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Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
The Wedding Rplis

President Cleveland and Miss Fol
some are married. Never did bride
and bridegroom receive so many hon
est wishes for their prosperity and
happiness before. There is no
shadow of alloy IN them for the rea-
son that the act has not a trace OF
partisanship, offensive or otherwise,
about it. The fact that ''all the
world loves lover" may have some.
thing to do with it. 1t is certain
that it loves a young and beautiful
bride. and, take it altogether, there
is so much good feeling about this
particular occasion that there is nc
room for any other kind.
We congratulate the bride and
bridegroom, and congratulate the
people that the White House is hence
forth to be presided over in the regu
lar orthodox way. The White House
itself is to be congratulated that it;
experience as Bachelors Hall is ovel
and that it is to resume its norma
career of stately family mansion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
FRIDAY, JUNE IL, 1886,
Dissolution Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undef.
~ signed have this the 10th day Of May,
1856, by mutual consent dissolved psn.
nership In the manufacture and sale q
baking powder, w. II. Norris retirine
W.. w. Settle succeeding in the busipe11
and assuming all debts contracted in -
nrm name OF Mexico Baking Powder U.
since December 90, 1885. All moDeyh
bills and accounts in favor OF said ~
Shall be paid to the said w. w. Settle.
w. II. NORRIS.
5-4t w. w, SETTLE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

AS the LEDGER intiDated few
months since, Audrain has family
fend, which will result in one OF more
deaths unless oil is poured on the
troubled waters Another nail was
driven into some ones coffin las,
waaE
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

Our central committee, when it
meets this month, should appoint
two congressional committeeman. NJ.
M. Scott and T. b. Buckner, the old
committee, have moved away. This
should be attended to so we can be
represented when the congressional
committee meets.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

Martin Golden came over yester-
day from New Harmony, where he
will spend his summer vacation. His
mission was to send financial help to
a friend in London who had been
playing in hard luck. The friends
letter was dated ''London, March 6, -
and mailed on the ''Oregon'' al
Queenstown, March Z, which vessel
sank on the l4th. Mr.. Golden re.
celved the letter on the 9Th of May
with New York postoffice inscrip
ton on it--'picked up at sea May L.
Taking all the circumstances in con
sideration the letter made good time
and although it had been very wet il
was legible and told Martin of hi.
friends great need, which he relieved
by draft yesterday.--Evansville Qnd
Journal, Mag 18TH.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that I ~
IN audit, adjust and allow claims =
accounts against the assigned estate
G. +. Yerger, at the Office Of the Cos.g
Collector In the court house ir the "
OF Mexico, Mo-, on Thursday the 3rd ~
of June, 1886, and on two successive 49,
thereafter. =. Z. LOCKE,
Assignee Of c. +. Yergf.
Mexico, Mo-, April 29, 1886. ~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

Col. Dick Dalton, candidate for
Congress from Rails county, was in
Mexico this week. Dalton goes into
the race backed by his county, and
will make stiff fight. He is lead
ing politician in his county, and well
known all over the district,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

Vandala will have red-hot Fourth
of July picnic on Saturday, j July 3rd.
1t will be the biggest thing on earth.
The whole earth is invited and ex-
pected. A jolly time will be enjoy
cd by all who attend.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

Henry Watterson is spending the
summer in Switzerland. He won't en-
Joy it. The natives don't play poker,
and there are no fast horses there
the wine is abominable and his letters
about the star-eyed goddess from
Louisville will be stamped by Mrs.
THOMPSON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

The bringing Of detectives TO Mex,
leo will not prove such bananza to
Mexico as reported by some people,
judging from the law suits on the
way against the city by parties con.
cerned. One suit is brought and We
learn two or three more will soon be
filed by parties who have not received
their stcut."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

We learn there will be another ats
tempt made to get an early conven-
tion in Audraln county. The peo-
pie of the county do not want an
early convention. The committee will
order just what the people want as
near as it can learn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

Cy Clark has in his stables some Of
the swiftest running horses in the
state. He captured several first and
second moneys at Moberly and will
make several entries at the st. Louis
races.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
A FriYOIOuS Girl.

He was riding with his elder sis
ter, and thought he could take some
liberality. "Have you any objections
to my smoking, Mabel:' he asked.
''No," she replied. "If you desire
to smoke, the coachman will help you
to alioht.''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

Hill and Carlisle are spoken of as
the next Democratic presidential
ticket. Cleveland is good enough
for US, especially if his wife will do
as reported, i. c., finish turning the
rascals out.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
Able and Faithful.

Hon. W. H. Kennan, of Mexico,
who made such an able and faithful
member of the last legislature, informs
his friends that he will not be can
didate for denomination Louis
Republican.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
Correct.

