Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-01-08
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Council meeting Monday night.
Hardin College re-opened Monday.
The days ale getting longer at both
ends.
Money may be close, but we can't
reach it.
The mud on our streets is fearful
to behold.
Circuit Court Monday,
January Goth.
Maine knocks the top off of the
Solid North"
John j. Steele went down to St.
Louis Tuesday night.
J. f. B.-Your poetry will appear
in next weeks LEDGER.
"SrRISd"-No; VIZ don't want
any of Your - verses.
Carter & Hisey have established a
corn elevator at Martinsburg.
There was a ''pound party'' at the
Rineo House last Friday night.
Willie Lakeland has our thanks
for r~eportor1al favors this week.
Persons wanting their paper step
ped, must pay up what they owe.
Charles f. Peers, of Warrenton,
looms up for acknowledgement.
Edgar Frost, who has been very
sick, We are glad to see is out again.
Ashes had to be sprinkled on the
path of Time before 1879 could crawl
out.
Read the statements of the Mexico
Savings and Exchange banks, in this
Issue.
There will be q church sociable at
Capt. Bryan's residence tomorrow
night.
Coal is O y 1-2 cents per BUSH
el, and hard work to get it at that
price.
ALI the world is 4 stage, and hum
dreds of people are stealing a ride
behind.
G.. G.. Daniel, one Of Vandalia's
prominent citizens, was in town
Tuesday.
The man who tried to run a paper
to suit everybody died in a poor
house last week.
A new depot has Just been built at
Dolphin, on the c.. & A. railroad,
just west OF Centralia.
L. D. H. said he could put moth.
ing handsomer in his girls stocking
than was already there.
JAY Coatsworth made US a pleasant
call Tuesday. He is doing a rafting
business in Kansas City.
Tom Armstrong and wife returned
to Mexico last Saturday. They viii
make their home here.
We leasn that a new bridge is to
be built over Auxvasse creek or
the Jefferson City branch.
Assault, with intent to become in
sane, is tie way Hade Brown, o
Moberly. will have to be indicted.
Squire Gillian was out calling
New Years day on all the widows
This is the good old Virginia style foI
luck.
b. +. Dobyns says that all mer
chants who have not returned theil
bonds, must do SO by the 10th O
January.
From what we see in the Jefferson
City Tribune, We think Sedalia needs
the penitentiary more than she does
the capitol.
L fool. Hutton don't stop his hens
from laying eggs in our coal house
there Will be a big ''nog"-egg nog-
in the first ward.
She she'd the color Of "circu'
lemonat. and confessed that sh,
put the long hair on Abs coat just t.
make his girl jealous.
The Columbia Herald, oflast week.
had full and complete history o
the events of Boone county during
1879. II is a live paper.
r. b. Speed of the WarrentoI
Baaner, made is a social cali las
Saturday. Speed is a live man, ant
don't belle his name.
Tile Leap Year party at Mrs. Stan
hopes New Years night, was a gran'
success. Tie girls are really making
good beginning.
Prof. T%hurmond, one OF the lead
ing members of the Fulton BAR, ant
formerly of the Gazette, made us
social call last Saturday.
L. b. Buckner, Esq, of this city.
was married yesterday to Miss Eff
Hendricks, of Texas. We will tel
you all about it next week.
The roads were never in a wors
condition IN the history of Audrail
county than at present. Oh, the mud
the beautiful mud-everywhere mud
The receipts of Mexico rostofice
from box rent and sale of postac,
stamps, for the quarter ending Dec
31st, 1879, amounted to 1920 81