Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-16
A Newspaper Of the Present Time,
Intended for the People now On Earth.
Shovel your roofs off.
''Slick' weather, this.


"Slick'' weather, this.
Shelf Rely has sold his drug store.
Stock water is scarce in the IL
try.
Venison is all the rage in Mexico
now.
Logan will probably be Senator
from Ill.
MI. Hathaway Is in Chicago on
business.
Homer st. John has gone East on
business.
Montgomery county court is now
in session..
&c. Bassford is in Ottumwa, Iowa,
on business.
Vest is a good runner, but a terri
bic gutter.
To lS7s-Does your mother know
you are out?
Jack Frost did it with his little
thermometer.
Circuit Court Docket in this issue
of the LEDGER.
James Carroll is in Jefferson City
for a few days.
What hds become of Conway. the
Murphy advocate.
Gen. Shields will is U. S. Senator
for thes hort term.
The remains of A. T. Stewart have
not been found as yet.
If you want to keep your fish fresh,
leave them in the river.
Blonde hair could be called, in
truth, slight fantastic tow"
January I'd, 1881, Audrain county
will be entirely out Of debt.
Henry Clay Dean will lecture in
Mexico the last of this L.onth.
B. L. Locke, our popular county
clerk, went to Fulton Monday.
Mrs. r. NJ. Dobyns has returned
home from her visit to st. Louis.
L. T. Torreyson is now at the as.
SCISSORS Office in the court house.
The voice of the "National" is
heard no more forever in the land.
Caleb Gushing Died in Massachu-
sets, aged 70 years on the I'd inst.
Don't get in debt to a shoemaker
if you would call your sole your own.
So "Hardin has no show" &c,
&c. Well, we will see what we shall
see.
Another one of those agreeable
chops" at Vests new hall, Friday
night.
Wondering, the great lecturer, will
favor Mexico on the fourth of Feb
ruary.
Gen. Shields was nominated for
= U. S. Senator for the short term, last
night.
Judge Forrist is getting a world
wide reputation as a temperance adj
vocate.
Sherman resumed. The Nationals
will not have to buy him a coffin, as
they prophesied.
Good riding pony for sale cheap,
works we'll in harness. Inquire at
P, W. Harding's.
Quite a delegation from Mexico is
at Jefferson City, taking part in the
Senatorial W
Kneisley, of Boone county, advo-
Gates a whipping post. He will also
vote for George Vest.
You can be a Murphy and still par
take of the spirit Of the times. Young
man, bear this in mind.
There has not been a case of sun
stroke for q month or more. What
are newspaper men to do.
The Paris Mercury is now a folio;
but it will always be a good paper a
long as Mason holds the helm.
Geo. Chase is clerking for DH
Reilly, who, as we stated last week,
has purchased the grange store. /
There is no divorce law in South
Carolina. Emigration and not imm1-
grafton is the bane of that State.
The Galloway contest case will not
be contested. This is wrong, for this
matter should be settled now and for
eyer.
Carter, of the Sturgeon Leader
withdrew from the race for chief clerk
of the House, and was appointed min
ute clerk.
Oysters are good in their place,
but at the Murphy Meeting surely is
not the place to conquer these haugh-
ty beasts.
Elders j. A. Brooks and E. B.
Cake r attending the grand lodge
Of the A. o. u. WIS.,, now in session
at st. Louis.
Ex-Gov. c. H. Hardin has many
warm and strong friends in Jefferson
City during this Senatorial
Still water runs deep.
N. c. T. u. Library committee
will meet at library DON Friday
evening, at z O'Clock, sharp. Prompt
attendance is requested.