Several papers are trying to find
out what is meant by the phrase "a
gentleman by occupation" One
theory is that "a gent tleman by oc-
cupatlon' is a man without any oc.
cupation.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

Col. Downing, of the Clarksville
Sentinel, one of the strictest temper
ance men, has struck the right idea.
He is lecturing in favor of local
option instead of prohibition, and in
this way the temperance question is
kept out of politics.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
A Policeman Who Knew His Dnty.

Policeman { to man who has fallen
over a bridge and is up to his neck
IN water )-"Your name? Your ad-
dress?" Yes; but "Not a
word it is forbidden to bathe in this
river, and am not here to listen to
extenuating circumstances"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
A well known ballet dancer Off

A well known ballet dancer O.. .ir.
reproachable character, when asked
if changing her short skirts and
tights for the long robes of EatishC
in "Mikado" ballet did not ammo,
her in dancing, answered: "No
not that way, but I felt awfully
ashamed when l first appeared in it. ,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

The Democratic central committee
meets in Mexico on the 14th to set s
day for the school district conven
tions. The committee will, we pre-
sumo, arrange for the sending oi
delegates to the judicial convention
and appoint two Congressional com.
mitteemen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
MEXICO, Me.
Stray Notice.

TAKEN up by W. s. Hamilton, Of w
i son township, and posted before : =.
Winscott, Justice Of the Peace In
River township Of Audrain county, on
18th day Of May, 1886, one red hensl
three years old, no other marks or brsnD.
and appraised at $4,000 bvs. A.. Lew
and John Mcdowell. zsS
s-tW. IVzscoVr, ]. y
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

Galloway county last Monday in
structed for 5 L. Harrison for the
State Senate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

DR.. Maxwell, Of st. Louis, is not
the only NJ. d. who ha' taken his
patients money after killing him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

Every business in Mexico should
be Represented in the Trades process
sion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

1t begins to look as if Senator
Cockrell would be reelected unani-
mously.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
MONEY!.

W. II. WOODWARD & SON, nnasdss
agents for eastern parties, can fur
you loan on farms In any Of the adior
Ing counties At low rate of interest
on short notice. Parties wishing TO -
loans give them q call.
w. H. WOODWARD & SON
l2-6 MEr1co. Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

From the Presidents First Annual Message
to Congress.
The fathers of our families are the
best citizens of the republic. Wife
and children are the sources of
patriotism, and conju raj and parental
affection beget devotion to the coun-
try
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
Sheriff. Sale.

pY VIRTUE and authority of a trsa-
- script execution issued from the othce
Of the clerk of the circuit court Of Au-
drain county, Missouri, returnable at IL
June term, 1856, Of said court, and to n
directed In favor Of Lakenan & Barns
and against Abraham s. Whisner, hsw
levied upon and seized all the right, tite
interest and claim of the said Abraham s
Whisner of, in and to the following d.
scribed real estate, to-wit: The east hal
OF the southwest quarter of section twes-
ty-eight (2s), township fifty-two (S,
range six (6), all lying and being In u
said county and state of Missouri; and l
will, on
FRIDAY, JUNE IL, 1856,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in ~
forenoon and five O'Clock in the afternoD
OF that day, at the east front door Of ~
court house, in the city OF Mexico, coun-
ty of Audrain, Aforesaid, sell the same, q
SO much thereof as may be required, :
public vendue, to the highest bidder f0
cash In hand, (subject to all prior liea
and ludgments,) to satisfy said executim
and costs. JOHN w. ATCHIS0N, Z
6-tds Sheriff Audrain county, Ae
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
Marriage IN the White HOuse.

The first marriage in the White
House took place in 1911 when Miss
Todd a relative of President Madi-
sons wife married John J. Jackson,
a Virginia congressman. The next
was that of Monroe's daughter, Mar
tina, to Mr.. Gouvcrneur of New York
about nine years later, and in 1926
the son of President Adams married
his cousin, Miss johnson, there.
During the administration of Jack
son one of the diplomats, man
named Pageot, who afterwards rep
resented the French government in
this country, was married in the
White House to the daughter of An
drew Jackson's close friend, Major
Lewis of Nashville, and Jackson s
neice was married during his admin
istration to Mr.. Polk of Tennessee.
During Tyler's administration his
daughter was married to Virginian
named Waller, and during Grant s
term his daughter, Nellie, was united
to Mr.. Sartoris, an English gentle
man. Another marriage during the
days of Grants presidency was that
of General Russell Hastings and Miss
Emily Platt.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

