Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-21
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Plant p~ic-nlcs now!
Butter is a soft thing" just now.


Plant pic-nlCs o
Butter is a soft thing" just now.
County Clerks make their state
ments in Oct.
Try Geo. Suffers homemade
cigars.
There will be a called term of the
County Court Saturday, June 23d.
Drop in and see Tom Mitchell's
aquarium.
Ben Dobyns is assessing the taxa
ble property OF this city.
Belshazzar is being rendered i'll Des-
MONIES, Iowa, this week.
\ man that drinks, spends one i'll
twenty wears, " wiping off his chin"
JAS. McWilliams has sold his black
mare for 1920.
Mrs. Capt. Currie is improving
fast.
ID. w. Crowley and wife are rusti-
eating at the Martin house.
Mr.. Bush is ~renovating his grocery
store, and will soon have i'll Il fresh
stock ofGroceries.
Misses Lizzie and Annie Silver, are
attending the Commencement ut Full
ton.
Prof. Everts of Central Ohio, and
Elder Cake will open u male high
school this fall.
Circuit Court adjourned last Fri
dav to meet on the 18th Monday i'll
August.
!. Tomorrow is the longest day i'll
the wear. ID hours and onc-llalf day
light.
Harvest hands are plenty, only the
majority ofthcm are too ''higll toned
to work i'll the sun.
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Robert Tureman. President of the
Mexico Exchange Bank. is attending
the Commencement at Fulton.
j. Med. Trimblc has gone on a
visit to friends in Virginia. He will
return in time for the August adjourn
ed term of the circuit court.
The boys who have been knocking
around loose lately at nights had
best look out. The Mayor is IN your
trail.
Lawyer kennan has purchased the
brick Building known IL the LEDGER
office, from =. simpson for $1,000.
Here is long life to our new land
lord.
To-day is tOnnnrncent day for
Westminster College at Fulton. They
have four graduates, Christian, Tut
tie. johnson and Singleton, all good
staunch young
j. \. Judy called in to see us yes
terdav. He was going 10 Kentucky tC
spend the summer, and he said ht
could not think of doing without the
LEDGER that long.
There is to he IA grand basket pic,
mic on the Keep farm, five miles ives
of Mexico, on Saturday the l4th o
: July. Croquct playing, and dancing
will be the order Of the day. All ar,
invited to attend.
Mr.. Godfrey, agent for the Cont
mental Life Insurance Company. mad,
It's u call yesterday in company Will
Mr.. Barton, who is to he local agen
| for this city.
Mr.. Rin9o came in this mornin!
from Santa Fc and states that all tn,
= fences were blown down and That tn,
, LARGE trees were twisted all out O
. shape.
Gideon Gains is the oldest man il
the county. lie has If children, 6
grand children, 81 great grand child
rem, lgreat-great grand child.
Mr.. Silarlach ran a very narrow es
' cape with his life last night. : ii
stepped out in his yard and the roc
and chimneys from the NJ. +. Churc
, came down around him like hail.
The lire-wall on ellis hardwar
Il store was blown down last night, an
I Dick. when he heard three thOusan
: brick falling on the roof, the ioic
! breaking in thought that Gabriel ha
blowed his horn.
NEEDED IMPROyEMENT.-Mr. Ray
> nor. living about 10 miles east
this city during aconversation ycstel
day took occasion to say that We ha
the poorest small bridge
throughout this county he ever saw