Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-07-04

ty bonds matured), there is no more
fertile or naturally productive coun-
tly in all this magnificent section.
The county embraces some seven
hundred square miles of territory and
contained in 1875, about $4,000 in
habitants. Since then the towns and |
larger settlements have been largely |
added to, and large tracts of land Sc
cured by body of people whose
characteristics as revealed by their
surroundings, are industry, judicious
liberality, intelligence and wide
awake progressiveness. There yet
remain large tracts of unimproyed
lands which we can conscientiously
recommend to all persons who are
seeking homes in the west. To such
we. commend correspondence with
either Messrs. Jno. p. Clark & Son,
Chas. w. Baker, ESQ. or d. f. Shea,
either of which houses do q general
real estate, loan and insurance busi-
ness.
Messrs. Jno. p. Clark & So,, as
business concern, have been twenty
five years in existence. Judge Clark
was for twenty years Clerk and Re
corder 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 intrusted
to them.
Charles w. Baker, real estate, loan
and general insurance agent, came to
Miss ouri IN 1870 from Licking coun-
ty, 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 80 per cent. dur
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 desiring
homes in this magnificent section
than ut this moment.
ID. f. Shea is a live business man,
ever working for the interests of Au-
drain, as his record in the past clear
ly shows.
Theologically every denominations
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
supported. One of these, the Intel
ligcncer, is conducted by Col. J. +.
Hutton. The other is the LEDGER.
owned and edited by r. NJ. White.
The Ringo, Cromwell and Martin
houses are three large and eXcellently
managed hotels, to either of which
we can recommend visitors to MeXi-
GO. All meet with constant pat
ronage, large numbers of the resi-
dents making their homes in their
hospitable walls. Amongst the mem
bers of the bar in this county are
some of the most prominent lawyers
in Missouri, and to the presence of
such minds as Hardin, McIlhancy,
Clark, Mcfarland, Mcintyre, Forrist,
and host of others may be without
doubt ascribed the great progress of
this and the adjoining counties. With
such men taking an active interest,
the people were possessed of a leader
ship that was as well an assurance of
the wisdom as it was of the success
that was to reward all their undertake
ings.
Mexico is eXcellently supplied with
EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES,
having in addition Il perfect public
school system, a number of colleges
and academies whose fame is known
all over the land. Amongst these
NAV be mentioned Hardin Col @