Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-05-29
A Newspaper Of the Present Tins,
Intended for the People now On Earth.
Circuit court next week.

this week.
Moons are brighter when full; so
arc some men.
II Rice, of the wooden mill, is hav-
ing q well bored.
d. ii. Mcintyre will spend the sum-
mel In Jefferson City Ah-
For pretty girls go to Columbia,
the Athens of Missouri.
DR.. Ready has our thanks for re-
p~ortorial favors this week. -.
The latest discovery we have made
is, "A ''hardIy ever" Murphy.
Grant has quit drinking in a
measure, and now uses a bucket.
The Mexico Chess Club met last
Monday night at IL. Glascock's.
B. Gratz Brown addressed the M.
p. A. at Columbia Tuesday night.
More wool is being handled in
Mexico this season than c before.
II. Rice, of the Mexico wooden
mill is putting a new boiler in his
mill.
Two e day passenger trains will
be put en- the c. & A. r. K. next
week.
Farmers and everybody should call
and see the St. Louis buggy. Sold
only by Stafford.
"What do we owe woman?'
Well, some OF us owe her 80 cents
for last weeks washing.
Everybody reads the LEDGER, and
$50 does their sisters and their
cousins and their aunts."
DIR. Bell, of Louisiana, and Maj
Downey, Of the Louisiana Journal,
made a social call Monday.
Why is our town clock q better
Christian than a great many people!
Because it rests on Sunday.
Next Friday will be Commemora-
ton Day and preparations are max
ing at St. Louis to celebrate.
None but the brave deserve an in
vitation to an Agricultural Fair.
HAYES brayely vetoes the wishes Of
people.
Why will you buy eastern made
buggies, when you a buy the St.
Louis buggy cheaper? Call and see
Stafford.
Patronize home manufacture. Buy
the best and cheapest buggy offered
in the state. Sold exclusively by
Stafford.
Stafford, our live buggy man, j:
always ready to show the pride o
Missouri (the St. Louis buggy,
Come and e him.
Mrs. McVeigh, OF Hannibal, Mo
fell off the platform a. the depot las
Thursday night, injuring hersel
severely if not fatal. p
Button, the artistic painter ant
grainer, is in Columbia granting thu
new house of Mr.. Anderson. HI
will return Saturday.
Eve is notably the only woman ii
the world that did not grab her dres
up with both hands and scream whe'
she saw a mouse OF a snake.
The st. Louis buggy now offere
for sale by cur reliable buggy mar
w. S. Stafford, is the best ever ship
ped into the city of Mexico.
The pleasure enjoyed by the guest
Ascension Day is to a great exter
due to the management ofSir Knight
Carroll, Ready, and others of tn
Crusade C~ommandery. -.
The editorial fraternity leaves &c
Chicago, St. Paul, and Put-In-Ra
today. Ye editor of the LEDGER ha
gone Nor,h. Trustit will agree wit
him better than going South.
We learn John Kellogg, of th.
city, is going to take el,args of tt
Mexico Clippers" They will ex'
cute s'arouDd the world or foot I
big (brick) houses in q short time.
Just received direct from the fa'
tory another lot the improved Stewa
Singer sewing machines. Genuir
rebuilt Singer machines to rent. Ct
j. b. CLARK.
Shall we celebrate the 4th of JGiy'
The eagle Is now on tip-toe awaitin
q chance to scream. We know sever
young orators who wantto expatia
on s'this, the anniversary of our coa
try's freedom.'tS "a
The editorial excursion for Put-l
Bay leaves Columbia this morning
Leaving St. Louis on the Toledo
Wabash line for Toledo at z p. m. ,th
evening, Sunday will be~~enjoysd
Detroit, Mich.
The city council in regular fessi'
Last Monday night, cut of the f
company's salary, except in the ca
of fires when they draw the same p
as before. Boys, we. have n o DIRE
drills during this hot weather. Than
to the council. 81 EE
The horse-race which was run
near Blues Store, last Monda
seemed to surprise some OF our spoI
ingmen -U mterwoodis horse reasi
beading s.s4rocko Morris fast f.nn'
Underwood now wspts 70 rqqn' agsi,