Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-09-16
Speed rings every day.
Our hotels are all crowded.
Both tracks are in good order.

). w. Carson has retired from his
trip east.
The voice Of the popcorn nan is
heard in the land.
A large number of strangers are
attending the fair.
II. Glascock, sheriff, is chief Of
the fail ground police.
"Curley,'' as usual, is here with
his glasswafe and wheel.
Hlnze has a large display of furni-
ture, &C., in floral hall.
Pools on all races are sold at the
fair ground during the day.
''Shoot Or give up the gun"-there
are plenty of galleries open.
j. F. Llewellyn has an elegant dis
play OF drugs in floral hail.
Chuck-u-luck! The more you put
down the less you take up.
A Byron Hite Heat Fender cools
the atmosphere of Floral Hall.
The DAILY LEDGER is no patent
sheet-it is tull Of live advertisements.
The town is full of fakirs of all
kinds. Don't leave your houses un,
locked. >
L. Phillips neatly displayed gents
clothing is one of the attractions OF
floral hall.
The swing man will take you and
yosr'girlie a trip around the world
for a song.
Make your entries in Floral Hall
Monday and leave them till Saturday
afternoon.
Joe Eldridge is no longer in the
post-otice. He left for Columbis
last Monday.
Never spank another mans, child.
was illustrated in Squire Gllliam's
court Monday.
The old reliable, James Pasqueth
has a neat display of harness, &c.
in Floral Hall.
Mrs. j. j. Steele's display of flow
ers is one of the leading attractions
of the floral hall.
Gill & Garrett have a fine displa,
of farming implements next door t,
the Floral Hall.
Three street s%prinklers are going
on the fair grounds Mexico need,
a street sprinkler.
A p%rotracted meeting is being hell
at Seed Tick. 1t should be continu
ed through the year.
Col. Jacoby's trees on the fai
grounds are looking well, and will
prove an ornament.
Tom Mitchell, formerly Of Mitchell
Bros, druggists, now of Bloomfield
Iowa, is attending the fair.
d. c. Graham, of Illinois, brothe
VI ~ bo1o vi tuto Guilty
owns bay Jim,' the flyer.
prof" L. Smith, formerly night
Waterman in Mexico, advertises in
Texas paper to teach school.
There will be more fast horses q
the Audrain county fair than an
other country fair In the State.
L. NJ. Gill is going to build a cou
Pile of new houses on his beautifr
building sites, just east of his house
Squire Hooton has charge of tn
Floral Hall. He says he can ope
court on the fair grounds at shor
notice.
1t IS now an every day occulrenc
for our streets to be so crowded tha
you cannot find hitching room on tn
, square.
L. Phillip has learned Hendrck'
speech by heart and nov pours he
shot into the Republicans on ever
. occasion.
The exclusive right to run a whet
of fortune on the fair grounds, ws
} sold Monday afternoon for $3.50, tc
the week.
, No "peddling' will be allowed o
the amphitheatre. Your ''gal' can
be bulldozed into bulldozlng you t
r buy a lemonade.
r. w. Tureman, J. j. Steele, W
X. Potts, E. Rines, H. Glascock an
E others, deserve great credit for the
| management Of affairs at the fai
r grounds.
From what we see we should jude
. that the idea had gone out that OF
fair was going to give a premium
8 the best wolf in the State. Squirrel
look out.
l The booth men we're busy Monds
;. making arrangements to furnish Il
n necessities and luxuries of life to tt
thousands that will attend our ia
this week.
Brice Edwards leaves Lext wee
It for St. Louis, where he will after
medical school. Brice is a stead
studious boy and will succeed at an,
- thing he undertakes.
y The side show man, with all b
natural and unnatural attractions,
It here in all his dazzling glory. II
pay your money and see the "grea
est" living or dead show on earth.
The Fair Daily is an advertlsli
If sheet. We have not room for on
o half the local matter that comes u
h der our notice. The paper bell
free we hope u readers will get
% least their moneys worth.
There are two entrances to !
'e fair grounds. Main entrance on t
east side ands an entrance at I
h northwest corner, where parties col
10 inc cut on the railroad can get tn
r. tickets.
We learn that our friend Sc
,e Hughlett got the nomination for ne
d resentative of Montgomery county
=, n.-o,rot;o ticket. Sol. Will ma