The LEDGER in an editorial stated
that the council had set bad prece
dent in letting parties off from pay
ing back taxes. The mayor, we
learn, vetoed the action of the council.
The council did not pass the order
over his head. 1t is hardship to
be compelled to pay taxes twenty
years old, and on property that was
reported by city officials clear when
you bought it. We are in the same
box, but at the same time, property
stands for taxes till they are paid.
Our friend Tom Harrison. of Cal
laway, candidate for State Senator,
is accused in circular of being con.
nected with a corrupt ring. We
have known Harrison ever since be
was school boy, and judge him to
be a pure and brilliant young Demo-
crat, aggressive in his work for the
party, but pure in all his motives.
Young men Of his push are bound to
make enemies, but they should be
careful not TO- accuse him wrongfully
nor besmear the fair name Of such 9
man of such family with insinua.
tions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

At G. M. Haskell and Co.'S. is the
place to get your harvesting machin.
cry repaired. sgt.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
For United States Senator,
HON. F. M. COCKRELL.

John Kelley, the old New York
Tammany Chief, died Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

Giles Allison has gone to the Sea-
shore. No more private theatricals
in Mexico till he returns.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
Money to Loan

LAKENAN & BARNES, financial cor
respondents of Eastern capitalists, have
Unlimited capital to loan for to years
time at low rate of interest on farms in
Audrain and neighboring counties. Priv
ilege of paying part or all of loan before
due. We also loan home money on very
reasonable terms. II you desire a loan
call ON US and we will give you terms that
defy competition.
LAKENAN & BARNES
Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Agents,
MEXICO, MO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03
They Speak Now,

Joe Davis and John Rucker don't
speak to ordinary people now. Gas
oline's performances last week lifted
them clear above common level, and
they think they are millionaries.
Hurrah for Joe and John.-Moberly
Monitor.
Last Monday in a match race
Lena c. belonging to Cy Clark Of
Mexico beat Gasoline in :46a. Guess
the boys will speak to most anybody
now. Lena G. will beat Gasoline
and 90 other race hors ses at the Mex.
leo fair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-03

In this issue of the LEDGER will be
found the announcement of j. p
Dickinson,o of Pike, for circuit Judge.
Mr.. Dickinson has been Justice of
the Peace of Bowling for some time.
We do not know whether he is fitted
for the Office of Judge, SO of course
can't say.
The county court is looking over
the county this week examining into
the location of the proposed bridges.
No county in the state takes better
care of her bridges than Audrain.
In fact all of the affairs of the county
have for years been managed in such
a way that We have all of the improve
ments and still are out of debt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-14
PoLYGAMY VS.. FREEDOM.

o. J. Hollister comes out in the Sun
day issue of the Salt Lake Tribune with
another article under the caption of
"Polygamy Us. Freedom" This pro.
duction is in answer to some criticism
by The HERALD on an article he con-
tributed to the columns of the Tribune
some time ago on the same subject. In
this last production Mr.. H. reitsrates
what he said in the first: that Europe
Is progressive, legal, homogeneous and
Christian; that Asia is stationary, ar
bitrary, polygamous and Mahommetan 4;
and sscribes this difference primarily
to the difference in their form and law
OF marriage, Europe homogeneous
Asia polygamous. THE HERALD took
issue with Mr.. II. as to the cause of the
difference between Eastern and Yves
tern nations and suggested that
the primary cause of the difference
might arise from other circumstances
that polygamy does not necessarily i'm
ply slavery or despotism any more than
monogamy does, for both slavery &nd
despotism have existed for ages where
society is supposed to have been mon
ogamous, as well as where society has
been polygameus. This Mr.. H. calls 8
cheap lodging of the question. 1t is 6
statement of fact, however, that Mr.. II
will find very difficult to explain away
Let US look at it more particularly. Mr.
d. holds that monographs the primary
cause of the free institutions of the
European nations. The gentleman viii
not say that England is more monog-
amous than Russia; both are monog-
amOus in theory, Then if free institu.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-14
SO SAY WE.

