
DEAR SIR-Congressman John E.
Hutton came to this city on the 22d
INST, and sent me request to meet
him in his room in hotel. I called
on him. He told me that charges
had been made against me, and were
ready to be sent to Washington, and
that I would be suspended within Is
days. l asked him what the charges
were, and be told me that was some
thing I would never know, but that I
should be permitted to resign il I
wanted to, and that if I would re-
sign he would suppress the charges.
He further said that If / would agree
to resign I should be allowed to
name q day to suit my own conye-
nience, even as remote as the 1st of
January. Ideclined to resign.
My books are open for inspection
by the proper officers, my bond is
good, and I am willing to face any
accuser and answer his charges. But
I protest against the threatening star
chamber proceedings. And I will
not resign as q mode to buy off the
masked accusers; nor will purchase
the privilege Of holding the Office
two months longer by a promise to
resign. I was a private soldier in the
Union service during the war, and
have always been Republican and
have nothing to say against any gen.
tleman using honorable means t
displace me.
| II 1 have correctly understood
your official declarations the actor
of Mr.. Hutton is without authorit,
from you. Very respectfully.
i S. d. HAM, Postmaster.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
Some 60 10 Church.
WIN. AATR.

WIN. AAIR.
Some go to church just for a walk; :;
Some to stare, and laugh, and talk !;
Some go there to meet friend,
Some their idle time to spend;
Some for general observation,
Some for private speculation;.
Some to seek or find a lover,
Some courtship to discover;
Some 60 there to use their eyes,
And newest fashions criticise.
Some to show their own smart dress,
Some their neighbors to assess;
Some to scan O robe or bonnet,
Some to price the trimmings on it;
Some to learn the latest news,
That friends at home they amuse;
Some to gossip, false and true,
Safe hid within the sheltering pew
Some go there to please the squire
Some his daughter to admire.
Some the parsen go to fawn,
Some to lounge, and some to yawn
Some to claim the parish doles,
Some for bread and some for Goals
Some because it's thought genteel
Some to vaunt their pious zeal.
Some to show how sweet they sing
Some how loud their voices ring.
Some the preacher go to hear
His style and voice to praise or jeer
Some forgiveness to implore;
Some their sins to varnish o'er.
Some to sit, and doze. and nod,
but few to kneel and worship Goo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

ST. Louis Hotel Reporter. October 2sth.
Tue Ohio & Mississippi Railway
Company has astonished the railroad
fraternity by making fast trip with
one OF its passenger trains, from
Louisville TO st. Louis. the time
made being the best (for the distance)
ever made by any line running into
St Louis. On the morning of Oct.
25th at O'Clock the tram, consisting
Of five cars end having on board the
Robson & Crane theatrical combina-
ton left Louisville. After making
thirteen stops and changing engine
twice. it arrived in St. Louis at i0:45
q. In. The running time of the train
was hours and 10 minutes. and the
distance covered was 324 miles. Thus,
it will he seen, the train averaged
within fraction of forty miles an
hour including stops. The road has
been ballastcd and equipped with
steel rails and there is now no better
line i'm the country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
In the Forest City.

Mr.. G. E. Bryan, No. Isl Putnam
street, Cleveland, Ohio, has naturally
much experience in sickness-with q
family of seven children, and bis doc
tors and druggists' bills are heavy.
He states publicly that he has given
Red Star Cough Cure thorough trial
| in his home, and finds it 10 be the
best remedy that he has ever used
/ for coughs or colds. It contains
neither morphia nor opium, and
therefore leaves no depressing effects
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
Greatest Proficiency In Drill.

The Moberly Headlight contains
an excellent detailed report of the
recent meeting Of Select Knights in
that city. That paper has this to
say of the Mexico Legion, which cap
tured three of the handsome prizes :
ut was the opinion of many com
petent critics. and we understand OF
the judges themselves that the Mexi-
CO legion displayed greater prof.
cheney in the drill than any Other, and
would no doubt have taken the
capital prize had the legion con.
tanned the requisite number oi
knights to enter the contest for tha,
prize"
The Headlight also says of tht
Centralia Legion, which carried of
the first prize:
"Centralia Legion, No. 60, did ex
cellent work and won golden opin
ions from judges and spectators
Considering the large number o
Knights included, it is well drilled
body"
The next meeting OF Selsc
Knights will be held in St. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
The Columbia Statesman of last

