Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-08-14
Mexic, Weekly Ledger.
A Newspaper Of the Present Time,
Intended for the People now on Earth.
We are needing rain.

Plenty of watermelons.
Luscious and expensive-Peaches.
The camp-meeting is flourishing on
Long Branch.
Galloway county has organized an
Immigration Society.
Thanks to George D. Bowman for
favors shown this office.
Uncle Billie Mason always raises
the ''boss" waternelons.
The Morning Herald office will be
over Casey & Peabody's store.
Trouble Is brewing in Spain, and
there are disturbances in Cuba.
The Columbia Daily Statesman is a
very creditable and newsy sheet.
Miss Sadie Z. Lawhead left last
Monday for Virginia on a visit to
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. White will
return to this city tomorrow or the
day after.
Dick judy left last Monday night
for Plattsmouth, Nebraska, to locate
permanently.
Lyman Fetter has q very handsome
sign. 1t is on the latest city style, and
was painted by Dutton.
Schools of Mexico, will commence on
Monday, Sept. Sth, 1879.
We warned you last week of
thieves, and you didn't heed us.
They will follow a circus.
The LEDGER boys return thanks to
Dave Steele for a nice watermelon.
His heart is as big as it was.
Squire Milton Blythe and little son
Willie, left last week on a visit to
Bracken county, Kentucky.
City Marshal Potts has just pur-
chased of Stafford a fine buggy. We
arc glad to see him looming up.
Several pockets were picked during
the progress of the circus exhibition.
See advertisements in this paper.
A tramp visited Marshal Potts res
idence on Friday and frightened Mrs.
Potts. He has not been identified.
Miss Hattie Wolfstien, a black
eyed little beauty of Hannibal, is WIS.,
iting Miss Laura Riley, Of this city.
The county court renewed the IL
cense Of ". L. Scholl to keep q dram
shop at Vandalia, at SO for 6 months.
Some one has started an ice cream
wagon, and our citizens ale getting
familiar with the cry: Lemon Ice
Cream"
ALFRED.-Your poem must be laid
over, having some minor defects. For
instance, gorge does not rhyme with
1uorguc.
The latest construction placed up
Oh the right of petition is, that the
body addressed is bound to grant
what is asked for.
Mr.. j. w. Town, of Paris, Mo-,
was in Mexico, for several days last
week, investigating the character OF
our clay with a view of starting a pot
terry.
1t don't do to take any foolish
chances. If we were called upon to
mourn over a dead mule, we should
stand front of him and do our
weep If
CO 10. ReddingtOa left for St.
L. as Tuesday to purchase mate
r foa daily morning paper at
e~xicoto be called the Aorning
Hrold.
Ihereeas a noticeable lack Of l"r-
Sons on te Awnings during the circuD
parade last Frida.. They hadn't for
gotten the disastrous consequences o.
year ago.
Rev. DR.. Grasty his returned tc
the city in improved heash, and viii
occupy the pulpit of the h,sbyteriar
church next Sabbath morniiA at th'
usual n1G2Y. .r,n,.poeas
loon got its license renewed by the
county court, and has been moved
into the King building, next to the
livery stable.
Stafford, the boss buggy man, ha.
changed his quarters. He is stopping
ut the Ringo, mo1e tony than ever.
However, Dock Graham thinks he
can hold the old rooster level.
Last Friday, while J. c. MCGEE
was at the ticket wagon of the Lon
don Show, he was relieved of his
porket-book containing $35 in money
and between $500 and $500 in notes.
We do all kinds of job printing
nedter, better and cheaper than any
other Office in this city. We employ
none but good workmen-no boys nor
half-hands. Fine printing q speciality.
Wallace Williams and Hez. Pur-
dom, two jolly newspaper men, took
in the circus last Friday. L. A.
Bentley. foreman of the Ray, Mont
golnery City, also saw the animals.
The enterprising little town Of Sla-
Ter now has a newspaper-the Slater
Sentinel, a seven column folio, James
W. Eastin, editor and proprietor. 1t