Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-05

The nights are getting cooler and
longer.
Boone county fair at Columbia
next week.
Big candidates picnic at Mar
tinsburg, to-day.
Several of our young men are
looking for winter quarters, for two.
Squire More is not a candidate
for judge in the eastern district.
The A. @. u. WIS have organ
lied q Lodge at Vandalia.
Trains will begin to run from
this city to Glasgow, ever the new
route, this week.
Last Saturday was the last chance
tor bankrupts. In the future a man
must pay his debts.
See H. Rice's advertisement for |
wooden mill store in this issue.
Let every Democrat in the coun
ty vote at the primary.
Many are called but few will be
chosen, on next Saturday
The Fulton eolored fair is now
in full blast.
Fairs are all the go. Audrain
don't got some-ain't it?
-Oaly two more days of shaking
hands.
Our farmers need not look out for
compliments any more for two years.
Hing the bells Of Heaven
There are some bellies in this world
that should be rung loud and long.
Robert Steele has resigned his
position as iailor CT Audrain county.
Sheriff Glascock has now charge Of
the Jail, and is making arrangements
to move into the same at once.
The last rose of summer will
bloom next Saturday.
The Moberly and Sturgeon gun
clubs tied at the Sturgeon fair, break ,
ing only seven balls on the average
out of 10. II
Wonder what Joe Glandon found
in the express Office one morning last !
week. Wonder if Ed knows. 3
The Galloway county fair a~ssoci- q
alton came out Sill ahead at the fair I
last week, in spite of the bad weather. I
John Beshears, of Wilson town. :
ship, died Tuesday. o
Sid Galloway, of Kentucky, mar I I
ries Miss Many Crawford of Young's .
Creek. to-day. a
When you see man with a shiny =
stove pipe hat, you may know he is
a preacher, teacher or an end Il
mar in a ''nigger' minstrel company. !,
ANY weatl er is favorable to ii
planting cats. Il
Ladies should learn toswim, to q.
keep their mouths shut te
L. I. WolfaIk. of Fulton, has =
one of the fastest tracking" horses W
in the State, Rapid Transit" He Il
has taken the first money at the Full f.
and Sturgeon fairs. al
The yellow fever will continue :.
IFS terrible ravages in the South till al
will not he till November. d,
Mr.. James Galloway and lady k!
have just returned from a very 81,
trip to the Sweet Springs. til
We are issuing election tickets OF
with lightning rapidity. We will e.
print at the LEDGER Office none but Ii,
tickets. Private parties can m'
be supplied with these at any time. re
donations will be thankfully al
received at the Murphy festival, III
night and Saturday noon. nt
j. Milton Turner (colored,) ex- al
Minister to Liberia, will crate at the IN
fair next Saturday. pi
Westminster College, at Fulton, "a
with a good show of students in
last Monday. II
If you get a yellow envelope s.
post marked New Orleans, drop it. ca
The candidates hearse will be ID
out next Monday - will head e,
the procession. ''Tangle Leg" will Il
have charge of the corpse, and he re-
viii bury it deep, DEEP! lo
The people are waiting to see If a.
the nominees of the greenhack 0 M
are going to make the race or il
net. l.,
Joe Inflow was arrested on Tues o.
day for stealing a horse from VIM. g,
lines. The prisoner gave bond to the Il
amount of $500 to appear before the u
grand jury in October. il
johnny Clark, Of the real estate a.
firm of j. p. Clark & Son, is ON a y
pleasure trip TO Put-in-Bay Johnny c.
will s.put i'm his time well, WI know. u
Whisky will cut no figure in the h
on Satufuay. I'll
Platform, platform, nothing but o
platforms, is talked of by politicians. h
One would think that platforms 81
made parties instead of parties plat S,
forms. t;
Senator Murray, of Pike, made G
us a social call Tuesday. Mr.. MUIR o
ray was a delegate to the convention. y
He is one of tho s~taunchest men In q
this district and sound on democra- h
cy. y
Everybody will go and hear !.
Phoebe Cousins world renowned lee !.
ture ut Opera Hall next Thursday =
night. Admittance only 80 cents, II
reserved seats SO cents, for sale at =
Sallee IL Brooks store. !,
Hardin College opened under n :
most favorable auspices last Monday. q
This is one'of the best schools for +
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