The Columbia Statesman of last
weeks says: Our readers will remem-
ber that in July last we gave an ex-
tended notice Of the purchase Of a
fine horse by DR.. A. NJ. McAlister of
this place, who bought the animal,
"Westcombe," o stallion, of Capt.
Fetley Milburn, Barnbury, England.
1t is now our painful duty to chronicle
the death of this animal, which oc.
CURED last Monday, from an attack
Of bronchial pneumonia. A post.
mortem was held by DR.. Paquin
State Veterinarian. who will prepare
the body for the University museum
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

James Bunton has received q tele-
gram which states that q clew has
been obtained that may lead to the
conviction of the murderer of his
cousin, Mrs. Conway. The telegram
reads:
"Thomas N. Turner was arrested
yesterday afternoon for the murder
of Mrs. Conway and daughter last
week. The warrant was sworn out
by the prosecuting attorney on the
evidence obtained at the coroner's
inquest. He denies the murder, but
acknowledges that he was at the
house about the hour the crime was
committed
Turner, it will be remembered, il
the milkman who stated he was a
the house about the time the murde
was committed. Testimony befor'
the coroner's jury showed that Tur
ner had used as q weight for hi
hitching strap a coupling pin such a
the one with which the horrible mur
der was committed, and investigation
shows that the strap is now withou
a weight, and it seems to have bee
recently cut at the tie end. Turne
was locked up. He refuses to sa
anything to reporters or to the officers
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
How to Prepare Land.

In the ordinary rotation OF the
farm, sod land is usually ploughed
for corn. Opinions differ in regard
to the advantage, or otherwise, of the
fall ploughing of sod. The truth of
the matter is, that like all other farm
work, this depends very much on the
circumstances. One Of these is the
manner in which the ploughing is
done. II the dry, bare sod is plough
ed under roughly and SO left until
spring, when it is cross-ploughed and
the sod cut up into pieces and turned
this way and that, and for the great
er part reversed, the work had GER
tainly been better left undone. This
way Of treating sod, too common, we
are sorry to say, is most mischiev-
GUS one, and leaves the land in q
wretched plight for corn planting,
The better way is, to spread what
manure is ready for the land, and
leave it until November, and then
turn the whole under with an even
and regular lap furrow. If this is
well done, it leaves the soil in the
very best condition for spring work.
The furrow slices lie with manure
between them, while the manure is
not buried under the sod, but both
standing, in part, on edge, allow the
air to permeate through the crevices,
and cause thorough decomposition.
The crests of the ridges break down
by the action Of frosts, and the land
is gradually consolidated by settle
ment through the winter. When the
harrow is passed over the land in the
, spring, the line manure, and the soil,
! and the decayed sod, are thoroughly
!, mixed on the surface, leaving a mass
: of plant food below, as deep as the
: land had been ploughed. The roots
: of the young corn plants find food
Z wherever they penetrate the soil. and
an abundance Of it within reach to
, carry them 10 the end Of the growing
. season. In the culture Of every crop
: very much depends upon the pre-
paration of the soil, but this Is mos
especially true as regards corn, which
Occupies the ground for only abou
. three months. How necessary the
it is to provide a store of food TO
this crop, Of the right kind in th
right place, and in sufficient quantit
, TO supply its urgent necessities. On
II Of the most effective ways of maxim
d this requisite provision is to max
the most Of the sod by treating it .
't this season in the manner described
II TAgriculturist
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
Gambling Law Construed.

At the recent term of the Crawford
county circuit court, held at Steel
vile, Judge Bland instructed the
jury rs follows:
That the permitting Of any game
Of billiards, pool or similar games,
where the loser paid for the use OF
table, the drinks, chips or other val
liable thing whatever, is setting up
and keeping q gambling device, and
punishable by imprisonment in the
nenitentiary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

Many INSCRIPTIONS dealers may
tell you they have remedies for
coughs and cold equal in merit and
in every respect just as good as the
old reliable DR.. Bosanko Cough and
Lung Syrup, unless you insist upon
this remedy and will take no other,
YOU are liable to be greatly deceived.
Price so cents and sl.00. Sold by
Dobyns & Gibbs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
TRY Yeurslf.

