Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-09-23
Our hotels are all full.
Friday was the gala day.

Friday was the gala day.
The banks were all closed Thursday.
Red was first money, and blue Sec
ond. 4~n- -,
Some horsemen kick worse than
their horses.
| Mexico needs a half dozen street
sprinklers. * So 4 ~ &-@
The ''court house ring took in the
fair Thursday. fgS
News, not personals, is what
readers want.
[ Squire Hooton proved himself
Ito be ladies man.
The ampitheatre will have to be
feniarged next year.
I Capt. Currie is one OF the best
Ihorsemen in the State. .'5"
Miss Julia Shields, of Galloway
county, is in the city. "a
Galloway county carried off large
number OF red ribbons.
J. Linn Ladd of the Vandalia
Leader, took in the fair.
Alabama, Arkansas and Maine.
Let the good work 60 on.
| w. c. Hatton of Galloway, had
some fine hogs at the fair.
The Fair Daily was not personal
directory, but newspaper.
Mrs. DIR. Keeton did not 90 to st.
Louis with the Misses Hunter.
The Mexico band got $3.50 for
playing for the fair last week.
Palmer, of Boone, carried off mos,
of the money on blooded cattle.
The amphitheatrs was packed with
the fair and lovely on Thursday.
Some of the ladies, we learn, were
"betting their boots" on their favorite
flyer.
A car load of watermelons seemed
to be quite an attraction at the fail
ground.
Henry Fowler and John Ricketts,,
ticket sellers, were kept busy ali day
Thursday.
Mexico needs fire company. II
is wonder no one ever thought o1
this before.
Blind John is q musical prodigy.
He was one Of the 'liying" wonders oil
the fair ground. 3. @e5 -zS--.
G. r. Lupton, who has been visit
ing in Kentucky and Virginia, has
returned home.
Misses Katie and Mollie Houston,
of Monroe county, are guests Of Miss
Mary Carroll, of this city.
The Paris Mercury will issue 8
daily during the Monroe county fair,
which commenced Tuesday.
/ Miss Mamie Darlington, Of Mont.
gomery City, and Miss Ada Dillard,
of this county, are visiting the Misse.
Gregg.
| Cari;u, the driver of s'Bashav
Temple was presented with a fin,
bouquet by an enthusiastic lady adj
mirer.
Lulu NJ. was the favorite at ou
fair. She is beautiful trotter, ani
Mr.. Matthews, of Louisiana, is Justly
proud of her.
1t is estimated that over 5000 peo
pie attended the sanctified camp
meeting, two miles east of Centralia
last Sunday.
T. W. Atkins, of Audrain, got tn,
red ribbon on the best 100 ears o.
bread corn, and not Mr.. Lee, as VIZ
stated last week. -..-
1 A man that will bet on anothe
mans game, with his eyes open, ant
then kick when he loses, should b,
I kicked into . shadow.
I Grasts tried to give every persol
at the fair local personal in th'
Daily Intelligencer. 1t is unneces
sary to say that he failed.
Harry Day & Co., who went t.
St. Louis to attend the Republican
State Convention, have returned
They say Harry ''split TOOTH"
The Mexico daily papers are i'm
proving a little every day. If tn
fair daily had run q month, the,
would learn how to run a paper.
j. Milton Turner was snubbed b,
the Republicans at the st. Louis Con
vention. He was snnbbed' also b.
"Jake'' while in this city recently.
Our business men nearly as uni
: showed their appreciation Of tn
Mayors request, and the importanc
of our fair, by closing their places o
business Thursday.
WANrEp--4, 600 men to call at th
Intelligencer Office every day TO leay
their nam es for personal locals. N
: matter about age, color, sex Or pre-
!; vious condition of servitude.
Ii DR.. Houston and wife, of Monro
!. county, parents of A. g. S. Houston
: Esq, OF this city, we're in attendant
at our fair, and are also en- route t
Chicago and Ohio on visit.
e The Mexico LEDGER does more t
!. advertise the city and county in
creditable way than all the papers i
!, the city. The daily last week ha
a three times tue circulation Of bot
e the other so-called dailies combined
= If things are what they seem an
skinned milk sells for cream, the DA
!, 1Y LEpG Err will be. revived some tin
J before The election. II 1t is, Ron
:, will be made to howl. We will sta
}. a branch office in Wilson township.
"Blind John" entertained nun
ber of lovers of good music at tt
= residence of r. NJ. White last Thur
! day night. He is = rival Of Blind Ton
r and even now plays almost as wei
I, while he is u mere boy. He can pls
!. !. anyrpiece after he has heard it ono
If Mrs. DR.. Redmon presented NJ
u +. +. )! Matthews q handsome bouqu
!; !; of flowers at the Upton fair. for b
. :, beautiful mare, "Luln N ,"the Be,
4 4 of the Upton iAird 4 Seda1ial you,
4, lady also presented 'sthe BELLE wi,
., an elegant horse shoe OF foNers.r
d Upton Times. s. .l..... r. 49,. -.
= = When you see horse with it's =
a cut off, and its bones sticking throuf
l. = q < 4