Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-08-21
The public ssh6ol Alll oteh Sept. 8.

FlSlIlnS III onelOy county,.
J. w. Mccormick sold A head!of
yearling steers to Milton Smith, at
$21 per head.
The LEDGER has by far the largest
circulation of any paper in the COIN
ty. Advertisers note this.
Prof. W. A. Cauthorn, of Colum-
bia, is visiting his parents in this
county and friends in Mexico.
Mr.. Fielding Marvin, OF St. Louis
only son of the late Bishop Marvin,
is visiting Mrs. Lakenan of tins coun-
ty.
Miss Burt, of Synodical College,
Fulton, stopped a few days in our
city last week, on her return from
Iowa.
From what we can learn there will
be another sanctification camp meet
ing at the Cunningham place next
month.
There is still room for more news
papers in Mexico. There are two or
three more lawyers who have nothing
to do.
Miss Mamie Quisenberry is visit
ing relations in Kentucky. Her con-
genial face will be missed in social
circles.
Wonder how the InteHigencer will
get along now? M. Y. Duncan has to
discontinue his history of Audrain
county.
The LEDGER will always be in
front. We do better and cheaper
work than any other office in Central
Missouri.
There is no country for the farmer
like Missouri. There is no county
in the state of Missouri better than
Audrain.
Mr.. Gillies will preach in the Lib
erty Street NJ. E. Church next Sat
urday and Sunday nights also Sun
day morning.
The Methodist and Presbyterian
churches have union meetings during
this warm weather. We think this a
very good idea.
Charlie Shell who, as We stated not
long since, Accidentally shot himself
in the head, was taken very ill and
died last Sunday.
Elder j. A. Brooks is lccturing in
Rails county on temperance. DIR.
Brooks is an able and efficient work
or in this cause.
The LEDGER is now completing ar
engagements to make Job work a
speciality. We have the finest job
printer in the State.
Miss Mamie Pearson, who has
been visiting relatives and friends in
Vandalla, for several weeks, returned
home last Saturday.
There is no town in the United
States that is now making larger or
more continued strides in improve
ments than Mexico.
There are 5,212 members of the
A. O. u. w. order in the state of
Missouri. Two years ago the order
did not number 2,G90.
We have seen a long letter from
Prof. Hendricks. If he gets honora-
bly, dischared from the army he will
return to Mexico again.
VIM. kemper has just purchased
the vacant lot south of Llewellyn's
drug store for $1,000. He will at
once build a butcher shop.
In the future, mail going to Kansas
City, or west of that place, will 90
out on the X. c. & Northern r. II.
at night as well as on day trains.
While at the camp meeting you
should have visited "Leadville''-
cheap and liquid generalization"
dealt out cheap on short notice there.
James CARROTS residence on Prom
Ell ade street was burglarized on
Wednesday night. The thief got Sid
CARROTS pantloens and $23 in money.
Misses Rissie and Carrie Brans-
letter, daughters of Jas. Branstetter,
Esq, a solid citizen of old Pike, are
visiting friends and relatives in this
city.
t mir. Granville Weathers, an extern
sive farmer of Clark county, Ken
lucky, brother-in-law of G. L. Quis-
enberry, spent a few days in this city
last week.
Eddie Pitcher, one of Mexico's
, most steady and reliable young men,
has now a good position as Route
, Agent for the United States Express
Company.
Mr.. Towner, CO A. Passenger Con-
tauctor, is running this week between
Louisiana and Honey Hill. He likes
, the run--don't know whether he will
make connections or not.
= Travelling ove four thousand miles
= of farming land during the last month,
/ we saw no country the peer Of Mis-
souri,, and no crops anything like we
| now have in this county.
| If. you want a nice, clean, easy
shave call on s. W. Watkins, at the
Ringo House Barber Shop. Every
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