The proof Of the pudding is not in
chewing the striEg, but in having ain
opportunity to try the ARTICLE your
self. Dobyns & Gibbs, the Druggists,
have free trial bottle Of DR.. Bosanko'a q
Cough and Lung Syrup for each and
every one who is afflicted with
Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, Consump.
ton or any Lung Affection.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

Losr.-Lsst Saturday, red poke,
book, contained IS in greenback and
so cents in silver, gold ring and
trunk key and envelopes with owners
name. Lost between Boards store
and East jackson street, as far Eas'
as Mr.. Gordon's residence A liberia
reward win be paid.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
IL Is Loaded.

II you want good gun of any
kind or ammunition of the best call
ard I can accommodate you. In ad
dition to my fine line of guns 1 keep
a complete stock Of fresh groceries
which / sell cheap for cash. Highest
market price paid for country pro-
duce. W. A. MORRIS.
a7-du
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
ssl Don't Feel Like Wsrk -

1t maks no difference what busi-
ness you are engaged IN; whether
you are a preacher, . merchant q
mechanic, q lawyer or q common
laborer, you cant do your work well
while yos are half sick. Thousands
try to, but all in vain. How much
better to keep your organs in good
order by taking Parker's Tonic when
YOU feel "a little out Of sorts" 1t
would be money in your pocket One
hour Of good, rejoicing health is
worth half q dozen hours full Of Ian
guor. zs'4.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
What . Fire Escape u Gesd Fer.
Noberiy Headlight

Pomp Plunkett and Charles MUIR
ray hold citizenship in Mexico. Mo-,
and each has a wife, true to her
promise to love and protect their
weaker half, but withal knowing their
little weaknesses and bearing with
them. But it is not within the
power of the average male inhabi-
tant Of Mexico to dispense with an
"eye-opener" before replenishing the
stock Of fuel in the engine Of the
system, 1. e, eating breakfast. So,
it happened that when the above
mentioned gentlemen, (who, by the
way, are members of, and are here in
attendance on, the Select KnighB) &C
companied by the members Of their
families aforesaid came to Moberly and
registered at the Grand Central, they
set about contriving plan by which
they might secure the coveted indul
geace without arousing their wives
and finally suggested to the ladiel
that they should occupy one room
and the gentlemen another. This wa
agreed to; but, alas! ''the best lait
plans of men and mice gang af
aglee." These noble women ros.
early, before their liege lords wer
awake, and, securing O stout rope
made fast the door of the gen
tlemen's room, and when thos
worthless arose and. making hast
toilet, prepared to 60 below, 10, the
were prisoners! But the Grand Cen
tral is a metropolitan hotel, and con
sequently fitted up with fire escapes
The prisoners discovered. the one i
their "cell'' and immediately availe
themselves of it to descend and thu
obtained the coveted cocktail" w
can discover two very importan
ideas associated with this incident
the first is, it suggests a new use fo
the fire escape; and second, tbs
the typical citizen of our sister cit
Mexico cannot be deprived of b
morning dram. Selah!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

