Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-12-18
One week until Christmas.

DoCfnlhS.
Gibbs, the painter, has u thanks
for favors.
Mrs. Rines is on her way home
from New York.
j. C. Coniey, of Columbia, made
us a call yesterday.
J. d. Tucker is in st. Louis, hav-.
ing his ears doctored.
Bring In your advertisements at
once for Xmas edition.
We are glad to learn that Miss
Annie Hafford is recovering.
There is some talk Of having a
grand dress ball Xmas week.
w. III. Beal of Laddonia, made us
a pleasant call last Tuesday.
The St. Charles people have not
much confidence in the bridge.
Miss Lena Wheeler, Of Fulton, has
Z been visiting friends in Mexico.
Coverings for coal holes are not cut
bias this fall, but are worn smooth.
The LEDGER and any of the St.
Louis weeklies for $3.50 per year.
Audrain county Is out of debt. Do
you know what that means, tax
payers?
Major Lawder left for Ohio Tues
day, Mrs. Lawder's father dying last
Monday.
There will be a Christmas tree at
the Presbyterian Church for the Sun
day School.
AS there Is but little ice around
Mexico, the boys will have to skate
on their ear.
The Home Clubs party Tuesday
night was one of the most successful
of the season.
See advertisement in this issue of
the LEDGER for bids for building the
new calaboose.
Bring in your Christmas ''ads."
We are going to issue $500 copies
Christmas week.
The latest styles of New Years
cards at the LEDGER office. Leave
your orders at once.
"Billie" Cress, the ''pretty'' c. &
A. conductor, again makes Mexico
his headquarters.
Next Thursday is Christmas day.
The LEDGER will be Issued early
Wednesday morning..
BRING your estray notices to this
office. Special attention given to the
publishing of estrays.
The new year is upon us. We want
TO close up all old accounts, so please
call and settle at once.
There's plenty of the milk OF
human kindness about. The worst
of it is so much of it's sour.
If you want to take drawing les
sons, call on Herb Heating, at the
Ringo House. He is an adept.
We we're pleased to see quite a
number of Mexico's fair ladies attend
ing court during the Hartley trial
w. W. Williams and lady, parents
of Virgil Williams, Of this city, will
spend the holidays with their son.
DIR. Jones, dentist, formerly OF
Mexico, now Of Glasgow, is going to
leave that place the first of January,
1880.
Miss Tandie Quisenberry, who hsG
been visiting her parents in this city,
returned to her home in Kentucky
last Friday.
The Daily Statesman of Columbia,
died last Saturday a natural death.
Too dead a town, and too heavy ar
editor killed it.
To be gobbled instead of being
gobblers-ten Thousand American tur'
keys are on their way to London to
oolahrafa (br;atnno
The Mexico LEaGrR will club with
any of the St. Louis weeklies fol
$3.50. This is your chance for home
and foreign news, cheap.
The assessor is through his work,
and is now posting up his books al
his Office. This work will take him
until the last of January.
Bro. Headington tells us that sew.
eral of his friends tried to kill his rat.
He came very near having DIR. Bourne
arrested for cruelty to animals.
Hon. Thomas p. Bashaw, member
# the legislature from Monroe coun-
ty, and editor of the Paris Mercury,
paid the LEDGER a call Tuesday.
There will be a literary entertain
msnt given by the scholars of the
public school December %. Don'i
fan to go. This viii be a literary
treat.
Leave year orders for New Years
cards at this Office. The LEDGER are
al going to keep ''open house," and
VIII not receive You without cards.
How, giris don't 60 back on rs.