Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-02-14

are ably attended to by three estab-
lishments, viz: the Mexico Southern,
whose capital is 500, 600 paid mp.
Officers, Ex-Governor Chas. H. Har-
din, President; w. NJ. Sims, Vice
President j. w. Carson, Cashier.
Second, the Mexico Savings; capital
SIS, 600; VIM. Stewart, President !;
j. Z. Ross, Vice-President, and. J..
NJ. Marmaduke, Cashier. Third is
the Mexico Exchange Bank, with a
paid up capital of SIS, 900 and Off
cered by r. w. Tureman, President,
and r. r. Arnold Cashier.
REAL ESTATE INTERESTS.
As an agricultural country, there
is no portion of the West that offers
greater inducements for the oceupan-
cy of it's lands Than does Audrain
county. In addition to the fact
that the country's financial standing
is the best of any in the State, Gas is
evidenced by the fact that when the
question of funding the county debt
was submitted to the people two
years since, they voted to pay as the
county bonds maturcd), there is no
more fertile or naturally productive
country in all this magnificent sec
ton. The county embraces some
sever hundred square miles OF terri
tory and contained i'll 1875, about
$4,000 inhabitants. Since then the
towns and larger settlements have
been largely added to, and large
tracts OF land secured by q body Of
people whose characteristics us re-
vealed by their surroundings, are i'll
dustry, judicious liberality, intelll-
gence and wide-awake progressive
ness. There vet remain large tracts
of unimproved lands which we can
conscientiously recommend to all
persons who are seeking homesin the
West. To such We commend a cor
respondence with either Messrs. Jno.
L. CLARK & Son or Chas. w. Baker,
Esq, both of which houses do a gen.
eral real estate, loan and insurance
business.
Messrs. John 7. Clark & Son, as n
business concern, have been twenty
five years in existence. Judge Clark
was for twenty years Clerk and Re-
corded Of deeds. The firm does a
large business for St. Louis and 9TH
er nonresident owners Of Audrain
county property, paying taxes and in
every manner paying careful atten-
ton to the valuable interests inturst-
ed to them.
Charles w. Baker, real estate, loan
and general insurance agent, came to
Missouri in 1870 from Licking coun-
~, central Ohio. He is extremely
well posted. and has been instrument
tai in furnishing the county with many
good citizens in this and adjoining
counties. He states that real estate
has done better by 90 per cent. dCr-
ing the past two years than for five
years prior. Just at present, the
market is somewhat more depressed
than is usual. but the opportunities
for the purchase Of highly productive
lands were never better OF possessed
of greater inducements to those de-
string homes in this magnificent sec
ton than at this moment,
The county is excellentiy supplied
with
EDTCATlOSAL ADVANTAGES,
having in addition to a perfect pub
lie school system, a number OF collie
ges and academies whose fame is
known all oven the land. Amongst
these may he mentioned Hardin Col
lege, which was founded by eX-Gov.
G. II. Hardin, whose name it bears.
His contributions for this purpose
amount to nearly SIS, 000. The lar
ger part Of this sum is secured to the
college as an endowment fund. The
first session of the school opened
September 10, 1878, in the old Semi
nary building, which had been pur-
chased by the Board of Directors.
A. W. TerrIll, Professor of mathe-
mates, Mount Pleasant College,
Huntsville, Missouri, was elected
President aDd still holds that posi-
ton. Under his administration, the
school has grown from a patronage Of
fifty students, to oHe hundred and
sixty-five, and is thought to have the
largest patronage of any female col
lege in the State. The course OF
study is thorough and complete. In
management Of this institution, the
fact is recognized hat the young lady
should have as complete and thor
ough training for LIFE as the young
man. The buildings are located in
the southern part Of the city, and
consists of the old Seminary building
and a large four-story brick, which
was erected Ivy donations from the
citizens. The main building con-
tains Il chapel, recitation room, din
ing-room, study hall and private
apartments for boarders. The build
ings have q capacity for from two
hundred and fifty to three hundred
students. The campus consists OF
ten acres of elevated and rolling land,
covered with a number of forest trees
and is being improved as fast as time
will admit.
Theologically every denomination
al phase is we'll provided for, Mexico
having about ten churches, nearly all
of which are large, handsome and
substantial structures. Two news
papers, both Democratic, are well sup
ported. One ofthese the Intelligencer,
is ably conducted by Col. j, f. Hut
ton, who is well-known as a man of
fine perception and skillful ability in
giving currency to his ideas. The
other paper is the LEDGER, ownes and
edited by X. NJ. White most accepta-
bly, to a large and growing circle of
readers.
The Ringo and the Cromwell
houses sre two large and excellently
managed hotels, to either of which
the. Gazette can recommend visitors
to Mexico. Both meet with a con-
atant patronage, large numbers of the
residents making their homes in their
hospitable walls. Amongst the mem
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