Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1879-10-02

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correspondent is agaiH,p in |, Mckee.
In the meantime 1 have. visited, other
towns and other portions Of Audrsin
couhtyp' A. greater Il PORTION Of the
eoimty is prairje2 AighI feffias and
usually well, watafeds1uT ThiSG season
having been an, unusually ,odrUE ode
there is ip places Q scarcity. of yates.
Taken as a%hole as whole Audrain
county ranks with tie frst Counties
in this part of the State as a. angfsssig
and stock growing, pSsi2sE.,b The
crops nave all beep good, said TO be
fthe BEST Tor years, the health good
and the FARMER and' every yb6dy else
are happy.l Audrain county WAS or
ganized in 1886 or 1887, ], but made
very little progress till 1895, ,or,abont
the time the North Missouri railroad
was surveyed and located IN this
county. Then not only Mexico, but
the entire county began lrapidfy9to
build up, and has. with the exception
of'a few years during the war, se,in,
creased In population and wealth till
tt is now one or the most populoes
eounties on nithesNorths MISSOURI road
Audraln county now has abouti 80
miles OF railroad rat sene time they
had ABOUT S4OO, OOO railroad indebt7
edness ;; the debthas steadily decreas-
90 tihih now, amounts 10 aooat $5o,-
wy ant, next year tneyo Imopesen TO
pay y az on Durlng Iah ehas1 time
eney nave oulit ls,;' ahq patas s2 Io2r u sSfoi-i
ooV couIs house, winch is one 81 yns
pest III Northeast missouri, and Az
TINS has been done underD Deinocratfc
rue aha oy nsmoerapsc 'oinc'aass
'ol wonder II she Gh0oe-Democrse, ever
neard Oh II! "Mle tnere lsni that
hurry ana excitement incident fo
larger places, all KINDS OF busanesS
appears 70 ne well Represented and
wen patronizeo, ana the merenants
content. ouch q thlng as iaiiuTe ,ln, n,
business Is q very are occurrence; :,
In our iast letter we menaoned tne
names OF promlnens c'tizens whose
acquaintance we nad made nStnee
then we have met with great many
others, prominent among them were
dureman bfothers, bankers; j.: r.
Clark q son. rehi 'estate agents;
/ James Cafroh, use courteous ana et.
hclen, circuit Clerk, VINO mas heio
the ONCE nearly ever since the late
unpieisantness, and can hold it as
much longer as ne wants it, but his
friends in Audrain and adjoining
counties are going to put him forward
for an important position on the State
ticket, viz: that OF Secretary OF State.
While he has not announced himself,
and will not make any special effort
to get it, he told your .reporter that
If, in the natural order of things, the
nomination was rendered him, he
didn't t think he would decline, and
we predict that if his name goes be-
tfore the State convention he will run
some OF them close race if he don't
seS .no nol',i~... '. Ar
ton has started a daily. which has a
liberal patronage and bids fair to
make its mark among the newspapers.
A Greenback paper has also been
started by Messrs. Duncan and kee-
ton, in the interest of that defunct Or
ganization called the Greenback par
lty. Its days are probably numbered.
The Intelligencer is owned and
run by Col. Hutton, who ably as.
sisted by Judge Mortimer McIlhaney.
Between the two they make it one OF
the best Democratic papers in this
part of the State. Col. Hutton, by
the way, has been mentioned tor the
position of Lieutenant-Governor.
Should he be nominated, we know
of none who would fill the place with
more grace and dignity. The LED
GER Is sprightly newsy paper, has q
large subscription and advertising
list. 1t is owned by Robt M White
and run by him and is apparently
making money for the proprietor
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} Hon. Chas. II. Hardin, wife, and
niece, Miss Fannie Hardin, have ius'
returned from q protracted visit te
, tue mountains, "here tney had beer
ior tne oeneht % 'ne ex-Governer
neaith, "h'cn mas oeen lalligg iol
some time. we are pleased 90 ieart
that ne was very much oenehted D,
has trip. We also learn that the. ex
Governor Is not and will not be