Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-06-09

Circuit court is in session.
Mrs. A. E. Beck is offering bar
gains every day in millinery.
Josiah Wright has been very sick.
We trust he will sson be out again.
We owe our readers an apology for
not saying anything about rock roads.
Mrs. Jas. Pasqueth and son, Viii.
liam, have been in st. Louis for the
last few days.
William Pollock, our enterprislne
miller, is in Cincinnati attending 9
Mlllers Convention.
The railroad men who went to
Mexico, Mexico, not long since, are
on their way home.
The Ice cream at Hardin College
Tuesday night was elegant, and was
furnished by r. G. Paul.
Billie Carter's horse, "Johnnie
Morgan" is entered for the races in
st. Louis. He is a flyer.
R. W. Tureman and party have
arrived in New Mexico, and are now
busy investing in mines, &c.
A c. & A. train going east Sunday
killed a cow near the WOODEN mill.
Of course it was a $3.50 COW.
Is there a man with soul so dead,
that to himself hath said, Au-
drain county needs rock roads.
Ed. John A. Brooks IS in Detroit,
Michigan, attending a meeting Of the
Grand Lodge of Knights of Honor.
Our young friend J NJ. McDearmon,
now carries his arm in a sling. We
hear that the ground flew up and hit
him.
Adolph Brandenburg is now clerk.
ing for H. Hall. Adolph is a practi-
cal druggist of experience, and I'm.
derstands his business.
Prof. W. A. Cauthorn, of the Mis-
souri, State University, has our thanks
for a copy of the thirty-ninth cata-
lOgue of that institution.
The Exchange Bank has reelected
its old officers, with John j. Steele,
one of Me4ico's most correct bust
ness men. as assistant cashier.
Alex. Goode, (col.) opens his new
hotel with a grand supper tonight.
This is the first hotel for coIored
people exclusively in the State.
D. R. Gully, formerly of Mexico,
will remain in charge of Sedalia's
public schools. He was also elected
at Marshal but refused to leave Sc
dalia.
Mrs. c. 2. Smith, of Sturgeon, is
in Mexico under the treatment Of
DR.. Watson, and we are glad to Learn
that she is rapidly improving while
using his electric baths.
Our friend A. G. Hit, called tC
see US last Saturday. He has orchard
grass five feet high, and 800 acres O.
blue grass 3 feet 10 inches high.
Who can beat this?
Miss Sallic Yeaman, Of Glasgow,
daughter of Rey. w. Pope Yeaman.
and a graduate of Hardin College,
was married last week to a Mr.. Rec
tor, depot agent at that place.
DIR. T. C. Ready has just returned
from the Eureka Springs. He was
very much pleased with his trip t.
the springs, and has perfect conf
dence in the medical qualities of tht
water.
Don't fail to read the advertise
ment of Rippey Bros, of Laddonia
in this issue of the LEDGER. They
are live, energetic boys, and NEAR
what they say. Call and see theil
stock and get prices.
l. N. Hathaway sold this week
span of Missouri Clay colts to partie
in St. Louis for 1915. How is thi
for Audraln county stock? No bust
ness in the world pays better in Au
drain than stock raising.
Prof. Spencer has accepted tn
position of Principal of the Marshal
High School. Prof. Spencer ha
proved himself a good teacher, ant
we regret to lose him, but what i
our loss is Marshall's gain.
The Quaker preacher had a goo'
crowd Monday night. We have n
Quakers in the county, at the sam
time we have people equally as relig
ious and perhaps as peculiar.
The city council refused to ope
Wade Street, because damages wer
assessed too high. The parties VIII
were 'damaged'' seemed the mos
anxious to have the street opened.
Mrs. DR.. Fetter, living just wes
of Mexico, has a flock of geese, an
among these geese is a gander. Thi
gander is something OF C goose, j
that he sets on a nest of eggs till the
hatch out.
The fair programme is being pre-
!, pared. 1t will be one Of the best
the State. Ed. Kendall, Joe Pot