Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-07-24
Mexico Weekly Ledger.
THURSDAY, JULY "a, 1879.
A Newspaper Of the Present Time,
Intended for the People now On Earth.


A liar is always a coward.
Circus on the 9th of August.
Truth is mighty-mighty scarce.
Prof. Hendricks arrived last night.
Edwin Silver was in town Tuesday.
Mind your P's and Q's is P Q-liar
advice.
Robert Tureman has returned from
Colorado.
The London Circus will exhibit in
Columbia August 7th.
Women can't make collectors
their work is never dun.
See notice of Miss Hume's novel
''Etalee,' on the outside.
Robert Keller has sold his meat
shop to Reuben Ferguson.
New York is the "noisiest'' city on
the globe-eXcept Moberly.
At what age were they married!
The parsonage, of course.
A good set of single harness for
sale. Inquire of Tom Read.
Charlie Brooks, of St. Louis, was
on our streets last Saturday.
Miss Ella Drake, of Ottumwa, Iowa,
is visiting Miss Mollle Sparks.
Herman Scharlach has our thanks
for a very acceptable present.
DIR. j. NJ. Kountz has returned
from q visit to Thornville, Ohio.
Prof. II. NJ. Hamlll was in the city
. yesterday on his way to Fulton.
We are under many obligations to
J. Med. Trimble, Esq, for favors.
Brass passes for gold in Africa-as
it does in this town, to a great extent.
Another fine shower.-Lumber will
be in demand this fall for corn cribs.
The Moberly fair commences Tues
day, Sept. so, and continues five days.
Paris, Mo-, has made all the nee
essary arrangements for a fair this
fall.
A horse belonging to S. w. Blck-
lev was killed by lightning Monday
night.
j. NJ. Menefee & Co. have an ele-
vator in their new and handsome
building.
James f. Stewart, the live mer-
chant of Centralia, was in Mexico
last Monday.
Willie Garrett, now in the hardware
business at Centralia, was in Mexico
last Sunday.
Prof. Geo. l.. Denham will teacl
the school at Modoc, in this county.
the coming term.
f. we cannot use poetry al
present, owing to the crowded cOndi-
tion Gf our columns.
W. Pope Yeaman, ID. D., preach
ed an auLe discourse Tuesday night
at the Baptist Church.
Quite q number of railroad men
are making arrangements to move
their families 10 Mexico.
Miss Lucy Wright, of Newton
Iowa, is visiting her sister, Mrs. ii
w. Dawson, of this city.
Senator Vest and Col. Don Morri
son were expected to speak at Sweet
Springs, Mo-, yesterday.
Select reading at the. Murphy
meeting next Monday night, by Miss
Eta L. Hume, of Columbia.
James Finn is adding a two-story
warehouse to his brick building, oc
cupied by Casey & Peabody.
The average small boy-and som,
of the big ones, too-spends his even
ings gazing at the circus posters.
Misses Ida Brooks and Anni'
Spence who have been visiting il
Columbia and Rocheport, are a
home.
Misses Mamie and Irene Quisen
berry have returned from q visit o
several weeks to relatives in Boom
county.
Miss Laurie Hays, a beautiful anc
accomplished young lady of st
Louis, is visiting Miss Belle Morris
of this city.
A man was knocked on the hea(
snd robbed at the depot last Satur
day might. We could not get tn
particulars.
C.. II. Grasty, son of DIR. Grasty
of this city, has been selected a
pricipal of the Public School at Ashly
in Pike county.
A very interesting letter from Colo
RADIO, by j. Newt Basket, Esq, VIII
is now in Denver, appears on tn
fret page of this issue.
Miss Ehie Daniel, who has bee
visiting relatives and friends in Van
daiia, for the past three weeks, re
turned home last Monday.
The Mexico Gun Club and tn
Buckskin Club, of Wilson township
will shoot to-day for the champion
ship, on the picnic grounds.
The lightning Monday night strucl
Johnnie Clark's new house, on Prom
enade street, demolishing the chin
ney, knocking off plastering, &c.
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