Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-02-05
A Newspaper Of the Present Time,
Intended for the People row On Earth.
Pleasant weather, thus

Pleasant weather, thus.
County court met last Monday.
What about the leap year party?
John Acton is not expected to live
The Cromwell House has a new
bus.
"Right to Rule will appear next
week.
Walker Kilgore has just one month
to live.
Smith Spence is ~cIerking for G.. D.
Ferris.
Don't shoot quail any more this
season.
Col. Reddingtcn should have teen
a preacher.
c. B. Greenamyer has our thanks
for Leadville papers.
d. f. Shea's new advertisement
will appear next week.
"Home Club" dance at the Rineo
House next Tuesday night.
Jay Gould has been elected presi-
dent of the NJ. X. & L. K r.
Grant Is in Havana laying in a sup
ply of cigars to el%ectioneer with.
Ramey, of ST. Joe, will not be a
candidate for Attorney General.
]. ". Plunkett is sick. Hope to
see him out again in a few days.
AS near as We can learn Uncle
Charlie Clark is about the same.
February 18th is Ash Wednesday,
the beginning OF the Lcnton season.
Horace Lamb is lingering lightning
at the Ringo House telegraph Office.
Maclarlanc & Trimble have a beau-
tilul suite of rooms in Remnants new
building.
We hope people who have been
grumbling about the weather are now
satisfied.
The grand jury adjourned last
Thursday. They were not very busy
this sitting.
The State immigration Society will
meet in St. Louis April 18th and
not March Il.
Our accommodating express agent.
Jos. A Glandon, was in st. Louis the
first Of the week.
Milton f. Simmons, editor of til,
Springfield (Ill.) Journal, was il
Mexico last Saturday.
On the Eth of March there will b,
q grant ball, for the benefit Of
widow lady in this city.
Read l.. NJ. Pease's new adver
tisenent IN this Issue. He now ha:
4 fine line of dry goods.
The criminal docket will he reach
ed next Monday and will entertain
the court ut least q week.
The LEDGER booms. What countr,
paper in the State gives more reading
matter, especially local news?
We are glad to learn that Richar.
Gcntry's child is out Of danger. Mr.
Gentry has again left for his mine.
BOYS should behave when in til
post-ofice. 1t cost one of then
S7.75 for his little picnic yesterday
See G.. ID. Ferris advertisement i
this issue. Ferris handles everythin;
a farmer could wish to buy or has t.
sell.
The Murphy meeting had a gran
reopcning last Monday night. The
will now as usual meet every Monda
night.
The LEDGER has more subscriber
now than it evcr had, some of OF
G.. Il. friends to the contrary mo-
outstanding.
Esquire c. McCarty, of Farbel
made us n pleasant call last Tuesday
He reports business in that lit
town tlourisling.
NJ. J. Sears, of Huntsville, Mo
will preach in the Old School Bapti'
Church. IN this city, next Sunda,
morning and night.
"'Shorty'' Smith and ''Buttercup
Hughes, C. & A. railroad conductor
have both been very sick at the Rins
House in this city.
L. l. Pearson sold last week
Mrs. Polite Sims one horse for Sill
also one yearling mule to Mr.. Tho
DonCarlos for $50.
Monday was ground hog day. II
rascal saw his shadow and staid on
He wishes now he had been too tn
to make a shadow.
Oar Likeness of Walker kilgor
which IS a correct picture OF him, W
photographed by Richard Graham
southwest corner of the square.
DR.. Thayer returned to his hol
in Bloomington, ILL.,, last Monda
Several accessions to the church we
made while he was in Il city.
II J. Boswell, travelling salesm
for Deere, Mansur & Co., hardwa
merchants of St. Louis, will visit t
merchants in Mexico February 2O1
j. w. Town, our enterprise
pottery man, has returned from Ia
and will permanently locate in Me,