Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-07-11
We are gtad to know that the
health of Judge Buckner is much bet

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We are gid to know that the
health of Judge Buekner is much bet
ter.
The trains on the c & A.
branches were beautifully decorated
on the 4th.
Master f. Mundy won the sack
race at the Catholic picnic on the
4th of July.
The Louisiana Ministries gave a
frst-cIass entertainment to q fuh
house on the night of the 4th.
Henry Clay Dean was in Mexico
Tuesday, enroute for Jefferson City
as a delegate.
Miss Emma j. Wolff, who has
been very sick for some tlme' Is
slowly recovering. /
DIR. J. McWliiams has opened
| dental rooms on the east side OF the
souare. Mack is a good dentist ana
deserves his share of the patronage.
Mai. Downey, of the Louisiana
journal, made us u call Tuesday.
He was ON his way to Jefferson City
as a delegate 20 the convention.
While there may lie ''Dothing half
so sweet in life as loves young
dream" many girls would just as
lief have two plates of cream.
-O.r subscription list is dailyo n the
increase, but we still have room Tor
mere, and we will not be satisfied TILL
the LEDGER goes to every home in
AuaraiR county.
j -The 4th 81 July issue of the
LEnGER is conceded by all to have
been the best advertisement Mexico
ever had. We will see whether it
was appreciated by our citizens or
not.
W. B. Gay, of the Broom Han
die Factory, came near being erlous-
ly hurt last week by a heavy pice OF
timber falling on him. He escaped
with a scratch.
There vas but few people In
Mexico last Saturday, although 1t
was stock sales day. The farmers
were in the harvest fel6. That is
right-always let business cL'me De-
fore pleasure.
Tom Woolfalk, of Fulton. calico
on us last Friday. A certain young
lady IF Fulton who had been visit
ing in Mexico for some weeks was
not so ba dly Hit the day of the
Murphy picnic as sine had been
previous to that time ; NE don't know
why.
We think by all means seats should
be placed in the court house yard,
good strong and ,:Omely seats mDuld
cost but little and then Mexico would
have a very presentable park. All
the court house yard needs to make
it the most pleasant dace in this city
is q few seats.
A levy of ten per cent has been
made on all the stock of the Malinds
Allen Mine. The stockh olders en-
dorse this step of the board OF direc-
tors. This move was made to- furnish
money to sink the shaft.
DIR. b. l.. Reilly, dentist, OF
} Mexico, who recently located here, is
fourishing in business. Ever since
he came, he has gone steadily along,
overcoming every opposition, until at
! last he has arrived at complete sue
cess in his profession. He has fine
rooms, is u first-class dentist, and
charges very reasonable. Ashland
Bugle.
We still have a few copies of our
4th of July edition for sale. . Call at
once before they are all gone. We
have already disposed of several hum
dreds Of this edition, nearly so were
sent across the ocean. 1t is conced-
ed by &1I that the LEDGER of last
week was the best newspaper ever
issued in Mexico.
1t is our earnest desire TO have the
LEDGER read by every man woman
and child in this county. We spare
neither time nor money to make the
LspGER a live local paper, a paper
which will not only reflect credit on
its editor, but prove an honor to the
county which it represents. We will
send the LEDGER till January /, 1879,
for IS cents.
There is u grand musical con ventien
a- NJ fln nott-