Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-07-31
A Newspaper Of the Present Time,
Inteaaei Ter tie People row On Earth

Nice fDr son,e foiks we know.
Charley Defy Of Louisiana, is In
town.
Willie Pasquetk drives a tandem
team.
Bob, we miss thee-every Satur-
day evening.
Charley Day left Tuesday night for
Denver, Colorado.
Jos. Murray has a large and excel
lent stock of fall goods.
Lyman Fetter will build a nice les
idence in South Mexico.
Menefee & Co. moved into their
new building yesterday.
Mrs. j. B. Stanhope is on a visit to
her friends in Kentucky.
The LEDGER Office will be moved
between now and September /.
The way our farmers will put up
corn this year will be shocking!
Miss Katie Suduth, of Lagrange,
is visiting Miss Florence Carson.
W. 7. Fields and family will move
to Texas sometime in September.
The great London Circus will erect
their tent on the old base ball grounds.
A man learning to play the cornet
interests all his neighbors-in a horn.
Clip Towson and Geo. Michel,
of Slater, were in Mexico last Sur
day.
A new shoe shop has been opened
in the real end of the Savings Bank
building.
A few lemons and lots of ''squeez-
ing can generally be found at
try picnics.
A baby camel was born on the
London Circus train at Atchisol,
Kansas, Ja'y 2jth.
Aeon petitire examination Of teach
ers will he hcld at the Court Hous-.
Saturday, august 2.
Send the LEDGER to your frieIds
abroad it is the best advertisement
the county can have.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Haden are ut
home and intend to make Mexico
their future residence.
Col. Hutton has sold his fine mare to
r. W. Tureman. We did not learn
how much she sold for.
The new addition to L. Phillips
store is finished; and look out
or a big stock of clothing.
Miss Mary A. Hcgan will remain
in the city until Monday. She is the
guest of Miss Belle Morris.
A Louisiana belle was heard to say
to a young man: II wish ycn would
come up and be our coachman."
Mrs. Mary f. Cummings, Of Sun
bury, Pennsylvania, is visiting the
family of Albert White, Esq, of this
county.
Plenty of watermelons in our mar
ket. We were about to say to some
of our friends-but never mind; We
can do without.
A communication from the editor,
dated South Hampton. Long Island,
was received too late for this issue.
1t will appear in our next.
There will be a young folks moon
light picnic at L. N. Hatha ways, 8
miles south of Mexico, on next Tues
day Iight-supper and dance.
Messrs. Henry Menefee and Sam
Whitney, OF Rails county, arrived ut
Mexico on Saturday, after an alb
y.rn"- - ) "tr-.: .: 81. :"u years.
The Presbyterian Church, Of this
city, has granted to Rev. Dr.. Grasty
leave OF ABSENCE for a month to re-
crnit his enfeebled condition of health
James Boyle, q reporter for the
NIe- democrat, and a pleasant gen
tlnnan, gave us a call last Thursday.
He cane up to report the picnic for
that paper.
People do not know how to treat
their thermometers. An occasional
cobbler or coctail would cool them
off beautifully. But you couldn't get
'em in this town.
No matter how mean and destruc-
tive a Mexico boy may be, he never
becomes so degraded or loses his self
respect sufficiently to throw mud on
a circus-poster.
- The Ringo House, under the man.
ageinent of f. D.. Graham, is becom-
ing more popular every day. The
guests, with one accord, say that
''Dock'' is a clever landlord.
Mrs. NJ. j. Tomlinson started on
the sixth inst. to spend a month or
two with her sister, Mrs. Harrison
Gill, Bath county, KY, whom she
has not seer for over 20 years.
Always add a line or two on the
margin of letter TO a lady. You
can't imagine how much satisfaction
a woman obtains from turning a letter
upside down to read a postscript.
Last Saturday night, about II
O'Clock, Justice Lupton united in the
holy bonds of matrimony Matthias L..
Barker, os Benton City, and Mrs.
julia SEydcc. Better late than never.