Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-12-26
A Newspaper Of the Present Time,
Intended for the People now on Earth.
Paw your taxes now.

Ice is about ten inches thick.
Make ice while the zero shines.
Renew your subscription at once
Willard Potts has sold his restaur-
ant.
Public school re-opens next Mon
day.
Mite this Friday night at Mrs Bry-
ans.
The banks were all closed Christmas
day.
Skating at the rink every night this
week.
The court house in Fulton is to be
repaired.
Next Wednesday Sherman re-
sumes.
The LEDGER issues 1,6OO copies
this week.
Grand rush at the collectors office
this week.
Come in and look at our New
Years cards.
Drop into Dick Graham's and try
his cigars.
Frank Craddock is spending the
HOLIDAYS at home.
10 degrees below zero in the sun on
Tuesday morning.
Miss Loar is spending the holidays
in Jacksonville, Ill.
t. B. Buckner is spending the
holidays in Fulton.
w. w. Fry is spending the holt
days in Louisiana.
G. B, Macfarlane vent to st. Louis
on business Monday.
Willie West leaves next week for
the Lone Star State.
Read G.. L. McCarten's new adver-
tisement in this issue.
Geo. Daniel of Vandalia, spent
Christmas in Mexico.
This is the merriest Christmas
ever enjoyed in Mexico.
If you give cord wood to the poor
it will be recorded above.
ice Botkin imported a fine lot OF
nobby sleighs last week.
The Kansas City Mail office was
burned last Sunday. morning.
Miss Ella Ruloff of this city, is
spending Christmas in Fulton.
A white Christmas makes an early
spring and a prosperous season.
The p~ost-office was closed Christ.
mas day from 9 a. m. TO 3 p. m.
There was quite a display of fire.
works in Mexico Christmas night.
Over coats will be worn long this
winter-if we have a late spring.
Willie Garrett, of st Louis, is in
this city, spending the holidays.
Redman Galloway has our thanks
for a ride behind his tandem team.
Tuesday was the coolest day expe-
rienced in Missouri for many years.
Miss Alice Smith of Sturgeon, is
visiting Miss Clara Rulof of this city
The grand ball New Years night is
to be the ''boss'' affair of the season.
Pay your taxes before next Wed.
nesday and be free from the penalty
Henry Fowler has a permanent po-
sition as night operator at st. Charles.
Prof. W. A. Cauthorn of Colum
bia, is spending the holidays in Mex.
leo.
In spite of the cold weather oul
merchants are doing a heavy bust
ness.
There was a Christmas tree at the
Northern Methodist Church Tuesday
night.
J.. L. Southworth, has been in St
Louis on business during the pas
week.
The LEDGER is late this week OF
account of the ''boys,' taking Christ
mas.
The only stone some men will evel
have after they have gone, will be
brim stone.
The st. Louis bridge was sold I'M
der the hammer last Friday fol
1900, 600.
Ed. Cave, Of this county, student
at Columbia, is spending the holt
days at home.
What county paper in the state
gives more or better reading matter
buau LuG LEDGER
The St. Louis times says Deem
Der oath Is he shortest day of the
year. Try again.
The young ladies of Mexico should
by all means, keep 'sopen house.
on New Years day.
Less whiskey is being drank in
this city this Christmas than ever be-
fore in the last Is years.
Beaver Dam Grange, number 1894,
meets next Saturday at Candles
school house, at l p. m.
DIR. Grasty will on next Sunday
night lecture on a subject adopted to