broadway 70 the western Union
building, where no has another Office,
and where fresh batch Of impor-
tant business awaits attention. He
rattles through these with the same
ease and rapidity and hurries cut
to attend meeting OF the
Wabash directors, which over he
steps back to the lower Broadway
Office and finds score Of persons
waiting to see him. These are soon
scattered and it is lunch time, 30
over to Delmonico's he goes for .
brace of chops; then makes q trip to
the Mercantile Trust company,
where yet another string Of questions
must be decided. And 40 he goes
all day long. He gives orders to buy
and sell thousands Of shares of stock,
settles questions Of policy connected
with the railroads which he controls,
fixes dividends, waters stocks and
thinks and acts on thousand differ
ent topics. Yet he does not do any
of the routine or manual labor. He
tells others what to do. He is not q
member of the stock exchange, and
consequently has never been within
it's walls. He keeps from five to fif.
teen men busy all day writing letters
or carrying out his instructions. Al
4 o'clock he steps out to the elevated
road station and goes back to his
home on Fifth avenue. Here he has
a private telegraph wire and an op
orator, and he can yet communicate
with the world. Whatever of privat,
business he does is transacted a
home before the dinner hour. Aftel
dinner he gives his entire time to hi
family. They do not 60 out much
and they do not receive many callers
But a jollier, happier family is not t
be found in the city. There ar
} three boys and girl of the children
and all are as full of fun and prank
} as children could be. There 10
, rollicking two hours, and by 1
= O'Clock the lights are out and tn
> Gould family sleepeth. Days an
. weeks pass in which Mr.. Gould is i
) bed every night by II o'clock, and i
) which he has eaten nothing but th
; plainest of food, and has not touche
wine or liquor. He Is very temporal
in all his habits. Not three times {
a winter do you see his name in I'll
newspapers as attending Delmonie
{ dinner. He gets invitations by tt
J Thousand, but he really prefers
: stay at home with the children tbs
u to attend banquet. In the san
}. manner Mrs. Gould's name never q
e pears in connection with societ
T. events. She goes SO little that b
+. face is unfamiliar to those who do &
'e and she is not recognized when 81
5 does appear in an opera box. II
10 Gould children go to school like al
n other children, and are not conspic
G Gus for their brightness or their Ia
le of it. They are children of avera
'e intelligence as compared with 9th
'e children reared in the most fashion
B. Bile street in America, and they ha
er been taught not to prt on airs
8. refer to their fathers wealth or inf
is ence. They are, therefore, not at
es offensive to other children by ress
c. of their superior advantages, q
ne have Ghey any special characterist
ne that make them sought.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

'What causes the great rush at
Dobyns & Gibbs Drug Store?' The
free distribution Of sample bottles of
Or. Bosanko's Cough and luDg
Syrup, the most popular remedy TO.
Coughs, Colds, Consumption, and
Bronchitis, now on the market Reg
ular size SO cents and Sl.00.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

The best family weekly newspaper
in the United States is the Toledo
Blade (Nssby's Paper. They invite
every reader of this paper to send
for . free specimen copy. 1t is the
largest and best dollar paper pablish'
ed See advertisement elsewhere.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
Why We Are Poor.

We have been asked why is it that
newspaper men are poor?' The ques-
ton is easily answered. A newspaper
man devotes all his time to building
up the town in which he is interested.
He gives his time and money (what
little he has) to help along all enter
prises that are beneficial to his sec.
tion. He puffs the town, country
and its business men, thinking that
in time they will see where they have
been benefited by his labors, and
will support him literally. He works
like dog for those doing business
in his town, protecting their interests
and trying to make whatever they
may be engaged in success. When
some of these men are approached
for their patronage, they say that
they can get their printing done
cheaper abroad. They do not stop
to think how many dollars worth of
free advertising the home paper does
for them yearly by mentioning their
important business transactions and
social improvements. These favors
are all forgotten when they are called
upon to help support the home paper.
They synpathize with the poor editor
and wonder why he does not gel
along better, but keep on in the same
path, sponging what they have done
at home, and sending abroad fol
what would. go toward supporting
the home paper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05


j. H. Hill was clerk.
The sale was a success.
There was no by-bidding
Red was the favorite color.
No bids less than IS were cried.
Elmer Cunningham says he got
the daisy.
Stock men were present from all
over the state
The ladies Of the M. E. Church
South, furnished an elegant dinner.
Muir knows his business but we
have home auctioneers who are fine
too.
S. P. Emmons is the right man in
the right place as secretary Of the
association.
In spite of the weather and bust
ness unfavorable, a large crowd wal
in attendance.
When you look at body of stool
| men you see the bone, Drawn snt
brain of the country.
Alarge number of the best cattl
were bought by Audrain men. Aud
rain is getting to the front in the lin
of good stock.
There was quite q sprinkling Q
ladies present; though they did n
bidding they evidently knew a goo
animal when they saw one.
| People who see the price scru
stock brings when compared with th
price paid for the same number {
pounds of blooded stock will surel
see that the best is what they wan
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

Go clear around the square to buy
your groceries from c. +. Yerger.
You will save money. He keeps the
best and sells the cheapest. He pays
cash for produce. 30 Il
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05
4 md Wave Ia Coming

And you will be caught without
coal unless you call Immediately on
Lee, Mitchell & Co. and have your
coal house filed
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-05

Lemons 80 cents per dozen at r
0. store. N
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-28
A Card.