The Hail and Express, New York. in
reviewing editorially the report of the
Utah Commission, refers to the state
ment of the Commission that it is be-
ieved by some that polygamous mar
riages are on the increase; and that the
Mormon church presents no symptoms
Of giving up the doctrine and practice
of celestial marriage, and then adds:
The commission recommends only one
remedy for this state of affairs-the passage
of an amendment to the Constitu, ion of the
United States. prohibiting polygamy IN all
the States and Territories. It will strike
most observers that if this is all the com
mission sees in the way of an sntidote to
Mormon teaching and Practice it is feeble
body that may as well cease to exist.
cit is feeble body that may as well
cease to exist" is good. We think SO
too. In the first place, there was NO
need of bringing such commission into
existence, as all that it has accomplished
in the way of excluding polygamists
from the list of voters could and would
have been performed by the registration
officers arranged for by the Territorial
statutes, had the Edmunds bill passed
without the feature creating the Com
mission, at the cost of less than $500
per annum, while for the luxury of the
Commission created by the EdmundS
bill, the United States is paying SIS, 0CO
annually.
The Territorial legislature did all it
could do to render the continuance OF
this Commission unnecessary, by en-
acting proper registration and cleo
ton law; but it was vetoed by carpet
bag governor, clothed with absolute veto
power, and thus this useless Commission
was continued after it had done all that
was contemplated in the act which
created it, at the expense of government
and against the best interests of the
people of Utah. The existence of the
Utah Commission serves but one pur-
pose, and that is to exhibit the I'M
republican character of Territorial gov.
ernments and the infamy of giving tc
the governors thereof absolute veto
power.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-14
DAKOFA's APPEAL.

Our dispatches. on Wednesday, tell
Us that Governor Pierce, of Dakota. in
his annual report to the Secretary of the
Interior, again recommends that his
Territory be admitted to the Union,
"that this good people be no longer
keptfr their rights. but be permitted
a share and voice in the government
they honor by their public spirit and
maintain by their industry" Pierce
seems TO be unlike the average Terri
teriaI governor. He holds his commits
sion from the Federal government, and
the admission of the Territory would
deprive him of the Office, yet he asks
that Justice be done to the long-suffer-
ing people, and that they be accorded
s'their right2" to choose the own
officers, make their own Law and
manage their own political fairs
It viii also be observed that
be uses the term "theIr rights. T"
showing that he; believes the people
have the right to Statehood. Our morn
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-14

long as these acts were. perpetrated
against the Mormons. it might be that
few men in the nation would enter a
protest against them. The general
government might do all this, the only
limit to its power being the strength of
its armies and the skill OF its generals !;
but government has no legal right to do
any such thing, and constitutionally
cannot do it. And if it exercise such
arbitrary power, and the people permit
it, it will establish a precedent danger
Gus to the liberties of the people, and
one which in time will return to plague
them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-14

sue " tn Governor Pierce on that prop
osition, as the Tribune believes the peo-
pie of Territory have no rights, and
that they are only permitted to enjoy
the privileges of life, without liberty or
the pursuit OF happiness By the kind
indulgence of Congress. The ordinary
Territorial governor is EN- phatically oP--
posed to the eleva ion 10 Statehood o
the Territory, unless he has the prom
Use Of the majority party that he Will De
sent to tn Unred States Senate or
House of Representatives.
Dakota has been treated cruelty by
the genetal government. In her case
at least, the theory upon which the Ter
ritorial system has been founded has
been set aside and Violated. That the
DRY is that the nation will help the
embryo State during its Infantile days;
that it will assist it TO maintain order
and bear the expense OF maintaining
republican government until 1t has
gained the population and financial
strength to go alone when 1t will be SET
up in business and take its place with
its elder sisters. Dakota has a popula-
ton of 500 ,OOO,or more than either OF tht
following, which nave long enjoyed the
benefits of Statehood, had in the census
year, with the exception of Nebraska
Colorado, 1869; Delaware, 1864
Florida, 267 ,357; Nebraska, 452. 533
Nevada, 81, 265; New Hampshire, 346,
934; Oregon, 174, 757; Rhode Island, 276,
52S; Vermont, 49,, 286. These State;
have eighteen Senator'S and fifteen Rep.
resentatives in the National Congress
each of these Senators and Representa-
tiVes having a vote, while Dakota S
representative in Congress is one Dele
gate who is without vote. If Dakota
had her right, according to the present
apportionment she would have three
Representatives besides two Senators
in Congress.
The Territorial system is praiseworthy
in theory but infamous in practice,
and its infamy has been strikingIv illus
trated in the case of Dakota.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-14

q homogeneous state of society,
how is il that in England they have had
q constitutional government and free
institutions for more tnan six hundred
wears, while In Russia absolute despot-
ism exists in all its glory? Since Mr..
HIS primary cause of free institutions
has existed alike in each of these ma
tons, how is it that it has not pro-
duced the same results? If monog-
amy gave England her free govern
ment, why does it not give the same
blessing to the people of Russia? The
dominions of the Gear have been
homogeneous and Christian as long as
the other nations of Europe have; why
are they under a despOtism if monOg-
amy is the mother of free governments :?
Is that mother fruitful in England
France, and Germany, but barren in
Russian That both England and Russia
are homogeneous as that term is used, is
true; that the former is free and has
been for centuries, while the latter is
still despotic, is also true. Why it is so,
since its society is homogeneous, we will
leave Mr.. Ii. to explain.