Having waited in Superior for four years for
the long expected but never coming boom il has
occurred 10 my mind that good live CRY like
Duluth could support dozen jewellers where
the sleepy old town could not support one, and
acting on the suggestion | have taken up my
pleased Ia see my friends aud any others who
may wish 10 dip into the mysteries of my trade
JOINS r. ELWELL. Is It
The above card which we find in
the Duluth Tribune Of Wednesday, Is
rather amusing TO Supersor people,
besides being rather cool coming from
such an impecunius parasite as he is.
rs a business man he is a lamentable
failure, and as he brought nothing
with him when he came here, whatey-
er he has got today he has got from
Superior people, and Superior capital,
and Superior management He would
no doubt haye been closed ont more
than two years ago, had not Mr.
Gates Of this city gone to his rescue,
and who, with his cash and advice has
kept Mr. Elwell on his feet to the
present time. The base imgratitude
shown in the above card for all the
f;tvors that have been shown Mr.. FL
well by Superior people, Is simply
amazing, and could originate only in
the mind of man utterly destitute Of
either business or social honor.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-28
Herald" Augusta Illinois.

The second lecture Of the \. O. L.
W. lecture course, was delivered by
TANK KEE, on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings OF this week, in
the Christian church. To say the
lectures were good would but feebIy
express our opinion; to say they were
instructive, entertaining and worthy of
attention would come nearer the truth,
but to say they far exceeded the most
sanguina expectations OF the audience,
that they were in every sense of the
word, Il success, that they tcen.e with
useful information, that they were
sprinkled with Just enough wit to
make them palatable, to say that we
were never better entertained, would
come as near to our idea Of the truth
il regard to the lecture ON China by
Tank hce. In some respects they re
mind rs OF Il sugar-coated pill; the
sugar, the wit; the medicine, The facts
while the sugar made it pleasant to
sit and listen, the facts cured all dis
cased notions that we had in error
about China. All in all TANK KHE is
a success, not only rs Il lecturer, but rs
a gentleman, and we hope we may be
fortunate enough to hear him again.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-28

For SALE-Within six minutes
walk from bu -incSs center in Superior
at Quebec Pier on Bay of Superior,
three forty acre tracts one of which IS
on the North Pacific railroad main
line, and Newton Avenue from THE
Douglas County Court House. An
other - acre tract adjoining is near
to the \. 7. branch line Also the
Terminal and transfer line, and a
short distance from thee. St. +. d. O..
L. K. and union passenger depot West
Superior, suitable for an addition or
outlets jas. :. RITCuIE.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-28

diiN rec; DNt. iItI anu LII.
-E!woll has moved to Duluth.
Peace 70 his ashes.
The n,.+ olf;,a will ran,qip ,,Lara
i j. At LEAST untl .nrino
cir an On Nrrr SJFru
r, g.,
ne -.''l.ll.& POI mis- clo5t0
g. 4 i'' ne Wiser. Ills "9e"'
Hero L is the . Il Of Novcmbe.
and 10 ice 10 speak OF in the bay YET.
iii. abort t..ra +, I.g;n .e,.;,,,
faxes Are van roaav IN III ,'r.5.aia
-
NJ it"rfi.ii''H, NE "a'hi't' NH
,strr.,lv
-,
>'r. IN. Frey went down 10 &!ii-
"&oN|e .a1; ..,'hilI y: . TWO o. ,hFe'
"eeA 3 |lsit Win lF'''''9'
Mr. %. Henderson i building
new business noa-e On Second street,
near the hayhe'ia"Il House.
-NTr. John Hall has orcncd the
European Hotel, ami now asks the
travelling public t. give him call.
T.-~> t.r ;, p~,,f,.l I..l.
70. b SS4. The fadcr will confer a
favor hy Icaying tie same ut the post
Office.
THE simmer ofvoa bv ,Lo I;dia.
Tb3p,,~,i,ii',.- cv4.,;ar was fairly at-
tended. ana wls = very nlaas9nf oc-
caaion Tor ali.
Tho LIST of ma.lers IT tLa rink
Thursday evening was not vcry larro
Ms Pill Fro i kunar+ and n
Lord took the premiums offered.
~ w ro.
arrived here last we,5 and has taken u
position wi.h Mr.. Neil smith rs sales
man in hi. mammoth grocery store.
Mr.. i, r. Barton left Us the fore
part Of the week fer six weeks visit
with friends at Long Prairie, Mmnea-